1.04 4 points 03:46:38 eBook References Problem 11-40 Linkages Between the Flexible Budget and Variances (LO 11-1, 11-2, 11-5) Fall City Hospital has an outpatient clinic. Jeffrey Harper, the hospital's chief administrator, is very concerned about cost control and has asked that performance reports be prepared that compare budgeted and actual amounts for medical assistants, clinic supplies, and lab tests. Past financial studies have shown that the cost of clinic supplies used is driven by the number of medical assistant labor hours worked, whereas lab tests are highly correlated with the number of patients served. The following information is available for June: Medical assistants Fall City's standard wage rate is $16 per hour, and each assistant is expected to spend 30 minutes with a patient. Assistants totaled 820 hours in helping the 1,590 patients seen, at an average pay rate of $17.50 per hour. Clinic supplies The cost of clinic supplies used is budgeted at $12 per labor hour, and the actual cost of supplies used was $9,150. Lab tests Each patient is anticipated to have four lab tests, at an average budgeted cost of $67 per test. Actual lab tests for June cost $440,748 and averaged 4.4 per patient.