Case Study: The HIM Department has recently converted to an Electronic Health Record system. The move to an EHR was a very costly move for the facility. Because all office equipment was replaced during the EHR conversion, there will be no requests taken for major equipment (Zero dollars in the capital budget). Its that time of year again for Directors to create their department Revenue Budgets, Operational Budgets and Personnel Budgets. All Directors must carefully review their budgets for cost effectiveness. Release of Information is currently handled by HIM staff. Transcription is also handled by the department. Your administrator would like you to look into outsourcing all of the transcription, and possibly the Release of Information to see if it could improve productivity, decrease transcription, and save money. In addition, employees will be receiving a 4% pay increase. Personnel budget must also include employee benefit costs for all hourly and salaried employees (PTO and health insurance). As HIM Department director, you must compare the costs as well as justify your decision on why you are or are not making a change, so that it is presented very favorably to get financial support. The department currently consists of the following employees. Their wages are shown: Release of Information $15.75/hour File Clerk $14.25/hour Transcriptionist $18.00/hour Coder $19.25/hour Biller $17.50/hour Director $72,000/year HIM DEPARTMENT BUDGET COVER SHEET (5 pts) DEPARTMENT: Health Information Services FISCAL YEAR: 2019 Overall Budget for Health Information Department. Worksheets attached explain calculations and justifications. Capital Budget _______ Operational Budget _______ Personnel Budget _______ Total Costs _______ Revenue Budget Total Revenue _______ Grand Total: _______