Central Maine Medical Center's budget is shown in the table below. Answer the following questions, entering your responses in the shaded fields:
a. What is the base budget?
b. What is the baseline budget for next year, assuming a 4% increase in NPS and a 3% increase in salaries.
c. Assuming there is another part-time nurse practitioner who earns $32K in the current fiscal year, and starting in the new fiscal year, this individual will be a full-time nurse practitioner with a starting salary of $60K. What is the adjusted base budget? What is the adjusted baseline budget?
		Exercise b	Exercise c
Expense Type	Current-Year Budget	Baseline Budget	Current-Year w/ P/T nurse	Baseline w/ F/T nurse
Nurse Practitioner Salary	$ 72,500
Driver & Health Aide Salary	$ 46,505
Benefits (% of Salaries)	22.0%
	$26,181
Van Costs	$ 11,000
Medical Supplies	$ 9,250
TOTAL	$ 165,436