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Rolling Forecasting: A Strategy for Effective Financial Management. July 24, 2014. Agenda. Overview of Rolling Forecast Cultural considerations Quarterly update process Quarterly update process timing Structure setup and configuration Monthly reporting process. Clarification of Terms. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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R o l l i n g F o r e c a s ti n g :A Strategy for Effective Financial Management
July 24, 2014
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Agenda
Overview of Rolling Forecast
Cultural considerations
Quarterly update process
Quarterly update process timing
Structure setup and configuration
Monthly reporting process
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Clarification of Terms
Long-Term Financial Plan
Annual planning process to forecast financial trajectory for next 5-10 years.
Rolling Forecasting
Process of reviewing and projecting financial trajectory for next 12 quarters (3 years), using existing budget + forecast techniques
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Clarification of Terms
Current Year Forecast– Monthly forecast of remaining months of current fiscal year
starting with YTD actual. – Variety of projection methods
– Rolling Trend – Rate per unit– Percent of Budget to Actual Variance– Remaining Budget– Annualization
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Rolling Forecasting:
Imagine a road trip from New York to L.A….
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Financial Planning – Where are we going?
• Establish long range goals• Generate long-range projections• Compare what-if scenarios
New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
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The Strategic Financial Plan
– Strategic Financial Plan = foundation for rolling forecasting
– Reviewed on annual basis to set trajectory for next 3-5 years
– Baseline assumptions for strategic financial plan same as those historically used for annual budget process
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– Volume growth assumptions:– Patient Days\ Discharges\ Admissions– Outpatient Visits– Physician Clinic Visits
– Inflationary assumptions:– Price Increase– Expense inflation– Salary merit and market adjustments
The Strategic Financial Plan
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• Review progress towards targets
• Generate intermediate-range projections
• Make course corrections / adjustments as necessary
Rolling Forecasting – Are we on course?
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Rolling Forecasting Defined
Use historical relationships to project where operations will take us given current operating relationships.
Forecast compared to financial plan & other targets.
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Rolling Forecasting Defined
Resulting “gap” analyzed to identify the changes in operations needed to move forecast to more closely match financial plan
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Operational Reporting – Where are we now?
• Assess present situation
• Report on status of organization
• Identify challenges and opportunities
• Forecasting: map the route for the next 8-12 quarters
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JAN MAR MAY JUL SEP NOVFEB APR JUN AUG OCT DEC
Long-Range Financial Planning
ROLLING FORECASTING
Operational Budgeting
Biweekly Reporting
Monthly Variance Reporting
Where does Rolling Forecasting fit?
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Rolling Forecast – Cultural Considerations
– Radical change in approach and philosophy– Requires cultural readiness for the process – Not for everyone– Culture of accountability
Team approach Collaborative efforts
– Is there executive support for rolling forecasting?– Do you have an extremely detailed budget process?– Does management staff understand the concepts of rate per
unit / fixed and variable cost?
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Rolling Forecast – Cultural Considerations (Cont.)– Have you discussed what it means for the organization to not
have a detailed monthly budget? Impact on biweekly\daily productivity Budget could be the annual plan from HAE Are there debt covenant or other requirements for a
detailed budget?– Have you implemented process improvement per Total
Quality Management, Lean Accounting, Kaizen or Deming approaches?
– Are you interested in a monthly forecast to the end of the current fiscal year or a quarterly forecast over 12 quarter horizon?
CY forecast utility a good first step to organizational readiness for rolling forecasting.
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What volume changes do we expect?
What revenue and
expense changes will
result?
How do we manage
expenses with changing
volume?
How are we doing?
How do we sustain
the gains?
The Quarterly Forecast Process21 3 4 5
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What volume changes do we expect?
What revenue and
expense changes will
result?
How do we manage
expenses with changing
volume?
How are we doing?
How do we sustain
the gains?
The Quarterly Forecast Process2
VOLUME UPDATES
Method / Tools: Financial plan; Gaps from the financial plan and current year forecast, Executive survey
Key Participants: Finance, Executive team, Key division leaders
1 3 4 5
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What volume changes do we expect?
What revenue and
expense changes will
result?
How do we manage
expenses with changing
volume?
How are we doing?
How do we sustain
the gains?
The Quarterly Forecast Process
21 3 4 5
ASSESSMENT
Method / Tools: Financial plan; Gaps from the financial plan and current year forecast
Key Participants: Finance, Executive team, Key division leaders (with potential input from dept managers)
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What volume changes do we expect?
What revenue and
expense changes will
result?
How do we manage
expenses with changing
volume?
How are we doing?
How do we sustain
the gains?
The Quarterly Forecast Process
21 3 4 5
PLANNING
Method / Tools: Forecast workbook, KPI Metrics, Comparison of Rolling Forecast to Financial Plan
Key Participants: Forecast Directors\Managers
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What volume changes do we expect?
What revenue and
expense changes will
result?
How do we manage
expenses with changing
volume?
How are we doing?
How do we sustain
the gains?
The Quarterly Forecast Process
21 3 4 5
TRACKING
Method / Tools: Actual vs. Historical comparisons, Forecast Group rollups, Updated targets
Key Participants: All
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What volume changes do we expect?
What revenue and
expense changes will
result?
How to implement
the cost reduction?
How are we doing?
How do we sustain
the gains?
The Quarterly Forecast Process
21 3 4 5
SUSTAINING
Method / Tools: Actual vs. Historical comparisons, Forecast Group rollups
Key Participants: All
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Quarterly Process Steps – Option A
• Month 1 – GL close of month 3 from previous quarter– Monthly reports distributed– Executive review of previous quarter results– Annual plan update, if necessary
• Month 2– GL close of month 1 of current quarter– Monthly reports distributed– Update to quarterly forecast for next quarter
• Month 3– GL close of month 2 of current quarter– Monthly reports distributed– Publish final quarterly forecast for next quarter
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• Month 1 – GL close of month 3 from previous quarter– Monthly reports distributed– Executive review of previous quarter results– Update to quarterly forecast for current quarter– Annual plan update, if necessary
• Month 2– Publish final quarterly forecast for current quarter– GL close of month 1 of current quarter– Monthly reports distributed
• Month 3– GL close of month 2 of current quarter– Monthly reports distributed
Quarterly Process Steps – Option B
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Key Elements of the Process
1. Define Forecast Groups– Forecast Group = grouping of functional departments that
define a hospital service– “Surgical Services” would include
– Operating Room– Anesthesiology– Recovery Room– Any other departments that contribute to provision
of surgical services at the hospital
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1. Define Forecast Groups (cont.)
– Normally 20-25 forecast groups defined per facility
– Rolling forecast done at this level rather than individual department or cost center level
– Input for rolling forecast done by forecast group director with input from managers within the forecast group team
Key Elements of the Process
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2. Define Key Driver
Key statistic used to create relationship to organization-level volume drivers – Patient Days– Outpatient Visits– Physician Clinic Visits
Key Elements of the Process
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2. Define Key Statistic
Used for KPI (Key Performance Indicator) monitoring as divisor in rate per unit measures such as:
• Hours per unit
• Average hourly rate
• Revenue per unit
• Total cost per unit
• Salary cost per unit
• Supply cost per unit
Key Elements of the Process
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3. Define Level of Account Detail
Salaries are normally forecast at the Job Class level (Management, RN, Clerical, etc.)– Summarize salaries and hours to job class categories– FTE inputs hours x hourly rate + increase assumptions– Productivity improvements can be factored into calculation
Key Elements of the Process
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3. Define Level of Account Detail (cont.)– Forecasting can be done at General Ledger level of detail or
more aggregate level of detail – For expense categories where significant change not
expected over time, can forecast at more aggregate level • Summarize all medical supply accounts to one category
(as opposed to forecasting for medical supplies, sutures, gloves, etc.)
• Other supplies can be summarized together
Key Elements of the Process
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3. Define Level of Account Detail (cont.)– Expense categories with different inflationary assumptions
or that have different cost behaviors can be carved out separately
– Implants– Blood Products– Utilities
Key Elements of the Process
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Monitoring PerformanceTraditional budget variance reporting replaced by metrics comparisons– Monitoring at KPI (Key Performance Indicator) level
– Total Cost per unit– Salary Cost per unit– Supply Cost per unit– Paid Hours per unit
– Focus on improvement in trends– Quarter over quarter– Same quarter last year– 3 month, 6 month, annual average
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Monitoring Performance- Target Variance by Dept
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Monitoring Performance- Target Variance Rollup
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QUESTIONS?