FTEs From Hours (Period Hours or the CMS Cost Report Method)
Full-time equivalents from hours over a period at your full-time standard.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Method
- Hours over a period
- Hours in the period
- 800
- Weeks in the period
- 2
- Hours per FTE per week
- 40
Result: 10 FTEs: 800 hours ÷ (2 weeks × 40 hours per FTE per week).
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What you enter
- Method
- Hours in the period (worked or paid)
- Weeks in the period
- Hours per FTE per week
- Cost report: hours in the sample weeks, summed
How this is calculated
Citation
Stated arithmetic for hours over a period at the reader's full-time standard. CMS. Hospital Provider Cost Report Data Dictionary (updated March 2024): FTE - Employees on Payroll, Worksheet S-3 Part I line 14 column 10 (sample-week hours divided by 160 quarterly or 80 semi-annually). Read the source ↗
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