Annual costs for the only Release of Information Clerk at Jacksonville Beach Healthcare Center (salary and benefits) are $36,429. The monthly cost for the copier used solely for ROI is $89 (supplies and repairs). It costs the department $0.95 on average for ROI mailings (envelopes and postage). There were 687 requests filled for ROI last month. The cost per request for release of information last month was

cost per request for release of information last month is $5.50

Step-by-step explanation:

Annual costs = $36,429

ROI = $89

to find out

cost per request for release of information last month

solution

we know that annual costs = $36,429 / 12 = $3,035.75 cost / month

we can say that

monthly costs is annual costs + copier cost

monthly costs = $3,035.75 + $89

monthly costs = $3,124.75

and ROI for last month is monthly costs / 689

ROI for last month = 3,124.75 / 689

ROI for last month = $4.55 (without mailing)

in question we have given avg mailing cost = $0.95

so cost per request for release of information last month is average mailing cost + ROI for last month

cost per request for release of information last month = $4.55 + $0.95

cost per request for release of information last month is $5.50