As a member of the finance team, you have been asked to forecast the upcoming years operational budget for Krona Community Hospital. Click here for last years budget. After reviewing specific data, internal input, and external input from various sources, you find that the executive management team would like the budget to reflect the following:
10% increase in inpatient revenue
15% increase in outpatient revenue
5% increase in pharmacy revenue
15% increase in home health and hospital revenue
10% increase in payroll and benefits
Additionally, provide discussion on the following:

How do you think that revenue would increase in each of the areas? Think outside of the box, and perform research to determine current trends in those areas.
Why would there be a forecasted need to increase payroll and benefits?
Explain the role of key leadership in the budgeting process, from the chief executive officer down through to the staff level of a financial analyst.
The use of APA style is expected. Students are required to reference at least 2 scholarly sources for this task.