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AHIP AHM-250 - Healthcare Management: An Introduction

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Total 367 questions

Consumer-directed health plans are not a new concept. They actually got their start in the late 1970s with the advent of:

A.

Health savings accounts (HSAs)

B.

Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)

C.

Medical savings accounts (MSAs)

D.

Flexible spending arrangements (FSAs)

From the following choices, choose the definition that best matches the term health risk assessment (HRA)

A.

A technique used to educate plan members on how to distinguish between minor problems and serious conditions and effectively treat minor problems themselves

B.

A technique used to determine if a health condition is present even if a member has not experienced symptoms of the problem

C.

A technique in which information about a plan member's health status, personal and family health history, and health-related behaviors is used to predict the member's likelihood of experiencing specific illnesses or injuries

D.

A technique used to evaluate the medical necessity, appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of healthcare services for a given patient

An HMO that combines characteristics of two or more HMO models is sometimes referred to as a

A.

Network model HMO

B.

Group model HMO

C.

Staff model HMO

D.

Mixed model HMO

Health plans often program into their claims processing systems certain criteria that, if unmet, will prompt further investigation of a claim. In an automated claims processing system, these criteria may signal the need for further review when, for example

A.

Encounter reports

B.

Diagnostic codes

C.

Durational ratings

D.

Edits

The scandent Health Group contracted with the Empire Corporation to provide behavioral healthcare services to.

Empire employees. As a condition of providing behavioral healthcare services, scandent required Empire to contract with scandent for basic medical services scandent's actions constituted the type of antitrust violation known as a

A.

Horizontal group boycott

B.

Price-fixing agreement

C.

Horizontal division of markets

D.

Tying arrangement

FSA is funded by

A.

Employers

B.

Employee

C.

A & B

Graff Scott is a member of the ABC Health Plan. Whenever she needs non-emergency medical care, sees Dr. Michael Chan, an internist. Ms. Scott cannot self-refer to a specialist, so she saw Dr. Michael Chan when she experienced headaches. Dr. Michael Chan referred her to Dr. Bruce Lee, a neurologist, who had hospitalized at the Polo Hospital for tests. ABC has contracts with Dr. Michael Chan, Dr. Lee, and Polo to provide medical services to its members. The following statements are about Polo's organized system of healthcare. Select the answer choice containing the correct statement

A.

Within Polo's system, Ms. Scott received primary care from both Dr. Michael Chan and Dr. Lee

B.

Polo's system allows its members open access to all of Ultra's participating providers

C.

Polo's network of providers includes Dr. Michael Chan and Dr. Lee but not Polo Hospital

D.

Within Polo's system, Dr. Michael Chan serves as a coordinator of care or gatekeeper for the medical services that Ms. Scott receives

When determining the rates it will charge a small group, the Eagle HMO, a federally qualified HMO, divides its members into classes or groups based on demographic factors such as geography, family composition, and age. Eagle then charges all members of a

A.

Retrospective experienced rating.

B.

Adjusted community rating (ACR).

C.

Pure community rating.

D.

Standard community rating.

Medigap policies were standardized into ten standard benefit pl ranging from A-J by the ____

A.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1990

B.

Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) of 1982

C.

Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003

D.

Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997

The Madison Health Plan, a national MCO, and a local hospital system that operates its own managed healthcare network recently created a new and separate managed healthcare organization, the Pineapple Health Plan. Madison and the hospital system share own

A.

a consolidation

B.

a joint venture

C.

a merger

D.

an acquisition