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AHIP AHM-520 - Health Plan Finance and Risk Management

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Total 215 questions

The following statements are about carve-out programs. Three of these statements are true, and one statement is false. Select the answer choice containing the FALSE statement.

A.

In the type of carve-out in which entire categories of care are administered by independent organizations, a health plan typically reimburses these organizations under an FFS contract.

B.

Typically, a health plan will offer carved-out services to its enrollees, but will manage these services separately.

C.

Carve-outs are services that are excluded from a capitation payment, a risk pool, or a health benefit plan.

D.

The most rapidly growing area related to carve-outs is disease management (DM).

The Jasmine Company, which self funds the health plan for its 200 employees, has established a 501(c)(9) trust as a means of addressing possible claims fluctuations under the health plan. This plan is not a part of a collective bargaining process. A potential disadvantage to Jasmine of using a 501(c)(9) trust is that

A.

The cost of maintaining the trust may be prohibitive to Jasmine

B.

The trust must always maintain enough assets to pay the health plan's claims that have been incurred but not yet paid

C.

Jasmine is prohibited from earning any return on the trust assets

D.

The contributions to this trust are not deductible for federal income tax purposes

The process of converting the present value of a specified amount of money to its future value is known as

A.

Capital budgeting

B.

Compounding

C.

Capital rationing

D.

Discounting

The Longview Hospital contracted with the Carlyle Health Plan to provide inpatient services to Carlyle’s enrolled members. Carlyle provides Longview with a type of stop-loss coverage that protects, on a claims incurred and paid basis, against losses arising from significantly higher than anticipated utilization rates among Carlyle’s covered population. The stop-loss coverage specifies an attachment point of 130% of Longview’s projected $2,000,000 costs of treating Carlyle plan members and requires Longview to pay 15% of any costs above the attachment point. In a given plan year, Longview incurred covered costs totaling $3,000,000.

Carlyle most likely is responsible for paying Longview for the claims incurred before Longview has actually paid the medical expenses.

A.

True

B.

False

The Column health plan is in the process of developing a strategic plan.

The following statements are about this strategic plan. Three of the statements are true, and one statement is false. Select the answer choice containing the FALSE statement.

A.

Human resources most likely will be a critical component of Column's strategic plan because, in health plan markets, the size and the quality of a health plan's provider network is often more important to customers than are the details of a product's benefit design.

B.

Column's strategic plan should only address how the health plan will differentiate its products, rather than where and how it will sell these products.

C.

Column most likely will need to develop contingency plans to address the need to make adjustments to its original strategic plan.

D.

Column's information technology (IT) strategy most likely will be a critical element in successfully implementing the health plan's strategic plan.

The Puma health plan uses return on investment (ROI) and residual income (RI) to measure the performance of its investment centers. Two of these investment centers are identified as X and Y. Investment Center X earns $10,000,000 in operating income on controllable investments of $50,000,000, and it has total revenues of $60,000,000. Investment Center Y earns $2,000,000 in operating income on controllable investments of $8,000,000, and it has total revenues of $10,000,000. Both centers have a minimum required rate of return of 15%.

One difference between the RI method and the ROI method is that

A.

The RI method demands greater goal congruence from Puma's managers than does the ROI method

B.

The RI method favors Puma's small investment centers more than does the ROI method

C.

Only RI can lead to decisions that improve Puma's short-term profits at the expense of its long-term objectives

D.

Only RI is useful to Puma for comparing investment centers of different sizes

The Fairway health plan is a for-profit health plan that issues stock. The following data was taken from Fairway's financial statements:

    Current assets.....$5,000,000

    Total assets.....6,000,000

    Current liabilities.....2,500,000

    Total liabilities.....3,600,000

    Stockholders' equity.....2,400,000

Fairway's total revenues for the previous financial period were $7,200,000, and its net income for that period was $180,000.

For the previous financial period, Fairway's net profit margin was

A.

2.50%

B.

3.00%

C.

3.60%

D.

7.50%

The Fairway health plan is a for-profit health plan that issues stock. The following data was taken from Fairway's financial statements:

Current assets.....$5,000,000

Total assets.....6,000,000

Current liabilities.....2,500,000

Total liabilities.....3,600,000

Stockholders' equity.....2,400,000

Fairway's total revenues for the previous financial period were $7,200,000, and its net income for that period was $180,000.

From this data, Fairway can determine both its current ratio and its net working capital. Fairway would correctly determine that its

A.

Current ratio is 1.39

B.

Current ratio is 2.00

C.

Net working capital equals $1,000,000

D.

Net working capital equals $3,000,000

In order to determine a health plan's quick liquidity ratio, a financial analyst would divide the health plan's

A.

Total assets not invested in affiliates by its total liabilities

B.

Liquid assets by its total liabilities

C.

Liquid assets by its contractual reserves

D.

Total assets by its contractual reserves

The Lindberg Company has decided to terminate its group healthcare coverage with the Benson Health Plan. Lindberg has several former employees who previously experienced qualifying events that caused them to lose their group coverage. One federal law allows these former employees to continue their group healthcare coverage. From the answer choices below, select the response that correctly identifies the federal law that grants these individuals with the right to continue group healthcare coverage, as well as the entity which is responsible for continuing this coverage:

A.

Federal law: Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Entity: Lindberg

B.

Federal law: Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Entity: Benson

C.

Federal law: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Entity: Lindberg

D.

Federal law: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Entity: Benson