In the paragraph below, a statement contains two pairs of terms enclosed in parentheses. Determine which term in each pair correctly completes the statement. Then select the answer choice containing the two terms that you have chosen.

One type of acquisition is called a stock purchase. In a typical stock purchase, a company acquires (51% / 100%) of the voting shares of another company's stock, thereby making the acquired company a subsidiary. The (acquired / acquiring) company holds all of the assets and liabilities of the acquired company.

The following statements describe various state benefit mandates. Select the answer choice that describes a state law pertaining to off-label uses for drugs.

A federal law that significantly affects health plans is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). In order to comply with HIPAA provisions, issuers offering group health coverage generally must.

The Opal Health Plan complies with all of the provisions of the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 (NMHPA). Samantha Hill and Debra Chao are Opal enrollees. Ms. Hill was hospitalized for a cesarean birth, and Ms. Chao was hospitalized for a normal delivery. From the following answer choices, select the response that indicates the minimum hospital stay for which Opal, under NMHPA, must provide benefits for Ms. Hill and Ms. Chao.

Greenpath Health Services, Inc., an HMO, recently terminated some providers from its network in response to the changing enrollment and geographic needs of the plan. A provision in Greenpath's contracts with its healthcare providers states that Greenpath can terminate the contract at any time, without providing any reason for the termination, by giving the other party a specified period of notice.

The state in which Greenpath operates has an HMO statute that is patterned on the NAIC HMO Model Act, which requires Greenpath to notify enrollees of any material change in its provider network. As required by the HMO Model Act, the state insurance department is conducting an examination of Greenpath's operations. The scope of the on-site examination covers all aspects of Greenpath's market conduct operations, including its compliance with regulatory requirements.

The contracts between Greenpath and its healthcare providers contain a termination provision known as

In the course of doing business, health plans conduct basic corporate transactions. For example, when a health plan engages in the corporate transaction known as aggressive sourcing, the health plan

There are several approaches to the interagency division of responsibility for managed care entity (MCE) oversight. In State M, the state Medicaid agency, the state department of health, and the state insurance department are all responsible for ensuring that quality improvement programs are in place among the same group of MCEs and that these programs meet each agency's rules and regulations for such programs. This information indicates that State M uses the approach known as the

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has delegated its responsibility for development and oversight of regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to an office within the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS). The CMS office that is responsible for enforcing the federal requirements of HIPAA is the

One typical difference between a for-profit health plan's board of directors and a not-for-profit health plan's board of directors is that the directors in a for-profit health plan

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted the Health Maintenance Organization Model Act (HMO Model Act) to regulate the development and operations of HMOs. One true statement regarding the HMO Model Act is that the act