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Health Plan Finance and Risk Management

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Question # 21

Costs that can be defined by behavior are most commonly classified as fixed costs, variable costs, and semi-variable costs. From the following answer choices, select the response that correctly indicates a fixed cost and a variable cost for a health plan.

A.

Fixed Cost = depreciation on computer equipment

Variable Cost = selling expenses

B.

Fixed Cost = premium processing expenses

Variable Cost = rent on a regional office

C.

Fixed Cost = the cost for building maintenance

Variable Cost = the cost for electricity

D.

Fixed Cost = the cost for electricity

Variable Cost = fire insurance on the home office facility

Question # 22

Kevin Olin applied for individual healthcare coverage from the Mercury health plan. Before issuing the policy, Mercury's underwriters attached a rider that excludes from coverage any loss that results from Mr. Olin's chronic knee problem. This information indicates that Mr. Olin's policy includes

A.

a moral hazard rider

B.

an essential plan rider

C.

an impairment rider

D.

an insurable interest rider

Question # 23

The following statements are about the new methodology authorized under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) for payments by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) to Medicare-contracting health plans.

Select the answer choice containing the correct statement.

A.

Under this new methodology, Medicare-contracting health plans are paid the lower of (a) a floor payment amount per enrollee covered or (b) the health plan's payment rate increased by 2% from the previous year.

B.

The new methodology has decreased the rate of growth in payments from CMS to Medicare-contracting health plans.

C.

Under this new methodology, Medicare-contracting health plans are paid 90% of the adjusted average per capita cost (AAPCC) of providing a service to a beneficiary.

D.

Under the principal inpatient diagnostic cost group (PIP-DCG), a new risk adjustment methodology, Medicare-contracting health plans will no longer be required to calculate and submit to CMS a Medicare adjusted community rate (ACR).

Question # 24

The Raven Health Plan is domiciled in a state that requires the health plan to offer small employers and their employees a comprehensive healthcare benefit plan that approximates the healthcare benefits available to large employer-employee groups. This type of uniform benefit plan is known as:

A.

A basic plan

B.

A low-option plan

C.

A standard plan

D.

An essential plan

Question # 25

The methods of alternative funding for health coverage can be divided into the following general categories:

    Category A—Those methods that primarily modify traditional fully insured group insurance contracts

    Category B—Those methods that have either partial or total self funding

Typically, small employers are able to use some of the alternative funding methods in

A.

Both Category A and Category B

B.

Category A only

C.

Category B only

D.

Neither Category A nor Category B

Question # 26

The Acorn Health Plan uses a resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) to help determine the reimbursement amounts that Acorn should make to providers who are compensated under an FFS system. With regard to the advantages and disadvantages to Acorn of using RBRVS, it can correctly be stated that

A.

An advantage of using RBRVS is that it can assist Acorn in developing reimbursement schedules for various types of providers in a comprehensive healthcare plan

B.

An advantage of using RBRVS is that it puts providers who render more medical services than necessary at financial risk for this overutilization

C.

A disadvantage of using RBRVS is that it will be difficult for Acorn to track treatment rates for the health plan's quality and cost management functions

D.

A disadvantage of using RBRVS is that it rewards procedural healthcare services more than cognitive healthcare services

Question # 27

With regard to the Medicaid program in the United States, it can correctly be stated that

A.

The federal government provides none of the funding for state Medicaid programs

B.

Federal Medicaid law is different from Medicare law in that the federal government explicitly sets forth the methodology for payment of Medicaid-contracting plans but not Medicare-contracting plans

C.

A state's payment to health plans for providing Medicaid services cannot be more than it would have cost the state to provide the services under Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS)

D.

States are prohibited from carving out specific services from the capitation rate that health plans receive for providing Medicaid services

Question # 28

The Kayak Company self funds the health plan for its employees. This plan is an example of a type of self-funded plan known as a general asset plan.

Because Kayak's plan is a general asset plan, the funds that Kayak sets aside for the health plan are

A.

subject to the claims of Kayak's creditors

B.

available to Kayak solely for the purpose of paying for the healthcare expenses of Kayak's covered employees

C.

placed in a trust fund established by Kayak to pay for the health plan

D.

considered separate from Kayak's current operating funds

Question # 29

The Brookhaven Company is the parent company of two subsidiaries: an HMO and an insurance company. The headings on Brookhaven's financial statements read "Consolidated Financial Statements of Brookhaven Company." From the following answer choices, select the response that correctly indicates, under the entity concept, whether the HMO and the insurance company are accounted for as separate entities and whether the subsidiaries' financial results would be included in Brookhaven's consolidated financial statements.

A.

Accounted for as Separate Entities? = yes

Results Included in Brookhaven's Statements? = yes

B.

Accounted for as Separate Entities? = yes

Results Included in Brookhaven's Statements? = no

C.

Accounted for as Separate Entities? = no

Results Included in Brookhaven's Statements? = yes

D.

Accounted for as Separate Entities? = no

Results Included in Brookhaven's Statements? = no

Question # 30

If the Ascot health plan's accountants follow the going-concern concept under GAAP, then these accountants most likely

A.

Assume that Ascot will pay its liabilities immediately or in full during the current accounting period

B.

Defer certain costs that Ascot has incurred, unless these costs contribute to the health plan's future earnings

C.

Assume that Ascot is not about to be liquidated, unless there is evidence to the contrary

D.

Value Ascot's assets more conservatively than they would under SAP

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