The Medea Clinic is a network provider for Delphic Healthcare. Delphic transferred the contract it held with Medea to the Elixir HMO, an entity that was not party to the original contract. The process by which Delphic transferred the contract it held with Medea to Elixir is known as

From the following answer choices, choose the type of clause or provision described in this situation.

The Idlewilde Health Plan includes in its provider contracts a clause or provision that allows the terms of the contract to renew unchanged each year.

In open panel contracting, there are several types of delivery systems. One such delivery system is the faculty practice plan (FPP). One likely result that a health plan will experience by contracting with an FPP is that the health plan will

When the Rialto Health Plan determines which of the emergency services received by its plan members should be covered by the health plan, it is guided by a standard which describes emergencies as medical conditions manifesting themselves by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that a person who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in placing the health of the individual in serious jeopardy. This standard, which was adopted by the NAIC in 1996, is referred to as the

The Walton Health Plan uses the fee-for-service pharmaceutical reimbursement approach known as the maximum allowable cost (MAC) method. If Walton’s MAC list specifies a cost of 8 cents per tablet for a particular drug but the participating pharmacy pays 10 cents per tablet for the drug, then Walton will be obligated to reimburse the pharmacy for

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA 1986) established the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). One characteristic of the PACE programs is that:

Dr. Leona Koenig removed the appendix of a plan member of the Helium health plan. In order to increase the level of reimbursement that she would receive from Helium, Dr. Koenig submitted to the health plan separate charges for the preoperative physical examination, the surgical procedure, and postoperative care. All of these charges should have been included in the code for the surgical procedure itself. Dr. Koenig's submission is a misuse of the coding system used by health plans and is an example of:

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides healthcare coverage for low-income, medically needy, and disabled individuals. Under the terms of this joint sponsorship, the

The Aztec Health Plan has a variety of organizational committees related to quality and utilization management. These committees include the medical advisory committee, the credentialing committee, the utilization management committee, and the quality management committee. Of these committees, the one that most likely is responsible for providing oversight of Aztec's inpatient concurrent review process is the:

The provider contract that the Danube Health Plan has with the Viola Home Health Services Organization states that Danube will use a typical flat rate reimbursement arrangement to compensate Viola for the skilled nursing services it provides to Danube’s plan members. A portion of the contract’s reimbursement schedule is shown below:

Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN): $45 per visit or $90 per diem

Home Health Registered Nurse (RN): $50 per visit or $110 per diem

Last month, an LPN from Viola visited a Danube plan member and provided 1½ hours of home healthcare, and an RN from Viola visited another Danube plan member and provided 7 hours of home healthcare. The following statement(s) can correctly be made about Danube’s payment to Viola for these services: