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AHM-530 Exam Dumps - Network Management

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Question # 9

The provider contract that the Canyon health plan has with Dr. Nicole Enberg specifies that she cannot sue or file any claims against a Canyon plan member for covered services, even if Canyon becomes insolvent or fails to meet its financial obligations. The contract also specifies that Canyon will compensate her under a typical discounted fee-for-service (DFFS) payment system.

During its recredentialing of Dr. Enberg, Canyon developed a report that helped the health plan determine how well she met Canyon's standards. The report included cumulative performance data for Dr. Enberg and encompassed all measurable aspects of her performance. This report included such information as the number of hospital admissions Dr. Enberg had and the number of referrals she made outside of Canyon's provider network during a specified period. Canyon also used process measures, structural measures, and outcomes measures to evaluate Dr. Enberg's performance.

Canyon used a process measure to evaluate the performance of Dr. Enberg when it evaluated whether:

A.

Dr. Enberg's young patients receive appropriate immunizations at the right ages

B.

Dr. Enberg conforms to standards for prescribing controlled substances

C.

The condition of one of Dr. Enberg's patients improved after the patient received medical treatment from Dr. Enberg

D.

Dr. Enberg's procedures are adequate for ensuring patients' access to medical care

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Question # 10

One true statement about the compensation arrangement known as the case rate system is that, under this system,

A.

Providers stand to gain or lose based on the number and types of treatments used for each case

B.

Providers have no incentives to take an active role in managing cost and utilization

C.

Payors cannot adjust standard case rates to reflect the severity of the patient’s condition or complications that arise from multiple medical problems

D.

Payors have the opportunity to benefit from the provider’s cost savings

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Question # 11

With respect to hiring practices, one step that a health plan most likely can take to avoid violating the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is to

A.

Require a medical examination prior to accepting an application for employment

B.

Include in the employment application questions pertaining to health status

C.

Make a conditional offer of employment, and then require the candidate to have an examination prior to granting specific staff privileges

D.

Require applicants to answer questions pertaining to the use of drugs and alcohol

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Question # 12

Most health plan contracts provide an outline of the criteria that a healthcare service must meet in order to be considered “medically necessary.” Typically, in order for a healthcare service to be considered medically necessary, the service provided by a physician or other healthcare provider to identify and treat a member’s illness or injury must be

A.

Consistent with the symptoms of diagnosis

B.

Furnished in the least intensive type of medical care setting required by the member’s condition

C.

In compliance with the standards of good medical practice

D.

All of the above

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Question # 13

Health plans use a variety of sources to find candidates to recruit for their provider networks. In general, two of the most effective methods of finding candidates are through

A.

Word of mouth and on-site training programs

B.

Word of mouth and direct mail

C.

Advertisements in local newspapers and on-site training programs

D.

Advertisements in local newspapers and direct mail

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Question # 14

The Ross Health Plan compensates Dr. Cecile Sanderson on a FFS basis. In order to increase the level of reimbursement that she would receive from Ross, Dr. Sanderson submitted the code for a comprehensive office visit. The services she actually provided represented an intermediate level of service. Dr. Sanderson’s action is an example of a type of false billing procedure known as

A.

Cost shifting

B.

Churning

C.

Unbundling

D.

Upcoding

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Question # 15

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

A.

8 cents per tablet, but the pharmacy can bill the subscriber for the remaining 2 cents per tablet

B.

8 cents per tablet, and the pharmacy cannot bill the subscriber for the remaining 2 cents per tablet

C.

10 cents per tablet, but the pharmacy must refund the extra 2 cents per tablet to the subscriber

D.

10 cents per tablet, and the pharmacy is not required to refund the extra 2 cents per tablet to the subscriber

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Question # 16

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has integrated accreditation with Health Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures into a program called Accreditation ’99. One statement that can correctly be made about these accreditation standards is that

A.

Health plans are required by law to report HEDIS results to NCQA

B.

HEDIS restricts its reporting criteria to a narrow group of quantitative performance measures, while NCQA includes a broad range of qualitative performance measures

C.

Private employer groups purchasing health care coverage increasingly require both NCQA accreditation and HEDIS reporting

D.

HEDIS includes measures of a health plan’s effectiveness of care rather than its cost of care

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