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AHM-250 AHIP Healthcare Management: An Introduction Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

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Katrina Lopez is a claims analyst for a health plan that provides a higher level of benefits for services received in-network than for services received out-of-network. Ms. Lopez reviewed a health claim for answers to the following questions:

Question A -

A.

A, B, C, and D

B.

A, B, and D only

C.

B, C, and D only

D.

A and C only

Several marketplace factors helped fuel the movement toward consumer choice. Which one of the following statements is NOT accurate with regard to these factors?

A.

After a period of relative stability, annual growth in private health spending per capita began to increase rapidly in 2002.

B.

During the height of the recent cost upswing, insurance premiums were increasing by more than 13% annually.

C.

Increased utilization was the largest factor contributing to the rise in premiums, accounting for 43% of the increase.

D.

Employer payers began seeking ways to control spiraling utilization rates and provide lower cost health coverage options.

Medicaid is a jointly funded federal and state program that provides hospital and medical expense coverage to low-income individuals and certain aged and disabled individuals. One characteristic of Medicaid is that

A.

providers who care for Medicaid recipients must accept Medicaid payment as payment in full for services rendered

B.

Medicaid requires recipients to pay deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance amounts for all services

C.

Medicaid is always the primary payer of benefits

D.

benefits offered by Medicaid programs are federally mandated and do not vary by state

The following programs are part of the Alcove MCO's utilization management (UM) program:

    A telephone triage program

    Preventive care initiatives

    A shared decision-making program

    A self-care program

With regard to the UM programs, it is most likely cor

A.

self-care program is intended to complement physicians' services, rather than to supercede or eliminate these services

B.

telephone triage program is staffed by physicians only

C.

shared decision-making program is appropriate for virtually any medical condition

D.

preventive care initiatives include immunization programs but not health promotion programs

In the United States, the Department of Defense offers ongoing healthcare coverage to military personnel and their families through the TRICARE health plan. One true statement about TRICARE is that:

A.

Active duty military personnel are automatically considered enrolled in TRICARE Prime

B.

TRICARE covers inpatient and outpatient services, physician and hospital charges, and medical supplies, but not mental health services.

C.

TRICARE enrollees are not entitled to appeal authorization or coverage decisions

D.

Hospitals participating in the TRICARE program are exempt from JCAHO accreditation and Medicare certification.

Member satisfaction is a critical element of a health plan's quality management program. A health plan can obtain information about member satisfaction with various aspects of the health plan from

A.

surveys completed by members following a visit to a provider

B.

surveys sent to plan members who have not received healthcare services during a specified time period

C.

periodic reports of complaints received by member services personnel

D.

all of the above

Primary care case managers (PCCMs) provide case management services to eligible Medicaid recipients. With regard to PCCMs it is correct to say that:

A.

PCCMs typically receive a case management fee, rather than reimbursement for medical services on a FFS basis, for the services they provide to Medicaid recipients.

B.

All Medicaid recipients who live in rural areas must be given a choice of at least four PCCMs.

C.

PCCMs receive a case management fee in addition to reimbursement for medical services on a FFS basis.

D.

PCCMs contract directly with the federal government to provide case management services to Medicaid recipients.

Many HMOs are compensated for the delivery of healthcare to members under a prepaid care arrangement. Under a prepaid care arrangement, a plan member typically pays a

A.

fixed amount in advance for each medical service the member receives

B.

a small fee such as $10 or $15 that a member pays at the time of an office visit to a network provider

C.

a fixed, monthly premium paid in advance of the delivery of medical care that covers most healthcare services that a member might need, no matter how often the member uses medical services

D.

specified amount of the member's medical expenses before any benefits are paid by the HMO

Medicare Advantage product options include:

A.

Coordinated care plans, medical savings accounts and national PPOs.

B.

Private Fee for Service plans, health care prepayment plans and medical savings accounts

C.

Coordinated care plans, regional PPOs and private fee for service plans

D.

Cost contracts, coordinated care programs and medical savings accounts.

One factor the Sandpiper Health Plan uses to assess its quality is a clinician's bedside manner, i.e., how friendly and understanding the clinician is, whether the patient feels that the clinician listens to the patient's concerns, how well the clinical

A.

a provider service quality issue

B.

an administrative service quality issue a healthcare process quality issue

C.

a healthcare outcomes quality issue

D.

a healthcare process quality issue

Paul Gilbert has been covered by a group health plan for two years. He has been undergoing treatment for angina for the past three months. Last week, Mr. Gilbert began a new job and immediately enrolled in his new company's group health plan, which has a

A.

Can exclude coverage for treatment of Mr. Gilbert's angina for one year, because HIPAA does not impact a group health plan's pre-existing condition provision.

B.

Can exclude coverage for treatment of Mr. Gilbert's angina for one year, because Mr. Gilbert did not have at least 36 months of creditable coverage under his previous health plan.

C.

Can exclude coverage for treatment of Mr. Gilbert's angina for three months, because that is the length of time he received treatment for this medical condition prior to his enrollment in the new health plan.

D.

Cannot exclude his angina as a pre-existing condition, because the one-year pre-existing condition provision is offset by at least one year of continuous coverage under his previous health plan.

Some states mandate that an independent enrollment broker or benefits counselor contractor selected by the state must manage enrollment of the eligible Medicaid population into managed care. In other states a health plan can engage independent brokers and

A.

Many states have regulations that prohibit health plans from using door-to-door and/or telephone solicitation to market health plan products to the Medicaid population.

B.

Health plans are never allowed to medically underwrite individual market customers who are under age 65.

C.

To promote a health plan product to the individual market, health plans typically use captive agents who give sales presentations to potential customers, rather than using promotion tools such as direct mail, telemarketing, or advertising.

D.

Health plans typically are allowed to medically underwrite all individual market customers who are covered by Medicare and can refuse to cover such customers.

More procedures or services may be fully covered within the PPO network than those out of network.

A.

True

B.

False

One true statement regarding ethics and laws is that the values of a community are reflected in

A.

both ethics and laws, and both ethics and laws are enforceable in the court system

B.

both ethics and laws, but only laws are enforceable in the court system

C.

ethics only, but only laws are enforceable in the court system

D.

laws only, but both ethics and laws are enforceable in the court system

One type of physician-only integration model is a consolidated medical group. Typical characteristics of a consolidated medical group include

A.

that it may be a single-specialty or multi-specialty practice

B.

operates in one or a few facilities rather than in many independent offices

C.

achieves economies of scale in the group's integrated operations

D.

all of the above

The following programs are typically included in TRICARE medical management efforts:

A.

Utilization management

B.

Self-care

C.

Case management

D.

A and B only

E.

A and C only

F.

All of the listed options

G.

B and C only

One feature of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is that it:

A.

Requires self-funded employee benefit plans to pay premium taxes at the state level.

B.

Contains a pre-emption provision, which typically makes the terms of ERISA take precedence over any state laws that regulate employee welfare benefit plans.

C.

Contains strict reporting and disclosure requirements for all employee benefit plans except health plans.

D.

Requires that state insurance laws apply to all employee benefit plans except insured plans.

One way in which a health plan can support an ethical environment is by

A.

requiring organizations with which it contracts to adopt the plan's formal ethical policy

B.

developing and maintaining a culture where ethical considerations are integrated into decision making at the top organizational level only

C.

establishing a formal method of managing ethical conflicts, such as using an ethics task force or bioethics consultant

D.

maintaining control of policy development by removing providers and members from the process of developing and implementing policies and procedures that provide guidance to providers and members confronted with ethical issues

Phillip Tsai is insured by both a indemnity health insurance plan, which is his primary plan, and a health plan, which is his secondary plan. Both plans have typical coordination of benefits (COB) provisions, but neither has a nonduplication of benefits p

A.

$0

B.

$300

C.

$400

D.

$900

Janet Riva is covered by a indemnity health insurance plan that specifies a $250 deductible and includes a 20% coinsurance provision. When Ms. Riva was hospitalized, she incurred $2,500 in medical expenses that were covered by her health plan. She incurred

A.

$1,750

B.

$1,800

C.

$2,000

D.

$2,250

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