Free AHIP AHM-520 Exam Questions

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Question 1

Federal law addresses the relationship between Medicare- or Medicaid contracting health plans and providers who are at "substantial financial risk."

Under federal law, Medicare- or Medicaid-contracting health plans:

A : Place a provider at "substantial risk" whenever incentive arrangements put the provider at risk for amounts in excess of 10% of his or her total potential reimbursement for providing services to Medicare and Medicaid enrollees

B : Must provide stop-loss coverage to a provider who is placed at "substantial financial risk" for services that the provider does not directly provide to Medicare or Medicaid enrollees

C : Both A and B

D : A only

E : B only

F : Neither A nor B

Answer: C

Question 2

Companies typically produce three types of budgets: operational budgets, cash budgets, and capital budgets. The following statements are about operational budgets. Select the answer choice containing the correct statement.

A : Expense budgets, a type of operational budget, typically describe fixed expenses rather than variable expenses.

B : Operational budgets can only show information by department or by line of business.

C : Operational budgets begin with a forecast of sales revenue and investment income.

D : Revenue budgets, a type of operational budget, indicate the amount of income from operations that a company received from the previous budget period

Answer: C

Question 3

The Jasmine Company, which self-funds the health plan for its 200 employees, has established a 501(c)(9) trust as a means of addressing possible claims fluctuations under the health plan. This plan is not a part of a collective bargaining process.

A potential disadvantage to Jasmine of using a 501(c)(9) trust is that:

A : The cost of maintaining the trust may be prohibitive to Jasmine

B : The trust must always maintain enough assets to pay the health plan's claims that have been incurred but not yet paid

C : Jasmine is prohibited from earning any return on the trust assets

D : The contributions to this trust are not deductible for federal income tax purposes

Answer: A

Question 4

The Fairway health plan is a for-profit health plan that issues stock. The following data was taken from Fairway's financial statements:

Current assets.....$5,000,000 -

Total assets.....$6,000,000 -

Current liabilities.....$2,500,000

Total liabilities.....$3,600,000

Stockholders' equity.....$2,400,000

Fairway's total revenues for the previous financial period were $7,200,000, and its net income for that period was $180,000.

Assume that the healthcare industry average for the debt-to-equity ratio is 0.90.

The following statement(s) can correctly be made about Fairway's debt to equity ratio:

A : Fairway's debt-to-equity ratio is 1.50

B : Fairway relies less than most other healthcare organizations on borrowed funds to cover future and current benefit payments, to pay for ongoing business operations, and to finance growth

C : Both A and B

D : A only

E : B only

F : Neither A nor B

Answer: B

Question 5

The following statements are about 501(c)(9) trusts. Select the answer choice containing the correct statement:

A : In the event a 501(c)(9) trust is terminated, any funds remaining in the trust revert back to the employer.

B : In order to satisfy Internal Revenue Code (IRC) requirements, membership in a 501(c)(9) trust is mandatory for all employees.

C : Contributions made by an employer to a 501(c)(9) trust are deductible for federal income tax purposes.

D : Typically, a 501(c)(9) trust is controlled solely by the employer that established the trust.

Answer: C

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Total 215 Questions | Updated On: May 12, 2026

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