Free AHIP AHM-520 Exam Questions

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.

For the previous financial period, Fairway's net profit margin was:

Under GAAP, three approaches to expense recognition are generally allowed: associating cause and effect, systematic and rational allocation, and immediate recognition.

A health plan most likely would use the approach of systematic and rational allocation in order to:

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:

The Atoll Health Plan must comply with a number of laws that directly affect the plan's contracts. One of these laws allows Atoll's plan members to receive medical services from certain specialists without first being referred to those specialists by a primary care provider (PCP). This law, which reduces the PCP's ability to manage utilization of these specialists, is known as _________.

A health plan's costs can be classified as committed costs or discretionary costs. An example of a discretionary cost for a health plan is the cost of its: