Free AHIP AHM-540 Exam Questions

Question 1

Michelle Durden, who is enrolled in a dental health maintenance organizations (DHMO) offered by her employer, is due for a routine dental examination. If the plan is typical of most DHMOs, then Ms. Durden

A : must pay the entire cost of the examination

B : must obtain a referral to a dentist from her primary care provider (PCP)

C : can schedule the examination without preauthorization of payment by the DHMO

D : can schedule an unlimited number of examinations and cleanings per year

Answer: C

Question 2

For this question, if answer choices (A) through (C) are all correct, select answer choice (D). Otherwise, select the one correct answer choice. The QAPI (Quality Assessment Performance Improvement Program) is a Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) initiative designed to strengthen health plans’ efforts to protect and improve the health and satisfaction of Medicare beneficiaries. QAPI quality assessment standards apply to

A : standard medical-surgical services

B : mental health and substance abuse services

C : services offered to Medicare enrollees as optional supplementary benefits

D : all of the above

Answer: D

Question 3

Comorbidity can have a significant impact on the effective implementation of disease management programs. Comorbidity can correctly be defined as the

A : degree to which the progression of a disease or condition is understood

B : prevalence or rate of a sickness or injury within a given population

C : degree of severity of a particular disease or condition

D : presence of a chronic condition or added complication other than the condition that requires medical treatment

Answer: D

Question 4

Benchmarking is a quality improvement strategy used by some health plans. With regard to benchmarking, it is correct to say that

A : cost-based benchmarking reveals why some areas of a health plan perform better or worse than comparable areas of other organizations

B : diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are a source of benchmarking data that describe individual procedures and cover both inpatient and outpatient care

C : patient billing records provide a much more accurate account of procedure costs for benchmarking than do current procedural terminology (CPT) codes

D : the focus of benchmarking for health plan has shifted from identifying the lowest cost practices to identifying best practices

Answer: D

Question 5

Michelle Durden, who is enrolled in a dental health maintenance organizations (DHMO) offered by her employer, is due for a routine dental examination. If the plan is typical of most DHMOs, then Ms. Durden

A : must pay the entire cost of the examination

B : must obtain a referral to a dentist from her primary care provider (PCP)

C : can schedule the examination without preauthorization of payment by the DHMO

D : can schedule an unlimited number of examinations and cleanings per year

Answer: C