AHM-520 Exam Dumps : Health Plan Finance and Risk Management

The following information relates to the Hardcastle Health Plan for the month of June:

• Incurred claims (paid and IBNR) equal $100,000
• Earned premiums equal $120,000
• Paid claims, excluding IBNR, equal $80,000
• Total health plan expenses equal $300,000

This information indicates that Hardcastle’s medical loss ratio (MLR) for the month of June was approximately equal to:

The types of financial risks and costs to which a health plan is subject depends on whether the health plan provides services to the Medicare and/or Medicaid populations or to the commercial population. One distinction between providing services to the Medicare and Medicaid populations and to the commercial population is that Medicare and Medicaid enrollees typically:

Mandated benefit laws are state or federal laws that require health plans to arrange for the financing and delivery of particular benefits. Within a market, the implementation of mandated benefit laws is likely to cause __________.