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

Internal analysis of the health plan can be more detailed and more specific than can external analysis

Internal analysts are more likely than external analysts to want comparative financial data about the health plan

Only internal analysts use trend analysis to analyze the health plan's financial statements

Only internal analysts typically conduct the financial analysis of the health plan themselves

An increase the health plan's underwriting risk

A decrease the health plan's credit risk

A decrease the health plan's net worth requirement

All of the above

GAAP is established and promoted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), whereas SAP is established and promoted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

The going-concern concept is an underlying premise of GAAP, whereas SAP tends to focus on the liquidation value of the MCO or the insurer

GAAP provides for a single method of valuing all of a health plan’s assets, whereas SAP offers the health plan more than one method for valuing its assets

The principle of conservatism is fundamental to GAAP, whereas SAP generally is not conservative in nature