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

The Marble Health Plan sets aside a PMPM amount for each specialty.

When a PCP in Marble's provider network refers a Marble plan member to a specialist and the specialist provides medical services to the member, the specialist begins to receive a share of those funds on a monthly basis. Marble determines the monthly payment for each specialist by dividing the number of active patients for that specialty by the total specialty pool for that month.

This form of payment, which is similar to a case rate, is known as

Variance analysis is the study of the difference between expected results and actual results. Variances can be positive or negative. A positive variance is typically considered:

An actuary for the Noble Health Plan observed that the plan's actual morbidity was lower than its assumed morbidity and that the plan's actual administrative expenses were higher than its assumed administrative expenses. In this situation, Noble's actual underwriting margin was