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

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:

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:

The following statements indicate the pricing policies of two health plans that operate in a particular market:

• The Accent Health Plan consistently underprices its product
• The Bolton Health Plan uses extremely strict underwriting practices for the small groups to which it markets its plan

From the following answer choices, select the response that correctly indicates the most likely market effects of the pricing policies used by Accent and Bolton.