AHM-530 Exam Dumps : Network Management

has a legal right to access a prospective provider’s confidential medical records at any time

must limit any evaluations of a prospective provider’s office to an assessment of quantitative factors, such as the number of double-booked appointments a physicianaccepts at the end of each day

is prohibited by law from conducting primary verification of such data as a prospective provider’s scope of medical malpractice insurance coverage and federal tax identification number

must complete the credentialing process before a provider signs the network contract or must include in the signed document a provision that the final contract is contingent upon the completion of the credentialing process

A discounted fee-for-service (DFFS) system is usually easier for a health plan to administer than is a fee schedule system.

A case rate payment system offers providers an incentive to take an active role in managing cost and utilization.

One reason that health plans use a relative value scale (RVS) payment system is that RVS values for cognitive services have traditionally been higher than the values for procedural services.

One reason that health plans use a resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) is that this system includes weighted unit values for all types of procedures.

Must provide Medicare participants with standard HMO benefits, as well as with limited long-term care benefits

Does not need as great a variety of provider types or as complex a reimbursement method as does a traditional HMO

Receives a payment that is based on reasonable costs and reasonable charges

Most likely provides fewer supportive services than does a traditional HMO, because one of Bruin's goals is to minimize the use of community-based care