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Healthcare Management: An Introduction Questions 166–170 (page: 35)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

Specialty services with certain characteristics tend to make good candidates for health plan approaches. One characteristic used to identify a specialty service that may be a good candidate for a health plan approach is that the service should have

  1. a defined patient population
  2. a complex benefit structure
  3. low, stable costs
  4. appropriate utilization rates

Answer(s): A



The prudent layperson standard described in the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 requires all hospitals that receive Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement to screen and, if necessary, stabilize all patients who come to their emergency departments.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer(s): B



The Acme HMO recruits and contracts directly with a wide range of physicians--both PCPs and specialists--in its geographic area on a non-exclusive basis. There is no separate legal entity that represents and negotiates the contracts for the physicians. The

  1. an independent practice association (IPA) model HMO
  2. a staff model HMO
  3. a direct contract model HMO
  4. a group model HMO

Answer(s): C



The administrative simplification standards described under Title II of HIPAA include privacy standards to control the use and disclosure of health information. In general, these privacy standards prohibit

  1. all health plans, healthcare providers, and healthcare clearinghouses from using any protected health information for purposes of treatment, payment, or healthcare operations without an individual's written consent
  2. patients from requesting that restrictions be placed on the accessibility and use of protected health information
  3. transmission of individually identifiable health information for purposes other than treatment, payment, or healthcare operations without the individual's written authorization
  4. patients from accessing their medical records and requesting the amendment of incorrect or incomplete information

Answer(s): D



The Advantage Health Plan recently added the following features to its member services program:
IVR
Active member outreach program
Advantage's member services staffing needs are likely to increase as a result of

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 1 & 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer(s): B



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