AHIP Practice Test Questions with Complete Solutions

AHIP Practice Test ABC is a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan sponsor. It would like to use its enrollees' protected health information to market non-health related products such as life insurance and annuities. To do so i ...

AHIP Practice Test ABC is a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan sponsor. It would like to use its enrollees' protected health information to market non-health related products such as life insurance and annuities. To do so it must obtain authorization from the enrollees. Which statement best describes the authorization process? - ✔✔Authorization may be obtained by directing a beneficiary to a website to provide consent. During a sales presentation to Ms. Daley for a Medicare Advantage plan that has a 5- star rating in customer service and care coordination, and received an overall plan performance rating of a 4-star, which of the following would be the correct statement to say to her? - ✔✔The Medicare Advantage plan received a 5-star rating in customer service and care coordination with an overall performance rating of 4-stars. agent lopez helps Ralph to enroll in Top Choice Medicare Advantage plan during the open enrollment period. Ralph's effective enrollment is January 1st. Ralph disenrolls on February 12th because he did not understand that the plan did not cover services furnished by several of his longtime providers. Which of the following statements best describes the impact of Ralph's action upon Agent lopez's compensation? - ✔✔Agent Lopez's entire compensation must be recouped because Ralph disenrolled within the 3 month period. Agent Higgins helps Mrs. O'Malley to enroll in AB Medicare Advantage plan during the Annual open enrollment period. Mrs. O'Malley effective enrollment date is January 1st. Subsequently, Mrs. O'Malley disenrolls on February 12th following a move outside the plan's service area. What impact will this have on Agent Higgins compensation? - ✔✔AB MA PLAN does not have to recoup Agent Higgins compensation because she has moved away from the service area. You plan to participate in an educational event sponsored by a large regional health care system. One of your colleagues suggests that you do a presentation on one of the Medicare Health plans you market, and modify it to include information about preventive screening tests showcased at the event. How should you respond to your colleague's suggestion? - ✔✔You should tell your colleague no because participation in an educational event may not include a sales presentation. Agent Mary Jennings makes a presentation on Medicare advertised as an educational event. Agent Jennings distributes materials that are solely educational in nature. However, she gives a brief presentation that mentions plan-specific premiums. Is this a prohibited activity at an event that has been advertised as educational? - ✔✔Yes. When an event has been advertised as "educational," discussing plan-specific premiums is impermissible.What types of tools can Medicare Part D prescription drug plans use that affect the way their enrollees can access medications? - ✔✔Part D plans do not have to cover all medications. As a result, their formularies, or lists of covered drugs, will vary from plan to plan. In addition, they can use cost containment techniques such as tiered copayments and prior authorization. Mrs. Allen has a rare condition for which two different brand name drugs are the only available treatment. She is concerned that since no generic prescription drug is available and these drugs are very high cost, she will not be able to find a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan that covers either one of them. What should you tell her? - ✔✔Medicare prescription drug plans are required to cover drugs in each therapeutic category. She should be able to enroll in a Medicare prescription drug plan that covers the medications she needs.