HSM 340 Health Services Finance Week 7 Discussions, Quiz Devry

HSM 340 Health Services Finance

Week 7 Discussiosn and Quiz

Week 7 DQ 1

Discuss legal and regulatory issues that affect MCOs

Week 7 DQ 2

Describe the relationship between financial planning and strategic planning. 

HSM 340 Week 7 Quiz

1. Question: (TCO 7) Coordination of benefits refers to:

2. Question: (TCO 7) A withhold is a feature for payment to health care provider that:

3. Question: (TCO 7) A medical group includes a provision in its contract with an HMO to receive larger PMPM payments if the HMO members are chronically ill. This type of provision is referred to as a:

4. Question: (TCO 7) Suppose that AT&T had made an offer to acquire Merck Pharmaceuticals. Ignoring potential antitrust problems, this merger would be classified as a:

5. Question: (TCO 7) An HMO has a Point of Service (POS) option for its members, but will pay only 80 percent of approved charges. If a member goes out of network for a medical procedure with a charge of $2,000, of which $1,200 is approved, how much must the member pay?

6. Question: (TCO 7) An uninsured patient receives services with charges of $5,000 from a hospital. The hospital staff bills the patient $1,000 and records $4,000 as charity care. If the hospital's ratio of cost to charges is 50%, what amount would the hospital recognize as charity care in Schedule H of IRS Form 990?

7. Question: (TCO 7) Why is tax-exempt financing cited as a benefit received by not-for-profit healthcare providers?