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AHIP 2025 Final Exam 50 Questions with All Correctly and accurate Answers
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AHIP 2025 Final Exam 50 Questions with All Correctly and accurate Answers A Medicare beneficiary has walked into your office and requested that you sit down with her and discuss her options under the Medicare Advantage program. Before engaging in such a discussion, what should you do? - Answer-You must have her sign a scope of appointment form, indicating which products she wishes to discuss. You may then proceed with the discussion. Able, Baker, and Charles are engaged in the marketing to and enrollment of beneficiaries into Medicare health plans. Mr. Able is an independent agent paid directly by a health plan. Ms. Baker is an independent agent paid through a field marketing organization (FMO). Mr. Charles is an independent agent paid for his work by a third-party marketing organization (TMO). How do the CMS compensation rules apply to these three agents? - Answer-Baker and Charles are subject to CMS compensation rules because they are paid by third parties. Able is not because he is paid directly by a health plan. Agent Jennings makes a presentation on Medicare advertised as an educational event. Agent Jennings distributes materials that are solely educational. 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? - Answer-Yes. When an event has been advertised as "educational," discussing plan-specific premiums is impermissible. Anita Magri will turn age 65 in August 2023. Anita intends to enroll in Original Medicare Part A and Part B. She would also like to enroll in a Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plan. Anita's older neighbor Mel has told her about the Medigap Plan F in which he is enrolled. It not only provides foreign travel emergency benefits but also covers his Medicare Part B deductible. Anita comes to you for advice. What should you tell her? - Answer-You are sorry to disappoint Anita, but a Medigap F plan is no longer available to those who turn age 65 after January 1, 2020. Anita might instead consider other Medigap plans that offer foreign travel benefits but do not cover the Part B deductible.
By contacting plans available in your area, you have learned that the plan you represent has a significantly lower monthly premium than the others. Furthermore, you see that the plan you represent has a unique benefits package. What should you do to make sure your clients know about these pieces of information? - Answer-You may make comparisons between plans if you can support them with studies or statistical data and such comparisons are factually based and referenced. Dr. Elizabeth Brennan does not contract with the ABC PFFS plan but accepts the plan's terms and conditions for payment. Mary Rodgers sees Dr. Brennan for treatment. How much may Dr. Brennan charge? - Answer- Dr. Brennan can charge Mary Rogers no more than the cost sharing specified in the PFFS plan's terms and condition of payment which may include balance billing up to 15%of the Medicare rate. 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 best statement to say to her? - Answer-The Medicare Advantage plan received a 5-star rating in customer service and care coordination with an overall performance rating of 4 stars. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn both take a specialized multivitamin prescription each day. Mr. Vaughn takes a prescription to help to regrow his hair. They are anxious to have their Medicare prescription drug plan cover these drug needs. What should you tell them? - Answer-Medicare prescription drug plans are not permitted to cover the prescription medications the Vaughns are interested in under Part D coverage, however, plans may cover them as supplemental benefits and the Vaughns could look into that possibility. Mr. Barker enjoys a comfortable retirement income. He recently had surgery and expected that he would have certain services and items covered by the plan with minimal out-of-pocket costs because his MA-PD coverage has been very good. However, when he received the bill, he was surprised to see large charges in excess of his maximum out-of-pocket limit that included some services and items he thought would be fully covered. He called you to ask what he could do? What could you tell him?
Plan and asked whether it might help. What do you tell him? - Answer-The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan helps spread out beneficiary cost- sharing payments but does not decrease the total amount owed. Mr. Kelly wants to know whether he is eligible to sign up for a private fee- for-service (PFFS) plan. What questions would you need to ask to determine his eligibility? - Answer-You would need to ask Mr. Kelly if he is entitled to Part A, enrolled in Part B, and if he lives in the PFFS plan's service area. Mr. Liu turns 65 on June 19. He has never previously qualified for Medicare so his first Medicare eligibility date will be June 1. Mr. Liu's ICEP and Part D IEP begin on March 1 and end on September 30. He wants prescription drug coverage with his Part A and Part B benefits. What advice can you provide him? - Answer-He can enroll in a MA-PD as long as he enrolls in Part B and is entitled to Part A. Mr. Lombardi is interested in a Medicare Advantage (MA) PPO plan that you represent. It is one of three plans operated by the same organization in Mr. Lombardi's area. The MA PPO plan does not include drug coverage, but the other two plans do. Mr. Lombardi likes the PPO plan that does not include drug coverage and intends to obtain his drug coverage through a stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plan. What should you tell him about this situation? - Answer-He could enroll either in one of the MA plans that include prescription drug coverage or Original Medicare with a Medigap plan and standalone Part D prescription drug coverage, but he cannot enroll in the MA-only PPO plan and a stand-alone prescription drug plan. Mr. Lopez has heard that he can sign up for a product called "Medicare Advantage" but is not sure about what type of plan designs are available through this program. What should you tell him about the types of health plans that are available through the Medicare Advantage program? - Answer-There are Medicare health plans such as HMOs, PPOs, PFFS, and MSAs. Mr. Lopez, who is fairly well-off financially, would like to enroll in a Medicare prescription drug plan you represent and simply give you a
check to cover his premiums for the entire year. What should you tell him?
for him and it is not on his Part D plan's formulary. What could you tell him to do? - Answer-Mr. Zachow has a right to request a formulary exception to obtain coverage for his Part D drug. He or his physician could obtain the standardized request form on the plan's website, fill it out, and submit it to his plan. Mrs. Chen will be 65 soon, has been a citizen for twelve years, has been employed full time, and paid taxes during that entire period. She is concerned that she will not qualify for coverage under part A because she was not born in the United States. What should you tell her? - Answer-Most individuals who are citizens and age 65 or over are covered under Part A by virtue of having paid Medicare taxes while working, though some may be covered as a result of paying monthly premiums. Mrs. Chou likes a Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan available in her area that does not include drug coverage. She wants to enroll in the plan and enroll in a stand-alone prescription drug plan. What should you tell her? - Answer-She could enroll in a PFFS plan and a stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plan. Mrs. Duarte is enrolled in Original Medicare Parts A and B. She has recently reviewed her Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) and disagrees with a determination that partially denied one of her claims for services. What advice would you give her? - Answer-Mrs. Duarte should file an appeal of this initial determination within 120 days of the date she received the MSN in the mail. Mrs. Geisler's neighbor told her she should look at her Part D options during the annual Medicare enrollment period because the features of Part D might have changed. Mrs. Geisler can't remember what Part D is so she called you to ask what her neighbor was talking about. What could you tell her? - Answer-Part D covers prescription drugs and she should look at her premiums, formulary, and cost-sharing among other factors to see if they have changed. Mrs. Hernandez is one of your clients. She has read that there is a new program that may help her manage prescription drug costs. What do you tell her about the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan? - Answer-Part D
enrollees can opt into the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan at the beginning of the plan year or any point during the year. Mrs. Lopez is enrolled in a cost plan for her Medicare benefits. She has recently lost creditable coverage previously available through her husband's employer. She is interested in enrolling in a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (PDP). What should you tell her? - Answer-If a Part D benefit is offered through her plan she may choose to enroll in that plan or a standalone PDP. Mrs. Lyons is in good health, uses a single prescription, and lives independently in her own home. She is attracted by the idea of maintaining control over a Medical Savings Account (MSA) but is not sure if the plan associated with the account will fit her needs. What specific piece of information about a Medicare MSA plan would it be important for her to know, prior to enrolling in such a plan? - Answer-All MSAs cover Part A and Part B benefits, but not Part D prescription drug benefits, which could be obtained by also enrolling in a separate prescription drug plan. Mrs. Park is an elderly retiree. Mrs. Park has a low fixed income. What could you tell Mrs. Park that might be of assistance? - Answer-She should contact her state Medicaid agency to see if she qualifies for one of several programs that can help with Medicare costs for which she is responsible. Mrs. Pierce would like to enroll in a Medicare Cost plan that offers Part D prescription drug coverage. She comes to you for advice about when she can enroll in a plan you have previously discussed. What should you tell her? - Answer-Enrollment in Cost plans offering Part D coverage is available only during enrollment periods under the Part D program, and Cost plans must accept enrollments during these periods. Mrs. Quinn recently turned 66 and decided after many years of work to retire and begin receiving Social Security benefits. Shortly thereafter Mrs. Quinn received a letter informing her that she had been automatically enrolled in Medicare Part B. She wants to understand what this means. What should you tell Mrs. Quinn? - Answer-Part B primarily covers physician services. She will be paying a monthly premium and, except for
Who is most likely to benefit from the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan?