MultipleChoice
A financial analyst wants to learn the following information about the
Forest health plan for a given financial period:
OptionsMultipleChoice
The following statement(s) can correctly be made about a health plan's cash receipts and cash disbursements budgets:
OptionsMultipleChoice
A health plan can use cost accounting in order to
OptionsMultipleChoice
The Fairway health plan is a for-profit health plan that issues stock. The following data was taken from Fairway's financial statements:
-Current assets.....$5,000,000 -Total assets.....6,000,000 -Current liabilities.....2,500,000 -Total liabilities.....3,600,000 -Stockholders' equity.....2,400,000
Fairway's total revenues for the previous financial period were $7,200,000, and its net income for that period was $180,000.
For the previous financial period, Fairway's net profit margin was
OptionsMultipleChoice
The Fairway health plan is a for-profit health plan that issues stock. The following data was taken from Fairway's financial statements: Current assets.....$5,000,000
Total assets.....6,000,000
Current liabilities.....2,500,000
Total liabilities.....3,600,000
Stockholders' equity.....2,400,000
Fairway's total revenues for the previous financial period were $7,200,000, and its net income for that period was $180,000.
Assume that the healthcare industry average for the debt-to-equity ratio is 0.90. The following statement(s) can correctly be made about Fairway's debt to equity ratio:
OptionsMultipleChoice
The Nuevo health plan's capital structure consists of 30% debt and 70% equity. Nuevo's average after-tax cost of debt is 6% and its cost of equity is 12%. The following statement(s) can correctly be made about Nuevo's weighted average cost of capital (WACC):
OptionsMultipleChoice
The accounting department of the Enterprise health plan adheres to the following policies:
-Policy A---Report gains only after they actually occur -Policy B---Report losses immediately -Policy C---Record expenses only when they are certain -Policy D---Record revenues only when they are certain
Of these Enterprise policies, the ones that are consistent with the accounting principle of conservatism are Policies
OptionsMultipleChoice
The following statements indicate the pricing policies of two health plans that operate in a particular market:
-The Accent Health Plan consistently underprices its product -The Bolton Health Plan uses extremely strict underwriting practices for the small groups to which it markets its plan
From the following answer choices, select the response that correctly indicates the most likely market effects of the pricing policies used by Accent and Bolton.
OptionsMultipleChoice
The following statement(s) can correctly be made about a health plan's underwriting of small groups:
OptionsMultipleChoice
The following statements illustrate the use of different rating methods by health plans:
-The Dover health plan established rates for small groups by using a rating method which requires that the average premium in each group cannot be more than 120% of the average premium for any other group. Under this method, all members of each group pay the same premium, which is based on the experience of the group.
-Under the rating method used by the Rolling Hills health plan, the health plan calculates the ratio of a group's experience to the group's historical manual rate. Rolling Hills then multiplies this ratio by the group's future manual rate. Rolling Hills cannot consider the group's experience in determining premium rates.
From the following answer choices, select the response that correctly indicates the rating methods used by Dover and Rolling Hills.
Options