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Federal law addresses the relationship between Medicare- or Medicaid contracting health plans and providers who are at 'substantial financial risk.'
Under federal law, Medicare- or Medicaid-contracting health plans
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In order to calculate a simple monthly capitation payment, the Argyle Health Plan used the following information:
-The average number of office visits each member makes in a year is two -The FFS rate per office visit is $55 -The member copayment is $5 per office visit -The reimbursement period is one month
Given this information, Argyle would correctly calculate that the per member per month (PMPM) capitation rate should be
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Rasheed Azari, the risk manager for the Tower health plan, is attempting to work with providers in the organization in order to reduce the providers' exposure related to utilization review. Mr. Azari is considering advising the providers to take the following actions:
-1-Allow Tower's utilization management decisions to override a physician's independent medical judgment
-2-Support the development of a system that can quickly render a second opinion in case of disagreement surrounding clinical judgment
-3-Inform a patient of any issues that are being disputed relative to a physician's recommended treatment plan and Tower's coverage decision
Of these possible actions, the ones that are likely to reduce physicians' exposures related to utilization review include actions
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Users of the Fulcrum Health Plan financial information include:
-The independent auditors who review Fulcrum's financial statements -Fulcrum's controller (comptroller) -Fulcrum's plan members -The providers that deliver healthcare services to Fulcrum plan members -Fulcrum's competitors
Of these users, the ones that most likely can correctly be classified as external users with a direct financial interest in Fulcrum are the
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