AHIP Exam AHM-250 Topic 5 Question 84 Discussion

Actual exam question for AHIP's AHM-250 exam

Question #: 84
Topic #: 5

The scandent Health Group contracted with the Empire Corporation to provide behavioral healthcare services to.

Empire employees. As a condition of providing behavioral healthcare services, scandent required Empire to contract with scandent for basic medical services scandent's actions constituted the type of antitrust violation known as a

AHorizontal group boycott

BPrice-fixing agreement

CHorizontal division of markets

DTying arrangement

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Suggested Answer: D

by Devorah at Apr 10, 2024, 03:33 PM

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Weldon

9 months ago

I see your point, both options could be valid depending on the specific details of the case.

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Casie

9 months ago

It could also possibly be a tying arrangement as mentioned in option D.

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Katlyn

9 months ago

Do you think it could be a horizontal group boycott as mentioned in option A?

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Weldon

9 months ago

I believe scandent's actions could be considered a type of antitrust violation.

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Casie

9 months ago

Yes, it seems to be related to a contract for healthcare services.

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Katlyn

10 months ago

I think the question is about antitrust violations.

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Lorrine

10 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think B) Price-fixing agreement could also be a possibility.

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Truman

10 months ago

Actually, I think it might be C) Horizontal division of markets.

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Pa

11 months ago

I disagree, I believe it is D) Tying arrangement.

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Chaya

11 months ago

I think the answer is A) Horizontal group boycott.

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Alaine

11 months ago

Haha, you guys are really overthinking this. It's obviously a price-fixing agreement. Scandent is forcing Empire to pay a certain price for their services, right? That's classic price-fixing.

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Nicholle

12 months ago

Hmm, I don't know. I was thinking it might be a horizontal group boycott, where Scandent is coordinating with other healthcare providers to exclude Empire from the market. But the tying arrangement makes more sense to me.

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Angelo

12 months ago

I think you're on the right track, Avery. A tying arrangement is when a company with market power in one product forces customers to also buy a second, separate product. That seems to fit the scenario here.

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Avery

12 months ago

Okay, let's break this down. Scandent required Empire to contract with them for basic medical services in order to receive their behavioral healthcare services. This sounds like a 'tying arrangement', where a company requires a customer to purchase one product or service in order to get another.

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Jettie

12 months ago

Yeah, I agree. This question seems to be testing our knowledge of different types of antitrust violations. From what I can tell, the scenario involves some sort of exclusionary practice by Scandent Health Group.

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Rikki

10 months ago

Actually, I think it might be C) Horizontal division of markets.

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Hailey

10 months ago

No, I believe it's D) Tying arrangement.

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Dona

10 months ago

I think the answer is A) Horizontal group boycott.

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Jacqueline

12 months ago

Hmm, this is an interesting question. I'm not sure what the correct answer is, but I'll give it my best shot. I think the key here is to understand the concept of an antitrust violation and how it applies to this specific scenario.

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