A health plan may experience negative working capital whenever healthcare expenses generated by plan members exceed the premium income the health plan receives.
Ways in which a health plan can manage the volatility in claims payments, and therefore reduce the risk of negative working capital, include:
1. Accurately estimating incurred but not reported (IBNR) claims
2. Using capitation contracts for provider reimbursement
The Amethyst Health Plan uses a budgeting approach that requires each line of business within Amethyst's operation to justify its continued operation. Amethyst begins with the premise that no resources will be allocated for the following period unless each dollar to be spent is justified and is shown to be within departmental plans and corporate goals and objectives. The budgeting approach used by Amethyst is known as:
A health plan may experience negative working capital whenever healthcare expenses generated by plan members exceed the premium income the health plan receives.
Ways in which a health plan can manage the volatility in claims payments, and therefore reduce the risk of negative working capital, include:
1. Accurately estimating incurred but not reported (IBNR) claims
2. Using capitation contracts for provider reimbursement
Costs that can be defined by behavior are most commonly classified as fixed costs, variable costs and semi-variable costs. Examples of fixed costs include:
For a given healthcare product, the Magnolia Health Plan has a premium of $80 PMPM and a unit variable cost of $30 PMPM. Fixed costs for this product are $30,000 per month. Magnolia can correctly calculate the break-even point for this product to be:
Trinidad
14 days agoReita
20 days agoXenia
27 days agoStephanie
1 months agoJolene
2 months agoGussie
2 months agoRaul
2 months agoCraig
2 months agoCassi
3 months agoCassi
3 months agoAmira
3 months agoVicente
3 months agoGrover
4 months agoParis
4 months agoHui
4 months agoRoyal
4 months agoAileen
5 months agoGwen
5 months agoCeleste
5 months agoCarey
5 months agoMariko
5 months agoLai
6 months agoArt
6 months agoKirk
6 months agoRaina
6 months agoGlory
6 months agoStevie
7 months agoCorrina
7 months agoFranchesca
8 months agoMarva
8 months agoYuki
9 months agoJannette
9 months agoDianne
9 months agoTish
9 months ago