AHIP Module 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!

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? - ANSWERYes. When an event has been advertised as "educational," discussing plan-specific premiums is impermissible. You are working several plans and community organizations to sponsor an educational event. When putting together advertisements for this event, what should you do? - ANSWERYou must ensure that the advertisements indicate it is an educational event, otherwise it will be considered a marketing event. Plan sponsors may undertake the following marketing activities with current Medicare Advantage plan members? - ANSWERMarket non-health related items or services such as life insurance or annuities policies to current members as permitted following HIPAA Privacy Rules. ABC is a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan sponsor. It would like to use its enrollees' information to market non-health related products such as life insurance and annuities. Which statement best describes ABC's obligation to its enrollees regarding marketing such products? - ANSWERIt must obtain a HIPAA compliant authorization from an enrollee that indicates the plan or plan sponsor may use their information for marketing purposes. You have approached a hospital administrator about marketing in her facility. The administrator is uncomfortable with the suggestion. How could you address her concerns? - ANSWERTell her that Medicare guidelines allow you to conduct marketing activities in common areas of a provider's facility. Another agent you know has engaged in misconduct that has been verified by the plan she represented. What sort of penalty might the plan impose on this individual?7 - ANSWERThe plan may withhold commission, require retraining, report the misconduct to a state department of insurance or terminate the contract During a sales presentation, your client asks you whether the Medicare agency recommends that she sign up for your plan or stay in Original Medicare. What should y