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北美精算师真题大纲讲解November2001Course8M（三）

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　　北美精算师真题大纲讲解November2001Course8M（三），大家用心记在脑子里呀，内容很多，但别怕看不完。
　　14. (11 points) It is currently late in the year 2000. As The Bedford Group’s pricing actuary,

　　you must prepare manual rates for 2001. In addition to data from Table MC – 6, you

　　have decided to use the following assumptions:

　　? Calendar year 2000 will be used as the experience period

　　? Anticipated increase in average charge per service from 2000 to 2001

　　Hospital Services = 10%

　　Physician Services = 5%

　　All Other Services = 15%

　　? Administrative Costs will increase by 4%

　　? Adjustments for risk sharing, bonus, and withhold arrangements will not

　　affect the currently reported results

　　? Average charges per service are the same for the HMO and POS products

　　? Utilization changes occur uniformly for both the HMO and POS

　　(a) Using the information provided:

　　(i) (3 points) Calculate the expected PMPM hospital inpatient costs for the

　　HMO and POS plans separately for 2001. Show your work.

　　(ii) (1 point) Determine the required total premium PMPM assuming the total

　　projected claims costs for 2001 are $170.00 and $185.00 PMPM for the

　　HMO and POS products respectively. Show your work.

　　(b) (4 points) The head of the Marketing Department has to present a quote effective

　　January 1, 2001 for the HMO product to a prospect, Bailey Industries. He has

　　indicated three-tier premium rates are required.

　　Current Rate Information for Bailey Industries

　　Tier Number of

　　Contracts

　　No. of Persons

　　per Contract

　　HMO Ratio to

　　Single

　　POS Ratio to

　　Single

　　Single 35% 1.0 1.0 1.0

　　Two Party 15% 2.0 1.9 1.7

　　Family 50% 3.8 3.5 4.2

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　　Managed Care

　　Afternoon Session

　　14. Continued

　　(i) Calculate the manual premium rates by tier for Bailey Industries using HMO

　　rate relativities in the table above and the total premium you calculated in

　　(a) (ii) above. Show your work.

　　(ii) Bailey Industries requires that the HMO premium rates be recalculated

　　using the POS rating relativities. Develop revised rates to meet this

　　requirement. Explain why offering HMO premium rates that mirror the

　　POS rating slope may or may not be in Bailey Industries’ best interest.

　　Show your work.

　　(iii) Describe the documentation you would include in your files to demonstrate

　　that Actuarial Standards of Practice concerning HMOs or other managed

　　care health plans were followed in your work.

　　(c) (3 points) Outline a report for Bailey Industries explaining the potential impact of

　　adverse selection resulting from the following types of market reform:

　　(i) Insurer Rules of Issue,

　　(ii) Government mandated benefits and laws,

　　(iii) Rating methodologies, and

　　(iv) Marketing practices.

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　　Managed Care

　　Afternoon Session

　　Questions 14 through 16 pertain to the Case Study

　　15. (14 points) You are an actuary for The Bedford Group. A meeting has been called to

　　address spiraling costs in two areas: behavioral health/chemical dependency and

　　radiology services.

　　Radiological Services

　　Your CEO also has concerns regarding the increase in radiology costs even though

　　utilization has decreased. The VP of Provider Contracts is predicting a 25% increase in

　　2001 in physician radiology average charges. None of the benefit plans sold require any

　　member cost sharing for physician radiology benefits.

　　Behavioral Health and Chemical Dependency (BH/CD)

　　Your CEO is considering carving-out all BH/CD services due to increasing costs and

　　increased regulatory pressures. Total claims for BH/CD services in 2000 were $24

　　million for both HMO and POS products.

　　Lighthouse Behavioral Services (LBS), a managed behavioral health company, has

　　approached The Bedford Group to provide the full continuum of care for BH/CD

　　services. LBS will provide all BH/CD services on a capitated basis. After reviewing The

　　Bedford Group’s 2000 BH/CD claims, LBS believes they can affect BH/CD claim costs

　　under the following assumptions:

　　? LBS uses The Bedford Group provider contracts

　　? Utilization of services in Hospital ID1 will not change

　　? Utilization of services at Hospital ID2 and ID3 will be reduced by 50%

　　? 80% of the reduced Hospital ID3 services will then be moved to Hospital ID2

　　? Outpatient utilization will increase by 15%

　　? Hospital ID1 and ID3 costs/admission will not change

　　? Hospital ID2 costs/admission will increase by 50%

　　? Outpatient charges/services will go down by 25%

　　? LBS will add an administrative charge of $1.10 PMPM

　　(a) (2 points) Discuss differences between BH/CD and radiology services in how

　　access to care is obtained and utilization is controlled in a managed care

　　environment.

　　(b) (2 points) Describe mechanisms The Bedford Group can use to reduce provider

　　reimbursement costs for BH/CD and for radiology services.

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　　Managed Care

　　Afternoon Session
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