AHIP Module 4 Quiz With Complete Solution
Mr. Prentice has many clients who are Medicare beneficiaries. He should review the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services' Marketing Guidelines to ensure he is compliant for which type of
products? - Medicare Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug (PDP) ...
AHIP Module 4 Quiz With Complete Solution Mr. Prentice has many clients who are Medicare beneficiaries. He should review the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Marketing Guidelines to ensure he is compliant for which type of products? - ✔✔ Medicare Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug (PDP) plans Correct Another agent worki ng for your agency claims that because you are not employed by the Medicare Advantage plans that you represent, you are not subject to the same requirements as the plans themselves. How should you respond to such a statement? - ✔✔ Your coworker is not corre ct. Marketing on behalf of a plan is considered marketing by the plan and requires that all contracted and employed agents comply with all Medicare marketing rules. You work for a company that has marketed Medigap products for many years. The company has a dded Medicare Advantage and Part D plans and you will begin marketing those plans this fall. You are planning what materials to use to easily show the differences in benefits, premiums and cost sharing for each of the products. What do you need to do with your materials before using them for marketing purposes? - ✔✔ You must submit your materials to the plan you represent, so CMS can review and approve the materials to ensure they are accurate. You are seeking to represent an individual Medicare Advantage pl an and an individual Part D plan in your state. You have completed the required training for each plan, but you did not achieve a passing score on the tests that came after the training. What can you do in this situation? - ✔✔ You will not be able to repres ent any Medicare Advantage or Part D plan until you complete the training and achieve an adequate score, although you will not have to take a test if you exclusively market employer/union group plans and the companies do not require testing. Your colleague works at a third party marketing organization (TMO) and she said she did not need to take the Medicare training for brokers and agents or pass a test to market Medicare plans since her contract is with the TMO, not the plans that have the pr oducts she sells. What could you say to her? - ✔✔ You could tell her she is wrong, and that only agents selling employer/union group plans are permitted an exemption from testing, but some employer/union group plans may require testing to promote agent comp liance with CMS marketing requirements. Which of the following is a correct statement about state laws as they pertain to marketing representatives? - ✔✔ Medicare health plans must comply with requests for information from state insurance departments invest igating complaints about a marketing representative. Next week you will be participating in your First educational event. In order to be sure that you do not violate any of the applicable guidelines, in what activities should you plan to engage? - ✔✔ You sh ould plan to ensure that the educational event is a social event, and must NOT conduct a sales presentation or distribute or accept enrollment forms at the event. Agent Armstrong is employed by XYZ Agency, which is under contract with ABC Health Plan, a Me dicare Advantage (MA) plan that offers plans in multiple states. XYZ Agency maintains a website marketing the MA plans with which it has contracts. Agent Armstrong follows up with individuals who request more information about ABC MA plans via the website and tries to persuade them to enroll in ABC plans. What statement best describes the marketing and compliance rules that apply to Agent Armstrong? - ✔✔ Agent Armstrong needs to be licensed and appointed in every state in which beneficiaries to whom he marke ts ABC MA plans are located. You are mailing invitations to new Medicare beneficiaries for a marketing event. You want an idea of how many people to expect, so you would like to request RSVPs. What should you keep in mind? - ✔✔ You may request RSVPs, but yo u are not permitted to require contact information. If you are to be in compliance with Medicare's guidelines regarding educational events, which of the following would be acceptable activities? - ✔✔ You may distribute business cards to individuals who requ est information on how to contact you for further details on the plan(s) you represent. You are working with a number of plans and community organizations to sponsor an educational event. When putting together advertisements for this event, what should you do? - ✔✔ You must ensure that the advertisements indicate it is an educational event, otherwise it will be considered a marketing event. You plan to participate in an educational event sponsored by a large regional health care system. One of your colleague s suggests that you do a presentation on one of the Medicare Health plans you market, and modify it to include information about preventive screening tests showcased at the event. How should you respond to your colleague's suggestion? - ✔✔ You should tell y our colleague no because participation in an educational event may not include a sales presentation. Agent Mary Jennings makes a presentation on Medicare advertised as an educational event. Agent Jennings distributes materials that are solely educational i n nature. 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? - ✔✔ Yes. When an event has been advertised as "educational," discussing plan -specific premiums is impermissible. You have set up an appointment for an in -home sales presentation with Mrs. Fernandez, who expressed interest in the Medicare plans you represent. In preparation for the sales presentation, what must you do? - ✔✔ Prior to conducti ng the presentation, obtain, and document having obtained her permission to visit, along with her interest in the specific products you will present. Mrs. Lu is turning 65 in November and called to ask for your help deciding on a Medicare Advantage plan. S he agreed to sign a scope of appointment form and meet with you October 15. During the appointment, what are you permitted to do? - ✔✔ You may provide her with the required enrollment materials and take her completed enrollment application.
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