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Mrs. Shields is covered by Original Medicare. She sustained a hip fracture and is being successfully treated for that condition. However, she and her physicians feel that after her lengthy hospital stay, she will need a month or two of nursing and rehabilitative care. What should you tell the...

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2025 AHIP Final Exam Questions and
Correct Answers the Latest Update and
Recommended Version
Mrs. Shields is covered by Original Medicare. She sustained a hip fracture and is being

successfully treated for that condition. However, she and her physicians feel that after her

lengthy hospital stay, she will need a month or two of nursing and rehabilitative care. What

should you tell them about Original Medicare's coverage of care in a skilled nursing facility?

→ Medicare will cover Mrs. Shield's skilled nursing services provided during the first 20
days of her stay, after which she would have a copay until she has been in the facility
for 100 days.


Mrs. West wears glasses and dentures and has enjoyed considerable pain relief from arthritis

through massage therapy. She is concerned about whether or not Medicare will cover these

items and services. What should you tell her?

→ Medicare does not cover massage therapy, or, in general, glasses or dentures.


Mrs. Park is an elderly retiree. Mrs. Park has a low fixed income. What could you tell Mrs.

Park that might be of assistance?


→ She should contact her state Medicaid agency to see if she qualifies for one of several
programs that can help with Medicare costs for which she is responsible.


Mr. Alonso receives some help paying for his two generic prescription drugs from his

employer's retiree coverage, but he wants to compare it to a Part D prescription drug plan.

He asks you what costs he would generally expect to encounter when enrolling into a standard

Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. What should you tell him?

→ He generally would pay a monthly premium, annual deductible, and per-prescription
cost-sharing.


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Mrs. Gonzalez is enrolled in Original Medicare and has a Medigap policy as well, but it

provides no drug coverage. She would like to keep the coverage she has but replace her

existing Medigap plan with one that provides drug coverage. What should you tell her?

→ Mrs. Gonzalez cannot purchase a Medigap plan that covers drugs, but she could keep
her Medigap policy and enroll in a Part D prescription drug plan.


Mr. Davis is 52 years old and has recently been diagnosed with end-stage renal disease

(ESRD) and will soon begin dialysis. He is wondering if he can obtain coverage under

Medicare. What should you tell him?

→ He may sign-up for Medicare at any time however coverage usually begins on the
fourth month after dialysis treatments start.


Mrs. Duarte is enrolled in Original Medicare Parts A and B. She has recently reviewed her

Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) and disagrees with a determination that partially denied

one of her claims for services. What advice would you give her?

→ Mrs. Duarte should file an appeal of this initial determination within 120 days of the
date she received the MSN in the mail.


Mrs. Geisler's neighbor told her she should look at her Part D options during the annual

Medicare enrollment period because the features of Part D might have changed. Mrs. Geisler

can't remember what Part D is so she called you to ask what her neighbor was talking about.

What could you tell her?

→ Part D covers prescription drugs and she should look at her premiums, formulary, and
cost-sharing among other factors to see if they have changed.


Mr. Rainey is experiencing paranoid delusions and his physician feels that he should be

hospitalized. What should you tell Mr. Rainey (or his representative) about the length of an

inpatient psychiatric hospital stay that Medicare will cover?


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→ Medicare will cover a total of 190 days of inpatient psychiatric care during Mr.
Rainey's entire lifetime.


Mr. Xi will soon turn age 65 and has come to you for advice as to what services are provided

under Original Medicare. What should you tell Mr. Xi that best describes the health coverage

provided to Medicare beneficiaries?

→ Beneficiaries under Original Medicare have no cost-sharing for most preventive
services.


Mr. Singh would like drug coverage but does not want to be enrolled in a Medicare

Advantage plan. What should you tell him?

→ Mr. Singh can enroll in a stand-alone prescription drug plan and continue to be
covered for Part A and Part B services through Original Fee-for-Service Medicare.


Mrs. Chen will be 65 soon, has been a citizen for twelve years, has been employed full time,

and paid taxes during that entire period. She is concerned that she will not qualify for

coverage under part A because she was not born in the United States. What should you tell

her?

→ Most individuals who are citizens and age 65 or over are covered under Part A by
virtue of having paid Medicare taxes while working, though some may be covered as
a result of paying monthly premiums.


Mrs. Quinn recently turned 66 and decided after many years of work to retire and begin

receiving Social Security benefits. Shortly thereafter Mrs. Quinn received a letter informing her

that she had been automatically enrolled in Medicare Part B. She wants to understand what

this means. What should you tell Mrs. Quinn?

→ Part B primarily covers physician services. She will be paying a monthly premium and,
except for many preventive and screening tests, generally will have 20% co-payments
for these services, in addition to an annual deductible.



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