AHIP Exam AHM-250 Topic 5 Question 84 Discussion

Actual exam question for AHIP's AHM-250 exam

Question #: 84
Topic #: 5

The scandent Health Group contracted with the Empire Corporation to provide behavioral healthcare services to.

Empire employees. As a condition of providing behavioral healthcare services, scandent required Empire to contract with scandent for basic medical services scandent's actions constituted the type of antitrust violation known as a

AHorizontal group boycott

BPrice-fixing agreement

CHorizontal division of markets

DTying arrangement

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Suggested Answer: D

by Devorah at Apr 10, 2024, 03:33 PM

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Weldon

5 months ago

I see your point, both options could be valid depending on the specific details of the case.

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Casie

6 months ago

It could also possibly be a tying arrangement as mentioned in option D.

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Katlyn

6 months ago

Do you think it could be a horizontal group boycott as mentioned in option A?

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Weldon

6 months ago

I believe scandent's actions could be considered a type of antitrust violation.

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Casie

6 months ago

Yes, it seems to be related to a contract for healthcare services.

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Katlyn

6 months ago

I think the question is about antitrust violations.

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Lorrine

6 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think B) Price-fixing agreement could also be a possibility.

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Truman

6 months ago

Actually, I think it might be C) Horizontal division of markets.

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Pa

7 months ago

I disagree, I believe it is D) Tying arrangement.

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Chaya

7 months ago

I think the answer is A) Horizontal group boycott.

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Alaine

8 months ago

Haha, you guys are really overthinking this. It's obviously a price-fixing agreement. Scandent is forcing Empire to pay a certain price for their services, right? That's classic price-fixing.

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Nicholle

8 months ago

Hmm, I don't know. I was thinking it might be a horizontal group boycott, where Scandent is coordinating with other healthcare providers to exclude Empire from the market. But the tying arrangement makes more sense to me.

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Angelo

8 months ago

I think you're on the right track, Avery. A tying arrangement is when a company with market power in one product forces customers to also buy a second, separate product. That seems to fit the scenario here.

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Avery

8 months ago

Okay, let's break this down. Scandent required Empire to contract with them for basic medical services in order to receive their behavioral healthcare services. This sounds like a 'tying arrangement', where a company requires a customer to purchase one product or service in order to get another.

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Jettie

8 months ago

Yeah, I agree. This question seems to be testing our knowledge of different types of antitrust violations. From what I can tell, the scenario involves some sort of exclusionary practice by Scandent Health Group.

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Rikki

7 months ago

Actually, I think it might be C) Horizontal division of markets.

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Hailey

7 months ago

No, I believe it's D) Tying arrangement.

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Dona

7 months ago

I think the answer is A) Horizontal group boycott.

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Jacqueline

8 months ago

Hmm, this is an interesting question. I'm not sure what the correct answer is, but I'll give it my best shot. I think the key here is to understand the concept of an antitrust violation and how it applies to this specific scenario.

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