2025 AHIP - Fraud, Waste, and Abuse questions and
answers A+ Grade
Which of the following requires intent to obtain payment and the knowledge the actions are wrong?
- correct answer Fraud
Your job is to submit a risk diagnosis to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the
purpose of payment. As part of this job, you use a process to verify the data is accurate. Your immediate
supervisor tells you to ignore the Sponsor's process and to adjust or add risk diagnosis codes for certain
individuals. What should you do?
- correct answer Report the incident to the compliance department (via compliance hotline or other
mechanism)
Which of the following is NOT potentially a penalty for violation of a law or regulation prohibiting fraud,
waste, and abuse (FWA)?
- correct answer Deportation
You are performing a regular inventory of the controlled substances in the pharmacy. You discover a
minor inventory discrepancy. What should you do?
- correct answer Follow your pharmacy's procedures.
A person drops off a prescription for a beneficiary who is a "regular" customer. The prescription is for a
controlled substance with a quantity of 160. This beneficiary normally receives a quantity of 60, not 160.
You review the prescription and have concerns about possible forgery. What is your next step?
- correct answer Call the prescriber to verify the quantity
You are in charge of paying claims submitted by providers. You notice a certain diagnostic provider
("Doe Diagnostics") requested a substantial payment for a large patient group. Many of these claims are
for a certain procedure. You review the same type of procedure for other diagnostic providers and
realize Doe Diagnostics' claims far exceed any other provider you reviewed. What should you do?
- correct answer Consult with your immediate supervisor for next steps or contact the compliance
department (via compliance hotline, Special Investigations Unit [SIU], or other mechanism)
answers A+ Grade
Which of the following requires intent to obtain payment and the knowledge the actions are wrong?
- correct answer Fraud
Your job is to submit a risk diagnosis to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the
purpose of payment. As part of this job, you use a process to verify the data is accurate. Your immediate
supervisor tells you to ignore the Sponsor's process and to adjust or add risk diagnosis codes for certain
individuals. What should you do?
- correct answer Report the incident to the compliance department (via compliance hotline or other
mechanism)
Which of the following is NOT potentially a penalty for violation of a law or regulation prohibiting fraud,
waste, and abuse (FWA)?
- correct answer Deportation
You are performing a regular inventory of the controlled substances in the pharmacy. You discover a
minor inventory discrepancy. What should you do?
- correct answer Follow your pharmacy's procedures.
A person drops off a prescription for a beneficiary who is a "regular" customer. The prescription is for a
controlled substance with a quantity of 160. This beneficiary normally receives a quantity of 60, not 160.
You review the prescription and have concerns about possible forgery. What is your next step?
- correct answer Call the prescriber to verify the quantity
You are in charge of paying claims submitted by providers. You notice a certain diagnostic provider
("Doe Diagnostics") requested a substantial payment for a large patient group. Many of these claims are
for a certain procedure. You review the same type of procedure for other diagnostic providers and
realize Doe Diagnostics' claims far exceed any other provider you reviewed. What should you do?
- correct answer Consult with your immediate supervisor for next steps or contact the compliance
department (via compliance hotline, Special Investigations Unit [SIU], or other mechanism)
