AHIP AHM-520 Exam - Topic 5 Question 30 Discussion

The Longview Hospital contracted with the Carlyle Health Plan to provide inpatient services to Carlyle's enrolled members. Carlyle provides Longview with a type of stop-loss coverage that protects, on a claims incurred and paid basis, against losses arising from significantly higher than anticipated utilization rates among Carlyle's covered population. The stop-loss coverage specifies an attachment point of 130% of Longview's projected $2,000,000 costs of treating Carlyle plan members and requires Longview to pay 15% of any costs above the attachment point. In a given plan year, Longview incurred covered costs totaling $3,000,000.

For the year in which Longview's incurred covered costs were $3,000,000, the amount for which Longview will be responsible is: