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A skeptical CFO Thirty-plus questions from the live: cost, the disclosure, the city, the hospital, the five questions, and why anyone should believe you. Answer in 20 to 60 seconds.
Skeptical CFO
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Hostile round of 5
Or pick oneI opened the P&L. The health plan line is one of the biggest numbers on it. Who do I call if I want every dollar explained? Carrier, PBM, TPA, broker. Everybody gets paid. Show me where that pay can work against my company. They met and chose to 'see what they do.' If I am the new comptroller, what duty am I walking into? You mentioned employees sued Johnson & Johnson and Wells Fargo. Those cases were dismissed. Why are you still talking about them? We are not Johnson & Johnson. Is this only a big-company problem? You said employees could get some care elsewhere for less, and mental health was a gap. Connect that to absenteeism without wandering. Who owns my claims data today, and how do I request it without a six-month project? I will not remember five questions. Give me the other four in one breath each. I have twenty minutes after this live. Where do I start? You mentioned bonuses for adding ancillary lines, on top of commission. Why is that my problem if dental is a small line? Pharmacy compensation and rebates. What might my plan have missed, in plain finance language? Another carrier was two points below, on a plan around $850,000 a month. Why did that die in a meeting? You said the later coverage was weaker and 2027 will likely climb. How do you know, and what would falsify that? Benefits have always sat with HR. Why is this on my desk now? Be straight. Are you saying my broker is doing something wrong? You keep saying December 27, 2021. What started that day, and what still happens every December 31? Question two for my broker: who else in our supply chain pays you? What answer is good enough? Question three: do any contracts limit access to our own claims data? Why is that my question? Question four: when did we last file the gag-clause attestation, and who signed it? Question five: where did every plan dollar go last year? What would a useful answer include? In the city story the bill climbed and the coverage got weaker. Say that without adding a fact you do not have. The city stayed with the incumbent. What did the finance leader not have in the room? At the hospital, the first look at their own data showed more than the premium. What care gap did they see? You tie the hospital's mental health gap to people missing work. Say that carefully, with the number you actually have. Some of that hospital's care cost less outside its own system. What did they ask for next? I know commission. What is an override, and why would it be missing from the page I can read? You close by saying I can control that line. This quarter, what is the first control I actually have? I type NOT YET in the chat. What does that tell you, and what do you say back? Prepared questions run with no key. A sharper follow-up calls the model only after you tap it, and only if a key is set. Hear the question uses this phone first, and a studio voice only if that key exists. This is rehearsal, not legal advice.