Discuss two financial benefits from external healthcare partnerships.

Financial Status of Healthcare Organizations
You are the chief financial officer (CFO) of a nonprofit organization, Seamus Company, and have been asked to analyze the companys health insurance plans for any cost-saving measures. You have also been thinking of innovative ways to help reduce cost, such as leveraging resources through healthcare partnerships. Healthcare coverage is the sole principal employee-related expenditure for most employers (aside from salaries). Employers are shifting the healthcare cost to their employees by encouraging them to think more about health-related expenses and behavior. Employers increasingly offer incentives to remove spouses from employee plans. Employers may charge workers extra if a covered spouse has access to other insurance, or they may pay bonuses when spouses are not on the company policy. Requirements A. Create a report (suggested length 57 pages) that includes the following: 1. Propose three fiscally sustainable strategies for Seamus Company from the perspective of a CFO, moving away from a fee-for-service model to a MCO model. a. Recommend a plan to carry out each of the three sustainable strategies from part A1 by including the following: cost-saving measures tax deductible considerations other tax advantages fiscal management improvements b. Discuss two financial management principles of Seamus Company that would support your recommended plan from part A1a. c. Discuss how the strategies from part A1 align to Seamus Companys goals of reducing the costs of the companys health insurance plans. 2. Choose one of the strategies from part A1 to analyze the use of increased service benefits for Seamus Company by doing the following: a. Discuss the healthcare utilization risk strategy that Seamus Company may face. b. Describe three financial benefits to Seamus Company with the implementation of increased service benefits. c. Describe three potential financial drawbacks to Seamus Company with the implementation of increased service benefits. d. Explain how an employees increased usage of these service benefits can be beneficial to Seamus Company. 3. Analyze external healthcare partnerships and their financial benefits by doing the following: a. Discuss two financial benefits from external healthcare partnerships. b. Discuss two financial drawbacks from external healthcare partnerships. c. Determine whether an external healthcare partnership would be beneficial for Seamus Company. i. Justify your determination of whether an external healthcare partnership would be beneficial for Seamus Company.