After this session, you will be able to:

Understand why the OIG issued positive gainsharing opinions following their July1999 memo that stated that gainsharing would not be legally possible.

Design a gainsharing model that meets the safeguards important to existing laws.

Implement a gainsharing model that can be approved by the OIG.

Determine the potential economic benefit of this type of relationship between hospitals and physicians.

Know the current status of gainsharing, including congressional action.