After this session, you will be able to:

Understand the recent history of government regulations, restrictions and legal decisions regarding the use of financial incentives between physicians and hospitals to drive performance improvement.
Understand the newest, and somewhat controversial, Physician/Hospital Collaboration Demonstration.
Understand how financial incentive programs were developed by both government and health plans over the last five years and how they have performed.
Understand how new CMS Gainsharing demonstrations are designed, how they will be evaluated and how healthcare organizations are implementing them.
Understand how CMS envisions the role of financial incentives as a key element in driving improved clinical and economic performance.