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Gainsharing -- Medical Cost Control through Collaboration

Success Stories of Hospital-Physician Shared Savings

Location: Your office or conference room (no need to travel!)

Date : Audio CD Available

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Hosted By : The Beard Group Law and Business Publishers

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Throughout the U.S., gainsharing plans rewarding physicians for measurable cost savings are on the upswing.

Hospitals and physicians are successfully collaborating on arrangements that align incentives, improve the quality of care, and tackle the high costs of devices and supplies. Some hospitals are seeing savings of $600,000 to $4 million per year.

Now two of the nations top authorities on healthcare gainsharing Charles Oppenheim of Foley & Lardner and Lani Berman of Goodroe Healthcare Solutions will show you how healthcare institutions like yours can cut costs and improve efficiencies through shared savings programs.

With this 90-minute Audio CD Recording (recorded May 2006), youll learn about the federal rules governing gainsharing and receive practical tips for jump-starting your own hospital-physician collaboration. You and an unlimited number of your staff will examine

· The pros and cons of gainsharing
· 3 major criteria OIG (HHS Office of the Inspector General) uses to evaluate properly structured plans
· What about Stark? Compliance challenges with CMS
· Physician incentive programs that DONT require OIG approval
· Establishing metrics to monitor cost reductions and clinical outcomes
· Benchmarking your plan against similar medical facilities
· Strategies for educating physicians about true costs and enhancing communication with administration and material managers
· Lessons learned on the front lines of gainsharing. How measurable and predictable are the results?
· Real-world success stories whos making gainsharing work and how

Who Should Attend:
This practical program is designed for hospital and physician business leaders, CEOs, CFOs, healthcare attorneys, and business development executives.

Speaker(s):

	Charles B. Oppenheim Foley & Lardner, LLP
Charles B. Oppenheim is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. A nationally recognized expert on Stark law issues and a member of the firm's Health Care Industry Team, he focuses his practice on all aspects of transactional, operational and regulatory health care law. For many of the largest health care companies in the U.S., Charles provides counseling on the anti-kickback and Stark laws, creates and implements compliance programs, investigates compliance issues, responds to government enforcement actions, and negotiates settlements for many types of health care providers. He is the author of "Stark Final Regulations: A Comprehensive Analysis of Key Issues and Practical Guide, Third Edition", published by the American Health Lawyers Association.
	Lani Berman, MBA, MPH Goodroe Healthcare Solutions
Lani Berman, MBA, MPH, is a consultant with Goodroe Healthcare Solutions in Atlanta, where she specializes in the development of innovative strategic initiatives including cost and operational efficiencies, hospital-physician economic integration, market assessments and financial modeling. She presents and leads discussions about how to reduce waste by engaging physicians at national healthcare meetings.

Gainsharing -- Medical Cost Control through Collaboration


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