The focus on research and teaching within these institutions gives them the OHA Recommendations ability to enter into private contracts with organizations (e.g., Workplace Safety and Insurance Board) for the Based on the findings of the information exchange, the remuneration of psychiatrists. [...] These mechanisms and eliminate the need for DPPHs to draw organizations are not able to access the OHIP pool of from global budgets to pay for clinical services provided funds because of the limitations outlined in their Transfer by these psychiatrists.3 Agreements with the MOHLTC at the time of divestment. [...] The inability for organizations to access the OHIP pool of •. The MOHLTC should standardize the development funds is inconsistent with current practice for other medical of alternate funding arrangements (e.g., AFPs/APPs) specialties that rely mainly on OHIP for the clinical services for psychiatrists, and ensure that this type of funding is they provide. [...] They include: •. Provision of educational services •. System coordination •. The Transfer Agreement between the DPPH and the MOHLTC has expired, and during the negotiations The majority of DPPHs provide some type of sessional process for a new contract with the DPPH, the funding to their psychiatrists. [...] The funding for the MOHLTC agreed to allow the psychiatrists to access the sessionals is derived from MOHLTC funds for the majority OHIP pool.