High initial costs and low output typically characterize the start-up phase. By choosing the CPF and taking advantage of its experience and operating infrastructure, a trust will minimize start-up costs and significantly increase output during this phase.

For example, the CPF processed approximately 300,000 claims for the EPI Trust during the first three years of its operation. By contrast, it took the UNR Trust approximately six years to achieve the same level of output. CPF management believes that it can cut the processing time much further for a start-up trust that contracts with the CPF today.