Build a Better Budget: Using Medicare Coverage Analysis to Streamline Study Startup

Need to improve your study startup timelines? Consider adding a Medicare Coverage Analysis (MCA) to your toolkit. By leveraging an MCA when building your clinical trial budget template, you can proactively “level the playing field” and streamline budget negotiations with research sites.

Build a better budget for your study by conducting an MCA using industry best practices and all Medicare rules that impact coverage of items and services associated with a clinical trial.

Join Lisa Pitler, Managing Director of Regulatory Consulting at Advarra, as she discusses everything from the basic definitions of Medicare/Medicaid programs to ways an MCA can help speed study startup. She helps you take the guesswork out of what is or what is not covered and outline current, real-life clinical trial billing determinations. You also leave with some practical tips and best practices on developing a budget template that addresses your sites’ clinical trial billing compliance needs.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the general principles of the Medicare/Medicaid program and differentiate coverage provided for drug and device clinical trials
2. Define the process for clinical research budget development and negotiations utilizing an MCA
3. Identify ways to streamline your budget negotiation turnaround times and speed study startup

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