Re: Who pays for Clinical Trials Caskey, William PhD. 26 Apr 2001 17:17 EST
This is a tough issue. If anyone has a solution, I'd like to know as well. We currently put a "hold" on all charges when a patient is enrolled in a study. All charges effectively accrue to a dummy account which is reviewed by the research nurse or project personnel monthly. All standard of care charges are backed out to the client account and the research charges are transferred to the appropriate cost center. We do have a standard of care charge code and a research charge code for each charge which does help. This is a very labor intensive process and is prone to a certain amount of error. We have some checks in place and our process has improved greatly over the last couple of years. We're always looking for a better way. Another solution is to require that all charges on a research study be paid by the sponsor, but as you know, sponsors don't get overly excited when this approach is used...Bill Bill Caskey, PhD Director, Research & Grants Administration Children's Mercy Hospital 2401 Gillham Road Kansas City, MO 64108 Voice:(816) 234-3879 FAX:(816) 855-1982 E-mail: xxxxxx@cmh.edu <mailto:xxxxxx@cmh.edu> This communication is intended only for the use of the addressee. It may contain information which is privileged or confidential under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or the agent of the recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copy or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify The Children's Mercy Hospital at 816-234-3879 or via return Internet electronic mail at xxxxxx@cmh.edu <mailto:xxxxxx@cmh.edu> and expunge this communication without making any copies. Thank you for your cooperation. -----Original Message----- From: Barbara L. Pifel [mailto:xxxxxx@MED.CORNELL.EDU] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 4:44 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: [RESADM-L] Who pays for Clinical Trials Would anyone care to discuss possible methods to avoid duplicate billing for items or services provided as "routine care" to patents who are admitted to a hospital and who are also a participant of a clinical trial. If anyone would like to discuss this issue in confidence, please feel free to contact me directly. Barbara Barbara Pifel Senior Director Grants and Contracts Rm: A131 Telephone: (212) 746-6020 6-6058 Fax: (212) 746-6938 ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================