At 05:17 PM 4/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
>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
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>-----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
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>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.
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>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
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