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Melamedia Seminar on Clinical Trial Billing Under Medicare Focuses on Lessons Learned From Rush University Medical Center Settlement

Posted on: Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 12:00 CST

The rules on billing Medicare for services provided in clinical trials have become more comprehensible with the recent landmark settlement with Rush University Medical Center that the HHS Office of Inspector General called a model for handling billing compliance issues.

Medicare's guidance in clinical trial billing requires medical centers to determine which services are billable to Medicare and which are not, based on a variety of factors - including the sponsorship contract. This process has been plagued by confusion and complexity for many clinical trial centers.

The settlement with Rush University Medical Center answered a lot of questions.

To explain the implications for the clinical trials research community, Melamedia's Drug & Biologic Guidance Watch is sponsoring a 90-minute audio seminar on March 28:

New Approaches For Clinical Trial Billing Under Medicare: Lessons Learned From The Rush University Medical Center Settlement.

PARTICIPANTS WILL BE BRIEFED ON:

-- Significant billing and accounting issues implicated by Medicare's guidance that were central to the settlement;

-- Key considerations in establishing compensation arrangements with the trial sponsors;

-- Creating effective financial analyses to determine research-related procedures that qualify for Medicare coverage;

-- Establishing appropriate billing systems;

-- What to do when problems occur;

and much more.

THE FACULTY

RYAN MEADE, ESQ. is a partner in Meade & Roach, and represented Rush as the attorney who negotiated its settlement with the Justice Department and HHS Office of Inspector General.

LISA MURTHA, ESQ. is a Managing Director for Huron Consulting Group. She previously served as the Vice President of Audit, Compliance for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

-- Research Managers and Administrators

-- Research Grant Managers

-- IRB Members

-- Clinical Investigators and Study Coordinators

-- Contract Research Organizations

-- Pharmaceutical Research And Marketing Professionals

-- Medical Device Manufacturers

-- Biologics Manufacturers

-- Medicare Billing Professionals

-- Healthcare Attorneys and Consultants

WHAT IS AN AUDIO SEMINAR?

An audio seminar is a live event that includes a Q&A period and access for an unlimited number of participants at each call-in site.

REGISTRATION

Registration: $309 per call-in line, includes CD recording.

Seminar alone: $250.

CAN'T MAKE THE DATE?

CD with course materials: $260

For more information, visit www.melamedia.com

Source: Business Wire

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