Year Published: 2019

Time to Complete: 25 min

Course Type: Self-paced Online

Instructor: Douglas Reichgott, MS

Learning Level: Fundamental

Primary Audience: Research Team

Prerequisite: None

Course Collection(s): Clinical Research Operations

Does your clinical trial qualify for insurance coverage? Do you know what services are covered by insurance?

In this course, Douglas Reichgott, MS, Former Director of Financial/ Regulatory Operations and Research Administration, Tufts Medical Center, will walk you through the Medicare Coverage Analysis (MCA) Process so you can avoid non-compliance and ensure that you are properly billing insurance for your study. You will learn the standards that determine a qualifying study and what services are covered. You will also learn how to create a billing grid, the necessary parties to communicate with, and how to operationalize the steps for your qualifying clinical trial.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Implement the steps of the Medicare Coverage Analysis Process
  • Determine whether your study qualifies based on the ten standards
  • Use a billing grid to identify what can be billed to insurance and what must be paid by study funds

Available courses

Date Location Type Price
2024 Course: Open January 1 through December 31 Online Self-paced course This Course is Free