Extending Medicare Reimbursement in Clinical Trials

by Institute of Medicine, Hellen Gelband, Henry J. Aaron

Increasingly over the past five years, uncertainty about reimbursement for routine patient care has been suspected as contributing to problems enrolling people in clinical trials. Clinical trial investigators cannot guarantee that Medicare will pay for the care required, and they must disclose this uncertainty to potential participants during the informed consent process. Since Medicare does not routinely "preauthorize" care (as do many commercial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309068886
• ISBN13: 9780309068888
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 86 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"