Beginner's Guide To Clinical Trial Billing Compliance

By Draco Forte, M.Ed., CHRC, Associate Director, Institutional Research Center of Excellence

Ensuring proper billing compliance within clinical trials is often a confusing, but a very consequential task for research teams. Knowing applicable regulations and policies (e.g. national coverage determinations [NCDs]) and how certain items or services fall under these policies can greatly impact an organization, as well as their trial participants. This blog provides a beginner’s overview of clinical trial billing compliance and best practices to ensure charges and claims are properly routed to the correct billing entity.