Why Should You Attend:
This session is focused on processes and approaches to increase fiscal return and mitigate fiscal compliance risk for clinical trials. The ability to develop robust budgets, ensure billing compliance and adherence to CMS regulations for clinical trials remains a challenge for many clinical sites, sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) . Lack of fiscal forecasting and unspecified billing compliance practices associated with clinical trials increases the risks of fiscal audits. A risk- based approach requires not only a strategy but tools to define key indicators to measure specific risks. This session is focused on strategies for covering true costs related to clinical research and distinguishing them from routine care charges, and providing methodologies to avoid false claims and/or wrongful billing.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
Budgeting in clinical research
Learn how to perform Medicare Coverage Analysis
Define studies qualified for insurance reimbursement for experimental drugs and devices
Review device classification and applicable categories of devices for insurance reimbursement within clinical trial
Review different charges in clinical research (research –related versus routine care, “billable to insurance)
Fiscal forecasting
Financial management on clinical research
Fiscal and billing compliance risk mitigation strategies
This session is focused on processes and approaches to increase fiscal return and mitigate fiscal compliance risk for clinical trials. The ability to develop robust budgets, ensure billing compliance and adherence to CMS regulations for clinical trials remains a challenge for many clinical sites, sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) . Lack of fiscal forecasting and unspecified billing compliance practices associated with clinical trials increases the risks of fiscal audits. A risk- based approach requires not only a strategy but tools to define key indicators to measure specific risks. This session is focused on strategies for covering true costs related to clinical research and distinguishing them from routine care charges, and providing methodologies to avoid false claims and/or wrongful billing.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
Budgeting in clinical research
Learn how to perform Medicare Coverage Analysis
Define studies qualified for insurance reimbursement for experimental drugs and devices
Review device classification and applicable categories of devices for insurance reimbursement within clinical trial
Review different charges in clinical research (research –related versus routine care, “billable to insurance)
Fiscal forecasting
Financial management on clinical research
Fiscal and billing compliance risk mitigation strategies
Speakers
Marina Malikova, Ph.D., MSci, MA, CCRA, RAC - Executive Director, Surgical Translational Research: Operations and Compliance.Dr. Malikova has over 20 years of experience in the clinical research field. She has managed Phase I – IV studies involving investigational drugs, devices and biologics. She has worked on Industry-sponsored and Investigator-initiated trials in the fields of Surgery, Cancer Diagnostics and Interventional Radiology.
Dr. Malikova graduated from the Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Science, in Moscow, Russia with a PhD in Biochemistry. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Investigation and Project Management Certification from Boston University.
In her current role as Executive Director, Dr. Malikova manages research efforts in 13 divisions of the Department of Surgery at Boston Medical Center. She is responsible for clinical trials and basic biomedical research operations, quality assurance, risk management, safety monitoring, strategic planning, and macro-management of research programs. She provides guidance and oversight to the Project Managers, Clinical Research Associates (CRAs), Clinical Research Coordinators (CRCs), and laboratory staff. She advises faculty/staff on protocol and informed consent writing; assists with BU IRB applications and submissions; provides oversight for data user agreements, cost coverage analysis and budgets development, contracts and licensing for clinical research; and ensures compliance.
Dr. Malikova has 10 years of teaching experience as an Instructor for Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Program, Metropolitan College. She has developed and taught several courses such as: Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Introductory Pharmacology, Clinical Trials Management at Boston University, School of Medicine.
She also served as an Instructor of the Good Clinical Practices (GCPs) course for the Master of Science Program in Clinical Investigation, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, Boston University, School of Medicine since Summer, 2012.
Dr. Malikova is a member of Association for Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP), Drug Information Association (DIA), Regulatory Association Professionals Society (RAPS) and European Society of Radiology (ESR). Currently, she is serving as an Editor for SAGE publishing group and National Institute of Health (NIH) reviewer for grants and clinical trial proposals.
