{"id":9082,"date":"2025-03-20T10:36:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/?p=9082"},"modified":"2025-03-20T10:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:36:23","slug":"critical-compliance-requirement-for-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2025\/03\/critical-compliance-requirement-for-clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Compliance Requirement for Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires documentation of the appropriateness of qualified\u00a0clinical\u00a0trials for patients receiving\u00a0Medicaid\u00a0benefits. The attestation requires signature of the Principal Investigator, and in some cases, a Referring Physician. CMS requires that the attestation form be completed and uploaded to the patient\u2019s medical record upon enrollment to a\u00a0qualifying\u00a0clinical\u00a0trial.<\/p>\n

No clinical trial activities that have associated costs may be completed for patients receiving\u00a0Medicaid\u00a0benefits participating in a qualified clinical trial until after\u00a0a completed attestation form is uploaded to the patient\u2019s medical record.\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

Failure to complete and upload the attestation form prior to conducting any study-related activities with associated costs may result in those study costs being billed to the research accounts.<\/p>\n

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