Services for Patients Involved in National Institutes of Health-Supported Research

How Should They Be Classified and Who Should Pay for Them Gao ID: HRD-78-21 December 22, 1977

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) incurs costs for the care of patients participating in research that should be paid by patients or insurers. NIH often does not know whether grantees are charging it reasonable rates for patient care services because of inadequate monitoring of financial management aspects of grants involving such services.

There are no Institute-wide guidelines on what patient care services can be paid with research and contract funds. NIH does not take sufficient action to ensure that grantees submit information required for grant administrators to make sound financial decisions.

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