Procedure Contact: Budget Manager
Topic: For the anticipated study, create the associated Setup fees using the Administrative Setup Project.
Step 1: Determine if this study is associated with an existing sponsor in the system, or, if a new sponsor must be created.
Step 2: Create the Study Setup Fees
Topic: Create a Budget for the anticipated study using the Master Budget Template spreadsheet.
Step 1: Open the latest YYYYMMDD_Master Budget Template.xls spreadsheet, Rename and Save As StudyXXXXXX.xls.
Step 2: Using the StudyXXXXXX.xls spreadsheet, modify (or) remove the number of columns, and rename the intervals(Encounters) per the study.
Step 3: Use a Dark Gray Background Shade and color the rows that are not applicable at any interval in this study.
Step 4: If necessary, adjust the default pricing rates where it makes universal sense . (e.g. if a majority of the prices are different from the default rate, in any one row.) Use a Dark Red Background Shade and color the default pricing rate cells, when a change is applied.
Step 5: Begin adding pricing amounts to each cell where applicable to the budget.