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The financial viability of an anticoagulation clinic: a discussion from the anticoagulation forum meeting, May, 2009

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Acknowledgments

I am very grateful for the generous assistance of Mary Amato, Pharm.D. and Diane Wirth, A.P.R.N. for very valuable contributions to this effort.

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Minor stock holder in Inverness Medical, the parent company of HemoSense, maker of the INRatio point of care device. Co-owner of a provisional patent for several vitamin K antagonist products. Research support from Roche Diagnostics, Inc (makers of the CoaguChek point of care device). Recipient of the GSK Distinguished Scholar in Thrombosis Award from the Chest Foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians to develop a better method of oral anticoagulation management. Consultant to Genesis Advanced Technologies, Inc. on the development and design of ClotFree, an online anticoagulation management system. President and Senior Editor of ClotCare.org.

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  1. College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Henry I. Bussey

  2. The Pharmacotherapy Education and Research Center, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, ClotCare and Genesis Clinical Research, 19260 Stone Oak Parkway, Suite 101, San Antonio, TX, 78258, USA

    Henry I. Bussey

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Note: Any reference to acceptable billing codes, Medicare policies, reimbursement amounts, etc., the reader should not rely on the content contained herein; rather the reader is encouraged to contact their regional Medicare payor, review the current “Medicare Manual”, and/or visit the following websites: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNGenInfo/.

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Bussey, H.I. The financial viability of an anticoagulation clinic: a discussion from the anticoagulation forum meeting, May, 2009. J Thromb Thrombolysis 29, 227–232 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-009-0417-0

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