Calendar Review & Analysis Office

Our analysts and support specialists are here to assist investigators and study teams conducting clinical research. 

Frequently Asked Questions
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The Clinical Research Calendar Review & Analysis Office (CRAO) assists principal investigators and study teams conducting clinical research by providing analysts and support specialists who facilitate the building and completion of the billing grid (calendar) that interfaces with MiChart, review required core documents for alignment with Medicare and University policies and provide clinical research billing analysts who will audit and work to have clinical research billing errors corrected. 

How the Calendar Review & Analysis Office Supports Research

Partnership with the Clinical Trials Support Office

We are a strategic partner with the Clinical Trials Support Office and Support Units. CRAO creates billing calendars for all Human Subject clinical trials that have billable items and services to ensure consistency across the protocol, informed consent, billing calendar, budget, and contract, and to allow for the appropriate adjudication of charges.

Clinical Research Billing Guidance

The Clinical Research Billing (CRB) process ensures that services provided as part of a clinical study are correctly billed to the sponsor or third-party payor. CRAO team members act as concierges throughout this process, which involves many organizations and requires institutional, state, and federal compliance.

Billing Calendar & Study Applications

Faculty and Staff initiating clinical research must submit a billing calendar as part of the IRB application. CRAO will review all of the study-related documents (protocol, informed consent, billing calendar, budgets, grants/contracts) and complete a Medicare Coverage Analysis in addition to a billing calendar review in order for CRAO to review and approve.

Clinical Research Tools

OnCore is Michigan Medicine's clinical trials management system (CTMS), providing complete subject and financial management. It allows for automated standard interfaces with MiChart, which helps reduce duplicate data entry and integrates clinical research billing for increased efficiency and accuracy.

Contact Us

Calendar Review & Analysis Office
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phone: 734-998-6880
Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) Phone: 734-936-8000

About Us

The Calendar Review & Analysis Office is part of the Office of Research, where our mission is to foster an environment of innovation and efficiency that serves the U-M Medical School community and supports biomedical science from insight to impact.

For Clinical Research Billing and Coding concerns, contact [email protected]

Upcoming Research Events

All Office of Research Events
9 17 2026 2:00 pm 9 17 2026 - 3:00 pm

The Funding Forum

Join the Grant Services and Analysis Research Development (RD) team on Zoom every third Thursday at 2:00 pm for the Funding Forum – a 60-minute session designed to help UMMS faculty gain an advantage in grant seeking and proposal development.
Event runs May 21, 2026 - December 17, 2026
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9 22 2026 10:00 am 9 22 2026 - 11:00 am

Best Practices for Preparing Large Team Grant Proposals

The Large Team Grant Core hosts a virtual seminar addressing best practices for submitting complex, interdisciplinary grant proposals.
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10 8 2026 9:00 am 10 8 2026 - 1:00 pm

Ask the Experts: Advanced Genomics Core - 10x Genomics

Join the BRCF Advanced Genomics Core (AGC) and 10x Genomics for an interactive, small-group discussion series designed around the questions, challenges, and opportunities that matter most to your research, whether you're planning your first single cell experiment or troubleshooting an ongoing spatial transcriptomics project.
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10 8 2026 1:00 pm 10 8 2026 - 5:00 pm

Hands-On Workshop: Analyzing Xenium In Situ Spatial Data

Join the BRCF Advanced Genomics Core (AGC) and 10x Genomics for a hands-on workshop covering key considerations and approaches for analyzing Xenium In Situ Gene Expression data.
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10 8 2026 2:00 pm 10 8 2026 - 4:00 pm

Central Biorepository Open House

Get an inside look at a state-of-the-art facility at Michigan Medicine that helps researchers access, collect, manage, process, protect, and share human biospecimens. Join the Central Biorepository (CBR) for an upcoming Open House and tour our molecular and biorepository facilities, where we process and safely store more than 900,000 biospecimens.
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10 12 2026 8:00 am 10 12 2026 - 6:00 pm

Dean's Lecture Symposium

The Dean's Lecture Symposium will offer a day of panel sessions, a poster session, and keynote speaker Sean Morrison from UT-Southwestern.
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10 13 2026 10:00 am 10 13 2026 - 3:00 pm

10x Genomics Office Hours

Get your questions answered, troubleshoot challenges, or walk through your experimental design to find the platform that best fits your research needs with 10x Genomics and the BRCF Advanced Genomics Core.
Event runs September 08, 2026 - December 08, 2026
The U-M North Campus Research Complex
10 13 2026 12:00 pm 10 13 2026 - 1:00 pm

Quality Control + Genotyping: A necessary step in model validation

Join the BRCF Transgenic Animal Model Core for a complimentary lunch while you learn how to make your own model.
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10 15 2026 2:00 pm 10 15 2026 - 3:00 pm

The Funding Forum

Join the Grant Services and Analysis Research Development (RD) team on Zoom every third Thursday at 2:00 pm for the Funding Forum – a 60-minute session designed to help UMMS faculty gain an advantage in grant seeking and proposal development.
Event runs May 21, 2026 - December 17, 2026
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Featured Research News

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