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Podcast: WCG Talks Trials
Episode: Breaking the Bottleneck: Rethinking Study Start-Up for Faster Trial Activation
Description:  Study start-up remains one of the most persistent bottlenecks in clinical trials—slowing site activation, delaying patient enrollment, and adding pressure across already stretched teams. In this episode of WCG Talks Trials, host Jamie Harper, Vice President of Site Solutions & Engagement at WCG, is joined by Stephanie Held, Associate Director of Coverage Analysis, and Jody Ingebritsen‑Howe, Director of Contracts & Budgets, to unpack why start-up timelines continue to stall and what can be done to improve them.Together, they explore how Medicare Coverage Analysis (MCA) serves as the foundation for compliant and efficient study start-up, how downstream proce...