Drexel University ClinCard Program

What is ClinCard?

A ClinCard is a reloadable prepaid debit card powered by Greenphire, that is available for use as a mechanism to pay ‘human subjects' for research participation in clinical trials.  It is a faster, safer method to pay your study participants providing an excellent alternative to checks, gift cards, or petty cash. Payments are made at time of service so no delay in your subjects getting paid. The cards can be used by the payee for multiple payments at different times. Below please find a general overview of the process for using ClinCard.

Please visit the full ClinCard SOP [PDF]
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FAQs

At the time of the initial IRB submission, the research coordinator/staff completes the ClinicalConductor New Study Set Up Request Form and the ClinCard Request Form.

Please note that the use of ClinCard for research subject fee payments MUST be approved by the IRB and requires the collection of a W-9 form from each subject to be kept in departmental file.  (Subjects that receive $600 or more within a calendar year in stipend payments will be issued a 1099 form by the tax office at the end of the year.)

The Research Participant Payments team will confirm receipt of your request and provide additional details.

Yes, to assist research teams and to ensure functionality, please review the training video for Clincard’s web-based system. Additionally, since our ClinCard Program is tied to Clinical Conductor for billing compliance, your staff will need to be trained. The training video reviews how to add a new patient, link them to your study, activate a ClinCard, complete visit elements/milestones, and issue and approve a payment to a subject. 
ClinCards are linked to Drexel’s current Clinical Trial Management System, Clinical Conductor. Your study must be set up in Clinical Conductor by the Office of Research and Innovation in order to initiate use of ClinCards. Upon receipt of the ClinicalConductor New Study Set Up Request Form and the ClinCard Request Form, the Participant Payments team will initiate study setup. Once your study is entered into Clinical Conductor, you will be notified by email that the study is set up and you will be requested to review the study to ensure all of the information is correct.
The requested cards will be pulled from inventory and be mailed to the point-of-contact/responsible party identified on the request form. A ClinCard Tracking Form [DOC] will be emailed to the POC receiving the cards. The ClinCard Tracking Form will have the study information as well as the ClinCard token numbers for all the cards assigned to the study.

When the ClinCards are received by the POC, the POC must reconcile the token numbers on the ClinCard Tracking form correspond to the token numbers with all cards physically received. If any discrepancies are noted, the POC must contact participant_payments@drexel.edu immediately. Once reconciled, the recipient needs to sign off on the form and email it back to participant_payments@drexel.edu
The costs of each ClinCard is $4.00 and additional $1.15 per payment load. Your fund and org will not be charged for any fees until the card is activated. The fees will be charged to your Banner fund at the beginning of the month following the card activation.