Case Study: Medical University of South Carolina achieves 1099 compliance and streamlined participant payments with Greenphire (ClinCard)

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The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) faced a Provost mandate to report total participant remuneration for IRS 1099 compliance, but payments were fragmented across petty cash, gift cards, mailed checks and lacked a centralized database. This created heavy manual tracking, high administrative cost and compliance risk for study coordinators and finance staff.

MUSC formed a multi‑department working group, ran a cost‑benefit/ROI analysis, issued an RFP and selected Greenphire’s ClinCard. The digital solution now supports 100+ studies, centralizes 1099 reporting, reduces staff workload and audit risk, eliminates petty‑cash/check inefficiencies, and improves the participant experience and institutional appeal to sponsors.

Medical University of South Carolina