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Incentive Programs

Pre-Paid USA Cards for Healthcare

Healthcare organizations run several distinct card program shapes — from compensating research participants to supporting patients and rewarding clinical staff. Pre-Paid USA supplies Visa, Mastercard, and merchant cards for hospitals, payers, life sciences companies, and provider groups, in physical or digital form, with free fulfillment.

Program Types

Make an Impact Where It Matters

Explore the programs below to find a rewarding solution for the people and priorities at the heart of healthcare.

Patient Research & Clinical Trials

Compensate study participants quickly and consistently with bulk digital cards delivered by email or SMS, or physical cards for in-clinic visits. Set per-visit or per-milestone amounts and align card language with your study protocol.

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What's Included

  • Bulk digital delivery by email or SMS on completion
  • Physical cards available for in-clinic visit compensation
  • Per-visit or per-milestone denomination control
  • IRB-aligned participant-facing language
  • 1099 threshold coordination with your finance team

Participant compensation may be reportable income. Coordinate 1099 thresholds and reporting with your finance team and align the program with your IRB-approved protocol.

Patient Assistance

Support patients facing barriers to care with cards for transportation, groceries, prescriptions, and co-pay assistance. Open-loop cards give patients full flexibility; grocery and fuel merchant cards direct support to specific needs.

What's Included

  • Transportation and rideshare support
  • Grocery cards for nutrition-related care needs
  • Prescription and pharmacy merchant cards
  • Co-pay assistance programs
  • Open-loop Visa or Mastercard for maximum flexibility

Provider Rewards

Recognize clinicians and staff for CME or training completion, quality and performance milestones, and recognition programs — with branded cards that feel like a genuine thank-you from your organization.

What's Included

  • CME and continuing education completion rewards
  • Quality and performance milestone recognition
  • Peer-to-peer and manager recognition programs
  • Custom-branded cards with your logo and message
  • Physical or digital delivery

Employee Well-Being

Fund wellness stipends, healthy-behavior incentives, and support programs for your own staff. A flexible prepaid card lets employees use the benefit in the way that helps them most — gym, nutrition, mental health, or beyond.

What's Included

  • Wellness and fitness stipends
  • Healthy-behavior and activity incentives
  • Mental-health support programs
  • Employee assistance fund top-ups
  • Reloadable cards for ongoing stipend programs
Compliance overview outlining recipient identifiers, protected health information, and program controls for prepaid card delivery.
Compliance

A note on compliance

We typically handle only the recipient identifiers needed to fulfill and deliver cards — not protected health information. We are not the system of record for clinical or health data. Talk to your specialist about the data fields involved, secure file handling, and the controls that fit your program.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

Compensation can be reportable income depending on the amounts and program type. Coordinate 1099 reporting with your finance and compliance teams before launch.

Yes. We can match denominations, delivery timing, and participant-facing language to your protocol. Your IRB remains the approving authority.

No. We work from the recipient's delivery details — name, email, or address — not clinical records. We are not the system of record for clinical or health data.

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