Our Contracts Management and Finance experts all work closely with our sponsors, and with one another, to create a coordinated process for site contract execution and payments. This collaboration means the DCRI can negotiate site contracts on the sponsor’s behalf, using time-tested templates and methods, all refined through extensive consultation between our sponsors and our experienced personnel.

DCRI’s Contracts Management group employs a team of six contract specialists, managed by a site team manager with over 15 years in the field of contracts management. Each contract specialist has over two years of experience in the negotiation and administration of clinical study agreements. Three contract specialists have graduate degrees in either the law or healthcare administration. To ensure that the negotiation process goes smoothly and that the outcomes are consistent with our clients’ requirements, a senior attorney is also assigned to each study and acts as the primary interface with the client. All senior attorneys have over 10 years of experience in contract management, some much more. All of our attorneys are licensed and members of various state bars.

Contacts:
Site Contracts: Betsy Reid, CBO (Interim)
Site Payments: Michael Sledge, CFO

Our dedication to our clients’ needs is evident in the calculation, processing, and reporting of payments. An integrated database that allows our groups to work seamlessly together generates payment reports using pre-determined milestones or specific event triggers derived from our data management system. These reports can be detailed, patient-by-patient documents or cumulative reports made monthly, quarterly, or any time period our sponsor requires. The wealth of information provided not only gives our sponsors fiscal peace of mind, but also ensures a smoothly executed trial that encourages swift enrollment and responsiveness from participating sites.

Proven DCRI processes and attention to detail, even on the global scale, give us the ability to negotiate with individual sites and execute individual agreements without compromising the needs of our clients or inhibiting sites’ abilities to initiate the study and begin to enroll patients.