Call Management

Calls route to the right Kareo provider based on specialty, availability, and urgency—no manual call direction

The AI reads your Kareo provider calendars and routes calls to available providers by specialty, urgency, and your triage rules. Each call lands with the right clinician or department instantly.

How it pays back

Provider Calendar Becomes Call Routing Logic

If your Kareo calendar shows Dr. Smith is available until 2 PM and Dr. Jones takes patients after 2 PM, the AI routes calls accordingly without you writing a single rule. If a provider blocks time for surgery, the AI routes around them automatically.

Callers Wait Less, Route Faster

Instead of asking 'Which provider are you seeing?' or 'When do you want to come in?', the AI asks one or two qualifying questions ('Are you a new patient?' 'Is this urgent?') and routes immediately. Faster routing means faster resolution and fewer dropped calls.

No More 'Your Call Is Next' Loops

Calls are routed in seconds, not queued in voicemail or hold loops. Patients feel the difference—they're speaking to a real person (the AI) who's solving their problem, not trapped in a phone tree.

Multi-Location and Multi-Specialty Practices Stay Organized

Dermatology calls route to derm providers, orthopedic calls to ortho, and each location's calls stay in the right location. Your Kareo setup defines the logic; the AI enforces it on every call.

Call routing pulled from Kareo provider calendars

Availability and specialty auto-configured

Urgent calls escalated instantly

Keyword-based routing to on-call or override

No routing re-configuration after schedule changes

Kareo calendar updates = live call routing updates

Multi-location routing built in

Calls routed to correct location and provider

Frequently asked questions

How does the AI decide which provider to route a call to?

The AI pulls your Kareo provider setup—specialties, locations, availability, and on-call schedule. When a call comes in, the AI asks a qualifying question (e.g., 'Is this new patient or follow-up?', 'Is this urgent?') and routes to an available provider matching that criteria. You define the priority order in MedReception (e.g., preferred provider first, then next available).

What if all providers are busy?

You can configure fallback behavior: queue the call to the next available provider, route to voicemail or callback queue, or escalate to on-call. The AI logs all queued calls and delivers a list to your team for follow-up.

Can the AI route by visit type or reason for contact?

Yes. You can set rules like 'new patient follow-up calls route to the care coordinator,' 'prescription refill requests route to nursing,' and 'clinical questions route to the provider.' The AI asks the caller's reason and routes accordingly.

How does the AI handle specialty overlap or cross-coverage?

You define coverage rules in MedReception. For example, 'Dr. Smith covers ortho and sports med; Dr. Jones covers ortho and general surgery.' The AI uses this logic to route calls efficiently and avoid unnecessary transfers.

Can a caller request a specific provider?

Yes. The AI can offer 'Ask for your regular provider or be routed to the next available.' If the requested provider is unavailable, the AI offers a callback or next available appointment. If the caller insists, the AI can queue the call or note the preference for staff follow-up.

Does call routing logging sync back to Kareo?

Call logs and routing decisions are recorded in MedReception for staff auditing and quality assurance. Structured summaries of call interactions can be included in clinical notes for your team to review and file in Kareo if needed.

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