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Let callers book their own nerve blocks, injections, and ablations directly into your procedure schedule

Interventional pain procedures often fill weeks in advance. An AI receptionist checks real-time availability, confirms procedure eligibility, and offers open slots to callers—eliminating back-and-forth phone tag while your staff verifies insurance and prep.

How it pays back

Turn callers into booked appointments on the first call

Patients don't get a voicemail and wait for a callback. They hear available procedure dates and times immediately and confirm a slot. Conversion happens now, not later.

Eliminate double-booking and schedule conflicts

The AI reads your live calendar. No more mismatch between what the AI offers and what your staff see in the chart. Booking is atomic and accurate.

Your staff spend time on high-value tasks

Staff verify insurance, confirm procedure prep and fasting requirements, and handle comorbidity risk stratification—not re-calling patients to offer appointment times.

Fill your procedure suite and OR time

Evening and weekend callers can book into morning or next-week slots without waiting for office hours. Your procedure capacity is maximized.

Appointment bookings synced to EMR

New bookings, time slots, and procedure type are captured during the call and returned as a structured summary for staff to review and file in your chart; staff confirm clinical and insurance details

Real-time schedule integration

AI reads your live calendar and offers only available slots; no phantom bookings or overbooking

Multi-provider and multi-room support

Handles multiple interventionalists, procedure types, and facility locations

Named EMR integrations

Direct integration with athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Epic, Elation, Cerbo, Hint, Tebra, AdvancedMD, and ModMed

Frequently asked questions

How does the AI know which procedures are available?

The AI reads your real-time calendar and procedure schedule from your EHR. If you have two providers each doing lumbar facet injections and cervical nerve blocks this week, the system sees all of those open slots and offers them based on the patient's need.

What if a patient needs a procedure that's not available for weeks?

The AI checks your schedule and tells the patient the first available dates for that procedure type. If the patient is willing to wait, they book. If they need urgent care, the system flags the call for your clinical staff to prioritize or refer to an urgent pain center.

Can the AI confirm insurance eligibility and prior authorization?

The AI captures the patient's insurance info and procedure request. Your staff then confirms coverage and auth status before the patient arrives. The booking is held pending auth verification, so there's no surprise denials on procedure day.

What if a patient books an appointment and then cancels?

Cancellations are logged in your EMR. Your staff receives the notification and can offer the slot to other callers on the waitlist or hold it for next week's callbacks.

Does this work for multi-location practices?

Yes. If you have multiple clinics or surgery centers, the AI can be configured to offer availability across all locations, or the patient can specify where they prefer to be seen.

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