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Restricting Calls to Consumers During Natural Disasters
Intelligent Contacts' Geo-Restrictions feature helps businesses avoid calling consumers during a natural disaster.
How Intelligent Statements Track Billing Performance Using Unique Log In Codes
Unique Access Codes are auto-generated alphanumeric number sets that payers can use to reference their account when calling in, or enter instead of their account number when logging into a payment portal.
The Expert-Backed Checklist on Compliant and Compelling Collection Letters
We take communication and compliance very seriously. That's why we turned comments from a recent expert webinar into this collection letter checklist.
PCI and HIPAA Compliance Checklist: 5 Critical Questions You Should Be Able to Answer as a Medical Billing Collection Professional
After the recent LabCorp data breach, here’s five questions you should be asking (yourself or your collection software or online payment vendor) about the information and payment data you’re collecting.
Capturing a Credit Card on File During Patient Intake Shortens DSO and Cuts AR Costs
Many providers are finding out too late that the traditional patient billing process is not working on higher balances and significantly more needed revenue is speeding its way towards third-party collections—the last stop before bad debt.
5 Ways Collection Agencies Can Help Healthcare During the Pandemic
The IRS started accepting income tax returns on January 27, 2020. For the taxpayers who filed their returns at the end of January, tax refunds could start hitting their bank accounts shortly after Valentines Day.
Intelligent Contacts’ Jeff Mains named CEO of the Year for 2020 by CEO Monthly
Magazine cites the flexibility and speed of its contact center telephony platform to quickly transition business communication from onsite to remote during the early stages of 2020’s pandemic.
New Patient Study Reveals Fundamental Flaws in Medical Bill Collections Leading to Late Payments and Bad Debt
We asked 675 patients a series of questions about High Deductible Health Plans, the obstacles they face when paying medical bills, and what balances would require them to pay by credit.
Press Release – Intelligent Contacts Named Top Company 2021 by The Technology Era Magazine
Magazine cites the flexibility and speed of its contact center telephony platform to quickly transition business communication from onsite to remote during the early stages of 2020’s pandemic.
Healthcare & Medical
What is P2PE?
P2PE devices are PCI-validated technology that keeps cardholder data secure and can take your business network out of scope for a PCI audit and protect your customer's credit card data.
PCI-validated P2PE solutions encrypt cardholder data and can take a merchant's network out of PCI scope.
How Cloud-Based Contact Center Software Can Solve Challenges of a Remote Workforce
As companies assess how well they were able to adapt to the work-from-home mandate caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, a logical place to look would be to an industry that’s already addressed the major challenges of managing a remote workforce—contact centers.
Make a Proactive Billing Strategy Your 2020 Resolution
Billing is the most important part of your business. If you don't do this process well, you may have difficulty charging for your services. And that may mean that in a few months your accounts will be in the red flag.
Capturing a Credit Card on File During Patient Intake Shortens DSO and Cuts AR Costs
Many providers are finding out too late that the traditional patient billing process is not working on higher balances and significantly more needed revenue is speeding its way towards third-party collections—the last stop before bad debt.
New Patient Study Reveals Fundamental Flaws in Medical Bill Collections Leading to Late Payments and Bad Debt
We asked 675 patients a series of questions about High Deductible Health Plans, the obstacles they face when paying medical bills, and what balances would require them to pay by credit.
Four Ways Consumerism Could Be Hurting Your Medical Practice Right Now
What would it take for you to quit going to a favorite restaurant? Now, apply that to the patient experience and recognize how it could hurt your practice.
Accounts Receivable Management
Court Ruling Makes Payment Portals a New Target of FDCPA-Focused Lawsuits
Letting debtors pay online, or “self-resolve” their accounts through a payment portal, are good for all parties. However, as recent litigation has revealed, payment pages and payment portals have now become major targets for FDCPA-related lawsuits.
5 Ways Collection Agencies Can Help Healthcare During the Pandemic
The IRS started accepting income tax returns on January 27, 2020. For the taxpayers who filed their returns at the end of January, tax refunds could start hitting their bank accounts shortly after Valentines Day.
5 Tools to Maximize Debt Collection Revenue During the 2020 Tax Refund Season
The IRS started accepting income tax returns on January 27, 2020. For the taxpayers who filed their returns at the end of January, tax refunds could start hitting their bank accounts shortly after Valentines Day.
The Expert-Backed Checklist on Compliant and Compelling Collection Letters
We take communication and compliance very seriously. That's why we turned comments from a recent expert webinar into this collection letter checklist.
VIDEO: How Can My Business Handle Manual and Automatic Dialing and Stay TCPA Compliant?
One of our Hosted Contact Center clients recently asked how they could effectively utilize an autodialer without violating TCPA compliance regulations and risk a lawsuit. CEO Jeff Mains explains how autodialing software must be set up and configured to be compliant.
How to Improve Contact Center Performance By Optimizing Call Results
A contact center’s KPIs are largely monitored, measured, and reported by the use of call results. Call results are a pre-defined disposition, or outcome, assigned by the agent to every call. These results also contain attributes, which if not set up correctly, will return data that
Don’t Make the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act UNFAIR
A group of senators have sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Their concerns should also be your concerns.
ASK FLO: What Should Be On a Cloud Contact Center Wishlist?
Flo grants a birthday wish by listing five things to put into every successful contact center in order to help it connect, collect and comply.
PCI and HIPAA Compliance Checklist: 5 Critical Questions You Should Be Able to Answer as a Medical Billing Collection Professional
After the recent LabCorp data breach, here’s five questions you should be asking (yourself or your collection software or online payment vendor) about the information and payment data you’re collecting.
More Healthcare Companies Have Access to the Benefits of Payment Portals
We talked to a potential client about providing a payment portal solution for their organization. They were already interested, but their enthusiasm increased further after they asked a simple question - Can we add patient lab results to the portal?
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