Do You Want Your Answering Service to Be a Generalist or a Specialist
Most telephone answering services will take on a wide range of clientele, from roofer, to funeral home, to property management company, to consultant, to attorney. Oh yeah, they’ll handle healthcare too. Really? These answering services try to be all things to all people. They’re generalists. Some do okay on it and others not so well. […]
How to Avoid Long-Distance Charges When Forwarding Your Phone to Your Answering Service
Some healthcare professionals want to deal with a local medical answering service, even though they could use an answering service located anywhere across the United States. The reasons for their preference vary, but one common motive is that using a local provider eliminates long-distance calls when they forward their phone to their answering service. Depending […]
Maximize the Lifetime Value of a Patient
When you get a new patient for your practice, they usually represent more than a one-time transaction. They’ll generally return and continue using your healthcare services until something changes in their circumstances and they go someplace else. The key is to make sure you do everything you can to keep them returning to you and […]
