Ask Scheduling or Billing
"Ask Scheduling" or "Ask Billing" options within Client Portals permits messaging directly to Staff within your practice.
Setup
Each Front Office Admin (Biller and/or Scheduler) can easily set-up and/or adjust their settings.
Navigate to the following:
- My Profile (left menu)
- Find the section "General Settings"
- Click the blue Edit button shown below:
- Practice Settings (left menu)
- Staff (top tab)
- Click the staff member's name
- Find the section "General Settings"
- Click the blue button
Things to be aware of:
- Any 1:1 message from the client will allow replies.
- If your practice has more than 1 staff member enabled to handle scheduling or billing questions, they will all be included in a group message
- The client can opt to send as is, or remove any additional staff they do not wish to include in the message with the x beside their name
- If a client sends a message to multiple staff members, if they're the only client on the message thread both staff and clients can reply to it.
From The Client View
Once enabled, your respective staff can then begin receiving messages from clients for both Billing and Scheduling questions.
To perform that action as a client, after signing in on the initial Dashboard page, go to the bottom right and look for the "Ask a Question" section.
You can choose from the following:
- Ask Scheduling
- Ask Billing
- Ask your Therapist (if more than one you will see them in the dropdown once clicked)
Once clicked, the system will take the client to a New Message, and will include the staff members:
Staff and Clients can use this related article to learn about sending Messages in the system: sending HIPAA compliant messages in TherapyAppointment