Frontdesk
Turn the waitlist into a revenue engine

AI waitlist fill that turns every open slot into a booked session

Frontdesk runs an autonomous waitlist engine — outbound AI voice + HIPAA-compliant SMS — that matches open slots to the right waitlist client in seconds. Funding-source aware, modality-aware, clinician-aware. Works natively with SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Jane App, CentralReach, TheraNest, and Fusion Web Clinic.

  • HIPAA-compliant by design
  • 24/7 coverage
  • Works with your EHR

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Outreach SLA

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Fill rate target

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Languages

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EHRs

Works with every major EHR & practice management system

SimplePractice

Mental health, speech, OT/PT

TherapyNotes

Mental health practices

Jane App

Multi-discipline clinics

CentralReach

ABA + autism services

TheraNest

Therapy + counseling

Fusion Web Clinic

Pediatric SLP/OT/PT

The Problem

The waitlist is a spreadsheet, not a system

Most practices track waitlists in Excel, a SimplePractice list, or a TherapyNotes note. Nobody actively reaches out when slots open. The list rots.

Lost intake conversion, frustrated prospects, no fill data

Open slots go unfilled because nobody calls fast enough

A clinician’s 3pm cancellation only converts if someone reaches out in the next 30 minutes. Manual outreach can’t move that fast — and the slot empties out.

$120–$300 per unfilled slot

Matching is hard — funding source, modality, clinician

A Medicaid waiver client can’t fill a commercial PPO slot. A pediatric SLP slot doesn’t match an adult mental-health waitlist. Manual matching is slow and error-prone.

Wrong client offered the wrong slot, denied claims, mismatch frustration

No analytics on waitlist health

Without data on offer rate, fill rate, decline reason, and time-to-fill, practices can’t see whether the waitlist is growing because of demand or because nobody’s working it.

Waitlist treated as backlog, not as revenue lever

How Frontdesk Works

Built for therapy practices and clinics on SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Jane App, CentralReach, TheraNest, Fusion Web Clinic — and every other major EHR. HIPAA-compliant by design with BAA, encrypted PHI, and audit logs.

Live call

+1 (415) 555-0142

Inbound · Zillow Rentals lead

AI Transcript

“Hi! I’d love to tour the 2-bedroom at Maple Heights. Any availability this Saturday?”

Frontdesk AI

“Yes! The 2BR at Maple Heights is $2,450/mo with a Feb 1 move-in. Saturday 11am or 2pm works for tours. Shall I book one?”

Answered in 0.4s
01

Open-slot detection across every source

Frontdesk watches every event that creates an open slot — cancellations, no-shows, schedule expansions, clinician onboarding — across SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Jane App, CentralReach, TheraNest, and Fusion Web Clinic.

  • Cancellation event detection
  • No-show event detection
  • Schedule expansion + new clinician slots
  • Recurring-series gap detection
  • Multi-location slot routing
Qualification

Looking for a 2BR around $2,400, move-in mid-February. Do you allow pets?

We have a 2BR at $2,450/mo available Feb 15. Cats and dogs under 50 lbs welcome. What’s your move-in date?

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Budget$2,400
Layout2BR
Move-inFeb 15
Pets1 dog, 35 lbs
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Autonomous waitlist outreach within 5 minutes

Frontdesk fires outbound AI voice + HIPAA-compliant SMS to the top-matched waitlist clients within 5 minutes. First to confirm gets the slot, the appointment books, and the waitlist updates.

  • 5-minute outreach SLA
  • Outbound AI voice + HIPAA-compliant SMS
  • Parallel outreach to top-N matches
  • First-confirm-wins booking
  • 30+ language outreach (Spanish, ASL referral routing)

More capabilities

Everything else your team needs

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Funding-source + modality + clinician matching

Frontdesk only offers slots that match the waitlist client’s funding source (Medicaid waiver, commercial PPO, EAP, self-pay), preferred clinician, and modality (telehealth vs in-person).

  • Medicaid waiver → Medicaid waitlist only
  • Commercial PPO → matching payor waitlist
  • EAP / Headway / Alma / SonderMind matching
  • Telehealth vs in-person preference
  • Pediatric vs adult specialty matching
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Live waitlist management inside the EHR

Frontdesk maintains a live waitlist record inside SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Jane App, CentralReach, TheraNest, and Fusion Web Clinic — adds, removes, prioritizes, and pauses clients automatically.

  • Live waitlist record in EHR
  • Per-clinician + per-modality waitlists
  • Pause / resume by client
  • Auto-removal on placement
  • Audit log of every offer + response
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Waitlist analytics and revenue dashboards

Practices see waitlist size, average time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate, decline reasons, revenue recovered, and payor-mix health — broken down by clinician, modality, and location.

  • Time-to-fill by slot type
  • Offer acceptance rate by client cohort
  • Decline-reason categorization
  • Revenue recovered per month
  • Payor-mix health on the waitlist
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Compliance, consent, and quiet hours

Every outreach respects TCPA, quiet hours, channel preference, and HIPAA — with BAA, encrypted PHI, and full audit logs.

  • TCPA + quiet-hours respect
  • Per-client channel preference
  • Opt-out management
  • HIPAA-compliant by design (BAA, encrypted PHI)
  • Audit log of every offer + response

Integrations

Frontdesk is EHR-agnostic and integrates bidirectionally with SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, TheraNest, Jane App, IntakeQ, Practice Better, Kareo (Tebra), athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, WebPT, NetHealth (Optima), ChiroTouch, ClinicSource, Fusion Web Clinic, PtEverywhere, Power Diary, OwlPractice, TherapyAppointment, CentralReach, Rethink Behavioral Health, Catalyst, AccuPoint, Lumary, Total ABA, Theralytics, and TheraBe. New-client intake, scheduling, eligibility, prior-auth, superbills, and recall campaigns sync in real time — and every conversation is HIPAA-compliant by design.

SimplePractice

Mental health, speech, OT/PT

TherapyNotes

Mental health practices

Jane App

Multi-discipline clinics

CentralReach

ABA + autism services

TheraNest

Therapy + counseling

Fusion Web Clinic

Pediatric SLP/OT/PT

Full integration coverage

  • SimplePractice (mental health, speech, OT/PT) bidirectional sync
  • TherapyNotes for solo and group mental health practices
  • Jane App for multi-discipline clinics (SLP / OT / PT / mental health)
  • TheraNest for mental health and counseling practices
  • IntakeQ + Practice Better for HIPAA intake form automation
  • Kareo (Tebra), athenahealth, eClinicalWorks for medical-grade EHR sync
  • WebPT and NetHealth (Optima) for OT/PT clinics
  • Fusion Web Clinic, ClinicSource, PtEverywhere for pediatric SLP/OT/PT
  • CentralReach, Rethink Behavioral Health, Catalyst, AccuPoint, Lumary, Total ABA for ABA + autism services
  • Theralytics, TheraBe for ABA data + clinical operations
  • Eligibility + benefits verification: Availity, Office Ally, Trizetto, Waystar, Change Healthcare
  • Telehealth: Doxy.me, Zoom for Healthcare, SimplePractice telehealth, healow
  • HIPAA-compliant by design: BAA available, encrypted PHI, audit logs

Who it's for

Solo therapists with growing waitlists

Group practices with 10–50 clinicians

ABA clinics with hourly Medicaid billing

Pediatric SLP / OT / PT clinics with parent waitlists

Psychiatry / med-management practices with 8-week waitlists

Telehealth-heavy practices on Doxy.me, Zoom for Healthcare

Multi-location therapy groups standardizing waitlist fill

EAP-heavy practices on Headway, Alma, SonderMind

Practices replacing Spruce Health, Klara, Weave, Solutionreach

The journey

Every step syncs to Yardi, RealPage, Entrata, AppFolio, Buildium, or ResMan in real time.

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Step 1

AI captures every client and caregiver interaction

Inbound voice, outbound AI voice, HIPAA-compliant SMS, web chat, and email are answered instantly with practice-aware context — across speech-language pathology (SLP), applied behavior analysis (ABA), mental health and counseling, psychiatry, occupational therapy (OT), and physical therapy (PT). Works with SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, TheraNest, Jane App, IntakeQ, Kareo, CentralReach, Rethink Behavioral Health, Fusion Web Clinic, and WebPT.

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Step 2

Records sync to your EHR, scheduling, and billing

New-client intake, scheduled appointments, reschedules, cancellations, waitlist updates, eligibility checks, prior-authorization status, and superbills flow into SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, TheraNest, Jane App, IntakeQ, Practice Better, Kareo, athenahealth, WebPT, NetHealth (Optima), Fusion Web Clinic, ClinicSource, CentralReach, Rethink, AccuPoint, and Catalyst in real time.

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Step 3

Automation runs reminders, recovery, and outreach

24h, 2h, and 30min appointment reminders, no-show recovery within 5 minutes, cancellation backfill from the waitlist, eligibility verification, prior-auth follow-up, recall campaigns, review-request automation, and parent/caregiver coordination fire automatically across voice, HIPAA-compliant SMS, and email.

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Step 4

Analytics surface what matters across the practice

Cross-discipline dashboards track new-client conversion, first-call answer rate, average response time, no-show rate, waitlist-fill rate, recall response rate, schedule density, and revenue impact — across SLP, ABA, mental health, OT, and PT lines of service.

What this page covers

Topics, integrations, channels, practice types, and workflows covered by AI Waitlist Fill Automation.

Purpose-built for therapy practices with growing waitlists and recurring open slots. Unlike SimplePractice native reminders, TherapyNotes reminders, Spruce Health, Klara, Weave, and Solutionreach — which can’t run autonomous waitlist outreach — Frontdesk detects every open slot (cancellation, no-show, schedule expansion) and runs prioritized outreach within 5 minutes. HIPAA-compliant by design with BAA, encrypted PHI, and audit logs across SLP, ABA, mental health, psychiatry, OT, and PT.

EHR & practice management

  • SimplePractice
  • SimplePractice telehealth
  • TherapyNotes
  • TheraNest
  • Jane App
  • IntakeQ
  • Practice Better
  • Kareo (Tebra)
  • athenahealth
  • eClinicalWorks
  • WebPT
  • NetHealth (Optima)
  • ChiroTouch
  • ClinicSource
  • Fusion Web Clinic
  • PtEverywhere
  • Power Diary
  • OwlPractice
  • TherapyAppointment
  • CentralReach (ABA)
  • Rethink Behavioral Health (ABA)
  • Catalyst (ABA)
  • AccuPoint (ABA)
  • Lumary (ABA)
  • Total ABA
  • Theralytics
  • TheraBe

Telehealth, scheduling & communication

  • Doxy.me
  • Zoom for Healthcare
  • Google Meet for Healthcare
  • SimplePractice telehealth
  • TheraNest video
  • healow
  • Acuity Scheduling
  • Calendly Health
  • NexHealth
  • Solutionreach
  • Weave
  • Spruce Health
  • Klara
  • Updox
  • OhMD

Billing, payor & eligibility

  • Availity eligibility
  • Office Ally
  • Trizetto Provider Solutions
  • Waystar
  • ClaimMD
  • Apex EDI
  • Change Healthcare
  • TriZetto
  • Medicaid eligibility verification
  • Medicare eligibility verification
  • Commercial payor verification (BCBS, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Kaiser)
  • TRICARE eligibility
  • TriCare West / TriCare East
  • Good Faith Estimate (No Surprises Act)
  • Superbills + self-pay invoicing
  • EAP (Employee Assistance Program) intake
  • Headway / Alma / SonderMind / Grow Therapy panel onboarding

Therapy workflows automated

  • AI new-client intake (HIPAA-aware)
  • AI insurance eligibility + benefits verification
  • AI appointment scheduling and reschedule
  • AI no-show recovery + cancellation backfill
  • AI waitlist management and slot-fill outreach
  • AI prior-authorization coordination
  • AI superbill + receipt generation
  • AI session reminders (24h, 2h, 30min cadences)
  • AI parent / caregiver coordination (pediatric)
  • AI crisis-line and suicide-risk triage with live escalation
  • AI IEP/504 meeting coordination (school-based therapy)
  • AI recurring appointment series management
  • AI discharge planning + handoff
  • AI review-request automation (Google, Healthgrades, Zocdoc)
  • AI referral-source follow-up + thank-yous

Therapy specialties served

  • Speech-Language Pathology (SLP)
  • Pediatric speech therapy
  • Adult speech therapy
  • AAC evaluation and therapy
  • Stuttering / fluency therapy
  • Feeding and swallowing therapy
  • Voice therapy
  • Myofunctional therapy
  • Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
  • BCBA-supervised clinics
  • Autism diagnostic evaluation
  • Mental health and counseling
  • Couples and family therapy
  • Teen and adolescent therapy
  • Trauma therapy / EMDR
  • Eating-disorder treatment
  • Substance-use intake
  • Psychiatry / med management
  • Occupational therapy (OT)
  • Pediatric OT / sensory integration
  • Physical therapy (PT)
  • Orthopedic rehab
  • Vestibular therapy
  • Pelvic floor therapy
  • Hand therapy
  • Pediatric PT
  • School-based therapy services

Communication channels

  • Inbound voice (24/7 intake, after-hours hotline)
  • Outbound AI voice (recall, no-show recovery, waitlist fill)
  • HIPAA-compliant SMS and texting
  • WhatsApp Business
  • Web chat (practice site + EHR portal)
  • Email
  • 30+ languages (Spanish-speaking SLP, bilingual mental health, ASL referral routing)

Competitive alternatives

  • SimplePractice Telehealth + Reminders alternative
  • TherapyNotes Telehealth alternative
  • Spruce Health alternative for voice + outbound
  • Klara alternative
  • Updox alternative
  • Weave alternative for SMB therapy
  • Solutionreach alternative
  • NexHealth alternative
  • OhMD alternative
  • Headway / Alma / SonderMind / Grow Therapy front office

FAQ

Common questions about AI Waitlist Fill Automation

Frontdesk integrates with Yardi Voyager, Yardi Breeze, RentCafe, RealPage OneSite, Knock CRM, Entrata, AppFolio, Buildium, ResMan, Rent Manager, and MRI Software. Here's what therapy practices and clinics ask most.

Contact support

Frontdesk detects every open-slot event (cancellation, no-show, schedule expansion) in SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Jane App, CentralReach, TheraNest, or Fusion Web Clinic. Within 5 minutes it fires outbound AI voice + HIPAA-compliant SMS to top-matched waitlist clients. First to confirm gets the slot.

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