Tebra Engage handles reminders, not phone
Tebra Engage sends reminders and surveys, but it doesn’t answer when clients call back. Front desks still field every inbound call.
Front desk overload
AI for Kareo / Tebra
The AI receptionist built to extend Kareo (Tebra)
Frontdesk is an AI receptionist that integrates bidirectionally with Kareo / Tebra — extending Tebra EHR, Tebra Practice Management, Tebra Billing, the Tebra patient portal, and Tebra Engage with 24/7 inbound voice, AI outbound recall, and autonomous waitlist fill.
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Answer time
0/7
Coverage
0+
Languages
BAA + audit
HIPAA
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
No autonomous outbound recall
Tebra doesn’t run AI outbound recall to lapsed patients or backfill cancellations from the waitlist autonomously.
Lost LTV, lost billable hours
Patient portal is reactive
The Tebra patient portal lets patients self-serve, but most patients still call. There’s no AI on the other end.
Self-service ceiling
After-hours intake goes to voicemail
Tebra doesn’t cover after-hours intake or weekend new-patient calls.
Lost lead conversion
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
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Bidirectional Tebra sync
Frontdesk reads Tebra patients, appointments, billing status, eligibility status, and patient-portal status — and writes new intakes, bookings, reschedules, cancellations, eligibility, and call notes back into Tebra in real time.
- Real-time Tebra sync
- Reads patients + appointments + billing
- Writes new intakes + bookings + reschedules
- Updates patient-portal status
- Pushes call notes into the chart
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?
Captured
Budget$2,400
Layout2BR
Move-inFeb 15
Pets1 dog, 35 lbs
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24/7 inbound voice for Tebra practices
Frontdesk answers every inbound call in under 0.5 seconds with Tebra-aware context — clinician routing, scheduled visit detail, and pending intake.
- Sub-second answer time
- Tebra-aware context
- Per-clinician routing
- After-hours hotline
- Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, ASL routing
More capabilities
Everything else your team needs
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AI outbound recall + waitlist fill
Frontdesk runs AI outbound recall to lapsed Tebra patients, backfills cancellations within 5 minutes, and recovers no-shows.
- Lapsed-patient recall
- 5-minute cancellation backfill
- No-show recovery
- Annual reassessment cadence
- HIPAA-compliant SMS
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Eligibility + clearinghouse coordination
Frontdesk verifies BCBS, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Kaiser, TRICARE, EAP, Medicaid, and Medicare through Tebra’s clearinghouse plus Availity, Office Ally, Trizetto, Waystar, ClaimMD, and Change Healthcare.
- Commercial payor verification
- Medicaid + Medicare
- TRICARE + EAP
- Tebra clearinghouse integration
- Eligibility writes to Tebra
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HIPAA-compliant by design
BAA, encrypted PHI, audit logs, SSO + RBAC, and PHI scoped to the minimum necessary per touch.
- BAA available
- Encrypted PHI in transit + at rest
- Audit logs
- SSO + RBAC
- PHI scoping
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Multi-EHR support
For practices running Tebra alongside SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Jane App, CentralReach, TheraNest, or Fusion Web Clinic, Frontdesk handles all of them in one receptionist.
- SimplePractice for therapy
- TherapyNotes for mental health
- Jane App for multi-discipline
- CentralReach for ABA
- Fusion Web Clinic for pediatric SLP/OT/PT
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
Customer stories
Real practices using Frontdesk to handle scheduling, intake, no-show recovery, and insurance verification — without adding front-desk headcount.
Who it's for
OT/PT clinics on Kareo / Tebra
Mental health practices on Kareo / Tebra
Multi-specialty practices on Tebra
Multi-location practices on Tebra
Practices using Tebra Billing
Practices using Tebra Engage for reminders
Medicaid practices on Tebra
Practices replacing Solutionreach / Weave / NexHealth reminders
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.
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What this page covers
Topics, integrations, channels, practice types, and workflows covered by Kareo (Tebra) AI Integration.
Kareo, now part of Tebra, is a leading EHR + practice management + billing platform — Tebra EHR, Tebra PM, Tebra Billing, Tebra Engage, the patient portal, and a clearinghouse. Used heavily by mental health, OT/PT, multi-specialty, and small medical practices. Frontdesk fills the gaps Tebra doesn’t: 24/7 inbound voice, AI outbound recall, 5-minute no-show recovery, autonomous waitlist fill, HIPAA-compliant SMS conversations, and Spanish-language intake. Also integrates with SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Jane App, CentralReach, TheraNest, and Fusion Web Clinic. HIPAA-compliant with BAA, encrypted PHI, and audit logs.
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)
- 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 Kareo (Tebra) AI Integration
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Contact supportYes. Frontdesk reads patients, appointments, billing status, eligibility, and patient-portal status — and writes new intakes, bookings, reschedules, eligibility, and call notes back into Tebra in real time. We sign a BAA with every practice.