Have AI call dentists for you

Tell your agent what you need and your insurance plan. CallForMe calls dental offices, asks whether they're in network, the price or the earliest opening, and books if you say so. For a toothache it can call several offices to find a same-day emergency visit. Each answered call costs $1.

Dental offices answer the same few questions all day: are you in network, are you taking new patients, when's the next cleaning. They answer them fast if you give them the plan name and what you need.

Paste this into your agent

Call dentists near 32803 and ask if they're in network with Delta Dental PPO, take new patients, and have a cleaning and exam open in the next 2 weeks. Book the first one under Jordan Lee.

Other dental calls:

• "I have a cracked molar and it hurts. Call dentists near me and find one that can see me today. I'm uninsured; ask the emergency exam fee."
• "Ask 4 dental offices the cash price for a porcelain crown on a back tooth."
• "Call my dentist and put me on the cancellation list for any morning cleaning this month."

What the office will ask

The word dentist puts the call in both the appointment and medical categories of plan_call. It flags a name, the date and time with a range, a callback number and the date of birth. Mention insurance and it adds the member number too. Dental front desks also ask:

• Insurance carrier, plan type (PPO, HMO, DHMO) and the subscriber's name.
• Member ID, to check benefits.
• New or existing patient.
• Last cleaning and last X-rays (some plans only cover them every 6 or 12 months).

Questions worth asking

• In network with this exact plan?
• Next cleaning and exam for a new patient.
• New patient special (exam, X-rays and cleaning for a flat price).
• Self-pay prices or an in-house membership plan.
• Same-day emergency availability.

How call_around works for dentists

query: "dentist" near your zip with your plan in the goal. Use stop_after: 1 for "book the first in-network office with an opening", or let all of them answer when you're comparing cash prices. For an emergency, start the batch at 7 or 8am local time with count: 8 and stop_after: 1. Specialists need their own query: "endodontist" for a root canal, "oral surgeon" for wisdom teeth.

What trips these calls up

• "We'll verify and call you back." Benefit checks take time, so offices often call back. That comes to your callback number.
• HMO plans. Many dental HMOs assign you to one office, and others can't see you on that plan.
• Lunch closures. Small offices close the phones from 12 to 1.

What it costs

$1 per office that answers, including 5 minutes. Insurance questions add hold time. Five offices with two 7 minute calls: $6.

Related

• Get on a dentist's cancellation list
• Book a doctor appointment
• Call urgent care clinics
• When the business asks something unknown
• All business types

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