Bearfoot provides an AI‑powered front‑desk platform for dental and medical practices that automates appointment scheduling, insurance verification, and payment collection around the clock. By handling calls, eligibility checks, and billing inquiries, it increases booked appointments and accelerates accounts‑receivable recovery, while integrating with existing EHR/PMS systems across multiple locations.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Dental and medical practices often miss revenue because calls, insurance checks, and billing follow‑ups are handled manually, leading to missed appointments, delayed payments, and fragmented patient communication.
Solution
Bearfoot offers an AI‑driven front‑desk platform that operates 24/7 to answer calls, schedule appointments, verify insurance eligibility, and manage accounts‑receivable interactions. The system integrates with existing EHR/PMS solutions and supports multi‑location practices, providing a unified workflow across all sites. By automating these routine tasks, the platform increases booked appointments by about 18% and accelerates A/R recovery within 60 days, while maintaining HIPAA, PCI‑DSS, and SOC 2 Type II compliance for secure patient data handling.
Target Audience
Primary customers are dental and medical practice groups, including multi‑site clinics, that need to streamline front‑desk operations, improve appointment capture, and accelerate billing collections.
Features
- AI conversational agent that answers calls and books appointments in real time, eliminating missed revenue opportunities
- Instant insurance eligibility verification and billing inquiry handling with integrated EHR/PMS connectivity
- Automated A/R follow‑up, payment collection, and balance explanation through secure, PCI‑DSS compliant messaging
- Multi‑location management with centralized configuration, per‑site overrides, and unified reporting dashboards
- Real‑time revenue health monitoring showing receivables status and collection metrics without month‑end delays
- Compliance framework ensuring HIPAA‑safe data handling, smart escalation, and audit‑ready logging