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ClearBalance
ClearBalance

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Description

Product Description:
Concern about paying healthcare bills can leave healthcare consumers and your finances hanging in the balance. Health systems use the consumer-friendly ClearBalance® patient financing program to ease patients’ fears about out-of-pocket medical costs by providing affordable payment options and reassurance before, during and after their care episode. Our unmatched 30 years’ worth of knowledge related to patient payment behavior and our track record for forecasting and providing funding strategies significantly improve critical revenue cycle metrics. ClearBalance patient financing positions your health system as the preferred choice the next time your patients or a family member needs care.
About ClearBalance:
ClearBalance is committed to helping people afford the care they need to lead healthy, happy lives. The healthcare industry will continue to evolve. So they must think, act and lead differently if they are to provide their clients and patients with loan programs that make sense. At all times they will act in an honest, fair and compassionate manner.
Product Description:
Automatically trigger segmented payment reminders to responsible party over text/SMS, email and/or Interactive Voice Response call based on invoice age, date of visit or collection amount. Include link to online payment portal or connect patients with billing staff in real time (through 2-way text messaging or live call transfers) to address patient questions on invoices. Reduce manual labor on outbound calls and accelerate speed and amount of collections.
About PatientBond, Inc.:

PatientBond’s cloud-based, digital health platform automates patient engagement and care coordination with two-way communications, response tracking and real-time adjustment & optimization. PatientBond offers solutions to tackle many business and clinical challenges, including Healthcare Consumer Awareness/Marketing, Pre Visit, Point of Care, Patient Loyalty and Patient Collections for Health Systems, Physician Practices, Urgent Care Centers and Payers. PatientBond personalizes communications based on patients’ motivations and channel preferences using a proprietary psychographic segmentation model developed by healthcare consumer experts from P&G, the worldwide leader in consumer products and advertising. PatientBond enables you to activate desired patient behaviors to increase revenue and volume while ensuring cost avoidance and savings.

Compatibility level

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Clients

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Use Cases

Description:

Patient Financing

Patients can use a revolving line of credit (zero or low-interest) to pay their portion of healthcare costs. Long-term patient financing can be a strategic differentiator for your organization.

Payment Plan Transfer

Relieve accounts receivable pressures and boost cash flow while giving patients flexibility to repay out-of-pocket costs. Patient financing programs enable your organization to be a champion for patients, tipping their loyalty in your favor.

Patient Financial Engagement

ClearBalance provides ongoing high-tech, high-touch patient outreach with self-service tools and one-on-one healthcare-dedicated customer service to help patients manage their accounts.

Pediatric use cases:

None provided

Users:

Patients, Providers, Administrators

Description:
  • Increase the speed of patient payments
  • Increase the amount of patient payments collected
  • Increase the number of patients paying their bills
  • Collect small bills that are often ignored by collections agencies but add up to significant dollars in the aggregate
  • Decrease staff involvement on patient payment follow-up through automation


Pediatric use cases:

Payment reminders can be sent to parents/guardians

Users:
  • Patients for paying bills
  • Office staff for following up patient payments through automation

EHR Integrations

Integrations:

Acute care EMR, Ambulatory EMR, Ancillary EMR, Patient portal

EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

Use case dependent

EMRs Supported:

Other

Hardware Compatibility:

Mobile / Tablet (web optimized), Mobile / Tablet (native app), Desktop

Integrations:

Acute care EMR, Ambulatory EMR, Ancillary EMR, ERP system, Patient portal, Access +/or revenue cycle, Website / public online sources, Other

EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

Recommended, but not required

EMRs Supported:

Epic, NextGen, athena, GE, Other, Athenahealth, Cerner, Meditech, Allscripts, eClinicalWorks, McKesson, Allscripts/Eclipsys, Azalea Health/Prognosis, CPSI, MEDHOST, Self-developed

Hardware Compatibility:

Desktop, Mobile / Tablet (web optimized), Mobile / Tablet (native app)

Client Types

None provided

Awards

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Differentiators

Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

Loyalty

91% very likely to return to the healthcare provider that offers ClearBalance

Referral

88% will refer family and friends to the provider that offers ClearBalance

Differentiators vs Competitors:

ClearBalance HealthCare combines the best of high-tech and high-touch for a truly engaged patient-consumer experience to support patients when, where and how they want service.

Empowered Account Management: Featuring true single sign-on integration from your patient portal, our patient-facing self-service tools are an extension of your brand and enable patients to manage their account at their convenience. In the background, the ClearPath enrollment platform integrates with patient accounting, estimation and eligibility tools to automate staff workflow.

Dedicated, Empathetic Personal Assistance: For patients who prefer one-on-one interaction, the ClearBalance Patient Experience Center provides high-touch customer support. Our only business is healthcare and our focus is on your patients.

Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

PatientBond Payment Reminders are personalized with psychographic insights to motivate patients to pay their bills. The system is automated to drive efficiencies and save staff time dedicated to patient payment follow-up

Differentiators vs Competitors:

PatientBond Payment Reminders are personalized with psychographic insights to motivate patients to pay their bills. The results in increased collections, even among bills 120+ past due, are unmatched.

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PatientPay 2025 WhitePaper_MAR2020.pdf
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Founded in 1992

Founded in 2011

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