healthcare

Call Center Staffing

Calculating Call Center Staffing to Support Patients and Employees

2 MIN. READ Call center staffing can be a notoriously difficult puzzle to solve. However, accurately forecasting the demand for staff, particularly during peak periods, is critical for call center success. Understaffing a contact center increases both customer and employee attrition, whereas overstaffing wastes money. Some health plans, medical groups, and companies attempt to determine …

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Patient Retention Health Care Call Center

Successful Call Centers Affect Patient Retention

2 MIN. READ Health care continues to move forward as a value-based industry with key standards regarding patients. On top of reimbursements from Medicaid and other entities explicitly tied to patient satisfaction, patients are customers and have the option to move providers if they are unhappy. Patient retention becomes a driving goal for strategic operations …

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Organizing Call Centers for Patient Satisfaction

Organizing Call Centers for Patient Satisfaction

2 MIN. READ Patient satisfaction is becoming a key metric for all health care organizations and providers. Not only is payment reimbursement from agencies like Medicaid tied to patient satisfaction, but patients can and will change providers or carriers if they are not happy. Call centers can play an important role in increasing patient satisfaction. …

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