Medical office answering service, HIPAA compliant.
Patients call when they're worried, and often after hours. An AI receptionist run on TIOS answers every call on the first ring, books and reschedules appointments, takes refill and records messages, and routes urgent calls to your on-call provider by your protocol. A trained agent takes over whenever a patient needs a person. HIPAA compliant, with a signed Business Associate Agreement.
Free trial · Month-to-month, no long-term contract · English & Spanish, 24/7
What we handle
The front desk, covered around the clock.
Appointments
Bookings, reschedules and cancellations go into your schedule, following your visit types and booking rules.
After-hours calls
Calls after close follow your protocol: concerns your protocol marks as urgent go to the on-call provider; everything else is waiting for the office in the morning.
Refills and records
Refill and records requests are taken as messages with the details your staff need. Decisions stay with your clinical team.
New patients
New-patient calls capture contact details, insurance information and the reason for the visit, then book the first appointment.
Overflow at opening
When every line lights up at 8 a.m., calls roll over to us so patients aren't left on hold.
Dental and chiropractic
The same service covers dental offices and chiropractic practices, with their own booking rules and after-hours protocol.
Example call flow
A patient calls at 10:30 p.m.
1
First ring
The AI receptionist answers as the practice's virtual assistant and reminds callers to dial 911 in an emergency.
2
Listens
The patient has a question after a procedure earlier that day.
3
Follows your protocol
Your protocol sends post-procedure calls to the on-call provider, who is paged with the patient's details.
4
Person when needed
The patient is anxious, so a trained agent stays with them until the provider is reached.
5
Logged
The call summary is waiting for your team in the morning.
An illustration of how a call can run — not a recording of a real call. Your own rules decide each step.
When a person takes over
AI on the first ring. A person the moment it matters.
The AI receptionist introduces itself as a virtual assistant and offers a person. No pretending. A trained agent takes over when:
The caller asks for a person — at any point, in English or Spanish.
The call is urgent by your definition. You write the rules; we follow them.
The caller is upset. TIOS reads sentiment and moves the call to a person first.
The request is complex, sensitive or outside your script.
Every handover carries the full context — who is calling, why, and what has been said — so nobody has to repeat themselves.
Guardrails
The front desk, not clinical advice.
No medical advice and no symptom triage — clinical questions go to your providers.
The greeting reminds callers to dial 911 in an emergency.
Protected health information is handled to US healthcare privacy and security requirements.
Tribe signs a Business Associate Agreement with practices that use the service.
Security documentation is available under NDA.
Works with your tools
Into the systems you already use.
Appointments are booked in your scheduling system, and messages reach your team the way you specify.
Why Tribe
Run on TIOS. Proven at scale.
TIOS is Tribe's operating model: AI agents, enterprise platforms and trained people working as one system. On your phones, that means an AI receptionist that answers instantly, people who step in with the full context, and one record of every call.
Since 20142,000+ professionals30,000+ calls a day24/7/365 coverageGold Award, Best in BPO — P@SHA ICT Awards 2026HIPAA compliant
Calls are answered by Tribe's delivery centres in Pakistan and Costa Rica. Our US office is in Laconia, New Hampshire.
Yes. Tribe is HIPAA compliant: protected health information is handled to US healthcare privacy and security requirements.
Will you sign a Business Associate Agreement?
Yes. Tribe signs a Business Associate Agreement with medical practices that use the answering service.
Do you give medical advice?
No. Agents and the AI never give medical advice or triage symptoms; they follow your protocol and route clinical questions to your providers.
Can you book into our scheduling system?
Yes. Appointments are booked, rescheduled and cancelled in your scheduling system, following your visit types and rules.
Do you cover dental and chiropractic offices?
Yes. Dental and chiropractic practices use the same service, set up with their own booking rules and after-hours protocol.
Is it AI or a real person?
Both. An AI receptionist, run on TIOS, answers first and says it is a virtual assistant. A trained agent takes over whenever a caller asks for a person, the call is urgent by your rules, or it needs judgment — with the full context.
Every call answered, from the first ring.
Start with a free trial — month-to-month, no long-term contract.