A medical answering service that books the visit, not just the message
After-hours message-taking leaves patients waiting for a callback. An AI medical answering service resolves the call: it books, answers refill and results questions, and routes anything clinical to a human. Here is how to pick one.
- 24/7 answering
- HIPAA BAA included
- 7-day free trial
Resolution beats relaying
A traditional medical answering service is people relaying messages, usually after hours, priced per minute or per call. The patient still waits, and your staff still works the backlog the next morning.
An AI answering service answers instantly at any hour and completes the task: it books the appointment, handles the routine question, and escalates anything urgent or clinical to the right person, with nothing ringing out to voicemail.
The three things that separate a real product from a demo are the signed BAA, write-back to your schedule or CRM, and a branded number. Rivvi includes all three on a free 7-day trial, so you can measure answer rate and bookings before you pay.
AI answering service, on the things that decide it
Competitor details are drawn from each vendor's public pricing and product pages as of July 2026 and may change. "Not stated" means the vendor does not publish that detail. Rivvi's free-trial details reflect the current published offer at rivvi.ai/pricing and rivvi.ai/sign-up.
Run a real program before you pay a cent
AI medical answering, answered
Yes. Rivvi's free trial includes a signed Business Associate Agreement, so you can run AI voice and web-chat agents on protected health information from day one. Most free tools gate HIPAA coverage behind a paid or enterprise plan; Rivvi's is HIPAA-ready on day one, and you can cancel anytime before the trial ends.
Usually no. A Business Associate Agreement is the legal prerequisite for any tool that handles PHI, and most vendors gate it to paid or enterprise plans, or offer no self-serve signup at all. Rivvi includes the signed BAA on its free trial, e-signed during signup before any patient data moves.
Yes. Rivvi is SOC 2 Type II and runs on HIPAA-eligible infrastructure, signing a BAA with every organization before patient data moves. Patient information is never used to train third-party models, and TCPA opt-out is honored on every outreach path.
A conversation credit covers one completed AI voice call or web-chat session. Rivvi's free trial includes 10,000 credits, enough to run real appointment reminders, refill reminders, and recall calls end to end before you decide whether to move to a paid plan.
See it on your own patients, free
Start a free 7-day trial: 5 seats, 10,000 conversation credits, a signed HIPAA BAA, and a branded number in your area code. A card starts the trial; cancel anytime before it ends.
- 7-day free trial
- HIPAA BAA included
- Cancel anytime