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Dental Pay-By-Text

Online Dental Pay-By-Text Software

Pay-By-Text is a secure, contactless payment that many dental offices choose to offer patients. With the popularity of payment apps, consumers of all types have realized the ease & simplicity. And dental patients are no different—they enjoy the speed & convenience of paying directly from their phones.

CareStack gives offices the ability to use Text-to-Pay via its merchant processor. Simply send patients a secure text with a link to pay their balance in the message. All the patient has to do is click the link, follow the instructions, and confirm the payment.

The convenience increases patient satisfaction and helps portray a modern & tech-savvy image! With CareStack, enjoy the payment method widely preferred by patients, seamlessly integrated into your practice software.

For the ultimate dental software, choose the solution that’s scalable for growing dental start-ups or large DSOs and still affordable for small mobile providers and single-office dental practices. Choose CareStack!

Smiling man using a smartphone, with a digital payment interface showing transactions and a "Payment Received" notification.

Key Benefits

Why Practices Love CareStack’s Dental Pay-By-Text

Secure processing and encrypted SMS Gateway to initiate payments.

Customize payment amounts and send links to patients immediately.

Less work required chasing down late payments.

Accelerate cash flow by collecting patient balances on-time.

Easily track payments using CareStack’s Insights Tool.

Main Highlights

Pay-By-Text for Modern Dental Practice Networks

Smiling woman on a couch checks her phone, reading a message about a $245.30 dental bill with a link to view and pay the invoice.
Man smiling at phone with payment app interface overlay showing transactions to John Williams and Mary Miller, plus a custom amount option.
Smiling woman sitting on a couch using a smartphone with payment options displayed: "Text To Pay" checked, "Pay With CS Pay" unchecked.
Smiling man in a hoodie holds a credit card and smartphone displaying "Payment Received" notification at a table.
Smiling woman on a couch checks her phone, reading a message about a $245.30 dental bill with a link to view and pay the invoice.

Secure, Time-Saving Tools

  • Secure Text MessagingFor HIPAA Compliance, the SMS Gateway is encrypted to ensure secure payment processing.
  • Simplified Electronic PaymentPatients simply click a link and follow the instructions. No login or websites to navigate, making this one of the preferred and fastest payment methods for patients.
  • CS Pay LinkSend patients a text briefly detailing the reason for the balance and advising the patient to make the payment through the secure CS Pay link.
Man smiling at phone with payment app interface overlay showing transactions to John Williams and Mary Miller, plus a custom amount option.

Multiple Ways to Handle Payments

  • Customize Payment AmountText To Pay feature lets you alter the payment amount as desired or input a custom amount to allow patients to make a prepayment.
  • Option to Manually AccountPayments received can be added to the account and applied toward a balance or left as an unapplied payment.
  • Automated PaymentsAutomatically post payments to the patient balances, or choose to hold the funds to apply to another coded treatment.
Smiling woman sitting on a couch using a smartphone with payment options displayed: "Text To Pay" checked, "Pay With CS Pay" unchecked.

Promote Efficient Billing Cycles

  • Electronic Patient InvoicingReduce the cost of collections by reducing the need for printed statements and postage.
  • Shorten the Billing CyclePatients respond at higher rates to Text to Pay versus alternative billing methods.
  • Faster PaymentsText to Pay alerts the patients to make their co-payment or balances on time which leaves providers with payments quickly and effectively.
Smiling man in a hoodie holds a credit card and smartphone displaying "Payment Received" notification at a table.

Strategically Increase Receivables

  • Efficiently Track PaymentsLeverage CareStack’s Insight Tools to pull up operational reporting about payments received from the Text to Pay source.
  • Accelerate ReceivablesIntegrated merchant services offer shorter turnarounds when receiving patient payments, and the incidence of accelerating receivables gains traction.
  • Improve the Revenue Cycle

    Increasing patient collections is the first step practices can take to optimize their revenue cycle.

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FAQ

Why CareStack Is the Best Dental Practice Management Software

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Which merchant processor partners with CareStack’s Text To Pay?
The CS Pay merchant offers the SMS Gateway to enable electronic payments.
Where can I find the Text to Pay button on the PMS?
Inside CareStack you will see the Text To Pay button on the Home Dashboard, Appointment Summary, and Patient Ledger
Will the payment link be automatically integrated within CareStack?
Dental practices need to manually set up the CS Pay link within the PMS’s settings, but it takes only a few clicks.
Will the Text to Pay be linked to the Patient Account?
It will be linked to the patient’s mobile number and every member related to the Responsible Party account will be listed under the same number.
Does an advance payment count toward a provider’s collections?
Not until they are posted against the completed treatment code.
More questions?Contact us at
support@carestack.com
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