Shift Agents · Registration

AI patient registration that’s done before the patient walks in.

The Registration Agent gets the insurance card, forms and consents done by text before the visit, corrects demographics and member IDs, and reads back every change it writes to your practice management system, so bad data never becomes a denial.

● Shift Agents · Patient Access Today 9:30am

James W. · Repeat injection

  1. Insurance Verification Agent

    Re-verifying coverage…

    Card on file expired in June.

    Flagged: new card needed before 9:30.

  2. Registration Agent

    New card requested by text…

    Photo received. Re-verified on the new plan.

    Memory: James prefers texts, never calls.

    New card on file: coverage active.

  3. Patient Balances Agent

    New plan, new copay: $30.

    Payment link sent…

    James: “Paid.”

    Copay collected: $30, before he arrives.

What it does

What’s done before check-in

Insurance card

Requested by text, captured from a photo.

Forms and consents

Sent and signed by text, like an MRI screening form.

Demographics

Corrected before they reach the claim.

Member IDs

Fixed and re-verified, not guessed.

Copay

Handed to Patient Balances to collect before the visit.

Where it works

Where it fits in the journey.

The line it won’t cross

Saved means verified.

Reads back every write to the PM system and verifies it before treating it as saved.

A wrong or unconfirmed field creates the exact denial registration is meant to prevent, so nothing counts as done until it’s read back.

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How it connects

Works inside the systems you already run.

Your EHR / PM

Reads and writes in the systems your team already uses.

  • athenahealth
  • NextGen
  • AdvancedMD
  • eClinicalWorks
  • Greenway
  • ModMed
  • SIS

Patient channels

Text messages for cards, forms and consents.

  • Messaging
  • Email
All channels and integrations →
68% of providers name bad intake data a top denial driver, the #3 cause overall. Source: Experian, 2025. Cited industry benchmark, not a Shift claim.

Questions

Registration Agent, answered.

What does the patient have to do?

Reply to a text: send a photo of their insurance card and sign forms and consents on their phone, before the visit.

How does it keep bad data out of our system?

Every change it writes to your practice management system is read back and verified before it’s treated as saved.

Does it work with our EHR?

It works with athenahealth, NextGen, AdvancedMD, eClinicalWorks, Greenway, ModMed and SIS, using APIs where they exist and Browser Agents where they don’t.

How is patient data protected?

Every customer gets a BAA, data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and each agent sees only what its task needs. Every action is logged with its reason.

Works alongside

See the Registration Agent work a week like yours.

20 minutes, with Lance Rodela, founder.