AI medical billing software illustration showing a healthcare professional using a tablet, surrounded by AI-powered billing risk levels, denial probability scores, analytics charts, and a voice assistant interface.
  • Tebra is launching two new AI tools: AI Billing Assistant and AI Voice Assistant.
  • AI Billing Assistant flags high-risk claims before submission to reduce denials and write-offs.
  • AI Voice Assistant answers patient calls instantly and routes requests directly into your EHR.
  • Both tools work inside Tebra’s existing workflows — no new systems or third-party add-ons.

Running an independent practice is demanding work, and too much of that demand falls on administrative tasks that have nothing to do with patient care. Denied claims that eat into revenue. Patient calls that go unanswered because your front desk can only do so much at once. Rework that keeps piling up.

We hear this from practices every day. And we've been building the answer.

Today, we're announcing two new AI-powered features coming soon to Tebra: AI Billing Assistant and AI Voice Assistant. Both are designed to do one thing: give your team back time and resources.

AI Billing Assistant: Catch problems before they become denials

Claim denials are expensive — in dollars, in staff time, and in the revenue that never comes back at all when a claim gets written off instead of reworked.

Reworking a single denied claim costs an average of $25 in staff time. Worse, up to 65% of denied claims are never resubmitted; they age off into permanent write-offs because teams simply don’t have the bandwidth to chase them down. 

AI Billing Assistant helps your billing team get ahead of that. Before a claim is submitted, it flags the ones at higher risk of denial, explains why, and recommends what to do next within the workflow your team already uses. Higher-risk claims stand out so your team can review them first. Lower-risk ones move faster, and your billers focus their expertise where it counts.

AI Billing Assistant dashboard displaying an "Unapproved Encounters" table with 11 patient records, showing risk levels, denial probabilities, and procedure codes.
Tebra AI Billing Assistant analyzes claims before submission, flags the ones most likely to be denied, and tells your billing team exactly why — so they can fix the right issues before they ever leave the practice.

The AI recommends. Your team decides. Nothing gets submitted or changed without a human in the loop.

Ready to get started? Contact your Tebra representative or book a demo to learn more about AI Billing Assistant.

AI Voice Assistant: Every patient call, answered — available now 

In conversation with practices, we’ve heard front desks fielding 30–50+ inbound calls per provider every day, while simultaneously checking in patients, managing scheduling, processing refill requests, and keeping the day moving. It's an impossible split; your front desk can't be in two places at once. 

Those aren't just missed calls. They're missed appointments, missed prescription requests, and potential new patients who don't leave a message — they call the next practice instead.

Many practices are already spending $40,000 or more per year on additional administrative staff just to keep up with call volume, and still falling short.

AI Voice Assistant answers inbound patient calls within seconds, handles scheduling and prescription refill requests, and routes everything directly into your Tebra EHR, without manual re-entry or callbacks to chase down. Your staff stays focused on the patients in front of them. Your practice captures the appointments it was already earning.

AI Voice Assistant calendar view in Tebra's medical scheduling interface, showing a monthly appointment calendar for May 2026 with provider and location filters.
Tebra AI Voice Assistant answers every inbound call within seconds, handles scheduling and prescription refill requests, and routes everything directly into your EHR — so your front desk can stay focused on the patients in front of them, without missing the ones on the line.

Ready to get started? Contact your Tebra representative or book a demo to learn more about AI Voice Assistant.

Built for your practice, inside Tebra

Both tools are built natively inside Tebra — not third-party add-ons or new systems to learn. They work within the workflows your team already uses, and they're designed specifically for independent practices, not scaled-down versions of enterprise products built for health systems.

We're invested in the success of independent medicine. These features are part of that commitment.

AI Billing Assistant is available to select Tebra customers, and AI Voice Assistant is available now. Book a demo to learn more about Tebra’s AI features. 

More to come — stay tuned.

Written by

Kyle Ryan, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Tebra

Kyle Ryan is the Chief Technology Officer at Tebra, where he leads the vision and strategy for the company’s suite of healthcare technology products. Before Tebra, Kyle served as CTO at Kareo and held senior technology leadership roles at Intuit (TurboTax) and Sony Online Entertainment. At Tebra, he’s focused on building AI that works with clinicians, not around them, so independent practices can spend less time on administration and more time with patients.

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