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How much front desk do you actually need?

Most front desks are sized by habit: one person per location, plus whoever is available at lunch. The calculator sizes it by arithmetic instead, from your volume, your coverage hours, and the administrative work sitting on the counter.

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The calculator is an interactive tool. It opens inside the HiBridge experience, keeps your inputs as you refine them, and lets you download, email, or print the resulting estimate.

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What it asks for

The inputs

01

Scale

How many locations you operate, and the hours each one needs covering across the week.

02

Volume

Daily calls, daily visitors, or both, entered per day, week, or month, plus the share of visitors who need help rather than just checking in.

03

Administrative workload

Time spent off the counter: eligibility verification, authorizations, authorization follow-ups, and any other admin hours, in counts and minutes per task.

04

Current staffing and cost

Today’s receptionist headcount, loaded salary assumption, and per-location licence cost.

05

Service targets

Answer-rate and wait-time targets, peak share of the day, and productive-time assumptions, so coverage is sized for the peak and not just the average.

06

Staffing mix (optional)

Model a blend of domestic and overseas receptionists at different pay assumptions rather than a single rate.

What it returns

The outputs

Recommended pooled headcount

A recommended number, with a lean and a high-support figure, so you can see the range rather than a single confident-looking answer.

Workload split

Hours per day of real-time visitor support versus administrative work, so you can see which one is driving the headcount.

Coverage check

Peak-hour interactions, minimum coverage, and utilisation, so you can tell whether the recommendation has any headroom left.

Cost comparison

Monthly, annual, and five-year cost against a traditional per-location desk, including per-location and per-interaction cost.

How to read it

What the model does and does not know

The model knows arithmetic. It does not know that your Tuesday morning is unusual, that one location has a difficult parking situation, or that your authorizations take twice as long as the benchmark because of one payer.

So treat the output as a starting position for a conversation, not a conclusion. The range between the lean and high-support figures is the honest part of the answer.

Disclaimer. These are preliminary, informational estimates only, based on the figures you enter and industry benchmarks. Actual staffing needs, costs, and savings vary by practice, workflow, payer mix, and implementation. This is not a quote, guarantee, or commitment of any kind, and HiBridge assumes no responsibility for decisions made from these estimates.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What does the calculator actually work out?

Two things. A recommended pooled receptionist headcount for your volume, coverage hours, and administrative workload; and a cost comparison between that and a traditional per-location front desk.

What numbers do I need before I start?

At minimum: how many locations you run, and either your daily call volume or your daily visitor volume. Everything else has a sensible default you can refine, including operating hours, salary assumptions, and the share of visitors who need help.

Can I model verification and authorization work?

Yes, in the advanced inputs. You can enter counts and minutes per task for eligibility verification, authorizations, and authorization follow-ups, which is usually where a clinic front desk quietly loses hours.

Is the output a quote?

No. It is a preliminary, informational estimate based on the figures you enter and industry benchmarks. Actual staffing needs, costs, and savings vary by operation, workflow, payer mix, and implementation. It is not a quote, a guarantee, or a commitment of any kind.

Can I keep the results?

Yes. The tool can download the estimate as a text summary, email it to yourself, or print it. If you want numbers you can act on, bring the estimate to a demo and we will work through it with you.

Bring your estimate to a demo.

We will work through your numbers with you and tell you where the model is optimistic about your operation.

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