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Remote veterinary receptionist for phones, scheduling, reminders and records

Phones answered. Reminders sent.

Neon Link gives veterinary clinics one dedicated, full-time client care coordinator who answers your phones and messages, books and confirms appointments, runs reminder and recall outreach, and handles records transfers, refill routing and pet insurance paperwork. They work remotely from the Philippines on your US business hours, inside your practice management system, and every medical question, urgent call and refill decision goes to your veterinary team. It costs $2,295 a month, month to month, with no setup fee.

Price$2,295 a monthMonth to month. $2,195 a month on the 6-month plan.
Hours40 hours a week, on your US business hours
WhereRemote, from the Philippines
Setup feeNone
Not the right fitSwapped at no cost in the first 60 days
Managed byA Neon Link manager who answers

Rates come from our live rate card. Page updated .

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Tell us the role. Within 48 hours our team emails you 3 anonymized profiles from people who applied for this kind of work with us: their experience, their region and the software they use.

A few lines on the work, the tools and the hours help us match the profiles.

Anonymized: no names, photos or contact details. No call unless you ask for one. We use this information as described in our Privacy Policy.

What your Linker handles

  • Answer client calls, voicemails and messages in your clinic's name and voice, and route every medical question to your veterinary team
  • Book, confirm and reschedule appointments in your practice management system, and take new clients through intake with their contact details, pet details and previous clinic
  • Run reminder and recall outreach by phone, text and email for vaccines, wellness visits and overdue patients, and book the visits that come back
  • Send urgent and emergency calls straight to your licensed staff using your clinic's escalation script, without making the triage call themselves
  • Handle records and forms: request records from previous clinics, send records to specialists, other clinics and owners, attach incoming records to the right patient, and send intake forms before the visit
  • Route refill requests from owners and online pharmacies to your veterinarian for approval, and send the response once the veterinarian has decided
  • Prepare pet insurance claim paperwork: send complete records and itemized invoices to insurers and owners, answer insurer records requests, and track each open claim until it closes
  • Follow up on unpaid balances by phone, email and text using your script, and log every promise to pay
  • Send your practice manager a short weekly summary of appointments booked, reminders sent, open insurance claims and unpaid balances
Your software

We screen for the systems you run, such as AVImark, Cornerstone, ezyVet, IDEXX Neo or Covetrus Pulse for practice management and PetDesk or Weave for client communication. If a finalist has not used yours, you'll know before they start.

How the work is measured

What your Linker is measured on. The targets are set with you in the first week, from your volumes and your hours, and written into your statement of work.

  • Response time on voicemails and client messages during the shift
  • Urgent and emergency calls handed to your licensed staff right away, by your clinic's script
  • Turnaround on records requests, sent complete enough that an insurer doesn't need to ask twice
  • Refill requests routed to the veterinarian promptly, with nothing approved or promised before the veterinarian decides

What a team costs

Monthly price for a team of 1 to 6 Linkers
TeamMonth to month6-month plan
1 Linker$2,295$2,195
2 Linkers$4,590$4,390
3 Linkers$6,885$6,585
4 Linkers$9,180$8,780
5 Linkers$11,475$10,975
6 Linkers$13,770$13,170

Per month. 40 hours a week per Linker. No setup fee. Prices from our live rate card.

How we vet your Linker

Our recruiting team in the Philippines runs a strict screening and review of every applicant, using a process built by our founder, Dan Betthauser, from twenty years running outsourced operations across the Philippines, Costa Rica and the United States. Every Linker goes through:

  • A screen of the application against your role: the work, the software and the experience you need
  • A recorded spoken English sample, reviewed by our team
  • A practical skills test for your work, scored in our own system
  • A live video interview with our recruiting team
  • An ID check and a background check: NBI clearance in the Philippines, police clearance in India and Pakistan
  • A workspace check before day one: a quiet, private room, wired internet, a backup connection and a plan for power outages
  • A signed confidentiality agreement before they see any of your data
  • Your own interview with the finalist: nobody starts until you say yes

How it starts

  1. Step 1Tell us the work: a 15 or 30 minute call with our team, or the sixty second scope on the homepage.
  2. Step 2Get a written quote at the published rate, held for 30 days.
  3. Step 3We recruit and screen for your work and your software, and you interview the finalist before they start.
  4. Step 4Your Linker works your queue on your hours. A Neon Link manager runs the account and answers when you need them.
  5. Step 5If the fit is wrong in the first 60 days, we swap them at no cost.

A good fit, and not a fit

  • Clinics where the phone goes to voicemail while the front desk checks patients in
  • Practices whose reminder and recall list keeps slipping because nobody has time to work it
  • Practice managers who want one person who learns your clients, your veterinarians and your schedule, not a rotating pool
Not a fit
  • Medical advice, triage decisions, or approving or prescribing refills. A veterinarian with the patient relationship decides, and every clinical question goes to your licensed staff
  • On-site work: check-in, taking payments at the counter or handling pets
  • A 24/7 emergency line or after-hours answering. Your coordinator is one person on your hours, so after-hours calls still need your emergency referral or answering service

Open roles behind this page

We recruit for this work now. These are the live postings we hire your Linker from:

No call needed

See 3 candidate profiles for your role

Tell us the role. Within 48 hours our team emails you 3 anonymized profiles from people who applied for this kind of work with us: their experience, their region and the software they use.

A few lines on the work, the tools and the hours help us match the profiles.

Anonymized: no names, photos or contact details. No call unless you ask for one. We use this information as described in our Privacy Policy.

Questions owners ask

How much does it cost to outsource veterinary reception and client care?

$2,295 a month for one dedicated, full-time person (40 hours a week), month to month, or $2,195 a month on the 6-month plan. There is no setup fee, and pay, equipment and management are inside that one number. For comparison, a US receptionist costs about $4,440 a month fully loaded, using the BLS median wage plus employer costs.

Is this a veterinary answering service?

No. It is one dedicated person on your clinic's business hours, not a 24/7 answering line, so after-hours and emergency calls still need your emergency referral or answering service. During their shift they answer your phones and messages, book appointments and work your reminder list, and any urgent call goes straight to your licensed staff by your clinic's script.

Can a remote receptionist handle medical questions or refill requests?

They route them, and they never decide them. Medical questions and anything urgent go to your veterinary team by your clinic's script, and refill requests from owners and online pharmacies go to your veterinarian for approval. Once the veterinarian has decided, they send the response.

Can they help with pet insurance claims?

Yes, the paperwork side: sending complete records and itemized invoices to the insurer or the owner, answering insurer records requests, and tracking each open claim until it closes. The veterinarian writes the medical record, and your coordinator never writes or edits clinical notes.

How is this different from hiring a virtual assistant?

You get one dedicated person who handles your work on your hours, inside your software, and a Neon Link manager runs the account: pay, equipment, replacement if it comes to that, and a phone that gets answered. You never run offshore payroll or manage a freelancer alone. It is not a shared pool, a ticket queue or a 24/7 answering line.

How fast can someone start?

We start recruiting when you say go. You interview the finalist before anyone starts, and the start date is set with you once you pick the person. We would rather take the time to find the right fit than hand you whoever is free.

What if the person is not the right fit?

If the fit is wrong in the first 60 days, we swap them at no cost. After that, if they leave, we recruit the replacement at no charge and manage the handover. Training on your process runs at the normal monthly rate.

Do we have to sign a long contract?

No. Month to month is available on every plan. The 6-month plan trades a longer commitment for a lower monthly rate. A written quote at the published rate is held for 30 days.

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$2,295per Linker / mo

1 US receptionist, fully loaded: ~$4,440/mo How we calculate this

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