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Text-to-pay patient billing
Family dental practice · half of AR collected monthly by text, 3 hours a month saved
- Task
- replace paper invoices and phone follow-up with mobile payment requests
- Result
- 50% of outstanding accounts receivable paid monthly via Text-to-Pay; 90% of requests paid directly from the link, often within 5–10 minutes; billing time down 3 hours a month; texting saves about 2 hours a day; paper receipts from a case a week to one every three months
- Tools
- Weave Payments (Text-to-Pay, tap-to-pay terminals); Weave texting and reminders
- Setup
- install Weave phones and payment terminals (about two hours) → send balances as Text-to-Pay links → accept tap-to-pay, Google Pay and Apple Pay in the office → handle reminders and follow-ups by text
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Example business: family dental practice (13 phones; previously paper invoices and phone tag). Task: replace paper invoices and phone follow-up with mobile payment requests.
Reported result: 50% of outstanding accounts receivable paid monthly via Text-to-Pay; 90% of requests paid directly from the link, often within 5–10 minutes; billing time down 3 hours a…
Tools: Weave Payments (Text-to-Pay, tap-to-pay terminals); Weave texting and reminders
Setup outline:
1. install Weave phones and payment terminals (about two hours) → send balances as Text-to-Pay links → accept…
Starter prompt from the guide (use it as a base):
Write a friendly 140-character payment request text for a dental practice with a placeholder link.
First, ask me up to 5 questions about my business and tools. Then give me a beginner step-by-step setup plan, plus copy-paste prompts/templates I can use. Plain English, and tell me if any step needs a tech helper.
via autopilotbusiness.ai/use-case/family-dentistry-weave-text-to-pay-terminals-50-of-ar-collected-monthl/Step-by-step setup guide
> Cost: Paid. Weave starts at $199 a month (Base). Reminders, forms and recall sit in the Coordinate bundle ($149) and reviews in the Attract bundle ($149). Quoted extras are called out below. There is no free trial of the full platform.
Honest note: Rules, not AI. The page also shows a $1M stat that conflicts with its other figures, so it is left out. Payments are US only.
Prerequisites
- A Weave account with your phone number and practice management system already connected (Weave onboards you).
- Weave admin access (Settings pages need an admin, and some payments pages need Super Admin or Payment Admin).
Step-by-step setup
Step 1. Send a Text to Pay request. Click Payments → Requests, click the ⋮ next to a request, choose Collect Payment → Text to Pay, review the message and numbers and click Send Now (or schedule it). You need a Weave Payments account first (US only). Patients pay from a secure link; the invoice updates to Completed when they do.
Step 2. Add a terminal. Weave also sells card terminals; ask Weave about tap-to-pay hardware. I did not verify a self-serve path.
What success looks like
Less paper and less chasing.
Common issues & fixes
- Messages do not trigger: for connected offices, open Settings → Data Sync Settings and map appointment statuses and recall types first. Weave says reminders cannot trigger until that is done.
- Feature missing from your menu: it may not be in your bundle. Weave lists availability per bundle on its Auto-Message Types page.
- Link not clickable: keep the text under 160 characters.
Optional: Maintenance
- Monthly: review unpaid requests.
Copy-paste prompt
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Write a friendly 140-character payment request text for a dental practice with a placeholder link.Sources
- Case: Weave case study (family dentistry). Credit: the practice's team (vendor-published).
- Weave plans
- Weave Help: Auto-Message Types
- Weave Help: Data Sync Settings
- Weave Help: Send a Text to Pay request
Industries: AI automation for Dentists & Dental Practices
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