Healthcare operations are facing a perfect storm: staff are overloaded, yet patients still rely heavily on the phone for access. In this episode of the Health/Tech Edge, host Mike Moore sits down with Aqeel Shahid, SVP of Channels and Alliances at IntelePeer, to discuss how "Agentic AI" is solving the friction points that plague modern practices—from endless hold times to uncomfortable billing conversations.
We dive deep into why the old "press 1 for appointments" phone tree is dead and how the new generation of AI can handle complex workflows like rescheduling waitlists and collecting payments with surprising empathy and efficiency.