Integration of payment gateway for online payments

Purpose

1. Automate the integration of payment gateways to streamline online payment collections, reconciliation, and transaction tracking for ENT practices, minimizing manual billing, improving security, automating invoice dispatch, and enhancing patient experience with seamless automated payment flows.

Trigger Conditions

1. Invoice generation in practice management software.

2. Patient schedules online/telemedicine appointment requiring upfront payment.

3. Claim submission is processed and co-pay needs to be collected.

4. Recurring billing or subscription-based care plans.

5. Payment reminder or due date reached.

Platform Variants

1. Stripe

• Feature/Setting: PaymentIntent API — automates payment capture via webhooks; sample: Configure a webhook to listen to 'payment_intent.succeeded' events.
  

2. PayPal

• Feature/Setting: REST API / Smart Payment Buttons — automates pay-now buttons; sample: Use 'CreateOrder' and 'CaptureOrder' endpoints in patient billing portal.
  

3. Square

• Feature/Setting: Payments API — automates card-on-file charging; sample: Configure automated payment receipts with 'CreatePayment'.
  

4. Authorize.Net

• Feature/Setting: Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) API — automates monthly or per-visit billing; sample: Set up ARB subscriptions linked to patient accounts.
  

5. Braintree

• Feature/Setting: Transaction Sale API — automates one-time payment processing; sample: Use 'Transaction.sale' endpoint after patient appointment booking.
  

6. Worldpay

• Feature/Setting: Hosted Payment Pages — automates checkout experience; sample: Auto-generate unique payment links per invoice.
  

7. Adyen

• Feature/Setting: /payments API — automates multi-currency, card/wallet/bank transfers; sample: Configure triggers in EMR to fire payment requests.
  

8. Mollie

• Feature/Setting: Orders API — automates email invoices with embedded payment links; sample: Trigger on new unpaid invoice creation.
  

9. Razorpay

• Feature/Setting: Payment Links API — automates link generation; sample: Auto-send payment links when claims processed.
  

10. 2Checkout (now Verifone)

• Feature/Setting: Inline Checkout API — automates payment forms on portal; sample: Configure auto-redirection after bill generation.
  

11. GoCardless

• Feature/Setting: Mandates API — automates collection of direct debits; sample: Automatically generate mandate requests on patient enrollment.
  

12. Amazon Pay

• Feature/Setting: Pay API — automates payments via patients’ Amazon accounts; sample: Trigger with digital invoice events.
  

13. WePay

• Feature/Setting: Checkout API — automates embedded checkouts; sample: Initiate Checkout session API when appointment confirmed.
  

14. Klarna

• Feature/Setting: Payments API — automates pay-over-time options; sample: Present as automated option on high-value bills.
  

15. BlueSnap

• Feature/Setting: Hosted Payment Fields API — automates PCI-compliant payment collection; sample: Integrate fields in EMR payment page.
  

16. Sage Pay (Opayo)

• Feature/Setting: Form Integration — automates secure online card payments; sample: Auto-fill payment form data from EMR database.
  

17. PayU

• Feature/Setting: API for Payment Collection — automates payment settlements; sample: Use API webhook for payment status updates.
  

18. QuickBooks Payments

• Feature/Setting: Sales Receipt API — automates payment entry posting to ledgers; sample: Trigger receipt creation on payment success.
  

19. Intuit Payment Solutions

• Feature/Setting: Payments API — automates patient co-pay processing; sample: Auto-charge on appointment confirmation.
  

20. Ingenico

• Feature/Setting: ePayments API — automates transaction data retrieval and status; sample: Sync payment events with practice’s reporting workflows.
  

21. Alipay

• Feature/Setting: Payment API — automates Chinese patient payments via wallets; sample: Auto-send QR codes on invoice creation.
  

22. Apple Pay

• Feature/Setting: Apple Pay on the Web — automates browser-based cardless payments; sample: Enable on digital invoice pages.
  

Benefits

1. Automates payment processing, reducing administrative workload and errors.

2. Automating data synchronization with EMR/billing ensures payment records are up-to-date.

3. Automated reminders and receipts improve patient compliance and trust.

4. Enables flexible, secure, automated payment options for different patient preferences.

5. Automates fraud detection and compliance, lowering risk and manual review time.

6. Automator setup accelerates practice cash flow and faster revenue recognition.

7. Automating refunds or failed payment notifications enhances patient satisfaction.

8. Automatable reconciliation expedites end-of-day accounting.

9. Automated analytics enable insight-driven billing improvements.

10. Automation creates a frictionless payment journey, encouraging on-time payments.