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Intake forms

Let your clients review & update their information

Overview

Tired of doing data entry during client meetings? There's a better way.

Our Intake form is a simple, secure way to let your Medicare clients review and update their own personal info, drugs, pharmacies, and provider lists.

Any updates your clients make save to their Contact record in your account, so you're all set when it's time to meet.

How it works:

You send a link: Send an Intake link to one client, or in bulk to many.

They enter the form: clients enter a simple, mobile-friendly form flow.

New clients fill it out: They complete the form from scratch, creating a new contact record in your dashboard.

Existing clients review & update: Clients see the info already on their Contact record – details, drugs, providers, etc – and can update anything that's changed.

Updates auto-sync: Any updates a client makes sync to their contact record.

SOA baked in: The form ends with a Scope of Appointment form.

You get notified: You get an email when a client completes their form.


Sending & tracking Intake Forms

Personal intake links

You can send a Personal intake link to existing Contacts. They'll see the data you have on record for them, and can update it.

  • Navigate to their Contact profile

  • Scroll to the Intake section and click Send intake.

  • Click to send via text message, email, or copy a direct link.

Send to many contacts in bulk

  • Navigate to your Contacts tab

  • Select all Contacts using the top checkbox, or pick Contacts one by one.

  • Click the Send intake button that appears at the top of the list.

Public intake link

On the Marketing tab, you'll find your Public Intake link. This is a universal Intake for all clients, new or existing. Perfect for marketing – drop it on your homepage, social media, email signature, etc.

The Public link first asks for the client's name and birthdate. If there's no match in your Contacts, the client fills out a blank Intake form, creating a new Contact record.

If a match is found in your Contacts, we email or text the client their Personal link so they can review and update what you have on file for them.


Tracking Intakes

Track Intake progress from your Contact records:

  • When you send a Personal link, you’ll see an Intake record with status “Sent.” Or if the client starts on their own, using the Public link, you'll see their intake record appear when they begin.

  • When an intake is completed, the status updates to “Completed,” and you receive an email notification.

  • Track Intakes across your book – on your Contacts list, and on the Export, you'll see a column with Intake status.

See what changed

When a client submits an Intake form, any updates they make are recorded in the Activity Log at the bottom of their Contact record. Entries from Intake will show “Intake user” in the Who column.

You can use this to review exactly what the client updated, confirm accuracy, and resolve any questions or disputes down the line.


Your client's Intake experience

Sending the intake

When you send the personal intake, the client receives an email or text that explains what they’re being asked to do. You can set a custom email message.

The email sender shows as your name – and the signature shows your info.

Or if you send it as a text, it'll show your name like this:

Intro page

After clicking the link, they start on an intro page, explaining what this is for, with your name clearly identified as the agent. For Personal Intakes, this page asks for their birthdate, to confirm their identity.

ℹ️ From this point forward, existing clients will see any information you have on file for them, for review. They can add to, edit, or delete if they have changes – if they do, your record automatically updates.

New clients will have a blank intake form that they fill out from scratch, which creates a new Contact record.

Personal details

Clients review or add personal details – name, address, Medicare ID, etc.

Drugs

Existing Contacts see any drugs you have on file for them. Here's how that looks:

Contacts without drugs on file can add them. To proceed, they must either add drug or select that they don't take any. (So you can be sure if they didn't add any, it was intentional.)

Adding drugs is easy – it's a senior-friendly, mobile-friendly, step-by-step flow:

Step 1: Search drug name

Autocompletes after entering 3 characters

Step 2: Choose brand vs generic

(shown if applicable)

Step 3: Select dosage (and package, if applicable)

The most common dosage and package is defaulted.

Step 4: Select quantity and frequency

Pharmacies

Existing Contacts see any pharmacies you have on file for them. Contacts without pharmacies on file can add them. They can also select if they prefer Mail Order.

To proceed, they must either add a pharmacy or select that they don't have one.

They add pharmacies by searching the name within a zip code range.

Providers

Existing Contacts see any providers you have on file for them. Contacts without providers on file can add them.

To proceed, they must either add providers, or select that they don't have any.

They add providers by searching the name within a zip code range:

Almost done

After completing drugs, pharmacies, and providers, Contacts see a page prompting them to complete a Scope of Appointment. Upon reaching this page, you'll get an email notification.

If a client exits before completing the form, any changes made up to that point are still saved to your records.

Scope of Appointment

After the Almost Done page the Contact enters the standard Scope of Appointment flow, as described here. This ensures your meeting is CMS-compliant.


Languages

Client-facing pages like SOAs (and Intakes and shared quotes) will appear in Spanish if you've set the Contact's language to Spanish on their Contact profile. To do this, click Edit on the Contact profile to view the Language option and select Spanish.

If no language is set there, but their browser settings are set to Spanish, they'll see these pages in Spanish. To see a preview, add &lang=es to the end of a shared URL.


Send as a colleague

If you have access to contacts assigned to other agents – either because you're an agency admin, or you have Full Book access – you’ll see the option to email or text message the Intake as yourself or as the contact’s assigned agent.

This can be useful for backoffice staff sending on behalf of their agent team.

What this choice controls

  • Which agent's name and contact info appear in the email or text message

  • The reply-to email address (if sending via email)

  • Which agent's branding appears on the Intake flow (name, contact info, logo)

  • Which agent receives the confirmation email when the client finishes the Intake

    Good to know: The default is "Send from me." Your last choice is remembered, so if you switch to sending as the assigned agent, that selection carries over the next time you open a send modal – even for a different contact.


Frequently asked questions

Q: What happens if an existing client enters the Public Intake link?

The Public link asks for name and birth date. If it matches an existing record, we'll send them their Personal link automatically – to avoid duplicates and keep their data secure. Here's how we choose the channel:

  • Email + phone on file → we email it, with the option to text

  • Only email or only phone on file → we send to whichever they have

  • Multiple phone numbers on file → we use the one marked "Cell"

  • Neither on file → we tell them to contact you directly

Q: Can I send the link to myself?
If you open an intake link in the same browser where you're logged in as an agent, you'll be automatically logged out. Instead, use the screenshots and documentation above to see what the client experience looks like. Or send it to yourself but open it in a different browser/device, or an incognito window.

Q: Am I notified when they complete the form?
Yes – you'll get an email when they finish the Intake portion, and another when they finish the Scope of Appointment.

Q: What happens if the client doesn't finish the form?
Any changes they make are saved automatically, even if they don’t finish the intake.

Q: Does the link ever expire?
The public intake link never expires. The link sent to existing contacts expires 1 year after you first send it. You can resend a new link anytime.

Q: Can the client change their entries once the form is completed?
Yes, they can re-enter the intake form and make new changes.

Q: Why do I need the client’s DOB to send the Personal Intake link?
Because it’s used to verify their identity when they open the link, ensuring secure access to personal data.

Q: Is this form mobile-friendly?
Yes, it’s designed to work well on smartphones and tablets.

Q: I tried to bulk send, but it says that some will be excluded, why?

We exclude anyone from a bulk send if they're missing an email, or missing a birth date, or if they've received an intake in the last hour. We also don't let you send to contacts that aren't yours (which you may have visibility to if you're an Agency Admin or have Full Book access). To see which particular clients are missing an email or birth date, do an Export.

Q: Can I send different intake links to the same email?

Yes – for instance for spouses who share an email.

Q: Does the client need to log into the form?

No, your clients don't need to log in to access the intake form. For personal Intake links, the client will need to enter their date of birth to get in.

Q: How can I tell what the client entered on the form?

You can see what they updated on the Activity Log – their entries are identified as being made by 'Intake user.'


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