Common questions

The things clinics actually ask.

Whether you are wondering how the handover works, what happens when your team member is off sick, or how we protect your patient data, the answers are below. We have built this around how allied health practices really run, so most of what you are thinking is something we have already answered.

What about the phones? My patients expect to call and speak to someone.

Your patients still call and speak to someone they know. The patient facing, relationship driven parts of your front desk do not change. What your team member takes care of is the operational admin behind those interactions: rebooking, recalls, inbox triage, billing follow ups, waitlist management, and documentation.

Most practices already have a receptionist or front desk person who patients know and trust. What makes sense is freeing that person from the three to four hours of back end admin they are doing between calls so they can focus on the patient standing in front of them.

Your team member works inside your practice management software during Australian business hours, processing the administrative workload that builds up through the day. Your front desk stays focused on patient care and local presence. And the admin that never quite gets done actually gets done.

Will their English be good enough?

Yes. Our team members are university educated Filipino professionals recruited from the best of the country's workforce, with many from healthcare and allied backgrounds. English is an official language of the Philippines, used throughout tertiary education, and our people are trained and examined in English.

Our recruitment process includes written and verbal English assessments calibrated specifically for Australian allied health communication, covering clinical terminology, Medicare and NDIS language, and patient correspondence. Every team member also completes our communication standards training, which covers Australian English conventions, cross cultural communication, email and phone etiquette, and common abbreviations used in allied health practices.

You will notice the accent, but you will not notice a language barrier. Our team write patient letters, manage inboxes, and coordinate referrer correspondence daily, and the communication standard is something clients consistently comment on after onboarding.

How long until they are productive?

Most team members are contributing meaningfully within the first two weeks. Before they start with your practice, they have already completed our allied admin training covering Australian privacy law, allied health fundamentals, practice management software, Medicare and NDIS billing, and communication standards. That means they arrive understanding your industry, your software, and your privacy obligations before day one.

The first week focuses on learning your specific workflows, preferences, and team dynamics. By week two, most team members are independently managing bookings, inbox triage, and documentation.

Full integration into more complex workflows like EPC tracking, billing reconciliation, and referrer coordination typically takes four to six weeks. The ramp up is dramatically shorter than hiring a local admin with no allied health experience.

Is my patient data secure?

Yes. We maintain a comprehensive data protection framework built specifically for offshore access to Australian health information. All team members work from our supervised office in Balanga, not from home. The office includes biometric entry, CCTV monitoring, and a strict no printing, no screenshots, no personal devices policy.

Every connection to your systems uses TLS 1.3 encryption, and any data temporarily held in our own infrastructure is stored using AES 256 encryption at rest. Team members undergo criminal history checks and sign confidentiality agreements before they access any client data. They also complete a dedicated privacy module covering the Australian Privacy Act, the 13 Australian Privacy Principles, and health information handling.

We operate under a formal data processing agreement with tiered breach notification timelines, and we maintain a published sub processor list so you know exactly which platforms are involved.

Will they stick around?

Our retention is significantly higher than the Australian outsourcing industry average, and that is largely down to where we are. We operate from Bataan in the Philippines, not Manila, which fundamentally changes the employment dynamic.

In Manila, staff have hundreds of competing employers within commuting distance and annual turnover of 30 to 50 per cent is normal. In Bataan, Yoonet is one of the leading employers in the region, and our people build long term careers with us rather than job hopping for marginal pay increases. We invest heavily in career development, ongoing training, and a workplace culture that values longevity. Many of our team members have been with Yoonet for five years or more.

When you bring on a team member, you are not hiring a contractor who might disappear. You are engaging a full time employee, backed by an organisation that has operated in the Philippines for more than 15 years.

Do I need to manage them day to day?

No. This is a managed service, not a recruitment agency. Your account manager at Yoonet looks after onboarding, training, performance management, and day to day coordination with your team member.

You provide the initial brief on your workflows and preferences during onboarding, and from there the management layer sits with us. Your team member communicates with your practice directly for task related questions, but you do not need to run performance reviews, manage leave, or deal with HR.

We run regular account reviews to make sure the service is tracking well, and adjust workloads or processes as your practice evolves. If something is not working, you raise it with your account manager and we take care of it. The goal is that bringing on a team member feels like gaining a colleague, not gaining a management responsibility.

What if it does not work out?

You are not locked into anything punitive. Your team member is a full time employee of Yoonet, so the arrangement follows normal employment notice rather than a gimmicky trial. There are no recruitment fees and no exit penalties.

If the issue is with a specific person rather than the arrangement itself, we will work with you to find a better match, and backup coverage means your practice is not left without support during any transition.

We built it this way deliberately, because the service should earn your ongoing commitment rather than a contract enforcing it. Most practices stay because the value is obvious within the first month. If you are unsure whether it is right for your practice, the best starting point is a fifteen minute chat so we can assess the fit together.

What hours do they work?

Your team member works full time during Australian business hours, aligned to your practice's timezone. The standard day matches the Australian east coast (AEST and AEDT), and we accommodate practices in all Australian and New Zealand time zones.

The Philippines is only two to three hours behind the east coast, which means your team member works normal daytime hours rather than overnight shifts. That matters, because it means better focus, better health, and better long term retention than providers who run night operations.

Because the role is full time, you get consistent coverage across the full working week rather than a few scattered hours. If your practice has specific hours or seasonal patterns, we adjust scheduling to match. Your team member is there when your practice is operating, not on a generic offshore shift pattern.

What practice management software do you support?

Our deepest expertise is in Cliniko, the platform most commonly used by Australian allied health practices, and the one our training covers in the most detail. We also support Halaxy, Nookal, Power Diary, and the other systems allied health clinics run day to day.

Our Cliniko training alone runs many hours and covers patient management, appointment workflows, invoicing, letter templates, reporting, online bookings, and integration with tools like Heidi AI for clinical documentation. For the other platforms, team members receive training on the equivalent workflows and features.

If your practice uses a platform we have not listed, get in touch and we will assess whether we can support it. We also work with the tools that sit around your practice management system, including Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Xero, and the telehealth and online booking platforms common in allied health.

Is this only for physio practices?

No. We support physiotherapy, podiatry, exercise physiology, occupational therapy, speech pathology, dietetics, and other allied health disciplines.

The admin workflows across these disciplines share a lot of common ground: appointment management, Medicare and NDIS billing, patient recalls, referrer coordination, and inbox triage are consistent regardless of clinical specialty. Our training covers the fundamentals that apply across allied health, and team members receive additional training specific to the discipline they are supporting.

If your practice falls within allied health and you are spending time on admin that could be supported remotely, the model almost certainly applies. Book a fifteen minute chat if you would like to confirm the fit first.

What about AI — could I not just automate this?

AI tools are getting better at specific tasks like appointment reminders, basic triage, and form pre filling, but they cannot replace the judgement, context, and relationship management that allied health admin requires. A Medicare claim rejection, an unhappy patient, a referrer who has not heard back, a waitlist that needs human prioritisation — these need someone who understands your practice, your patients, and the nuance of the interaction.

Our team members use AI tools where they genuinely help, including Heidi AI for clinical documentation and automated recall triggers within Cliniko. But the AI works for your team member, not instead of them.

The practices that get the best results combine intelligent automation with a dedicated human who knows the practice inside out. We are happy to talk through where AI fits and where a team member is the better investment for your specific workflows.

How much does it cost?

There is no self serve price and no menu of hourly packages, because the arrangement is a full time employee, not a block of VA hours. You bring on one full time team member, recruited, employed and managed through Yoonet, and the cost is a full time salary plus Yoonet's employment and management.

It works out at a fraction of an equivalent Australian hire, and it is quoted for your specific role rather than guessed from a pricing table. Everything is in Australian dollars. The fifteen minute chat is where we work out the right shape for your clinic and what it would cost — no obligation, and we will be honest if it is not the right move for you.

How do I get started?

One step: book a fifteen minute chat. We work out honestly whether outsourcing fits your clinic, which parts of the admin would take the most off you, and what is safe to hand over.

If it is a fit, Yoonet recruits, employs and manages your full time team member from the Balanga office, and you introduce them to your patients in your own words. There is no self serve checkout and nothing to subscribe to — the relationship starts on the call.

Can I scale up if it works well?

Yes. Most practices that start with one team member expand the scope within the first three to six months as they find tasks they had not originally considered handing over.

A common pattern is starting with appointment management and recalls, then adding billing and claims, then referrer coordination and documentation. When one person is at capacity, you bring on another full time team member through Yoonet the same way you brought on the first. There are no tiers to renegotiate. Multi location practices and clinics that grow to a full admin function are supported the same way.

Still have a question?

Book a Zoom with Ben. No pitch either way — we will give you an honest read on whether this fits your clinic, and answer anything that is still on your mind.

Fifteen minutes · no pitch · hello@clinicadmin.com.au