The CS Membership Portal is a feature within CareStack that enhances dental practices by streamlining their workflows, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and membership growth. It automates the management of in-house membership plans and discounts, eliminating the need for manual task management related to these plans.
The portal is designed to be user-friendly and to provide practices with the tools they need to effectively manage their membership plans, thereby allowing them to focus more on patient care.
Let’s take a tour of the CS Membership Portal!
- Navigate to the System Menu > select Membership Plans.
There are several tabs on the CS Membership Portal.
- Overview
- Plans
- Members
- Prospects
- All Transactions
- Settings
- Here you can view the Overview tab with the CS Membership Portal.
- To obtain a more in-depth interpretation of data, select the Plan and Location.
Note: Upon selection, the statistics specific to that plan will be displayed which will be based on |
- The statistics shown on the top cover the following:
- Total Subscribers: Includes members in Active or Payment Due statuses.
- Expected Monthly Recurring Revenue: The total expected monthly recurring revenue from all active subscribers. This does not represent the actual revenue collected as subscription fees from the members.
- Subscription Revenue YTD: Total revenue collected from Membership Plan subscriptions for the year.
- Failed Transactions in the last 30 days: Revenue lost across all failed transactions in the last 30 days.
- No. of membership plans with Auto-Renewal Disabled: Number of active or payment-due subscribers who have turned off Auto Renew.
- Right below you will see a coloured graph representing the Subscriber Growth Trend over time capturing data on patients:
- Newly added to the plan (Subscribers Added)
- Stayed on the plan (Existing Subscribers)
- Dropped off the plan (Subscribers Lost)
- On the right-hand side of the Overview tab, you will see the Plan Performance segment highlighting the plan that is most popular, provided you have more than one plan.
Note: The related data is interpreted based on the money that was collected in subscription compared to the other plans. |
Let’s explore the Plans tab on the Membership Portal!
- Under the Active Plans segment, you will see plans that are currently active.
- Within the Active Plans you will be able to view:
- Number of Active members on each plan
- Plan Details
- Select View Details to gather more information about the plan.
- Click Edit, if you need to add a new Location (Basic Information) or add an additional Billing Cycle (Pricing).
- Click Deactivate to deactivate an active plan.
- Click Deactivate Plan on the confirmation modal to proceed.
- To reactivate a deactivated plan, navigate to Inactive Plans and click Activate.
- The Upcoming Plans segment includes plans set with an upcoming or a Future Active date.
Note: When you create a plan, the Plan Live Date (Basic Information) can be the same day or you can choose a future date. Whenever a future date is chosen, the created plan will only show up under Upcoming Plans. |
- You can also start creating a new plan and save it as a Draft to finish later. All such plans will be housed under the Draft Plans segment.
- The Inactive Plans segment comprises the deactivated plans. Each plan will reflect an Expired On
date i.e. the date it was deactivated.
- The All Members segment under the Members tab comprises all patients who have been on a plan in the past as well as those currently on a plan including the status of those plans.
- The tabs across the Members segment are categorised into Active Members, members in a Payment Due status, members who have Auto Renewal Disabled, and members who have Terminated.
- You also have the option to Apply the desired filters in the column headers provided in the specific tabs.
- This allows you the ability to narrow down the search by typing the Patient Name or choosing the Billing Cycle, Auto-Renew, Last Pay Status, etc. as highlighted below.
- To terminate a patient’s plan, select Terminate from the Actions menu in the corresponding patient’s row.
- To view Patient details of the members, click on the patient's name.
- You will see the Patient Details slide-out open providing the following information.
- Patient Name
- Patient ID
- Status of the Plan
- Date of Birth (DOB)
- Selected Membership Plan
- Membership Fee (the patient is paying)
- Billing Cycle (the interval at which the patient is paying the fee)
- Status of Auto Renewal
- Agreement Status - signed or unsigned
- Billing Location of the plan
- Date on which the plan was Added on
- Date on which the plan Expires on
- Next Billing date (date of the upcoming payment)
- You will see the Patient Details slide-out open providing the following information.
Note: Additionally, you will see a circle graph representing the data related to the payments and the overall status of those payments. |
- The Prospects tab displays the list of patients who have marked an interest in any of the membership plans.
Tip: Any patient that has a green banner on their Patient Overview that states, 'Patient has shown interest in 2024-2025 (or any other plan name)' will be listed under the Prospects tab for the purpose of outreach and marketing. |
- Displays all subscription payments from patients which can be sorted by selecting Transaction Status(es) such as Failed, Success, Skipped, and/or Exempted.
Note: You can Apply filters to narrow down your search by typing the Patient (Member) name, or choosing Payment Date, Plan Name, Billing Location, Billing Cycle, and/or Transaction Status. |
Tip: The Current Term indicates the no of payment(s) out of 12 for the respective transaction. |
The Settings present the ADA Code categories which cover the Default Categories.
- The Default Categories cannot be edited.
To add a new custom code category, perform the steps below.
- Select Create New under Custom Categories to create a new custom code category.
- Enter the Name and the Default Discount percentage.
- Select the Procedure Codes.
Tip: Use the search bar for Procedure Codes/Description to quickly bring up the desired procedure code(s). |
- Click the Right arrow to import the codes to the right side of the screen.
- Select the Create button.
- If a Custom Category has not been used before, it can be Edited or Deleted.
- The Custom Categories created in the past cannot be edited or deleted.
- The buttons will be greyed out.
- You can also Duplicate a custom category. Duplicating a custom category lets you include extra codes in a new category. You can also change the default discount and name of the custom code category.
- To view the benefit templates, click Included Benefits Templates.
- The Edit and Delete actions can be performed on an Included Benefits Template that has not been used before on a plan.
- You can also Duplicate a Included Benefits Template similar to the Custom Code Categories.
Note: If the Included Benefit Templates have been used on a plan, the Edit and Delete functions will be grayed out. |
- Included Benefits Templates are used in creating a plan in the Included Benefits section.
- The Default Categories and Custom Code Categories are included in creating a plan in the Discounts section.
You do not have to use the Settings tab to create a Custom Category or an Included Benefit Template.
- When you are creating a new plan (Plans tab > Create New Plan), you have the ability to Add Benefit manually.
Note: When you select +Add benefit, it will not allow you to add new line item(s), unless the line item above is populated with the Benefit Name and Procedure Code(s). |
- You can also use one of the existing Templates from the plan settings tab.
- You can even select Create New Template to suit your requirements. To do that, click Use Template and select the Create New Template button.
- By selecting Apply Discounts at Code Category Level while creating a new plan, you can also Add Custom Code Category directly from the Discounts screen.
Practices can refer to this guide to gain a quick overview of the CS Membership Portal and make the most of it across the different available segments.
Related Articles
- Create a New Membership Plan on CS Membership Portal
- Edit or Deactivate an Existing Membership Plan
- Sign Up a Patient on CS Membership
- CS Membership Profile Permissions
- Track Membership Status, Payments, and Discounts
- Complete the Pending Payment of a Membership Plan
- Locate Membership Discounts of a Patient
- Take Action on Failed Transactions within the Membership Portal
- Delete a CS Membership Credit Discount
- Set Up Payment Plans for Membership Patients
- Track Membership Status, Payments, and Discounts