Vendor & Integration Management

Your software vendors
are not on your side.
We are.

PracticeGuard sits between your practice and every software vendor you depend on. We handle vendor issues, monitor your integrations, and make sure someone with real technical authority is pushing back when things break.

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Flat monthly structure
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Any practice type
Built for
Independent Dental Practices
Medical & Specialty Clinics
Physical Therapy & Rehab
Independent Practice Groups
Any Practice Without In-House IT
The Problem

You're running 6 software platforms.
Nobody is watching them.

Every independent practice runs multiple systems that are supposed to work together. When they stop — and they will — every vendor points at someone else. You're left holding the phone, losing time, and losing revenue while nothing gets fixed.

Issue 01
The Vendor Runaround
You call Vendor A. They say it's Vendor B's fault. You call Vendor B. They say check with Vendor A. Meanwhile your staff is doing manual workarounds and nothing is resolved.
Issue 02
The Silent Failure
The most dangerous breakdowns aren't loud. Integrations can fail quietly for weeks — data not flowing, records not syncing. You find out when something downstream goes wrong, months later.
Issue 03
The Cost You Don't See
Staff time chasing vendor support. Claims delayed because data didn't transfer. Audit exposure from documentation gaps. The true cost of unmanaged vendor relationships is hidden until it isn't.
Issue 04
No One to Call
Independent practices have no in-house IT. Managed service providers handle networks and hardware — not vendor relationships and integrations. That gap is exactly where problems live.
What We Do

Six things your retainer
covers every month.

We are the permanent expert layer between your practice and every vendor you use. You handle patients. We handle everything else.

01
Single Point of Contact
Every vendor routes through us. No more explaining your system from scratch to a new support rep every time something breaks.
02
Issue Triage
We assess every complaint before it becomes a vendor call. Real failure, user error, or sales pitch — separated and handled correctly.
03
Vendor Translation
Vendor-speak becomes plain English. You get a clear summary of what happened and what — if anything — you need to decide.
04
Integration Monitoring
Monthly review of every data flow between your systems. Silent failures caught before they become billing problems or documentation gaps.
05
Vendor Accountability
When vendors blame your system, we push back with specifics. When they miss commitments, we escalate. They know this practice has oversight.
06
Monthly Health Report
One-page summary every month — open issues, resolved issues, integration status. You always know where things stand without having to ask.
Who We Serve

Built for independent practices
with no internal IT.

If your practice runs 4 or more software platforms and has nobody whose full-time job is managing the vendors behind them — this service was built for you.

Independent Dental Practices
Practice management, imaging, patient communication, insurance verification, payment processing — running on integrations nobody has reviewed since install day. We watch them so you don't have to.
Medical & Specialty Clinics
Multiple software platforms that were never designed to work together, managed by staff whose job is patient care — not vendor support. We fill the gap that no one else does.
Physical Therapy & Rehab
Scheduling, billing, documentation, and patient communication platforms that break quietly and cost you time and revenue. We catch failures before they reach your front desk.
Any Independent Practice
If you run 4 or more software platforms and have no one whose job is managing the vendors behind them — this is built for you. Specialty doesn't matter. The gap is the same everywhere.
"You focus on patients and staff. I handle every software vendor and integration you depend on. When something breaks, I fix it — or I make sure the vendor does. You never think about it."
— The PracticeGuard Commitment
How It Works

Simple structure. Quoted after fit.

PracticeGuard is structured to be straightforward, but pricing is discussed after a short conversation so the scope matches your actual software stack, vendor load, and level of oversight needed.

Onboarding
One-time startup
baseline and documentation
Before ongoing support begins, we document your vendor environment, understand your systems, and establish a baseline so nothing critical is missed.
  • System and vendor review
  • Key integrations documented
  • Primary contacts established
  • Initial risk and issue baseline
Monthly Retainer
Flat monthly structure
ongoing oversight and support
Your monthly engagement covers the ongoing vendor management, issue triage, integration oversight, and reporting that keep your practice from carrying this burden alone.
  • Vendor interface and escalation
  • Integration health oversight
  • Issue triage and translation
  • Monthly reporting and follow-up
  • Accountability when vendors stall
  • Clear boundaries before extra work
Project Work
Scoped separately
only when needed
New implementations, major upgrades, or platform transitions are treated as separate work so your ongoing support does not become a vague catch-all.
  • New software rollouts
  • Major vendor transitions
  • Upgrade-related coordination
  • Emergency work only with approval
The Team

20+ years making sure
vendor relationships don't fail you.

PracticeGuard is built on a simple premise — the person managing your vendor relationships needs to know what vendors are actually talking about. That expertise comes from two decades of healthcare IT implementation at some of the most demanding environments in the country.

Founder & Principal
Barry Conley
20+ years in healthcare IT working with independent practices and major health systems nationwide. Barry has seen every way a vendor relationship can go wrong — and built PracticeGuard around making sure it doesn't happen to your practice.
20+ years healthcare IT implementation experience
Deep knowledge of clinical, dental, and specialty practice software ecosystems
Experienced in EMR integrations, device connectivity, and vendor management
Founder, CoreVue IT

Ready to stop managing vendors yourself?

Book a free 30-minute call. We'll listen to what's breaking, tell you honestly if we're the right fit, and explain exactly how the engagement works before pricing is discussed.

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