CARAGON
CARAGON are the dental data experts. With our data extraction expertise, we can extract data from any system. This, combined with our data management platform (Automated Associate Pay), we are able to provide agile solutions for the dental sector.We are in the business of saving time, improving accuracy, and helping groups to scale.
Automated Associate Pay
As the UK dental market consolidates, dental groups face the complexities of data centralisation and process standardisation.
As an alternative to costly and time-consuming manual processes, our Automated Associate Pay software offers an efficient solution for DSOs and dental groups to automate their associate pay – freeing up time, improving accuracy and enabling scalability.
Benefits of Automated Associate Pay
Savings: Save up to 90% on employee time processing pay. This frees up valuable resource that you can deploy elsewhere.- Increased Accuracy: The introduction of automation and exception reporting means we reduce the margin for error and increase accuracy at all stages of the process.
- Group-level Reporting: centralising all the data for associate pay allows your group to easily report on all elements of the process
- Scalability – the solution is scalable as your business grows there is no need for additional resources to cope with more associates and or practices
Additional services
What do our customers think?
How it works
Data automation
We automate the collation of data from multiple sources, all going directly into associate schedules:
NHS – download of all contracts per performer.
Practice Management Systems – private income is pulled daily from SOE, R4, SFD, Orthotrac, Dentally.
Insurance – all plans are catered for; Simply Health (Denplan), Practice Plan, DPAS, Patient Plan Direct, Highland Plan, Grampian Plan.
Invoicing Systems – process for lab invoices automated from P2D, Sage and more.
HR Systems – we integrate with many HR software providers to pull rates into our pay solution (Cascade, Work Digital, People HR, Workday, iTeam).
Our platform
Our software collates all our data sources, maps them to the relevant providers and using a rule engine we customise the output to each dental group. We can deal with any number of permeations!
Automated outputs
Automated Associate Pay includes:
Branded Remittances– auto generated and emailed directly to associates (a review link can also be sent in advance of pay).
A Secure Online Portal – for associates to log in and view their schedules (current and historic).
Reporting – pay review dashboard and report to streamline the process of reviewing and signing off pay.
Journal Files – detailed line-item journals which can be uploaded to accounting systems (Xero, Sage, Quickbooks, AccountsIQ, Microsoft Business Central).
Bank File Exports – payment file to the bank.
Who we work with…
Meet your data experts
Our partnership approach enables us to find practical solutions for your data challenges, so that we can save you time, improve accuracy and help your business to scale.
CEO, CARAGON
Trisha O’Grady
CEO, CARAGON
CTO, CARAGON
Garron Mosley
CTO, CARAGON
Project Manager
Thomas Wasik
Project Manager
Implementation & Account Manager
Stacey Ryle
Implementation & Account Manager
Data Technician
Kirsty Wilkinson
Data Technician
Customer Support Technician
Vicky Browitt
Customer Support Technician
Customer Support Technician
Nikki Burger
Customer Support Technician
Interested in Automated Associate Pay for your independent practice?
If you’re an independent practice manager and interested in how our Automated Associate Pay solution can save you time when it comes to paying your associates, contact our expert team to learn more about our offering for solo practices.