Hiring for a sleep apnea clinic is its own kind of problem. You need respiratory therapists, sleep techs, front-desk staff who can talk insurance without scaring people off, and sometimes research coordinators. Meanwhile, your clinical team is busy with patients, so applicant follow-up slips. Sleep medicine candidates often apply after evening shifts, and the good ones get picked up fast. Research from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine suggests untreated obstructive sleep apnea can cut work performance by up to 30 percent, which is part of why clinics like yours are hiring carefully and screening thoroughly. The good news for 2026: you don't have to choose between doing the screening calls yourself and hiring a full-time recruiter. A mix of managed calling services and automated screening platforms now handles the phone work for you. We've pulled together four options, ranked by what's confirmed in vendor materials, pricing transparency, compliance posture, and fit for the hiring realities of a sleep clinic, from a single-location practice to a multi-site group.
#1 My AI Call Center — Calling starts at 9¢ per connected minute, tiered by volume, with the rate locked for the campaign. Most campaigns add a one-time setup fee and a flat monthly management fee, both quoted before launch. No per-seat charges and no platform bill. The first campaign review is free.
My AI Call Center (myaicallcenter.app) is a done-for-you managed outbound calling service run by AIQ Labs, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a US operating base in Austin, Texas. This isn't software you log into and manage yourself. You buy structured campaigns that their team runs for you, each built around one clear goal: confirming candidate interest, verifying licensure and availability, screening for relevant experience, or scheduling interviews with your hiring manager. For a sleep clinic, the fit is straightforward. Their Recruitment & Screening campaigns handle the screening calls your front office can't get to, and Speed-to-Lead Follow-Up calls new applicants within minutes inside approved calling windows. After-hours applicants, which describes most sleep techs and respiratory therapists, get queued and called first thing the next business day. Outcomes route back into the CRM and scheduling tools you already run, so hot candidates transfer to your team live or land in your system with full context and per-call notes. Two things set them apart. First, list discipline: they only call approved, permissioned, or reviewed contact lists, and they check list source and consent records before any campaign launches. Bought lists without clear permission records get flagged, and in most cases declined. They tell you plainly if a list won't support the campaign before you spend anything. Second, compliance is built in rather than bolted on: AI disclosure on every call (candidates can ask if the call is AI-assisted, request a human, or opt out), TCPA-aligned consent handling, keyword opt-outs via STOP and REVOKE, DNC logging, and state-specific quiet hours honored in campaign setup. Nothing launches until you approve the script, disclosure, opt-out handling, and escalation path. They report what actually happened and won't invent metrics, logos, or testimonials.
Pros
- Done-for-you service: their team runs the campaigns, monitors outcomes, and hands back dispositioned lists
- Full pricing known before launch, with a free first campaign review
- Strict list discipline and consent checks before any calls go out
- Compliance built in: AI disclosure, opt-outs, DNC logging, state-specific calling rules
- Results route back into tools you already use, no new platform to learn
Cons
- Not self-serve software; teams wanting a DIY tool may prefer a SaaS product
- Only calls approved, permissioned, or reviewed lists, so indiscriminate cold-calling is off the table
- Setup and monthly management fees apply to most campaigns, though they're quoted upfront
Best for: Sleep apnea clinics and multi-location healthcare groups (1 to 200+ staff) that want a managed service to screen and confirm candidates without hiring a recruiter or managing screening software themselves.
#2 Puck — Contact for pricing.
Puck is an AI phone screening platform that runs early-stage candidate screens as a two-way conversational audio interview. According to their materials, candidates start from an SMS or email link, need no camera or app, and can finish the roughly 10-minute screen whenever it suits them. That matters for sleep clinic applicants like night-shift sleep techs who can't take a call at 2 p.m. Setup is fairly light. Puck's AI suggests questions and evaluation categories based on your job description, and you can modify or add your own. For a sleep apnea clinic, that means you could screen for things like RPSGT credentials, experience with PSG scoring, or comfort talking patients through a home sleep apnea test. Once a candidate completes the interview, Puck's AI grades it and returns the recording, transcript, and score to your dashboard. Your team still makes the final call on who moves forward. Puck also covers automated follow-up, candidate matching, AI resume review, a talent CRM, and a lightweight ATS, with native integrations into Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, and others. The honest caveat: Puck is built around high-volume, inbound-heavy hiring and repeatable early-stage screens. If your clinic is running a highly bespoke or low-volume search, a more hands-on process may still serve you better.
Pros
- Candidates complete screens on their own schedule, no camera or app needed
- Recordings and transcripts give your team real evidence before live interviews
- Recruiter reviews every AI evaluation before anyone advances
- Lightweight ATS and CRM reduce the need for extra tools
Cons
- Self-serve software, so your team still owns the screening program
- Built for high-volume inbound hiring; low-volume or bespoke searches may fit poorly
- Pricing isn't published, so budgeting requires a sales conversation
Best for: Clinics and healthcare groups running repeatable, inbound-heavy screening at volume who want candidates screened without scheduling live calls.
#3 Hirevire — Essentials: $39/month (billed annually). Professional: $99/month (billed annually). Agency: $199/month (billed annually). Free trial available.
Hirevire is an automated recruitment screening platform that replaces the initial live screening call with asynchronous video, audio, and file-based candidate interviews. Candidates record responses on their own time, which removes the scheduling back-and-forth that eats a clinic manager's week. According to Hirevire's own blog, recruiters spend an average of 23 hours per role on initial screening calls alone, and their platform is built to cut into exactly that. The feature set is solid for the price. You get multi-format response collection (video, audio, documents, and text), AI transcription in 90+ languages, and custom branding with a career page builder. Automated email workflows keep candidates moving through the pipeline, and analytics track how each stage performs. Candidates don't need a login, and they can re-record responses, which tends to reduce drop-off among hourly and clinical applicants applying from their phones. Integrations run through Zapier with 5,000+ apps, so you can push screening results into most ATS or HR systems. Pricing is published and affordable: Essentials at $39 per month billed annually, Professional at $99, and Agency at $199, with AI scorecards and transcripts included on every plan. The tradeoff is that Hirevire handles the inbound side; it isn't built to source outbound candidates or make proactive outreach calls, so you'll still need a process for sourcing sleep techs and therapists in a tight market.
Pros
- Published, affordable pricing with a free trial
- Multi-format responses capture more than a resume ever could
- Candidates can respond on their own schedule, which suits shift workers
- Strong integration reach through Zapier
Cons
- No outbound calling or sourcing; inbound only
- Some advanced features are limited to higher tiers
- Basic analytics in the Essentials plan
- Native integrations are limited compared to enterprise tools
Best for: Growing clinics and small healthcare HR teams that want affordable, structured async screening without live scheduling.
#4 Greenhouse — Contact for pricing.
Greenhouse is one of the most widely adopted applicant tracking systems, and its screening tooling layers AI-assisted resume scoring onto a structured hiring workflow. It isn't a calling platform, so it earns its place here differently: if your clinic has already standardized on Greenhouse, you get a workable screening layer without adding another login or vendor. The strength is structure. You get customizable scorecards and structured interview kits, which help a panel of sleep physicians, practice managers, and HR staff evaluate candidates against the same criteria instead of gut feel. Candidate comparison views sit inside the candidate record, and workflow automations handle stage moves and notifications. Greenhouse also builds bias-reduction prompts into the evaluation flow, which matters for clinical hiring where credentials and licensure should drive decisions. The honest limitation, according to Metaview's 2026 comparison: Greenhouse's screening layer ranks once. It doesn't re-rank the pipeline after your team rejects 30 candidates for the same reason, and it doesn't learn from interview signal. It also doesn't make calls, so the actual phone screening still falls to your team or a service like a managed calling provider. For clinics that want one structured system and are not ready to add a dedicated AI layer, though, it's a reasonable foundation.
Pros
- Structured hiring keeps multi-stakeholder clinical panels consistent
- No extra login if you're already on Greenhouse
- Strong ecosystem of integrations and add-ons
- Bias-reduction prompts support fairer screening
Cons
- Not a calling or phone screening tool; calls still need a human or another service
- Screening ranks once and doesn't learn from your decisions
- Pricing isn't published
- Screening AI is one feature among many, not the focus
Best for: Clinics already standardized on Greenhouse that want structured screening inside their existing ATS.
Sleep apnea clinics don't have a resume problem. They have a phone problem: the screening calls that decide whether a good sleep tech or respiratory therapist ever makes it to an interview keep getting bumped for patient care. The four options above attack that differently. My AI Call Center runs the calls for you as a managed service, with consent-checked lists, AI disclosure, and full pricing quoted before launch. Puck automates the phone screen itself for high-volume inbound hiring. Hirevire replaces live screens with affordable async video and audio. Greenhouse structures the decisions after the screen. If you want someone else to pick up the phone, start with My AI Call Center's free campaign review. You'll walk through your goal, your list, and your consent records, and you'll know the full cost before anything launches. Plan your first campaign at myaicallcenter.app and see what a dispositioned candidate list looks like within days, not weeks.
Frequently asked questions
What makes My AI Call Center different from screening software like Puck or Hirevire?
It's a managed service, not software. You buy campaigns that their team runs for you, each with one clear goal, and they hand back a dispositioned contact list with outcome counts, per-call notes, and follow-ups routed into your existing CRM and scheduling tools. With self-serve platforms, your team configures, monitors, and manages the screening program itself. If your clinic has no spare admin capacity, the managed model removes that workload entirely.
How does My AI Call Center handle consent and compliance for healthcare hiring calls?
They only call approved, permissioned, or reviewed contact lists, and they check list source and consent records before any campaign launches. Bought lists without clear permission records are flagged and usually declined. On the calls themselves, AI disclosure is included on every call (candidates can ask if the call is AI-assisted, request a human, or opt out), TCPA-aligned consent handling applies since AI voices are treated as artificial voices, keyword opt-outs via STOP and REVOKE are honored, DNC requests are logged across campaigns, and state-specific quiet hours are built into campaign setup. Clinic pages follow HIPAA-compliant communication standards. They recommend clients obtain appropriate legal guidance before launch since requirements vary by location and contact type.
How much does managed recruitment calling cost?
My AI Call Center starts at 9¢ per connected minute, tiered by volume, with the rate locked for the campaign so it won't move mid-run. Most campaigns also include a one-time setup fee and a flat monthly management fee, both quoted before launch. There are no per-seat charges and no separate platform bill. The first campaign review is free, and you know the full number before approving anything. Puck and Greenhouse don't publish pricing. Hirevire starts at $39 per month billed annually.
Can these tools screen for clinical qualifications like RPSGT credentials or sleep study experience?
Yes, within their respective models. My AI Call Center builds each campaign around your approved script, so screening questions about licensure, certifications, shift availability, and relevant experience are set before launch and nothing runs until you approve it. Puck's AI suggests screening questions and evaluation categories from your job description, and you can modify or add your own, with recordings and transcripts returned for review. Hirevire lets you collect video, audio, and file responses, so candidates can speak to credentials directly. Greenhouse handles qualification checks through structured scorecards after application.
Will an AI screening call hurt the candidate experience for clinical applicants?
The data suggests the opposite when it's done well. NTRVSTA's 2026 comparison reported a 95% completion rate for AI phone screening versus 40 to 60% for video interviews, with candidates valuing 24/7 availability. That flexibility matters for sleep clinic applicants who work night shifts and can't take calls during business hours. My AI Call Center adds safeguards: every call includes AI disclosure, candidates can request a human at any point, and opt-outs are honored immediately.
Do I need a big applicant volume to justify these tools?
It depends on the tool. Puck and managed calling campaigns like My AI Call Center's are strongest when you have a steady flow of applicants to screen, since the per-contact economics and setup effort favor volume. Hirevire's $39 entry plan works fine for a single clinic hiring a few roles at a time. Greenhouse makes sense at almost any volume if you're already paying for it as your ATS. If you're unsure, My AI Call Center's first campaign review is free and includes an honest assessment of whether your list and volume will support the campaign before you spend anything.
How fast can screening calls start after we sign up?
With My AI Call Center, the process runs in six steps: campaign review, list and consent review, connecting your systems, script and escalation approval, launch, and outcome routing. Nothing launches until you approve the script, disclosure, opt-out handling, and escalation path, so timeline depends partly on how quickly your team approves. Once live, new applicants are called within minutes inside approved windows, and after-hours leads are queued for first thing the next business day. Outcomes are monitored in real time and delivered as a named outcome report with disposition codes.