Last updated: 2026-08-12
Honest Taskers, Hello Rache, and MedVA lead this year's shortlist of virtual medical assistant companies for employer health clinics, thirteen healthcare-focused staffing firms ranked on how they keep a worksite clinic's front office moving, and from scheduling employee visits and verifying eligibility and benefits to running new-patient intake, all in your time zone and under a signed BAA. The companies here staff your clinic with remote people, not AI schedulers or phone bots, and each one coordinates the work while clinical care stays with your licensed staff. Below we set out whether a remote assistant schedules employees, what may go into an employer report, how these companies price their services, whether a provider can produce that report, and which report to build first.
Disclosure: Honest Taskers publishes this list and appears at position 1. We're judged on the same five published criteria as every other company here.
At a glance
- 1Honest Taskers
- 2Hello Rache
- 3MedVA
- 4HelpSquad Health
- 5Pearl Talent
- 6Portiva
- 7My Mountain Mover
- 8CareVMA Health
- 9Wishup
- 10Carenet Healthcare
- 11Virtual Nurse Rx
- 12VMeDx
- 13MyOutDesk
How we chose the best virtual medical assistant companies for employer health clinics
We ranked these companies on five facts, each checked at the provider's own website on August 12, 2026. Those facts are healthcare specialization, talent location, published hourly pricing, the employer-clinic tasks they say they cover, and HIPAA posture. Employer-clinic work means employee appointment scheduling, eligibility and benefits verification, new-patient intake, screening and wellness-visit coordination, records coordination, employer communication and reporting on the admin side, and referral coordination, so we weighted firms that name those tasks. Blank facts read "not publicly listed" instead of a guess, and we note that every assistant here coordinates and schedules while clinical care and any clinical decision stay with the clinic's licensed staff.
Best virtual medical assistant companies for employer health clinics compared
The table ranks all 13 on the same columns, Honest Taskers first because we publish the list. Rates were checked August 12, 2026 and change often, so treat them as a starting point, not a quote.
| Company | Healthcare focus | Talent location | Published hourly rate | Employer health clinic support (as stated) | HIPAA posture (as stated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honest Taskers | Yes | US clients; recruiting in the Philippines, Latin America, India and Pakistan | $10.00–$12.65/hr | Employee scheduling, eligibility and benefits verification, intake, wellness and referral coordination | HIPAA-trained; compliance verified by Accountable; BAA when PHI; SOC 2 audit-ready |
| Hello Rache | Yes | Philippines | $9.50/hr flat | Scheduling, patient calls, intake support | HIPAA-trained |
| MedVA | Yes | Philippines | Not publicly listed | Scheduling, patient communication, records coordination | HIPAA-trained; SOC 2-monitored systems |
| HelpSquad Health | Yes (plus general) | Philippines and India; US-managed | $8–$13/hr by role | Scheduling, intake, eligibility verification | Company-level BAA; HIPAA virtual desktop |
| Pearl Talent | Yes (plus general) | Latin America and Philippines | $9.95/hr, or from $3,000/mo | Intake and coordination with US daytime overlap | Compliance managed |
| Portiva | Yes | Philippines | $10/hr | Scheduling, eligibility verification, front-office support | HIPAA-trained |
| My Mountain Mover | Yes | Not publicly listed | Not publicly listed | Managed front-office and coordination support | Signed BAA; in-house HIPAA officer |
| CareVMA Health | Yes | Not publicly listed | From $9/hr | Scheduling and intake support | HIPAA-trained (company-reported) |
| Wishup | General, with a healthcare option | India-primary; US option | $1,299–$1,999/mo | Scheduling, admin, and employer reporting | HIPAA and PHI-trained |
| Carenet Healthcare | Yes | Not publicly listed | Not publicly listed | Virtual care and nurse triage at scale (as stated) | Not publicly listed |
| Virtual Nurse Rx | Yes (RN-staffed) | US-served | ~$12–$15/hr | RN-staffed employee calls and coordination | HIPAA-trained |
| VMeDx | Yes | Philippines | $10/hr | Scheduling and records coordination (as stated) | HIPAA-trained |
| MyOutDesk | General, with a healthcare line | Philippines, Latin America, and Africa | From $1,988/mo | Scheduling and admin coordination (as stated) | HIPAA training with the practice; signs BAAs for healthcare clients |
A pattern shows up fast. Most staff clinic support from the Philippines at $9 to $13 an hour, a few add Latin America for daytime US coverage of employee visits, and only a handful put a signed BAA on the record for the staff who handle employee health information.
1. Honest Taskers
Best for: employer health clinics that want a full remote front office, from employee scheduling to intake and coordination, staffed by healthcare-trained people including licensed nurses.
Pricing: $10.00–$12.65/hrLocation: US clients; PH, LatAm, India and Pakistan recruitingModel: Managed staffingFirst hire: Two-week working trial
Honest Taskers is a healthcare-focused virtual staffing company that runs the front office for US medical, dental, mental health, and specialty organizations, including on-site and near-site employer health clinics. Its virtual medical assistants handle employee appointment scheduling, eligibility and benefits verification, new-patient intake, screening and wellness-visit coordination, records coordination, and referral coordination in your EHR and practice management system, from Epic and eClinicalWorks to athenahealth, while clinical care and any clinical decision stay with your licensed on-site staff. Candidates are trained on HIPAA and data privacy under a dedicated compliance officer, work in your time zone, and sign a Business Associate Agreement when they'll access PHI, with HIPAA compliance verified by Accountable. The talent pool includes licensed nurses and physicians, rates begin around $10 per hour and range up to about $12.65 depending on role, background, schedule, and location, and every client gets a Customer Success Advocate plus a two-week working trial with their first hire. Honest Taskers reports 99.6% average monthly retention, so the person coordinating employee visits stays consistent. See the full virtual medical assistant service for role details.
Limitation: not the lowest hourly rate on this list.
2. Hello Rache
Best for: small employer clinics that want a flat, low-cost assistant from nurse-background staff.
Pricing: $9.50/hr flatLocation: PhilippinesModel: Dedicated/managedTrial: Not publicly listed
Hello Rache staffs dedicated healthcare virtual assistants from the Philippines, many of them licensed nurses, for scheduling, employee calls, and intake support. Pricing is a flat $9.50 an hour with no contracts and cancel-anytime terms, and assistants complete HIPAA training and stay paired with the same clinic rather than rotating.
Limitation: the Business Associate Agreement isn't described publicly, so confirm it in writing.
3. MedVA
Best for: busy employer clinics that want a managed coordination team rather than a self-serve hire.
Pricing: Not publicly listedLocation: PhilippinesModel: Managed + account managerTrial: Not publicly listed
MedVA was founded by physicians and places medical virtual assistants for scheduling, patient communication, and records coordination across many settings. Its assistants are HIPAA-trained and work inside what the company calls SOC 2-monitored systems, with a dedicated account manager on every relationship.
Limitation: no public pricing.
4. HelpSquad Health
Best for: employer clinics that want a US-held BAA for the staff handling employee eligibility and intake.
Pricing: $8–$13/hr by roleLocation: PH + India; US-managedModel: Managed staffingTrial: Not publicly listed
HelpSquad Health runs managed virtual assistants with US oversight from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, staffing patient-facing roles from the Philippines. Scheduling, new-patient intake, and eligibility verification run about $8 to $13 an hour by role, and every rate includes a company-level BAA held with HelpSquad plus a HIPAA virtual desktop.
Limitation: 20 hours a week minimum on a three-month term.
5. Pearl Talent
Best for: employer clinics that want Latin America time-zone overlap for daytime coverage of employee visits.
Pricing: $9.95/hr or $3,000/moLocation: Latin America + PhilippinesModel: Managed servicesTrial: Not publicly listed
Pearl Talent staffs intake specialists and coordinators from Latin America and the Philippines, with strong US time-zone overlap from the Latin America pool for daytime employee coverage. Pricing starts around $9.95 an hour, or from $3,000 a month on a managed model that covers payroll and compliance, and candidates go through medical terminology assessments before placement.
Limitation: it also serves non-healthcare clients, so confirm healthcare depth.
6. Portiva
Best for: employer clinics that want to test a coordination hire at $10 an hour.
Pricing: $10/hrLocation: PhilippinesModel: Managed/offshoreTrial: 7-day (company-reported)
Portiva places HIPAA-trained remote staff from the Philippines for scheduling, eligibility verification, and front-office support at $10 an hour. It's one of the few here to advertise a short trial, a company-reported 7 days with no long-term contract, and its assistants are background-checked with HIPAA training certificates.
Limitation: offshore-only staffing from a single country.
7. My Mountain Mover
Best for: employer clinics that want a signed BAA and a named compliance owner on the account.
Pricing: Not publicly listedLocation: Not publicly listedModel: ManagedTrial: Not publicly listed
My Mountain Mover places managed medical virtual assistants for front-office and coordination support across clinics, dental, and behavioral health. Its compliance posture stands out, with a signed Business Associate Agreement for every healthcare client and an in-house HIPAA compliance officer.
Limitation: neither pricing nor talent location is published.
8. CareVMA Health
Best for: employer clinics that want a fast match at a low entry rate.
Pricing: From $9/hrLocation: Not publicly listedModel: Fully managedTrial: Not publicly listed
CareVMA Health provides fully managed virtual assistants from $9 an hour for scheduling and intake support, and advertises a match in about 48 hours. Its assistants are described as trained on common EHR platforms, which the company says shortens ramp time.
Limitation: talent location isn't stated publicly.
9. Wishup
Best for: employer clinics that need coordination plus general admin and reporting from one assistant.
Pricing: $1,299–$1,999/moLocation: India-primary; US optionModel: ManagedTrial: Not publicly listed
Wishup is a general virtual assistant company with a healthcare option, so its HIPAA and PHI-trained assistants can cover scheduling and employer reporting alongside general business admin. Healthcare plans run roughly $1,299 a month for 80 hours up to $1,999 for a full 160 hours, with a US-based option at a higher rate and a dedicated VA manager.
Limitation: it's a generalist, not a healthcare-only firm.
10. Carenet Healthcare
Best for: employer clinics that need triage capacity across a large covered population
Pricing: Not publicly listedLocation: Not publicly listedModel: Enterprise serviceTrial: Not publicly listed
Carenet Healthcare combines patient-engagement staff and registered nurses with physician e-consults for a triaged pathway, and sells that at population scale. An employer clinic is buying throughput across a covered group, which is the shape this firm is built for.
Limitation: its own outcome figures are company-reported, and no pricing is published
11. Virtual Nurse Rx
Best for: employer clinics that want registered nurses on employee calls and coordination.
Pricing: ~$12–$15/hrLocation: US-servedModel: Managed staffingTrial: Not publicly listed
Virtual Nurse Rx staffs assistants who are registered nurses, which suits clinics whose employees call in describing a problem before a visit is booked. Assistants complete HIPAA training and work directly in the practice's systems in real time, and they relay clinical questions to your on-site licensed staff rather than answering them, so they don't step into clinical decisions.
Limitation: the highest hourly rate here, at roughly $12 to $15.
12. VMeDx
Best for: employer clinics that want a flat $10 hourly rate from a healthcare-only firm.
Pricing: $10/hrLocation: PhilippinesModel: Managed/offshoreTrial: Not publicly listed
VMeDx places HIPAA-trained medical virtual assistants from the Philippines at a flat $10 an hour, so the cost of a full-time coordination seat is easy to work out before you commit. It's a healthcare-only firm, and its assistants cover front-office coordination such as scheduling and records (as stated), while clinical care and any clinical decision stay with your on-site providers.
Limitation: offshore-only staffing from a single country.
13. MyOutDesk
Best for: employer clinics that want a signed BAA from a large staffing firm recruiting across three regions.
Pricing: From $1,988/moLocation: Philippines, Latin America, AfricaModel: Managed staffingTrial: Not publicly listed
MyOutDesk is a general virtual staffing firm with a healthcare line, and it recruits from the Philippines, Latin America, and Africa, which gives you more choice on daytime overlap for employee visits. It signs Business Associate Agreements as standard practice for healthcare clients and coordinates HIPAA training with the client practice, so you don't have to chase that paperwork after someone already has access to employee health information.
Limitation: it's a generalist firm serving many industries, so confirm healthcare depth.
Can a virtual medical assistant schedule employees when the front desk cannot?
A virtual medical assistant can, covering employee scheduling, eligibility and the coordination behind both. An in-house medical assistant earned about $45,690 a year, roughly $21.97 an hour before benefits, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data for medical assistants, while the offshore-focused firms here run $9 to $15 an hour. A general staffing agency can fill a seat but rarely screens for healthcare terminology or HIPAA before placement, and an AI scheduler can't verify benefits or walk a new employee through intake. Don't hire a virtual medical assistant company if your clinic only needs occasional overflow help a few hours a month, since a per-task arrangement is cheaper for that narrow job. The reason employers move this work off the clinical team is the same reason practices delegate charting, since the American Medical Association's work on administrative burden ties heavy front-office and EHR tasks to clinician burnout, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's workplace health promotion guidance frames screenings and wellness visits as core to an employer clinic's value, both of which run smoother with dedicated coordination.
What may a virtual medical assistant put in an employer report?
Numbers rather than names, and weak employer reporting is the risk specific here, alongside PHI exposure, scope creep into clinical work and turnover.
- PHI and employee privacy. Ask for the signed BAA and the device and network controls, since an assistant handles employee health information and benefits details all day.
- Clinical scope. Ask how the company keeps assistants inside coordination and scheduling, because clinical care and any clinical decision must stay with your licensed on-site staff.
- Turnover and continuity. Ask about retention, since a new coordinator every few months resets employee rapport and your training.
- EHR and eligibility-system fit. Ask which candidates have used your practice management system and payer portals, such as athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, or your benefits platform.
- Employer reporting. Ask how the company handles utilization and visit reporting back to HR, since employers expect clean admin summaries without exposing individual records.
How do virtual medical assistant companies price their services?
Virtual medical assistant companies price their services three main ways, by a flat hourly rate, a managed monthly plan, or a custom quote. Hourly staffing on this list runs from CareVMA from $9 and Hello Rache at $9.50, up to Virtual Nurse Rx at roughly $12 to $15 for registered nurses, with managed monthly plans like Wishup's landing near $1,300 to $2,000 for full-time hours (rates checked August 2026). Honest Taskers sits mid-range, beginning around $10 per hour and reaching about $12.65 depending on role, background, schedule, and location. Compared with an in-house medical assistant salary near $45,690 a year plus benefits, a remote assistant is the lower-overhead option, and price tracks talent location, hours of coverage, and the level of managed oversight. For the full breakdown, see how much a virtual medical assistant costs in 2026.
Can the virtual medical assistant company produce an employer report?
Ask what it includes and what it leaves out, then weigh healthcare specialization, a clear HIPAA posture, eligibility experience and honest pricing.
- Employer-clinic experience. A firm that names employee scheduling, eligibility verification, intake, and wellness coordination, such as HelpSquad or Portiva, ramps faster than a general agency. See the full virtual medical assistant duties to scope the role.
- HIPAA posture in writing. Look for HIPAA training plus a signed Business Associate Agreement when the assistant handles employee health data, and ask each company to put its safeguards in writing.
- Your EHR and eligibility stack. Confirm experience with your practice management system and the payer portals you use for benefits checks.
- Time-zone and hours coverage. Know whether staff work your employees' clock, and whether you need bilingual coverage for a diverse workforce.
- Dated, published pricing. A rate with a date beats a vague promise of savings.
Which employer health clinic report should a virtual medical assistant build first?
The one your employer client already asks for by email, because that is the gap costing somebody an afternoon a week.
- List the tasks to delegate first, such as employee scheduling, eligibility verification, intake, and wellness-visit coordination.
- Shortlist firms whose employer-clinic experience, talent location, and HIPAA posture fit your setting.
- Interview one or two candidates and confirm EHR and payer-portal experience.
- Sign a Business Associate Agreement before anyone touches employee data.
- Run a trial, then onboard with clear scheduling rules, reporting templates, and clinical-escalation paths to your on-site staff.
For a fuller walkthrough, read how to hire a virtual medical assistant.
Methodology and sources
We verified each company at its own website on August 12, 2026, recording healthcare focus, talent location, published pricing, stated employer-clinic support, and HIPAA posture. Wage context is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for medical assistants. Hourly rates are volatile and were captured as dated points, not permanent quotes, so re-check before you buy. Where a company didn't publish a fact, we marked it "not publicly listed"; self-stated claims are labeled company-reported.
Related virtual medical assistant staffing guides
If you're still mapping the role to your clinic, start with the basics. Our virtual medical assistant guide covers the day-to-day coordination a remote assistant owns, from scheduling and eligibility verification to intake and records, so you can decide which tasks to hand off first.
Want to understand why employers move this load off the clinical team? Our guide to physician administrative burden walks through how front-office and EHR work pulls clinicians away from care, which helps you build the case for dedicated coordination at your employer health clinic.
Speak with Honest Taskers about staffing your employer health clinic.