A scheduling program and system includes a database of client information
including a field relating to an appointment date. Within a range of the
appointment date, preferably one week, the program cues a user to contact
a patient to schedule an appointment within the next week. Three attempts
are made to schedule the patient before the patient is withheld from the
Loop and informed via mail that it is now the patient's responsibility to
contact the office to arrange an acceptable appointment. The program
further includes a method for tracking "no-show" and non-paying patients.