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Fix the steps between an enquiry and a confirmed admission.

A sales process for a hospital is the fixed set of steps between an enquiry and a confirmed admission. It covers who answers, what they say about cost, and how a TPA delay is handled without losing the family. GullySales writes this with the front desk and the insurance desk.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What sales process means

A sales process is the fixed sequence of steps, such as enquiry, site visit, quote and order, that every deal is expected to pass through in the same order. GullySales writes this sequence down for your business and checks that every salesperson actually follows it.

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Sales and marketing for hospitals, the overview.

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For hospitals

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The process differs for emergency and planned admissions”

    An emergency call needs one clear next step, while a surgery enquiry needs a cost conversation and a follow-up date.

  • “The TPA step needs a defined owner”

    Without someone responsible for chasing cashless approval, an admission can stall for a day with nobody clearly in charge.

  • “A discharge starts the next process, not the end”

    Follow-up calls after discharge catch complications early and open the door to a review or another referral.

What we do

What we deliver for hospitals.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Written steps for each admission type

    Separate, written steps for an emergency call needing one clear next step and a surgery enquiry needing a cost conversation and follow-up date.

    Result: Every enquiry follows a path suited to how urgent it actually is.

  2. A named owner for the TPA step

    A clearly assigned person responsible for chasing cashless approval, so an admission does not stall with nobody in charge.

    Result: A TPA delay gets chased instead of sitting untouched.

  3. A discharge follow-up call step

    A follow-up call built into the process after discharge, catching complications early and opening the door to a review or referral.

    Result: The relationship continues past discharge instead of ending at it.

  4. A checklist review

    A short, recurring review of the checklist with the front desk and TPA desk to see where it is or is not being followed.

    Result: The process stays alive instead of becoming a document nobody uses.

How the result is measured

  • Deals following the process
  • Time spent at each step
  • Drop-off rate by step

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full sales process design and implementation page

Steps of a sale

Take a planned surgery enquiry from the first call to the follow-up visit with a named owner at each step.

Enquiry call
Ask about the condition, the department, any reports in hand and whether the family has insurance or a government scheme card. Log the referring doctor or the source of the call.
OPD consultation
Book the consultant and ask the family to bring earlier reports and scans. Note the doctor's advice, and whether surgery was recommended, in the enquiry record.
Estimate counselling
Give a written estimate by room category, with what can change it, such as implants, ICU stay or extra days. Record the room category chosen and the questions the family asked.
TPA pre-authorisation
Collect the policy card, ID and the doctor's notes, and file the pre-auth. Record when it was sent and each reply from the TPA, and tell the family where it stands.
Admission date and pre-op
Confirm the date, the pre-op tests, fasting instructions and what to bring. Note the family member who should receive updates.
Discharge and follow-up visit
Explain medicines, wound care and warning signs, and book the follow-up OPD before the family leaves. Record that date and the referring doctor to update.

Who it is for

This is written for these hospitals.

  • Multi-speciality hospitals
  • Single-speciality hospitals, maternity, orthopaedic or eye
  • Nursing homes
  • Day-care surgery centres
  • Corporate hospital chains with several branches
  • Diagnostic-centre-led hospitals
  • Hospitals attached to medical colleges
  • Government-empanelled private hospitals

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Each department insists on its own way of working and nobody has the authority to set one sequence for them.
  • The steps cannot be written down because the staff change every few weeks, and a process needs people who stay long enough to follow it.
  • You mean to apply the same steps to an emergency and a planned surgery, which have little in common.

How it works

How the sales process work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Study current deal flow

    We trace how deals actually move today, comparing across reps and outcomes.

  2. 2

    Define the stages

    Clear stages and criteria are designed to match how deals genuinely progress and close.

  3. 3

    Configure the CRM

    The process is built into your CRM so it is enforced structurally, not just documented.

  4. 4

    Train the team

    Reps are trained on the new process and why each stage exists.

  5. 5

    Review adoption

    We check after rollout whether the process is being followed and adjust where it is not.

Proof

What happened when owners fixed this.

Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.

All case studies

  • Chord Road Hospital

    Situation
    Patients who knew the hospital trusted it. Patients who searched for a department or a treatment in the area did not find it.
    What we did
    • Website rebuilt around patient needs
    • Search visibility
    • Social media on a schedule
    • Review management
    Result
    • Organic traffic increased 60% within six months
    • Online appointment bookings increased 40%
    • Social following grew 45%, and engagement on it rose 70%
    Read the case study

  • Nanda Arthritis and Rheumatology Center

    Situation
    There was no website, so a patient looking for a rheumatologist had no way to learn about the centre. Enquiries were few, and the ones that arrived came by word of mouth.
    What we did
    • A website for patients
    • Search work
    • Google Business and reviews
    • Lead capture and advertising
    Result
    No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
    Read the case study

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Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Can a small hospital run a formal sales process?
Yes, written as a short checklist for the front desk and the TPA desk, reviewed against the enquiry record.
Does this need special software?
A shared sheet works for one hospital, and a simple CRM helps once volume or branches grow.
Who should explain the surgery cost to the family, the doctor or the billing desk?
The doctor explains the procedure and why it is advised; a trained counsellor or the billing desk explains the estimate and what can change it. Families ask money questions more freely away from the doctor. Write the estimate down and keep a copy in the file, so the final bill can be explained against it.
A family says another hospital quoted less for the same surgery. How should we respond?
Ask what the other estimate includes: room category, implant type, days of stay, doctor's fees. Packages are often built differently. Explain your own estimate on the same lines without criticising the other hospital, and note the comparison in the record.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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