Campaign volume, worked one questionnaire at a time.
A mass tort campaign can produce more inquiries in a week than a firm's intake staff handles in a quarter, and every one needs the same questionnaire asked the same way. After intake comes months of records authorizations, proof-of-use requests and claimants asking what is happening.
Customer-contact support built around your business.
What is a mass tort intake call center?
A mass tort intake call center answers and follows up on inquiries from advertising campaigns, asks the firm's qualifying questionnaire and moves each claimant to the next step the firm defines. A broader mass tort intake operation can also chase signed authorizations and proof-of-use documents, handle claimant status calls and route files to co-counsel or referral partners. Rapid Phone Center runs the workflow on your criteria and scripts. Your attorneys decide which claimants the firm represents.
Inbound and web-lead intake for TV, digital and other approved campaigns
Firm-defined questionnaires and qualifying criteria applied consistently
Follow-up for signed medical records authorizations and retainer packets
Proof-of-use and diagnosis document requests under your checklist
Claimant status calls answered with firm-approved updates
Handoffs to co-counsel or referral partners per your agreements
By Olga Nikulshina, CEO, Rapid Phone Center · Updated October 2026
Call handling built for mass tort campaigns
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Campaign inquiries and questionnaires
Each tort has its own questionnaire: the product or exposure, the time period of use, the diagnosis the firm is looking for and when it was made. Agents ask the questions in your order, record answers verbatim where you require it and apply your qualifying criteria to decide the next step. That step may be a retainer packet, an attorney review flag or a polite decline using your approved language. Agents never interpret medical records or tell anyone they qualify for compensation.
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Document chase after sign-up
A signed retainer is often the start of the work. Files may need medical records authorizations, pharmacy records, purchase receipts or other proof of use, and claimants frequently forget to return them. Agents follow your document checklist, resend packets through the approved channel, answer basic questions about which form is which and record each attempt. Medical information is handled only within the access and process your firm approves. Unresolved items return to the case team after your attempt limit.
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Claimant status and change calls
Long-running litigation produces steady status calls. Claimants ask whether anything has changed, report a new address or phone number, or call to say a family member has passed away. Agents verify identity under your rules, give only the update your firm has approved for that docket, update contact records and route anything sensitive to the case team. They never speculate about settlement timing or amounts. Deceased-claimant calls follow a separate, gentler script.
Intake that helps your team
What should agents collect?
Your litigation team writes the questionnaire for each tort. Typical fields to align during setup include:
Campaign source and tracking number
Product, device or exposure reported
Approximate dates of use or exposure
Diagnosis reported and approximate date
Treating providers and pharmacies
Whether the caller has signed with another firm
State of residence
Claimant or representative contact details
Agents apply the criteria you supply; they do not decide eligibility, interpret medical histories or say whether a claim has value. Attorneys review and accept every file.
Peak demand
Handle campaign launches and litigation deadlines without losing control
Mass tort volume follows media spend. A new TV flight or digital push can multiply inquiries overnight, and a new tort can require a fresh questionnaire on short notice. Later, deadlines the firm is working toward in a multidistrict litigation, such as fact-sheet or census submissions, shift the work from intake to document chase almost at once. Share your media calendar and any court-driven deadlines early. Agree on which work takes priority when both arrive together, how quickly script changes are approved, and when overflow inquiries move to a callback queue instead of a full live intake. Separate staffing plans for intake and document chase keep one from starving the other.
What the workflow looks like in practice
Mass tort inquiry example
On a Tuesday evening, a caller responds to a television ad about a medical device. The agent records the tracking number, then works through the firm's questionnaire: device type, implant date, the complication the caller reports and treating hospital. The answers meet the firm's criteria for review, so the agent explains the next step in approved language and sends the retainer and records authorization through the firm's e-signature process. Two weeks later, follow-up confirms the authorization is still unsigned, resends it and notes the claimant's question for the case team.
Illustrative workflow, not a client case study or a reported result.
Mass tort follow-up and claimant communication
Run separate cadences for unsigned retainers, missing documents and long-term claimant updates. A missing authorization might get a call, a text with the signing link and an email reminder over the window your firm sets. Contact goes only to people who submitted an inquiry or signed with the firm, using documented consent for calls and texts. Opt-outs and reports of representation by another firm close the task. Each attempt is logged against the claimant record.
Large claimant inventories need administrative support as well as calls, especially when a docket deadline is approaching. Rapid's back-office support can handle defined data entry, document logging and record updates tied to each contact, so your case team sees one current record per claimant.
What our agents do and don't do
Our agents do
Ask your questionnaire for each tort, in your order
Apply qualifying criteria the firm supplies and flag files for review
Send retainer packets and authorizations through your approved channel
Follow up on missing documents and log each attempt
Give claimants the status update your firm approves
Route files to co-counsel or referral partners as instructed
Our agents don't
Tell a caller they qualify for compensation
Interpret diagnoses, medical records or product warnings
Estimate settlement amounts or timing
Promise representation before attorney review
Contact people who never inquired, including purchased lists without documented consent
Give advice about other firms or pending deadlines
Legal intake support is not legal advice: Rapid Phone Center supports the operational workflow, and your attorneys remain responsible for legal decisions. Professional conduct rules limit live solicitation and make lawyers responsible for vendors working on their behalf, so outreach goes only to people who inquired or asked to be contacted, and referral and co-counsel handoffs follow the arrangements your firm has approved. Your firm's compliance team owns the program, and this page is not legal advice.
How to choose mass tort call support
Test a provider on a new questionnaire, a claimant with a missing authorization and a status call from a long-running docket.
Questionnaire discipline
Every agent should ask the same questions the same way. Ask how questionnaires are loaded, how version changes are approved and rolled out, and how the provider confirms through call review that agents are not paraphrasing criteria or skipping questions under volume.
Capacity planning around media
Share a realistic media calendar and ask how the provider adds staff for a launch, what happens to calls above planned capacity and how callback queues are worked down. The answer should be a written plan, not a general reassurance.
Document chase as its own workflow
Retainers and authorizations need persistent, logged follow-up. Confirm the provider tracks each document by claimant, reports outstanding items by tort and docket, and stops outreach correctly when a claimant withdraws or reports another firm. Ask for a sample outstanding-items report.
Lead source and consent records
If inquiries come from lead vendors or partner firms, confirm how consent and source are recorded on each lead before outbound contact begins. Your compliance team should be able to review those records for any claimant on request, and leads without them should be held.
What affects mass tort intake call center pricing?
Pricing depends on campaign volume and how sharply it spikes, questionnaire length, the number of torts running at once and coverage hours. Document chase, claimant status lines, bilingual coverage, e-signature follow-up and data entry into your intake or case-management system each add scope. Short launch notice and frequent script changes also affect staffing, as does the length of time claimant files stay active.
Compare providers on the same media calendar, questionnaire length, expected volume and document workload. Ask how surge staffing is billed, whether intake and document chase are priced separately, and which reports are included. Rapid will scope a quote around the program you need.
Time from a campaign call or web lead to the first live conversation, reported by campaign and by hour of day.
Questionnaire completion rate
Completed questionnaires divided by inquiries reached, excluding wrong numbers and duplicates of an existing claimant.
Criteria match rate
Inquiries meeting your firm's review criteria divided by completed questionnaires, tracked by tort and lead source.
Retainer return rate
Signed retainers received divided by retainer packets sent, measured within the follow-up window your firm defines for each tort.
Document completion rate
Claimant files with every required authorization and proof-of-use item received, divided by signed claimants in the same tort.
Report every measure by tort, campaign and lead source, because blended totals hide which media is producing reviewable files. Remove duplicate claimants before calculating rates. Review a sample of recorded questionnaires weekly during a launch and monthly once volume settles, and log decline reasons so your team can see whether criteria or ad targeting needs attention.
What to prepare before launch
Your rules and scripts
Questionnaire and qualifying criteria for each tort.
Approved decline wording and attorney-review triggers.
Document checklist by tort, with follow-up limits.
Approved status updates by docket and referral rules.
Your systems and handoffs
Intake or case-management access and required record fields.
E-signature process for retainers and authorizations.
Tracking numbers, lead sources and consent records.
Media calendar and contacts for script approval.
Bring your current intake and case-management tools to setup; no native integration is assumed. Verify direct entry, e-signature sends and document logging before launch. Where direct access is not suitable, agents can send a structured questionnaire summary for your team to enter and confirm.
Build the right scope with Rapid Phone Center
This program is part of Rapid's legal call center services. You can start with one workflow or connect intake, follow-up and back-office work around your existing team.
Learn more about the Rapid Phone Center team, or describe the workflow you want help with when you request a quote.
Mass tort intake call center FAQs
What is a mass tort intake call center?
A mass tort intake call center handles inquiries from mass tort advertising, asks the firm's questionnaire and routes claimants to the firm's next step. It can also chase signed retainers, medical records authorizations and proof-of-use documents. Attorneys decide which claimants the firm represents.
Can a call center handle mass tort campaign volume spikes?
Yes, when the surge is planned. Share your media calendar so staffing can be scheduled before a launch, and agree on how calls above planned capacity move to a callback queue. Coverage and staffing levels are defined in your program scope.
Do mass tort intake agents decide if someone qualifies?
Agents apply the qualifying criteria your firm supplies to decide the next step in the workflow, such as sending a retainer or flagging attorney review. They do not determine legal eligibility, interpret medical records or tell anyone they qualify for compensation.
Can you follow up on unsigned medical records authorizations?
Yes. Document chase can be its own workflow: agents resend authorizations and retainer packets through your approved channel, answer basic questions about which form is which and log every attempt. Follow-up stops when the claimant opts out or reports representation elsewhere, and unresolved files return to your case team.
Can claimants call for status updates on their mass tort case?
Yes. Agents verify identity under your rules, give only the update your firm has approved for that docket and route anything else to the case team. They also update addresses and phone numbers so the file stays reachable. They do not speculate about settlement amounts or timing.
Do you call purchased mass tort leads?
Only leads with source and consent records your firm can document, and only people who inquired or asked to be contacted. Professional conduct rules restrict live solicitation, and calling and texting rules require consent, so your compliance team should approve each lead source.
From first contact to the right next step
Keep every claimant file moving.
Tell us about your torts, media calendar, questionnaires and document backlog. We will discuss where Rapid can take on intake and follow-up.
