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Advanced Intake for AlayaCare

Simplify client and employee onboarding by using integrated form submission, approval, and eSign technologies.
November 15, 2019 by
Advanced Intake for AlayaCare
Rubi Works LLC, Luka Bajic

Client and caregiver intake is where home care agencies burn the most time.

Every new client requires a stack of forms — demographic data, medical history, service agreements, insurance info, emergency contacts, consent forms, HIPAA acknowledgments. Every new caregiver requires their own stack — application, tax forms, credentials, direct deposit, I-9, non-compete. Multiply by every hire and every new admission and intake becomes a full-time job.

Even agencies that have digitized the forms still re-enter the data manually into AlayaCare. The form fills out a PDF (or a Google Form, or a Cognito Form, or a DocuSign envelope) — and then someone opens AlayaCare and re-types every field. That's the work that shouldn't exist in 2025.

Why it persists

Agencies have invested in form tools (Cognito, Jotform, DocuSign) and in AlayaCare — but nobody ever built the bridge between them. Without integration, every form is just a prettier way to collect data that still has to be keyed by hand.

Advanced Intake for AlayaCare.

Rubi's Advanced Intake solution closes the gap. The form captures the data and the signature; Rubi's integration layer creates (or updates) the matching AlayaCare record, attaches the signed documents, and notifies the intake administrator. Zero re-entry, full audit trail, faster time-to-service.

Fill once. Sign once. Live in AlayaCare the same day.
Rubi Works — Advanced Intake for AlayaCare
sequenceDiagram participant CL as Client / Caregiver participant FORM as Form (Cognito / Jotform) participant SIGN as eSign (DocuSign) participant RUBI as Rubi Intake Bridge participant AC as AlayaCare participant ADMIN as Admin CL->>FORM: Fill form FORM->>SIGN: Route for signature CL->>SIGN: Sign SIGN->>RUBI: Webhook RUBI->>AC: Create / update record RUBI->>AC: Attach signed PDF RUBI->>ADMIN: Notify "new intake ready" ADMIN->>AC: Review and activate
Fig 01 · Intake flow from form to live AlayaCare record

Two workflow patterns.

Form-driven intake Best for agencies running intake through Cognito Forms, Jotform, Google Forms, or similar. Form is completed + signed electronically, admin reviews and approves, record is created in AlayaCare with documents attached, administrator gets a completion notification.
eSign-driven intake Best for formal onboarding that requires legal-grade signatures. DocuSign envelope is sent, signed by client or employee, and the signed record auto-creates or updates the AlayaCare record on completion.
Hybrid Best for multi-step intake where initial data capture is a quick form but the service agreement requires formal eSign. Rubi's integration handles both steps and ties them back to one AlayaCare record.

What the integration delivers.

  • Zero duplicate data entry — everything the client or caregiver typed into the form lands in the correct AlayaCare fields
  • Signed documents attached automatically — every signature gets archived to the AlayaCare record for audit and compliance
  • Admin approval checkpoint — for workflows where a human needs to review before the record goes live, we insert an approval step
  • Duplicate detection — matches against existing records by email, phone, or SSN so updates land on the right record instead of creating ghosts
  • Configurable field mapping — every agency has slightly different custom fields; we map them once and the integration runs
  • Notification fan-out — multiple admins, by role or branch, can be notified of completed intakes

Frequently asked questions.

What about HIPAA?

Both Cognito Forms and DocuSign offer HIPAA-compliant tiers. The integration layer itself runs in a BAA-covered environment, and we don't retain PHI beyond the duration needed to write the AlayaCare record.

Can we customize the form to match our agency's branding?

Yes — that's what form builders are good at. We handle the plumbing; you handle the look. Most agencies already have their intake forms styled the way they want.

How long does deployment take?

Typical deployment is 2-3 weeks — most of the time is spent mapping your specific form fields to AlayaCare fields. If you already have the forms in Cognito or DocuSign, we're only building the bridge.

Let's put this to work for your team.

Book a 30-minute call. We'll walk through your current stack and show you exactly how we'd approach your situation.