ReferralMD
ReferralMD2026-05-21T07:23:37-07:00

The referral operating system for modern healthcare

Send and receive referrals faster. Automate referral and patient intake, fax, scheduling, and communications. Start for FREE with the platform built for small practice to enterprise.

The referral operating system for modern healthcare

Send and receive referrals faster. Automate patient intake, AI fax, and scheduling. One platform built for practice and health systems.

The referral operating system for modern healthcare

Send and receive referrals faster. Automate patient intake, AI fax, and scheduling. One platform built for practice and health systems.

One Platform, Any Provider

Whether you’re a growing practice, therapeutic care, or a large health system, ReferralMD is built for you.

ReferralMD Practice

For primary, specialty, therapeutic, and home care. Automate referrals, fax, and intake. Start now for free.

  • Free Inbound & Outbound Referral Management

  • Free Provider CRM
  • Free Appointment Scheduling & Automation

  • SmartFax AI – Fax Made for Healthcare

  • Digital Patient Intake

  • Patient SMS & Email Communications

ReferralMD Enterprise

For PCP and specialty networks, health systems, ACOs & CINs. Manage your network and empower your teams.

  • Everything in Practice

  • Advanced EHR Integrations

  • Enterprise Reporting and Analytics

  • Standardized and Configurable Network Workflows

  • Network Practice Management Tools

  • Dedicated implementation & Project Managers

Customer Success Stories

AI Powered Patient Intake Forms

ReferralMD software opens the digital front door to healthcare practices with advanced conversational AI patient intake. This cutting-edge technology simplifies the initial patient interaction, ensuring accurate data collection and a smooth onboarding process. By integrating conversational AI, patients can easily schedule appointments, provide necessary information, and receive answers to their questions in real-time.

Explore our Digital Front Door solutions, designed to enhance patient engagement and streamline access to healthcare services. Our innovative tools provide a seamless, integrated digital experience for patients from their initial contact throughout their entire care journey, transforming healthcare delivery into a more accessible, efficient, and patient-centered process.

Fix Your Digital Front Door

ReferralMD streamlines managing inbound and outbound patient referrals directly within your existing EHR software, eliminating the need for fax machines and cumbersome spreadsheets. Our intelligent platform automatically alerts staff about referrals needing attention and sends updates to referring providers, efficiently closing the feedback loop.

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Discover how our Marketing & Advanced Tools enhance patient intake and engagement, offering comprehensive solutions for healthcare providers. Designed to optimize marketing efforts and streamline complex processes, these tools ensure that every patient interaction is effective and efficient. By integrating these advanced capabilities, healthcare organizations can significantly improve outreach, patient communication, and overall service delivery, leading to better patient outcomes and operational success.

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  • Referral Management

    Benefits of referral management Reduce leakage, accelerate access, and strengthen relationships to keep patients in your network and grow referrals. Workflow Automation Automates [...]

  • SmartFax AI Automation

    Free up staff time, decrease administrative burden, and keep patients on track with faster, error-free document workflows. SmartFax AI unifies faxing with intelligent OCR, AI-powered routing, and built-in tools to split, merge, and manage documents.

  • AI Patient Intake & Registration

    Reduce paperwork, save staff time, and deliver a faster, more convenient check-in experience. AI-powered intake lets patients complete forms and consent digitally, and EHR integration streamlines your entire registration workflow.

  • Appointments & Scheduling

    Appointments and Scheduling for Healthcare

    Reduce no-shows, minimize administrative work, and ensure patients get timely care. ReferralMD’s integrated scheduling keeps everything in one place for a faster, more efficient workflow.

  • Patient Access Tools

    Patient Communications with RederralMD

    Empower patients and streamline operations with online scheduling, automated reminders, digital intake, and two-way messaging—all integrated with your EHR.

  • Patient Scheduling

    Streamline scheduling with EHR-integrated tools that give real-time availability and automated reminders to reduce no-shows, improve efficiency and patient experience.

  • Patient Communications

    Keep patients informed with automated texts and emails triggered by workflow updates — improving communication and care coordination.

  • Consult Management

    Manage e-consults sent to specialists in your network or to ConferMED with automated referral-to-consult conversions based on predefined rules.

  • Marketing CRM Tools

    CRM allows marketing teams to document and track outreach activities, report on trends with referral partners and leverage built-in market research tools.

  • Advanced Analytics

    Marketing & Advanced Tools for healthcare providers

    Automated reporting based on predefined KPIs, real-time reporting across all modules in the platform and integration with your data warehouse or BI tool.

  • SmartEXCHANGE Integrations

    Healthcare interoperability is about enabling real-time collaboration, reducing administrative friction, and accelerating patient access to care. Improved Access, Efficiency, and Care Coordination.

  • Professional Services

    Professional implementation and post go-live services include a dedicated project manager and account manager with technical support and business reviews.

Frequently Asked Questions

When should I use an API to connect with ReferralMD?2024-04-18T15:09:30-07:00

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are best suited when ReferralMD needs to query the third-party system to receive up-to-date information, such as a provider’s appointment availability or to request Continuity of Care Documents (CCD or CCDA) for a patient.

How do I find the right provider to send my referral to?2024-04-18T10:41:03-07:00

Referring providers with ReferralMD accounts can search for the right provider to send referrals based on specialty, accepted insurance, affiliation, average wait time, distance from the patient, and other metrics.

Can I use ReferralMD to find new referral partners?2024-04-18T11:27:04-07:00

Research potential referral partners using our Provider Directory which includes over 5 million providers (any provider in the US with an NPI number) and updated monthly based on CMS data

Can ReferralMD tell me how long each referral takes?2024-03-18T23:12:02-07:00

Service Level report shows the average time referrals stay in each phase of the workflow and calculates the following metrics for the practice and per provider:

  • Process Time: the time between referral receipt and when staff schedules appointment with the patient
  • Wait Time: the time between referral receipt and patient’s appointment date
  • Report Time: the time between appointment date and when consult report is sent to the referring provider
What are the benefits for ACO’s, payers, primary and specialty care?2024-04-18T11:29:58-07:00

For ACOs and other payer-provider networks

• Better management of in- and out-of-network referrals
• Better coordination; fewer unnecessary or duplicate services
• Reduce referral leakage

For patient-centered medical homes and other primary care settings

• More efficient referral process, with less phone, fax, and manual tracking
• Fewer gaps in care, better access to specialist findings
• Reduce administration processing time and errors
• Better patient experience
• Reduce communication errors due to inaccurate referral data, lower chances of a malpractice lawsuit.

For specialty care settings

• More timely and complete patient information prior to visit
• Better appointment coordination; fewer no-shows
• Immediate updates to referring practices of changes in providers, locations, etc
• Ability to track your referral network, (which providers refer the most or least)
• Reduce communication errors due to inaccurate referral data, lower chances of a malpractice lawsuit.

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Integrates with the tools you already use

ReferralMD integrates with most electronic health records (EHR) systems, practice management systems (PMS), and radiology information systems (RIS) using APIs, HL7, FHIR, or Direct, and we also seamlessly connect with other HIPAA-compliant third-party systems and business intelligence tools.

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