ReferralMD
Techstars '17Mount Pleasant, US · Founded 2011 · 18 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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ReferralMD provides referral management, care coordination, and patient engagement software for healthcare providers, networks, and payers to improve communication and reduce patient leakage from health systems. The platform replaces manual referral processes with digital tools including prior authorizations, patient matching, e-consults, and intake management.
Also known as Electronic Referral Manager, Inc.
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026ReferralMD, operated by Electronic Referral Manager, Inc., provides a referral management and patient access platform for healthcare organizations. The software centralizes inbound and outbound patient referrals, fax handling, intake, scheduling, communications, routing and provider matching on a single platform, and connects users to a network of more than 3 million verified providers via a DirectTrust network address. It is positioned to replace paper-based referral processes, fax machines and spreadsheets with tracked digital workflows and an automated feedback loop that closes the referral loop with referring providers.
The platform is offered in two tiers. ReferralMD Practice targets primary care, specialty, therapeutic and home care practices, and includes closed-loop agentic referral completion, configurable automated workflows, a provider CRM, appointment scheduling and automation, post-visit patient surveys, AI-powered conversational reporting and analytics, SmartFax agentic fax automation, AI-powered digital patient intake, patient SMS and email communications, and voice-AI patient scheduling. ReferralMD Enterprise targets PCP and specialty networks, health systems, ACOs and CINs, adding advanced EHR integrations, enterprise reporting and network analytics, programmable workflows, provider management and discovery, automated prior authorization and eligibility verification, network management tools, dedicated implementation and project managers, API access and MCP governance, agent connectivity and monitoring, single sign-on and EHR-embedded UI.
Additional capabilities described by the company include a centralized referral dashboard and patient journey tracking, secure real-time messaging with integrated file sharing, an embeddable provider directory and customized patient scheduling forms, marketing CRM tools for tiering and tracking referral partners, a provider directory covering over 7 million individual and group providers, referral pattern analysis based on Medicare or third-party sources, and referral leakage reporting.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does ReferralMD do?
- ReferralMD is a healthcare referral management and patient access platform that automates referrals, fax, intake and scheduling.
- Who are ReferralMD's investors?
- ReferralMD's investors include Techstars.
- Where is ReferralMD headquartered?
- ReferralMD is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, US.




