How is ReferralPoint's routing different?

Most referral platforms route to whoever the sender selected or whoever is reachable. ReferralPoint scores the contracted network from claims data across cost, quality, access, and the patient's specific plan, then presents the recommendation inside the EHR referral order before the referral is sent.

Does ReferralPoint handle inbound fax referrals?

Yes. Inbound referral and fax intake is part of the platform, alongside outbound steerage, authorization, scheduling, and closed-loop consult-note retrieval.

Which platform reduces referral leakage more?

Leakage is reduced by changing the specialist chosen at the point of order and by confirming the patient is in-network for their plan. Tracking and faster processing help visibility but do not by themselves change destination, so scored steerage plus plan validation is the mechanism that moves keepage.

Can ReferralPoint provide staff as well as software?

Yes. ReferralPoint can supply trained referral coordination staff alongside the platform, so the workflow still runs when the referral desk is short-handed, without hiring linearly with volume.

What should our evaluation look like?

Baseline leakage in dollars from claims, name the single outcome you are buying, score both products against one capability list, require references on your exact EHR, price three years fully loaded, and pilot on two specialties for four weeks before expanding.

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What is the best alternative to ReferralMD?

ReferralMD centralizes inbound and outbound referral traffic — fax capture, routing, intake forms, scheduling, and provider communication in one dashboard. If throughput is your constraint, that scope fits. If the constraint is where referrals go, ReferralPoint is the closer alternative: it scores specialists from claims data on cost, quality, access, and plan-level network status, validates the patient's plan inside the EHR referral order, automates prior authorization through payer APIs, and can supply the referral staff.

Key takeaways

ReferralMD and ReferralPoint overlap on referral visibility but are built around different jobs.

Decide by the outcome you are buying: connectivity, intake throughput, post-acute placement, or network steerage and authorization.

ReferralPoint scores specialists from claims data and validates the patient's plan inside the EHR referral order.

Prior authorization by payer API and patient scheduling to attendance are where scopes diverge most.

Run both options through the same capability list and require references on your exact EHR.

What ReferralMD is built for

ReferralMD positions itself as an all-in-one referral and patient-intake platform, automating referral intake, fax management and routing, scheduling, patient intake forms, and provider communication with agentic AI across whichever channel a referral partner prefers.

Centralizing inbound and outbound referral traffic. The platform consolidates referrals arriving by fax, portal, or message into one dashboard, automates intake and routing, and closes the communication loop between referring providers, specialists, staff, and patients.

What ReferralMD publicly markets:

Broad inbound intake coverage including fax capture, routing, and digitization
Centralized dashboard for inbound and outbound referral status
Patient intake forms and scheduling workflows
Referral tracking aimed at reducing leakage and processing time
Provider-to-provider and provider-to-patient communication in one place

Source: ReferralMD's own product pages

Capability comparison

Each row reflects what the vendor publicly markets on its own website as of the date on this page. A dash means the capability is not part of that product's published scope — not that the product is deficient. Verify current scope with each vendor.

Capability	ReferralMD	ReferralPoint
Shared provider-to-provider network
Inbound referral + fax intake automation
Embedded in the EHR referral order
Claims-based specialist scoring
Plan-level network validation at point of order
Prior authorization by payer API
Patient outreach and scheduling to attendance
Closed-loop consult-note retrieval
Keepage and leakage analytics
Optional managed referral staffing

Where ReferralPoint takes a different approach

ReferralPoint's routing decision is driven by claims-based specialist scoring across cost, quality, access, and plan-level network status, not by which providers are reachable.
ReferralPoint validates the patient's specific plan and submits prior authorization through payer APIs before the referral moves.
ReferralPoint embeds the recommendation inside the EHR referral order so the steer happens at the moment of the order.
ReferralPoint can also supply the referral staff, so the workflow is covered even when the desk is short-handed.

The practical difference is where the decision happens. Tools built around connectivity and intake make the referral move faster once it exists. ReferralPoint changes which specialist the referral goes to, whether that specialist is in the patient's plan, and whether the authorization and appointment are already handled when it leaves the office — see how it works.

Which one to choose

Choose ReferralMD if you are:

Specialty practices and service lines drowning in inbound fax referrals
Organizations that want intake, forms, and referral tracking from one vendor
Teams whose first goal is faster processing rather than network steerage

Choose ReferralPoint if you need to:

Direct referrals to specialists scored on cost, quality, access, and network status from claims data
Validate the patient's specific plan at the point of the EHR referral order
Remove prior authorization portal labor through payer APIs
Own patient outreach and scheduling through confirmed attendance
Report keepage and leakage by specialty, payer, and referring provider for value-based contracts
Add referral staffing capacity without hiring

These are not mutually exclusive in every organization. Some groups keep a connectivity network for practices that only send by fax and run ReferralPoint for the steerage, authorization, and scheduling layer.

How to evaluate a switch without guessing

Baseline leakage from claims for your top five referred specialties, in dollars, before you look at any product.
Write down the single outcome you are buying — keepage, days to appointment, authorization turnaround, or staff hours.
Score every option against one capability list, this one included, and mark anything you cannot verify.
Require two references on your exact EHR and roughly your organization size.
Price three years fully loaded: implementation, interfaces, network build, and any managed-service line.
Pilot on two specialties and measure weekly for four weeks before expanding.

Our referral management options comparison walks the same framework across EHR queues, dedicated platforms, and outsourced staffing.

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