Tennr

What is Tennr?

Tennr is an AI platform that automates the patient referral process for healthcare providers who depend on referrals. It takes in faxed and scanned referral documents, pulls out the details staff need and moves each referral towards a scheduled patient. The company says teams can process referrals up to 10 times faster, and it has added AI phone calling agents for the calls that slow referrals down.

Crunchbase lists Trey Holterman as co-founder and CEO and Diego Baugh as co-founder and chief of product. Tennr announced an $18 million Series A led by a16z, then raised $101 million in a Series C reported in June 2025 at a $605 million valuation. Reports name IVP, a16z, Lightspeed, ICONIQ and GV among its backers, and the company launched a coordinated patient network alongside that round.

Key Features

• Document intake: Tennr reads incoming faxes and other referral documents and turns them into structured data. Intake staff stop retyping patient details by hand, and missing items are easier to spot before a referral stalls.
• Referral processing: Tennr automates the steps between receiving a referral and booking the patient. The company claims teams process referrals up to 10 times faster, which matters most for practices that receive large volumes of faxed referrals each week.
• Phone calling agents: Tennr’s voice AI agents handle routine referral phone calls on behalf of intake teams. Industry coverage describes the feature as a fix for phone call bottlenecks, such as chasing referring offices for paperwork or contacting patients.
• Prior authorisation support: Tennr is reviewed by RxAlmanac as a referral and prior authorisation automation vendor. Combining both jobs helps teams catch documentation gaps that would otherwise delay payer approval and push back patient care.
• Coordinated patient network: Tennr launched a coordinated patient network alongside its $101 million round. The network aims to connect referring and receiving providers more directly, so fewer referrals get lost between offices.
• Specialty workflows: Tennr works with referral-heavy specialties such as sleep medicine, home medical equipment, imaging, and infusion and specialty pharmacy. Its case studies feature sleep providers including iSleep and Total Sleep Management.
• Partner rollouts: Tennr extends its reach through provider partnerships such as one with TwelveStone Health Partners. Trade press reported that the deal aims to streamline referral processing across that partner’s operations.

Pros

• Faster referral turnaround: Tennr claims referral processing up to 10 times faster than manual intake. Quicker processing means patients are contacted sooner and fewer referrals go cold, although the figure is the company’s own claim.
• Growth without extra hires: Tennr’s iSleep case study describes a provider growing without adding intake staff. Practices facing rising referral volume can absorb more work with the same team instead of recruiting during busy periods.
• Healthcare-specific design: Tennr is built only for referral-based care rather than general document processing. Its workflows target faxes, referral packets, payer paperwork and patient calls, so less custom configuration is needed than with a generic OCR tool.
• Strong financial backing: Tennr raised a reported $101 million Series C at a $605 million valuation. Buyers signing multi-year contracts get some reassurance that the vendor can keep investing in the product and support.
• Covers documents and calls: Tennr automates both paperwork and phone work in one platform. Intake teams avoid stitching together a separate fax tool and calling service, which keeps each referral’s history in one place.

Cons

• No public pricing: Tennr does not publish plan prices on any page we could find. You must book a demo to get a quote, which slows early comparisons with rival referral tools.
• Built for organisations, not individuals: Tennr targets provider groups and specialty businesses with steady referral volume. A solo clinician receiving a handful of referrals a week will struggle to justify a sales-led platform.
• Few independent reviews: Tennr has listings on G2 and Capterra but little detailed public user feedback. Most performance figures, including the 10 times faster claim, come from the company and its case studies.
• Implementation effort: Tennr needs time to map your referral sources, documents and workflows before automation pays off. Expect a setup period with your intake and IT teams rather than same-day results.
• Human review still needed: Tennr’s AI reads clinical and insurance paperwork where extraction errors carry real consequences. Staff should still check flagged or unusual referrals, especially early in a rollout.

Who is Using Tennr?

• Sleep providers: Sleep clinics handling high referral and testing volumes.
• Medical equipment suppliers: Home medical equipment firms processing order paperwork.
• Imaging centres: Radiology groups receiving faxed imaging referrals.
• Infusion and specialty pharmacy: Teams reviewing documentation against payer criteria.

Pricing

Tennr uses custom pricing quoted after a demo, with no public plan list (checked October 2026).

A G2 pricing page exists for Tennr, but we found no confirmed figures there or elsewhere. Ask for a quote based on your referral volume and the modules you need, and confirm contract length before signing.

What Makes Tennr Unique?

Tennr aims at one narrow, painful job: getting referred patients from a fax machine to a booked appointment. General document AI tools can read a form, but Tennr adds referral-specific steps, AI phone calls and a patient network that links referring offices with receiving providers. Its focus on specialties such as sleep, medical equipment, imaging and infusion means the product reflects how those teams already work. Heavy funding from investors including a16z and IVP also gives it room to expand faster than smaller rivals.

Compatibilities and Integrations

• Platform: Web-based workspace for intake and operations teams.
• Inputs: Faxed and scanned referral documents.
• API: Tennr is listed on the APIs.io provider directory.
• Partners: Rollouts with provider groups such as TwelveStone Health Partners.

Tennr Tutorials

Tennr is rolled out with its onboarding team after a sales conversation.

1. Book a demo on tennr.com and share your monthly referral volume.
2. Map your referral sources, document types and current intake steps with Tennr.
3. Connect fax lines and choose which referral steps to automate first.
4. Pilot with one location or specialty and review extracted data daily.
5. Add phone calling agents and widen automation once accuracy is proven.

How We Rated It

Summary

Tennr suits sleep, medical equipment, imaging and infusion providers that drown in faxed referrals and phone chasing. Its main limitation is transparency, with no public pricing and few independent reviews to test the 10 times faster claim. Ask Tennr for its security and HIPAA documentation early in talks. Run a pilot on one referral source and measure time to schedule before and after.