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Every referral is arelationship.Stop losing them.

Tether is the intelligent referral network powered by AI agents that pull from your EHR, coordinate with specialists, and close the loop automatically. Your staff talks to Tether like a colleague — the agents handle the rest.

Georgetown Family Medicine sending a referral via Tether

The Problem

Referrals disappear into a black hole. Your revenue disappears with them.

Most referrals are still sent by fax. There is no confirmation, no tracking, and no follow-up. Patients fall through the cracks, specialists lose billable visits, and PCPs never know if their patient received care.

50%
of referrals never result in a completed specialist visit
$971B
in annual U.S. healthcare waste attributed to care coordination failures
81%
of PCPs report dissatisfaction with the referral communication process
Product
Built for the way
practices actually work

Designed for medical assistants and front desk staff who manage referrals every day. Not physicians who review dashboards once a week.

Referral Dashboard

One dashboard, two views. PCPs track outbound referrals, visit summaries, and loop closure. Specialists manage inbound referrals, assign providers, and update statuses. Both sides see the full picture in real time.

Specialist Directory

Search 1,200+ providers across 338 clinics in the DMV by specialty, insurance, distance, and availability. Find the right provider and start a referral in one click.

EHR Integration + AI Intelligence

Pull patient demographics, conditions, medications, allergies, and insurance directly from your EHR. When specialists send visit summaries, Tether pushes them back to the PCP's chart automatically. Tether's AI agents use all of this data to answer questions, flag issues, and execute follow-ups. Direct integrations with multiple EHR systems, with more being added continuously.

Ask Tether — AI Intelligence Layer

Meet your referral coordinator that never sleeps.

Ask Tether is an AI assistant built into every page. It knows every referral, every specialist's requirements, and every patient's history. Ask it anything. Tell it to do anything.

Ask Tether

Answers questions instantly

Your MA asks about a patient's insurance, a specialist's requirements, or which referrals are overdue. Tether answers in seconds with real data — not generic advice.

Executes actions from chat

Request visit summaries, notify patients, mark referrals as seen, find specialists — all from one conversation. No clicking through menus.

Gets smarter with every referral

Every specialist that configures requirements, every referral that flows through, every information request teaches the agents. After 1,000 referrals, Tether knows your referral patterns better than any coordinator could.

THE PLATFORM

Referral management is just the beginning.

Tether's intelligent agents live inside the EHRs your practice already uses. Starting with referrals, expanding into every workflow your staff touches.

EHR Workflow Integration

Direct integrations with multiple EHR systems. Patient data flows in, visit summaries flow back. Tether's AI agents use everything in the EHR to give your staff real-time, actionable intelligence.

Integrates with your existing EHR.

Intelligent agents. Every workflow.

Ask Tether — AI Agents

Intelligent agents built into every page. They answer practice-specific questions, surface what needs attention, and execute referral actions from a single conversation. Powered by HIPAA-compliant AI infrastructure.

Referral Automation

Intelligent routing, automated intake parsing, real-time status tracking, and loop closure across every referral. The workflow that started it all.

Scheduling & Verification

Automated insurance eligibility checks, patient scheduling, and appointment confirmations. All handled inside your EHR.

Patient Communication

Automated appointment reminders, referral status notifications, and care coordination updates. Keep patients informed at every step without manual outreach.

Who It's For
Two sides. One network.

Specialists grow their referral volume. PCPs close the loop on patient care. Both win when the network works.

For Specialists

Turn every referral into a scheduled visit. See who is sending you patients, and make it effortless for them to send more.

Inbound referral management with auto-parsed intake
AI-powered assistant that helps your staff manage incoming referrals, track what's missing, and close the loop faster
Visibility into your referral network and top senders
Automated status updates to referring providers
Grow volume through the Tether specialist directory

For Primary Care

Know that your patient actually saw the specialist. Find the right provider, send the referral, and track it without a single phone call.

Ask Tether anything — which referrals need follow-up, what a specialist requires, or what happened at a patient's visit
Specialist directory searchable by location and insurance
Real-time referral tracking with zero follow-up calls
Loop closure notifications when the visit is completed
Always free. No contracts, no software fees.
The Network Effect

Not just software.
A network that grows with you.

Every referral sent through Tether strengthens the connection between practices. As more providers join, every practice gets more value. This is how referral management should have always worked.

Outbound Referral

Every fax you send through Tether is a warm invite for the specialist to join

Loop Closure

Both sides see the full referral journey from send to completed visit

Network Growth

More connections create a richer directory and smarter routing for everyone

HIPAA Compliant

All data encrypted at rest and in transit

End-to-End Encryption

Zero-knowledge architecture for all PHI

5-Minute Onboarding

No IT integration or setup required

Works Alongside Your EMR

Runs alongside your existing EHR

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