The Messy Reality of Healthcare Referrals w/ Trey Holterman, Co-Founder & CEO, Tennr

Send us Fan MailReferrals are meant to connect patients to the care they need, but in reality, they often become a source of delays, dropped handoffs, and administrative chaos. Between intake complexity, missing information, and outdated processes, too many patients get stuck between diagnosis and treatment. Trey Holterman, Co-Founder and CEO of Tennr joins CareTalk host John Driscoll to discuss why referrals break down so often, what makes intake workflows so hard to fix, and how health systems can improve throughput and access without ripping out the systems they already rely on. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT TREY HOLTERMANTrey Holterman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tennr, the referral automation platform that helps healthcare operators capture more referrals, cut denials, and deliver faster care without scaling their teams. By deploying the first-ever language models built to reason through healthcare criteria, Tennr ensures no patient gets lost in the referral handoff process. A Stanford CS alum and one of Forbes ‘Top Founders in AI’, Trey has led the company through +230% revenue growth year-to-date, and raised $162 million in 1.5 years from a16z, IVP, Lightspeed and GV.🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALKCareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (Chairman, UConn Health) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. GET IN TOUCHFollow CareTalk on LinkedInBecome a CareTalk sponsorGuest appearance requestsVisit us on the webSubscribe to the CareTalk NewsletterSupport the show⚙️CareTalk:  Healthcare. Unfiltered. is produced by Grippi Media Digital Marketing Consulting.