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Clinical AI Report · October 7, 2026
Key takeaways
- Tennr automates referral intake and prior authorization workflows for specialty practices, where referrals and authorizations are closely linked and staff spend time on manual follow-up.
- Tennr is priced by custom enterprise quote, and integration with a practice’s existing referral and EHR workflows is needed for full automation.
- Tennr’s automation playbooks collect the right documents up front, validate them, route each request to the right payer path and track authorization status without repeated manual checks.
- Tennr returns the most for specialty practices with high referral volume; organizations with few referrals may get less from it than from a system focused only on prior authorization.
In this review
Tennr at a glance
- Made by
- Tennr (tennr.com). Its founding year and headquarters are not disclosed.
- Price
- Custom enterprise pricing by quote, with no published per-user price. Tennr
- Who it’s for
- Specialty practices that manage high referral volume and want prior authorization handled inside intake.
- What it automates
- Referral intake, document collection and validation, routing each request to the right payer path, and authorization status tracking. Tennr
- Follow-ups
- Automation playbooks keep authorization steps moving without repeated manual status checks.
- EHR integration
- Listed as a feature. Full automation needs integration with the practice’s existing referral and EHR workflows.
- Partnerships
- KanTime, a home health EHR, has announced a strategic partnership with Tennr for referral document entry. KanTime
- Category
- Prior authorization automation built around referral intake.
Who Tennr is for
A good fit for
- Specialty practices where referrals and prior authorizations arrive together
- Intake teams that gather missing documents by hand before a request can go out
- Practices that want authorization status tracked without repeated manual checks
Look elsewhere if
- You handle few referrals and want a system focused only on prior authorization
- You need medication prior authorization across prescribers, pharmacies and payers
- You are a health plan automating authorization decisions
What is Tennr?
Tennr is AI workflow automation software for referral intake and prior authorization. It is built for specialty practices where referrals and authorizations are closely linked: it collects the documents a request needs, validates them, routes each request to the right payer path and tracks status, so staff spend less time on manual coordination and follow-up.
How much does Tennr cost?
Tennr does not publish per-user prices. Like the other prior authorization vendors in this category, it sells custom enterprise pricing by quote. Ask for a quote based on referral and authorization volume, payer mix and EHR, and include the integration work, since full automation depends on connecting Tennr to existing referral and EHR workflows.
What does Tennr automate?
Tennr automates the intake end of prior authorization: it streamlines referral intake, gathers and validates missing documentation, routes each request to the right payer path and tracks authorization status. Automation playbooks handle follow-ups staff would otherwise do by hand. It covers a narrower step than Silna Health, which adds payer-specific rules, automated forms and a Prior Authorization API.
Tennr returns the most where referrals and prior authorizations are tightly coupled, as in many specialty clinics. Organizations without high referral volume may see less return than from a system focused only on prior authorization.
Does Tennr integrate with EHRs?
Tennr lists EHR workflow integration as a feature, and full automation requires connecting it to a practice’s existing referral and EHR workflows. In home health, KanTime has announced a strategic partnership with Tennr for referral document entry. Ask Tennr which EHRs it connects to, and how much IT work the connection needs, before signing.
Strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Strong fit for referral-heavy specialties
- Automates document collection and intake steps
- Reduces manual follow-ups for PA status
Limitations
- Best value in specialty practices with high referral volume
- Integration required for full workflow automation
Silna Health vs Tennr
Silna Health review →Silna Health has the highest score among the prior authorization tools we review. Here’s how Tennr compares on price, fit and our scores.
| What matters | #1 RANKED IN PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONSilna Health | #4 RANKED IN PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONTennr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Silna Health: Custom enterprise quote | Tennr: Custom enterprise quote |
| Who it’s for | Silna Health: High-volume practices and health systems | Tennr: Specialty practices with high referral volume |
| What it automates | Silna Health: Payer rules, forms, submission and tracking | Tennr: Referral intake and prior authorization steps |
| Deployment | Silna Health: API plus authorization specialists | Tennr: Integration needed for full automation |
| Best for | Silna Health: Multi-specialty practices and health systems with high prior authorization volume that need payor-specific automation and API integration. | Tennr: Specialty practices that manage high referral volume and want prior authorization automation embedded in intake workflows. |
| Overall score | Silna Health: 82/100 | Tennr: 76/100 |
| Clinical accuracy · 25% | Silna Health: 84 | Tennr: 76 |
| Evidence and citations · 20% | Silna Health: 70 | Tennr: 62 |
| Product design · 15% | Silna Health: 88 | Tennr: 84 |
| EHR integration · 15% | Silna Health: 83 | Tennr: 78 |
| Workflow and speed · 15% | Silna Health: 92 | Tennr: 86 |
| Value and pricing · 10% | Silna Health: 80 | Tennr: 78 |
Showing all 12 criteria.Scores are editorial judgments, not clinical benchmarks.
How Tennr compares
Tennr builds prior authorization into referral intake, which suits referral-heavy specialty practices. The other prior authorization products focus on payer rules, payer calls, service teams, medications or health plan decisions.
| Product | Price | Who can use it | How it differs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennr | Price: Custom enterprise quote | Who can use it: Specialty practices with high referral volume | How it differs: Builds prior authorization into referral intake, document collection and status tracking |
| Silna Health | Price: Custom enterprise quote | Who can use it: Multi-specialty practices and health systems | How it differs: Payer-specific rules, a Prior Authorization API and authorization specialists |
| Cohere Health | Price: Enterprise, for health plans | Who can use it: Health plans and large provider networks | How it differs: AI decisioning for payers; automates 50–90% of decisions (vendor figure) |
| CoverMyMeds | Price: Enterprise, aimed at payers and pharma | Who can use it: Prescribers, pharmacies and payers | How it differs: Electronic prior authorization network for medications |
| Infinx | Price: Custom enterprise quote | Who can use it: Provider groups with backlogged queues | How it differs: Automation plus service teams for complex payer work and backlogs |
| Infinitus | Price: Custom enterprise quote | Who can use it: Teams that spend hours on payer calls | How it differs: Voice AI agents call payers for status and benefits |
How Clinical AI Report rates Tennr
76/100
Prior Authorization review; not part of the overall clinical rankings
Tennr performs best in specialty practices where referrals and prior authorization are tightly linked.
- Clinical accuracy · 25%76
- Evidence and citations · 20%62
- Product design · 15%84
- EHR integration · 15%78
- Workflow and speed · 15%86
- Value and pricing · 10%78
How this review was researched
- Sources
- 2 sources, listed below, including Tennr’s prior authorization page and KanTime’s partnership announcement.
- Evidence labels
- Vendor claims are labelled as vendor figures. Independent studies and preprints are named, with their limits.
- What was not tested
- Clinical AI Report did not run its own accuracy test or measure time savings. The score is an editorial judgment against a published rubric, not a clinical benchmark.
- Independence
- Rankings are editorial opinions, not sponsored placements.
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Tennr FAQ
Is Tennr only for prior authorization?
No. Tennr automates referral intake as well as prior authorization, and it is built for specialty practices where the two are closely linked. Collecting documents at intake, routing requests to the right payer path and tracking status are handled in one workflow.
What is the difference between Tennr and Infinitus?
Tennr automates the intake end of prior authorization: referrals, documents, payer routing and status tracking. Infinitus automates phone calls to payers, using voice AI agents to retrieve authorization status and benefits data. Both cover narrower steps than end-to-end platforms such as Silna Health.
What is the best alternative to Tennr?
For provider groups that want end-to-end prior authorization automation, Silna Health pairs payer-specific rules, automated forms and submission and a Prior Authorization API with authorization specialists. Infinx suits groups that want service teams to clear a backlog, and CoverMyMeds suits medication-heavy practices.