Abstract: Methods and apparatus for facilitating a referral between healthcare providers associated with a practice management system. An order facilitation service hosted by the practice management system enables a healthcare provider the ability to interactively search for and select a provider based on a search request. The practice management system may store detailed information about one or more of the healthcare providers associated with the practice management system to facilitate a provider selection process. Providers may also specify preferences for referrals and the preferences may be used during a consult order generation process to ensure that the consult order includes information that a particular receiving provider may require.