Abstract: Techniques are described herein that assist a medical provider in submitting a referral for a patient (e.g., member). A service provider may identify one or more locations and/or one or more providers capable of conducting a procedure associated with the referral. The location(s) and/or provider(s) may be determined based on respective locations associated therewith, a patient location, a level of quality associated therewith, a cost associated with the procedure at the respective location(s) and/or provider(s), and the like. In various examples, the service provider may receive the referral from a first medical provider and may determine a risk associated therewith. The risk may be determined based on data associated with the patient, the first medical provider and/or a second medical provider associated with the referral. In various examples, the service provider may determine to automatically approve the referral based on the risk associated therewith.