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.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a list of likely payers for a medical practice based on historical data stored on a practice management system and practice-specific information. Information about the claim volumes for payers during a predetermined time range in a geographical region are used to estimate a subset of likely payer that a medical practice may like to enroll with. User-selectable billing frequency indicators for each of the payers identified in the subset facilitate claim billing management and enrollment strategies for billing personnel at the medical practice resulting in fewer disruptions in claim processing and cash flow as the medical practice is implemented on the practice management system.