
Spectrum recommends the specialist using quality, cost, insurance, location and network preferences. No new systems. No added steps.
The core referral product. It turns every referral into a better decision for the patient, the provider and the practice, with consistent routing and less admin work for your staff.
Value-based routing, aware of your VBC goals
Specialist ranking and quality scoring
Preferred networks
Insurance and distance logic
Referral tracking
Optional white-label, text-based specialist selection for patients
Referral behavior lines up with organizational goals: less workload, better quality, network performance and financial outcomes.
Better value-based performance
Less out-of-network leakage
Clear reporting on cost impact
Better patient experience
No new systems and no added steps. Referrals get simpler, and clinical decisions stay yours.
Close the loop on every referral
Hand off the admin work
Keep full control of care decisions
Referral coordinators work from one automated, consistent workflow.
AI-supported care coordination
Automatic specialist routing
Clear status at every step
Less confusion about where to go next. Practices can offer a simple, branded way to choose a specialist.
A clearer referral experience
Optional white-label specialist selection
A white-glove referral experience

About half of reviewed referrals never need the visit.
An optional upgrade to Spectrum Referrals. When a curbside review would change the plan, a specialist weighs in within hours, not weeks. Referrals that still need a visit proceed with better context, clearer diagnostic steps and better-prepared patients. It runs in the background, with no new work for PCPs or staff.
The referral is submitted to PicassoMD as usual.
Directionality picks the high-value specialist.
A specialist reviews it when input would change the plan.
The specialist’s answer comes back to the referring clinician.
Handled upstream, or sent to the specialist with added clarity.
Only when specialist input adds clear clinical value. If it won’t change the referral, Plus stays out of the way and the referral goes straight to a high-value specialist.
Diagnostic uncertainty
Medication questions or specialty-specific management
Deciding whether a patient needs an in-person evaluation
Which imaging or labs should happen before the visit
Complex cases where upstream guidance prepares the patient
Consistent, transparent outcomes across cost, quality and patient experience, reported against your own value-based care goals.
*Source: PicassoMD customer data.