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Luma Health vs Tennr

Two Patient Access & Intake vendors, side by side. Facts from public sources; judgments are ours.

At a glance

Derived from public facts · a rough scale, not a ranking

Luma HealthTennr
Pricing model

Subscription (per user or PMPM) · Custom quote, third parties estimate ~$250/user/month

Not published · enterprise pricing by workflow and volume

Speed to go live

EHR-integrated deployments run 60 to 120 days

Typical 2-3 month implementation

Automation model

Software platform · Patient access automation with AI concierge

Software platform · Document AI with human review queues

Built for

Mid-size groups, Enterprise systems

Small practices, Mid-size groups

Security posture

SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST, ISO 27001, HIPAA

SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA

Company maturity

11 yrs (est. 2015)

5 yrs (est. 2021)

Financial backing

$160M · Series C

$160M+ · Series C

Named customers

5 named

5 named

Published results

No public numbers

Specific numbers public

Documented integrations

5 listed

4 listed

Third-party validation

None found

None found

Bottom line

  • Pick Luma if you're a mid-size or enterprise group that wants scheduling, reminders, and patient communication wired deeply into your EHR.
  • Pick Tennr if fax-heavy referral intake is your bottleneck and you want it automated without touching your EHR.

Luma Health

Patient access, intake, and communication built on the EHR

Founded
2015
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Stage
Series C
Raised
$160M

What it does

  • Self-scheduling and automated waitlist backfill
  • Appointment reminders and two-way patient messaging
  • Digital intake, forms, and e-consents
  • AI agents for inbound calls and faxes
  • Multilingual outreach and patient feedback workflows
  • Referral management and recall campaigns

Where it's strong

  • Deep bidirectional EHR integration means schedules and intake data stay in the system of record instead of a side database.
  • Large installed base (over 1,000 health systems and 100 million patients after the Tonic deal) gives buyers plenty of comparable references.
  • The Tonic acquisition adds strong dynamic intake and patient-reported outcomes, especially for Oracle Health shops.

What buyers should weigh

  • Epic customers should compare carefully against MyChart and Cheers features they already license before paying for overlap.
  • The platform is modular, so quoted price varies a lot with module count; scope the contract tightly.
  • Tonic integration is recent (late 2025), so ask how the combined product roadmap affects the modules you are buying.

Named customers

Cook County Health · Montefiore Health System · Banner Health · Kelsey-Seybold Clinic · Franciscan Health

Integrations

EpicOracle Health (Cerner)MEDITECHathenahealtheClinicalWorks
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Tennr

AI that reads faxed referrals and moves them to booked visits

Founded
2021
HQ
New York, NY
Stage
Series C
Raised
$160M+

What it does

  • Reads faxed referrals and extracts structured patient data
  • Proprietary RaeLM models trained on 100M healthcare documents
  • Qualifies patients against payer documentation criteria automatically
  • Runs eligibility and benefits checks on incoming referrals
  • Routes orders and populates downstream intake systems
  • Tennr Network gives referrers and patients live referral status

Where it's strong

  • Best-in-class at the ugly problem of fax and document-based referral intake, processing 10 million documents a month.
  • Purpose-built models check documentation against payer criteria upfront, which cuts denials rather than just speeding data entry.
  • Heavy funding ($101M Series C at a $605M valuation) and tripling revenue suggest it will keep shipping fast.

What buyers should weigh

  • Strongest in referral-driven businesses like HME/DME, imaging, labs, and infusion; less relevant if referrals are not your bottleneck.
  • Still a young company scaling quickly, so implementation attention may vary as the customer base grows.
  • Pricing is volume-based on document throughput, which buyers should model carefully against current intake costs.
  • Plan for a 2-3 month implementation and roughly a year to full ROI.

Named customers

Rothman Orthopaedics · Talkiatry · TwelveStone Health Partners · Performance Home Medical · BetterNight

Integrations

BrightreeNikoHealthFax platformsEHR and order management systems via API
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