athenahealth

What is athenahealth?

athenahealth is a healthcare technology company whose athenaOne platform combines a cloud electronic health record (EHR), practice management, medical billing and patient engagement for medical practices. It also provides revenue cycle services.

Key features of athenahealth

• Electronic health record: clinical documentation in a cloud EHR.
• Practice management: scheduling and front-office workflows.
• Revenue cycle management: claim submission, follow-up, denial management and patient billing.
• Patient engagement: patient communication and access tools.
• Interoperability: supports standards such as HL7 FHIR.
• Prescribing: electronic prescribing through Surescripts.

How athenahealth works

Practices run clinical and billing work in one cloud system. athenahealth's team handles parts of claims work, and the platform updates payer rules centrally. Practices connect to networks and pharmacies through standards such as FHIR and Surescripts.

Who uses athenahealth?

Independent and group medical practices across specialties use athenahealth, with options for health systems.

athenahealth pricing

athenahealth does not publish official prices. Fees are quoted to each practice individually, and the model is generally tied in part to collections.

athenahealth integrations

athenahealth supports HL7 FHIR and Surescripts and offers integrations with other health IT tools.

athenahealth alternatives

eClinicalWorks is a widely used EHR with both cloud and on-premises options. AdvancedMD is a cloud suite with EHR, billing and telehealth sold per provider. NextGen Healthcare and Epic Systems serve larger groups and hospital-linked practices.