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PMRNC:
So I was curious and decided to see what I could learn. Apparently you can't get Athena EHR w/out utilizing THEIR billing services, so be aware of that if you are being hired by or taking on a client that has them. They basically contract with the doctor for their billing services and in exchange for their 4-7% of revenue the practice get to use their EHR.
I found this review which spells it out: http://www.curemd.com/EHR-vendor-pricing-comparison.pdf
Michele:
--- Quote from: PMRNC on August 03, 2016, 04:05:16 PM ---So I was curious and decided to see what I could learn. Apparently you can't get Athena EHR w/out utilizing THEIR billing services, so be aware of that if you are being hired by or taking on a client that has them. They basically contract with the doctor for their billing services and in exchange for their 4-7% of revenue the practice get to use their EHR.
I found this review which spells it out: http://www.curemd.com/EHR-vendor-pricing-comparison.pdf
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Thanks for digging into it. This is something people should know before getting into using Athena.
jmgiusti:
So I was curious and decided to see what I could learn. Apparently you can't get Athena EHR w/out utilizing THEIR billing services, so be aware of that if you are being hired by or taking on a client that has them. They basically contract with the doctor for their billing services and in exchange for their 4-7% of revenue the practice get to use their EHR.
I found this review which spells it out: http://www.curemd.com/EHR-vendor-pricing-comparison.pdf
Hi, not to refute my experts, but that isn't quite how it works. My current podiatrist has been contracted with Athena since 4/1/2015, I was brought in on that go live date and had no control over him selecting it. I will say he loves the clinicals and I like the billing. The preload data was all messed up, even after 3 times of postponing the go live date previously, which caused a complete interruption in revenue flow and I didn't realize for at least a month, figured Athena knew how to at least do their job with the preload data, legacy numbers, and NPIs etc..... but no. It was unfortunate because it was my 3rd paper to electronic implementation... and I knew how to do it.
How it works: They rape you on the clinicals..... 4.86% of practice revenue exclusively for Athena Clinicals use, the Athena Collector or billing portion is actually just short of 2%. For new physicians they actually put together this wierd Platinum package that will cost you up to 12% of practice revenue... and then make no mistake, no matter what they tell you, you will need at least one full time dedicated biller to work the "hold buckets" for claims as well as drop the claims to the clearinghouse. Athena Collector does alot of the tedious work which is really quite nice, posting of the EOBS, adjustments etc.
jmgiusti:
I actually have an unexecuted contract in hand for the "Platinum Package" that is just 2 months old.
kristin:
Concur with Jessica on this...I was consulting for a podiatrist who needed PM help, that had Athena. They messed up the integration, so claims were not being paid for months. The office staff entered the billing, Athena was not the billing service.
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