"athenahealth is invaluable. Everything is right there. Denials are known immediately."

Kristen Morales
Practice Administrator, Valley Medical Group

Letter from Jonathan

Photo of Jonathan Bush Welcome to 2007. The athenahealth motto for this year is, "product and service delivery based on integration and integrity." Our resolution is to continue to deliver a simpler, more user friendly athenaCollectorSM and athenaClinicalsSM. This year's releases will bring a more streamlined interface resulting in fewer places to go and things to do in order to get the same work done. Posting, follow-up and denial handling will be more coordinated and integrated. So will the act of reconciling your bank account with athenaNetSM. With athenaClinicals, there will be fewer steps for clients to take including fewer letters for you to write. If you don't see it, hold me to it during the year.

In this issue of the Pulse, you'll hear from athenahealth® clients in cardiology and orthopaedics on how athenahealth is helping their practices. In the Compliance Corner you will find the final rules on complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's (HIPAA) nondiscrimination provisions. Our athenista profiled this month is Ed Park. Eddie is our Chief Software Architect and the original author of the athenaNet code. Good guy to know! And Q4 2006 Live Benchmarking winners are announced below. Is your practice listed?

I wish you the best of health and happiness in 2007.

athenahealth Clients Talk About Their Experiences

From cardiology to orthopaedics, athenahealth is helping to improve practice performance and clinical workflows. Click here to learn more.

Ann & Natalie's Compliance Corner

The final rules on complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's (HIPAA) nondiscrimination provisions are out. Learn more.

Live Benchmarking Winners for Q4 2006

Congratulations to the fourth quarter winners in athenahealth's Live Benchmarking Program! See our list of winners (and find out how you can join them) here.

athenista Spotlight: Meet Ed Park

athenahealth's Chief Software Architect talks about how the company got started and where he is focused for 2007.

Vital Stats

Days in Accounts Receivable (DAR) dropped 2.8% between December 2005 and December 2006, with all payer segments seeing a reduction in DAR. Lost patient care revenue was down at 4.9%.

Vital Stats Graph

Best wishes,

Johnathan Bush

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Jonathan Bush, chairman and chief executive officer of athenahealth, to present at the 25th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. More here.

Visit athenahealth at HIMSS 2007 Annual Conference

We will be exhibiting at the upcoming HIMSS 2007 Annual Conference, February 25 - March 1 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Come visit us at booth 3253 and see how athenahealth helps health delivery systems with their community ambulatory strategy.

Last Month's Poll Results

Last month, we asked you what you do when you get a gift that you don't like. The results are below.

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