“Before athenahealth, we could be weeks down the road before we spotted issues facing us – now, we can quickly identify problems and address them.”
Penny Ratzlaff
Billing Supervisor, Rockford Health System
Letter from Jonathan
At athenahealth, we truly believe our solutions can fully optimize physician practices of any size allowing them to do what they do best – care for patients. This month, we invite two single-doctor athenahealth clients to co-author an article discussing their experience with athenahealth, why they decided to partner with us and how it has affected their practices; it’s truly a remarkable article. Next month, we travel to the opposite ends of the earth and discuss how athenahealth benefits large physician health organizations and hospital networks; stay tuned, it will be another great story! For all of you traveling to the HIMSS Convention next week, we look forward to seeing you there! Drop by our booth – #2081 or click here to schedule a demonstration of our services.
Small Practices Win Big with athenahealth
In this article, we check in with two small practices that have recently opened their doors and joined the athenahealth family. We wanted to hear how athenahealth has helped them – and if there were any surprises along the way. Read on to learn more.
Announcing the Q4 Live Benchmarking Winners
Click here to find out who won the Q4 2007 Live Benchmarking contest; congratulations to all the winners!
Rule of the Month: Place of Service Notifications
Anyone who manages charge entry knows your fingers can sometimes betray you! With one incorrect keystroke it’s possible to enter the wrong place of service for a procedure code, which causes major headaches down the road. Click here to read how athenahealth’s Rules EngineSM helps clients avoid making this mistake.
Ann & Natalie’s Compliance Corner
This month, we discuss The Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, the “stop-gap” Medicare legislation intended to temporarily increase physician pay rates, extend the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and ensure that rural seniors and other vulnerable populations receive adequate health care. For more on this, click here.
athenista Spotlight: Meet Danny Wong, Sales Executive
Meet Danny Wong, athenahealth Small Group Sales Executive. Danny spends his days demonstrating the benefits that athenahealth’s services provide to small group physician practices. Recently married, Danny enjoys traveling to Cape Cod and dabbling in the kitchen! For more on Danny, Read on.
Best wishes,
Johnathan Bush