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AthenaHealth's pricing is based either upon a flat fee per provider or a billing service percentage fee, whichever is the greater. For the provider to make the most of AthenaHealth's working services and medical billing software, they will want to identify what part AthenaHealth as a company will provide as work and what work AthenaHealth expects of the practice using their software. For example, AthenaHealth submits the electronic claims for the practice, free up the practice worrying about getting the claims out themselves, and for any insurance carrier denials the practice has access to AthenaHealth's software to work the denials and have AthenaHealth resubmit the insurance claims.
In addition to AthenaHealth's basic services called athenaCollector, AthenaHealth has its own "add-on" EMR software, called athenaClinicals. What helps with using any company's own EMR in addition to its practice management software is the familiar look and most importantly immediate integration. Their EMR is also web-based and can be personalized by physicians to their own workflow in addition to the already integrated electronic medical records functions.
AthenaHealth and Insurance Medical Billing
AthenaHealth's own rules engine or claims scrubber for errors watches every charge posted and identify potential billing errors, whereby the practice can fix the errors before the claim gets submitted. A tracking software on patient activity and that all claims that needed to be generated, will be. AthenHealth's ability to write new claim scrubber rules that is proprietary to a provider's practice will also help in retaining revenue.
Looking up a patient in AthenaHealth is simple by typing in the first couple of letters of the patient's last name and hitting the enter key on the keyboard, with a results page to narrow down the list by clicking on the correct patient link. Also, once a patient is selected the patient screen shows whether he or she has medical insurance and with which insurance carrier.
AthenaHealth's Strength
Being able to have a billing service along with a medical billing software propels AthenaHealth's customer service to the next level. Having a company that can understand and help with the medical billing and the practice management software the practice is using will benefit in saving a practice time and money.
AthenaHealth and Practice Management
Part of managing your own practice and other clinics is the ability to communicate at more than one level like the phone. With AthenaHealth medical practice's have the ability to create and send each other screen messages anywhere there internet connection. Customizable superbills or charge slips helps with the provider identify and post charges most efficiently.
The general system requirements to work with AthenaHealth and their practice management software requires a computer with at least a pentium III processor and Microsoft's Windows Operating System 2000 or XP Professional with latest service pack updates. A high speed internet connection is recommended for best performance. A printer also for printing out HCFA's.
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