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Eder Lagemann
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VP/Other Executive

I see nothing on the athenaCollector side. There's nothing athenahealth is putting out that makes me...

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VP/Other Executive

athenahealth is trying to incorporate us into more of their support groups, user groups, and similar...

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Manager

I've used multiple applications, and athenahealth’s products are a lot more user friendly than other...

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Manager

athenahealth's training resources are pretty good. They have a help area that has documented job...

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Director

athenahealth has a good EHR and PM system, but we just wish we did not have to go to outside vendors...

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Director

I think athenaCollector is pretty consistent. athenahealth has done a good job of trying to make...

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Manager

I’m not that happy with athenahealth because of their support. When we put in a support ticket, it’s...

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Physician

athenahealth's portal is weak at this point from a patient standpoint. We've tried to use their...

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Physician

athenaCollector is pretty easy for our billers to use as a billing platform. It is pretty easy to...

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CMO

athenahealth has a training program, and they have online videos. When we bought the program, they...

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CMIO

I like athenahealth and would choose them again as our top EHR vendor because the solution works...

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Manager

athenahealth does have good ideas, and they do get implemented. They're continually upgrading and...

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Manager

athenaCollector would be a great product if we didn't pay so much for athenahealth RCM Services to...

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Manager

athenahealth's support is awful. We'll ask a question about a particular claim, and at first we get...

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Manager

athenahealth has a huge learning portal with videos and training sessions, and they're constantly...

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Manager

athenaCollector is a perfectly great product. There's nothing at all wrong with it. It works really...

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Manager

athenahealth produces a good amount of training materials, like videos and learning management...

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Manager

Most of athenahealth’s customer base is doing billing and claims as a service. It is billed as a...

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Director

I'd like to see athenahealth add more AI features before claims go out, especially for checking...

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Director

athenahealth does really well at training, but a lot of the training is outdated compared to the...

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Director

What Epic's system has that athenaCollector doesn't is better money management. I live in the...

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Director

I put in tickets with athenahealth all the time. One example was that certain claims were submitted...

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Director

athenaCollector is continually evolving, and I like that. It's such a large product that...

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Director

athenaCollector is meeting our needs. There are enhancements we'd all like to see, but we've had to...

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Director

The athenaCollector payment posting is atrocious. The users don't balance to a daily charge amount....

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Director

athenahealth has a good vision. I'd like to see them achieve it. I think they're working really hard...

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Director

athenaCollector is still not solving all of our problems. It is pretty easy for people to use. It's...

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Director

From a cost perspective, athenaCollector is competitive.

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Director

I'd like to see athenahealth improve some of the functionality of athenaCollector, like some of the...

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Director

A lot of the training our providers receive comes from our internal team. Most of our team has been...

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VP/Other Executive

"Road map" is a dirty term at our organization at this point because athenahealth has beautiful,...

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VP/Other Executive

athenaCollector is feeling a little long in the tooth some days, but it is fine. We can still tell...

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VP/Other Executive

athenaCollector definitely utilizes the co-source model, which is where athenahealth manages...

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Manager

athenahealth does a really nice job with training. If I didn't have to do anything on my own to...

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Manager

When I call athenahealth's support people, I usually already have an idea of the direction they need...

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Manager

athenaCollector is user friendly, and the vendor is always making changes based on industry...

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Manager

One of the benefits of athenaCollector is that we can configure settings so that text messages and...

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VP/Other Executive

athenahealth charges us an awful lot of money, and I still have an awful lot of FTEs. If the vendor...

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VP/Other Executive

athenahealth is way too late to the AI game, and they're not putting enough resources into it. The...

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VP/Other Executive

Support is an ongoing problem with athenahealth. As an example, they come on-site and do in-depth...

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VP/Other Executive

There's a lot that needs to be fixed in athenaCollector. They sell their solution and talk it up as...

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VP/Other Executive

athenahealth does training videos, which are really great. But as a user who has been on the system...

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COO

Everything is a little more expensive, but especially in the FQHC market. FQHCs are typically on a...

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COO

Regarding athenahealth's long-term plans, I'm excited about how they've redeveloped the platform...

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COO

We looked at other vendors a few years ago when athenahealth was struggling to figure out how to...

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COO

athenahealth's long-term strategy of thinking like a payer has been the biggest benefit from working...

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Director

athenahealth could do better at training. They focus strongly on the clinical area. Their training...

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VP/Other Executive

When we contact athenahealth, we get somebody offshore on the first and second lines of support. The...

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VP/Other Executive

I would not choose athenaCollector again. The issue is the back end. What we do with the solution is...

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VP/Other Executive

The markets with smaller populations are vastly underserved in athenahealth's model. athenahealth's...

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Manager

athenahealth has a prompt turnaround time. They will address situations in a timely manner and come...

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Manager

athenahealth’s support team is usually pretty quick, but sometimes the responses they give are not...

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Manager

There are pieces of athenaCollector that don’t work quite how I would like them to. Those workflow...

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CIO

We are very engaged with athenahealth, all the way to the CEO level.

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CIO

When an organization uses multiple offerings from athenahealth, there is a consolidation of various...

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Director

athenahealth has continued developing athena Collector. They stalled out for a while, but now they...

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Director

From our revenue cycle team members' perspective, athenahealth is already developing some of their...

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Director

We use a third-party solution for electronic billing statements because athenaCollector’s...

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Director

athenahealth doesn't quickly meet requests for changes to athenaCollector. It is not that things are...

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VP/Other Executive

We have our athenahealth customer success manager, and they are a great asset. We meet with them...

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Manager

athenaCollector's reporting is very robust, so for our revenue cycle management piece, we get a lot...

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Manager

athenahealth’s customer service is good. Anytime I call with a ticket, the agents work with me and...

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Manager

A lot of things with athenaCollector are self-taught, but in the last upgrade, the vendor held more...

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Manager

athenaCollector does our payment posting, and they don't always review the EOB and put things into...

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Manager

I like athenaCollector's efficiency, especially in payment posting and cash flow. The system helps...

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Manager

athenahealth has a lot of add-on services, but I don’t think the prices are unfair or too high....

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Manager

The specific and tangible benefits our organization has seen from using multiple athenahealth...

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Manager

athenahealth provides extensive written education with their upgrades, and the training overall is...

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Director

athenahealth has done a good job with us with their insights dashboard. It provides us with some...

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Director

athenaCollector is a little more complicated, and it isn't as easy to use as the EHR. Sometimes we...

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Director

athenahealth’s support people have good intentions, but they don’t always solve the problem; they...

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Director

I would like to have a better view of the claim, regardless of where it is in the process. In other...

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Director

I would stay with athenahealth because most other sites in our organization have solutions from...

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Manager

We are looking at EHRs that fit our business goals and at what will be the most efficient for our...

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Manager

We always have issues with the vendor's support. That seems to be a big pain point for us at times...

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Manager

We seem to be doing well with athenaCollector. athenahealth has definitely made some improvements....

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Manager

The benefit of using multiple solutions from one vendor is that things are within the platform if...

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