AthenaClinicals

Athenahealth, Inc. (ATHN) is a publicly traded American company that provides multiple solutions for physicians and hospital systems. Services include the following: medical billing, practice management, and an integrated electronic medical record (EMR) service. The company was founded in 1997 in San Diego, California, and today is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, with operational sites in Belfast, Maine; San Francisco, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Princeton, New Jersey; and Chennai, India.

History

Athenahealth was started in 1997 by Jonathan Bush, nephew of George. W. Bush, Athenahealth cofounders Jonathan Bush and Todd Park. In the early stages, Athenahealth began as women's health and birthing practice in San Diego, California, called Athena Healthcare. The startup ran into resistance from obtaining reimbursement by insurance companies. Due to their difficulties, they looked for solutions of practice management to streamline their practice, cut overhead and interact with third party insurance companies. After unsuccessfully finding a solution, they created Athenahealth as a solution to these issues other medical practices had. Ed Park,Todd's brother was hired as a software developer and they developed an EMR with a rules engine for billing purposes.