Triangle Orthopaedic Selects athenahealth's Practice Management Service

athenahealth, Inc., the premier provider of web-based services, knowledge, and software for medical practices, today announced that Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, P.A., a leading orthopaedic surgical group with over 60 providers and nine locations, has selected athenahealth’s athenaNet(R) practice management system to bolster its financial and operational performance.

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"We have used a number of traditional software-based practice management systems over the years and decided that those systems were not allowing our medical practice to optimize our operation and there was obvious room for improvement," said William Mallon, M.D., of Triangle Orthopaedic Associates and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. "athenahealth’s web-based practice management solution is designed explicitly to provide a return on investment for medical practices. By leveraging the network power of thousands of physicians around the country our practice has experienced financial improvement in a short amount of time which means we can now concentrate on patient care and the strategic direction of our practice."

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As part of athenahealth’s practice management offering, its revenue cycle management solution applies an industry-unique combination of intuitive software, billing intelligence, and results-oriented services. The service provides continually updated payer-specific coding rules and E & M coding reviews to help providers optimize reimbursement. All areas of the practice are able to share billing history information for patients and monitor performance on best practice metrics which are automatically tracked and reported in athenaNet nationally. Through the system, physicians are also alerted to relevant payer rules that need to be considered to ensure proper documentation and efficient billing processes.

"We are thrilled to be working with a leading medical group like Triangle Orthopaedic Associates that has over 50 years of experience delivering care and evaluating vendors in our space," said Jonathan Bush, chairman and CEO for athenahealth. "It is refreshing to see established medical practices starting to realize that practice management software alone is not capable of keeping pace with the ever changing supply chain within the healthcare industry. athenahealth is committed to delivering the consistent and measurable results of our practice management service and not just our award winning software."