Andrew Eriksen

Don't Be Fooled by the athenaHealth Hype

I am a former Practice Executive that decided to start a company about 6 months ago called, Physicians World Online. We specialize in Revenue Cycle Management much like AthenaHealth but we have decided to take it a step further and offer free Electronic Medical Records for all of our clients. We started offering a standardized approach to EMR software but found that it just takes too much to make a doctor happy. Instead, we decided to allow them to choose the software they prefer and we then simply interface with it. I think that Athena is going to run into problems in the implementation aspect of their EMR solution as well as Physicians resistant to using a billing companies software.


To help differentiate ourselves from Athena, Physicians World Online now offers discounted medical supplies, website development, compounded drugs and legal/credentialing services. Http://PhysiciansWorld...


What happens if the client leaves Athena? This is the biggest problem about unique programs offered by billing companies.

I have personally seen with clients that they have had bad experiences with Athena's customer service in addition to the lack of support for their product. What they do have going for them is the need within healthcare for solutions to help practices make more revenue and reduce costs. They do not have much competition but our company is growing at 300% per month so just give us some time.....