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athenahealth , Inc. named a "Business of the Decade" by the Boston Business Journal.

athenahealth , Inc., a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, announced it has been named a "Business of the Decade" by the Boston Business Journal. athenahealth was recognized as one of 10 Boston-area businesses that have secured a reputation as an industry role model and innovator over the past decade.

The publication commended athenahealth for its solid growth, which was driven by the Company's passion for physician practice management services and acute knowledge of the medical insurance industry and government health care programs. Additionally, athenahealth's role as a web-based service provider, not only a developer of software functionality, has contributed to its ongoing success.

"It's an honor to be mentioned in the same breath as respected companies like Genzyme and Raytheon that are well known regionally and nationally, and this group serves as a shining example of Boston's standing as a hot bed of innovation and a hub for game changers. We at athenahealth are proud of the foundation we've laid in the realm of healthcare IT and look forward to continuing to show how the internet can be used to inject efficiencies into the delivery of healthcare throughout the decade ahead," commented Jonathan Bush, athenahealth's Chairman and CEO.

athenahealth offers over 1,500 medical practice clients in 43 states a network-based electronic health record (EHR) service, athenaClinicals, that is fully integrated with the Company's revenue cycle management service, athenaCollector. The combined software-enabled services (SeS) include continually updated payer-specific billing rules, advanced e-prescribing capabilities, back-office processing specialists, and coding support tools that help medical providers to enhance patient care and obtain appropriate reimbursement.

Highlighting the Company's continued industry innovation, in November 2009, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued athenahealth a patent entitled, 'Practice Management and Billing Automation System' for its unique athenaNet(R) rules engine. Additionally, in 2009, athenahealth announced a major collaboration with Cook Children's Health Care System of Fort Worth, Texas and Microsoft Corporation to develop a nationwide clinical platform that will aim to connect thousands of medical providers across 22 states in an effort to drive better pediatric patient outcomes, grant greater patient access to medical data, while lowering overall healthcare costs.

Source: athenahealth

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