The athenahealth podcast

Episode 13: Growing and reducing costs via clinically integrated networks

The Alaska Provider Network is a clinically integrated network (CIN) -- a group of independent healthcare providers who collaborate on best practices to improve cost, quality, and patient care, as well as the efficiency and wellbeing of providers. The largest benefit for the members of Alaska Provider Network is access to collective data. Clinicians can use this data practice to better identify high-risk patients and prepare the appropriate treatment. Learn more about opportunities for growth and cost reduction through clinically integrated networks in today's episode of the athenahealth podcast.

Episode 12: How Medicare cuts could impact your practice

This month, we take an in-depth look on how proposed cuts to Medicare payment rates threaten to jeopardize patient access to care – and your rates of reimbursement. What can you can do about it? Listen to learn more – and visit FixMedicareNow.org for even more information.

Episode 11: Get paid more, with less work

We know your focus is on caring for the patients in your community -- but we also know you can't provide the best possible care if you're not getting paid for the services you provide. We go in-depth today on tips and tricks for reducing the manual work involved in claim submission and other billing workflows in athenaOne.
Don't forget to register for Thrive, athenahealth's annual summit, taking place in Austin, TX, in October! Registration closes September 20.

Episode 10: Driving digital engagement with your patients

Now, more than ever, patients are discerning consumers -- and patients want to be able to book appointments, complete pre-appointment tasks, and pay their bills from their digital devices, at their convenience. In this conversation with Curtis Sherbo, who leads the patient experience division at athenahealth, we walk through the tools available in athenaOne designed to help you better meet your patients where they are.
Don't forget to register for Thrive, athenahealth's annual summit -- click here to register.

Episode 9: The Summer 2023 Release, with Dr. Nele Jessel

Get an in-depth overview of the enhancements to clinical workflows -- including the first in a series of updates to the Clinical Inbox -- in athenaOne in the Summer 2023 Release, coming during the week of July 24. To learn more about the new features, check out the Summer 2023 Release Centers on the Success Community
Be sure to register now for Thrive, athenahealth's annual summit -- happening in Austin, Texas, from October 9-11. Here's how to register >
Don't forget to check out the athenahealth Marketplace -- solutions that can integrate seamlessly with athenaOne.
Have a topic you want us to cover in a future episode? Email podcast@athenahealth.com. 

Episode 8: How we test new features for athenaOne

Every major enhancement we release in athenaOne undergoes extensive alpha and beta testing with users like you. Want to make your voice heard by getting involved in testing features before they're released to everyone? Interested in learning more about available alpha and beta tests? Check out the Product Research and the Active Alpha/Beta Opportunities pages on the Success Community.
If you have topics you'd like to hear us cover in a future podcast, email podcast@athenahealth.com.

Episode 7: How your feedback improves athenaOne

Our goal is to build the athenaOne that best supports your patient care -- and we can only do that by partnering closely with clinicians and staff who use athenaOne every day. Hear from the members of the Clinical Advisory Board, clinicians and administrators from around the country who meet regularly with athenahealth engineers to give their input on features in active development, as well as from our Voice of the Customer team, whose job it is to amplify the feedback of all athenaOne users to help us prioritize the enhancements we have planned.
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Episode 6: Succeeding in Quality programs starts now

Rules, regulations, and requirements for Quality programs are complex and constantly changing -- but we're here to help. Hear from two of the experts who work to support your success in Quality programs on the steps you can take now to set yourself up for easier and more successful Quality submissions for PY2023, particularly with MIPS.
Want to know more? Register now to join us for a panel discussion webinar with other athenaOne users about their strategies for Quality suggest at noon ET on April 20. 
Be sure to check out the athenahealth Marketetplace at marketplace.athenahealth.com. Thoughts on the podcast? Let us know at podcast@athenahealth.com.

Episode 5: The Spring 2023 Release, with Paul Brient

Hear from Chief Product Officer Paul Brient about the enhancements coming in the Spring 2023 Release during the week of March 20, including the new athenaPatient app and added automation to insurance card selection and claim updating workflows. For more information on the Spring 2023 Release, check out the Success Community.
Be sure to check out the athenahealth Marketetplace at marketplace.athenahealth.com. If you're interested in our Client Advocacy program, email us at ClientAdvocacyPrograms@athenahealth.com. 
Thoughts on the podcast? Let us know at podcast@athenahealth.com.

Episode 4: athenaPatient

This episode was presented by Qure4u; click here to learn more about Qure4u. Interested in learning more about other Marketplace partners? Visit marketplace.athenahealth.com.
Your patients can manage almost everything about in their lives on their phones. As of the Spring 2023 Release in March, your patients will be able to message their care team, view upcoming appointments, and review lab results on  the new athenaPatient app -- a complement to the Patient Portal for both iOS and Android. In this episode, we go in-depth on the athenaPatient app and our plans to continue to add functionality.
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