MD Clarity Partners With Athenahealth To Streamline Healthcare Payments And Revenue

In a significant move towards enhancing healthcare financial transparency and efficiency, MD Clarity has announced its collaboration with athenahealth, Inc. through the athenahealth® Marketplace program. This partnership marks a pivotal step in providing healthcare providers with advanced tools for patient pre-service cost estimates, detection of payment variances, and strengthened managed care agreement negotiations.

MD Clarity's integration into the athenahealth® Marketplace avails its sophisticated software platform to athenahealth’s extensive network of healthcare providers. The primary aim is to improve key financial metrics such as net revenue, accounts receivable days, and cost-to-collect for revenue cycle and finance teams. Dan Freeman, CEO of MD Clarity, emphasized the dual benefit of the partnership, stating, "Providers deserve to be paid fairly by health insurers, and patients have a right to know what the financial impact will be on them when getting care." This collaboration is set to ensure optimal payment for providers and transparent financial dealings for patients.

athenahealth stands out as a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems across the nation. Its suite of services includes electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement tools that facilitate better financial outcomes for practices while enabling providers to deliver superior quality care. The vision behind athenahealth’s efforts is to foster an ecosystem that supports accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for everyone.

A Community of Innovation

By joining the athenahealth Marketplace, MD Clarity becomes part of an innovative community aimed at delivering top-tier solutions to healthcare providers. The Marketplace serves as the largest EHR app store, offering over 400 solutions across more than 60 medical specialties. These solutions are designed to enhance practice efficiency, patient satisfaction, and patient engagement in their own care by seamlessly integrating with athenaOne, athenahealth’s network-enabled platform.

About MD Clarity

MD Clarity is renowned for its powerful software platform that revolutionizes the revenue cycle management of healthcare organizations. With capabilities such as pre-service patient estimates and deposits, automated detection of variances between payer payments and contracted rates, and managed care agreement rate benchmarking and scenario modeling, MD Clarity empowers Revenue Cycle and Finance teams to significantly improve their cash flow. Having served more than 150,000 providers over a decade, MD Clarity continues to capture the complexities of managed care agreements within its innovative software platform.

The partnership between MD Clarity and athenahealth represents a forward step in addressing the complexities of healthcare financial management. By leveraging MD Clarity’s capabilities within the athenahealth® Marketplace, healthcare providers can now navigate the financial aspects of healthcare delivery with greater ease and transparency. This collaboration not only benefits providers but also plays a crucial role in informing patients about their healthcare costs upfront, thereby enhancing the overall healthcare experience.

For more information on MD Clarity’s integrated application within the athenahealth Marketplace, interested parties are encouraged to visit MD Clarity’s product listing page on the Marketplace.