Shlomi Lavi /
Feb 17, 2023
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - PowerMed Billing or Athenahealth?
Athenahealth is more expensive to implement (TCO) than PowerMed Billing, and Athenahealth is rated higher (96/100) than PowerMed Billing (85/100). Athenahealth offers users more features (16) than PowerMed Billing (0).
Looking for the right Medical Billing solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:
PowerMed Vs. Athenahealth
PowerMed: Powermed is a privately held company based in Portland, Maine. PowerMed has been in the forefront of the EMR industry since inception, providing Medical Practice Management solutions, expertise and Healthcare IT leadership in the US and Internationally since the early 90's. In 2005 PowerMed released a fully integrated software suite developed from...
Athenahealth: athenahealth delivers cloud-based services for EHR, practice management and care coordination. Our mission is to be caregivers' most trusted service, helping them do well doing the right thing.
Who is more expensive? PowerMed Billing or Athenahealth?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Medical Billing software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for PowerMed Billing and Athenahealth.
PowerMed Billing price starts at $249 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 PowerMed Billing is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Medical Billing software. Athenahealth price starts at $140 per provider/month + 4% to 7% , When comparing Athenahealth to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Medical Billing software cost.
Bottom line: Athenahealth is more expensive than PowerMed Billing.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared PowerMed Billing Vs. Athenahealth based on some of the most important and required Medical Billing features.
PowerMed Billing: We are still working to collect the list of features for PowerMed Billing.
Athenahealth: Security, Accounting & Finance, Billing & Invoicing, Email, Task Management.
Target customer size
PowerMed Billing's typical customers include: SMBs,
Athenahealth's medical software is primarily designed for medical practices, including primary care physicians, specialists, and small to mid-size practices.