Compare Practice ULTRA and Athenahealth - Feb 2023

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Practice ULTRA or Athenahealth?

Athenahealth is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Practice ULTRA, and Athenahealth is rated higher (96/100) than Practice ULTRA (83/100). Athenahealth offers users more features (16) than Practice ULTRA (13).

Looking for the right Practice Management 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:

American Medical Software Vs. Athenahealth

American Medical Software: American Medical Software is proud to be celebrating 30 years of excellence in the medical software industry. Building upon our excellent company history, AMS continues to lead the industry by providing and maintaining the greatest value in medical office software systems for physicians of all specialties. Since our beginning in 1984, we have sold ...

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? Practice ULTRA or Athenahealth?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Practice Management 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 Practice ULTRA and Athenahealth.

Practice ULTRA accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Practice Management ULTRA is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Practice Management 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 Practice Management software cost.

Bottom line: Athenahealth is more expensive than Practice ULTRA.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Practice ULTRA Vs. Athenahealth based on some of the most important and required Practice Management features.

Practice ULTRA: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Accounting & Finance, Billing & Invoicing, Scheduling, Billing & Invoicing, Inventory Management, Appointment Management, Charting, E-Prescribing.

Athenahealth: Security, Accounting & Finance, Billing & Invoicing, Email, Task Management.

Target customer size

The software is a viable product for medical practices of all sizes.

Athenahealth's medical software is primarily designed for medical practices, including primary care physicians, specialists, and small to mid-size practices.