Athenahealth to Add ACOs, CINs as Marketplace Partners

Health IT vendor athenahealth has announced that practices across its network can now use the athenahealth Marketplace to find, choose, and integrate with risk-bearing organizations, including accountable care organizations.

The company said it would soon be announcing initial ACOs in the Marketplace, with additional partners joining in the coming months, including clinically integrated networks (CINs), independent practice associations (IPAs), and management services organizations (MSOs).

In addition to helping practices connect with vetted ACOs, athenahealth said it is working to solve key pain points that keep practices from succeeding in value-based care. Practices can leverage its infrastructure to eliminate tedious, manual reporting and connect disparate workflows. The company said this can facilitate the flow of data across systems and surface insights at the point of care for providers in the network. 

The company’s partners include risk-bearing organizations, who can now join athenahealth’s Marketplace to reach the company’s provider base of more than 160,000 providers. 

Member organizations can then leverage athenahealth’s system of APIs and athenaOne’s AI-driven workflow to extract member data across their network at scale, share care gaps and other key patient insights, and drive quality care campaigns, the company said.  

"As practices consider VBC contracts, they are often faced with the challenge of managing new workflows and systems, adding more administrative burden. Athenahealth is removing barriers by seamlessly connecting practices with the risk-bearing organization, sharing the needed data, and ensuring that providers have the necessary information for them to succeed in the program at the point of care, in the athenahealth workflow they already use,” said Paul Brient, chief product officer at athenahealth, in a statement. “By providing the right data, integrations, and technological capabilities, we make it easy for practices to transition to and succeed in these arrangements.”