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    athenaIDX

    Score1 out of 10
    N/AathenaIDX is an on-premise or cloud-hosted enterprise RCM solution that helps health systems, hospitals, billing services, and large practices optimize financial performance and successfully adapt to healthcare payment reform. It is based on the Centricity medical practice and EMR software that was formerly owned and supported by GE Healthcare acquired by Veritas Capital in 2018, spun off into a new entity (Virence Health), and then rebranded as a product of athenahealth (also a Veritas…N/A

    Quadient Accounts Receivable

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AQuadient Accounts Receivable, formerly YayPay but acquired by Quadient in 2020, is presented as a complete accounts receivable management platform that gives user's teams more time, more insight, and more control.N/A
    Pricing
    athenaIDXQuadient Accounts Receivable
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    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Accounts Receivable
    Comparison of Accounts Receivable features of athenaIDX and Quadient Accounts Receivable
    Feature
    athenaIDX
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    Ratings
    Quadient Accounts Receivable
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Invoice Control00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Payment Tracking00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Credit Management00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Aging Reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customer Statements00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Automatic Reminders00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Payment Reconciliation00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
    Dispute Resolution00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Financial Reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Integration with Accounting Systems:00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    User Ratings
    athenaIDXQuadient Accounts Receivable
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Professional Services
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    athenaIDXQuadient Accounts Receivable
    Likelihood to Recommend
    athenahealth
    I couldn't recommend IDX to anyone. Most of the reviews on this site appear to be for the program that broke off from Athena IDX, Centricity Practice Solutions (CPS). CPS is a much more capable program managed by Unlimited Systems (a separate company) that should NOT be confused with Athena IDX (managed by Athena Health). It's possible that Athena IDX was usable in the 90s compared to other peer programs at that time, but there are so, so many better, modern solutions available now for far less money. This software is priced at the enterprise level with a level of quality that is below budget tier with an ancient feature set to boot.
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    Quadient
    Great for automating dunning letters and standard customer communications. Great for dashboards for the collections teams. Easy to manage reporting that syncs with our in-house ERP, NetSuite. Senior management can review the dashboard to monitor overall performance. Can be hard to maintain a separate login for another ERP system.
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    Pros
    athenahealth
    • One of the best things about Centricity is it is flexible. We are able to add a data point behind a term (CPS calls this an observation term) and track any data needed. These observation terms also allow us to pull information forward and display information needed to make a good decision or used to decrease errors. For example in our history forms given to the patients one of the questions is side of injury. This affected side displays on our EMR forms which helps providers and prevents mistakes.
    • CPS integrates with other programs. We are paperless and use DocuSign to send each patient their history, ROS and all new paperwork. This allows us to import the history into the forms and has saved us from adding extra staff (FTEs) to room and take history. The history form can be completed at home or in the waiting room. Each section has a observation term behind it and allows it to be placed into the note at the correct section. Since we have a fully integrated product we do not have to have another program to enter or transfer our charges from the EMR to the PM side of the program.
    • Our notes look great! We did a lot of customization which gave us the detail and look we wanted. It seems like a lot of work at first, but the outcome has so much efficacy. We increased our providers without having to increase our staffing and it is due to he efficiencies we gained by using the EMR.
    • One other note, Centricity is flexible but that means it is complicated. You can not have flexibility without it be complicated don't let that stop you the end results can be great.
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    Quadient
    • Self serve and easy access to customer documents
    • provides a full audit of all collection notes for any invoice in a single repository of data
    • Allows your collection team to become more proactive on issues than reactive - the automated services Quadient offers remove a lot of the manual human tasks
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    Cons
    athenahealth
    • Statements print only current open accounts, would be nice to print a total statement for patients so they can see if payments are split between open and closed/zeroed out accounts
    • Ability to create custom reports
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    Quadient
    • Being able to tell clients which invoices were applied to for payment application
    • More analytical tools
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    Likelihood to Renew
    athenahealth
    No answers on this topic
    Quadient
    Yay Pay has saved a lot of time. Integrates the billing and invoicing departments and is helpful to the revenue team to track customers and timing of payments. The AR and billing teams can share information with others and allows sharing of information that previously was hard to manage. Yay Pay integrates very well with Net Suite
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    Usability
    athenahealth
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    Quadient
    I love the usability, the way the information is divided is very well though out and it flows nicely. The only thing I would point out is that sometimes the search engine show no results and when I know that cannot be correct, I refresh the page and the information shows up. It would be nice if if the connection is not good or the website is not sure if the information is correct, it would tell me, not say it is not there
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    athenahealth
    Training consists of overly specific points with no general process considerations. Trainers will regularly go 'into the weeds' on pointless edge cases while the meat of the training still needs to be addressed.
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    Quadient
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    Alternatives Considered
    athenahealth
    Athena IDX is more reliable than other platforms. It rarely has latency challenges where it has to be intermittently shut down or updated. It is accessible on multiple devices and overall, easy to use and navigate.
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    Quadient
    Very similar to Tesorio - more cost effective but less savvy in forecasting piece. Quadient customer service is A+. Much more functional workflow capability than NetSuite
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    athenahealth
    The pricing structure is outlandish for how old and feature poor this program is.
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    Quadient
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    athenahealth
    Zero ownership. Zero responsibility. Zero desire to build something good.
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    Quadient
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    athenahealth
    • Extremely expensive software for the limited feature set. We're talking millions of dollars with off hours support (anything outside of 8-6EST) that starts at $1200 for the first hour and $300 for each hour afterwards.
    • Multitasking isn't a thing unless you assign more licenses (thereby increasing your costs). Users can quite literally only have one IDX window open at a time unless you assign more licenses. This slows down everyone as there are plenty of times where examining different parts of a patient's profile is useful.
    • Reporting has been nearly impossible as we use modern reporting software. IDX's analytics site is firmly stuck in the 1990s and lacks decades of innovation present in something like Power BI.
    • Nickel and diming philosophy. A limited API server costs ~$10k/month. Setting up a new facility in IDX costs you and requires a 4 month lead time. Many more instances of this.
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    Quadient
    • Decrease in our DSO which was relatively high before
    • Ease of use by our customers to gather statements or invoices
    • Ease of use platform for all employees
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    ScreenShots

    Quadient Accounts Receivable Screenshots

    Screenshot of a dashboard showing where cash can be allocated back to the ERP automatically - whether remittance data is included or not - allowing for increased accuracy, higher productivity, and reduced risk of manual errors.Screenshot of an example customizable resolution and escalation workflow.Screenshot of an example custom report. These combine AR data with machine learning to predict cash flow, build credit score cards and assess payor behavior. Advanced reporting and machine learning capabilities can enable B2B finance teams to make better business decisions.Screenshot of the advanced credit module used to mitigate credit risk while driving more reliable sales for B2B finance teams.Screenshot of an example configurable, and automated, collection workflow.Screenshot of the multi-channel and multi-format invoice delivery feature that enables users contact customers, in their preferred format, for a better payment experience.