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athenahealth company history timeline

1997

Athenahealth began in 1997 as Athena Women's Health, a women's health and birthing center in San Diego, California.

1998

In 1998, venture funder Mark Wilson offered to buy Athenahealth's software for $11 million.

1999

Yet while quality increased, costs followed in suit, and Bush and Park eventually closed their birthing center and started a medical data company called Athenahealth on the heels of the Internet boom of 1999.

2000

In 2000, Athenahealth's first client, Anchor Medical Associates, went live on athenaCollector, and in February, its first electronic claim was submitted.

2006

In 2006, it introduced Athena Clinical, which was “the first economically designed, service based”, electronic medical records system.

2007

Athenahealth announced an initial public offering of its common stock on June 22, 2007.

2008

Today, it is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol ATHN. In 2008, the company introduced Athena Communicator, which managed phone calls from customers.

2009

Athena Health purchased Anodyne Health in 2009.

2013

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2014

The Company has figured in the 2014 list of Deloitte Technology Fast 500 companies for its fast growth.

2015

For the fifth year in a row, the Boston Business Journal has honored Athena Health with the Best Place to Work for in 2015 Award.

2018

On June 6, 2018, Immelt was named executive chairman.

In November 2018, Athenahealth was bought by Elliott and Veritas Capital for $5.7 billion, and then merged with an organisation that Veritas Capital had acquired from GE Healthcare in April 2018.

2019

It traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ATHN until it was taken private in 2019.

2021

On January 28, 2021, the United States Department of Justice reported that Athenahealth has agreed to pay $18.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by paying illegal kickbacks to generate sales of its EHR product, athenaClinicals.

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Founded
1997
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Headquarters
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Founders
Jonathan Bush,Todd Park
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