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WALTHAM, Mass. -- athenahealth, Inc., the premier provider of revenue cycle management services to medical group practices, announced that it has partnered with North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS), one of the nation's largest medical societies. NCMS is the sixth major medical society to select athenahealth as the preferred workflow, billing and collections solution for its membership.

Founded in 1849, NCMS is the oldest physician organization in the state and represents the interests of physicians while protecting the quality of patient care. Sensing the increasing financial pressures impacting its growing member base, the NCMS sought a new approach to medical practice management in order to help its members better manage their billing and claims.

"We went through an extensive evaluation to determine which revenue cycle management solution to recommend to our members, and athenahealth really provided everything we were looking for," explained Robert W. Seligson, executive vice president and CEO, North Carolina Medical Society. "athenahealth offers a unique and compelling service that no other vendor in the market came close to, and we feel confident that athenahealth programs and services will benefit our members. We field calls from our member physicians telling us how thrilled they are with athenahealth because they no longer have to spend countless hours on billing or filing claims - they can focus on spending quality time with their patients."

North Carolina joins a fast growing group of athenahealth partners, which already includes the Ohio State Medical Association, the Medical Society of the State of New York, the California Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Southern Medical Association, Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Co., MedVirginia, and Memorial Hermann Health Network Providers, among others.

"We're thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with one of the oldest and most established medical societies in the nation," said Todd Park, chief development officer and co-founder of athenahealth. "It is very exciting for us to see the way state medical societies like NCMS really share our commitment to fixing what has become a chronic illness in the healthcare system. Together we are going to help physicians stop losing money they have earned, get back the huge portion of their time now spent on paperwork, and get back to doing what they became doctors for in the first place - delivering quality care to patients."

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