athenahealth launches 80+ AI-native features for revenue cycle automation

athenahealth announced a major platform update with over 80 AI-native features designed to automate manual revenue cycle tasks. The enhancements target prior authorization, coding suggestions, denial prediction, and patient payment estimation. For practices using athenahealth, this represents a significant workflow shift; the vendor claims it can eliminate up to 70% of manual RCM work. Evaluate the rollout schedule for your instance and plan staff training. For practices on other platforms, this move signals increased competitive pressure for EHR vendors to deliver similar AI-driven automation, likely accelerating market-wide adoption of these tools in the next 12–18 months.