Location: Watertown, Mass.
Type of company: Health IT
Meet the organization: In 1997, athenahealth got its start as a medical practice and birthing center in California known as athena women's health. The company has since evolved into a leading provider of cloud-based services for EHR, revenue cycle management and medical billing, patient engagement and population health management to healthcare organizations. With roughly 4,610 employees, athenahealth serves 72,314 providers across the U.S. athenahealth has been recognized repeatedly on Boston Business Journal's "Best Places to Work" list and The Boston Globe's "Top Places to Work" list.
Added benefits: To support a positive work-life balance, athenahealth has lenient work-from-home policies, office sports teams and clubs, subsidized organic food options at work, incentive-based fitness programs and gym memberships as well as an on-site company masseuse. In addition to medical benefits packages, athenahealth offers employees supplemental perks such as paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave and a mortgage discount program.
