Best Medical Billing Software

TheraNest is a mental health EHR and practice management platform now operated under the Ensora Health brand after previously being part of Therapy Brands. It covers scheduling with client self booking, a client portal, secure messaging, documentation, and an AI session assistant that drafts progress notes. Three tiers are available: Essentials at $29 per therapist per month for solo practitioners, Advanced at $59 per therapist per month which adds custom forms and 30 free monthly insurance transactions, and Premier at $89 per therapist per month with unlimited billing automation, eligibility checks, and reminders.

Annual billing reduces each tier's monthly rate, and a free trial is available before committing. Add-ons such as the Wiley Treatment Planner, telehealth, and eRx with PDMP checking carry separate monthly fees, and all therapists are billed a small annual AMA CPT license fee each December. The product remains best known by its original TheraNest name even though its parent company has rebranded.

athenaCollector is athenahealth's cloud-based medical billing and practice management service, combining software with a managed revenue cycle team that works claims on the practice's behalf. It automates claim submission and scrubbing using network-wide data from athenahealth's base of providers, verifies patient insurance eligibility in real time, and tracks denials to reduce rejected claims.

Rather than charging a flat license fee, athenaCollector is priced as a percentage of a practice's monthly collections plus clearinghouse costs, so athenahealth's revenue is tied to how much it helps a practice collect. athenahealth does not publish exact percentage rates or fixed plan prices; practices must request a custom quote based on size, specialty, and claim volume.

CollaborateMD is a cloud-based medical billing and practice management platform used by private practices and third-party medical billing companies. It centers on a built-in clearinghouse with thousands of payer edits, which the company reports gives it a 99% first-pass claim acceptance rate, along with real-time claim submission, eligibility checks, and over 125 customizable reports. It has been part of EverCommerce's EverHealth family since being acquired in 2019, alongside products like DrChrono and Updox.

The platform offers four tiers, Starter, Basic, Growth, and Unlimited, that scale by storage, reporting depth, and messaging volume, plus a separate medical billing package for billing companies. None of the plan prices are published; practices must request a custom quote, and the company states there are no contracts or start-up fees.

Claim.MD is a medical claims clearinghouse offering straightforward, published pricing rather than the custom quotes common among competitors. Its Basic plan starts at $30 per month for pay as you go usage, Small Volume costs $60 per month and covers up to 100 claims, ERA transactions, and eligibility checks, and the Unlimited plan is $120 per month with unlimited claims and ERA plus 1,000 monthly eligibility transactions. All tiers support 837P and 837I claim formats, CSV and print image formats, and electronic appeals.

The platform provides a documented REST API and SFTP access for integrating claims submission directly into other practice management or EHR systems, which has made it a common backend clearinghouse for third party platforms such as Jane and Healthie. Support is free and US based, available by phone during regular business hours. Additional per transaction charges apply beyond each plan's included volume, along with small fees for paper claims and attachments.