Athelas
Athelas is a Commure-owned healthcare AI subsidiary that provides an integrated platform combining RCM, an EHR (Air), ambient AI scribing, AI agents, and an FDA-cleared hematology analyzer, serving 500+ healthcare organizations across 3,000+ sites of care including HCA and Tenet.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2016
- HeadquartersMountain View, United States
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Athelas does
Athelas is a Mountain View, California-based healthcare AI company operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commure, founded in 2016 and acquired by Commure in October 2023. The company has evolved from its origins in remote patient monitoring into an integrated, AI-native platform spanning five core products: Athelas Air (an EHR with embedded AI receptionist, scheduling, compliance checks, and patient portal), Ambient AI (a clinical documentation co-pilot and autonomous coding layer), RCM (Revenue Cycle Management with AI Denial Defense, Remittance Recon Agents, AI browser agents, and a configurable rules engine running dozens of automations), Athelas Home (an FDA 510(k)-cleared, CLIA-waived point-of-care hematology analyzer using on-device computer vision and a deep-learning model), and Athelas Agents (a suite of autonomous AI agents for scheduling, billing, appeals, and patient outreach). The platform is built on an ONC (g)(10) certified FHIR R4B API with US Core 6.1.0 compliance and integrates with more than 60 EHR systems, processing tens of billions of dollars in annual payments and supporting tens of millions of appointments per year with more than 85% of RCM work completed without a human in the loop.
Athelas serves a dual-segment customer base: large enterprise health systems (130+ of the nation's largest, including HCA Healthcare and Tenet Healthcare) and mid-market specialty physician practices across physical therapy, orthopedics, dermatology, urology, ENT, gastroenterology, urgent care, podiatry, and FQHCs. The company employs 101–250 people (with Forward Deployed Engineering teams supporting implementation), and in May 2026 announced a $70 million financing at a $7 billion post-money valuation led by General Catalyst, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Kirkland & Ellis, to scale R&D in agentic AI and expand into global healthcare markets.
The business model combines multi-product SaaS subscriptions (Air, Ambient AI, RCM, Agents), performance- and transaction-based RCM fees (denial management, patient collections, SmartPay), and hardware sales for Athelas Home devices deployed in homes, ambulatory settings, and pharmacies. Pricing is custom and quote-based, segmented by provider count and product bundle, sold primarily through direct enterprise field sales, inside-sales for mid-market practices, industry conference presence, and technology partnerships (e.g., Clinekt Health, Cape Cod Rehab). Customer outcomes reported in published case studies include 95% first-pass claim rates, 50% denial reductions, and tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars in monthly revenue gains, supporting land-and-expand economics across multi-site provider groups.
Athelas firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Athelas
- Legal name
- Athelas, LLC
- Website
- https://athelas.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2016
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Athelas is a Commure-owned healthcare AI subsidiary that provides an integrated platform combining RCM, an EHR (Air), ambient AI scribing, AI agents, and an FDA-cleared hematology analyzer, serving 500+ healthcare organizations across 3,000+ sites of care including HCA and Tenet.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Athelas industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Healthcare Practice Management Software
- NAICS
- Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)
- akta.pro primary industry
- EHR/EMR Integration & Interoperability Middleware (HL7/FHIR) (HLALAKAD)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- EHR Extensions, APIs, App Marketplaces & SMART-on-FHIR Apps (HLACAAAN), Medical-Grade Device Connectivity & Device Management (MDM) (HLACAFAG), RPM Reimbursement, Billing & Program Operations Platforms (HLACAFAN)
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Where Athelas is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Mountain View
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Athelas business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Platform Subscription (RCM + Ambient AI + Air EHR + Agents): Recurring SaaS subscriptions across the integrated Athelas/Commure platform covering RCM tools, Ambient AI scribing, the Air EHR, and Athelas Agents, sold as a multi-product platform with upsell across modules.
- RCM Managed Services / Performance-based Fees: End-to-end revenue cycle management services for healthcare practices (Athelas RCM), including claim submission, denial management, patient responsibility collections, and reporting; includes performance-driven components tied to collections, recoveries, and automation rates.
- Athelas Home Diagnostics Device Sales / Deployment: Revenue tied to the FDA-cleared Athelas Home CLIA-waived hematology analyzer deployed in home and point-of-care settings (ambulatory providers, pharmacies), enabling frequent Absolute Neutrophil Count testing for chemotherapy, immunosuppressive therapy, and Clozapine patients.
- Enterprise Health System Licensing: Large-scale enterprise deployments inside health systems (130+ of the largest including HCA Healthcare and Tenet Healthcare), processing tens of billions of dollars in annual payments; includes expansion to global healthcare markets.
- Patient Responsibility Collections / SmartPay: Athelas handles patient responsibility collection flows (including SmartPay technology, bulk auto-charging of saved cards, and in-office collection workflows), generating a percentage-based or transaction-based component of revenue tied to patient balances collected.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Custom quote-based pricing by product bundle and provider count |
Go-to-market motion4 records
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels8 records
Athelas product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Athelas develops an AI-native healthcare practice platform that unifies revenue cycle management (RCM), an electronic health record (Air EHR), ambient AI clinical documentation, AI workflow agents, and an FDA-cleared CLIA-waived hematology analyzer (Athelas Home). The platform is sold primarily to U.S. health systems and specialty physician practices to automate claims, denial management, charting, scheduling, and patient communications.
Product overview
Athelas operates as a multi-module healthcare AI platform unified under the Commure parent company, with five core product lines that fit together as an integrated offering. The platform centers on Air EHR, a unified electronic health record that natively embeds Ambient AI (formerly Scribe) for ambient clinical documentation and connects to Athelas Agents — a suite of AI-powered extensions including an Autonomous AI Receptionist, Clinical Agents, and Search Agents — that automate clinical and administrative workflows. Rounding out the portfolio, RCM (Revenue Cycle Management) handles end-to-end billing and claims automation with AI Denial Defense and Remittance Recon Agents, while Athelas Home is a standalone FDA-cleared, CLIA-waived point-of-care hematology analyzer that feeds results directly into the EHR. Underpinning the platform, the Athelas FHIR API (ONC (g)(10) certified, US Core 6.1.0 compliant) provides standardized integration with 60+ EHR systems.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Athelas Ambient AI: Ambient AI scribe and clinical documentation/coding suite (formerly Scribe).
- Athelas Air
- Athelas RCM
- Athelas Home
- Athelas Agents
Products and services
- Ambient AI (formerly Scribe) Ambient clinical documentation AI that listens to patient-provider encounters and automatically generates structured clinical notes, CPT/ICD-10 codes, and syncs them to the EHR in real time; targeted at physicians, advanced practice providers, and specialty practices across the U.S.
- Air EHR All-in-one electronic health record platform that combines clinical charting, scheduling, patient portal, ambient AI documentation, an autonomous AI receptionist, compliance checks, and embedded revenue cycle management for healthcare practices and large health systems.
- Athelas RCM (Revenue Cycle Management) End-to-end revenue cycle management platform that automates medical billing, claim submission, denial management with AI Denial Defense, remittance reconciliation via AI agents, patient responsibility collection (SmartPay), and revenue analytics; sold to healthcare practices, FQHCs, urgent care, and large health systems.
- Athelas Home (CLIA-waived Hematology Analyzer) FDA 510(k)-cleared, CLIA-waived AI-powered hematology analyzer that uses an on-device neural-network computer vision model to deliver white blood cell count and neutrophil percentage results from a finger-prick blood sample in minutes; deployed with home patients, ambulatory providers, and pharmacies for chemotherapy, immunosuppressive therapy, and Clozapine monitoring.
- Athelas Agents Suite of AI-powered agents that act as virtual staff for scheduling, billing, appeals, clinical Q&A, and 24/7 patient access via an autonomous AI receptionist; extends the Air EHR and RCM platforms for healthcare practices and large health systems.
Companies that use Athelas
Customer profileNamed customers34 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Athelas technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration4 records
AI capability13 records
Feature10 records
Athelas partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Five partnerships are on record, tiered mid, core, major (customer + referenced adoption partner) and major (acquisition by parent).
- Cape Cod RehabmidAthelas is the technology partner for Cape Cod Rehab, providing RCM and EHR capabilities plus workflow automation to reduce administrative burden on clinicians in a physical therapy / rehabilitation setting. Cape Cod Rehab described Athelas as a 'clear choice.'
- Rock ValleymidDirector of Operations AIR Jake Pelligrini describes Athelas' partnership with Rock Valley as a 'true partnership' to push the product to an even greater spot, leveraging Rock Valley's scale and experience to deliver a seamless Air EHR experience.
- Clinekt HealthcoreAthelas announced a partnership with Clinekt Health to integrate its automation capabilities with Clinekt's AI-driven patient pre-screening and routing tools for specialty practices. The collaboration aims to create a fully automated pipeline from initial website visit to booked appointment.
- HCA Healthcaremajor (customer + referenced adoption partner)HCA Healthcare is referenced in the Commure 'Future of Medical Coding' blog as a leading health system adopting AI-assisted medical coding, autonomous coding, and real-time decision support technologies integrated with the Commure/Athelas platform.
- Augmedixmajor (acquisition by parent)Athelas's parent company Commure acquired AI medical scribe platform Augmedix for $139M (announced 2024) following its October 2023 acquisition of Athelas. The two acquisitions demonstrate Commure's strategic push to build out AI capabilities across medical documentation and revenue cycle management.
Scale indicators16 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Athelas competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Nabla: AI medical scribe that converts patient-provider conversations into structured clinical notes. Direct competitor to Athelas Ambient AI for ambulatory and specialty practices.
- Suki AI: AI voice-enabled clinical assistant that generates notes and documentation for clinicians, with deep EHR integration. Direct competitor in the AI ambient scribe / physician productivity space.
- Abridge: AI medical documentation platform that ambiently generates clinical notes and integrates with EHRs including Epic. Direct competitor to Athelas's Ambient AI and Athelas Air offerings for health systems and physician practices.
- DeepScribe: AI-powered medical scribing and ambient documentation platform built for specialty practices. Direct competitor in the AI medical documentation market targeting the same specialty physician customer base.
- eClinicalWorks: Integrated EHR, practice management, and RCM platform serving ambulatory practices and FQHCs. Closely comparable bundled offering to Athelas Air + RCM for specialty and mid-market practices.
- athenahealth: Cloud-based EHR, practice management, and RCM platform serving physician practices and health systems. Direct competitor across Athelas's EHR + RCM + ambient AI bundle for ambulatory and enterprise customers.
- NextGen Healthcare: EHR, practice management, and RCM platform focused on specialty ambulatory practices. Closely comparable to Athelas's mid-market specialty practice strategy and product bundling.
- R1 RCM: End-to-end revenue cycle management services and technology for hospitals and large physician groups. Direct competitor in the RCM segment Athelas serves with its RCM and AI Denial Defense offerings.
- Waystar: Cloud-based revenue cycle management platform for healthcare organizations covering claims management, denials, and patient payments. Direct competitor to Athelas's RCM product line.
Others
- Augmedix: AI medical scribe platform acquired by Commure (Athelas's parent) for $139M in 2024. Sister company under the same parent, with overlapping ambient AI scribing capabilities and similar specialty-practice customer base.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat8 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Athelas social profiles
Digital presenceAthelas compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance4 records
Athelas financial estimates
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Valuation estimate
Athelas leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
Athelas funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds7 records
Investors14 records
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Athelas M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Athelas
What does Athelas do?
Athelas develops an AI-native healthcare practice platform that unifies revenue cycle management (RCM), an electronic health record (Air EHR), ambient AI clinical documentation, AI workflow agents, and an FDA-cleared CLIA-waived hematology analyzer (Athelas Home). The platform is sold primarily to U.S. health systems and specialty physician practices to automate claims, denial management, charting, scheduling, and patient communications.
Is Athelas a public or private company?
Athelas is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Athelas founded?
Athelas was founded in 2016. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Athelas based?
Athelas is headquartered in Mountain View, United States, in the North America region.
How does Athelas make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Platform Subscription (RCM + Ambient AI + Air EHR + Agents) is the primary driver. The others are RCM Managed Services / Performance-based Fees, athelas Home Diagnostics Device Sales / Deployment, enterprise Health System Licensing and patient Responsibility Collections / SmartPay.
Who are Athelas's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Nabla, Suki AI, Abridge, DeepScribe, eClinicalWorks, athenahealth, NextGen Healthcare, R1 RCM and Waystar. Augmedix is listed as an others.
Does Athelas have an API?
Yes. FHIR R4B-based public API for healthcare data exchange. Features include ONC (g)(10) Standardized API certification, US Core 6.1.0 compliance, and SMART on FHIR App Launch v2.0 support. The API allows developers to read, write, and authenticate clinical data, enabling integration with electronic health record systems. Developer documentation is at docs.athelas.com/developer/api.
What industry is Athelas in?
Athelas's product category is Healthcare Practice Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLALAKAD, EHR/EMR Integration & Interoperability Middleware (HL7/FHIR), with a secondary code of HLACAAAN, EHR Extensions, APIs, App Marketplaces & SMART-on-FHIR Apps. Its NAICS code is 513210 and its SIC code is 7372.