athenaOne
athenaOne Integration

Convert More Referred Patients to Visits in athenaOne

Medsender closes the gap between a referral's arrival and a patient on your schedule, without adding staff.

We handle the intake. Your team handles the patients.

FAX
Faxes & Referrals
Medsender AI
DOB
Insurance
Diagnosis
Chart updated ✓
athenaOne
85%
Faster referral turnaround time
2–3×
More referrals converted to visits
40+ hrs
Admin hours saved per month
The Problem

Referral Bottlenecks Are Costing Specialty Practices Revenue

Every referral that arrives but is not scheduled is revenue that walks out the door.

Inbound faxes sit in queues, unreviewed for hours
Staff manually extract referral type, urgency, and patient info
Patient matching and record creation are performed by hand in athenaOne
Referrals routed via email or verbal handoffs, with no tracking
Follow-up left to whoever remembers to check it

This is where referrals slow down and get missed.

Revenue Impact

A referral that does not get scheduled is not a delay. It is a lost patient.

Specialty practices on athenaOne handle substantial referral volumes. Each missed or delayed referral is a direct revenue loss, not just from that visit, but from the downstream care that follows.

The demand is already there. Medsender helps you capture more of it by closing the gap between when a referral arrives and when a patient is scheduled.

How It Works

From Fax to Scheduled Visit, Without Manual Work

Medsender automates every step between receiving a referral and getting the patient on your calendar. No disconnected steps, no spreadsheet tracking.

1

Fax / Document Intake

Captured and read in real time.

2

Referral Extraction

Triaged, urgency level, and patient information are structured automatically

3

athenaOne Update

Patient matched or created, record updated.

4

Routing & Tracking

Referral routed and tracked through scheduling.

Automation

What Medsender Automates in Your athenaOne Workflow

Fax & Document Intake

Inbound faxes, referrals, labs, and authorizations are automatically captured and structured upon arrival.

Referral Tracking & Follow-Up

Every referral is tracked from intake through scheduled visit.

Patient Matching in athenaOne

Existing patients matched automatically; new records created without manual data entry.

Prioritization & Routing

Referrals are automatically routed to the appropriate team based on type, urgency, and provider.

Before & After

Where Referrals Get Stuck — and How to Fix It.

See how intake looks with and without Medsender connected to your athenaOne workflow.

Before Medsender
  • Referrals arrive as faxes and sit in queues, unread
  • Staff manually review, sort, and transcribe each document
  • Referrals tracked in spreadsheets, email threads, or sticky notes
  • Delays between intake, routing, and scheduling are common
  • Missed referrals discovered days later, if at all
  • Each location managing its own intake independently
After Medsender + athenaOne
  • Referrals processed automatically the moment they arrive
  • Structured intake with no manual data entry required
  • Centralized tracking with full referral-lifecycle visibility
  • Routing and follow-up happen without staff intervention
  • Nothing falls through the cracks, every referral tracked to scheduling
  • One centralized team handles intake across all locations
Built for athenaOne

How Medsender Works with athenaOne

athenaOne is built to run your clinical, financial, and patient engagement workflows. What it was not designed to handle is the high-volume, unstructured intake work that happens before referral data ever reaches the chart, faxes arriving unlabeled, staff sorting documents manually, and coordinators chasing down missing information before they can even begin to schedule.

Medsender closes that gap. It captures every incoming fax and document, structures the referral data, and automatically writes it back into athenaOne, keeping records current without requiring staff to touch it.

Medsender
  • Fax & document capture
  • Referral data extraction and triage
  • Patient record matching
  • Automated athenaOne record updates
  • Referral tracking & scheduling follow-up
Your system of record
What this means for your team
  • athenaOne patient records stay up to date without manual updates
  • No duplicate data entry between your fax queue and athenaOne
  • Referrals move from receipt to routed without leaving the workflow
  • Fast to implement, Medsender layers on top of existing athenaOne setup
Outcomes

Measurable Impact Across Your Practice.

Practices using Medsender with athenaOne see measurable gains across referral conversion, staffing efficiency, and revenue throughput.

85%
Faster referral turnaround
From fax received to referral routed and ready for scheduling
2–3×
More referrals converted to visits
On average, compared to manual intake workflows
40+ hrs
Admin hours saved per location per month
Staff redirect time from data entry to patient-facing work
1 team
Centralized intake across all locations
Replace one FTE per location with a single centralized intake team
Multi-Location Practices

Centralize Intake Across Every Location.

Specialty practices on athenaOne often operate with decentralized intake. Each location manages its own fax queues, referrals, and follow-up independently. This creates inconsistency, duplicate effort, and makes it impossible to see your full referral picture in one place.

Medsender enables a centralized model where one team handles intake across all your locations, with standardized workflows and full visibility into every referral from every office.

  • One team processes referrals from all locations in a single queue
  • Standardized intake workflows eliminate location-to-location inconsistency
  • Work volume is balanced across the team, not siloed by location
  • Full referral visibility across all locations in one view
Before · Per-Location
  • Location A1 FTE
  • Location B1 FTE
  • Location C1 FTE
Total: 3 FTE
After · Centralized
  • All locations1 team
1 team · 3× the volume

See How to Convert More Referrals in athenaOne

Scale your practice, not your payroll. The result is fewer missed referrals, faster scheduling, and more predictable growth without adding staff.

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athenaOne Integration

Frequently Asked Questions About Medsender's athenaOne Integration

What does Medsender's athenaOne integration do?
Medsender automates the referral intake process for practices using athenaOne. It captures inbound faxes and documents, extracts patient and referral information, matches or creates patient records, updates athenaOne, and routes referrals through scheduling and follow-up workflows.
How does Medsender work with athenaOne?
Medsender works alongside athenaOne to automate the intake work that happens before fax and referral information reaches the patient chart. Incoming referrals are captured, structured, routed, and tracked while athenaOne remains the system of record for clinical and operational workflows.
Can Medsender automatically process incoming faxes?
Yes. Medsender automatically captures inbound referrals, faxes, labs, authorizations, and supporting documents. Referral details are extracted and structured without requiring staff to manually review and enter information from every document.
Can Medsender update patient records in athenaOne?
Yes. Medsender can match incoming referrals to existing patients and support the creation of new patient records when needed. This reduces duplicate data entry and helps keep athenaOne records current.
How does Medsender help reduce referral leakage?
Medsender tracks referrals from intake through scheduling, providing visibility into referral status, ownership, urgency, and next steps. This helps practices respond faster and prevents referrals from being delayed, forgotten, or lost during handoffs.
Can Medsender support centralized intake across multiple locations?
Yes. Medsender helps multi-location organizations centralize referral intake into a standardized workflow. One team can process, route, and track referrals across all locations while maintaining complete visibility throughout the referral lifecycle.
How does Medsender help practices handle more referrals without adding staff?
By automating fax processing, referral extraction, patient matching, routing, and follow-up tracking, Medsender reduces repetitive administrative work. This allows teams to manage higher referral volumes without increasing headcount.
What types of documents can Medsender process?
Medsender can process referrals, inbound faxes, authorizations, labs, supporting clinical documentation, and other healthcare intake documents. Information is extracted and structured automatically so teams can act faster.
Does Medsender replace athenaOne?
No. Medsender complements athenaOne rather than replacing it. athenaOne remains your system of record, while Medsender automates referral intake, fax processing, document extraction, routing, tracking, and patient record updates.
How quickly can a practice get started with Medsender?
Implementation timelines vary based on referral volume, locations, and workflow complexity. Because Medsender works alongside existing athenaOne workflows, organizations can improve fax and referral intake without replacing their EHR or rebuilding operational processes.