athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), and care coordination services to medical groups, today announced it was named to The Boston Globe's 24th Annual Globe 100 list which recognizes the top-performing publicly traded companies in Massachusetts.

"When we went public in 2007, we set some pretty lofty goals for ourselves, and we've been able to hit those goals, achieving nearly 20 consecutive quarters of growth," said Jonathan Bush, athenahealth CEO and Chairman. "We believe that this growth is an illustration of both the mounting support for cloud-based services and the talent we've attracted over the years. athenahealth is advantaged by having gotten behind the cloud in its earliest days and this vision for making health care work as it should through technology has kept this company energized and our people passionate. We are pleased to stand shoulder to shoulder with some of Massachusetts most successful companies."

To qualify for the Globe 100, a Massachusetts based company must have been publicly traded for the entire 2011 calendar year and must have reported a positive net income for both 2010 and 2011.

The annual ranking of companies appeared in a magazine published in The Boston Sunday Globe on Sunday, May 20 and can be seen at BostonGlobe.com/globe100. This site features all of the magazine's coverage, along with videos from inside the best companies, videos of the innovators, photo galleries, charts and more.

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About the Globe 100 ranking methodology

The Globe 100 ranks Massachusetts-based public companies based on financial data from the four quarters ending December 31, 2011. To be eligible, the company must be traded publicly for the entire 2011 calendar year on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, or the American Stock Exchange and report revenue and profit for both 2010 and 2011. Companies are ranked on four criteria: return on average equity, one-year percentage change in revenue, one-year percentage change in profit margin and 2011 revenue.

About The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe is wholly owned by the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading, global multimedia news and information company with 2011 revenues of $2.3 billion, that includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, NYTimes.com, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com, About.com and related properties. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

About athenahealth

athenahealth, Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based business services for physician practices. athenahealth's service offerings are based on proprietary web-native practice management and electronic health record (EHR) software, a continuously updated payer knowledge-base, integrated back-office service operations, and care coordination services. For more information, please visit http://www.athenahealth.com or call 888-652-8200.

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