Athenahealth, the Massachusetts-based electronic medical records company with a substantial operation in metro Atlanta, plans to cut an estimated 61 jobs in metro Atlanta as part of a broader business restructuring, according to a state agency notice.
Last week, the company announced plans to cut its workforce by 9 percent as part of a cost cutting plan, but declined to say how many jobs in Atlanta might be affected. The layoff notice was posted with the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Workforce Division.
Before last week, Athenahealth had been in growth mode in the Atlanta area. In January, the company announced plans to grow its headcount at the trendy tech hub Ponce City Market to about 1,000 from more than 600.
A spokeswoman for the company declined to say last week how many jobs in Atlanta might be cut, but said “all geographies are impacted to varying extents, with most significant changes happening across sales, marketing, general and administrative functions, and some client-facing teams.”
Athenahealth reported it had about 5,300 employees at the end of 2016, and 9 percent of the headcount at that time would equal about 475 people. The Boston Business Journal reported a number of employees were led out of the company's headquarters in Watertown, Mass.
The company said in a news release Thursday it would expand a cost-cutting plan announced in August to create $100 million to $115 million in savings. Among the planned cuts, the company said it would streamline its organizational structure and marketing program and close offices in San Francisco and Princeton, N.J.
“While we plan to reinvest a portion of the $100 million to $115 million of savings to drive innovation and fund our highest priority initiatives, we expect the majority of the savings to flow to the bottom line and drive margin improvement, consistent with our commitment to sustainable profitable growth and value creation,” the company said in an earnings release.
This month, the Athenahealth said revenue grew in the third quarter by 10 percent compared to the same period a year ago. Net income declined by 6.5 percent to $13 million.
The company said it forecasts weaker adoption of its electronic records products and also noted some business disruption from hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
In 2013, the Massachusetts-based company announced plans to move the bulk of its operations from Alpharetta to the new Ponce City Market development, becoming the first major firm to base itself there. At the time, Athenahealth said it would shift about 140 existing metro Atlanta workers in-town and add more than 500 new employees.
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