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Medical software#1 of 10 in clinics

Tebra

EHR+ platform from the Kareo and PatientPop merger — charting, e-prescribing, telehealth, claims, online scheduling, and practice marketing in one independent-practice suite.

Best for
Independent private practices that want EHR, billing, scheduling, and growth tools together
Price
From $49/provider/month (public range; bundles higher)
HQ
United States
Profile updated
September 26, 2026

Worth it for your operation?

Pros

  • Public pricing range on the official overview ($49–$799/provider/month by bundle)
  • Cloud EHR with e-prescriptions, telehealth, labs, and AI note assist
  • Billing, eligibility, and patient payments built into the same platform story
  • Patient experience and practice marketing (site, reviews, acquisition) beyond a bare PM

Watch-outs

  • No Meta WhatsApp inbox — HIPAA messaging and SMS are the US path
  • Full-platform bundles climb quickly vs Starter-style seats
  • Depth varies by specialty; confirm templates in a demo
  • “Kareo” brand is legacy — evaluate Tebra as the current product

Score by criterion

The dark mark on each bar is the average of the 10 systems in this ranking. Criteria with higher weight pull the overall score more.

Charting and careweight 1.4×
8.6

Native electronic health record with history, notes, and attachments — not a contact card with a PDF on the side.

Insurance and billingweight 1.3×
8.5

Eligibility, claims, denials, and patient payments inside the product — not a separate billing company as the only path.

Patient relationshipweight 1.1×
8.8

Recalls, campaigns, portals, or acquisition tools that keep the panel full after the first visit.

Messaging and confirmations
7.8

Native SMS or messaging inbox on the patient record, with team history. WhatsApp Business API also counts. One-way reminder blasts, portal-only chat, and marketplace apps do not.

Price and transparencyweight 0.8×
7.5

Public plan in USD, trial, and what sits outside the monthly fee. Percent-of-collections quotes without a rate card lower the score for opacity.

Learning curveweight 0.8×
7.5

English UI, clinical vocabulary, and time until the front desk and a provider can work without a long implementation project.

What ships natively

We only mark “yes” when the feature is part of the product — marketplace integrations or third-party apps do not count.

  • Yes

    Electronic health record

    Native electronic health record with patient history and attachments

  • Yes

    Online scheduling

    The patient books themselves via the vendor’s link, site, or app

  • Yes

    E-prescriptions

    Prescriptions and certificates with digital signature without leaving the system

  • Yes

    Insurance billing

    Insurance claims and batch billing for US payers

  • Yes

    Clinic billing

    Accounts payable/receivable, cash, and provider payouts

  • Yes

    Native messaging

    Native SMS or messaging inbox on the lead/contact card (history preserved). WhatsApp Business API also counts. Marketplace apps, Zapier, browser extensions, website chat buttons, and sibling-SKU modules do not

  • Yes

    Telehealth

    Telehealth visit inside the product, not a link to another tool

  • Yes

    Patient acquisition & recall

    Acquisition pipeline, campaigns, or patient recall sequences

Editorial analysis

Tebra in detail

Tebra is the independent-practice all-in-one on this list: clinical EHR, billing, scheduling, and the PatientPop-era growth stack under one brand. The pricing overview is unusually blunt for medical software — a published per-provider range instead of “talk to sales” only.

Who it is for

Private practices that want one login for chart, claims, and reputation — and that will actually use the marketing side. Pure hospital-employed ambulatory groups may still shortlist athenahealth or eClinicalWorks first.

What drives the score

Patient relationship and price transparency help it lead the ranking. Charting and billing stay high. Messaging scores for native SMS/portal paths when they live on the patient record.

How we read the sources

Based on tebra.com product pages and the pricing overview. Bundle math still needs a practice-specific quote inside the published range.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tebra the same as Kareo?

Kareo and PatientPop merged into Tebra. Public pages position Tebra as the current EHR+, billing, and growth platform. If you still see Kareo in old contracts or reviews, treat Tebra as the product under evaluation.

Why does Tebra often rank above heavier ambulatory suites here?

Chart and claims are strong, and the official pricing overview publishes a USD range. On this yardstick, transparency and patient-growth tools pull the overall score when clinical depth is already competitive.

Sources consulted

Everything on this profile comes from the pages below. We did not lab-test the platform.

Profile updated September 26, 2026. Found something outdated? Corrections are welcome.