Attend Health vs HealOS (2026)
Both vendors pair a scribe with coding, and both connect to athenaOne and Cerbo, but they spend their effort in different places. HealOS goes wide across the clinic: a scribe that assigns ICD-10 and CPT codes, sold on the web and as an iOS app with dictation and more than 25 languages, plus a phone receptionist and agents for eligibility, prior authorization, faxes and billing. Attend goes deep on documentation: notes in templates fitted to each clinician and an audit of every encounter before billing that retunes the scribe. Price and commitment separate them at the start. HealOS lists its scribe at $49 or $99 a month with 20 free sessions and no credit card, so a clinician can try it the same day. Attend is quoted per practice and onboarded by its team. The contracts are close in shape: both print a business associate agreement in their terms, both allow de identification of PHI, and both cap direct damages at the greater of $100 or three months of fees. HealOS makes training on customer data opt in, while Attend's terms use de identified data to tune the platform to each practice. HealOS's site also shows logos of large health systems without describing any relationship.
- Audits every encounter before billing and reconfigures the scribe when it finds a pattern.
- Named clinicians quoted from First Primary Care, Pacific Coast Dermatology and Allara Health.
- Documents where notes land in athenaOne, Elation and Cerbo, down to the athenaOne note sections.
- Audio deleted as soon as it is transcribed, by default.
- Scribe plans listed at $49 and $99 a month, with 20 free sessions and no credit card.
- Front office agents for calls, eligibility, prior authorization, faxes and billing on the same platform.
- Training on customer data happens only with consent given in the platform's settings.
- API connections to athenahealth, Epic, ModMed, DrChrono, Tebra, Cerbo and Cerner, and a Chrome extension for others.
This comparison is published by AI Health Index, an independent research platform that compares healthcare AI vendors objectively. Attend Health and HealOS are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials and the regulatory record, under the AI Health Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
| Fact | Attend Health | HealOS |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Ambient Scribes | Ambient Scribes |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California | Not recorded |
| Website | attend.health | healos.ai |
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Attend sells an AI scribe and a coding audit to outpatient practices. The scribe drafts notes and patient instructions in templates fitted to each clinician, the audit reviews every encounter before billing, and findings change the scribe's configuration. Attend connects to athenaOne, Elation and Cerbo, deletes audio once transcribed, prints its business associate agreement in its terms and quotes each practice.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
HealOS, formerly ScribeHealth AI and operated by Better Financial Corporation, sells six AI agents to clinics: an ambient scribe that codes ICD-10 and CPT, also offered as an iOS app, a phone receptionist, and agents for eligibility, prior authorization, faxes and billing. The scribe connects by API to systems including athenahealth, Epic, ModMed and Cerbo, and by Chrome extension to others. Plans start at $49 a month with 20 free sessions, and its terms let practices choose immediate deletion of recordings and keep training opt in.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
Questions buyers ask
What does HealOS offer beyond the scribe?
A phone receptionist that books appointments and triages calls, and agents for benefits verification, prior authorization, fax and referral filing, and billing. Attend offers a scribe and a coding audit, without front office agents. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 11, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
How do HealOS and Attend use customer data for training?
HealOS trains on customer data only with consent given in the platform's settings. Attend's terms link de identified data to the customer's account to train the platform on that practice's style. Both business associate agreements allow de identification of PHI. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 11, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
Can a clinician try either before buying?
HealOS offers 20 free sessions with no credit card, then lists its scribe at $49 a month for Core and $99 for Plus. Attend is quoted per practice on size, specialty and features, with onboarding led by its team. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 11, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
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HealOS lists scribe prices and quotes its other agents; Attend quotes per practice. Case study figures on both sides carry no method, and HealOS's health system logos come without any description of what those organizations use.