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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * O'Brien Timothy John   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ATHENAHEALTH INC [ATHN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, Chief Marketing Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ATHENAHEALTH, INC., 311 ARSENAL ST. 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2017 (Street) WATERTOWN, MA 02472 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/01/2017   A   724 (1) A $ 0 16,071 (2) D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   F   236 D $ 117.22 15,835 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   F   81 D $ 117.2 15,754 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   F   69 D $ 117.22 15,685 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   F   74 D $ 117.22 15,611 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   F   163 D $ 117.22 15,448 D   Common Stock 03/01/2017   F   1,015 D $ 117.22 14,433 (3) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
O'Brien Timothy John C/O ATHENAHEALTH, INC. 311 ARSENAL ST. WATERTOWN, MA 02472			SVP, Chief Marketing Officer

Signatures

/s/ Lan Marinelli, Attorney-in-Fact		03/06/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On March 1, 2016, the Reporting Person was granted a Performance Stock Unit ("PSU") award of 2,719 PSUs. The PSUs convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis, and vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2017 based on the Issuer's satisfaction of certain performance criteria for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018. On February 7, 2017, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Issuer certified that the performance criteria for 2016 was met, resulting in vesting of PSUs as to 724 shares on March 1, 2017.
(2)	Includes 15,347 Restricted Stock Units (each, an "RSU") that are subject to time-based vesting and will be settled only in stock. The unvested RSUs were previously reported by the Reporting Person as derivative securities. Effective March 1, 2017, the Reporting Person has determined to report RSU awards that are subject to time-based vesting and only settled in stock as non-derivative securities in his ownership reports.
(3)	11,035 of these securities are units of common stock granted pursuant to RSU awards. The units are subject to time-based vesting.

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