Federal health officials announced a major milestone for the health insurance exchanges, scheduled to open for enrollment on Oct. 1.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 4, 2013--ZirMed®, a leading health information connectivity and management solutions company, today announced a partnership with EHR Integration Services, an innovative group of consultants that help transform complex data integration issues into clinical and operational workflow improvements, to provide Allscripts™ and GE Healthcare™ customers with seamless integration into ZirMed's revenue cycle management, clinical communications and analytics solutions.

Atlanta, Georgia, August 28, 2013 -- Wellcentive, a provider of innovative population health management and data analytics solutions, has expanded its industry reach by partnering with Visualutions, a nationwide provider of managed healthcare IT and data liquidity services. Visualutions will resell Wellcentive’s Advance™ to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which are grant-supported, community-based organizations that provide comprehensive primary and preventive care to persons regardless of their ability to pay.

Torrance, CA, September 03, 2013 -- e2o Health is the only EHR services organization that has been chosen as the service partner by all three of the California regional extension centers. The Meaningful Use Experts website features five meaningful use support services that every ambulatory clinic needs in order to achieve Meaningful Use in 2013, and Meaningful Use Stage 2 for 2014 and beyond.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 29, 2013--Consumers expect that the upcoming process to sign up for health insurance in October will be a complicated one according to new poll data from HealthPocket. When asked, "Do you believe shopping for a new Obamacare health insurance plan within a government exchange will be an easy process," more than 50 percent of those surveyed said that it will be complicated.

Apollo Beach, FL, August 19, 2013-- Today, LaunchMed, LLC announced the launch of their end-to-end CMS data handling service, a value added service that is part of the LaunchStar™ ACO Solution, designed for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

The number of doctors who opted out of Medicare last year, while a small proportion of the nation's health professionals, nearly tripled from three years earlier, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Other doctors are limiting the number of Medicare patients they treat even if they don't formally opt out of the system.

Weymouth, MA, July 10, 2013 -- Beacon Partners, a leading healthcare management consulting firm, and Information Builders, a leader in business intelligence (BI) and analytics, information integrity, and integration solutions, today announced the formation of a strategic business partnership. Information Builders provides healthcare organizations with a complete BI and analytics solution – and has now added Beacon Partners as an integral component in this effort. Beacon Partners will help its customers leverage Information Builders software to meet the integration, intelligence, and data integrity challenges of electronic medical records (EMR), clinical transformation, and consumer engagement.