The Affordable Care Act’s goal to promote reforms to the "overpriced, underperforming" U.S. healthcare system is often overlooked in the healthcare debate sweeping the country right now, argues New York Times op-ed columnist Bill Keller.

NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 16, 2013 – Xerox (NYSE: XRX) was designated as one of the best positioned business process outsourcing (BPO) providers to support health insurance companies in complying with the Affordable Care Act.

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

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.

Springfield, MO, July 03, 2013-- TrustHCS announced the launch of a new coder academy designed to prepare coding professionals of various levels and new, novice entrants to the field. The TrustHCS Academy brings the strength of three companies together to meet the nationwide increase in coding demand associated with ICD-10. TrustHCS coding educators prepare new students and seasoned coding professionals to enter the field and by increasing their knowledge and related ICD-10 skills. Career Step delivers proven, on-line curriculum, and HIM Connections places trained and certified students—a critical component of the program’s launch. The announcement was made by Torrey Barnhouse, President, TrustHCS.

Contrary to some perceptions that immigrants drain money from government programs, when it comes to Medicare, immigrants are in fact contributing billions of dollars more than they use, according to a Health Affairs study set to appear in the June issue.

SAN FRANCISCO -- CareCloud, a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR), and medical billing software and services, and QuantiaMD, the largest social learning and collaboration platform serving more than 170,000 validated physician members, today announced the findings of the first Practice Profitability Index (PPI). The announcement took place at the inaugural HealthBeat 2013 Conference, sponsored by VentureBeat in San Francisco. The PPI was created and launched as part of a partnership between the two companies and was designed to provide a voice to US physician practices regarding issues impacting the financial and operational health of their practices.