Morning Headlines 2/5/16
Health IT & Health Information Services: 2015 Year-End Market Review
Healthcare Growth Partners publishes its annual market review, noting that “at this point in the market cycle, health IT behaves more like a policy-based economy than a market-based economy.”
Athenahealth, Inc. Q4 Earnings Retreat 21 percent
Athenahealth reports Q4 results: revenue of $257 million compared to $213 million during the same quarter last year, adjusted EPS $0.45 vs. $0.58, missing analyst estimates on revenue but beating on earnings.
Head Of California Exchange Scolds UnitedHealth For Blaming Woes On Obamacare
California health insurance exchange executive director Peter Lee criticizes UnitedHealth for blaming Obamacare exchanges for its financial losses, explaining “Instead of saying we screwed up, they said Obamacare is the problem and we may not play any more. It was giving an excuse to Wall Street and throwing the Affordable Care Act under the bus.”
Top 20 Employee Benefits & Perks
Glassdoor ranks Epic 16th on its list of Top 20 Employee Benefits and Perks, citing the company’s policy of granting a paid four-week sabbatical to employees after five years of employment.
I think if you'd look at the recent hearings, VA was saying Cerner would require a 10% increase in staff…