Morning Headlines 5/4/16
IMS Health and Quintiles to Merge
Quintiles, the parent company of Encore Health Resources, will merge with IMS Health, resulting in a company with $7 billion in annual revenue.
Imprivata Announces First Quarter 2016 Financial Results, Revenue Growth of 23%
Imprivata reports Q1 results: revenue climbed 23 percent to $25.6 million, adjusted EPS β$0.21 vs. $-.24.
How a tiny hospital has imperiled Mass. Medicare funds
Hospitals in Massachusetts face a potential ten percent drop in Medicare funding after consultants hired by the stateβs only rural hospital, 19-bed Nantucket Cottage Hospital, miscalculate annual wage costs which are used by Medicare as a baseline for all hospitals in the state.
If they haven't coordinated with the patient safety team, they have by definition "dropped the ball". And, given the reported…