Morning Headlines 5/10/16
NantHealth, Soon-Shiong’s personalized medicine company, files IPO
Healthcare billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD files IPO paperwork ahead of plans to take his healthcare business, NantHealth, public. The company delayed earlier IPO plans, citing adverse market conditions, and continues to operate in the red.
FBI Cyber Division Chief Advises Companies Not to Pay Ransom for Release of Data
Speaking at the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director James Trainor says that businesses should not pay the ransom if they are the victim of a ransomware attack, and reiterates that while the attacks will continue to be a threat for years, “Ransomware is about backups, more so than anything else.”
A Comprehensive Strategy for Primary Care Payment Reform in Medicare
Farzad Mostashari, MD, Bob Kocher, MD, and Mark McClellan, MD, PhD co-author an opinion piece on the implications the recently announced Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model will have on ACO participation, calling for consideration of a CPC+ACO pilot program.
HHS announces challenge to redesign the medical bill for patients
During the Health Datapalooza conference, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announces an innovation challenge soliciting designs for medical bills that are easier for patients to understand.
... because it's a construction worksite. (It's a bit more evident from the second photo in the linked post.)