Morning Headlines 4/3/17
NantHealth (NH) Tops Q4 EPS by 1c
NantHealth reports Q4 results: revenue climbed 18 percent to $24 million, falling short of analyst estimates, EPS –$0.19 vs. -$0.10.
Former Siemens exec to head ONC
Former CMO of Siemens Healthcare, Donald Rucker, MD, MBA, MS is named as the next National Coordinator for Health IT.
Kaiser campaign slashes opioid prescriptions
Kaiser Permanente’s home-grown opiod prescription drug monitoring program is the subject of a local public radio article.
PE firm GPB Capital acquires the hospital and long term care software assets of NTT Data, creating a new company called Cantada Health in the process.
Direct Primary Care should be called Concierge Lite. Patients pay $80/mo, totaling $1000 per year (yet still need health insurance).…