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 2017 ANNUAL REPORT  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dear Fellow Shareholders, 

2017 was a year of change and renewed focus for Digirad.  During the year, we encountered many 
new opportunities and faced many new challenges.  We felt the impact of the uncertainty associated 
with changes to the Affordable Care Act, we had to revitalize and refocus our DMS sales and executive 
staff, and we saw the end of our relationship as a manufacturer representative for Philips.  Despite 
these many obstacles, we were able to put together a very solid year in terms of performance while 
increasing our dividend to our shareholders.  Throughout the  year, we continued to build upon our 
company’s solid foundation as we prepare for greater things to come in the future.    

More  than  anything  -  we  were  very  focused  on  our  core  business  in  2017.    Ensuring  that  Digirad 
continues to generate significant cash flow which allows us to continue to pay our dividend as well as 
pay down debt, both which increase overall value to you.  We will continue to focus on this approach, 
never losing sight that cash generation continues to be key for our company.  

We have a bright future ahead of us.  As we review our business and market moving forward, we are 
very excited about our prospects and our potential for growth.  As we look to the future, we continue 
to look to execute on our three-tier growth strategy at Digirad: 

1.  Acquisitions.    Our  goal  is  to  acquire  companies  that  fit  within  our  business  model  of 
healthcare  solutions  on  an  as  needed,  when  needed  and  where  needed  basis  in  a  very 
financially disciplined manner. 

2.  New Services.  Adding new services that we can provide to our extensive service distribution 

channels. 

3.  Organic Growth.  Within our existing core business service lines and products.  

The entire Executive Team at Digirad is dedicated to this growth plan strategy, and we are working 
hard to ensure its continued deployment and continued value to YOU, our shareholder.  

In 2018, Digirad will continue to move towards our vision of Making Healthcare Convenient.  It is 
through our mission of  creating value by being the market leader in delivering effective and efficient 
healthcare  solutions  on  an  As  Needed,  When  Needed  and  Where  Needed  basis  that  will  make  our 
vision a reality.   

Thank you to our shareholders, our employees, our board and our executive team - with your continued 
support, we have accomplished many things, and this will continue into the future.  

Sincerely, 

Matthew G. Molchan 
President and Chief Executive Officer 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

Form 10-K

(Mark One)

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 
or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number: 001-35947

Digirad Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

1048 Industrial Court, Suwanee, GA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

33-0145723
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

30024
(Zip Code)

(858) 726-1600
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
NASDAQ Global Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: 

None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  

    No  

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.   Yes  

    No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing 
requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  

    No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required 
to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that 
the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  

    No  

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will 
not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K 
or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging 
growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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Accelerated filer

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 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new 
or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  

    No  

The aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non-affiliates based on the closing stock price on June 30, 2017, was $74,298,000.  For 
purposes of this computation only, all executive officers and directors have been deemed affiliates.

The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, as of February 23, 2018 was 20,094,282.

  
  
  
  
  
  
Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after registrant’s fiscal year 
ended December 31, 2017 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

DIGIRAD CORPORATION

FORM 10-K—ANNUAL REPORT
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017

Table of Contents

Business

PART I
Item 1
Item 1A Risk Factors
Item 1B Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4

Properties
Legal Proceedings
Mine Safety Disclosures

PART II
Item 5

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity 
Securities
Selected Financial Data
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 6
Item 7
Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 8
Item 9
Item 9A Controls and Procedures
Item 9B Other Information

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures

PART III
Item 10 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Item 11
Item 12
Item 13
Item 14

Executive Compensation
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Principal Accounting Fees and Services

PART IV
Item 15
Item 16

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
Form 10-K Summary

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

PART I

Portions of this Annual Report on Form 10-K (including information incorporated by reference) include “forward-looking 
statements” based on our current beliefs, expectations, and projections regarding our business strategies, market potential, future 
financial performance, industry, and other matters. This includes, in particular, “Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis 
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as other portions of this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “could,” “would,” and similar expressions, 
among others, generally identify “forward-looking statements,” which speak only as of the date the statements were made. The 
matters discussed in these forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause our 
actual  results  to  differ  materially  from  those  projected,  anticipated,  or  implied  in  the  forward-looking  statements.  The  most 
significant of these risks, uncertainties, and other factors are described in “Item 1A — Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on 
Form 10-K. Except to the limited extent required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-
looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. 

Corporate Information

Digirad Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1997. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this report the terms “we,” 

“us,” and “our” refer to Digirad® Corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiaries.

ITEM 1.  

BUSINESS

Overview

  Digirad delivers convenient, effective, and efficient healthcare solutions on an as needed, when needed, and where needed 
basis. Our diverse portfolio of mobile healthcare solutions and diagnostic imaging equipment and services, provides hospitals, 
physician practices, and imaging centers throughout the United States access to technology and services necessary to provide 
exceptional patient care in the rapidly changing healthcare environment.  

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe that our competitive strengths are our streamlined and cost-efficient approach to providing healthcare solutions to 
our customers at the point of need as well as providing an array of industry-leading, technologically relevant healthcare imaging 
and monitoring services:

Imaging Services and Products

•  Broad  Portfolio  of  Imaging  Services.  Approximately  78%  of  our  revenues  are  derived  from  provision  of  diagnostic 
imaging services to our customers.  Based on this, we have developed and continue to refine an industry leading, customer 
service focused approach to all our customers. We have found our focus in this area is a key factor in acquiring and 
keeping our service-based customers.

•  Unique Dual Sales and Service Offering. For the majority of our businesses, we offer a service-based model to our 
customers,  allowing  them  to  avoid  making  costly  capital  and  logistical  investments  required  to  offer  these  services 
internally. Further, for a portion of our business, we have the ability to sell the underlying capital equipment directly to 
our customers should their needs change and they desire to provide services on their own with the underlying capital 
equipment. This ability to serve our customers in a variety of capacities from selling equipment directly, or providing 
more flexibility through a service-based model, allows us to serve our customers according to their exact needs, as well 
as the ability to capture both ends of the revenue spectrum.

•  Utilization of Highly Trained Staff. We recruit and maintain highly trained staff for our clinical and repair services, which 

in turn allows us to provide superior and more efficient services.

• 

Leading Solid-State Technology. Our solid-state gamma cameras utilize proprietary photo-detector modules that enable 
us to build smaller and lighter cameras that are portable, with a degree of ruggedness that can withstand the vibration 
associated with transportation. Our dedicated cardiac imagers require a floor space of as little as seven feet by eight feet, 
can generally can be installed without facility renovations, and use standard power. Our portable cameras are ideal for 
mobile operators or practices desiring to service multiple office locations or imaging facilities.

Strategy

We seek to grow our business by, among other things:

1.  Organic growth from our core businesses. We believe that we operate in markets and geographies that will allow us to   
continue to grow our core businesses, allowing us to benefit from our scale and strengths. We plan to focus our efforts 
on  markets  in  which  we  already  have  a  presence  in  order  to  take  advantage  of  personnel,  infrastructure,  and  brand 
recognition we have in these areas.

2. 

Introduction of new services. We plan to continue to focus on healthcare solutions related businesses that deliver necessary 
assets, services and logistics directly to the customer site.  We believe that over time we can either purchase or develop 
new and complementary businesses and take advantage of our customer loyalty and distribution channels.

3.  Acquisition of similar or complementary businesses. We plan to continue to look at similar or complementary businesses 
that meet our internally developed financially disciplined approach for acquisitions to grow our company.  We believe 
there are many potential targets in the range of $3 million to $10 million in annual revenues that can be acquired over 
time and integrated into our businesses. We will also look at larger, more transformational acquisitions if we believe the 
appropriate mix of value, risk and return is present for our shareholders. The timing of these potential acquisitions will 
always depend on market conditions, available capital, and the value for each transaction.  In general, we want to be 
“value” buyers, and will not pursue any transaction unless we believe the post-transaction potential value is high for 
shareholders.

History of our Business

We have grown both organically and through acquisitions over the last three years.  The following table provides a summary 

of the acquisitions over the last three years:

Name

Date

MD Office Solutions ("MD Office")

March 2015

Project Rendezvous Holding Corporation 
("PRHC")

January 2016

Business Segments

Descriptions
Acquired MD Office, a provider of mobile 
nuclear imaging in Northern and Central 
California and included operations in our 
Diagnostic Services reportable segment.

Acquired  PRHC,  the  ultimate  parent 
company  of  DMS  Health  Technologies, 
Inc. (collectively referred to hereinafter as 
"DMS  Health  Technologies"  or  "DMS 
Health").    DMS  Health  is  a  provider  of 
mobile  diagnostic  imaging  services  and 
provides  medical  product  sales  and 
service.  The  acquisition  resulted  in  two 
new 
  Mobile 
Healthcare and Medical Device Sales and 
Services.

reportable  segments: 

As of December 31, 2017, our business is organized into four reportable segments: Diagnostic Services, Mobile Healthcare, 
Diagnostic Imaging and Medical Device Sales and Services. See Note 13 to our accompanying consolidated financial statements 
for financial data relating to our segments. For discussion purposes, we categorized our Diagnostic Services and Mobile Healthcare 
reportable segments as “Services,” and our Diagnostic Imaging and Medical Devices Sales and Services reportable segments as 
“Product and Product-Related.”  For the last three fiscal years, Services and Product and Product-Related activities had the following 
relative contribution to consolidated revenues:  

Revenues:

Services
Product and product-related

Total revenues

Year ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

77.6%

22.4%

76.1%

23.9%

76.3%

23.7%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

Prior to the year ended December 31, 2016, we were organized as two reportable segments: Diagnostic Services and Diagnostic 
Imaging. With the acquisition of DMS Health on January 1, 2016, we added two additional reportable segments: Mobile Healthcare 
and Medical Device Sales and Services.    

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Diagnostic Services

Nuclear and Ultrasound Imaging Services.

Through Diagnostic Services, we offer a convenient and economically efficient imaging and monitoring services program as 
an alternative to purchasing equipment or outsourcing the procedures to another physician or imaging center. For physicians who 
wish to perform nuclear imaging, echocardiography, vascular or general ultrasound tests, we provide imaging systems, qualified 
personnel, radiopharmaceuticals, licensing services, and the logistics required to perform imaging in their own offices, and thereby 
the ability to bill Medicare, Medicaid, or one of the third-party healthcare insurers directly for those services, which are primarily 
cardiac in nature. We provide imaging services primarily to cardiologists, internal medicine physicians, and family practice doctors 
who typically enter annual contracts for a set number of days ranging from once per month to five times per week. Many of our 
physician customers are reliant on reimbursements from Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party insurers. Although reimbursement 
for  procedures  provided  by  our  services  have  been  stable  during  the  last  several  years,  any  future  changes  to  underlying 
reimbursements may require modifications to our current business model in order for us to maintain a viable economic model.

Our portable nuclear and ultrasound imaging operations utilize a “hub and spoke” model in which centrally located regional 
hubs anchor multiple van routes in the surrounding metropolitan areas. At these hubs, clinical personnel load the equipment, 
radiopharmaceuticals, and other supplies onto specially equipped vans for transport to customer locations, where they set up the 
equipment  for  the  day. After  quality  assurance  testing,  a  technologist  under  the  physician’s  supervision  will  gather  patient 
information, inject the patient with a radiopharmaceutical, and then acquire images for interpretation by the physician. At the 
conclusion of the day of service, all equipment and supplies are removed from the customer location and transported back to the 
central hub location.  Our model relies on density and customer concentration to allow for efficiencies and maximum profitability, 
and therefore we are only located in geographies where there is a high concentration of people, cardiac disease and associated 
likely customer locations.

  For  our  nuclear  imaging  services,  we  have  obtained  Intersocietal  Accreditation  Commission  ("IAC")  and  Intersocietal 
Commission for Echocardiography Laboratories ("ICAEL") accreditation for our services. Our licensing infrastructure provides 
radioactive materials licensing, radiation safety officer services, radiation safety training, monitoring and compliance policies and 
procedures, and quality assurance functions, to ensure adherence to applicable state and federal nuclear regulations. 

Cardiac Event Monitoring Services

We also offer within Diagnostic Services remote cardiac event monitoring services through our Telerhythmics business. These 
services include provision of a monitor, remote monitoring by registered nurses, and 24 hours a day, 7 days a week monitoring 
support for our patients and physician customers. We offer modalities of mobile cardiac telemetry ("MCT"), mobile cardiac event 
monitoring (both in wireless and analog versions), holter monitoring, and pacemaker analysis.  Providing these services offers 
flexibility and convenience to our customers who do not have to incur the costs of staffing, equipment, and logistics to monitor 
patients as part of their standard of care. 

Our monitoring service operates out of a centralized monitoring center located near Memphis, Tennessee. From this location, 
the majority of monitoring equipment is shipped directly to patient homes once they are enrolled in our service. Patients hook up 
the equipment with easy to follow instructions, as well as assistance from our monitoring center. Once they are hooked up to the 
monitoring device, patients are monitored for a period of time ranging from 7 to 30 days. At the conclusion of the monitoring 
period, the equipment is packaged up and sent back to our monitoring center, after which the equipment is redeployed to the next 
patient.

  Our cardiac event monitoring services are provided primarily through an independent diagnostic testing facility model that 
allows us to bill Medicare, Medicaid, or one of the third-party healthcare insurers directly for services provided, and is the only 
business at Digirad that bills Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance directly. As such, our cardiac event monitoring services 
are directly subject to reimbursements from these entities which are subject to change on a periodic basis. Typically, our contracts 
can be canceled at any time, and are generally present to create understanding on billing responsibilities.

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Mobile Healthcare

Through Mobile Healthcare, we provide contract diagnostic imaging, including computerized tomography (“CT”), magnetic 
resonance imaging (“MRI”), positron emission tomography (“PET”), PET/CT, and nuclear medicine and healthcare expertise to 
hospitals, integrated delivery networks (“IDNs”), and federal institutions on a long-term contract basis, as well as provisional 
(short-term) services to institutions that are in transition. These services are provided primarily when there is a cost, ease, and 
efficiency component of providing the services directly rather than owning and operating the related services and equipment 
directly by our customers.

  Our Mobile Healthcare operations operate throughout the United States, with a heavier concentration in rural areas, particularly 
in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.  We have a range of customer types, but our most typical customer is a small 
or regional hospital that does not have enough volume of activity to justify owning a piece of imaging equipment on a full-time 
basis.  Our services typically offer the diagnostic imaging equipment, placed in a large patient friendly coach or tractor-trailer, 
coupled with either an owned or operator-owned tractor, that is then transported to each customer location.  Our mobile routes are 
designed to provide for maximum utilization and efficiency by allowing our units to travel to the next customer location during 
non-working hours of a typical imaging clinic, meeting our technical staff at each location. Our customers commit to annual 
contracts ranging from service once every two weeks to up to two days of service per week, depending on modality type and their 
local demand for services.

Diagnostic Imaging

Through  Diagnostic  Imaging,  we  sell  our  internally  developed  solid-state  gamma  cameras,  imaging  systems  and  camera 
maintenance contracts. Our imaging systems include nuclear cardiac imaging systems, as well as general purpose nuclear imaging 
systems. We sell our imaging systems to physician offices and hospitals primarily in the United States, although we have sold a 
small number of imaging systems internationally. Our imaging systems are sold in both portable and fixed configurations, provide 
enhanced operability and improved patient comfort, fit easily into floor spaces as small as seven feet by eight feet, and facilitate 
the delivery of nuclear medicine procedures in a physician’s office, an outpatient hospital setting, or within multiple departments 
of a hospital (e.g., emergency and operating rooms). Our Diagnostic Imaging segment revenues derive primarily from selling 
solid-state gamma cameras and post-warranty camera maintenance contracts. 

The central component of a nuclear camera is the detector, which ultimately determines the overall clinical quality of images 
a camera produces. Our nuclear cameras feature detectors with advanced proprietary solid-state technology developed by us. Solid-
state systems have a number of benefits over conventional photomultiplier tube-based camera designs typically offered by our 
competitors.  Our  solid-state  technology  systems  are  typically  2  to  5  times  lighter  and  considerably  more  compact  than  most 
traditional  nuclear  systems,  making  them  far  easier  and  less  costly  to  build,  very  reliable,  and  able  to  be  utilized  for  mobile 
applications. We are a market leader in the mobile solid-state nuclear camera segment.

We believe our current imaging systems, with their state-of-the-art technology and robust underlying patents, will continue to 
be relevant for the foreseeable future. We will continue to enhance and adjust our existing systems for the changing nuclear imaging 
market, including software updates and smaller enhancements. However, to accomplish any significant changes and enhancements, 
we will utilize what we believe is a deep available pool of contract engineers on a flexible, as needed basis and do not maintain 
a staff research and development department, thereby eliminating the fixed costs of a fully staffed research and development 
department.

Medical Device Sales and Services 

  Through Medical Device Sales and Service (“MDSS”), we provided: (a) contract sales services and (b) warranty and post-
warranty services, under our contracts with Philips Healthcare (“Philips”), within a defined region in the upper Midwest region 
of the United States. Under the contract sales services, we primarily sold Philips branded imaging and patient monitoring systems, 
including CT, MRI, PET, PET/CT systems, ultrasound and patient and monitoring systems, and received a commission on these 
sales. For our equipment contract sales services, we did not take title to the underlying equipment; it was delivered directly to the 
end user by Philips. Under our warranty and post-warranty services, we provided warranty and post-warranty services on certain 
Philips equipment within this territory related to equipment we sold or other equipment sold in the territory.

  On September 28, 2017, we received a notice of termination (the “Termination Notice”) from Philips that the Consolidated 
Agreement, dated April 1, 2014, as amended on June 9, 2015, between Philips and DMS Health Technologies ("DMS"), and the 
Remote Inside Sales Services Agreement dated March 23, 2016 (collectively, the "Philips Agreements"), were terminated upon 
the close of business on December 31, 2017 (the “Philips Termination”).  The impact of the Termination Notice was to (a) end 
our contract sales services relationship with Philips as of December 31, 2017, effectively ending revenue associated with these 
services, and (b) end our relationship and support under our warranty and post-warranty services in the upper Midwest territory 
with Philips.  However, the Philips Termination did not impact our ability to continue to service our existing contracts and allowed 
us opportunities to enter into new service contracts with customers outside the territory we were previously constrained to.  

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Based on the Philips Termination, we carefully considered the opportunity to run the post-warranty service business outside 
the relationship with Philips, but determined that ultimately due to pricing challenges and logistics, the best economic decision 
was to sell the business to Philips.  Therefore, on December 22, 2017, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Philips 
Purchase Agreement”) with Philips to sell all of our MDSS customer contracts relating to the post-warranty service business for 
$8.0 million (the “Philips Transaction”). The Philips Transaction is subject to certain post-closing adjustments. In connection with 
entering into the Philips Purchase Agreement, we entered into an agreement with Philips pursuant to which we continued to provide 
installation and warranty services pursuant to an existing Service Agreement until January 31, 2018.  On February 1, 2018, the 
Philips Transaction was closed. Following the closing, the Company's MDSS reportable segment ceased to exist.  As a result, in 
2018, the MDSS reportable segment is expected to be reported as discontinued operations. 

Market Opportunity

Diagnostic imaging depictions of the internal anatomy or physiology are generated primarily through non-invasive means. 
Diagnostic imaging facilitates the early diagnosis of diseases and disorders, often minimizing the scope, cost, and amount of care 
required and reducing the need for more invasive procedures. Currently, the major types of non-invasive diagnostic imaging 
technologies available are: x-ray, MRI, CT, ultrasound, PET, and nuclear imaging. The most widely used imaging acquisition 
technology utilizing gamma cameras is single photon emission computed tomography, or SPECT.  All our current internally-
developed cardiac gamma cameras employ SPECT technology.  

Cardiac event monitoring is a diagnostic test that allows physicians to see the electrocardiogram ("ECG") of a patient’s heart 
rhythm over a period of time or related to a specific event. The test includes a small monitor that is worn on the patient’s waist 
and is connected to lead wires affixed to the patient’s chest. The purpose of this test is to capture infrequent heart conditions that 
may only be experienced outside a physician’s office, as well as to observe the state of the heart in various resting and active 
situations.

Diagnostic imaging is the standard of care in diagnosis of diseases and disorders. We offer, through our businesses, the majority 
of these diagnostic imaging modalities. All of the diagnostic imaging modalities that we offer (both from provision of services 
and product sales) have been consistently utilized in clinical applications for many years, and are stable in their use and need. By 
offering a wide array of these modalities, we believe that we have strategically diversified our operations in possible changing 
trends of utilization of one diagnostic imaging modality from another.

Competition

The market for diagnostic products and services is highly competitive. Our business, which is focused primarily on the private 
practice and hospital sectors, continues to face challenges of demand for diagnostic services and imaging equipment, which we 
believe is due in part to the impact of the Deficit Reduction Act on the reimbursement environment and the 2010 Healthcare 
Reform laws, as well as general uncertainty in overall healthcare and legislative changes in healthcare, such as the Affordable 
Care Act. These  challenges  have  impacted,  and  will  likely  continue  to  impact,  our  operations. We  believe  that  the  principal 
competitive factors in our market include acceptance by hospitals and physicians, relationships that we develop with our customers, 
budget availability for our capital equipment, requirements for reimbursement, pricing, ease-of-use, reliability, and mobility.

Diagnostic Services. In providing Diagnostic Services imaging services, we compete against many smaller local and regional 
nuclear and/or ultrasound providers, often owner-operators that may have lower operating costs. The fixed-installation operators 
often utilize older, used equipment, and the mobile operators may use older Digirad single-head cameras or newer dual-head 
cameras. We are the only mobile provider with our own exclusive source of triple-head mobile systems. Some competing operators 
place new or used cameras into physician offices and then provide the staffing, supplies, and other support as an alternative to a 
Diagnostic Services service contract. In addition, we compete against imaging centers that install fixed nuclear gamma cameras 
and make them available to referring physicians in their geographic vicinity. In these cases, the physician sends their patients to 
the imaging center.

In providing cardiac event monitoring services, we compete against many smaller local and regional service providers, as well 
as a few larger, more well established medical device companies that provide devices and a service model similar to ours. We 
believe our advantage in this market is our ability to utilize almost any cardiac event device on the market in the United States, 
and not being constrained by using any particular device. However, our larger competitors have larger sales forces and deeper 
financial resources that may allow them to be more cost effective.  Further, larger competitors may develop devices that may make 
our owned devices obsolete, causing us to suffer financial losses as we attempt to change our technology and service model to 
adapt.

Diagnostic Imaging. In selling our imaging systems, we compete against several large medical device manufacturers who offer 
a full line of imaging cameras for each diagnostic imaging technology, including x-ray, MRI, CT, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, 
or SPECT/CT and PET/CT hybrid imagers. The existing nuclear imaging systems sold by these competitors have been in use for 
a longer period of time than internally developed nuclear gamma cameras, and are more widely recognized and used by physicians 

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and hospitals for nuclear imaging; however, they are generally not solid-state, lightweight, as flexible, or portable. Additionally, 
certain medical device companies have developed a version of solid-state gamma cameras that may directly compete with our 
product offerings. Many of the larger multi-modality competitors enjoy significant competitive advantages over us, including 
greater brand recognition, greater financial and technical resources, established relationships with healthcare professionals, broader 
distribution networks, more resources for product development and marketing and sales, and the ability to bundle products to offer 
discounts.

Mobile Healthcare. The market for selling, servicing and operating diagnostic imaging services, patient monitoring equipment 
and imaging systems is highly competitive.  In providing our Mobile Healthcare services, we compete against a few large national 
and regional providers.  In addition to direct competition from other providers of services similar to those offered by us, we compete 
with freestanding imaging centers and health care providers that have their own diagnostic imaging systems, as well as with 
equipment manufacturers that sell imaging equipment directly to healthcare providers for permanent installation. Some of the 
direct competitors, which provide contract MRI and PET/CT services, have access to greater financial resources than we do. In 
addition, some of our customers are capable of providing the same services we provide to their patients directly, subject only to 
their decision to acquire a high-cost diagnostic imaging system, assume the financial and technology risk, and employ the necessary 
technologists, rather than obtain equipment and services from us. We may also experience greater competition in states that currently 
have certificate of need laws if such laws were repealed, thereby reducing barriers to entry and competition in those states. We 
also compete against other similar providers in quality of services, quality of imaging systems, relationships with health care 
providers, knowledge and service quality of technologists, price, availability, and reliability.

Medical Device Sales and Services. Through our relationship with Philips Healthcare, we provided contract sales services of 
larger imaging systems and patient monitoring systems, as well as certain post warranty service contracts within a defined region 
in the upper Midwest region of the United States. For the imaging systems, we competed directly with other well-established 
healthcare products companies in the United States and throughout the world that sell similar devices that may have had a differing 
array of features and benefits that exceed the Philips products that we sold. Further, these competitors may have had a greater 
manufacturing capacity, reach and sales forces relative to the region we sold in, providing a competitive advantage.

For our post warranty service contracts, we compete with a variety of smaller and larger independent service providers that 
may pay their field staff lower wages, utilize used parts instead of OEM parts and fail to provide the training we provide. Competing 
with these entities sometimes puts us at a cost and price disadvantage. 

See discussion above under “Medical Device Sales and Services” related changes with the MDSS reportable segment.

Intellectual Property

We rely on a combination of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws, nondisclosure 
agreements, and other measures to protect our intellectual property. We require our employees, consultants, and advisors to execute 
confidentiality agreements and to agree to disclose and assign to us all inventions conceived during the workday, using our property, 
or which relate to our business. Despite any measures taken to protect our intellectual property, unauthorized parties may attempt 
to copy aspects of our products or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary.

Patents

We have developed a patent portfolio that covers our products, components, and processes. We have 28 issued U.S. patents. 
The patents cover, among other things, aspects of solid-state radiation detectors, including our photodiodes, signal processing, 
and system configuration. Our issued patents expire between July 3, 2017 and August 27, 2030. We have multiple patents covering 
unique aspects and improvements for many of our products. We have entered into royalty-bearing licenses for several U.S. patents 
with third parties, where we are the licensee, for exclusive or non-exclusive use in nuclear imaging (subject to certain reservation 
of rights by the U.S. Government). While each of our patents applies to nuclear medicine, many also apply to the construction of 
area detectors for other types of medical and non-medical imagers and imaging methods.

Trademarks and Copyrights

We hold a variety of trademark registrations and copyrights in the United States for our product sales and mobile operations.  

Raw Materials

Diagnostic Imaging. We and our contract manufacturers use a wide variety of materials, metals, and mechanical and electrical 
components  for  production  of  our  nuclear  imaging  gamma  cameras.  These  materials  are  primarily  purchased  from  external 
suppliers, some of which are single-source suppliers. Materials are purchased from selected suppliers based on quality assurance, 
cost  effectiveness,  and  constraints  resulting  from  regulatory  requirements,  and  we  work  closely  with  our  suppliers  to  assure 
continuity of supply while maintaining high quality and reliability. Global commodity supply and demand can ultimately affect 
pricing of certain of these raw materials. Though we believe we have adequate available sources of raw materials, there can be 

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no guarantee that we will be able to access the quantity of raw material needed to sustain operations, as well as at a cost-effective 
price.

Diagnostic  Services  and  Mobile  Healthcare.  Our  Diagnostic  Services  and  Mobile  Healthcare  operations  utilize 
radiopharmaceuticals for our nuclear services. The underlying raw material for creation of the array of doses utilized in nuclear 
medicine is produced from a total of five main production facilities throughout the world, typically from highly enriched uranium 
resources.  Prior to 2016, there were a total of six of these world sources; one source, Chalk River, Canada, ceased its production 
of these raw materials as planned in 2016. The remaining resources have been and are expected to continue to produce enough 
raw materials to address the global market, but there continues to be pressure to utilize low or non-enriched uranium resources to 
produce the underlying nuclear doses. 

Manufacturing

Diagnostic Imaging. We manufacture our nuclear imaging gamma cameras by employing a strategy that combines using internal 
manufacturing resources for devices requiring specific expertise due to our proprietary design coupled with qualified contract 
manufacturers. Mechanical and electronic components of our systems are produced by contract manufacturers, whereas the most 
complex components, final assembly and final system performance tests are performed at our facility. All of our suppliers of 
critical materials, components, and subassemblies undergo supplier qualifications and ongoing quality audits in accordance with 
our supplier quality process.

We and our contract manufacturers are subject to FDA Quality System Regulations, state regulations, and standards set by the 
International Organization for Standardization, or ISO. We are currently certified to the EN ISO 13485:2012 quality standard. We 
have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") 510(k) clearance for our complete nuclear imaging camera product 
line [Cardius® XPO, Cardius® X-ACT, and Ergo™ gamma cameras]. In addition, the X-ACT camera utilizes an x-ray technology 
to provide attenuation correction information for the SPECT reconstruction. We also have received additional FDA clearance of 
our Ergo™ large-field-of-view General Purpose Imager for use in intraoperative and molecular breast imaging.

Reimbursement

Our only businesses that bills Medicare, Medicaid and private payors directly is our cardiac event monitoring services business; 
however, all of our customers typically rely primarily on the Medicare and Medicaid programs and private payors for reimbursement. 
As a result, demand for our products and services are dependent in part on the coverage and reimbursement policies of these 
payors. Third party coverage and reimbursement is subject to extensive federal, state, local, and foreign regulation, and private 
payor rules and policies. In many instances, the applicable regulations, policies, and rules have not been definitively interpreted 
by regulatory authorities or the courts, are open to a variety of interpretations, and are subject to change without notice.

The scope of coverage and payment policies vary among third-party private payors. For example, some payors will not reimburse 
a provider unless the provider has a contract with the payor, and in many instances such payors will not enter into such contracts 
without the approval of a third party “radiology benefit manager” that the payor compensates based on reducing the payor’s 
imaging expense. Other payors prohibit reimbursement unless physicians own or lease our cameras on a full-time basis, or meet 
certain accreditation or privileging standards. Such payor requirements and limitations can significantly restrict the types of business 
models we can successfully utilize.

Medicare reimbursement rules are subject to annual changes that may affect payment for services that our customers provide. 
In addition, Congress has passed healthcare reform proposals that are intended to expand the availability of healthcare coverage 
and reduce the growth in healthcare spending in the U.S. Many of these laws affect the services that our customers provide, and 
could change further over time.

Medicare reimbursement rules impose many standards and policies on the payment of services that our customers provide. For 
instance, physicians billing for the technical component of nuclear imaging tests must be accredited by a government-approved 
independent accreditation body and many private payors are adopting similar requirements. We offer our customers a service to 
assist them in obtaining and maintaining the required accreditation. We believe we have structured our contracts in a manner that 
allows our customers to seek reimbursement from third-party payors in compliance with Medicare reimbursement rules. Our 
physician customers typically bill for both the technical and professional components of the tests. Assuming they meet certain 
requirements including, but not limited to, performing and documenting bona fide interpretations and providing the requisite 
supervision of the non-physician personnel performing the tests, they may bill and be paid by Medicare. If the failure to comply 
is deemed to be “knowing” or “willful,” the government could seek to impose fines or penalties, and we may be required to 
restructure our agreements and/or respond to any resultant claims by such customers or the government. Our hospital customers 
typically seek reimbursement by Medicare for outpatient services under the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment 
System.

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Sales

We maintain separate sales organizations that are aligned with each of our business units, which operate independently but in 
cooperation with each other. Mobile Healthcare sales efforts are throughout the United States and Canada, though there typically 
is more effort expended in rural and smaller hospital areas, as these are the primary customers that we sell our services to and 
provide the most value.  Diagnostic Services concentrates its efforts on twelve regional areas where the majority of our business 
is concentrated based on concentrations of people and cardiac disease.    Diagnostic Imaging sales efforts are conducted throughout 
the United States and certain foreign countries, and are not concentrated to any particular region or area within the United States 
as the customer profile for this business can be at any hospital or physician practice.  Diagnostic Services and Diagnostic Imaging, 
though separate sales teams, work collaboratively to help fulfill customer needs in either small practice mobile nuclear cardiac 
imaging services, or the potential to provide capital equipment sales should the customer decide to own the equipment in house. 
Traditionally, Medical Device Sales and Services concentrated its sales efforts in the Upper Midwest area of the United States 
based on our sales and service agreement with Philips.  Similar to Diagnostic Imaging and Diagnostic Services, the sales teams 
of Mobile Healthcare and Medical Device Sales and Services worked collaboratively to field opportunities that could result in 
both the sale of capital equipment and/or an opportunity for mobile services to provide solutions for our customers in large imaging 
modalities to fit their needs. See discussion above under “Medical Device Sales and Services” related changes with the MDSS 
reportable segment.

Government Regulation

We and our medical professional customers and must comply with an array of federal and state laws and regulations. Violations 
of such laws and regulations can be punishable by criminal, civil, and/or administrative sanctions, including, in some instances, 
exclusion  from  participation  in  healthcare  programs  such  as  Medicare  and  Medicaid. Accordingly,  we  maintain  a  vigorous 
compliance program and a hotline that permits our personnel to report violations anonymously if they wish.

The following is a summary of some of the laws and regulations applicable to our business:

•  Anti-Kickback Laws. The Medicare/Medicaid Patient Protection Act of 1987, as amended, which is commonly referred 
to as the Anti-Kickback Statute, prohibits us from knowingly and willingly offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving any 
form of remuneration in return for the referral of items or services, or to purchase, lease, order, or arrange for or recommend 
purchasing, leasing, or ordering any good, facility, service, or item, for which payment may be made under a federal 
healthcare program. Violation of the federal anti-kickback law is a felony, punishable by criminal fines and imprisonment, 
or both, and can result in civil penalties and exclusion from participation in healthcare programs such as Medicare and 
Medicaid. Many states have adopted similar statutes prohibiting payments intended to induce referrals of products or 
services paid by Medicaid or other nongovernmental third-party payors.

•  Physician Self-Referral Laws. Federal regulations commonly referred to as the “Stark Law” prohibit physician referrals 
of Medicare or Medicaid patients to an entity for certain designated health services if the physician or an immediate 
family member has an indirect or direct financial relationship with the entity, unless a statutory exception applies. We 
believe that referrals made by our physician customers are eligible to qualify for the “in-office ancillary services” exception 
to the Stark Law, provided that the services are provided or supervised by the physician or a member of his or her “Group 
Practice,” as that term is defined under the law, the services are performed in the same building in which the physician 
regularly practices medicine, and the services are billed by or for the supervising physician or Group Practice. Violations 
of the Stark Law may lead to the imposition of penalties and fines, the exclusion from participation in federal healthcare 
programs, and liability under the federal False Claims Act and its whistleblower provisions. Many states have adopted 
similar statutes prohibiting self-referral arrangements that cover all patients and not just Medicare and Medicaid patients.

•  HIPAA.  The  Health  Insurance  Portability  and Accountability Act  of  1996,  or  HIPAA,  prohibits  schemes  to  defraud 
healthcare benefit programs and fraudulent conduct in connection with the delivery of, or payment for, healthcare benefits, 
items,  or  services.  HIPAA  also  establishes  standards  governing  electronic  healthcare  transactions  and  protecting  the 
security and privacy of individually identifiable health information. Some states have also enacted privacy and security 
statutes or regulations that, in some cases, are more stringent than those issued under HIPAA.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, enacted February 17, 2009, made significant changes to HIPAA 
privacy and security regulations. Effective February 17, 2010, we are regulated directly under all of the HIPAA rules 
protecting the security of electronic individually identifiable health information and many of the rules governing the 
privacy of such information.

•  Medical Device Regulation. The FDA classifies medical devices, such as our cameras, into one of three classes, depending 
on the degree of risk associated with the device and the extent of control needed to ensure safety and effectiveness. 
Devices deemed to pose lower risk are placed in either class I or II, which generally requires the manufacturer to submit 
to the FDA a pre-market notification requesting permission for commercial distribution. This process is known as 510(k) 

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clearance. Devices deemed to pose the greatest risk, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting, or implantable devices, are 
placed in Class III, requiring an approved Premarket Approval Application ("PMA"). Our cameras are Class II medical 
devices that have been cleared for marketing by the FDA. We are also subject to post-market regulatory requirements 
relating to our manufacturing process, marketing and sales activities, product performance, and medical device reports 
should there be deaths and serious injuries associated with our products.

•  Pharmaceutical  Regulation.  Federal  and  state  agencies,  including  the  FDA  and  state  pharmacy  boards,  regulate  the 

radiopharmaceuticals used in our Diagnostic Services business.

•  Radioactive Materials Laws. We must maintain licensure under, and comply with, federal and state radioactive materials 
laws, or RAM laws. RAM laws require, among other things, that radioactive materials are used by, or that their use be 
supervised by, individuals with specified training, expertise, and credentials and include specific provisions applicable 
to the medical use of radioactive materials.

•  Environmental Matters. The facilities we operate or manage generate hazardous and medical waste subject to federal and 
state requirements regarding handling and disposal. We believe that the facilities that we operate and manage are currently 
in  compliance  in  all  material  respects  with  applicable  federal,  state  and  local  statutes  and  ordinances  regulating  the 
handling and disposal of such materials. We do not believe that we will be required to expend any material additional 
amounts in order to remain in compliance with these laws and regulations or that compliance will materially affect our 
capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position.

Employees

As of December 31, 2017, we had a total of 515 full time employees, of which 319 were employed in clinical-related positions, 
103 in operational roles, 63 in general and administrative functions, and 30 in marketing and sales.  All positions are in the United 
States.    We  also  utilize  varying  amounts  of  temporary  workers  as  necessary  to  fulfill  customer  requirements.  We  have  not 
experienced any work stoppages and consider our employee relations to be good. 

Available Information

We file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly 
reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
("Exchange Act"). The public may read and copy any materials filed by us with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 
100 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20549.  The public may obtain information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference 
Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.  The SEC maintains an Internet site (www.sec.gov), which contains reports, proxy 
and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.

The Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments 
to those reports are available free of charge on our website at www.digirad.com as soon as reasonably practicable after such material 
is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.  Such reports will remain available on our website for at least 12 months and 
are also available free of charge by written request or by contacting the Investor Relations Department at 858-726-1600.

The contents of our website or any other website are not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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ITEM 1A. 

RISK FACTORS

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

We may not be able to achieve the anticipated synergies and benefits from business acquisitions.

Part of our business strategy is to acquire businesses that we believe can complement our current business activities, both 
financially and strategically. On January 1, 2016, we acquired PRHC and its subsidiaries, including DMS Health Technologies, 
Inc.  (“DMS  Health”),  with  these  synergistic  benefits  in  mind.  Previously  we  acquired  MD  Office  on  March  5,  2015,  and 
Telerhythmics on March 13, 2014. Acquisitions involve many complexities, including, but not limited to, risks associated with 
the acquired business' past activities, loss of customers, regulatory changes that are not anticipated, difficulties in integrating 
personnel and human resource programs, integrating ERP systems and other infrastructures, general under performance of the 
business under Digirad control versus the prior owners, unanticipated expenses and liabilities, and the impact on our internal 
controls and compliance with the regulatory requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. There is no guarantee that our 
acquisitions will increase the profitability and cash flow of Digirad, and our efforts could cause unforeseen complexities and 
additional cash outflows, including financial losses. As a result, the realization of anticipated synergies or benefits from acquisitions 
may be delayed or substantially reduced, and could potentially result in the impairment of our investment in these businesses.

Our revenues may decline due to reductions in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates.

  The success of our business is largely dependent upon our medical professional customers' ability to provide diagnostic care 
to their patients in an economically sustainable manner, either through the purchase of our imaging systems or using our diagnostic 
services, or both. Our customers are directly impacted by changes (decreases and increases) in governmental and private payor 
reimbursements for diagnostic services. We are directly and indirectly impacted by changes in reimbursements.  In our businesses, 
where we are indirectly affected by reimbursement changes, we make every effort to act as business partners with our physician 
customers.  For  example,  in  2010,  we  proactively  adjusted  our  diagnostic  imaging  services  rates  down  due  to  the  dramatic 
reimbursement declines that our customers experienced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Reimbursements 
remain a source of concern for our customers and downward pressure on reimbursements causes greater pricing pressure on our 
services and influences the buying decisions of our customers. Although the gap is closing, hospital reimbursements remain higher 
than in-office reimbursements. Our Diagnostic Imaging segment's products are targeted to serve the hospital market. A smaller 
portion of our Diagnostic Services business segment operates in the hospital market.

  Reductions  in  reimbursements  could  significantly  impact  the  viability  of  in-office  imaging  performed  by  independent 
physicians, as well as the viability of our cardiac event monitoring services business. The historical decline in reimbursements in 
diagnostic imaging has resulted in cancellations of imaging days in our Diagnostic Services business and the delay of purchase 
and service decisions by our existing and prospective customers in our Diagnostic Imaging business. 

Our Diagnostic Services revenues may decline due to changes in diagnostic imaging regulations and the use of third party 
benefit managers by states and private payors to drive down diagnostic imaging volumes.

  Nuclear medicine is a “designated health service” under the federal physician self-referral prohibition law known as the “Stark 
Law,” which states that a physician may not refer designated health services to an entity with which the physician or an immediate 
family member has a financial relationship, unless a statutory exception applies. Our business model and service agreements are 
structured to enable our physician customers to meet the statutory in-office ancillary services ("IOAS") exception to the Stark 
Law, allowing them to perform nuclear diagnostic imaging services on their patients in the convenience of their own office. From 
time-to-time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Congress have proposed to modify the IOAS to further limit 
or eliminate this exception. Various lobbying organizations, including the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ("MedPAC"), 
in the past have pushed for, discussed, and recommended that Congress limit the availability of the IOAS exception in order to 
reduce federal healthcare costs. Legislation has been introduced in prior Congresses to modify or eliminate the exception, but has 
not been enacted. The outcome of these efforts is uncertain at this time; however, the limitation or elimination of the IOAS exception 
could significantly impact our Diagnostic Services business segment as currently structured.

  Our customers who perform imaging services in their office also experience the continuing efforts by some private insurance 
companies to reduce healthcare expenditures by hiring radiology benefit managers to help them manage and limit imaging. The 
federal government has also set aside monies in the 2009 recession recovery acts to hire radiology benefit managers to provide 
image management services to Medicare/Medicaid and MedPAC has recommended and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services has, in the past, proposed legislation requiring Medicare physicians who engage in a relatively high volume of medical 
imaging be required to obtain pre-authorization through a radiology benefit manager. A radiology benefit manager is an unregulated 
entity that performs various functions for private payors and managed care organizations. Radiology benefit manager activities 

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can include pre-authorization for imaging procedures, setting and enforcing standards, approving which contracted physicians can 
perform the services, such as requiring even the most experienced and highly qualified cardiologists to obtain additional board 
certifications, or interfering with the financial decision of the private practitioner by requiring them to own their own imaging 
system and not allowing them to lease the system. The radiology benefit managers often do not provide written documentation of 
their decisions or an appeals process, leaving leasing physicians unable to challenge their decisions with the carrier or the state 
insurance department. Unregulated radiology benefit manager activities have and could continue to adversely affect our physician 
customers' ability to receive reimbursement, therefore impacting our customers' decision to utilize our Diagnostic Services imaging 
services.

Manufacturing and providing service for our nuclear imaging cameras is highly dependent upon the availability of certain 
suppliers, thereby making us vulnerable to supply problems that could harm our business.

Our manufacturing process within Diagnostic Imaging, and our warranty and post-warranty camera support business, rely on 
a limited number of third parties to supply certain key components and manufacture our products. Alternative sources of production 
and supply may not be readily available or may take several months to scale-up and develop effective production processes. If a 
disruption in the availability of parts or in the operations of our suppliers were to occur, our ability to have gamma cameras built 
as well as our ability to provide support could be materially adversely affected. In certain cases, we have developed backup plans 
and have alternative procedures should we experience a disruption. However, if these plans are unsuccessful or if we have a single 
source, delays in the production and support of our gamma cameras for an extended period of time could cause a loss of revenue 
and/or higher production and support costs, which could significantly harm our business and results of operations.

Our Diagnostic Services and portions of our Mobile Healthcare operations are highly dependent upon the availability of 
certain radiopharmaceuticals, thereby making us vulnerable to supply problems and price fluctuations that could harm 
our business.

Both our Diagnostic Service business and portions of our Mobile Healthcare business involve the use of radiopharmaceuticals. 
There is a limited number of major nuclear reactors supplying medical radiopharmaceuticals worldwide and there is no guarantee 
that  the  reactors  will  remain  in  good  repair  or  that  our  supplier  will  have  continuing  access  to  ample  supply  of  our 
radiopharmaceutical product. If we are unable to obtain an adequate supply of the necessary radiopharmaceuticals, we may be 
unable to utilize our personnel and equipment through our in-office service operations, or the volume of our services could decline 
and our business may be adversely affected. Shortages can also cause price increases that may not be accounted for in third party 
reimbursement rates, thereby causing us to lose margin or require us to pass increases on to our physician customers. 

Our business is not widely diversified.

  We provide our mobile diagnostic services and sell our products primarily into the cardiac nuclear and ultrasound imaging 
private practice, in-office markets and hospitals. We may not be able to leverage our assets and technology to diversify our products 
and services in order to generate revenue beyond these. If we are unable to diversify our product and service offerings, our financial 
condition may suffer.

We compete against businesses that have greater resources and different competitive strengths.

  The market for mobile diagnostic services and diagnostic imaging systems is limited and has experienced some declines in the 
past. Some of our competitors have greater resources and a more diverse product offering than we do. Some of our competitors 
also enjoy significant advantages over us, including greater brand recognition, greater financial and technical resources, established 
relationships with healthcare professionals, larger distribution networks, and greater resources for product development and capital 
expenditures, as well as more extensive marketing and sales resources. If we are unable to expand our current market share, our 
revenues and related financial condition could decline.

Our quarterly and annual financial results are difficult to predict and are likely to fluctuate from period to period.

  We have historically experienced seasonality in all of our businesses, volatility due to the changing healthcare environment, 
the variable supply of radiopharmaceuticals, and downturns based on the changing U.S. economy. While our customers are typically 
obligated to pay us for imaging days to which they have committed, our contracts permit some flexibility in scheduling when 
services are to be performed. We cannot predict with certainty the degree to which seasonal circumstances such as the summer 
slowdown, winter holiday vacations, and weather conditions may affect the results of our operations. We have also experienced 
fluctuations in demand of our diagnostic imaging product sales due to economic conditions, capital budget availability, and other 
financial or business reasons. In addition, due to the way that customers in our target markets acquire our products, a large percentage 
of our products are booked during the last month of each quarterly accounting period, and often there can be a large amount in 
the last month of the year. As such, a delivery delay of only a few days may significantly impact quarter-to-quarter comparisons 
of our results of operations. Moreover, the sales cycle for all of our capital products is typically lengthy, particularly in the hospital 
market, which may cause us to experience significant revenue fluctuations. 

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We spend considerable time and money complying with federal and state laws, regulations, and other rules, and if we are 
unable to fully comply with such laws, regulations, and other rules, we could face substantial penalties.

  We are directly, or indirectly through our customers, subject to extensive regulation by both the federal government and the 
states in which we conduct our business, including: the federal Medicare and Medicaid anti-kickback laws and other Medicare 
laws,  regulations,  rules,  manual  provisions,  and  policies  that  prescribe  requirements  for  coverage  and  payment  for  services 
performed by us and our physician customers; the federal False Claims statutes; the federal Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, as amended in 2009 under the HITECH Act that places direct legal obligations and higher 
liability on us with respect to the security and handling of personal health information; the Stark Law; the federal Food, Drug and 
Cosmetic Act; federal and state radioactive materials laws; state food and drug and pharmacy laws and regulations; state laws that 
prohibit the practice of medicine by non-physicians and fee-splitting arrangements between physicians and non-physicians; state 
scope-of-practice laws; and federal rules prohibiting the mark-up of diagnostic tests to Medicare under certain circumstances. If 
our customers are unable or unwilling to comply with these statutes, regulations, rules, and policies, rates of our services and 
products could decline and our business could be harmed. Additionally, new government mandates will require us to provide a 
certain baseline of health benefits and premium contribution for our employees and their families or pay governmental penalties. 
Some of these costs are not tax deductible. We have opted to provide this coverage to our employee base in order to maintain 
retention of qualified medical technicians and other professionals rather than plan to pay penalties to the government. Either option 
will result in additional costs to us and could negatively impact our cash reserves.

  We maintain a compliance program to identify and correct any compliance issues and remain in compliance with all applicable 
laws, to train employees, to audit and monitor our operations, and to achieve other compliance goals. Like most companies with 
compliance programs, we occasionally discover compliance concerns. In such cases, we take responsive action, including corrective 
measures when necessary. There can be no assurance that our responsive actions will insulate us from liability associated with 
any detected compliance concerns.

If our past or present operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws, regulations, rules, or policies described above 
or the other laws or regulations to which we or our customers are subject, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, 
damages, fines, exclusion from federal or state health care programs, or the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Similarly, 
if our physician customers are found to be non-compliant with applicable laws, they may be subject to sanctions which could have 
a negative impact on us. Any penalties, damages, fines, curtailment, or restructuring of our operations could adversely affect our 
ability to operate our business and our financial results. Any action against us for violation of these laws, even if we successfully 
defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses, divert our management's attention from the operation of our 
business, and damage our reputation. Although compliance programs can mitigate the risk of investigation and prosecution for 
violations of these laws, regulations, rules, and policies, the risks cannot be entirely eliminated. Moreover, achieving and sustaining 
compliance with applicable federal and state privacy, security, and fraud laws may prove costly.

Healthcare policy changes could have a material adverse effect on our business. 

In response to perceived increases in healthcare costs in recent years, there have been and continue to be proposals by the 
federal government, state governments, regulators, and third-party payers to control these costs and, more generally, to reform the 
U.S. healthcare system. Certain of these proposals could limit the prices we are able to charge for our products or the amounts of 
reimbursement available for our products, and could limit the acceptance and availability of our products. The adoption of some 
or all of these proposals could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations. 

Any intrusions or attacks on our information technology infrastructure could impact our ability to conduct operations and 
could subject us to fines, penalties, and lawsuits related to healthcare privacy laws.

  The  operation  of  our  business  includes  use  of  complex  information  technology  infrastructures,  access  to  the  information 
technology networks of our customers, as well as the collection of storing of patient information that is subject to HIPAA. In recent 
years, attacks on corporate information technology infrastructures have become more common and more sophisticated. Attacks 
can  range  from  attempts  that  are  routinely  blocked  by  security  and  related  infrastructure,  to  intrusions  that  disrupt  activity 
temporarily, to extensive intrusions that severely impact or disable a network, including “ransom” ware that holds a network 
hostage until the impacted company pays a fee to the attacker.  Further, attacks can specifically impact patient information stored 
on such networks, requiring a widespread notice to the affected population which can be very costly. Any successful attack on our 
network could severely impact our ability to conduct operations and could result in lost customers. Though we carry customary 
insurance for notification events in the event of a patient information breach under HIPAA, our coverage may not be sufficient to 
cover every situation, and any notification could severely impact our customer confidence and operations.

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We are subject to risks associated with self-insurance related to health benefits.

  To help control our overall long-term costs associated with employee health benefits, we are self-insured up to certain limits 
for our health plans.  As such, we are subject to risks associated with self-insurance of these health plan benefits.  To limit our 
exposure, we have third party stop-loss insurance coverage for both individual and aggregate claim costs.  However, we could 
still experience unforeseen and potentially significant fluctuations in our health care costs based on a higher than expected volume 
of claims below these stop-loss levels.  These fluctuations could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results 
of operations.

A portion of our operations are located in a facility that may be at risk from fire, earthquakes, or other disasters.

Final assembly in our manufacturing process and significant portions of our inventory are located in a single facility in Poway, 
California, near known fire areas and earthquake fault zones. Future natural disasters could cause substantial delays in our operations 
and cause us to incur additional expenses. Although we have taken precautions to insure our facilities and continuing operations, 
as well as provide for offsite back-up of our information systems, this may not be adequate to cover our losses in any particular 
case. A disaster could significantly harm our business and results of operations.

The medical device industry is litigious, which could result in the diversion of our management's time and efforts, and 
require us to incur expenses and pay damages that may not be covered by our insurance.

  Our operations entail risks of claims or litigation relating to product liability, radioactive contamination, patent infringement, 
trade secret disclosure, warranty claims, vendor disputes, product recalls, property damage, misdiagnosis, breach of contract, 
personal injury, and death. Any litigation or claims against us, or claims we bring against others, may cause us to incur substantial 
costs, could place a significant strain on our financial resources, divert the attention of our management from our core business, 
and harm our reputation. We may incur significant liability in the event of any such litigation, regardless of the merit of the action. 
If we are unable to obtain insurance, or if our insurance is inadequate to cover claims, our cash reserves and other assets could be 
negatively impacted. Additionally, costs associated with maintaining our insurance could become prohibitively expensive, and 
our ability to become or remain profitable could be diminished.

Our ability to protect our intellectual property and proprietary technology through patents and other means is uncertain.

  Our success depends, in part, on our ability to protect our proprietary rights to the technologies used in our products. Any 
patents  we  have  obtained  or  do  obtain  may  be  challenged  by  re-examination  or  otherwise  invalidated  or  eventually  found 
unenforceable.  Both  the  patent  application  process  and  the  process  of  managing  patent  disputes  can  be  time  consuming  and 
expensive. Competitors may attempt to challenge or invalidate our patents, or may be able to design alternative techniques or 
devices that avoid infringement of our patents, or develop products with functionalities that are comparable to ours. In the event 
a competitor infringes upon our patent or other intellectual property rights, litigation to enforce our intellectual property rights or 
to defend our patents against challenge, even if successful, could be expensive and time consuming and could require significant 
time and attention from our management. We may not have sufficient resources to enforce our intellectual property rights or to 
defend our patents against challenges from others.

We may make financial investments in other businesses that may lose value.

As we look for the best ways to deploy our capital and maximize our returns for our businesses and shareholders, we may 
make financial investments in other businesses or processes for purposes of enhancing our supply chain, creating financial returns, 
strategic developments, or other purposes. These investments may be speculative in nature, and there is no guarantee that we will 
experience a financial return and we may lose our entire principal balance if not successful.

The termination of the Philips Agreements will adversely impact our operations, revenues and costs, and the size of such 
impact may be beyond our current estimates.

On October 4, 2017, we filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC reporting that on September 28, 2017, we received 
a notice of termination (the “Termination Notice”) from Philips that the Consolidated Agreement, dated April 1, 2014, as amended 
on June 9, 2015, between Philips and DMS Health Technologies ("DMS"), and the Remote Inside Sales Services Agreement dated 
March 23, 2016 (collectively, the "Philips Agreements"), were terminated upon the close of business on December 31, 2017 (the 
“Philips Termination”).  On December 22, 2017, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Philips Purchase Agreement”) 
with Philips to sell all of our MDSS customer contracts relating to the post-warranty service business for $8.0 million (the “Philips 
Transaction”), subject to certain post-closing adjustments. On February 1, 2018, the Philips Transaction was closed. Following 
the closing, the Company's MDSS reportable segment ceased to exist.  

Because we are still evaluating the overall impact that the termination of the Philips Agreements and Philips Transaction will 
have on our operations, we may experience additional adverse operational or cost structure impacts in the near-term and long-

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term that are currently unforeseeable or otherwise unknown. Any adverse changes in our operations or cost structure could adversely 
impact our profitability beyond our current estimates and the market price of shares of our common stock.

Our mobile healthcare fleet is highly utilized; any downtime in our assets could have a material impact on our revenues 
and costs.

  Our Mobile Healthcare business unit utilizes a fleet of highly sophisticated imaging and related transportation assets that require 
nearly 100% uptime to service our customer needs. Though we utilize an array of highly competent service providers to support 
our imaging fleet, imaging and related transportation machines can experience unproductive downtime. Any downtime of our 
imaging fleet could have near term impacts on our revenues and underlying costs. 

Our goodwill and other long-lived assets are subject to potential impairment which could negatively impact our earnings.

  A significant portion of our assets consists of goodwill and other long-lived assets, the carrying value of which may be reduced 
if we determine that those assets are impaired.  At December 31, 2017, goodwill and net intangible assets represented $12.0 million, 
or 17.9% of our total assets. In addition, net property, plant and equipment assets totaled $28.4 million, or 42.5% of our total assets. 
If actual results differ from the assumptions and estimates used in our goodwill and long-lived asset valuation calculations, we 
could incur impairment charges, which could negatively impact our earnings.

  We review our reporting units for potential goodwill impairment annually or more often if events or circumstances indicate 
that  it  is  more  likely  than  not  that  the  fair  value  of  a  reporting  unit  is  less  than  its  carrying  amount.  In  addition,  we  test  the 
recoverability of long-lived assets if events or circumstances indicate the carrying values may not be recoverable. Recoverability 
of long-lived assets is measured by comparison of their carrying amounts to future undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected 
to generate. We conduct impairment testing based on our current business strategy in light of present industry and economic 
conditions, as well as future expectations. There are numerous risks that may cause the fair value of a reporting unit to fall below 
its carrying amount and/or the value of long-lived assets to not be recoverable, which could lead to the measurement and recognition 
of goodwill and/or long-lived asset impairment. These risks include, but are not limited to, significant negative variances between 
actual and expected financial results, lowered expectations of future financial results, failure to realize anticipated synergies from 
acquisitions,  adverse  changes  in  the  business  climate,  and  the  loss  of  key  personnel.  If  we  are  not  able  to  achieve  projected 
performance levels, future impairments could be possible, which could negatively impact our earnings. 

  During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded a $2.6 million goodwill impairment loss related to the 
termination of the Philips Agreements with DMS Health effective December 31, 2017. During the years ended December 31, 2017
and 2016, the Company recorded a $0.2 million and $0.3 million goodwill impairment loss, respectively, related to Telerhythmics, 
the Company's cardiac event monitoring services business that was acquired on March 13, 2014. No goodwill impairment charges 
were recognized during the year ended 2015. No other significant impairment losses on long-lived assets were recognized during 
the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015. See Notes 2 and 6 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements 
for further discussion regarding goodwill and long-lived assets. 

Risks Related to our Indebtedness
On June 21, 2017, we entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Comerica Credit Agreement”) with Comerica Bank, a 
Texas banking association (“Comerica”). The Comerica Credit Agreement is a five-year revolving credit facility (maturing in 
June 2022), which, as amended, has a maximum credit amount of $20.0 million (the “Comerica Credit Facility”). We used a 
portion of the financing made available under the Comerica Credit Facility to refinance and terminate, effective as of June 21, 
2017, a certain Credit Agreement, dated January 1, 2016, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company, the lenders 
party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.

Our indebtedness could restrict our operations and make us more vulnerable to adverse economic conditions.

Our indebtedness could have important consequences for us and our stockholders. For example, the Comerica Credit Agreement 
requires a balloon payment at the termination of the facility in June 2022, which may require us to dedicate a substantial portion 
of our cash flow from operations to this future payment if we feel we cannot be successful in our ability to refinance in the future, 
thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, and acquisitions, and for other 
general corporate purposes. In addition, our indebtedness could:

• 
• 
• 
• 

increase our vulnerability to adverse economic and competitive pressures in our industry;
place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt;
limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry; and
limit our ability to borrow additional funds on terms that are acceptable to us or at all.

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The Comerica Credit Agreement governing our indebtedness contains restrictive covenants that will restrict our operational 
flexibility and require that we maintain specified financial ratios. If we cannot comply with these covenants, we may be in 
default under the Comerica Credit Agreement.

The Comerica Credit Agreement governing our indebtedness contains restrictions and limitations on our ability to engage in 
activities that may be in our long-term best interests. The Comerica Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants 
that limit and restrict, among other things, our ability to:

incur additional debt;
sell assets;
incur liens or other encumbrances;

• 
• 
• 
•  make certain restricted payments and investments; 
• 
•  merge or consolidate.

acquire other businesses; and

Though the Comerica Credit Agreement does not limit our ability to pay dividends, if there was insufficient cash generation 
of our business to satisfy our required financial covenants, or if there is a default or event of default under the Comerica Credit 
Agreement that has occurred and is continuing, the Company may be required to reduce or eliminate its quarterly cash dividend 
until compliance with the financial covenants can be met. 

The Comerica Credit Agreement contains a fixed charge coverage ratio covenant and a leverage ratio covenant. Events beyond 
our control could affect our ability to meet these and other covenants under the Comerica Credit Agreement. Our failure to comply 
with our covenants and other obligations under the Credit Agreement may result in an event of default thereunder. A default, if 
not cured or waived, may permit acceleration of our indebtedness. If our indebtedness is accelerated, we cannot be certain that 
we will have sufficient funds available to pay the accelerated indebtedness (together with accrued interest and fees), or that we 
will have the ability to refinance the accelerated indebtedness on terms favorable to us or at all. This could have serious consequences 
to our financial condition, operating results, and business, and could cause us to become insolvent or enter bankruptcy proceedings, 
and shareholders may lose all or a portion of their investment because of the priority of the claims of our creditors on our assets.

If we are unable to generate or borrow sufficient cash to make payments on our indebtedness, our financial condition 
would be materially harmed, our business could fail, and shareholders may lose all of their investment.

Our  ability  to  make  scheduled  payments  on  or  to  refinance  our  obligations  will  depend  on  our  financial  and  operating 
performance, which will be affected by economic, financial, competitive, business, and other factors, some of which are beyond 
our control. We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations to service our indebtedness 
or to fund our other liquidity needs. If we are unable to meet our debt obligations or fund our other liquidity needs, we may need 
to restructure or refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity or sell certain of our assets. We cannot assure 
you that we will be able to restructure or refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms, if at all, which 
could cause us to default on our debt obligations and impair our liquidity. Any refinancing of our indebtedness could be at higher 
interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations.

Increases in interest rates could adversely affect our results from operations and financial condition.

The Comerica Credit Facility interest rate floats with market interest rates. An increase in prevailing interest rates would have 
an effect on the interest rates charged on our variable rate debt, which rise and fall upon changes in interest rates. If prevailing 
interest rates or other factors result in higher interest rates, the increased interest expense would adversely affect our cash flow 
and our ability to service our indebtedness. 

Risks Related to our Common Stock

The market price of our common stock may be volatile, and the value of your investment could decline significantly.

The trading price of our common stock has been, and we expect it to continue to be, volatile. The price at which our common 
stock trades depends upon a number of factors, including our historical and anticipated operating results, our financial situation, 
announcements of new products by us or our competitors, our ability or inability to raise the additional capital we may need and 
the terms on which we raise it, and general market and economic conditions. Some of these factors are beyond our control. Broad 
market fluctuations may lower the market price of our common stock and affect the volume of trading in our stock, regardless of 
our financial condition, results of operations, business, or prospects. It is impossible to assure you that the market price of our 
shares of common stock will not fall in the future.

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Our common stock has a low trading volume and shares available under our shelf registration statement and our option 
plan could affect the trading price of our common stock.

Our common stock historically has had a low trading volume. Any significant sales of our common stock may cause volatility 
in our stock price. We also have registered shares of common stock that we may issue under our shelf registration statement, our 
employee benefit plans, or from our treasury stock.  Accordingly, these shares can be freely sold in the public market upon issuance, 
subject to restrictions under the securities laws. If any of these stockholders, or other selling stockholders, cause a large number 
of securities to be sold in the public market without a corresponding demand, the sales could reduce the trading price of our 
common stock. One or more stockholders holding a significant amount of our common stock might be able to significantly influence 
matters requiring approval by our stockholders, possibly including the election of directors and the approval of mergers or other 
business combination transactions.

The protective amendment contained in our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which is intended to help preserve the 
value of certain income tax assets, primarily tax net operating loss carryforwards ("NOLs"), may have unintended negative 
effects.

Pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Sections 382 and 383, use of our NOLs may be limited by an “ownership change” as defined 
under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.  In order to protect 
the  Company’s  significant  NOLs,  we  filed  an  amendment  to  the  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of  the  Company  (the 
“Protective Amendment”) with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 5, 2015.

The  Protective  Amendment  was  approved  by  the  Company’s  shareholders  at  the  Company’s  2015  Annual  Meeting  of 

Shareholders held on May 1, 2015. 

The Protective Amendment is designed to assist the Company in protecting the long-term value of its accumulated NOLs by 
limiting certain transfers of the Company’s common stock.  The Protective Amendment’s transfer restrictions generally restrict 
any direct or indirect transfers of the common stock if the effect would be to increase the direct or indirect ownership of the 
common stock by any person from less than 4.99% to 4.99% or more of the common stock, or increase the percentage of the 
common stock owned directly or indirectly by a person owning or deemed to own 4.99% or more of the common stock.  Any 
direct or indirect transfer attempted in violation of the Protective Amendment will be void as of the date of the prohibited transfer 
as to the purported transferee.

The Protective Amendment also requires any person attempting to become a holder of 4.99% or more of our common stock 
to seek the approval of our Board. This may have an unintended “anti-takeover” effect because our Board may be able to prevent 
any future takeover. Similarly, any limits on the amount of stock that a shareholder may own could have the effect of making it 
more difficult for shareholders to replace current management. Additionally, because the Protective Amendment may have the 
effect of restricting a shareholder’s ability to dispose of or acquire our common stock, the liquidity and market value of our common 
stock might suffer.

Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents and Delaware law may prevent or delay removal of current 
management or a change in control.

Our restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that may delay or prevent a change 
in control, discourage bids at a premium over the market price of our common stock, and adversely affect the market price of our 
common stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of our common stock. In addition, as a Delaware corporation, we are 
subject to Delaware law, including Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a 
Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years 
following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder unless certain specific requirements are met as set forth 
in Section 203. These provisions, alone or together, could have the effect of deterring or delaying changes in incumbent management, 
proxy contests, or changes in control.

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ITEM 1B. 

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2. 

PROPERTIES

Our principal executive offices are located in Suwanee, Georgia, where we lease approximately 8,500 square feet of office 
space.  We lease a 21,300 square foot facility in Poway, California that houses our Diagnostic Imaging operations. Our Diagnostic 
Services segment leases approximately 27 small hub locations in the various states in which we operate, which primarily house 
our  fleet  of  cameras  and  vans.  Diagnostic  Services  also  operates  a  cardiac  event  monitoring  center  which  is  located  in  an 
approximately 8,078 square foot facility in Collierville, Tennessee.   In addition to our leased properties, we own a 36,310 square 
foot facility in Fargo, North Dakota and a 16,769 square foot facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, both of which house our DMS 
Health businesses. 

We  believe  that  we  have  adequate  space  for  our  anticipated  needs  and  that  suitable  additional  space  will  be  available  at 

commercially reasonable prices as needed. 

ITEM 3. 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See Note 8 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for a summary of legal proceedings.  

ITEM 4. 

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable. 

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PART II

ITEM 5. 

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND 
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “DRAD”. The following table presents the 

high and low per share sale prices of our common stock during the periods indicated, as reported on NASDAQ.

First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Year ended December 31,

2017

2016

High

Low

High

Low

$

$

5.68
5.45
4.45
3.50

$

4.55
3.75
3.15
1.90

$

5.74
6.12
6.15
5.18

4.22
4.78
4.84
4.15

As of February 23, 2018, there were approximately 177 holders of record of our common stock. We believe that the number 
of beneficial owners is substantially greater than the number of record holders because a large portion of our common stock is 
held of record through brokerage firms in “street name.”

Dividend Policy

During the year ended December 31, 2016, we paid four quarterly cash dividends of $0.05 per common share for total dividends 
paid of $0.20 per common share.  During the first half of 2017, we paid two quarterly dividends of $0.05 per common share and 
paid two quarterly dividends of $0.055 per common share in the second half of the year, for total dividends paid of $0.21 per 
common share.  On February 1, 2018, we announced a dividend of $0.055 per common share payable on February 28, 2018 to 
shareholders of record as of February 15, 2018.

Our ability to pay dividends could be affected by future business performance, liquidity, capital needs, and financial covenants 
under our Comerica Credit Agreement. Though the Comerica Credit Agreement does not limit our ability to pay dividends, if there 
was insufficient cash generation from our business to satisfy our required financial covenants, or if there is a default or event of 
default under the Comerica Credit Agreement that has occurred and is continuing, the Company may be required to reduce or 
eliminate its quarterly cash dividend until compliance with the financial covenants can be met. 

Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

There were no issuer purchases of equity securities during the fiscal year 2017. 

On February 27, 2013, our board of directors modified our stock buyback program originally adopted in February 2009 to 
increase repurchases to an aggregate of $7.0 million, and subsequently, on March 13, 2013, increased the stock buyback program 
again for repurchases of up to an aggregate of $12.0 million. The timing of stock repurchases and the number of shares of common 
stock to be repurchased are in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act. The timing and extent of the repurchase 
depends upon market conditions, applicable legal and contractual requirements, and other factors. 

Total Number of
Shares Purchased
During the Period

Average Price
Paid Per Share
for Period
Presented

Total Cumulative
Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plan

Maximum Dollar
Value of Shares
that May Yet
Be Purchased
Under the Plan

  October 1, 2017 – October 31, 2017

  November 1, 2017 – November 30, 2017

  December 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017

  As of December 31, 2017

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,588,484

$

2,588,484

2,588,484

2,588,484

$

6,271,789

6,271,789

6,271,789

6,271,789

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Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

See Item 12, "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management Related Stockholders Matters" for information 

with respect to our compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized for issuance.

Stock Performance Graph

The following information relating to the price performance of our common stock shall not be deemed “filed” with the SEC 
or “Soliciting Material” under the Exchange Act, or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, or to liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange 
Act except to the extent we specifically request that such information be treated as soliciting material or to the extent we specifically 
incorporate this information by reference.

The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative total return on 
the NASDAQ Stock Market Index, the NASDAQ Medical Equipment Index, and the NASDAQ Healthcare Index. The period 
shown commences on December 31, 2012 and ends on December 31, 2017, the end of our most recent fiscal year. The graph 
assumes an investment of $100 on December 31, 2012, and the reinvestment of any dividends, if any. The comparisons shown in 
the graph below are based upon historical data.

The comparisons in the graph below are required by the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not intended to forecast 

or be indicative of possible future performance of our common stock.

Digirad Corporation

NASDAQ Stock Market (US Companies)

NASDAQ Medical Equipment Index

NASDAQ Healthcare

12/31/2012

12/31/2013 12/31/2014 12/31/2015 12/31/2016 12/31/2017

$

$

$

$

100.00 $

182.99 $

228.54 $

317.19 $

285.08 $

100.00 $

139.38 $

160.72 $

173.11 $

190.07 $

100.00 $

117.20 $

135.96 $

160.27 $

175.57 $

100.00 $

157.04 $

201.75 $

215.59 $

180.19 $

156.44

203.16

252.44

219.87

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ITEM 6. 

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with our Audited Consolidated Financial 
Statements and related disclosures and Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of 
Operations,” which are included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Amounts are presented in thousands, except per share amounts.

2017 (1)

Year Ended December 31,
2015 (2)(4)

2014 (5)(6)

2016 (2)(3)

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenues:
Services
Product and product-related

Total revenues
Cost of revenues:

Services
Product and product-related

Total cost of revenues
Gross profit
Operating expenses:

Research and development
Marketing and sales
General and administrative
Amortization of intangible assets
Restructuring loss
Gain on sale of assets and license agreement
Goodwill impairment
Total operating expenses
(Loss) income from operations
Other (expense) income:

Other (expense) income, net
Interest expense, net
Loss on extinguishment of debt

Total other (expense) income
(Loss) income before income taxes
Income tax (expense) benefit
Net (loss) income
Net (loss) income per share:

Basic
Diluted

Shares used in per share calculations:

Basic
Diluted

Dividends declared per common share

Consolidated Balance Sheets Data:
Cash and cash equivalents
Working capital
Total assets
Capital lease obligations
Long-term debt, net of current portion
Total stockholders’ equity

$

91,865
26,474
118,339

$ 95,511
29,956
125,467

$

75,833
14,104
89,937
28,402

—
9,154
19,360
3,161
—
—
2,746
34,421
(6,019)

75,515
14,179
89,694
35,773

—
10,049
19,988
2,313
—
—
338
32,688
3,085

(311)
(1,068)
(709)
(2,088)
(8,107)
(27,623)

212
(1,412)
—
(1,200)
1,885
12,417
$ (35,730) $ 14,302

(1.79) $
(1.79) $

0.73
0.71

$

$
$

$

19,594
20,067
0.20

46,407
14,419
60,826

35,968
6,949
42,917
17,909

—
4,741
9,888
506
—
—
—
15,135
2,774

(233)
(24)
—
(257)
2,517
19,123
21,640

1.13
1.10

19,210
19,690
0.20

December 31,

2016

2015

2,203
4,406
106,263
1,119
16,070
66,481

$

15,868
23,041
64,113
1,567
—
54,155

$
$

$

$

21

$

$

19,995
19,995
0.21

2017

1,877
8,606
66,703
2,690
19,500
27,799

$

$

$
$

$

$

2013 (6) 

37,171
12,205
49,376

27,828
7,432
35,260
14,116

1,025
4,411
8,118
231
1,728
(1,568)
—
13,945
171

63
(15)
—
48
219
45
264

0.01
0.01

18,789
19,159
0.05

2013

18,744
29,044
41,451
488
—
33,386

$

$

$
$

$

$

42,170
13,438
55,608

31,721
7,247
38,968
16,640

—
4,730
8,344
356
692
—
—
14,122
2,518

58
(39)
—
19
2,537
(62)
2,475

0.13
0.13

18,571
18,878
0.20

2014

14,051
24,659
41,901
767
—
32,645

 
 
 
 
(1) 

(2) 

Included in net loss for 2017 is an income tax expense of $27.6 million, as a result of impacts of the 2017 tax reform legislation 
and an increase in our tax valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets, that prior to 2017, we believed were more likely 
than not to be realized.  The valuation allowance recorded in 2017 was established as a result of weighing all positive and 
negative evidence, including our recent history of cumulative losses over at least the past three years. See Note 10 to the 
accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information. 

Included in net income for 2016 and 2015 is an income tax benefit of $12.4 million and $19.1 million, respectively, primarily 
related to the release of the valuation allowance associated with a portion of our deferred tax assets. See Note 10 to the 
accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information. 

(3)  On January 1, 2016, we acquired DMS Health. The results of DMS Health are included in the results since the acquisition 

date. See Note 3 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

(4)  On March 5, 2015, we acquired MD Office. The results of MD Office are included in Diagnostic Services since the acquisition 

date. 

(5)  On March 13, 2014, we acquired 100% of the membership interest of Telerhythmics. The results of Telerhythmics are included 

in Diagnostic Services since the acquisition date. 

(6)  On January 27, 2014 and February 28, 2013, we entered into the Facilities restructuring initiative and the Diagnostic Imaging 

restructuring initiative, respectively.

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ITEM 7. 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF 
OPERATIONS

The following discussion contains forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could 
differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth 
previously under the caption “Risk Factors.” This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of 
Operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere 
in this report.

Overview

Digirad delivers convenient, effective, and efficient healthcare solutions on an as needed, when needed, and where needed 
basis. Digirad's diverse portfolio of mobile healthcare solutions and diagnostic imaging equipment and services, provides hospitals, 
physician practices, and imaging centers throughout the United States access to technology and services necessary to provide 
exceptional patient care in the rapidly changing healthcare environment.

Strategy

Our main strategic focus is to grow our business into an integrated healthcare services company that addresses the rapidly 
changing healthcare environment. We believe that there are many opportunities to provide outsourced and mobile healthcare 
services and solutions in the current healthcare environment. We believe this strategy will be accomplished by:

Focused organic growth from our core businesses;
Introducing new service offerings through our existing businesses or through acquisitions; and

1. 
2. 
3.  Acquiring similar or complementary healthcare service companies.

Recent Acquisitions

On March 5, 2015, we acquired MD Office Solutions (“MD Office”), a provider of in-office nuclear cardiology imaging in 
the northern and central California regions, which broadened our footprint in California and was incorporated into our Diagnostic 
Services segment.

On January 1, 2016, we acquired Project Rendezvous Holding Corporation, the holding company of DMS Health Technologies. 
DMS  Health Technologies  (“DMS  Health”)  offers  mobile  diagnostic  imaging  across  multiple  imaging  modalities,  including 
Positron Emission Tomography (“PET”), Computed Tomography (“CT”), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (“MRI”) as well as other 
imaging and healthcare services. These services are provided to regional and rural hospitals and institutions throughout the United 
States. In addition, DMS Health, through an exclusive relationship with Philips Healthcare, services and sells Philips' imaging 
and patient monitoring equipment within a defined region of the upper Midwest region of the United States. With the addition of 
DMS Health, we added two new reportable segments to Digirad: Mobile Healthcare and Medical Device Sales and Service. 

Business Segments

As of December 31, 2017, we operate the Company in four reportable segments:

1.  Diagnostic Services
2.  Mobile Healthcare
3.  Diagnostic Imaging
4.  Medical Device Sales and Service

Diagnostic Services. Through Diagnostic Services, we offer a convenient and economically efficient imaging and monitoring 
services program as an alternative to purchasing equipment or outsourcing the procedures to another physician or imaging center. 
For physicians who wish to perform nuclear imaging, echocardiography, vascular or general ultrasound tests, we provide imaging 
systems, qualified personnel, radiopharmaceuticals, licensing services, and the logistics required to perform imaging in their own 
offices, and thereby the ability to bill Medicare, Medicaid, or one of the third-party healthcare insurers directly for those services, 
which are primarily cardiac in nature. We provide imaging services primarily to cardiologists, internal medicine physicians, and 
family practice doctors who typically enter annual contracts for a set number of days ranging from once per month to five times 
per week.

Diagnostic Services also offers remote cardiac event monitoring services through our Telerhythmics business. These services 
include provision of a monitor, remote monitoring by registered nurses, and 24 hours a day, 7 days a week monitoring support for 
our patients and physician customers. We offer modalities of mobile cardiac telemetry (“MCT”), mobile cardiac event monitoring 
(both in wireless and analog versions), holter monitoring, and pacemaker analysis. These services offer flexibility and convenience 
to our customers who do not have to incur the costs of staffing, equipment, and logistics to monitor patients as part of their standard 

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of care. Our cardiac event monitoring services are provided primarily through an independent diagnostic testing facility model 
that allows us to bill Medicare, Medicaid, or one of the third-party healthcare insurers directly for our services, and is the only 
business at Digirad that bills Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance directly.

Mobile Healthcare. Through Mobile Healthcare, we provide contract diagnostic imaging, including computerized tomography 
(“CT”),  magnetic  resonance  imaging  (“MRI”),  positron  emission  tomography  (“PET”),  PET/CT,  and  nuclear  medicine  and 
healthcare expertise to hospitals, integrated delivery networks (“IDNs”), and federal institutions on a long-term contract basis, as 
well as provisional (short-term) services to institutions that are in transition. These services are provided primarily when there is 
a cost, ease, and efficiency component of providing the services directly rather than owning and operating the related services and 
equipment directly by our customers.

Diagnostic Imaging. Through Diagnostic Imaging, we sell our internally developed solid-state gamma cameras, imaging systems 
and camera maintenance contracts. Our imaging systems include nuclear cardiac imaging systems, as well as general purpose 
nuclear imaging systems. We sell our imaging systems to physician offices and hospitals primarily in the United States, although 
we have sold a small number of imaging systems internationally. 

Medical Device Sales and Service. Through Medical Device Sales and Service (“MDSS”), we provided: (a) contract sales services 
and (b) warranty and post-warranty services, under our contracts with Philips Healthcare (“Philips”), within a defined region in 
the upper Midwest region of the United States. Under the contract sales services, we primarily sold Philips branded imaging and 
patient  monitoring  systems,  including  CT,  MRI,  PET,  PET/CT  systems,  ultrasound  and  patient  and  monitoring  systems,  and 
received a commission on these sales. For our equipment contract sales services, we did not take title to the underlying equipment; 
it was delivered directly to the end user by Philips. Under our warranty and post-warranty services, we provided warranty and 
post-warranty services on certain Philips equipment within this territory related to equipment we sold or other equipment sold in 
the territory. 

  On September 28, 2017, we received a notice of termination (the “Termination Notice”) from Philips that the Consolidated 
Agreement, dated April 1, 2014, as amended on June 9, 2015, between Philips and DMS Health Technologies ("DMS"), and the 
Remote Inside Sales Services Agreement dated March 23, 2016 (collectively, the "Philips Agreements"), were terminated upon 
the close of business on December 31, 2017 (“Termination Date”).  The impact of the Termination Notice was to (a) end our 
contract sales services relationship with Philips as of December 31, 2017, effectively ending revenue associated with these services, 
and (b) end our relationship and support under our warranty and post-warranty services in the upper Midwest territory with Philips. 
However, the Philips Termination did not impact our ability to continue to service our existing contracts and allowed us opportunities 
to enter into new service contracts with customers outside the territory we were previously constrained to.  

Based on the Philips Termination, we carefully considered the opportunity to run the post-warranty service business outside 
the relationship with Philips, but determined that ultimately due to pricing challenges and logistics, the best economic decision 
was to sell the business to Philips.  Therefore, on December 22, 2017, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Philips 
Purchase Agreement”) with Philips to sell all of our MDSS customer contracts relating to the post-warranty service business for 
$8.0 million (the “Philips Transaction”). The Philips Transaction is subject to certain post-closing adjustments. In connection with 
entering into the Philips Purchase Agreement, we entered into an agreement with Philips pursuant to which we continued to provide 
installation and warranty services pursuant to an existing Service Agreement until January 31, 2018.  On February 1, 2018, the 
Philips Transaction was closed. Following the closing, the Company's MDSS reportable segment ceased to exist.  As a result, in 
2018, the MDSS reportable segment is expected to be reported as discontinued operations. 

Our Market

The target market for our products and services is comprised of cardiologists, internal medicine physicians, family practice 
physicians, hospitals, IDNs, and federal institutions in the United States that perform or could perform a diagnostic imaging 
procedure, have a need for cardiac event monitoring, or have interest in purchasing a diagnostic imaging product. During the year 
ended December 31, 2017, through Diagnostic Services and Mobile Healthcare, we provided imaging services to 1,025 physicians, 
physician groups, hospitals, IDNs and federal institutions, and cardiac event monitoring services to 415 physicians and physician 
groups. Our Diagnostic Services and Mobile Healthcare businesses currently operate in approximately 40 states. In the past, our 
market has been negatively affected by lower reimbursements from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and 
third-party insurance providers for the codes under which our customers bill for our services, although reimbursements have 
stabilized in the last several years. We have addressed, and will continue to address, these market pressures by modifying our 
Diagnostic Services and Mobile Healthcare business models, and by assisting our healthcare customers in complying with new 
regulations and requirements.

Trends and Drivers

The market for diagnostic services and products is highly competitive. Our business, which is focused primarily on the private 
practice and hospital sectors, continues to face uncertainty in the demand for diagnostic services and imaging equipment, which 

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we believe is due in part to the impact of the Deficit Reduction Act on the reimbursement environment and the 2010 Healthcare 
Reform laws, as well as general uncertainty in overall healthcare and legislative changes in healthcare, such as the Affordable 
Care Act. These  challenges  have  impacted,  and  will  likely  continue  to  impact,  our  operations. We  believe  that  the  principal 
competitive factors in our market include budget availability for our capital equipment, qualifications for reimbursement, pricing, 
ease-of-use, reliability, and mobility. 

Diagnostic Services.  In providing Diagnostic Services imaging services, we compete against many smaller local and regional 
nuclear and/or ultrasound providers that may have lower operating costs. The fixed-installation operators often utilize older, used 
equipment, and the mobile operators may use older Digirad single-head cameras or newer dual-head cameras. We are the only 
mobile provider with our own exclusive source of triple-head mobile systems. Some competing operators place new or used 
cameras into physician offices and then provide the staffing, supplies, and other support as an alternative to a Diagnostic Services 
service contract. In addition, we compete against imaging centers that install fixed nuclear gamma cameras and make them available 
to referring physicians in their geographic vicinity. In these cases, the physician sends their patients to the imaging center.

In providing cardiac event monitoring services, we compete against many smaller local and regional service providers, as well 
as a few larger, more well-established medical device companies, that provide devices and a service model similar to ours. We 
believe our advantage in this market is our ability to utilize almost any cardiac event device on the market in the United States, 
and not being constrained by using any particular device. However, our larger competitors have larger sales forces and deeper 
financial resources that may allow them to be more cost effective.  Further, larger competitors may develop devices that may make 
our owned devices obsolete, causing us to suffer financial losses as we attempt to change our technology and service model to 
adapt.

Diagnostic Imaging.  In selling our imaging systems, we compete against several large medical device manufacturers who offer 
a full line of imaging cameras for each diagnostic imaging technology, including x-ray, MRI, CT, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, 
or SPECT/CT and PET/CT hybrid imagers. The existing nuclear imaging systems sold by these competitors have been in use for 
a longer period of time than our internally developed nuclear gamma cameras, and are more widely recognized and used by 
physicians and hospitals; however, they are generally not solid-state, light-weight, as flexible, or portable. Additionally, certain 
medical device companies have developed a version of solid-state gamma cameras that may directly compete with our product 
offerings. Many of the larger multi-modality competitors enjoy significant competitive advantages over us, including greater brand 
recognition, greater financial and technical resources, established relationships with healthcare professionals, broader distribution 
networks, more resources for product development and marketing and sales, and the ability to bundle products to offer discounts.

Mobile Healthcare.  The market for selling, servicing, and operating diagnostic imaging services, patient monitoring equipment, 
and imaging systems is highly competitive. Mobile Healthcare competes against a few large national and regional providers. In 
addition to direct competition from other providers of services similar to those offered by us, we compete with freestanding imaging 
centers and healthcare providers that have their own diagnostic imaging systems, as well as with equipment manufacturers that 
sell imaging equipment directly to healthcare providers for permanent installation. Some of the direct competitors, which provide 
contract MRI and PET/CT services, have access to greater financial resources than we do. In addition, some of our customers are 
capable of providing the same services we provide to their patients directly, subject only to their decision to acquire a high-cost 
diagnostic imaging system, assume the financial and technology risk, and employ the necessary technologists, rather than obtain 
equipment and services from us. We may also experience greater competition in states that currently have certificate of need laws 
if such laws were repealed, thereby reducing barriers to entry and competition in those states. We also compete against other 
similar providers in quality of services, quality of imaging systems, relationships with healthcare providers, knowledge and service 
quality of technologists, price, availability, and reliability.

Medical Device Sales and Services.  Through our relationship with Philips Healthcare, we provided contract sales services of 
larger imaging systems and patient monitoring systems, as well as certain post warranty service contracts within a defined region 
in the upper Midwest region of the United States. For the imaging systems, we competed directly with other well-established 
healthcare products companies in the United States and throughout the world that sell similar devices that may have had a differing 
array of features and benefits that exceed the Philips products that we sold. Further, these competitors may have had a greater 
manufacturing capacity, reach and sales forces relative to the region we sold in, providing a competitive advantage.

For our post-warranty service contracts, we competed with a variety of smaller and larger independent service providers that 
may pay their field staff lower wages, utilize used parts instead of OEM parts and fail to provide the training we provided. Competing 
with these sources sometimes put us at a cost and price disadvantage. 

See discussion above under “Business Segment” related changes with the MDSS reportable segment.

2017 Financial Highlights

Consolidated revenues were $118.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. This is a decrease of $7.1 million, or 5.7%, 

compared to the prior year due to the following: 

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•  Mobile Healthcare segment revenues decreased $4.4 million, or 9.2% primarily due to lower provisional revenue resulting 

from lower utilization, and lower mobile revenue due to an increase in mobile imaging cancellations. 

•  Diagnostic Imaging segment revenues decreased $1.8 million, or 12.9%, primarily due to a decrease in the number of 
cameras sold and a lower blended average selling price per camera year over year, and lower revenue associated with 
camera maintenance time and material services. 

•  MDSS segment revenue decreased $1.7 million, or 10.5%, primarily due to lower revenue associated with imaging system 
service contracts, a decrease in number of imaging system service contracts, and lower time and material services revenue.

•  These decreases in revenue were partially offset by an increase in our Diagnostic Services segment revenue of $0.7 
million, or 1.5%, primarily due to an increase in the volume of total imaging days ran, partially offset by a lower average 
mobile imaging rate per day and lower enrollments in our Telerhythmics business. 

Consolidated gross profit decreased $7.4 million, or 20.6%, compared to the prior year due to a decrease in revenue noted 
previously, as well as higher labor and employee related costs, and a lower benefit from a release of excess inventory reserves due 
to the sale of previously reserved inventory compared to the prior year. 

Total operating expenses increased $1.7 million, or 5.3%, for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the prior year  
due to a non-cash impairment charge of goodwill of $2.6 million and accelerated amortization of intangible assets of $0.8 million, 
both recognized related to our MDSS reporting unit due to the termination of the Philips distribution agreement, and a $1.3 million
litigation charge recorded during the period relating to a settlement of a wage and hour lawsuit, partially offset by $1.9 million in 
legal  and  professional  fees  incurred  in  the  prior  year  related  to  the  acquisition  and  integration  of  DMS  Health,  lower  sales 
commissions of $0.5 million as a result of lower sales, and lower headcount and professional marketing costs of $0.6 million 
associated with changes made in leadership, operational, and sales approach to address lower provisional sales utilization in Mobile 
Healthcare.

Consolidated net loss for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $35.7 million, which is a decrease of $50.0 million compared 
to our net income of $14.3 million during the prior year. We recognized income tax expense of $27.6 million during the year ended 
December 31, 2017 compared to an income tax benefit of $12.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2016. Of this year 
over year change, $40.0 million was related to changes in income tax expense and benefit, primarily related to impacts of the 2017 
tax reform legislation and changes in recognition of our deferred income assets associated with our net operating losses. The 
remaining changes was related to the previously discussed decrease in revenue and gross profit and increase in operating expenses. 

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Diagnostic Services operated 93 nuclear gamma cameras and 59 ultrasound imaging 
systems, and Mobile Healthcare operated 99 PET, CT, MRI and ultrasound diagnostic imaging systems. We continue to strive to 
improve our overall profitability through more efficient utilization of our fleet of nuclear gamma cameras, ultrasound equipment, 
and PET, CT and MRI imaging systems. We measure efficiency by tracking system utilization, which is based on the percentage 
of days that our cameras, equipment and imaging systems are used to deliver services to customers out of the total number of days 
that they are available to deliver such services. System utilization for Diagnostic Services decreased to 63% for the year ended 
December 31, 2017, compared to 64% in the prior year, due to fewer mobile imaging days ran and a greater number of business 
days compared to 2016. System utilization for Mobile Healthcare was 84% for the year ended December 31, 2017, compared to 
87% in the prior year, due to a decrease in provisional system utilization and an increase in mobile imaging cancellations.

Critical Accounting Policies

Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated 
financial statements which are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation 
of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, 
related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues 
and expenses during the reporting period. We evaluate our estimates and judgments, the most critical of which are those related 
to revenue recognition, reserves for contractual allowances and doubtful accounts, inventory valuation, goodwill valuation, share-
based compensation, self-insured health insurance benefits, valuation of long-lived assets and income taxes. We base our estimates 
and judgments on historical experience and other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Materially 
different results can occur as circumstances change and additional information becomes known.

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Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue for all of our reportable segments in accordance with the authoritative guidance for revenue recognition, 
when all of the following four criteria are met: (i) a contract or sales arrangement exists; (ii) products have been shipped and title 
has  transferred  or  services  have  been  rendered;  (iii) the  price  of  the  products  or  services  is  fixed  or  determinable;  and 
(iv) collectability is reasonably assured. The timing of revenue recognition is based upon factors such as passage of title and risk 
of loss, the need for installation, and customer acceptance. These factors are based on the specific terms of each contract or sales 
arrangement.

Services  Revenue  Recognition.  We  generate  service  revenue  primarily  from  providing  diagnostic  imaging  and  cardiac 
monitoring services to our customers. Service revenue within our Diagnostic Imaging and Mobile Healthcare reportable segments 
is derived from providing our customers with contract diagnostic imaging services, which includes use of our imaging systems, 
qualified personnel, radiopharmaceuticals, licensing, logistics and related items required to perform testing in their own offices.  
We bill customers either on a per-scan or fixed-payment methodology, depending upon the contract that is negotiated with the 
customer.  Within our Mobile Healthcare segment, we also rent imaging systems to healthcare customers for use in their operations.  
Rental revenues are structured as either a weekly or monthly payment arrangement, and are recognized in the month services are 
provided. Revenue related to provision of our services is recognized at the time services are performed and collection is reasonably 
assured.

We  also  offer  remote  cardiac  event  monitoring  services  within  our  Diagnostic  Services  reportable  segment,  through  our 
Telerhythmics business. Our cardiac event monitoring services are provided primarily through an independent diagnostic testing 
facility  model  which  allows  us  to  bill  Medicare,  Medicaid,  or  one  of  the  third-party  healthcare  insurers  directly  for  services 
provided. We also receive reimbursement directly from patients through co-pays and self-pay arrangements. Billings for services 
reimbursed  by  third  party  payors,  including  Medicare  and  Medicaid,  are  recorded  as  revenue  net  of  contractual  allowances. 
Contractual allowances are estimated based on historical collections by Current Procedural Terminology ("CPT") code for specific 
payors or class of payors. Adjustments to the estimated receipts, based on final settlement with the third-party payors, are recorded 
upon settlement.

Product and Product-Related Revenue Recognition. We generate revenue from product and product-related sales, primarily 
from the sale of gamma cameras and Phillips medical equipment and supplies, and related services, which consist primarily of 
support and maintenance services on products we sell directly or through our relationship with Philips. 

Diagnostic Imaging product revenues are generated from the sale of internally developed solid-state gamma camera imaging 
systems and camera maintenance service contracts. Revenue for sales of imaging systems is generally recognized upon delivery 
of systems and acceptance by customers. We also provide installation services and training on cameras we sell, primarily in the 
United States. Installation and initial training is generally performed shortly after delivery and revenue related to the provision of 
these services is recognized at the time services are performed and collection is reasonably assured. Neither installation nor training 
is essential to the functionality of the product. Finally, we offer camera maintenance service contracts which are sold beyond the 
term of the initial warranty, generally one year from the date of purchase. Revenue from these contracts is deferred and recognized 
ratably over the period of the obligation.

Medical Device Sales and Service product revenues are derived from equipment sales and warranty and post-warranty service 
efforts, under our exclusive contract with Philips Healthcare. Revenue from equipment sales primarily consists of commission 
income, which represents the commission the Company earns for selling Philips equipment and supplies to end users, and is 
reported on a net basis upon delivery. Revenue related to warranty and service contracts that extend over multiple months is 
accounted for on the proportional-performance method, which the Company deems to be on a straight-line basis. Finally, revenue 
related to time-and-materials service contracts is recognized in the month services are performed and collection is reasonably 
assured.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Billing Adjustments 

We  provide  reserves  for  doubtful  accounts  and  billing  adjustments.  We  regularly  evaluate  the  collectability  of  our  trade 
receivables and make reserves and adjustments based on our historical experience rate and known collectability issues and disputes. 
We also consider our bad debt write-off and billing adjustments history. Our estimates of collectability could be impacted by 
material amounts due to changed circumstances, such as a higher number of defaults or material adverse changes in a payor’s 
ability to meet its obligations.  We also record a provision for billing adjustments and allowances as the related revenues are 
recorded. These estimates are based on specific facts and specific circumstances of particular orders, analysis of credit memo data 
or other known factors.  If the data we use to calculate these estimates do not properly reflect reserve requirements, then a change 
in the reserve would be made in the period in which such a determination is made and revenues in that period could be adversely 
affected. 

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Contractual Allowances

Our cardiac event monitoring services are provided primarily through an independent diagnostic testing facility model which 
allows us to bill Medicare, Medicaid, or one of the third-party healthcare insurers directly for services provided. Accounts receivable 
for cardiac event monitoring are recorded at the time revenue is recognized, net of contractual allowances. Contractual allowances 
are estimated based on historical collections by CPT code for specific payors, or class of payors. The ultimate collection of accounts 
receivable may not be known for several months after services have been provided and billed. Because of continuing changes in 
the healthcare industry and third-party reimbursement, it is possible that our estimates could change, which could have a material 
impact on our operations and cash flows.

Business Combinations

Under the acquisition method of accounting, we allocate the fair value of the total consideration transferred to the tangible and 
identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the date of acquisition. The 
fair values assigned, defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction 
between willing market participants, are based on estimates and assumptions determined by management. We record the excess 
consideration over the aggregate fair value of tangible and intangible assets, net of liabilities assumed, as goodwill. These valuations 
require us to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. 

In connection with certain of our acquisitions, additional contingent consideration is earned by the sellers upon completion of 
certain future performance milestones. In these cases, a liability is recorded on the acquisition date for an estimate of the acquisition 
date fair value of the contingent consideration by applying the income approach utilizing variable inputs such as anticipated future 
cash flows, risk-free adjusted discount rates, and nonperformance risk. Any change in the fair value of the contingent consideration 
subsequent to the acquisition date is recognized as general and administrative expense (income), in our consolidated statements 
of operations and comprehensive income. This method requires significant management judgment, including the probability of 
achieving certain future milestones and discount rates. Future changes in our estimates could result in expenses or gains. 

Management typically uses the discounted cash flow method to value our acquired intangible assets. This method requires 
significant management judgment to forecast future operating results and establish residual growth rates and discount factors. The 
estimates we use to value and amortize intangible assets are consistent with the plans and estimates that we use to manage our 
business and are based on available historical information and industry estimates and averages. If the subsequent actual results 
and updated projections of the underlying business activity change compared with the assumptions and projections used to develop 
these values, we could experience impairment charges. In addition, we have estimated the economic lives of certain acquired 
assets and these lives are used to calculate depreciation and amortization expense. If our estimates of the economic lives change, 
depreciation or amortization expenses could be accelerated or slowed.

Inventory

We state inventories at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market (net realizable value) and review our inventory balances 
for excess and obsolete inventory levels on a quarterly basis. Costs include material, labor, and manufacturing overhead and 
variance costs. We rely on historical information to support our reserve and utilize management’s business judgment. Per our 
policy, we generally reserve 100% of the cost of inventory quantities in excess of a defined period of demand. Once inventory is 
reserved, we do not adjust the reserve balance until the inventory is sold or disposed.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets including Finite Lived Purchased Intangible Assets

Long-lived assets consist of property and equipment and finite lived intangible assets. We record property and equipment at 
cost, and record other intangible assets based on their fair values at the date of acquisition. We calculate depreciation on property 
and equipment using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets. Charges related to amortization of assets 
recorded under capital leases are included within depreciation expense. We calculate amortization on other intangible assets using 
either the accelerated or the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets, based on the nature of when we expect 
to receive cash inflows generated by the intangible assets.

Impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations are recorded when indicators of impairment are present and the 
undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amount. If such assets are 
considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets 
exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets. When indicators of impairment exist, we perform a review of the carrying value of 
our long-lived assets to be held and used, including certain identifiable intangible assets.  No impairment losses were recorded on 
long-lived assets to be held and used during the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, or 2015. During the year ended December 31, 
2015, an impairment loss of less than $0.1 million was recorded related to the excess of the carrying amount above fair value of 
certain  assets  held  for  sale.  No  impairment  losses  were  recorded  on  long-lived  assets  held  for  sale  during  the  years  ended 
December 31, 2017, or 2016.

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Valuation of Goodwill

 We review goodwill for impairment on an annual basis during the fourth quarter, as well when events or changes in circumstances 
indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. We begin the process by assessing qualitative factors in determining 
whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. After performing the 
aforementioned assessment and upon review of the results of such assessment, we may begin performing step one of the two-step 
impairment analysis by quantitatively comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to the carrying value of the reporting unit, 
including goodwill. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, then we must perform 
the second step of the impairment test, whereby the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is compared to its implied fair 
value. If the carrying value of the goodwill exceeds the implied fair value, an impairment loss equal to the difference would be 
recorded. 

On September 28, 2017, the Company received a termination notice from Philips that our agreement to provide contract sales 
and services  on Philips  equipment would  be  terminated, effective December 31, 2017. As  a  result, the Company reduced  its 
forecasted revenue, gross margin and operating profit within its MDSS reporting unit. These factors are considered indicators of 
potential impairment and as a result, the Company performed an interim goodwill impairment analysis during the third quarter of 
2017. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $2.6 million associated with the impairment assessment of the 
MDSS reporting unit during the year ended December 31, 2017.

During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, we recorded goodwill impairment losses of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, 
respectively, within our Diagnostic Services segment related to our Telerhythmics business.  The Company concluded that it was 
more likely than not that the carrying value of the Telerhythmics reporting unit were in excess of their respective values and 
therefore, updated its estimated fair value of these assets as of those dates.  This conclusion was based on lower than expected 
operating results during the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2017, primarily as a result of lower sales volume and unfavorable 
mix in our cardiac event monitoring business. 

Estimating the fair value of the reporting units requires the use of estimates and significant judgments regarding future cash 
flows that are based on a number of factors including actual operating results, forecasted billings, revenue, and spend targets, 
discount rate assumptions, and long-term growth rate assumptions. The estimates and judgments described above could adversely 
change in future periods and we cannot provide absolute assurance that all of the targets will be achieved, which could lead to 
future impairment charges.

Share-Based Compensation

We grant options to purchase our common stock and restricted stock units ("RSUs") to our employees and directors under our 
equity compensation plans. We estimate the fair value of the stock option awards using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model 
on the date of grant. The fair value of RSUs is based on the stock price on the date of grant. The fair value of equity instruments 
that are expected to vest are recognized using the straight-line method over the requisite service period. 

Self-Insured Health Insurance Benefits

On January 1, 2017, we converted our employee health insurance plan from a fixed cost policy to a self-insured plan. The 
Company self-insures from the first dollar of loss up to  specified retention levels. Eligible losses  in excess of  self-insurance 
retention levels and up to stated limits of liability are covered by a combination of a captive and third-party insurance programs.

For our policies under which we are responsible for losses, we record a liability that represents our estimated cost of claims 
incurred and unpaid as of the balance sheet date. Our estimated liability is not discounted and is based on a number of assumptions 
and factors, including historical trends, claim experience, and is closely monitored and adjusted when warranted by changing 
circumstances. Should a greater amount of claims occur compared to what was estimated or medical costs increase beyond what 
was expected, our accrued liabilities might not be sufficient and additional expenses may be recorded. Actual claims experience 
could  also  be  more  favorable  than  estimated  resulting  in  expense  reductions.  Unanticipated  changes  may  produce  materially 
different amounts of expense than that reported under these programs. As of December 31, 2017, the reserve for estimated claims 
incurred and unpaid was $1.0 million. 

Income Taxes 

We provide for income taxes under the asset and liability method. This approach requires the recognition of deferred tax assets 
and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of differences between the tax basis of assets or liabilities and their carrying 
amounts in the financial statements. We provide a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that these 
items will expire before we are able to realize their benefit. We calculate the valuation allowance in accordance with the authoritative 
guidance relating to income taxes, which requires an assessment of both positive and negative evidence regarding the realizability 
of these deferred tax assets when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. Significant judgment is required in determining 
any valuation allowance against deferred tax assets. 

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During the year ended December 31, 2015, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a portion of our deferred tax 
assets would be realized through future taxable income. This conclusion was based on our restructuring efforts in 2013 and 2014 
and resulting sustained profitability for the second half of 2013, 2014, and 2015, as well as our projections of positive future 
earnings and other key operating factors. As of September 30, 2015, we had generated cumulative pretax income over the preceding 
twelve quarter period, and therefore the objective negative evidence of a history of operating losses was no longer present. The 
partial release of the valuation allowance associated with our deferred tax assets was the primary driver of the income tax benefit 
of $19.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2016, as a result of the acquisition 
of DMS Health on January 1, 2016, we determined that it is more likely than not that additional deferred tax assets will be realized 
due to the increases in our forecasted taxable income. The partial release of the valuation allowance associated with our deferred 
tax assets was the primary driver of the income tax benefit of $12.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. During the 
year ended December 31,  2017, as a result of a three-year cumulative loss and recent events such as the unanticipated termination 
of the Philips distribution agreement and its effect on our near term forecasted income, we concluded that a full valuation allowance 
was necessary to offset our deferred tax assets.  A significant piece of objective negative evidence evaluated as of December 31, 
2017, was the cumulative pretax loss incurred over the three-year period ended December 31, 2017.  The increase of the valuation 
allowance associated with our deferred tax assets resulted in $18.1 million of income tax expense for the year ended December 
31, 2017. 

We will reassess the ability to realize the deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis. If it is more likely than not that we will not 
realize the recognized deferred tax assets, then all or a portion of the valuation allowance may need to be re-established, which 
would result in a charge to tax expense. Conversely, if new events indicate that it is more likely than not that we will realize 
additional deferred tax assets, then all or a portion of the remaining valuation allowance may be released, which would result in 
a tax benefit.

New Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for our discussion of new accounting pronouncements.

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Results of Operations

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 

The following table sets forth our results from operations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

Year ended December 31,

Change from Prior Year

2017

% of 2017
Revenues

2016

% of 2016
Revenues

Dollars

Percent

118,339

100.0 % 125,467

100.0 %

89,937

28,402

76.0 %

24.0 %

89,694

35,773

9,154

19,360

3,161

2,746

34,421

(6,019)

(311)

(1,068)

(709)

(2,088)

(8,107)

7.7 %

16.4 %

2.7 %

2.3 %

29.1 %

(5.1)%

(0.3)%

(0.9)%

(0.6)%

(1.8)%

(6.9)%

10,049

19,988

2,313

338

32,688

3,085

212
(1,412)
—
(1,200)
1,885

(27,623)

(23.3)%

12,417

$ (35,730)

(30.2)% $ 14,302

71.5 %

28.5 %

8.0 %

15.9 %

1.8 %

0.3 %

(7,128)
243
(7,371)

(895)
(628)
848

2,408

2.5 %

0.2 %

(1.1)%

26.1 %

1,733
(9,104)
(523)
344
(709)
(888)
(9,992)
(40,040)
9.9 %
11.4 % $ (50,032)

(1.0)%

1.5 %

— %

(5.7)%

0.3 %

(20.6)%

(8.9)%

(3.1)%

36.7 %

712.4 %

5.3 %

(295.1)%

(246.7)%

(24.4)%

(100.0)%

74.0 %

(530.1)%

(322.5)%

(349.8)%

(in thousands)
Total revenues

Total cost of revenues

Gross profit

Operating expenses:

Marketing and sales

General and administrative

Amortization of intangible assets

Goodwill impairment

Total operating expenses

(Loss) income from operations

Other (expense) income, net

Interest expense, net

Loss on extinguishment of debt

Total other expense

(Loss) income before income taxes

Income tax (expense) benefit

Net (loss) income

Revenues

Services Revenue

Services revenue by segment is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Diagnostic Services

Mobile Healthcare

Total Services Revenue

2017

2016

Change

% Change

$

$

49,016

42,849

91,865

$

$

48,305

47,206

95,511

$

$

711
(4,357)
(3,646)

1.5 %

(9.2)%

(3.8)%

Year Ended December 31,

Diagnostic Services revenue increased $0.7 million, or 1.5%, compared to the prior year primarily due to higher volume of 
total imaging days ran, partially offset by a decrease in the average mobile imaging rate per day, as well as a decrease of $0.4 
million in revenue from our Telerhythmics business due to lower enrollments resulting from lower in-stock inventory availability 
to service patients. Though we believe we generally have sufficient inventory to service patients at Telerhythmics, we occasionally 
experience high demand periods that put pressure on meeting customer demand until more inventory becomes available.

Mobile Healthcare revenue decreased $4.4 million, or 9.2%, compared to the prior year primarily due to a decrease in provisional 
revenue of $3.2 million mainly due to lower utilization, as well as a decrease in mobile imaging revenue of $1.3 million due to an 
increase in cancellations. The activity and utilization of provisional assets can vary in each period based on sales execution, the 
number of imaging unit installations in the period (which require a provisional unit for the transition period), and imaging volume. 
The decrease year over year is primarily due to sales execution. To address the decrease in provisional revenue we experienced 
in 2017, we made changes in March 2017 in leadership, operations and sales approach in our Mobile Healthcare business unit. 
Though we believe there has been a positive impact as a result of our changes, the impact of lower provisional sales will take 
several quarters to correct, and ultimately will still be subject to macro market conditions, associated need, and utilization of our 
provisional assets.

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Overall, services revenue accounted for 77.6% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017, compared to 76.1% for 
the prior year. We expect our Services revenue to continue to represent the larger percentage of our consolidated revenue and 
expect that percentage to increase in 2018 due to the impact of our Medical Device Sales and Services segment described below; 
however, the percentage will fluctuate quarter by quarter given the significant variability in the timing and volume of product sales 
associated with our Diagnostic Imaging segment.

Product and Product-Related Revenue

Product and product-related revenue by segment is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Diagnostic Imaging

Medical Device Sales and Service

Total Product and Product-Related Revenue

2017

2016

Change

% Change

$

$

12,081

14,393

26,474

$

$

13,870

16,086

29,956

$

$

(1,789)
(1,693)
(3,482)

(12.9)%

(10.5)%

(11.6)%

Year Ended December 31,

Diagnostic Imaging revenue decreased $1.8 million, or 12.9%, compared to the prior year primarily due to a decrease in product 
sales of $1.3 million due to both a lower volumes and unfavorable mix of cameras sold, as well a decrease of $0.2 million in 
camera rental revenue, and a $0.3 million decrease in camera maintenance service revenue. During the prior year, we sold a greater 
number of our Ergo cameras, which have a higher selling price than our Cardius line of cameras. In addition, we experienced lower 
overall revenue from camera maintenance services due to lower time and material activities, which are variable in nature and based 
on customer needs. Though the timing of Diagnostic Imaging product sales is impacted by customer budgets and overall healthcare 
market, we believe, since the second quarter of 2017, that we are seeing some delays in larger product purchases based on the 
current uncertainty of the Affordable Care Act and the potential repeal or replacement of the program. If this uncertainty continues, 
we believe our product sales could experience continued softness in future periods.

MDSS revenue decreased $1.7 million, or 10.5%, compared to the prior year primarily due to a decrease in maintenance service 
revenue  of  $1.8  million.  During  the third quarter  of 2016,  we  had  a  large  customer  transition  their  service  contracts  to  other 
providers, which contributed $0.8 million to the decrease year over year.  In addition, maintenance service revenue was also 
impacted by a decrease of $0.6 million in time and material revenue, which is variable in nature and based on customer needs. We 
do not expect to have further revenues and activities in our MDSS segment past the first quarter of 2018 as a result of a Philips 
contract cancellation as well as the sale of our MDSS service contracts. See further discussion in the “Business Segments” section 
above.

Gross Profit

Services Gross Profit

Services gross profit and gross margin is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Services gross profit

Services gross margin

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

% Change

$

16,032

$

19,996

(19.8)%

17.5%

20.9%

Diagnostic Services gross profit decreased $0.5 million, or 5.2%, to $9.9 million in the current year compared to $10.5 million in 
the prior year, and the gross margin percentage was 20.3% in the current year compared to 21.7% in the prior year. The decrease 
in gross margin percentage was mainly due to lower revenue in our Telerhythmics business and $0.8 million higher employee 
related costs compared to the prior year period. 

Mobile Healthcare gross profit decreased $3.4 million, or 36.0%, to $6.1 million in the current year compared to $9.5 million in 
the prior year, and gross margin percentage was 14.2% in the current year compared to 20.1% in the prior year. The decrease in 
gross margin percentage was primarily due to lower revenue and lower utilization of provisional assets compared to the prior year; 
partially offset by higher margins on provisional revenue compared to the prior year period.

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Product and Product-Related Gross Profit

Product and product-related gross profit and gross margin is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Product and product-related gross profit

Product and product-related gross margin

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

% Change

$

12,370

$

15,777

(21.6)%

46.7%

52.7%

Diagnostic Imaging gross profit decreased $2.1 million, or 29.2%, to $5.0 million in the current year compared to $7.1 million in 
the prior year, and the gross margin percentage was 41.7% in the current year compared to 51.3% in the prior year. The decrease 
in gross margin percentage was primarily due to lower product sales and camera maintenance revenue compared to the prior year. 

MDSS gross profit decreased $1.3 million, or 15.3%, to $7.3 million in the current year compared to $8.7 million in the prior 
year, and the gross margin percentage was 51.0% in the current year compared to 53.8% in the prior year. The decrease in gross 
margin was primarily due to lower maintenance revenue. 

Operating Expenses

Operating expense are summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Marketing and sales

General and administrative

Amortization of intangible assets

Goodwill impairment

Total operating expenses

Year Ended December 31,

Percent of Revenues

Change

2017

2016

Dollars

Percent

2017

2016

$

9,154

$

10,049

19,360

3,161

2,746

19,988

2,313

338

$

34,421

$

32,688

(895)
(628)
848

2,408

1,733

(8.9)%

(3.1)%

36.7 %

712.4 %

5.3 %

7.7%

16.4%

2.7%

2.3%

29.1%

8.0%

15.9%

1.8%

0.3%

26.1%

Marketing and sales expenses decreased $0.9 million, or 8.9%, compared to the prior year, primarily due to lower variable 
compensation of $0.5 million as a result of lower sales, as well as lower headcount and professional marketing costs of $0.6 million 
associated with changes made in leadership, operational, and sales approach to address lower provisional sales utilization in Mobile 
Healthcare. Marketing and sales expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 7.7% and 8.0% for the years ended December 31, 
2017 and 2016, respectively. 

General and administrative expenses decreased by $0.6 million, or 3.1%, compared to the prior year. The decrease was primarily 
due to $1.9 million of legal and professional fees incurred in the prior year period related to the acquisition and integration of DMS 
Health, and lower bad debt expense of $0.4 million due to improved collections; partially offset by a $1.3 million litigation charge 
recorded during the current year relating to a settlement of a wage and hour lawsuit as further discussed in Note 8 of the consolidated 
financial statements. 

Due to the termination of the Philips Agreement and the sale of our post-warranty contracts as discussed in "Business Segments" 
above, we anticipate a reduction of approximately $2.5 million to overall marketing, sales, general and administrative expenses 
annually related to a reduction in our sales force subsequent to December 31, 2017, excluding any potential one-time severance 
costs associated with elimination of these roles.

The  amortization  of  intangible  assets  increased  by  $0.8  million,  or  36.7%,  compared  to  the  prior  year,  due  to  accelerated 
amortization recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017 on our  intangible related to our Philips Agreements, terminated effective 
December 31, 2017. 

Goodwill non-cash impairment charges increased by $2.4 million compared to the prior year, primarily as a result of impairment 
recorded during the third quarter of 2017 in our MDSS reporting unit. See Note 6 of the consolidated financial statements for 
further information.

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Other (Expense) Income

Total other expense is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Other income (expense), net

Interest expense, net

Loss on extinguishment of debt

Total other expense

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

$

$

(311) $

(1,068)
(709)
(2,088) $

212
(1,412)
—
(1,200)

Other expense, net was $0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to other income of $0.2 million in the 
prior year. Other expense, net for the year ended December 31, 2017 consisted of impairment losses recognized on our equity 
investments deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired. Other income, net for the year ended December 31, 2016 consisted of 
a $0.6 million favorable settlement of a pre-acquisition litigation matter during the fourth quarter of 2016, partially offset by a 
$0.4 million impairment loss on our equity investments. 

Interest expense, net for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is predominantly comprised of cash interest costs and 
related amortization of deferred issuance costs on our debt. Interest expense, net decreased $0.3 million compared to the prior year 
due to lower amortization of deferred issuance costs of $0.1 million, as well as lower cash interest costs mainly due to lower 
average outstanding borrowings compared to the prior year. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" for a more detailed description 
of our current outstanding debt.

Loss on extinguishment of debt in the year ended December 31, 2017 is primarily related to the write-off of unamortized 
deferred financing costs related to the termination of the Wells Fargo Credit Agreement on June 21, 2017. See Note 7 of the 
consolidated financial statements for further information.

Income Tax (Expense) Benefit

Income tax expense was $27.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to an income tax benefit of $12.4 
million for the year ended December 31, 2016. During the year ended December 31, 2017, as a result of the 2017 tax reform 
legislation impact we recognized $11.6 million of income tax expense due to the re-measurement of our deferred tax assets and 
liabilities at the new U.S. federal tax rate of 21% from the previous rate of 34%, for years subsequent to 2017.  Additionally, we 
recognized $18.1 million of income tax expense due to an increase in our tax valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets, 
that prior to 2017, we believed were more likely than not to be realized.  The valuation allowance recorded in 2017 was established 
as a result of weighing all positive and negative evidence, including our recent history of cumulative losses over at least the past 
three years.  During the year ended December 31, 2016, as a result of the acquisition of DMS Health on January 1, 2016, we 
determined that it is more likely than not that additional deferred tax assets will be realized due to the increases in our forecasted 
taxable income. The partial release of the valuation allowance associated with our deferred tax assets was the primary driver of 
the income tax benefit of $12.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. 

See Note 10 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information. 

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Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 

The following table sets forth our results from operations for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

Year Ended December 31,

Change from Prior Year

(in thousands)
Total revenues

Total cost of revenues

Gross profit

Operating expenses:

Marketing and sales

General and administrative

Amortization of intangible assets

Goodwill impairment

Total operating expenses

Income from operations

Other income (expense), net

Interest expense, net

Total other (expense) income

Income before income taxes

Income tax benefit

Net income

Revenues

Services Revenue

2016

% of 2016
Revenues

125,467

100.0 %

89,694

35,773

10,049

19,988

2,313

338

71.5 %

28.5 %

8.0 %

15.9 %

1.8 %

0.3 %

2015

60,826

42,917

17,909

4,741

9,888

506

—

32,688

26.1 %

15,135

3,085

212

(1,412)

(1,200)

1,885

12,417

2.5 %

0.2 %

(1.1)%

(1.0)%

1.5 %

9.9 %

2,774
(233)
(24)
(257)
2,517

19,123

$ 14,302

11.4 % $ 21,640

Dollars

Percent

% of 2015
Revenues

100.0 %

70.6 %

29.4 %

7.8 %

16.3 %

0.8 %

— %

24.9 %

4.6 %

64,641

46,777

17,864

5,308

10,100

1,807

338

17,553

311

— %

(0.4)%

(0.4)%

445
(1,388)
(943)
(632)
(6,706)
31.4 %
35.6 % $ (7,338)

4.1 %

106.3 %

109.0 %

99.7 %

112.0 %

102.1 %

357.1 %

100.0 %

116.0 %

11.2 %

(191.0)%

5,783.3 %

366.9 %

(25.1)%

(35.1)%

(33.9)%

Services revenue by segment is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Diagnostic Services

Mobile Healthcare

Total Services Revenue

2016

2015

Change

% Change

$

$

48,305

47,206

95,511

$

$

46,407

—

46,407

$

$

1,898

47,206

49,104

4.1%

100.0%

105.8%

Year Ended December 31,

Services revenue increased $49.1 million, or 105.8%, compared to the prior year primarily due to the acquisition of DMS Health, 
and $0.6 million of incremental revenue associated with the MD Office acquisition, which occurred on March 5, 2015. Excluding 
the impact of acquisitions, revenue in the Diagnostic Services segment increased by $1.3 million, or 2.9%, compared to the prior 
year due to a greater number of imaging days provided, partially offset by a decrease in the average mobile imaging rate per day 
and  decreased  revenue  from  our  Telerhythmics  business  due  to  less  favorable  mix  compared  to  the  prior  year.  In  the  year 
ended December 31, 2016, we experienced higher volume of imaging days ran for both new and existing customers as compared 
to the prior year. In addition, in the year ended December 31, 2015 we experienced a high rate of cancellations that did not occur 
in the year ended December 31, 2016. Including the acquisition of DMS Health, Services revenue accounted for 76.1% of total 
revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016, compared to 76.3% for the prior year.

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Product and Product-Related Revenue

Product and product-related revenue by segment is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Diagnostic Imaging

Medical Device Sales and Service

Total Product and Product-Related Revenue

2016

2015

Change

% Change

$

$

13,870

16,086

29,956

$

$

14,419

—

14,419

$

$

(549)
16,086

15,537

(3.8)%

100.0 %

107.8 %

Year Ended December 31,

Product  and  product-related  revenue  increased  $15.5  million,  or  107.8%,  compared  to  the  prior  year  primarily  due  to  the 
acquisition  of  DMS  Health.  Excluding  the  impact  of  acquisition,  Diagnostic  Imaging  segment  revenues  for  the  year  ended 
December 31, 2016 decreased by $0.5 million, or 3.8%, compared to the prior year, primarily due to a decrease in the number of 
cameras sold and lower revenue associated with camera maintenance contracts, as well as a less favorable product mix during the 
year ended December 31, 2016 as compared to the prior year, which led to a lower blended average selling price per camera year 
over year. 

Gross Profit

Services Gross Profit

Services gross profit and gross margin is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Services gross profit

Services gross margin

Year Ended December 31,

2016

2015

% Change

$

19,996

$

10,439

91.6%

20.9%

22.5%

Services gross profit increased $9.6 million, or 91.6%, to $20.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to $10.4 
million in  the  prior  year  primarily  due  to  the  acquisitions  of  DMS  Health  and  MD  Office,  and  the  gross  margin  percentage 
was 20.9% for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to 22.5% in the prior year. The decrease in gross margin percentage 
was attributable to the acquisition of DMS Health and its relative contribution to gross profit, as well as slight unfavorability in 
our Diagnostic Services segment gross profit percentage due to the decrease in the average mobile imaging rate per day with the 
associated service costs remaining relatively consistent, as well as an unfavorable mix of services provided in our Telerhythmics 
business.

Product and Product-Related Gross Profit

Product and product-related gross profit and gross margin is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Product and product-related gross profit

Product and product-related gross margin

Year Ended December 31,

2016

2015

% Change

$

15,777

$

52.7%

7,470

51.8%

111.2%

Product and product-related gross profit increased $8.3 million, or 111.2%, to $15.8 million in the year ended December 31, 
2016 compared to $7.5 million in the prior year primarily due to the acquisition of DMS Health, and the gross margin percentage 
was 52.7% for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to 51.8% in the prior year. Excluding the impact of the acquisition, 
Product gross margin percentage decreased slightly due to a less favorable mix of camera sales and a lower benefit from the release 
of excess inventory reserves related to the sale of previously reserved inventory.

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Operating Expenses

Operating expense are summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Marketing and sales

General and administrative

Amortization of intangible assets

Goodwill impairment

Total operating expenses

Year Ended December 31,

Percent of Revenues

Change

2016

2015

Dollars

Percent

2016

2015

$

10,049

$

19,988

2,313

338

4,741

9,888

506

—

$

32,688

$

15,135

5,308

10,100

1,807

338

17,553

112.0%

102.1%

357.1%

100.0%

116.0%

8.0%

15.9%

1.8%

0.3%

26.1%

7.8%

16.3%

0.8%

—%

24.9%

Marketing and sales expenses increased $5.3 million, or 112.0%, compared to the prior year, primarily as a result of the acquisition 
of  DMS  Health.  Marketing  and  sales  expenses  as  a  percentage  of  total  revenues  were  8.0%  and  7.8%  for  the  years  ended 
December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 

General and administrative expenses increased of $10.1 million, or 102.1%, compared to the prior year, primarily as a result 
of the acquisition of DMS Health, as well as an increase in legal and professional fees related to the acquisition and integration of 
DMS Health, and to a lesser extent, an increase in stock-based compensation and higher professional fees due to the impact of 
DMS Health. During the year ended December 31, 2016, we incurred acquisition and integration related costs of $1.9 million, 
compared to $1.3 million during the prior year. General and administrative expenses were 15.9% of total revenue for the year 
ended December 31, 2016 compared to 16.3% for the prior year. 

The amortization of intangible assets resulted in $2.3 million of expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016, an increase 
of $1.8 million or 357.1%, compared to the prior year, primarily as the result of intangibles acquired as part of the acquisition of 
DMS Health.

During  the  year  ended  December 31,  2016,  we  recognized  a  $0.3  million goodwill  impairment  charge  related  to  our 

Telerhythmics cardiac monitoring business.

Other (Expense) Income

Total other expense is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)

Other income (expense), net

Interest expense, net

Total other expense

Year Ended December 31,

2016

2015

$

$

$

212
(1,412)
(1,200) $

(233)
(24)
(257)

Other income, net was $0.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to Other expense of $0.2 million in the 
prior year. The increase was due to a $0.6 million favorable settlement of a pre-acquisition litigation matter during the fourth 
quarter of 2016, partially offset by an increase of $0.2 million of impairment losses on our investment in Perma-Fix Medical, S.A. 
compared to the prior year. 

Interest expense, net was $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, an increase of $1.4 million compared to the prior 

year, due interest and amortization of debt issuance costs related to our Credit Facility entered into on January 1, 2016. 

Income Tax Benefit

Income tax benefit was $12.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, a decrease of $6.7 million compared to the prior 
year. During the year ended December 31, 2015, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a portion of our deferred tax 
assets would be realized through future taxable income. This conclusion was based on our restructuring efforts in 2013 and 2014 
and resulting sustained profitability for the second half of 2013, 2014, and 2015, as well as our projections of positive future 
earnings and other key operating factors. As of September 30, 2015, we had generated cumulative pretax income over the preceding 
twelve quarter period, and therefore the objective negative evidence of a history of operating losses was no longer present. The 
partial release of the valuation allowance associated with our deferred tax assets was the primary driver of the income tax benefit 
of $19.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2016, as a result of the acquisition 
of DMS Health on January 1, 2016, we determined that it is more likely than not that additional deferred tax assets will be realized 

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due to the increases in our forecasted taxable income. The partial release of the valuation allowance associated with our deferred 
tax assets was the primary driver of the income tax benefit of $12.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

We generated $6.2 million of positive cash flow from operations during the year ended December 31, 2017.  Cash flows from 
operations primarily represent inflows from net income (adjusted for depreciation, amortization, and other non-cash items), as 
well as the net effect of changes in working capital. Cash flows from investing activities primarily represent our investment in 
capital equipment required to maintain and grow our business, as well as acquisitions. Cash flows from financing activities primarily 
represent net proceeds from borrowings and receipt of cash related to the exercise of stock options, offset by outflows related to 
dividend payments and repayments of long-term borrowings. 

Our principal sources of liquidity are our existing cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operations, and availability 
on our revolving line of credit from our Comerica Credit Agreement. As of December 31, 2017, we had $1.9 million of cash and 
cash equivalents, as well as $5.4 million available under our revolving line of credit. We expect in future periods to utilize most 
of our available cash to reduce our outstanding balances under our Comerica Credit Agreement in order to minimize interest 
expense. We also have available a shelf registration statement that provides us with increased capital flexibility to pursue corporate 
objectives by allowing us to offer and sell up to $20.0 million of securities. 

We  require  capital  principally  for  capital  expenditures,  acquisition  activity,  dividend  payments,  and  to  finance  accounts 
receivable and inventory. Our working capital requirements vary from period to period depending on inventory requirements, the 
timing of deliveries, and the payment cycles of our customers. Our capital expenditures consist primarily of medical imaging and 
diagnostic devices utilized in the provision of our services, as well as vehicles and information technology hardware and software. 
Based upon our current level of expenditures, we believe our current working capital, together with cash flows from operating 
activities, will be more than adequate to meet our anticipated cash requirements for at least the next 12 months.

Cash Flows

The following table shows cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 (in thousands): 

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

Net cash provided by operating activities

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

Operating Activities

6,185

$ 10,834

$
$
$ (1,465) $ (29,111) $
$ (5,046) $

4,612

3,720

2,199
$ (4,102)

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $4.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the 
prior year. The decrease in cash compared to the prior year period was primarily due to lower net income adjusted for non-cash 
items as a result of reduced revenues, partially offset by favorable working capital changes, primarily due to decreases in inventory 
and increases in accrued compensation.

Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $7.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to the 
prior year. The increase is attributable to higher net income adjusted for non-cash items, partially offset by slightly unfavorable 
changes in working capital, primarily due to decreases in accrued compensation and deferred revenue compared to the prior year.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $27.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the prior 
year.  The decrease in cash used in investing activities compared to the prior year period was primarily attributable to the outlay 
of $25.5 million of cash to acquire DMS Health in the prior year, a decrease of $3.7 million in purchases of capital equipment, 
partially offset by a decrease of $1.4 million in cash provided by maturities of available-for-sale securities.

Net cash provided by investing activities increased by $31.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to net 
cash used in the prior year. The increase in cash used in investment activities was primarily attributable to the outlay of $25.5 
million of cash to acquire DMS Health, as well as an increase of $4.8 million in purchases of capital equipment compared to the 
prior year. See Note 3 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information related to the acquisition of 
DMS Health.

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Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities decreased by $9.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the 
prior year.  The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $14.7 million in net principal borrowings as a result of initial borrowings 
received in the prior year for the acquisition of DMS Health Technologies and a decrease of $0.8 million in cash provided by 
option exercises; partially offset by a $6.2 million increase due to the release of restricted cash collateral balances as a result of 
the termination of our former credit facility under the Wells Fargo Credit Agreement. 

Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $8.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to net 
cash used in the prior year. The increase in cash provided by financing activities was primarily attributable to proceeds under our 
Credit Facility, net of issuance costs, consisting of initial proceeds received of $32.8 million used to finance the acquisition of 
DMS Health, and $3.7 million of borrowings during the year from our revolving credit facility, partially offset by $24.8 million of 
repayments of long-term borrowings (including approximately $9.4 million for the repayment of outstanding debt acquired in the 
DMS Health acquisition), as well as an increase of restricted cash of $3.1 million associated with the maintenance of cash collateral 
requirements under the former Wells Fargo Credit Agreement. 

Capital Resources

Comerica Revolving Credit Facility

On June 21, 2017, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Comerica Credit Agreement”) with Comerica 
Bank, a Texas banking association (“Comerica”).  The Comerica Credit Agreement provides for a five-year revolving credit facility 
with a maximum credit amount of $25.0 million maturing in June 2022 (the "Comerica Credit Facility"). As described below, on 
January 30, 2018 we entered into an amendment to the Comerica Credit Agreement, that, among other things, reduced maximum 
credit  amount  under  the  Comerica  Credit Agreement  to  $20.0  million. The  Company’s  subsidiaries  are  guarantors  under  the 
Comerica Credit Agreement. Under the Comerica Credit Agreement, the Company can request the issuance of letters of credit in 
an aggregate amount not to exceed $1.0 million at any one time. As of December 31, 2017, we had outstanding borrowings under 
the Comerica Credit Agreement of $19.5 million at a weighted average interest rate of 3.90%.

At the Company’s option, the Comerica Credit Facility will bear interest at either (i) the LIBOR Rate, as defined in the 
Comerica Credit Agreement, plus a margin of 2.35%; or (ii) the PRR-based Rate, plus a margin of 0.5%.  As further defined in 
the Comerica Credit Agreement, the "PRR-based Rate" means the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day (as defined 
in the Comerica Credit Agreement) plus 0.5%, or (b) the daily adjusting LIBOR Rate plus 2.50%.  In addition to interest on 
outstanding borrowings under the Comerica Credit Facility, the revolving credit note bears an unused line fee of 0.25%, which is 
presented as interest expense. The borrowing availability under the Comerica Credit Agreement at December 31, 2017 was $5.4 
million. 

The Comerica Credit Agreement contains certain representations, warranties, events of default, as well as certain affirmative 
and  negative  covenants  customary  for  credit  agreements  of  this  type.  These  covenants  include  restrictions  on  borrowings, 
investments and divestitures, as well as limitations on the Company’s ability to make certain restricted payments. These restrictions 
do not prevent or prohibit the payment of dividends by the Company consistent with past practice.  The Comerica Credit Agreement 
requires us to comply with certain financial covenants, including a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and a Funded Debt to Adjusted 
EBITDA Ratio (each as defined in the Comerica Credit Agreement).  The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is calculated based on 
the ratio of (a) Adjusted EBITDA, less (i) cash income taxes paid for such period, less (ii), FCCR Capital Expenditures (as defined 
in the Comerica Credit Agreement) made during such period, less (iii) payments, repurchases or redemptions of stock made during 
such period, less (iv) Distributions and Purchases (each as defined in the Comerica Credit Agreement) made during such period, 
to (b) (i) the Current Maturities of Long Term Debt (each as defined in the Comerica Credit Agreement) as of the last day of such 
period plus (ii) interest paid during such period.  The Fixed Charge Coverage ratio is measured on a quarterly basis as of the most 
recent fiscal quarter end.  Under the Comerica Credit Agreement we must maintain a fixed charge ratio of at least 1.25 to 1.00 for 
each trailing twelve-month period as of the end of each fiscal quarter. The funded debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio (as defined in 
the Comerica Credit Agreement) must be not more than 2.25 to 1.00 measured at each fiscal quarter. 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default under the Comerica Credit Agreement, Comerica may, 
among other things, declare the loans and all other obligations under the Comerica Credit Agreement immediately due and payable 
and increase the interest rate at which loans and obligations under the Comerica Credit Agreement bear interest. Pursuant to a 
separate Security Agreement dated June 21, 2017, between the Company, its subsidiaries and Comerica Bank, the Comerica Credit 
Facility is secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the assets (excluding real estate) of the Company and 
its subsidiaries and a pledge of all shares and membership interests of the Company’s subsidiaries.

In  connection  with  the  Philips Transaction  in  which  we  sold  our  post-warranty  service  customer  contracts  to  Philips,  the 
Company entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the Comerica Credit Agreement, dated January 30, 2018.  The Amendment to the 
Comerica  Credit Agreement  reduced  the  revolving  credit  commitment from  $25.0  million  to  $20.0  million  and  modified  the 

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definitions of "Adjusted EBITDA," "FCCR Capital Expenditures" and "Revolving Credit Commitment" as used under the Comerica 
Credit Agreement.  The Company will use the proceeds of $8.0 million in cash (subject to certain adjustments) received from the 
Philips Transaction to pay down its outstanding borrowings under the Comerica Credit Facility. See further discussion under 
"Business Segments" above.

At December 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2017, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Contractual Obligations

The following table provides a summary of certain information concerning our obligations and commitments to make future 

payments, and is based on conditions in existence as of December 31, 2017 (amounts in thousands):

Contractual Obligations

Long-term debt
Interest on long-term debt (1)

Operating lease obligations
Capital lease obligations (2)
Purchase obligations (3)

Total Contractual Obligations

Payments Due by Period (1)

Total

Less than 1
year

1-3 years

3-5 years

More than 5
years

$

19,500

— $

— $

19,500

$

3,451

4,277
2,957

4,876

771

1,873
915

2,997

1,545

1,963
1,361

1,879

1,135

441
681

—

$

35,061

$

6,556

$

6,748

$

21,757

$

—

—

—
—

—

(1)    Interest on variable rate debt was estimated using rates in effect as of December 31, 2017.

(2)    Capital lease obligations include related interest obligations.

(3)    Amounts include noncancellable service agreements to maintain portions of the fleet of imaging machines in our Mobile Healthcare segment and inventory 
purchase commitments in our Diagnostic Imaging segment.

In the schedule of estimated future payments related to our contractual obligations, we excluded unrecognized tax benefits 
due to the uncertainty of the amount and the period of payment.  As of December 31, 2017, we had unrecognized tax benefits 
of approximately $3.9 million. 

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ITEM 7A. 

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company is subject to interest rate volatility with regard to existing and future issuances of debt.  Borrowings under the 
Company's Credit Facility bear interest at floating rates plus an applicable margin, based on LIBOR or prime rate. Accordingly, 
we are exposed to market risk for fluctuations in interest rates. As of December 31, 2017, we had outstanding borrowings under 
the Comerica Credit Agreement of $19.5 million.  

Based on outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2017, the effect of a 100 basis point change in current interest rates on 

annualized interest expense would be approximately $0.2 million. 

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ITEM 8. 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

DIGIRAD CORPORATION
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Consolidated Financial Statements:

Report of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 
2017, 2016 and 2015
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2017 and 2016

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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45

46

48

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Shareholders and Board of Directors 
Digirad Corporation
Poway, California

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Digirad Corporation (the “Company”) as of December 31, 
2017 and 2016, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity, and cash 
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the 
“consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, 
the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each 
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the 
United States of America.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) 
(“PCAOB”), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established in 
Internal  Control  -  Integrated  Framework  (2013)  issued  by  the  Committee  of  Sponsoring  Organizations  of  the  Treadway 
Commission (“COSO”) and our report dated February 28, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an 
opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with 
the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws 
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the 
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether 
due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, 
whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a 
test  basis,  evidence  regarding  the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the  consolidated  financial  statements.  Our  audits  also  included 
evaluating  the  accounting  principles  used  and  significant  estimates  made  by  management,  as  well  as  evaluating  the  overall 
presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ BDO USA, LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2015.

San Diego, California

February 28, 2018 

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 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) 
(In thousands, except per share amounts)

DIGIRAD CORPORATION

Revenues:
Services
Product and product-related

Total revenues

Cost of revenues:

Services
Product and product-related

Total cost of revenues

Gross profit

Operating expenses:

Marketing and sales
General and administrative
Amortization of intangible assets
Goodwill impairment
Total operating expenses

(Loss) income from operations

Other (expense) income:

Other (expense) income, net
Interest expense, net
Loss on extinguishment of debt

Total other expense

(Loss) income before income taxes
Income tax (expense) benefit
Net (loss) income

Net (loss) income per share:

Basic
Diluted

Dividends declared per common share

Net (loss) income
Other comprehensive income (loss):

Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities
Reclassification of other-than-temporary losses on available-for-sale securities
included in net (loss) income

     Total other comprehensive income (loss), before tax

Provision for income taxes

     Total other comprehensive income (loss), after tax
Comprehensive (loss) income

Year ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

91,865
26,474
118,339

$ 95,511
29,956
125,467

$

46,407
14,419
60,826

75,833
14,104
89,937

75,515
14,179
89,694

35,968
6,949
42,917

28,402

35,773

17,909

9,154
19,360
3,161
2,746
34,421

10,049
19,988
2,313
338
32,688

4,741
9,888
506
—
15,135

(6,019)

3,085

2,774

(311)
(1,068)
(709)
(2,088)

212
(1,412)
—
(1,200)

(8,107)
(27,623)

1,885
12,417
$ (35,730) $ 14,302

$
$

$

(1.79) $
(1.79) $

0.73
0.71

0.21

$

0.20

$ (35,730) $ 14,302

(233)
(24)
—
(257)

2,517
19,123
21,640

1.13
1.10

0.20

21,640

$

$
$

$

$

17

(42)

(221)

52
69
(22)
47

230
188
—
188
$ (35,683) $ 14,490

—
(221)
—
(221)
21,419

$

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DIGIRAD CORPORATION

 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share amounts)

Assets:
Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents
Securities available-for-sale
Accounts receivable, net
Inventories, net
Restricted cash
Other current assets
Total current assets
Property and equipment, net
Intangible assets, net
Goodwill
Deferred tax assets
Restricted cash
Other assets
Total assets

Liabilities:
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued compensation
Accrued warranty
Deferred revenue
Current portion of long-term debt
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities

Long-term debt, net of current portion
Deferred tax liabilities
Other liabilities
Total liabilities

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

$

$

$

December 31,

2017

2016

1,877
97
15,887
5,501
242
1,972
25,576
28,365
8,467
3,491
—
101
703
66,703

5,207
5,507
204
3,137
—
2,915
16,970
19,500
254
2,180
38,904

$

$

$

2,203
917
14,503
5,987
1,376
2,093
27,079
31,407
11,628
6,237
27,019
2,100
793
106,263

6,514
3,962
196
3,123
5,358
3,520
22,673
16,070
—
1,039
39,782

Stockholders’ equity:
  Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value: 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or
outstanding
Common stock, $0.0001 par value: 80,000,000 shares authorized; 20,060,311 and 19,892,557
shares issued and outstanding (net of treasury shares) at December 31, 2017 and 2016,
respectively
Treasury stock, at cost; 2,588,484 shares at December 31, 2017 and 2016
  Additional paid-in capital
  Accumulated other comprehensive loss
  Accumulated deficit

  Total stockholders’ equity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

—

—

2
(5,728)
148,163
(5)
(114,633)
27,799
66,703

$

$

2
(5,728)
151,696
(52)
(79,437)
66,481
106,263

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DIGIRAD CORPORATION

 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)

Operating activities
Net (loss) income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:

Year ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$ (35,730) $

14,302

$

21,640

Depreciation
Amortization of intangible assets
Provision for bad debts, net of recoveries
Goodwill impairment
Stock-based compensation
Amortization of loan fees
Loss on extinguishment of debt
(Gain) loss on sale of assets
Impairment of investment
Amortization of premium on investments
Deferred income taxes
Other, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable
Inventories
Other assets
Accounts payable
Accrued compensation
Deferred revenue
Other liabilities
Restricted cash

Net cash provided by operating activities
Investing activities

Purchases of property and equipment
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
Purchases of securities available-for-sale
Maturities of securities available-for-sale
Investment in stock
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
Financing activities

Proceeds from long-term borrowings
Repayment of long term debt
Change in restricted cash
Loan issuance costs
Dividends paid
Issuance of common stock
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
Cash paid for contingent consideration for acquisitions
Repayment of obligations under capital leases
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Supplemental Information

7,903
3,161
174
2,746
852
177
709
(66)
311
—
27,530
(160)

(1,567)
409
(14)
(1,244)
1,545
6
(673)
116
6,185

(2,531)
167
(18)
917
—
—
(1,465)

37,569
(40,032)
3,017
(271)
(4,195)
5
(195)
(27)
(917)
(5,046)
(326)
2,203
1,877

7,576
2,313
542
338
1,024
368
—
(83)
413
30
(12,479)
—

(1,144)
(1,349)
1,384
439
(1,100)
(347)
(1,393)
—
10,834

(6,185)
266
—
2,290
—
(25,482)
(29,111)

37,007
(24,794)
(3,143)
(504)
(3,913)
822
(97)
(27)
(739)
4,612
(13,665)
15,868
2,203

1,935
506
266
—
616
—
—
67
233
115
(18,599)
—

(1,246)
(811)
197
(203)
(889)
29
(380)
244
3,720

(1,424)
18
—
4,602
(1,000)
3
2,199

—
—
—
(300)
(3,833)
624
—
—
(593)
(4,102)
1,817
14,051
15,868

$

$

$

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Cash paid during the period for interest
Cash paid during the period for income taxes

Non-Cash Investing Activities

Assets acquired by entering into capital lease
Issuances of common stock for acquisitions

$
$

$
$

856
127

$
$

936
286

$
$

—
62

2,422

$
— $

329
$
— $

1,393
2,684

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DIGIRAD CORPORATION

 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands)

Common stock

Shares

Amount

Treasury
Stock

Additional
paid-in
capital

Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)

Balance at December 31, 2014

18,616

$

Stock-based compensation

Issuances of common stock for
acquisition

Shares issued under stock
incentive plans

Dividends paid

Net income

Unrealized loss on securities
available-for-sale

—

610

190

—

—

—

Balance at December 31, 2015

19,416

Stock-based compensation

Issuances of common stock for
acquisition

Shares issued under stock
incentive plans

Dividends paid

Net income

Unrealized loss on securities
available-for-sale

Reclassification of other-than-
temporary losses on available-
for-sale securities included in
net income

—

—

476

—

—

—

—

Balance at December 31, 2016

19,892

Stock-based compensation
Shares issued under stock
incentive plans, net of shares
withheld for employee taxes
Dividends paid

Net income

Unrealized gain on securities
available-for-sale

Reclassification of other-than-
temporary losses on available-
for-sale securities included in
net income

Provision for income taxes

Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle

—

168

—

—

—

—

—

Balance at December 31, 2017

20,060

$

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2

$

(5,728) $ 153,769
616

—

$

—

—

—

—

2,684

624
(3,833)
—

—
(5,728)
—

—

153,860

1,024

—

—

—

—

—

—
(5,728)
—

—

—

—

—

—

—

725
(3,913)
—

—

—

151,696

852

(190)
(4,195)
—

—

—

Total
stockholders’
equity

Accumulated
deficit
(19) $ (115,379) $
—

—

32,645

616

2,684

624
(3,833)
21,640

(221)
54,155

1,024

—

725
(3,913)
14,302

—

—

—

—

(221)
(240)
—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

21,640

—
(93,739)
—

—

—

—

14,302

(42)

—

(42)

230
(52)
—

—

—

—

17

52
(22)

—
(79,437)
—

—

—
(35,730)

—

—

230

66,481

852

(190)
(4,195)
(35,730)

17

52
(22)

—

—
(5,728) $ 148,163

$

$

—
(5) $ (114,633) $

534

534

27,799

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DIGIRAD CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1. 

The Company

Digirad delivers convenient, effective, and efficient healthcare solutions on an as needed, when needed, and where needed 
basis. Digirad's diverse portfolio of mobile healthcare solutions and medical equipment and services, including diagnostic imaging 
and  patient  monitoring,  provides  hospitals,  physician  practices,  and  imaging  centers  throughout the  United  States access  to 
technology and services necessary to provide exceptional patient care in the rapidly changing healthcare environment.

  On January 1, 2016, we acquired Project Rendezvous Holding Corporation, the holding company of DMS Health Technologies. 
DMS  Health Technologies  (“DMS  Health”)  offers  mobile  diagnostic  imaging  across  multiple  imaging  modalities,  including 
Positron Emission Tomography (“PET”), Computed Tomography (“CT”), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (“MRI”) as well as other 
imaging and healthcare services. These services are provided to regional and rural hospitals and institutions throughout the United 
States.  In  addition,  DMS  Health,  through  an  exclusive  relationship  with  Philips  Healthcare  which  was  terminated  effective 
December 31, 2017, provided contract sales and services on Philips' imaging and patient monitoring equipment within a defined 
region of the upper Midwest region of the United States.

With the acquisition of DMS Health, we operate in four reportable segments: Diagnostic Services, Diagnostic Imaging, Mobile 
Healthcare, and Medical Device Sales and Services ("MDSS").  These four reportable segments are collectively referred to herein 
as the "Company." See Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements for more information related to the Company's segments.

NOTE 2. 

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles 
("GAAP") and include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts 
and transactions have been eliminated. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period financial statements to conform 
to the current period presentation.

The financial results for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 include the financial results of DMS Health. See Note 

3 to the consolidated financial statements for more information related to the acquisition of DMS Health. 

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions 
that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and disclosures made in the accompanying notes to the 
consolidated financial statements. Significant estimates and judgments include those related to revenue recognition, reserves for 
doubtful accounts and contractual allowances, self-insurance, inventory valuation, and income taxes. Actual results could materially 
differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue for all of our reportable segments in accordance with the authoritative guidance for revenue recognition, 
when all of the following four criteria are met: (i) a contract or sales arrangement exists; (ii) products have been shipped and title 
has  transferred  or  services  have  been  rendered;  (iii) the  price  of  the  products  or  services  is  fixed  or  determinable;  and 
(iv) collectability is reasonably assured. The timing of revenue recognition is based upon factors such as passage of title and risk 
of loss, the need for installation, and customer acceptance. These factors are based on the specific terms of each contract or sales 
arrangement.

Services  Revenue  Recognition.  We  generate  service  revenue  primarily  from  providing  diagnostic  imaging  and  cardiac 
monitoring services to our customers. Service revenue within our Diagnostic Imaging and Mobile Healthcare reportable segments 
is derived from providing our customers with contract diagnostic imaging services, which includes use of our imaging systems, 
qualified personnel, radiopharmaceuticals, licensing, logistics and related items required to perform testing in their own offices.  
We bill customers either on a per-scan or fixed-payment methodology, depending upon the contract that is negotiated with the 
customer.  Within our Mobile Healthcare segment, we also rent imaging systems to healthcare customers for use in their operations.  
Rental revenues are structured as either a weekly or monthly payment arrangement, and are recognized in the month services are 
provided. Revenue related to provision of our services is recognized at the time services are performed and collection is reasonably 
assured.

We  also  offer  remote  cardiac  event  monitoring  services  within  our  Diagnostic  Services  reportable  segment,  through  our 
Telerhythmics business. Our cardiac event monitoring services are provided primarily through an independent diagnostic testing 

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facility  model  which  allows  us  to  bill  Medicare,  Medicaid,  or  one  of  the  third-party  healthcare  insurers  directly  for  services 
provided. We also receive reimbursement directly from patients through co-pays and self-pay arrangements. Billings for services 
reimbursed  by  third-party  payors,  including  Medicare  and  Medicaid,  are  recorded  as  revenue  net  of  contractual  allowances. 
Contractual allowances are estimated based on historical collections by Current Procedural Terminology ("CPT") code for specific 
payors or class of payors. Adjustments to the estimated receipts, based on final settlement with the third party payors, are recorded 
upon settlement.

Product and Product-Related Revenue Recognition. We generate revenue from product and product-related sales, primarily 
from the sale of gamma cameras and Phillips medical equipment and supplies, and related services, which consist primarily of 
support and maintenance services on products we sell directly or through our relationship with Philips. 

Diagnostic Imaging product revenues are generated from the sale of internally developed solid-state gamma camera imaging 
systems and camera maintenance service contracts. Revenue for sales of imaging systems is generally recognized upon delivery 
of systems and acceptance by customers. We also provide installation services and training on cameras we sell, primarily in the 
United States. Installation and initial training is generally performed shortly after delivery and revenue related to the provision of 
these services is recognized at the time services are performed and collection is reasonably assured. Neither installation nor training 
is essential to the functionality of the product. Finally, we offer camera maintenance service contracts which are sold beyond the 
term of the initial warranty, generally one year from the date of purchase. Revenue from these contracts is deferred and recognized 
ratably over the period of the obligation.

Medical Device Sales and Service product revenues are derived from equipment sales and warranty and post-warranty service 
efforts, under our exclusive contract with Philips Healthcare which was terminated effective December 31, 2017. Revenue from 
equipment sales primarily consists of commission income, which represents the commission the Company earns for selling Philips 
equipment and supplies to end users, and is reported on a net basis upon delivery. Revenue related to warranty and service contracts 
that extend over multiple months is accounted for on the proportional-performance method, which the Company deems to be on 
a  straight-line  basis. Finally,  revenue  related  to  time-and-materials  service  contracts  is  recognized  in  the  month  services  are 
performed and collection is reasonably assured.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments, which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, 
investments, and accounts receivable. We limit our exposure to credit loss by generally placing our cash and investments in high 
credit quality financial institutions and investment grade corporate debt securities. Additionally, we have established guidelines 
regarding diversification of our investments and their maturities, which are designed to maintain principal and maximize liquidity. 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The authoritative guidance for fair value measurements defines fair value for accounting purposes, establishes a framework 
for measuring fair value, and provides disclosure requirements regarding fair value measurements. The guidance defines fair value 
as an exit price, which is the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid upon transfer of a liability in an orderly 
transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The degree of judgment utilized in measuring the fair value of 
assets and liabilities generally correlates to the level of pricing observability. Our financial instruments primarily consist of cash 
equivalents, securities available-for-sale, accounts receivable, other current assets, restricted cash, accounts payable, contingent 
consideration, and other current liabilities. The carrying amount of these financial instruments generally approximate fair value 
due to their short-term nature. Securities available-for-sale are recorded at fair value.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider all investments with a maturity of three months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents. 

Securities Available-for-Sale

As of December 31, 2017, securities available-for-sale consist of investments in equity securities that are publicly traded.  
These investments include shares held in Birner Dental Management Services ("Birner Dental"), a publicly traded company whose 
board of directors include a current Director of the Company.  We classify all debt securities and a portion of equity securities as 
available-for-sale and as current assets, as the sale of such securities may be required prior to maturity to execute management 
strategies. One of our equity securities, Perma-Fix Medical S.A. ("Perma-Fix Medical"), is classified as an other asset (non-
current), as the investment is strategic in nature and our current intent is to hold the investment over a several year period. Securities 
available-for-sale are carried at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of accumulated other 
comprehensive loss in stockholders' equity until realized. Realized gains and losses from the sale of available-for-sale securities, 
if any, are determined on a specific identification basis.

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A decline in the market value of any available-for-sale security below cost that is determined to be other than temporary will 
result in an impairment charge to earnings and a new cost basis for the security is established. We review various factors in making 
this  determination,  including  the  duration  and  severity  of  the  decline  in  relation  to  our  cost  basis.  During  the  years  ended 
December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 the Company recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges of $0.3 million, $0.4 
million, and $0.2 million, respectively. 

The following table sets forth the composition of securities available-for-sale as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):

As of December 31, 2017
Corporate debt securities

Corporate debt securities

Equity securities

As of December 31, 2016
Corporate debt securities

Corporate debt securities

Equity securities

Maturity in
Years

Cost

Unrealized

Fair Value

Gains

Losses

Less than 1 year

$

— $ — $ — $

—

191

191

$

—

17

17

—

—

$ — $

—

—

208

208

1-3 years

-

Maturity in
Years

Less than 1 year

1-3 years

-

$

$

$

$

Cost

Unrealized

Fair Value

Gains

Losses

917

$ — $ — $

—

—

308

$ — $

1,225

$ — $

—
(53) $
(53) $

917

—

255

1,172

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Billing Adjustments, and Contractual Allowances

Accounts receivable consist principally of trade receivables from customers and government or third-party healthcare insurance 
providers, and are generally unsecured and due within 30 days. We regularly evaluate the collectability of our trade receivables 
and provide reserves for doubtful accounts based on our historical experience rate, known collectability issues and disputes, and 
our bad debt write-off history. Our estimates of collectability could be impacted by material amounts due to changed circumstances, 
such as a higher number of defaults or material adverse changes in a payor's ability to meet its obligations. Expected credit losses 
related to trade accounts receivable are recorded as an allowance for doubtful accounts within accounts receivable, net in the 
consolidated balance sheets, and the related provision for doubtful accounts is charged to general and administrative expenses. 

Within Diagnostic Services, we record adjustments and credit memos that represent billing adjustments subsequent to the 
performance of service. As such, we also record a provision for billing adjustments which is based on our historical experience 
rate and billing adjustments history. The provision for billing adjustments is charged against Diagnostic Services revenues.

Our cardiac event monitoring services are provided primarily through an independent diagnostic testing facility model which 
allows us to bill Medicare, Medicaid, or one of the third-party healthcare insurers directly for services provided. Accounts receivable 
related to cardiac event monitoring are recorded at the time revenue is recognized, net of contractual allowances. Contractual 
allowances are estimated based on historical collections by Current Procedural Terminology (“CPT”) code for specific payors, or 
class of payors. A provision for contractual allowances is charged against Services revenues.

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The following table summarizes our allowance for doubtful accounts, billing adjustments, and contractual allowances as of 

and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2014

Provision adjustment
Write-offs and recoveries, net
Balance at December 31, 2015

Provision adjustment
Write-offs and recoveries, net
Balance at December 31, 2016

Provision adjustment
Write-offs and recoveries, net
Balance at December 31, 2017

Allowance for Doubtful 
Accounts (1)

Reserve for Billing
Adjustments (2)

Reserve for Contractual 
Allowances (2)

$

$

264
483
(303)
444
740
(653)
531
453
(431)
553

$

$

7
105
(102)
10
182
(179)
13
133
(137)
9

$

$

707
22,256
(22,373)
590
24,280
(24,355)
515
19,307
(19,375)
447  

(1)  The provision was charged against general and administrative expenses.
(2)  The provision was charged against Services revenue.

Inventory

Our inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market (net realizable value) and we review inventory 
balances for excess and obsolete inventory levels on a quarterly basis. Costs include material, labor, and manufacturing overhead 
costs. We rely on historical information to support our excess and obsolete reserves and utilize our business judgment with respect 
to estimated future demand. Per our policy, we generally reserve 100% of the cost of inventory quantities in excess of a defined 
period of demand. Once inventory is reserved, we do not adjust the reserve balance until the inventory is sold or disposed.

The following table summarizes our reserves for excess and obsolete inventory as of and for the years ended December 31, 
2017, 2016, and 2015 (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2014

Provision adjustment

Write-offs and scrap

Balance at December 31, 2015

Provision adjustment

Write-offs and scrap

Balance at December 31, 2016

Provision adjustment

Write-offs and scrap

Balance at December 31, 2017

Reserve for Excess and
Obsolete Inventories (1)

$

$

1,913
(967)
(227)
719
(199)
(104)
416

81
(44)
453

(1)  The provision was charged against Product and product-related cost of revenues.

Long-Lived Assets including Finite Lived Purchased Intangible Assets

Long-lived assets consist of property and equipment and finite lived intangible assets. We record property and equipment at 
cost, and record other intangible assets based on their fair values at the date of acquisition. We calculate depreciation on property 
and equipment using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets which range from 5 to 20 years for 
buildings and improvements, 3 to 10 years for machinery and equipment, 3 to 10 years for computer hardware and software, and 
the lower of the estimated useful life or remaining lease term for leasehold improvements.  Charges related to amortization of 
assets recorded under capital leases are included within depreciation expense. We calculate amortization on other intangible assets 
using either the accelerated or the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets, based on when we expect to 
receive cash inflows generated by the intangible assets. Estimated useful lives for intangibles range from 3 years to 15 years.  

Impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations are recorded when indicators of impairment are present and the 
undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amount. If such assets are 

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considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets 
exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets. No impairment losses were recorded on long-lived assets to be held and used during 
the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2015, an impairment loss of $0.1 million
was recorded related to the excess of the carrying amount above fair value of certain assets held for sale. No impairment losses 
were recorded on long-lived assets held for sale during the years ended December 31, 2017, or 2016, respectively. 

Valuation of Goodwill

We  review  goodwill  for  impairment  on  an  annual  basis  during  the  fourth  quarter,  as  well  as  when  events  or  changes  in 
circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. We begin the process by assessing qualitative factors in 
determining whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of its reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. After performing 
the aforementioned assessment and upon review of the results of such assessment, we may begin performing step one of the two-
step impairment analysis by quantitatively comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to the carrying value of the reporting 
unit, including goodwill. If the carrying value of the reporting unit's net assets exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, then 
we must perform the second step of the impairment test, whereby the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is compared 
to its implied fair value. If the carrying value of the goodwill exceeds the implied fair value, an impairment loss equal to the 
difference would be recorded.  

The Company recorded an impairment loss of $2.6 million associated with the impairment assessment of the MDSS reporting 
unit during the year ended December 31, 2017.  The Company also recorded an impairment loss of $0.2 million and $0.3 million
during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, associated with the impairment assessment of the Telerhythmics 
reporting  unit.  No  goodwill  impairment  losses  were  recorded  December 31,  2015.  See  Note  6  to  the  consolidated  financial 
statements for further information.  

Self-Insured Health Insurance Benefits

Effective January 1, 2017, the Company provided health care benefits to its employees through a self-insured plan with "stop 
loss" coverage. The Company records a liability that represents our estimated cost of claims incurred and unpaid as of the balance 
sheet date.  Our estimated reserve is based on historical experience and trends related to both health insurance claims and payments.  
The ultimate cost of health care benefits will depend on actual costs incurred to settle the claims and may differ from the amounts 
reserved by the Company for those claims. As of December 31, 2017, the reserve for estimated claims incurred and unpaid was 
$1.0 million. 

Restricted Cash

We maintain certain cash amounts restricted as to withdrawal or use.  As of December 31, 2017, current and noncurrent restricted 
cash was $0.3 million, comprised of cash held for letters of credit for our real estate leases and certain minimum balance requirements 
on our banking arrangements. As of December 31, 2016, current and noncurrent restricted cash was $3.5 million, which included 
$3.1 million held as cash collateral under our former Wells Fargo Credit Facility, terminated effective June 21, 2017 (See Note 
7). 

Debt Issuance Costs

We incur debt issuance costs in connection with long-term debt financings. Debt issuance costs recorded in connection with 
our Comerica revolving credit facility are presented in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets and are amortized over the 
term of the revolving debt agreements using the straight-line method. Amortization of debt issuance costs are included in interest 
expense. As of December 31, 2017, we have $0.2 million of unamortized debt issuance costs. 

Upon changes to our debt structure, we evaluate debt issuance costs in accordance with the Debt topic of the Codification. We 
adjust debt issuance costs as necessary based on the results of this evaluation, as discussed in Note 7 to the consolidated financial 
statements. 

Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs

We record all shipping and handling billings to customers as revenue earned for the goods provided. Shipping and handling 
costs are included in cost of revenues and totaled $0.9 million, $0.9 million, and $0.6 million, for the years ended December 31, 
2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

Share-Based Compensation

We account for share-based awards exchanged for employee services in accordance with the authoritative guidance for share-
based compensation. Under this guidance, share-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated 
fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense, net of estimated forfeitures, over the requisite service period.

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Warranty

We generally provide a 12-month warranty on our gamma cameras. We accrue the estimated cost of this warranty at the time 
revenue is recorded and charge warranty expense to Product and product-related cost of revenues. Warranty reserves are established 
based on historical experience with failure rates and repair costs and the number of systems covered by warranty. Warranty reserves 
are depleted as gamma cameras are repaired. The costs consist principally of materials, personnel, overhead, and transportation. 
We review warranty reserves quarterly and, if necessary, make adjustments.

The  activities  related  to  our  warranty  reserve  for  the  years  ended  December 31,  2017,  2016,  and  2015  are  as  follows  (in 

thousands):

Balance at beginning of year
Charges to cost of revenues
Applied to liability
Balance at end of year

Advertising Costs

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

$

196
351
(343)
204

$

$

213
326
(343)
196

$

$

176
331
(294)
213

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Total advertising costs for each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 

2015 were $0.3 million, $0.3 million, and $0.3 million, respectively.

Basic and Diluted Net (Loss) Income Per Share

Basic earnings per share ("EPS") is calculated by dividing net (loss) income by the weighted average number of common shares 
and vested restricted stock units outstanding. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net (loss) income by the weighted average 
number of common shares and vested restricted stock units outstanding and the weighted average number of dilutive common 
stock equivalents, including stock options and non-vested restricted stock units under the treasury stock method. Common stock 
equivalents are only included in the diluted earnings per share calculation when their effect is dilutive. Shares used to compute 
basic net (loss) income per share include 5,499, and 10,240 vested restricted stock units for the years ended December 31, 2017, 
and 2016, respectively. There were no restricted stock units included in the shares used to compute basic net income per share for 
the year ended December 31, 2015. 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net (loss) income per share for the periods indicated (in 

thousands, except per share amounts):

Net (loss) income

Shares used to compute basic net (loss) income per share
Dilutive potential common shares:

Stock options
Restricted stock units

Shares used to compute diluted net (loss) income per share

Basic net (loss) income per share
Diluted net (loss) income per share

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

$ (35,730) $ 14,302

$

2015
21,640

19,995

19,594

19,210

—
—
19,995

398
75
20,067

449
31
19,690

$
$

(1.79) $
(1.79) $

0.73
0.71

$
$

1.13
1.10

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Antidilutive common stock equivalents are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share. Stock options and 
restricted stock units are antidilutive when the assumed proceeds per share are greater than the average market price of the common 
shares. In addition, in periods where net losses are incurred, stock options and restricted stock units with assumed proceeds per 
share less than the average market price of the common shares become antidilutive as well. The following weighted average 
outstanding common stock equivalents were not included in the calculation of diluted net (loss) income per share because their 
effect was antidilutive:

(shares in thousands)

Stock options

Restricted stock units

Total

Other Comprehensive Loss

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

220

33

253

16

—

16

1

—

1

Other comprehensive loss is defined as the change in equity during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances 

from non-owner sources. Comprehensive loss includes unrealized losses on our marketable securities. 

Income Taxes 

We provide for income taxes under the asset and liability method. This approach requires the recognition of deferred tax assets 
and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of differences between the tax basis of assets or liabilities and their carrying 
amounts in the financial statements. We provide a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that these 
items will expire before we are able to realize their benefit. We calculate the valuation allowance in accordance with the authoritative 
guidance relating to income taxes, which requires an assessment of both positive and negative evidence regarding the realizability 
of these deferred tax assets when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. Significant judgment is required in determining 
any valuation allowance against deferred tax assets. 

During the year ended December 31, 2015, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a portion of our deferred tax 
assets would be realized through future taxable income. This conclusion was based on our restructuring efforts in 2013 and 2014 
and resulting sustained profitability for the second half of 2013, 2014, and 2015, as well as our projections of positive future 
earnings and other key operating factors. As of September 30, 2015, we had generated cumulative pretax income over the preceding 
twelve quarter period, and therefore the objective negative evidence of a history of operating losses was no longer present. The 
partial release of the valuation allowance associated with our deferred tax assets was the primary driver of the income tax benefit 
of $19.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2016, as a result of the acquisition 
of DMS Health on January 1, 2016, we determined that it is more likely than not that additional deferred tax assets will be realized 
due to the increases in our forecasted taxable income. The partial release of the valuation allowance associated with our deferred 
tax assets was the primary driver of the income tax benefit of $12.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. During the 
year ended December 31,  2017, as a result of a three-year cumulative loss and recent events such as the unanticipated termination 
of the Philips distribution agreement and its effect on our near term forecasted income, we concluded that a full valuation allowance 
was necessary to offset our deferred tax assets.  A significant piece of objective negative evidence evaluated as of December 31, 
2017, was the cumulative pretax loss incurred over the three-year period ended December 31, 2017.  The increase of the valuation 
allowance associated with our deferred tax assets resulted in $18.1 million of income tax expense for the year ended December 
31, 2017. 

The authoritative guidance for income taxes defines a recognition threshold and measurement attributes for financial statement 
recognition and measurement of a tax provision taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The guidance also provides direction 
on  de-recognition,  classification,  interest  and  penalties,  accounting  in  interim  periods,  disclosure,  and  transition.  Under  the 
guidance, the impact of an uncertain income tax position on the income tax return must be recognized at the largest amount that 
is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon audit by the relevant taxing authority. An uncertain income tax position will not be 
recognized if it has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained. We recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax 
positions as a component of the income tax provision. 

Acquisitions

The assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination, including identifiable intangible assets and contingent 
consideration, are recorded at their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over the 
estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. We base the fair values of identifiable intangible 
assets on detailed valuations that require management to make significant judgments, estimates and assumptions.  Contingent 
purchase considerations to be settled in cash are remeasured to estimated fair value at each reporting period with the change in 

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fair value recorded in general and administrative expense, a component of operating expenses. See Note 3 to the consolidated 
financial statements for further information regarding our acquisitions. 

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards 

In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-09, 
Improvements  to  Employee  Share-Based  Payment  Accounting,  which  simplifies  the  accounting  for  employee  share-based 
payments. The new standard requires the immediate recognition of all excess tax benefits and deficiencies in the income statement, 
and requires classification of excess tax benefits as an operating activity as opposed to a financing activity in the statements of 
cash flows. This guidance will be applied either prospectively, retrospectively, or using a modified retrospective transition method, 
depending on the area covered in this update. We adopted this guidance during the first quarter of 2017. The primary impact of 
this guidance is the requirement to recognize all excess tax benefits and deficiencies on share-based payments in income tax 
expense. Upon the adoption of this requirement on a modified-retrospective basis, the previously unrecognized excess tax benefits 
on share-based compensation of $0.5 million were recorded through accumulated deficit and deferred tax assets as of January 1, 
2017. 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other 
(Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by removing 
the second step of the two-step impairment test.  The amendment requires an entity to perform its annual, or interim goodwill 
impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount.  An impairment charge should be recognized 
for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit's fair value; however, the loss recognized should not 
exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.  An entity still has the option to perform the qualitative 
assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary.  The amendment should be applied 
on a prospective basis.  The pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim 
periods within those fiscal years.  Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing 
dates after January 1, 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact that implementation of this guidance will have on our financial 
statements.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash, which requires 
amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents be included with cash and cash equivalents when 
reconciling the total beginning and ending amounts for the periods shown on the statement of cash flows.  The pronouncement is 
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and for interim periods within those periods, using a retrospective 
transition method to each period presented. Upon adoption, our consolidated statement of cash flows will present our restricted 
cash balance as part of cash and cash equivalents. 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts 
and Cash Payments, related to the classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments on the statement of cash flows. The 
pronouncement provides clarification guidance on eight specific cash flow presentation issues that have developed due to diversity 
in practice. The issues include, but are not limited to, debt prepayment or extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt, 
proceeds  from  the  settlement  of  insurance  claims,  and  cash  receipts  from  payments  on  beneficial  interests  in  securitization 
transactions. The pronouncement is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after 
December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. We do not expect the impact on our consolidated financial statements to be 
material.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which amended the existing accounting standards for 
the accounting for leases. The amendments are based on the principle that assets and liabilities arising from leases should be 
recognized within the financial statements. The Company is required to adopt the amendments beginning in 2019. Early adoption 
is permitted. The amendments must be applied using a modified retrospective transition approach and the FASB decided not to 
permit a full retrospective transition approach. We currently expect that most of our operating lease commitments will be subject 
to  the  update  and  recognized  as  operating  lease  liabilities  and  right-of-use  assets  upon  adoption.  However,  we  are  currently 
evaluating the effect that implementation of this update will have upon adoption on our consolidated financial position and results 
of operations.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10), which amended the 
existing accounting standards for the accounting for financial instruments. The amendments require equity investments, with 
certain exceptions, to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. The new standard is effective 
prospectively for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. We do not expect the impact on our consolidated financial 
statements to be material.

In  May  2014,  the  FASB  issued ASU  2014-09, Revenue  from  Contracts  with  Customers  (Topic  606) that  outlines  a  single 
comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers which supersedes current 
revenue recognition guidance, including most industry-specific guidance. The guidance provides that an entity recognize revenue 

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when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects 
to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, 
timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes 
in judgments, and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract.  The new standard is principle based and 
interpretation of those principles may vary from company to company based on their unique circumstances. It is possible that 
interpretation, industry practice, and guidance may evolve as companies and the accounting profession work to implement this 
new standard. The guidance allows for either full retrospective or modified retrospective adoption and becomes effective for the 
Company in the first quarter of 2018. 

  We will adopt this guidance under the modified retrospective method. Our analysis has consisted of reviewing the nature and 
terms of our existing contracts under the provisions of the new guidance and assessing any operational changes and process updates 
required for compliance. As of December 31, 2017, we do not expect the adoption of the amended guidance to have a material 
impact on the amount of reported revenue with respect to our product and product-related and service revenues.  Under ASC 606, 
certain insignificant amounts previously presented as provision for doubtful accounts within our Telerhythmics cardiac monitoring 
business will be considered as implicit price concessions and will be recorded as a direct reduction of revenues.  In addition, the 
new guidance will require expanded disclosures related to disaggregated revenue, contract balances and performance obligations. 

  While substantially complete, the Company is still in the process of finalizing its evaluation of the effect of the new standard 
on our financial statements and disclosures.  The Company will finalize its accounting assessment and quantitative impact of the 
adoption of the new standard during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. 

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NOTE 3. 

Acquisitions

On January 1, 2016, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2015 and as amended on December 
31, 2015 and June 7, 2016 (the “Purchase Agreement”), we completed the acquisition of all issued and outstanding stock of Project 
Rendezvous Holding Corporation ("PRHC"), the ultimate parent company of DMS Health Technologies, Inc. (collectively referred 
to hereinafter as "DMS Health Technologies" or "DMS Health"). DMS Health Technologies offers mobile diagnostic imaging 
across multiple imaging modalities as well as other imaging and healthcare services.  These services are provided to regional and 
rural hospitals and institutions throughout the United States.  In addition, DMS Health, through an exclusive relationship with 
Philips Healthcare, sells and services Philips' imaging and patient monitoring equipment within a defined region of the upper 
Midwest region of the United States. 

The preliminary aggregate purchase price paid at closing was approximately $32.9 million, which included adjustments for 
pre-existing  debt,  cash  and  preliminary  working  capital  adjustments.    In  June  2016,  we  agreed  on  the  final  working  capital 
adjustment as outlined in the Purchase Agreement.  As a result of the settlement, we received proceeds of $0.6 million which was 
recorded as a reduction to goodwill in the second quarter of 2016.  The adjusted purchase price after settlement of the working 
capital adjustment was $32.3 million as of December 31, 2016, which consisted of the following: 

(in thousands)

Cash paid to DMS Health stockholders
Cash paid in settlement of share-based compensation awards
Working capital settlement
Total purchase price
Less: cash and cash equivalents acquired
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired

$

$

31,368
1,556
(600)
32,324
(6,842)
25,482

Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company paid $1.6 million to settle DMS Health's pre-existing employee 
stock award plan which included a provision for the acceleration of vesting of awards under certain circumstances in connection 
with a change in control. The amount paid was associated with pre-combination services and included as a component of the 
purchase price reflected in the table above. 

The acquisition was funded with a combination of cash-on-hand and the financing made available under the credit facility with 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. At closing, we also paid off $9.4 million of long-term debt outstanding on DMS Health's 
balance sheet, which was recognized separately from the business combination and presented as a financing activity in the statement 
of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2016.  During the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we incurred transaction 
and integration related costs of $1.9 million and $1.3 million, respectively, and $3.3 million cumulative.  The integration of DMS 
Health was completed in the fourth quarter of 2016. These costs are classified as general and administrative expenses in the 
consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

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The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price to the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities 

assumed on the closing date: 

(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable
Inventories
Income taxes receivable
Other current and non-current assets
Property and equipment
Intangible assets
Goodwill
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Payable to former stockholders (1)
Deferred revenue
Debt
Income taxes payable, noncurrent
Deferred tax liabilities, noncurrent
    Total net assets acquired

Allocation of Purchase Price
6,842
$
6,686
324
2,062
706
25,999
10,862
3,678
(4,514)
(2,946)
(2,062)
(1,677)
(9,350)
(949)
(3,337)
32,324

$

 (1) Includes amounts payable to former PRHC stockholders related to tax refund receivables under the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

Intangible assets are recorded at estimated fair value, as determined by management based on available information which 
includes  a  valuation  prepared  by  an  independent  third  party.  The  fair  values  assigned  to  identifiable  intangible  assets  were 
determined through the use of the income approach. The major assumptions used in arriving at the estimated identifiable intangible 
asset values included management’s preliminary estimates of future cash flows, discounted at an appropriate rate of return as well 
as projected customer attrition rates. The useful lives for intangible assets were determined based upon the remaining useful 
economic lives of the intangible assets that are expected to contribute directly or indirectly to future cash flows.

The goodwill arising from the acquisition relates to the synergies and economies of scale expected from combining the operations 
of Digirad and DMS Health. The goodwill has been allocated to our Medical Device Sales and Service segment and will not be 
deductible for federal and state tax reporting purposes.

DMS Health's operating results were included in the Company's consolidated results of operations beginning on January 1, 
2016.  The following table represents the unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 
2016 and 2015 as if the acquisition of DMS Health operations had occurred as of January 1, 2015. 

 (in thousands, except per share data)
Revenues

Net income

Net income per share:

  Basic

  Diluted

Year Ended December 31,
(unaudited)

2016

2015

$

$

$

$

125,467

2,360

0.12

0.12

$

$

$

$

128,606

24,125

1.26

1.23

The pro forma information has been adjusted to eliminate acquisition-related costs of $1.9 million and $1.3 million, respectively, 
during the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. The income tax benefit of $13.2 million related to the release of valuation 
allowance as a result of the DMS Health acquisition has also been excluded to give effect to pro forma results that are expected 
to have a continuing impact on the combined results; whereas no adjustment was made to the prior year valuation allowance 
release primarily contributing to the $19.1 million income tax benefit as it was not directly attributable to the acquisition. 

The pro forma information for the year ended December 31, 2015 also include primarily adjustments for depreciation related 
to the fair value of property and equipment acquired, amortization expense related to acquired intangibles, and additional interest 
expense associated with the Company's financing arrangements relating to this acquisition. 

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The pro forma  supplemental information is  for informational purposes  only, and is  not  necessarily indicative of what the 
combined company’s results actually would have been had the acquisition been completed as of the beginning of the periods as 
indicated. In addition, the pro forma supplemental information does not purport to project the future results of the combined 
company.

NOTE 4. 

Supplementary Balance Sheet Information

The following tables show the Company’s consolidated balance sheet details as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 (in 

thousands):

Inventories:

Raw materials

Work-in-process

Finished goods

Total inventories

Less reserve for excess and obsolete inventories

Total inventories, net

Property and equipment:

Land

Buildings and leasehold improvements

Machinery and equipment

Computer hardware and software

Total property and equipment

Less accumulated depreciation

Total property and equipment, net

December 31,
2017

December 31,
2016

$

$

2,331

$

2,094

1,529

5,954
(453)
5,501

$

2,494

1,483

2,426

6,403
(416)
5,987

December 31,
2017

December 31,
2016

$

1,170

$

2,946

55,152

4,615

63,883
(35,518)
28,365

$

$

1,170

2,946

50,689

4,486

59,291
(27,884)
31,407

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 was $7.9 million, $7.6 million, and $1.9 million, 

respectively. 

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Intangible assets with finite useful lives:

Customer relationships

Trademarks

Distribution Agreement

Patents

Covenants not to compete

Total intangible assets, net

Intangible assets with finite useful lives:

Customer relationships

Trademarks

Distribution Agreement

Patents

Covenants not to compete

Total intangible assets, net

December 31, 2017

Weighted Average
Useful Life (years)

Gross
Carrying
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization

Intangible 
Assets, Net (1)

9.6

6.3

3.3

15.0

5.0

$

10,363

$

4,610

2,165

141

251

$

17,530

$

December 31, 2016

(4,976) $
(1,633)
(2,165)
(134)
(155)
(9,063) $

5,387

2,977

—

7

96

8,467

Weighted Average
Useful Life (years)

Gross
Carrying
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization

Intangible 
Assets, Net (1)

9.5

6.3

3.3

15.0

5.0

$

10,363

$

4,610

2,165

141

251

$

17,530

$

(4,117) $
(891)
(658)
(131)
(105)
(5,902) $

6,246

3,719

1,507

10

146

11,628

(1) 

Amortization expense for intangible assets, net for the year ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 was $3.2 million, $2.3 million, 
and $0.5 million respectively. Estimated amortization expense for intangible assets for 2018 is $1.6 million, for 2019 is $1.6 million, 
for 2020 is $1.5 million, for 2021 is $1.5 million, for 2022 is $0.8 million, and thereafter is $1.5 million. 

Other current liabilities:

Professional fees

Sales and property taxes payable

Radiopharmaceuticals and consumable medical supplies

Current portion of capital lease obligation

Facilities and related costs

Outside services and consulting

Payable to former DMS Health stockholders

Other accrued liabilities

Total other current liabilities

NOTE  5. 

 Fair Value Measurements

December 31,
2017

December 31,
2016

$

$

506

404

187

796

153

146
170

553

415

440

274

640

209

300
574

668

$

2,915

$

3,520

We categorize our assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a three-level hierarchy in accordance with the authoritative 
guidance for fair value measurements.  Assets and liabilities presented at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets are generally 
categorized as follows:

Level 1: 

Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. 

Level 2: 

Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices 
in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market 
data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. 

Level 3: 

Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value 
of the assets or liabilities. Such assets and liabilities may have values determined using pricing models, discounted 

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cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, and include instruments for which the determination of fair 
value requires significant management judgment or estimation. 

As required by the authoritative guidance for fair value measurements, financial assets and liabilities are classified in their 
entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Our assessment of the significance of 
a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment, which may affect the valuation of assets and liabilities and 
their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy our 
assets that were recorded at fair value as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):

Assets:

Corporate debt securities

Equity securities

Total

Liabilities:

Acquisition related contingent consideration

Assets:

Corporate debt securities

Equity securities

Total

Liabilities:

Acquisition related contingent consideration

At Fair Value as of December 31, 2017

Level 1  

Level 2  

Level 3  

Total  

— $

— $

— $

97

97

$

111

111

—

$

— $

—

208

208

— $

— $

— $

—

At Fair Value as of December 31, 2016

Level 1  

Level 2  

Level 3  

Total  

— $

—

917

255

— $ 1,172

$

$

— $

—

917

255

— $ 1,172

— $

— $

84

$

84

$

$

$

$

$

$

The fair value of our corporate debt securities is determined using proprietary valuation models and analytical tools. These 
valuation models and analytical tools use market pricing or prices for similar instruments that are both objective and publicly 
available, including matrix pricing or reported trades, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, 
benchmark securities, bids, and/or offers. We did not reclassify any investments between levels in the fair value hierarchy during 
the twelve months ended December 31, 2017.

The investment in equity securities consists of common stock of publicly traded companies. The fair value of these securities 

is based on the closing prices observed on December 31, 2017.

We reassess the fair value of the contingent consideration to be settled in cash related to our acquisitions using the income 
approach, which is a Level 3 measurement. As of December 31, 2017, the remaining contingent consideration that was valued 
was related to our acquisition of MD Office Solutions ("MD Office") on March 5, 2015, which included an earn-out opportunity 
of up to $0.4 million in cash over approximately three years based on meeting certain earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, 
and amortization ("EBITDA") milestones.  The milestones for the year ended December 31, 2017 were not met and the earn-out 
period has now expired. No contingent consideration was earned for Telerhythmics from the closing date of March 13, 2014 
through December 31, 2016, at which point the earn-out period expired.

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Changes in the estimated fair value of contingent consideration liabilities (Level 3 measurement) from December 31, 2015 

to December 31, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2015

Contingent consideration payments
Change in estimated fair value

Balance at December 31, 2016

Contingent consideration payments
Change in estimated fair value

Balance at December 31, 2017

Telerhythmics
Contingent
Consideration

MD Office Solutions
Contingent
Consideration

Total Contingent
Consideration

$

$

$

22
—
(22)
—
—
—
— $

$

153
(27)
(42)
84
(27)
(57)
— $

175
(27)
(64)
84
(27)
(57)
—

The fair values of the Company's revolving credit facility approximate carrying value due to the variable rate nature of these 

borrowings.

NOTE  6. 

Goodwill

The value of our goodwill is primarily derived from the acquisitions of DMS Health in 2016, MD Office in 2015, Telerhythmics 
in 2014, and Ultrascan in 2007. During the year ended December 31, 2017, reporting units that carried goodwill balances included 
Digirad Imaging Solutions, Telerhythmics, and Medical Device Sales and Service. The combined Digirad Imaging Solutions and 
Telerhythmics reporting units make up the Diagnostic Services reportable segment.

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill from December 31, 2015 to December 31, 2017, by reportable segment, are as 

follows (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2015
Acquisition of DMS Health

Impairment of Telerhythmics
Balance at December 31, 2016
 Impairment of DMS Health
   Impairment of Telerhythmics
Balance at December 31, 2017

Diagnostic 
Services

2,897
—

(338)
2,559
—
(166)
2,393

$

$

Medical Device 
Sales and Service
$

— $

3,678

—
3,678
(2,580)
—
1,098

$

$

Total

2,897
3,678

(338)
6,237
(2,580)
(166)
3,491

   During the third quarter of 2017, the Company received notification from Philips Healthcare ("Philips") that our agreement 
to provide contract sales and services on Philips branded equipment would be terminated, effective December 31, 2017. As a 
result, the Company reduced its forecasted revenue, gross margin and operating profit within its Medical Device Sales and Services 
("MDSS") reporting unit. These factors are considered indicators of potential impairment and as a result, the Company performed 
an interim goodwill impairment analysis during the third quarter of 2017. In performing the first step of the goodwill impairment 
assessment, the Company used both an income approach and market approach.  The Company concluded that the carrying value 
of the MDSS reporting unit exceeded its enterprise value and performed the second step of the impairment test in which we 
allocated the enterprise fair value to the fair value of the reporting unit's net assets. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment 
loss of $2.6 million associated with the impairment assessment of the MDSS reporting unit during the year ended December 31, 
2017.

During the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company concluded that it was more likely than not that the carrying value of the 
Telerhythmics reporting unit were in excess of their respective values and therefore, updated its estimated fair value of these assets 
as of that date.  This conclusion was based on lower than expected operating results during the year ended December 31, 2017, 
primarily as a result of lower sales volume and unfavorable mix in our cardiac event monitoring business.  In performing the first 
step of the goodwill impairment assessment, the Company used both an income approach and market approach.  The Company 
concluded that the carrying value of the Telerhythmics reporting unit exceeded its enterprise value and performed the second step 
of the impairment test in which we allocated the enterprise fair value to the fair value of the reporting unit's net assets. As a result, 
the Company recorded an impairment loss of $0.2 million associated with the impairment assessment of the Telerhythmics reporting 
unit during the year ended December 31, 2017. 

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Estimating the fair value of the reporting units requires the use of estimates and significant judgments regarding future cash 
flows that are based on a number of factors including actual operating results, forecasted billings, revenue, and spend targets, 
discount rate assumptions, and long-term growth rate assumptions. The estimates and judgments described above could adversely 
change in future periods and we cannot provide absolute assurance that all of the targets will be achieved, which could lead to 
future impairment charges.

NOTE  7.  

Debt 

A summary of long-term debt is as follows:

(in thousands)

Revolving Credit Facility

Term Loan A (terminated June 21, 2017)

Term Loan B (terminated June 21, 2017)

Revolving Credit Facility (terminated June 21, 2017)

Total borrowings

Less: net unamortized debt issuance cost

Less: current portion
Long-term portion

December 31, 2017

December 31, 2016

Amount

Interest Rate

Amount

Interest Rate

$

19,500

3.90%

$

—

—

—

19,500

—

—
19,500

$

$

3.15%

5.65%

2.69%

—

17,382

4,581

—

21,963
(535)
(5,358)
16,070

On June 21, 2017, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Comerica Credit Agreement”) with Comerica 
Bank, a Texas banking association (“Comerica”).  The Comerica Credit Agreement provides for a five-year revolving credit facility 
with a maximum credit amount of $25.0 million maturing in June 2022, upon which a balloon payment on the balance is due. The 
Company’s subsidiaries are guarantors under the Comerica Credit Facility. Under the Comerica Credit Facility, the Company can 
request the issuance of letters of credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1.0 million at any one time.  As of December 31, 
2017, the Company had $0.1 million of letters of credit outstanding. 

The Company used $22.1 million of the financing made available under the Comerica Credit Facility to repay and terminate, 
effective June 21, 2017, that certain Credit Agreement, dated January 1, 2016, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the 
Company, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank as administrative agent (the "Wells Fargo Credit Agreement").  The 
Wells Fargo Credit Agreement provided for a five-year credit facility with a maximum credit amount of $40.0 million.  The 
Company recognized a $0.7 million loss on extinguishment due to the write off of unamortized deferred financing costs associated 
with the former credit facility under the Wells Fargo Credit Agreement.  

The Company incurred and capitalized $0.2 million of costs in connection with the Comerica Credit Facility, which are being 

amortized on a straight-line basis to interest expense over the five-year term of the new revolving credit facility. 

At the Company’s option, the Comerica Credit Facility will bear interest at either (i) the LIBOR Rate, as defined in the 
Comerica Credit Agreement, plus a margin of 2.35%; or (ii) the PRR-based Rate, plus a margin of 0.5%.  As further defined in 
the Comerica Credit Agreement, the "PRR-based Rate" means the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day (as defined 
in the Comerica Credit Agreement) plus 0.5%, or (b) the daily adjusting LIBOR Rate plus 2.50%.  In addition to interest on 
outstanding borrowings under the Comerica Credit Facility, the revolving credit note bears an unused line fee of 0.25%, which is 
presented as interest expense. The borrowing availability under the Comerica Credit Agreement at December 31, 2017 was $5.4 
million. 

The Comerica Credit Agreement contains certain representations, warranties, events of default, as well as certain affirmative 
and  negative  covenants  customary  for  credit  agreements  of  this  type.  These  covenants  include  restrictions  on  borrowings, 
investments and divestitures, as well as limitations on the Company’s ability to make certain restricted payments. These restrictions 
do not prevent or prohibit the payment of dividends by the Company consistent with past practice.  The Comerica Credit Agreement 
requires us to comply with certain financial covenants, including a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and a Funded Debt to Adjusted 
EBITDA Ratio (each as defined in the Comerica Credit Agreement).  The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is calculated based on 
the ratio of (a) Adjusted EBITDA, less (i) cash income taxes paid for such period, less (ii), FCCR Capital Expenditures (as defined 
in the Comerica Credit Agreement) made during such period, less (iii) payments, repurchases or redemptions of stock made during 
such period, less (iv) Distributions and Purchases (each as defined in the Comerica Credit Agreement) made during such period, 
to (b) (i) the Current Maturities of Long Term Debt (each as defined in the Comerica Credit Agreement) as of the last day of such 
period plus (ii) interest paid during such period.  The Fixed Charge Coverage ratio is measured on a quarterly basis as of the most 
recent fiscal quarter end.  Under the Comerica Credit Agreement, we must maintain a fixed charge ratio of at least 1.25 to 1.00 
for each trailing twelve-month period as of the end of each fiscal quarter. The funded debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio (as defined 
in the Comerica Credit Agreement) must be not more than 2.25 to 1.00 measured at each fiscal quarter.  

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Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default under the Comerica Credit Agreement, Comerica may, 
among other things, declare the loans and all other obligations under the Comerica Credit Agreement immediately due and payable 
and increase the interest rate at which loans and obligations under the Comerica Credit Agreement bear interest. Pursuant to a 
separate Security Agreement dated June 21, 2017, between the Company, its subsidiaries and Comerica Bank, the Comerica Credit 
Facility is secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the assets (excluding real estate) of the Company and 
its subsidiaries and a pledge of all shares and membership interests of the Company’s subsidiaries. 

At December 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.

NOTE  8. 

Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation Matters

In May 2016, Shaun Smith ("Smith"), a former employee of Digirad Imaging Solutions and MD Office Solutions, filed a 
lawsuit against Digirad Corporation, Digirad Imaging Solutions, Inc., and certain current and former officers of these companies, 
on behalf of himself and class members (collectively, the "Class Members") in Alameda County Superior Court. In October 2016, 
Smith filed a First Amended Complaint adding MD Office Solutions as a named defendant. Digirad Corporation, Digirad Imaging 
Solutions, Inc., and certain current and former officers of these companies and MD Office Solutions are collectively referred to 
as the "Defendants." In March 2017, Smith filed a Second Amended Complaint adding David Dolan ("Dolan") and Robert Erskine 
("Erskine") as named plaintiffs. Smith, Dolan and Erskine are collectively referred to as the "Plaintiffs."  

The claim alleges that Defendants violated California laws by: failing to provide Class Members with off-duty meal and rest 
breaks, failing to furnish accurate wage statements, failing to timely pay all earned wages, and failing to pay all wages due upon 
a Class Member’s separation from Digirad Imaging Solutions, Inc. and MD Office Solutions, among other claims. In addition, 
Mr. Smith asserted individual claims for racial discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination. 

The parties to this action participated in a voluntary mediation and reached a tentative settlement of the case and all claims.  
Preliminary court approval was received in September 2017.  In the fourth quarter of 2017, final court approval and acceptance 
by Class Members was reached.  The parties to this action agreed to a final settlement amount of approximately $1.3 million, 
which was paid by the Company in December 2017.

Leases

We currently lease facilities and certain automotive equipment under non-cancelable operating leases expiring from January 
31, 2018 through July 31, 2022. Rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the initial lease term and those renewal 
periods that are reasonably assured as determined at lease inception. The difference between rent expense and rent paid is recorded 
as deferred rent and is included in other current and long-term liabilities. Rent expense was approximately $4.2 million, $5.8 
million, and $1.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.  

As of December 31, 2017, we financed certain information technology and medical equipment and vehicles under capital leases. 
These obligations are secured by the specific equipment financed under each lease and will be repaid monthly over the remaining 
lease terms through August 20, 2022. 

We are committed to making future cash payments on non-cancelable operating leases and capital leases (including interest). 
The future minimum lease payments due under both non-cancelable operating leases and capital leases having initial or remaining 
lease terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2017 are as follows (in thousands): 

2018

2019
2020
2021
2022
Thereafter
Total future minimum lease payments
Less amounts representing interest

Present value of obligations
Less: current capital lease obligations

Total long-term capital lease obligations

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Operating
Leases

Capital 
Leases

$

$

1,873
1,143
820
364
77
—
4,277

$

$

915
728
633
608
73
—
2,957
(267)
2,690
(796)
1,894

 
 
 
Other Matters

In the normal course of business, we have been, and will likely continue to be, subject to litigation or administrative proceedings 
incidental to our business, such as claims related to customer disputes, employment practices, wage and hour disputes, product 
liability,  professional  liability,  commercial  disputes,  licensure  restrictions  or  denials,  and  warranty  or  patent  infringement. 
Responding to litigation or administrative proceedings, regardless of whether they have merit, can be expensive and disruptive to 
normal business operations. We are not able to predict the timing or outcome of these matters.

NOTE 9. 

 Share-Based Compensation

At December 31, 2017, we have two active equity incentive plans, the 2011 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) 
and the 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “2014 Plan”), (collectively “the Plans”), under which stock options, restricted 
stock units, and other stock based awards may be granted to employees and non-employees, including members of our Board of 
Directors. Terms of any equity instruments granted under the Plans are approved by the Board of Directors. Stock options typically 
vest over the requisite service period of one to four years and have a contractual term of seven to ten years. Restricted stock units 
generally vest over one to four years. Under the Plans, we are authorized to issue an aggregate of 1,856,733 shares of common 
stock. As of December 31, 2017, the Plans had 437,619 shares available for future issuance. The number of shares reserved for 
issuance under the 2014 Plan is subject to increase by any shares under the 2004 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “2004 Plan”) 
that are forfeited, expire, or are canceled. As of December 31, 2017, the number of shares provided for issuance under the 2014 
Plan due to forfeited, expired, and canceled shares under the 2004 Plan was 10,248 shares.

Stock Options

The estimated fair value of our stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes model. All stock options were granted with 
an exercise price equal to the fair value of the common stock on the grant date. The weighted-average grant date fair value of 
employee stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2016 was $1.34 per share, which was estimated using the 
following weighted-average assumptions. There were no employee stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 
2017 and 2015. 

Expected volatility

Expected term (in years)

Risk-free interest rate

Expected dividend yield

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

—%

—

—%

—%

40%

6

1.5%

3.9%

—%

—

—%

—%

The determination of the fair value of stock options using an option valuation model is affected by our stock price, as well as 
assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. The volatility assumption is based on the historical volatility 
of our common stock over a period of time equal to the expected term of the stock options. The expected term of our stock options 
is based on historical experience. The risk-free rate for the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield in effect 
at the time of grant. The expected dividend yield is based on the current annualized dividend rate per share divided by the historical 
average stock price. 

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A summary of our stock option award activity as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 is as follows (in thousands, 

except per share data):

Options exercisable at December 31, 2016

Options outstanding at December 31, 2016

Options granted

Options forfeited

Options expired

Options exercised

Options outstanding at December 31, 2017

Options exercisable at December 31, 2017

Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price per
Share

Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (In Years)

Aggregate
Intrinsic  
Value

Number of
Shares

804

982

$

$

— $
(16)
(58)
(6)
902

$

824

$

2.69

3.01

—

5.12

2.28

0.70

3.03

2.84

3.34

2.90

$

$

205

205

As share-based compensation expense under the authoritative guidance for share-based payments is based on awards ultimately 
expected to vest, it is reduced for estimated forfeitures. The guidance requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and 
revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.

At December 31, 2017, total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options was $0.1 million, which is 

expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years.

Upon exercise, we issue new shares of common stock. Cash received from stock option exercises was $5 thousand during the 
year ended December 31, 2017, $0.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2016, and $0.6 million for the year ended 
December 31, 2015. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised was $12 thousand during the year ended December 31, 
2017, $1.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2016, and $0.2 million during the year ended 2015.

Restricted Stock Units

Under guidance for share-based payments, the fair value of our restricted stock awards is based on the grant date fair value of 
our common stock. All restricted stock units were granted with no purchase price. Vesting of the restricted stock awards is subject 
to service conditions, as well as the attainment of additional performance objectives for certain of the awards. The weighted-
average grant date fair value of the restricted stock units was $4.77, $5.28 and $4.14 per share during the years ended December 31, 
2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

A summary of our restricted stock unit activity as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 is as follows (in thousands, 

except per share data):

Non-vested restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2016

Granted
Forfeited
Vested

Non-vested restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2017

Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Per Share

Number of
Shares

316
375
(175)
(175)
341

$

$

4.97
4.77
4.92
5.06
4.73

The following table summarizes information about restricted stock units that vested during the years ended December 31, 2017, 

2016, and 2015 based on service conditions (in thousands):

Fair value on vesting date of vested restricted stock units

Year Ended December 31,

2017

$

798

2016
$ 679

2015
$ —

At December 31, 2017, total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock units was $1.1 million, 

which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.34 years.

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Allocation of Share-Based Compensation Expense

Total share-based compensation expense related to all of our share-based units for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 

and 2015 was allocated as follows (in thousands):

Cost of revenues:

Services
Product and product-related

Marketing and sales
General and administrative

Share-based compensation expense

NOTE  10. 

Income Taxes

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

$

40
19
157
636
852

$

$

27
14
237
746
1,024

$

$

18
47
98
453
616

Significant components of the provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations are as follows (in thousands):

Current provision:
Federal
State
  Foreign
Total current provision
Deferred provision (benefit):
Federal
State
  Foreign
Total deferred provision (benefit)
Total income tax provision (benefit)

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

— $
30
63
93

— $
18
44
62

—
23
—
23

26,411
1,119
—
27,530
27,623

(12,630)
151
—
(12,479)
$ (12,417)

(17,347)
(1,799)
—
(19,146)
(19,123)

$

$

$

Differences between the provision (benefit) for income taxes and income taxes at the statutory federal income tax rate are as 
follows: 

Income tax expense (benefit) at statutory federal rate
State income tax expense, net of federal benefit
Permanent differences and other
Goodwill
Transaction costs
Withholding costs
Tax credit
Impact of 2017 Tax Act
Change in effective federal and state tax rates
Expiration of net operating loss and tax credit carryovers
Stock compensation expense
Reserve for uncertain tax positions and other reserves
Change in valuation allowance
Provision (benefit) for income taxes

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Year Ended December 31,

2017

34.0 %
2.0 %
(0.2)%
(8.3)%
— %
(0.8)%
— %
(143.6)%
0.4 %
(0.1)%
(1.0)%
0.6 %
(223.7)%
(340.7)%

2016

34.0 %
4.0 %
4.3 %
— %
2.6 %
2.2 %
(2.6)%
— %
(0.4)%
3.4 %
— %
(6.0)%
(668.0)%
(626.5)%

2015

34.0 %
3.4 %
4.4 %
— %
23.1 %
— %
— %
— %
37.6 %
8.4 %
— %
76.8 %
(947.5)%
(759.8)%

 
 
 
 
 
Our net deferred tax assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

Deferred tax assets (liabilities):

Net operating loss carryforwards
Research and development and other credits
Reserves
Intangibles
Other, net

Total deferred tax assets
Deferred tax liabilities

Fixed assets and other

Intangibles

Total deferred tax liabilities
  Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets
Net deferred tax (liabilities) assets

December 31,

2017

2016

$

$

23,399
44
567
—
1,231
25,241

(3,489)
(891)
(4,380)
(21,115)

$

(254) $

35,540
89
964
—
1,980
38,573

(6,221)
(2,335)
(8,556)
(2,998)
27,019

      The Company recognizes federal and state deferred tax assets or liabilities based on the Company's estimate of future tax 
effects attributable to temporary differences and carryovers. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce any deferred 
tax assets by the amount of any tax benefits that, based on available evidence and judgment, are not expected to be realized.  In 
assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, the Company considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or 
all of the deferred tax assets will be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of 
future taxable income during periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. The Company considers projected 
future taxable income and planning strategies in making this assessment.  As of December 31, 2017, as a result of a three-year 
cumulative loss and recent events, such as the unanticipated termination of the Philips distribution agreement and its effect on our 
near term forecasted income, we concluded that a full valuation allowance was necessary to offset our deferred tax assets.  A 
significant piece of objective negative evidence evaluated as of December 31, 2017, was the cumulative pretax loss incurred over 
the three-year period ended December 31, 2017.  Accordingly, additional valuation allowance of $18.1 million was recorded during 
the year ended December 31, 2017 for a total valuation allowance amount of $21.1 million against the Company's deferred tax 
assets.  The Company will continue to evaluate its deferred tax balances to determine any assets that are more likely than not to 
be realized.

     As of December 31, 2017, we had federal and state income tax net operating loss carryforwards of $89.2 million and $30.2 
million, respectively. Federal loss carryforwards will begin to expire in 2019 unless previously utilized. State loss carryforwards 
of approximately $0.1 million expired in 2017, and less than $0.1 million is set to expire in 2018, unless previously utilized. We 
also  have  federal  and  California  research  and  other  credit  carryforwards  of  approximately  $1.8  million  and  $2.1  million, 
respectively, as of both December 31, 2017 and 2016. The federal credits will begin to expire in 2018. The California research 
credits have no expiration. Pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Sections 382 and 383, use of our net operating loss and credit 
carryforwards may be limited because of a cumulative change in ownership greater than 50%.  As of December 31, 2017, Digirad 
Corporation has not experienced a change in ownership greater than 50%; however, some of the tax attributes acquired with the 
DMS Health businesses are subject to such limitations due to ownership changes of greater than 50% which may have occurred 
or which may occur in the future. A valuation allowance has been recognized to offset the deferred tax assets, as realization of 
such assets has not met the "more likely than not" threshold required under the authoritative guidance of accounting for income 
taxes. 

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The following table summarizes the activity related to our unrecognized tax benefits (in thousands):

Balance at beginning of year
Increases related to prior year tax positions
Settlements with taxing authorities
Expiration of the statute of limitations for the assessment of taxes
Balance at end of year

December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

$

4,134
—
—
(198)
3,936

$

$

3,916
882
(187)
(477)
4,134

$

$

1,553
2,363
—
—
3,916

Included in the unrecognized tax benefits of $3.9 million at December 31, 2017 was $3.5 million of tax benefits that, if recognized, 
would reduce our annual effective tax rate, subject to the valuation allowance. We do not expect our unrecognized tax benefits to 
change significantly over the next 12 months.

We file income tax returns in the U.S. and in various state jurisdictions with varying statutes of limitations. We are no longer 
subject to income tax examination by tax authorities for years prior to 2013; however, our net operating loss carryforwards and 
research credit carryforwards arising prior to that year are subject to adjustment. Our policy is to recognize interest expense and 
penalties related to income tax matters as a component of income tax expense. The accrued interest as of December 31, 2017 and 
2016, and interest and penalties recognized during the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 were of insignificant 
amounts. 

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

On December 2, 2017, the U.S. Senate joined the U.S.  House of Representatives in passing tax reform legislation.  Reconciliation 
of the provisions in the U.S. House of Representatives bill and the U.S. Senate bill concluded on December 20, 2017.  On December 
22,  2017,  the  President  signed  into  law  the  Tax  Cuts  and  Jobs Act.  The  impact  of  the  legislation  created  a  tax  expense  of 
approximately $11.6 million, due to the re-measurement of our deferred tax assets and liabilities at the new U.S. federal tax rate 
of 21% from the previous rate of 34%, for years subsequent to 2017. 

On December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), which provides guidance on 
accounting for the tax effects of the Tax Act.  In accordance with SAB 118, a company must reflect the income tax effects of those 
aspects of the Tax Act for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete.  To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain 
income tax effects of the Tax Act is incomplete but it is able to determine a reasonable estimate, it must record and provisional 
estimate in the financial statements. The Company has recognized the provisional tax impacts related to its Internal Revenue Code 
Section 162(m) limitations and the potential impact on its equity compensation deferred tax assets and included these amounts in 
its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017.  The ultimate impact may differ from these provisional 
amounts, possibly materially, due to among other things, changes in interpretations and assumptions the Company has made, 
additional regulatory guidance that may be issued, and actions the Company may take as a result of the Tax Act. 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act allows for one hundred percent expensing of the cost of qualified property acquired and place in 
service after September 27, 2017 and before January 1, 2023.  The Company does not plan to take advantage of this provision in 
the near term and has the option of opting out of this provision.  In addition, net operating losses incurred in tax years beginning 
after December 31, 2017 are only allowed to offset a taxpayer's taxable income by eighty percent, but those net operating losses 
are allowed to be carried forward indefinitely with no expiration.  Also as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Company's net 
interest expense deductions are limited to 30% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization through 2021 and 
of earnings before interest and taxes thereafter.  This provision also takes effect for tax years beginning after 2017 and isn't expected 
to have a material impact to the Company's deferred tax asset position.  

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act also incorporates changes to certain international tax provisions.  There is a one-time transition tax 
on foreign income earned by subsidiaries at a rate of 15.5% for cash and cash equivalents and at a rate of 8% for the remainder 
of the foreign earnings. There is a provision for the current inclusion in US taxable income of global intangible low-tax income 
and also the imposition of a tax equal to its base erosion minimum tax amount.  The new laws incorporate a potential benefit for 
foreign derived intangible income, but the benefit only applies if the foreign derived sales and services income exceeds a calculated 
'routine return' and if the Company is in taxable income.  The Company does not anticipate that any of the foreign provisions will 
have an impact to the Company's tax accounts.

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NOTE  11. 

Employee Retirement Plan

We have 401(k) retirement plans under which employees may contribute up to 100% of their annual salary, within IRS limits. 
The  Company  contributions  to  the  retirement  plans  totaled  $0.4  million,  $0.6  million,  and  $0.2  million  for  the  years  ended 
December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 

NOTE  12. 

Related Party Transaction

Mr. John Climaco currently serves as a Director of the Company and a member of the Corporate Governance and Strategic 
Advisory committees of the Board. Until July 11,  2017, Mr. Climaco also served as a Director of  Perma-Fix Environmental 
Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PESI). Further, from June 2, 2015 until July 11, 2017, Mr. Climaco served as the Executive Vice President 
of Perma-Fix Medical S.A., a majority-owned Polish subsidiary of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. On July 27, 2015, we 
entered  into  a  Stock  Subscription Agreement  (the  "Subscription Agreement")  and  Tc-99m  Supplier Agreement  (the  "Supply 
Agreement") with Perma-Fix Medical. Under the terms of the Subscription Agreement, we invested $1.0 million USD in exchange 
for 71,429 shares of Perma-Fix Medical. Pursuant to the Supply Agreement, should Perma-Fix Medical successfully complete 
development of the new Tc-99m resin, Perma-Fix Medical will supply us or our preferred nuclear pharmacy supplier with Tc-99m 
at a preferred rate and we will purchase agreed upon quantities of such Tc-99m for our nuclear imaging operations, either directly 
or in conjunction with our preferred nuclear pharmacy supplier. In addition, in connection with the Subscription Agreement, the 
Company's President and CEO was appointed to the Supervisory Board of Perma-Fix Medical.

NOTE 13. 

Segments

On January 1, 2016, we acquired DMS Health. With the acquisition of DMS Health, we now operate the Company in four

reportable segments:

1.  Diagnostic Services
2.  Diagnostic Imaging
3.  Mobile Healthcare
4.  Medical Device Sales and Service

Diagnostic Services. Through Diagnostic Services, we offer a convenient and economically efficient imaging and monitoring 
services program as an alternative to purchasing equipment or outsourcing the procedures to another physician or imaging center. 
For physicians who wish to perform nuclear imaging, echocardiography, vascular or general ultrasound tests, we provide the ability 
for them to engage our services, which includes the use of our imaging system, qualified personnel, and related items required to 
perform imaging in their own offices and bill Medicare, Medicaid, or one of the third-party healthcare insurers directly for those 
services. These services are primarily provided to smaller cardiology and related physician practice customers, though we do 
provide some services to hospital systems. 

Diagnostic  Imaging.  Through  Diagnostic  Imaging,  we  sell  our  internally  developed  solid-state  gamma  cameras  and  camera 
maintenance contracts. Our systems include nuclear cardiac imaging and general purposes nuclear imaging as well. We sell our 
imaging systems to physician offices and hospitals primarily in the United States, although we have sold a small number of imaging 
systems internationally.

Mobile Healthcare. Through Mobile Healthcare, we provide contract diagnostic imaging, including PET, CT, MRI, and healthcare 
expertise to hospitals, integrated delivery networks (“IDNs”), and federal institutions on a long-term contract basis, but can also 
provide provisional services to institutions that are in transition.  These services are provided primarily when there is a cost, ease 
and efficiency component of providing the services directly rather than owning and operating the related services and equipment 
directly by our customers.

Medical Device Sales and Service. Through Medical Device Sales and Service, we provide contract sales and service efforts with 
our exclusive contract with Philips Healthcare within a defined region in the upper Midwest region of the United States.  We 
primarily sell Philips branded imaging and patient monitoring systems, and collect a commission on these sales, though we never
take title to the underlying equipment.  We also provide warranty and post-warranty services on certain Philips equipment within 
this territory related to equipment we have sold or other equipment sold in the territory.

Our reporting segments have been determined based on the nature of the products and/or services offered to customers or the 
nature of their function in the organization.  For financial reporting purposes, our Digirad Imaging Solutions and Telerhythmics 
cardiac monitoring operating segments are aggregated within our Diagnostic Services reportable segment due to their similar 
economic and operational characteristics. 

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We evaluate performance based on the gross profit and operating income (loss) excluding litigation reserve expense, goodwill 
impairment, and transaction and integration costs.  The Company does not identify or allocate its assets by operating segments. 
Accordingly, assets are not being reported by segment because the information is not available by segment and is not reviewed in 
the evaluation of performance or making decisions in the allocation of resources. Our operating costs included in our shared service 
functions, which primarily consist of senior executive officers, finance, human resources, legal, and information technology, are 
allocated to our segments. During the first quarter of 2017, as part of our continual evaluation of our segment reporting, as well 
as our experience of use of shared costs in relationship to our acquisition of DMS Health on January 1, 2016, we modified the 
methodology in allocating shared costs to our segments. Prior year results have been recast to be comparable to the current year 
presentation.  

Segment information for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 is as follows: 

(in thousands)
Revenue by segment:

Diagnostic Services

Diagnostic Imaging

Mobile Healthcare

Medical Device Sales and Service

Consolidated revenue

Gross profit by segment:

Diagnostic Services

Diagnostic Imaging

Mobile Healthcare

Medical Device Sales and Service

Consolidated gross profit

Income (loss) from operations by segment:

Diagnostic Services

Diagnostic Imaging

Mobile Healthcare

Medical Device Sales and Service

Segment (loss) income from operations
Litigation reserve (3)
Goodwill impairment (4)
Transaction and integration costs of DMS Health (5)
Consolidated (loss) income from operations

Other (expense) income, net

Interest expense, net

Loss on extinguishment of debt

Consolidated (loss) income before income taxes

Year ended December 31,
2016 (1)

2015 (2)

2017

$

49,016

$ 48,305

$

46,407

12,081

42,849

14,393

13,870

47,206

16,086

$ 118,339

$ 125,467

$

9,942

$ 10,486

5,036

6,090

7,334

7,116

9,510

8,661

28,402

$ 35,773

$

$

$

$

972
(210)
(1,730)
(966)
(1,934)
(1,339)
(2,746)
—
(6,019)
(311)
(1,068)
(709)
(8,107) $

946

2,116

711

1,571

5,344

—
(338)
(1,921)
3,085
212
(1,412)
—

$

$

$

$

14,419

—

—

60,826

10,439

7,470

—

—

17,909

1,041

3,071

—

—

4,112

—

—
(1,338)
2,774
(233)
(24)
—

1,885

$

2,517

Depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible assets by segment:

Diagnostic Services

Diagnostic Imaging

Mobile Healthcare

Medical Device Sales and Service

Consolidated depreciation and amortization

$

2,769

$

2,880

$

2,150

297

6,066

1,932

244

5,736

1,029

291

—

—

$

11,064

$

9,889

$

2,441

(1)     On January 1, 2016, we acquired DMS Health Technologies.  The results of DMS Health Technologies are included in Mobile Healthcare 

and Medical Device Sales and Service since the acquisition date. 

(2)    On March 5, 2015, we acquired MD Office. The results of MD Office are included in Diagnostic Services since the acquisition date. 

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(3)    See Note 8 for further information. 
(4)    See Note 6 for further information.
(5)    Includes diligence, transaction, and integration costs related to the acquisition of DMS Health Technologies. 

Geographic Information.  The Company's sales to customers located outside the United States for the years ended December 31, 
2017, 2016, and 2015 was $1.0 million, $0.8 million, and $0.7 million, respectively.  All of our long-lived assets are located in 
the United States. 

NOTE  14. 

Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

The  following  financial  information  reflects  all  normal  recurring  adjustments,  which  are,  in  the  opinion  of  management, 
necessary for a fair statement of the results of the interim periods. Summarized quarterly data for fiscal 2017 and 2016 are as 
follows (in thousands, except per share data):

Fiscal 2017
Revenues

Gross profit

Loss from operations
Net loss (1)
Net loss per common share—basic (2)
Net loss per common share—diluted (2)

Fiscal 2016
Revenues

Gross profit

Income (loss) from operations
Net income (loss) (1)
Net income (loss) per common share—basic (2)
Net income (loss) per common share—diluted (2)

1st
Quarter 

2nd
Quarter 

3rd
Quarter 

4th
Quarter 

29,080

$

29,786

$

28,555

$

30,918

7,107
$
(975) $
(2,076) $
(0.10) $
(0.10) $

7,033
$
(1,751) $
(2,772) $
(0.14) $
(0.14) $

6,640
$
(2,388) $
(8,899) $
(0.44) $
(0.44) $

7,622
(905)
(21,983)
(1.10)
(1.10)

31,157

$

32,090

$
9,065
(553) $
$

11,609

0.60

0.58

$

$

9,765

1,472

998

0.05

0.05

$

$

$

$

$

$

31,086

8,301

$

$

689
$
(283) $
(0.01) $
(0.01) $

31,134

8,642

1,477

1,978

0.10

0.10

$

$

$
$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

(1) 

In the third and fourth quarters of 2017, the Company has increased its valuation allowance for deferred tax assets associated 
with net operating losses based on an estimated forecast of business operation profitability as well as material changes in 
business operations from business events.  In the fourth quarter of 2017, the remaining deferred tax assets related to net 
operating losses were fully reserved.  In addition, the fourth quarter of 2017 includes the impact of tax rate changes from 
enacted tax legislation signed in December 2017.  Included in net income for the first quarter of 2016 is an income tax benefit 
of $12.5 million, primarily related to the release of the valuation allowance associated with a portion of our deferred tax assets.

(2)  Earnings per share are computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly net 

earnings per share will not necessarily equal the total for the year.

NOTE 15. 

Subsequent Events

On February 1, 2018, the Company announced a cash dividend of $0.055 per share payable on February 28, 2018 to shareholders 

of record on February 15, 2018.

On February 1, 2018, pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2017 by and between DMS and 
Philips, the Company completed the sale to Philips of all of DMS’ customer contracts relating to its post-warranty service business 
for $8.0 million in cash (subject to certain adjustments) (the “Philips Transaction”).  Following the closing, the Company's MDSS 
reportable segment ceased to exist.  As a result, in 2018, the MDSS reportable segment is expected to be reported as discontinued 
operations. 

In connection with the closing of the Philips Transaction,  the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to Revolving Credit 
Agreement, dated January 30, 2018 with Comerica (the "Amendment"), in order to, among other things, reduce the revolving 
credit  commitment  from  $25.0  million  to  $20.0  million  and  modify  the  definition  of  “Adjusted  EBITDA,”  “FCCR  Capital 
Expenditures” and “Revolving Credit Commitment” as used under the Comerica Credit Agreement.  

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ITEM 9. 

None.

CHANGES  IN  AND  DISAGREEMENTS  WITH  ACCOUNTANTS  ON  ACCOUNTING  AND 
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

ITEM 9A. 

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(1)  Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our 
Securities and Exchange Commission Act of 1934 reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods 
specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated 
to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions 
regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that any controls 
and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control 
objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and 
procedures.

As further discussed below, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, 
including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure 
controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our chief 
executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 
2017.

Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives as specified 
above. Management does not expect, however, that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent or detect all errors and 
fraud. Any internal control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance 
that its objectives will be met. Further, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error 
or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.

(2)  Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such 
term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of our 
management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of 
our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued 
by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Because of its inherent limitations, 
internal  control  over  financial  reporting  may  not  prevent  or  detect  all  misstatements. Also,  projections  of  any  evaluation  of 
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or 
that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Therefore, even those systems determined to be 
effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Based on our 
evaluation under the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013), our management concluded that our internal 
control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2017.

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017 has been audited by BDO USA, 

LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in its report, which we include herein.

(3)  Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required 
by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that occurred during our most recent fiscal 
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Shareholders and Board of Directors
Digirad Corporation
Poway, California

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited Digirad Corporation’s (the “Company’s”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, 
based  on  criteria  established  in  Internal  Control  -  Integrated  Framework  (2013)  issued  by  the  Committee  of  Sponsoring 
Organizations  of  the Treadway  Commission  (the  “COSO  criteria”).  In  our  opinion,  the  Company  maintained,  in  all  material 
respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on the COSO criteria. 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) 
(“PCAOB”), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related consolidated statements 
of operations and comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended 
December 31, 2017, and the related notes and our report dated February 28, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment 
of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Item 9A, Management’s Report on 
Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over 
financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent 
with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards 
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial 
reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial 
reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of 
internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary 
in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability 
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted 
accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain 
to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets 
of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial 
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are 
being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable 
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that 
could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because  of  its  inherent  limitations,  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  may  not  prevent  or  detect  misstatements. Also, 
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because 
of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. 

/s/ BDO USA, LLP

San Diego, California
February 28, 2018 

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ITEM 9B. 

OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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PART III

ITEM 10. 

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Pursuant to Paragraph G(3) of the General Instructions to Form 10-K, the information required by Part III (Items 10, 11, 12, 
13, and 14) is being incorporated by reference to the applicable information in our definitive proxy statement (or an amendment 
to our Annual Report on Form 10-K) to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 
2017 in connection with our Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2018.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (“Ethics Code”) that applies to all our officers, directors, employees, 
and contractors. The Ethics Code contains general guidelines for conducting our business consistent with the highest standards of 
business ethics and compliance with applicable law, and is intended to qualify as a “code of ethics” within the meaning of Section 
406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Item 406 of Regulation S-K. Day-to-day compliance with the Ethics Code is overseen 
by the Company compliance officer appointed by our Board of Directors. If we make any substantive amendments to the Ethics 
Code or grant any waiver from a provision of the Ethics Code to any director or executive officer, we will promptly disclose the 
nature of the amendment or waiver on our website at www.digirad.com.

ITEM 11. 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

See Item 10.

ITEM 12. 

See Item 10.

ITEM 13. 

See Item 10.

SECURITY  OWNERSHIP  OF  CERTAIN  BENEFICIAL  OWNERS  AND  MANAGEMENT  AND 
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

CERTAIN  RELATIONSHIPS  AND  RELATED  TRANSACTIONS,  AND  DIRECTOR 
INDEPENDENCE

ITEM 14. 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

See Item 10.

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ITEM 15. 

EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

PART IV

(a) Documents filed as part of this report:

1. 

Financial Statements

The financial statements of Digirad Corporation listed below are set forth in Item 8 of this report for the year ended December 31, 

2017:

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 
2015

Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2017 and 2016 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

2. 

 Financial Statement Schedules

All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial 

statements or notes thereto.

3. 

Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K

The information required by this Section (a)(3) of Item 15 is set forth on the exhibit index that follows the Signatures page of 

this Form 10-K. 

ITEM 16. 

FORM 10-K SUMMARY

None.

Exhibit
Number
2.1†

2.2†

2.3

2.4

Description

EXHIBIT INDEX 

Asset Purchase Agreement, by and between Digirad Corporation, Digirad Imaging Solutions, Inc., Digirad Ultrascan 
Solutions, Inc. and Ultrascan, Inc. dated May 1, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's 
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 7, 2007).

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 2, 2009, by and among the Company, Digirad Imaging Solutions, Inc. 
and MD Office Solutions (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-
K filed with the Commission on February 6, 2009).

Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated March 13, 2014, by and among Digirad Imaging Solutions, Inc., 
Digirad Corporation and the members of Telerhythmics, LLC (as Sellers) party thereto and TD Properties, LLC in 
its capacity as Seller Representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report 
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 14, 2014).

Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization, dated March 5, 2015 by and between Digirad Corporation, 
Maleah Incorporated, MD Office Solutions and the Stockholders party thereto (incorporated by reference to  Exhibit 
10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2015). Schedules and 
exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby agrees to furnish 
supplementary copies of any of the omitted schedules or exhibits upon request by the Securities and Exchange 
Commission.

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Exhibit
Number
2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8*

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

10.1†

10.2†

10.3†

10.4†

Description

Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of October 13, 2015, by and among Digirad Corporation, Project Rendezvous 
Holding Corporation, the stockholders of Project Rendezvous Holding Corporation, and Platinum Equity Advisors, 
LLC as the stockholder representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-
K filed with the Commission on January 7, 2016).  Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 
601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby agrees to furnish supplementary copies of any of the omitted 
schedules or exhibits upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of December 31, 2015, by and between Digirad Corporation 
and Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC as the stockholder representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to 
the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 7, 2016).

Second Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of June 7, 2016, by and between Digirad Corporation 
and Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC as the stockholder representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to 
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 1, 2016).

Asset Purchase Agreement by and between DMS Health Technologies, Inc., as Seller, and Philips North America 
LLC, as Buyer dated as of December 22, 2017. Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)
(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby agrees to furnish supplementary copies of any of the omitted schedules 
or exhibits upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of  Digirad  Corporation  (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.2  to  the 
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 3, 2006).

Certificate  of  Designation  of  Rights,  Preferences  and  Privileges  of  Series  B  Participating  Preferred  Stock 
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission 
on May 24, 2013).

Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Digirad Corporation (incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 5, 2015).

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Digirad Corporation dated May 4, 2007 and Amendment No. 1 to the Amended 
and Restated Bylaws of Digirad Corporation dated April 5, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the 
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 1, 2017).

Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on 
Form S-1 (File No. 333-113760) filed with the Commission on March 19, 2004).

Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, by and between Digirad Corporation and American Stock Transfer and Trust 
Company, dated November 22, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on 
Form 8-A filed with the Commission on November 29, 2005).

Tax Benefit Preservation Plan by and between Digirad Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 
dated as of May 23, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the 
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2013).

Tax Benefit Preservation Plan Amendment, dated November 11, 2013, by and between the Company and American 
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Company's Annual Report 
on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 20, 2014).

First Amendment to Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2015, by and between the Company 
and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s 
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2015).

License Agreement, by and between Digirad Corporation and the Regents of the University of California dated 
May 19, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Amended Registration Statement on Form S-1/A 
(File No. 333-113760) filed with the Commission on April 20, 2004).

Amendment  to  License Agreement  by  and  between  Digirad  Corporation  and  the  Regents  of  the  University  of 
California, dated May 24, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Amended Registration 
Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-113760) filed with the Commission on April 20, 2004).

Amendment No. 2 to License Agreement by and between Digirad Corporation and the Regents of the University 
of California, dated October 1, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report 
on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 11, 2004).

License Agreement, by and between Digirad Corporation and Cedars-Sinai Health System, dated May 22, 2001, 
as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Amended Registration Statement on Form 
S-1/A (File No. 333-113760) filed with the Commission on April 20, 2004).

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Exhibit
Number
10.5†

10.6#

10.7#

10.8#

10.9#

10.10#

10.11#

10.12#

10.13#

10.14#

10.15#

10.16#

10.17#

10.18#

10.19

10.20

10.21

10.22

Description

License Agreement, by and between Digirad Corporation and Cedars-Sinai Health System, dated April 1, 2003, as 
amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Amended Registration Statement on Form 
S-1/A (File No. 333-113760) filed with the Commission on April 20, 2004).

Digirad Corporation 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated on August 2, 2007 (incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 7, 
2007).

Form  of  Notice  of  Stock  Option Award  and  Stock  Option Award Agreement  for  2004  Stock  Incentive  Plan 
(incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.22  to  the  Company's Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  filed  with  the 
Commission on March 3, 2005).

2004  Non-Employee  Director  Option  Program  (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.19  to  the  Company’s 
Amended Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-113760) filed with the Commission on May 24, 
2004).

Form of Notice of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award and Stock Option Award Agreement for 2004 Non-Employee 
Director Option Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 
10-K filed with the Commission on March 3, 2005).

Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10.20 to the Registration Statement on 
Form S-1/A (File No. 333-113760) filed with the Commission on April 29, 2004).

Executive Employment Agreement, by and between Digirad Corporation and Jeffry R. Keyes, dated March 4, 2013 
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission 
on March 5, 2013).

Employment Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007, as amended on August 7, 2010, by and between the Company 
and Matthew G. Molchan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit  10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 
8-K filed with the Commission on March 5, 2013).

Severance Agreement, dated December 31, 2010, by and between the Company and Virgil Lott (incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 3, 
2011).

Form of  2011 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current 
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 29, 2011).

Form of 2011 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit  
10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 29, 2011).

Form of 2011 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 29, 2011).

Digirad Corporation 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's 
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June 6, 2014).

Form Indemnification Agreement of the Company for directors and officers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 
10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 6, 2015).

Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 5, 2015, by and among the Company, Keenan - Thornton Family 
Trust, David Keenan and Samia Arram (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly 
Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 1, 2015).

Credit Agreement dated January 1, 2016, by and among Digirad Corporation, certain subsidiaries of the Digirad 
Corporation identified on the signature pages thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, 
National Association, as agent and as sole lead arranger and sole book runner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 
10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 7, 2016).

Revolving  Credit Agreement,  dated  June  21,  2017,  by  and  among  Digirad  Corporation  and  Comerica  Bank 
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission 
on June 23, 2017).

Amendment No. 1 To Revolving Credit Agreement, dated January 30, 2018 by and between Digirad Corporation 
and Comerica Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed 
with the Commission on February 2, 2018).

80

Exhibit
Number
10.23

10.24

Description

Consolidated Agreements, dated April 1, 2014, between DMS Health Technologies, Inc. and Philips Healthcare, a 
Division  of  Philips  Electronics  North America  Corporation  (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.1  to  the 
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November 3, 2017).

Amendment, dated June 9, 2015, to the Consolidated Agreements between DMS Health Technologies, Inc. and 
Philips Healthcare, a Division of Philips Electronics North America Corporation (incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November 3, 2017).

21.1*

Subsidiaries of Digirad Corporation

23.1*

Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

24.1*

31.1*

31.2*

32.1*+

32.2*+

Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form 10-K)

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS*

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

101.CAL* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

101.LAB* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase

101.PRE* XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase

101.DEF* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

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#

*

+

Digirad Corporation has been granted confidential treatment with respect to certain portions of this exhibit (indicated by 
asterisks), which have been filed separately with the Commission.

Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

Filed herewith.

The certifications attached as Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 that accompany this Annual Report on Form 10-K are not 
deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any 
filing of Digirad Corporation under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities and 
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this 10-K, irrespective of any general 
incorporation language contained in such filings.

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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this 

report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SIGNATURES

Dated: February 28, 2018

DIGIRAD CORPORATION

By:
Name:
Title:

/S/    MATTHEW G. MOLCHAN        

Matthew G. Molchan

President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints 
Matthew G. Molchan and Jeffry R. Keyes, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of 
substitution and resubstitution, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Annual Report on 
Form 10-K and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each 
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or 
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-facts and agents, or his substitute 
or substitutes, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on 

behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Name

Title

Date

/S/    MATTHEW G. MOLCHAN        

Matthew G. Molchan

Director, President and Chief Executive
Officer
 (Principal Executive Officer)

/S/    JEFFRY R. KEYES

Jeffry R. Keyes

Chief Financial Officer
 (Principal Financial Officer)

February 28, 2018

February 28, 2018

/S/    JEFFREY E. EBERWEIN 

Jeffrey E. Eberwein

Director
 (Chairman of the Board of Directors)

February 28, 2018

/S/    JOHN M. CLIMACO

John M. Climaco

/S/    CHARLES M. GILLMAN

Charles M. Gillman

/S/    MICHAEL A. CUNNION

Michael A. Cunnion

/S/    JOHN W. SAYWARD 

John W. Sayward

/S/    DIMITRIOS J. ANGELIS 

Dimitrios J. Angelis

Director

February 28, 2018

Director

February 28, 2018

Director

February 28, 2018

Director

February 28, 2018

Director

February 28, 2018

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

OFFICERS & EXECUTIVES 

SHAREOWNERS INFORMATION 

Jeffrey E. Eberwein 
Chairman of the Board 

Matthew G. Molchan 
President and  
Chief Executive Officer 

Dimitrios J. Angelis 
Director 

Jeffry R. Keyes 
Chief Financial Officer and 
Corporate Secretary 

Headquarters 
Digirad Corporation 
1048 Industrial Court, Suite E 
Suwanee, GA 30024 
TEL 770 813 8323 
FAX 770 813 0326 
EMAIL ir@digirad.com 
WEB www.digirad.com 

John M. Climaco 
Director 

Virgil J. Lott 
President, Diagnostic Imaging 

Michael A. Cunnion 
Director 

Martin B. Shirley 
President, 
Digirad Imaging Solutions 

Charles M. Gillman 
Director 

Michael Debeauvernet 
General Manager, Mobile Imaging 

Matthew G. Molchan 
Director 

John W. Sayward 
Director 

Trading Market 
Market: NASDAQ 
Symbol: DRAD 

Transfer Agent 
American Stock Transfer 
59 Maiden Lane 
New York, NY 10038 
TEL 718 921 8206 
FAX 718 921 8336 

Independent Auditors 
BDO USA, LLP 
4250 Executive Square 
Suite 600 
La Jolla CA 92037 
TEL 858 404 9200 
FAX 858 404 9201 

Corporate Counsel 
Olshan Frome Wolosky, LLP 
1325 Avenue of the Americas 
New York, NY 10019 
TEL 212 451 2300 
FAX 212 451 2222 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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