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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

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ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2017

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

For the transition period from________ to ___________

Commission File No.:

000-54090

CAREVIEW COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

	Nevada				95-4659068
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)				(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

405 State Highway 121, Suite B-240, Lewisville, TX 75067

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(972) 943-6050

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

None

	Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:	Common Stock, Par Value $0.001
		(Title of class)

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 Exchange 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 Website, 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 the 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, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐

Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☒
(Do not check if smaller reporting company.)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant (93,066,061 shares) based on the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as reported on OTCQB on June 30, 2017, which was the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $9,771,936. For purposes of this computation, all officers, directors, and 10% beneficial owners of the registrant are deemed to be affiliates.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of March 30, 2018 was 139,380,748.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

None.

Table of Contents

ITEM 1.	BUSINESS	3

ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS	18

ITEM 1B.	UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS	18

ITEM 2.	PROPERTIES	18

ITEM 3.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	18

ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	18

ITEM 5.	MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES	19

ITEM 6.	SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA	20

ITEM 7.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	21

ITEM 7A.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	28

ITEM 8.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA	28

ITEM 9.	CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE	28

ITEM 9A.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	28

ITEM 9B.	OTHER INFORMATION	29

ITEM 10.	DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE	30

ITEM 11.	EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	39

ITEM 12.	SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS	43

ITEM 13.	CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE	45

ITEM 14.	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES	45

ITEM 15.	EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES	46

ITEM 16.	FORM 10-K SUMMARY	50

Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. For example, statements regarding our financial position, business strategy, product development, and other plans and objectives for future operations, and assumptions and predictions about future product demand, research and development, marketing, expenses and revenue are all forward-looking statements. These statements may be found in the items of this Annual Report entitled “Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” as well as in this Annual Report generally. These statements are generally accompanied by words such as “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “potential(ly),” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “continue,” “forecast,” “predict,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology.

INTRODUCTORY COMMENT

Throughout these Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “CareView,” or the “Company” refers to CareView-NV, and unless otherwise specified, includes our wholly owned subsidiaries, CareView Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (“CareView-TX”) and CareView Operations, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“CareView Operations”). For the year ended December 31, 2016 we also included CareView-Hillcrest, LLC (“CareView-Hillcrest”) and CareView-Saline, LLC (“CareView-Saline”), collectively, (the “Project LLCs”). During 2016 we owned 50% of CareView-Hillcrest and CareView-Saline, with each determined to be variable interest entities (“VIEs”) in which we exercise control and are deemed the Primary Beneficiary. Concurrent with the execution, and pursuant to the terms, of a Settlement and LLC Interest Purchase Agreement between Rockwell Holdings I, LLC and the Company (the “Settlement Agreement), as discussed in NOTE 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements attached hereto, all assets and liabilities of the Project LLCs were transferred to our wholly owned subsidiary, CareView Communications, Inc. a Texas corporation, effective January 1, 2017. On June 12, 2017 we filed Form 510-Limited Liability Company Articles of Dissolution with the State of Wisconsin resulting in the dissolution of the Project LLCs effective that date.

PART I

ITEM 1.

BUSINESS.

Our Business

Our mission is to be the leading provider of products and on-demand application services for the healthcare industry, specializing in bedside video monitoring, software tools to improve hospital communications and operations, and patient education and entertainment packages. Our proprietary, high-speed data network system is the next generation of patient care monitoring that allows real-time bedside and point-of-care video monitoring designed to improve patient safety and overall hospital costs. The entertainment packages and patient education enhance the patient’s quality of stay. Reported results from CareView-driven facilities prove that our products reduce falls, reduce the cost of sitter fees, increase patient satisfaction and reduce bed turnaround time to increase patient flow. For patients, we have a convenient in-room, entertainment package that includes high-speed Internet, access to first-run on-demand movies and visual connectivity to family and friends from anywhere in the world. For the hospital, we offer tools to provide superior patient care, peace of mind and customer service satisfaction.

Our CareView System^® suite of video monitoring, guest services and related applications connect patients, families and healthcare providers. Through the use of telecommunications technology and the Internet, our evolving products and on-demand services greatly increase the access to quality medical care and education for patients/consumers and healthcare professionals. We understand the importance of providing high quality patient care in a safe environment and believe in partnering with hospitals to improve the quality of patient care and safety by providing a system that monitors continuously. We are committed to providing an affordable video monitoring tool to improve the practice of nursing, create a better work environment and make the patient’s hospital stay more informative and satisfying. Our suite of products and services can simplify and streamline the task of preventing and managing patients’ falls, enhance patient safety, improve quality of care and reduce costs associated with bringing information technology directly to patients, families and healthcare providers. Our products and services can be used in all types of hospitals, nursing homes, adult living centers and selected outpatient care facilities domestically and internationally.

CareView’s secure video monitoring system connects the patient room to a touch-screen monitor at the nursing station or a mobile handheld device, allowing the nursing staff to maintain a level of visual contact with each patient. This configuration enhances the use of the nurse call system, reduces unnecessary steps to and from patient rooms, and facilitates a host of modules for patient safety and workflow improvements. The CareView System suite can be easily configured to meet the individual privacy and security requirements of any hospital or nursing facility. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA’) compliant, patient approved video record can be included as part of the patient’s medical record and serves as additional documentation of bedside care, procedures performed, patient and hospital ancillary activities, safety or care incidents, support to necessitate additional clinical services, and, if necessary, as evidence. Additional HIPAA-compliance features allow privacy options to be enabled at any time by the patient, nurse or physician.

In addition to patient safety and security, we also provide a suite of services to increase patient satisfaction scores and enhance the overall image of the hospital including first-run on-demand movies, Internet access via the patient’s television, and video visits with family and friends from most places throughout the world. Through continued investment in patient care technology, our products and services help hospitals and assisted living facilities build a safe, high quality healthcare delivery system that best serves the patient, while striving for the highest level of satisfaction and comfort.

Our Products and Services

We offer a variety of products and services designed to meet individual hospital needs to enhance quality patient care and safety. Our services are offered with no capital expenditure by the hospital and do not require extensive integration with the facility’s management information system. For healthcare facilities looking for an effective, affordable and innovative way to improve performance throughout the facility, our products are the answer. CareView-driven facilities have shown documented success in reducing patient falls and sitter costs, improving overall patient satisfaction, streamlining and documenting patient education at the bedside, and improving patient flow and overcrowding. These successes protect the facilities’ reimbursement from loss due to never events and poor patient satisfaction.

The CareView System offers the following service packages:

PRIMARY PACKAGE

NurseView^®. The NurseView module allows authorized users to view monitored rooms from the nurse’s station. All privacy and access options are determined and configured by the hospital.

PhysicianView^®. The PhysicianView module enables the admitting physicians and non-physician staff members to view their patients from any personal computer. All privacy and access options are determined by the hospital.

Virtual Bed Rails^®. The Virtual Bed Rails fall prevention module allows the hospital to activate a safety feature that will notify the nursing station or the caregiver’s mobile device when a patient breaches a defined area in the patient room.

Virtual Chair Rails^®. The Virtual Chair Rails fall prevention module allows the hospital to activate a safety feature that will notify the nursing station or the caregiver’s mobile device when a patient breaches a defined area in the patient room.

Fall Management Program™. The Fall Management Program allows the hospital to separately file, identify and research the activity of patients for whom the Virtual Bed Rails or Virtual Chair Rails fall prevention modules were engaged.

Sitter Management Program. The CareView Sitter Management Program allows authorized users to monitor an unlimited number of patient rooms from one nursing station or mobile device.

Rounding. We offer a timed rounding module to help nursing staff monitor patients.

SecureView^®. The SecureView module monitors and records bedside activity in the patient’s room. All privacy and access options are determined and configured by the hospital.

ADDITIONAL CAREVIEW PRODUCTS

BedView^®. The BedView module allows authorized users to monitor the status and availability of facility beds remotely.

Patient Education. We provide a delivery mechanism for patient education materials.

FacilityView^®. The FacilityView module monitors and records activity in any area that the hospital would desire security cameras to be placed. All privacy and access options are determined and configured by the hospital.

Nurse Alerts and Reminders. The CareView System monitoring system can be configured to provide nursing alerts and reminders.

Ulcer Management. The CareView System can be configured to ensure that patients who are at risk for developing pressure ulcers are turned from position to position.

CareView Connect™. This communications device and mobile monitoring system allows all CareView modules to be utilized with handheld mobile devices. CareView Connect can be used to deliver voice communication between mobile devices, patient rooms, and the hospital’s phone infrastructure.

CareView Connect App. The CareView Connect App (the “App”) can be used by the customer on an Apple or android mobile device used in connection with the CareView System. The App will display video feeds from NurseView as well as give caregivers the ability to receive and resolve Virtual Bed Rail and Virtual Chair Rail alarms.

NICUView^®. The NICUView module provides a live, continual feed from the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (“NICU”) to allow parents who have been discharged from the hospital, or friends and family, to view the newborn and obtain clinical information from home.

Patient Feedback Applications. CareView provides a delivery mechanism for patient feedback applications.

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The CareView Broadcast System. We provide the hospitals with the capability to broadcast to each room a variety of educational, informational and service communications to patients and guests alike. We do not provide educational content. The hospitals are allowed to access the system for:

Welcome message – a pre-recorded message welcoming the patient to the facility.

Pre-procedure Education – to inform and educate the patient regarding a procedure to be performed (i.e. angioplasty, hip replacement, spine surgery, etc.).

Patient Condition Education – to inform and educate the patient regarding a condition they have and suggested lifestyle improvements to live with those conditions (i.e. high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.).

SerenityView - to select scenes and sounds to create a relaxing atmosphere for patients during their stay.

GUEST SERVICES PACKAGE

PatientView^®. The PatientView module enables patients to allow family members and friends to monitor and videoconference with them in their private rooms. All privacy and access options are determined and configured by the hospital.

NetView^®. The NetView module allows the patient access to the internet using the wireless keyboard and the television in the room or personal laptop computers.

MovieView^®. The MovieView module provides the connectivity to allow the patient, family and/or friends access to a wide selection of movies for their viewing pleasure while they are in their hospital room. We do not provide the movies or other content.

BabyView^®. The BabyView module allows mothers to view their newborn child from their hospital bed in the nursery or NICU.

Pricing Structure and Revenue Streams

The CareView System suite is provided and installed in healthcare facilities at no charge to the facility after which we generate revenue from subscriptions to its services. We work with each hospital on pricing to offer an affordable package based on the demographics of the hospital’s patients. The pricing structure with each hospital is negotiated separately and may vary depending on the hospital’s desire to include premium services at no charge to the patient. Typically, we offer the Primary Package at a price per bed with varying price structures based on number of beds in each facility. The Guest Services Package is generally offered to the patient as a complimentary service of the hospital; however, hospitals have the option to charge their patients for these services. The hospital may elect to charge a package price for all services for any combination of days, including a package for the patient’s entire stay. Each facility may decide to bundle products for specialty pricing to the patients or may offer any or all services at no charge to the patient. All of our revenue generated during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 was derived from the sale of the Primary Package, Additional CareView Products, Guest Services Package and related services to hospitals.

Products in Development

CareView Connect. We are continuing development on a platform targeted at assisted living and independent living. The system uses sensors, including accelerometers and motion detectors, to convey information about patient safety without the use of cameras. The system provides a portal for caregivers and family to check in on the resident.

Alternative Sensors. Based on our research and development efforts, we see value in using alternative sensors, such as thermal cameras, to improve automated monitoring of patient safety, as well as other services.

Improving Detection Algorithms. We are continuing to develop and hone new techniques and algorithms geared towards improving system functionality in the Virtual Rails product. Advances include techniques based on machine learning and statistical probability.

Improving Asset Management and Tracking Module. We are continuing to develop the Asset Management and Tracking Module, based on new technology that provides improved precision, better performance, and is more accessible.

Business Intelligence Module. We are continuing to develop the Business Intelligence module. This module collects data and identifies trends in patient safety and staff performance, as well as and industry trends.

Products and Services Agreement with Healthcare Facilities

We offer our products and services through a subscription-based model with healthcare facilities through a Products and Services Agreement (the “P&S Agreement(s)”). During the term of the P&S Agreement, we provide continuous monitoring of the CareView System’s products and services deployed to a healthcare facility and maintain and service all equipment installed by us. Terms of each P&S Agreement require the healthcare facility to pay us a monthly subscription fee based on the number of selected, installed and activated services. None of the services provided through the Primary Package or GuestView module are paid or reimbursed by any third-party provider including insurance companies, Medicare or Medicaid. We also enter into corporate-wide agreements with healthcare companies (the “Master Agreement(s)”), wherein the healthcare facilities that are a part of these healthcare companies enter into individual facility level agreements that are substantially similar to our P&S Agreements.

Master Agreements and P&S Agreements are currently negotiated for a period of five years with a minimum of two or three years; however, older P&S Agreements were negotiated for a five-year period with a provision for automatic renewal. P&S Agreements specific to pilot programs (“P&S Pilot Agreements”) contain pricing terms substantially similar to P&S Agreements, are generally three or six-months in length and can be extended on a month-to-month basis as required. We own all rights, title, and interest in and to the equipment we install at each location and agree to maintain and repair it; although, we may charge for repairs or replacements due to damage or misuse. We are not responsible for maintaining data arising from use of the CareView System or for transmission errors, corruption or compromise of data carried over local or interchange telecommunication carriers. We grant each healthcare facility a limited, revocable, non-transferable and non-exclusive license to use the software, network facilities, content and documentation on and in the CareView System suite to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to access, explore and otherwise use the CareView System suite in real time. Such non-exclusive license expires upon termination of the P&S Agreement.

We use specific terminology in an effort to better define and track the staging and billing of the individual components of the CareView System suite. The CareView System suite includes three components which are separately billed; the Room Control Platform (the “RCP”), the Nurse Station, and mobile devices (each component referred to as a “unit”). The term “bed” refers to each healthcare facility bed as part of the overall potential volume that a healthcare facility represents. For example, if a healthcare facility has 200 beds, the aggregate of those beds is the overall potential volume of that healthcare facility. The term “bed” is often used interchangeably with “RCP” or “Room Control Platform” as this component of the CareView System consistently resides within each room where the “bed” is located. On average, there are six Nurse Stations for each 100 beds. The term “deployed” means that the units have been delivered to the healthcare facility but have not yet been installed at their respective locations within the facility. The term “installed” means that the units have been mounted and are operational. The term “billable” refers to the aggregate of all units on which we charge fees. Units become billable once they are installed and the required personnel have been trained in their use. Units are only deployed upon the execution of a P&S Agreement or P&S Pilot Agreement.

Update on Significant Customer Agreements

HealthTrust

On December 14, 2016, the Company entered into a Group Purchasing Agreement with HealthTrust Purchasing Group, L.P. (“HealthTrust”) (the “HealthTrust GPO Agreement”), the nation’s only committed-model Group Purchasing Organization (“GPO”) headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. HealthTrust serves approximately 1,600 acute care facilities and members in more than 26,000 other locations, including ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, long-term care and alternate care sites.

The agreement was effective on January 1, 2017 and all CareView System components and modules are available for purchase by HealthTrust’s exclusive membership. HealthTrust members may order CareView’s products and services included in the agreement directly from CareView.

Hospital Corporation of America

West Florida Division

On April 26, 2016, we entered into a Master Agreement with the West Florida Division of Health Corporation of America (“HCA”), the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services. The West Florida Division has approximately 2,600 beds. The three-year divisional Master Agreement follows the successful P&S Pilot Agreement with HCA’s Blake Medical Center. Currently, we are billing 693 units monthly.

Mountain Division

On December 20, 2016 we entered into a P&S Agreement with HCA Mountain Division pursuant to the HealthTrust GPO Agreement. Under this agreement, our products and services will be available to all 12 facilities in the division, totaling approximately 1,600 staffed beds.

Capital Division

On January 1, 2017, we entered into a P&S Agreement with HCA Capital Division pursuant to the HealthTrust GPO Agreement. We now have signed P&S Agreements for three facilities in the Capital Division, Lewis-Gale Medical Center, CJW Medical Center and Henrico Doctor’s Hospital totaling 169 units. There are 14 facilities in the division totaling approximately 3,200 staffed beds.

East Florida Division

On January 25, 2017, we entered into a P&S Agreement with HCA East Florida Division pursuant to the HealthTrust GPO Agreement. Under this agreement, our products and services will be available to all 13 facilities in the division, totaling approximately 3,600 staffed beds. Currently, we have 42 units in place at one facility.

Research Medical Center

In February 2015, we executed a six-month P&S Pilot Agreement for 280 beds with HCA to install the CareView System in their Research Medical Center facility located in Kansas City, Missouri. Currently we are billing 262 units monthly under the P&S Pilot Agreement and are continuing to work with Research Medical Center.

Community Health Systems, Inc.

On April 1, 2015, we closed a Master Agreement with Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”). Under the terms of the Master Agreement, currently, we are billing 1,016 units monthly in 17 hospitals. In early 2016, Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, a legacy CHS facility completed policy revision for patient video monitoring for CHS. With the policy revision complete, we have approval to contact all CHS facilities. We have had meetings with CHS market leaders and their Chief Nursing Officer and have their support, which could result in a potential roll-out of approximately 15,000 additional beds out of their estimated 27,000 staffed beds.

The Community Medical Centers HealthCare Network-Central California

On July 7, 2016, we signed a P&S Pilot Agreement with Clovis Community Medical Center, owned by The Community Medical Centers HealthCare Network-Central California (“Community Medical HealthCare”), which owns approximately 1,120 beds. We have completed the initial rollout of 64 units at Clovis Community Medical Center and 84 units at Community Regional Medical Center. Both facilities became billable in May 2017. Community Medical HealthCare plans on expanding the CareView System rollout over time.

Tenet Healthsystem Medical, Inc.

In February 2014, we entered into a Master Agreement with Tenet Healthsystem Medical, Inc. (“Tenet”). The terms of the Master Agreement provide for the execution of a facilities level agreement with each hospital. We are currently billing 1,057 units monthly.

Kaiser Permanente

We currently are billing 589 units monthly in seven Kaiser Permanente (“Kaiser”) facilities. In April and May 2014, we executed P&S Pilot Agreements with Kaiser’s Baldwin Park and Panorama City facilities, respectively. This is in addition to our P&S Pilot Agreement with Kaiser Orange County covering its facilities in Anaheim and Irvine, California which was executed in October 2013. The P&S Pilot Agreements for these four facilities provide for a monthly renewal until termination or replacement by a Master Agreement or individual P&S Agreements. We finalized a P&S Agreement with the Irvine facility in October 2016 and we are now in the process of finalizing a conversion from a P&S Pilot Agreement to a P&S Agreement with the Anaheim facility. Both of these facilities are in the process of determining their needs as it relates to adding additional units.

On August 2, 2015, we signed a P&S Agreement with Kaiser’s San Diego Medical Center. We currently have 28 installed units at this facility and anticipate adding additional beds once use and need has been determined.

In early 2016 we commenced discussions with Kaiser Northwest Region for deployment of the CareView System in Kaiser’s hospitals in Oregon. On August 10, 2016, we signed a P&S Pilot Agreement with the Northwest Division of Kaiser Permanente. Execution of this agreement signals our expanded growth within the Kaiser system. The agreement calls for the installation of 81 units at the Westside Medical Center.

After a successful pilot, in February 2016 we executed a P&S Agreement with Kaiser’s Los Angeles Medical Center for a total of 136 units. We are also in pilot discussions with other Kaiser facilities in the San Diego area. While we are continuing our sales efforts at the hospital and regional level, there are still discussions regarding a possible Master Agreement. Notwithstanding those discussions we will continue to sell into other Kaiser Regions and look to convert our P&S Pilot Agreements into P&S Agreements that can be replaced by a Master Agreement if and when one is finalized.

Parkland

On October 31, 2014, we signed a P&S Pilot Agreement with Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Health & Hospital System (“Parkland”) to install 100 units with the CareView System. In June 2015 we signed a P&S Agreement with Parkland and are currently billing 425 units.

Geisinger Health System

In 2015 we signed a P&S Pilot Agreement with Geisinger Medical Center (“GMC”). Currently there are 144 monthly billable units at GMC. The results of the pilot were favorable and we have finalized the terms of a Master Agreement with GMC. There are approximately 1,800 beds within Geisinger System Services (“GSS”). Upon completion of the Master Agreement, we anticipate rolling out product and services to all owned and affiliated facilities. Currently we are in discussions with two GSS facilities who have expressed interest in installing the CareView System. We will also continue our sales efforts to the balance of GSS.

Baptist Health South Florida

Baptist Health South Florida (“BHSF”) is a system comprised of 6 hospitals with 1,700 beds in the Miami area. They entered into a P&S Pilot Agreement in January 2016 to cover 99 beds. We are currently billing 103 units monthly. After a successful pilot BHSF has decided to move forward with a Master Agreement, which was finalized in July 2017. We received a contract for 314 additional units in October 2017. CareView is in discussions with two additional BHSF facilities.

Adventist Health

In March 2017 we entered into a P&S Agreement with White Memorial Hospital for 78 units (“White Memorial”) following a successful pilot. White Memorial is part of the Adventist Health. There are a total of 16 facilities in the Adventist Health network. We are working on collecting data in anticipation of setting up a meeting to discuss a Master Agreement and system-wide roll-out. To that end, on July 24, 2017 we signed a P&S Agreement with Glendale Adventist for 68 units and on November 14, 2017 we began billing Adventist Health Bakersfield for 58 units.

Baylor Scott & White Health

Under the terms of a P&S Agreement with Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Frisco, we are currently billing 156 units monthly. On June 30, 2017 we executed a Master Agreement with Baylor Scott & White Health (“BSW”) corporate. We have had meetings with the following BSW facilities as we move toward a corporate roll-out, which include: BSW Temple, BSW All-Saints, BSW Hillcrest, BSW Round Rock, BSW Waxahachie, and BSW White Rock. These facilities are gathering data so we can generate proposals.

VA Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

The Company accomplished its first contract with a VA facility, specifically the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. The CareView System is now completely installed at John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock with 103 units installed and billable. Central Arkansas Memorial Veterans Hospital is in process of adding approximately 125 beds including 40 in their Community Living Center, a VA Nursing Home.

This agreement is pursuant to the Company’s General Service Administration (“GSA”) Multiple Award Schedule contract (“MAS”). The MAS allows us to sell the CareView System at a negotiated rate to the approximate 169 VA facilities with over 39,000 licensed beds and the approximate 42 DOD hospitals with over 2,600 licensed beds. The MAS is one of the most widely accepted government contract vehicles available to agency procurement officers. GSA’s application process requires potential vendors to be recognized as highly credible and well established. We are hopeful that once installation and training is complete, the other VA hospitals will also want to participate. Our products and services represent an enormous opportunity to improve the health and safety of our Nation’s veterans.

Other VA Opportunities

The Company is currently in discussions with several other large VA Hospitals and anticipates additional orders under its MAS in the first half of 2018. Specifically, the Company is in the contracting process with other VA facilities, including the Mountain Home VA Healthcare System in Tennessee, the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle Washington, the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the Lexington VA Medical Center in Lexington Kentucky.

Steward Healthcare

On April 13, 2017 the Company signed a Master Agreement under the HealthTrust GPO Agreement with Steward Health Care (“Steward”). Steward is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Steward recently announced the acquisition of IASIS Healthcare and eight hospitals from CHS bringing its total to 35 hospital facilities in its network. Under the Master Agreement, CareView will install approximately 867 units in 11 hospitals in Massachusetts and 66 units in one hospital in Pennsylvania. CareView is already installed in 19 facilities and anticipates being rolled-out to the additional 5 hospitals in 2018. All totaled, we anticipate being installed in all 35 of the Steward Hospital facilities with a total of over 3,200 units installed. There have been unexpected delays unrelated to the Company. We anticipate installation to commence within 60 days of this filing.

Atlantic Health System

On January 24, 2017 the Company executed a Purchase Agreement under its HealthTrust GPO Agreement with Atlantic Health System (“AHS”). AHS is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey and one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the state of New Jersey. The agreement calls for installation of 41 units. We anticipate a further roll-out within AHS which consists of 5 hospitals and approximately 893 staffed beds.

Baptist Southeast Texas

On May 15, 2017 we executed a Purchase Agreement under its HealthTrust GPO Agreement with Baptist Southeast Texas. Billing for 105 units began on November 1, 2017.

Montefiore

On June 8, 2017 the Company executed a P&S Pilot Agreement with Montefiore Medical Center located in New York City. The Agreement calls for the installation of 46 units. After the 6-month pilot, which began on October 31, 2017, we anticipate converting to a Master P&S Agreement and expanding within the Montefiore Health System, which is comprised of 6 hospitals and approximately 2,000 staffed beds. On December 18, 2017, CareView executed a P&S Agreement with a Montefiore rehabilitation hospital for 31 units.

LifePoint

On September 29, 2017 the Company executed a P&S Pilot Agreement with Jackson Purchase Medical Center located in Mayfield, Kentucky. This is our first agreement in the LifePoint Health System. The agreement is for 42 units and following a successful pilot we expect to convert this into a P&S Agreement. We also anticipate expansion into other hospitals in the LifePoint Health system. The Company is in the process of finalizing a P&S Agreement with LifePoint and anticipates having it in place during the 2^nd Quarter of 2018.

Kootenai Health

On October 3, 2017, the Company executed a P&S Pilot Agreement with Kootenai Health located in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. The agreement calls for the installation of 48 units. Kootenai Health provides a comprehensive range of medical services to patients in north Idaho, eastern Washington, Montana and the Inland Northwest at several facility locations. Following positive results, we anticipate future growth in the Kootenai Health system.

Hays Medical Center

On August 10, 2017, the Company executed a P&S Agreement with Hays Medical Center located in Hays, Kansas. The agreement calls for the installation of 53 units. The Hays Medical Center was founded in 1942 and is part of the University of Kansas Health System.

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System

On November 22, 2017, we executed a 6-month P&S Pilot Agreement with Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System’s (“FMOL”) Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center for 139 units. Following positive results, we anticipate future growth in the FMOL which consists of six hospitals and 1,735 staffed beds.

Texas Health Resources

On December 13, 2017, we executed a Master Agreement with Texas Health Resources (“THR”) and a 6-month P&S Pilot Agreement with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas for 53 units. Following positive results, we anticipate future growth in the THR system which consists of 14 hospitals and 2,853 staffed beds.

Strategic Expansion into Nursing Homes, Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Center Markets

We always intended to expand into the skilled nursing and assisted living center markets. With the adoption of our technology, the traction of our products in the healthcare facility space and the combined interest from new and existing customers, our management believes that it is time to pursue this market.

The skilled nursing home market consists of approximately 2,000,000 beds, which is double the size of the current hospital/healthcare facility bed market. The assisted living center market is even larger at approximately 3,000,000 beds. Our products flow naturally into the nursing home space as it is substantially the same setting as hospital rooms. To service this intended expansion, we have hired sales staff to pursue new business in these markets and we anticipate that we will sign new contracts in these markets before the end of the year.

Strategic Expansion With New Sensor Product

In the 1st quarter of 2018, the Company anticipates introducing a new sensor product that will have application in both the residential assisted living center market and the home health market. The Company has developed a sensor product, called CareView Connect TM – Quality of Life System that leverages both passive active sensors to track the activities of daily life of its subscribers.

CareView’s Quality of Life System provides peace of mind by using data from the resident’s activity, existing conditions, and environment to notify your staff or loved ones of potential emergencies and identify the need for dignified support. CareView’s Quality of Life System consists of a small emergency assist button, up to four motion sensors, one bed sensor, and one toilet sensor. Resident activity levels, medication administration, sleep patterns, and toileting can all be monitored depending on which options are selected.

The Company anticipates marketing this new product to the residents of its Independent Living and Assisted Living Center customers as well as direct sales to home health customers.

Summary of Product and Service Usage

The following table shows the number of healthcare facilities using our products and services including the number of deployed units, installed units and billable units as of February 28, 2018. The table also shows the number of pilot programs in place and hospital proposals pending approval, estimated bed count if the pilot programs and pending proposals result in executed contracts, and the estimated total number of licensed beds available under the pilot programs and hospital proposals. There are no assurances that the pilot programs will be extended or the pending proposals will be approved to ultimately result in the number of estimated beds. Further, there are no assurances that we will have access to the total number of licensed beds in each healthcare facility.

Installed Hospitals	Installed Units	Billable Units	Total Staffed Beds in Contracted/ Pilot Hospitals	*Potential Units Available Under Current Contract/ Pilot Contracts^()**	Units in Negotiation Prior to Contract/ Pilot
126	10,122	8,281	162,736	65,743	65,396

(*) This number represents management’s best estimate of the number of units available to us in hospitals that are currently under contract. We assume that in any given acute care facility, our products and services are appropriate for deployment in approximately 70% of the total staffed beds. If we have specific information from a current contracted or pilot hospital that the number of potential units in that hospital is either higher or lower than 70%, specific number has been used in the aggregate estimate.

Availability of Suppliers

We are not dependent on, nor do we expect to become dependent on, any one or a limited number of suppliers. We purchase parts and components to assemble our equipment and products. We do not manufacture or fabricate our own products or systems but rely on sub-suppliers and third-party vendors to procure and/or fabricate components based on our designs, engineering and specifications. Along with our employee installers, we enter into subcontracts for field installation of our products which we supervise. We manage all technical, physical and commercial aspects of the performance of our contracts with sub-suppliers and third-party vendors. To date, we have experienced no difficulties in obtaining fabricated components, materials and parts or in identifying qualified subcontractors for installation work.

Sales, Marketing and Customer Service

We do not consider our business to be seasonal, however the availability of hospital staff is typically less available in December which impacts our ability to sale/install our CareView System. We generate sales leads through a variety of means including direct one-to-one marketing, email and web campaigns, customer and industry referrals, strategic partnerships, and trade shows and events. Our sales team consists of highly trained professionals with many years of experience in the healthcare market.

Our initial focus has been to pursue large for-profit hospital management companies that own multiple facilities and large not-for-profit integrated delivery networks in major metropolitan areas. Our sales staff approaches decision makers for hospitals, integrated delivery networks, and major owners and operators of hospitals to demonstrate the CareView product line. In 2013, we expanded our sales process to include an inside sales team and have expanded our capabilities of providing web-based demonstrations and presentations. In addition, we have begun to rely more heavily on arranging reference calls and site visits between our current customers and our prospects. These efforts have provided a higher volume of qualified sales leads and have resulted in more substantive conversations with a larger number of prospects.

We ensure high levels of customer service through our account representatives and through our technical support processes. We attempt to position our account representatives geographically close to our customer hospitals to allow them to make regular visits to proactively train staff and address any issues. We offer 24/7 monitoring and phone support through our technical support team which allows us to quickly identify and resolve any technical issues. From time to time we are called upon to service the installed hardware at customer facilities. To facilitate expedient service, our account representatives typically maintain a small supply of RCPs should they need repair or replacement. Historically, our RCPs and Nursing Station units have required little, if any, servicing. We believe that we handle requests quickly and efficiently, and that overall, our customers are satisfied with our level of service.

Intellectual Property

Our success depends, in part, on our ability to obtain patents, maintain trade secret protection and operate without infringing the proprietary rights of others. Our intellectual property portfolio is one of the means by which we attempt to protect our competitive position. We rely primarily on a combination of know-how, trade secrets, patents, trademarks and contractual restrictions to protect our products and to maintain our competitive position. We are constantly seeking ways to protect our intellectual property through registrations in relevant jurisdictions.

We have received patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and have numerous patents pending. We intend to file additional patent applications when appropriate; however, we may not file any such applications or, if filed, the patents may not be issued. We also have numerous registered trademarks.

We intend to aggressively prosecute, enforce and defend our patents, trademarks and proprietary technology. The loss, by expiration or otherwise, of any one patents may have a material effect on our business. Defense and enforcement of our intellectual property rights can be expensive and time consuming, even if the outcome is favorable to us. It is possible that the patents issued to or licensed to us will be successfully challenged, that a court may find that we are infringing validly issued patents of third parties, or that we may have to alter or discontinue the development of our products or pay licensing fees to take into account patent rights of third parties.

Joint Venture with Rockwell Holdings

On November 16, 2009, we entered into a Master Investment Agreement (the “Rockwell Agreement”) with Rockwell Holdings I, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability (“Rockwell”). Under the terms of the Rockwell Agreement, we used funds from Rockwell to fully implement the CareView System™ in Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma (“Hillcrest”) and Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Arkansas (“Saline”) (the “Project Hospital(s)”). CareView-Hillcrest, LLC and CareView-Saline, LLC were created as the operating entities for the Project Hospitals under the Rockwell Agreement (the “Project LLC(s)”).

On January 31, 2017, under the terms of the Rockwell Agreement, wherein we had the option to purchase Rockwell’s interest in the Project LLCs, we exercised that right by entering into a Settlement and LLC Interest Purchase Agreement with Rockwell (the “Settlement Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, we paid Rockwell the aggregate amount of $1,213,786 by the issuance of a promissory note to Rockwell for $1,113,786 (the “CareView Note”) and a cash payment of $100,000. Pursuant to the terms of the CareView Note, we will make quarterly principal payments of $100,000, with each payment being made on the last day of each calendar quarter beginning with the first payment date of March 31, 2017 and continuing on the last business day of each subsequent calendar quarter through September 30, 2019. We were not in default of any conditions under the Settlement Agreement as of December 31, 2017. The final payment due on December 31, 2019 was to be a balloon payment of $13,786 representing the remaining principal balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest. Effective February 2, 2018, pursuant to the terms of the modification agreement with PDL BioPharma, Inc. (“PDL”) and (“PDL Modification Agreement”), the quarterly payments under the Rockwell Note were reduced to $50,000 per quarter during the term of the PDL Modification Agreement, with the final payment due on December 31, 2019 a balloon payment of $513,786 representing the remaining principal balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest. See NOTE 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements attached hereto for additional details.

As additional consideration to Rockwell for entering into the Rockwell Agreement, we granted Rockwell Warrants to purchase 1,151,206 shares of our Common Stock on the date of the Rockwell Agreement, and, using the Black-Scholes Model, valued the Warrants at $1,124,728 (the “Project Warrant”), which amount was fully amortized at December 31, 2015. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the expiration date of the Project Warrant was extended from November 16, 2017 to November 16, 2022. All other provisions of the Project Warrant remained unchanged. At the time of the extension, the Project Warrant were revalued resulting in a $11,512 increase in fair value, which has been recorded as non-cash costs included in general and administration expense in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Effective February 2, 2018, pursuant to the terms of the PDL Modification Agreement, the Project Warrant exercise price was changed from $0.52 to $0.05, resulting in a $13,814 increase in fair value, this transaction will be recorded as non-cash costs included in general and administration expense in the condensed consolidated financial statements for the 1st Quarter of 2018. See NOTE 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements attached hereto for additional details.

Installation and Technical Support

Along with our employee installers and technical support staff, we provide installation and technical support for our customers through third-party providers located across the United States that we contract on a per-job basis.

Competition

We offer products in four distinct categories: clinical video monitoring and fall prevention, patient education and entertainment, patient flow, and mobile communications. We have competitors in each of these product areas; however, we believe that we offer the only integrated suite of products that combines all of these areas into one cost-effective platform. Some of our competitors may be larger, may have greater financial resources, and may have a longer history than us. We compete with them based on price, engineering and technological expertise, knowledge, and the quality of our products, systems and services. Additionally, we believe that the successful performance of our installed products and systems is a key factor in retaining current business and gaining new business as customers typically prefer to make significant purchases from a company with a solid performance history.

Clinical Video Monitoring and Fall Prevention: Cisco Systems, Inc., Avasure (a division of AvaSure Holdings, Inc.), Royal Philips Electronics and Cerner Corporation all provide clinical video monitoring tools. Cisco offers Virtual Patient Observation, a video monitoring tool aimed at reducing sitter costs and preventing patient falls. AvaSure offers a similar application using cameras mounted on a rolling camera stand, aimed at preventing patient falls. Philips offers the eICU product, which primarily targets a high-definition monitoring of patients in intensive-care applications and also provides telephonic consults. Cerner offers the Cerner Patient Observer product, which uses depth sensors aimed at preventing patient falls.

Alternative fall prevention mechanisms include physical sensors manufactured by Stanley and Posey, and beds which include fall alarms manufactured by Stryker and Hill-Rom. Customers may consider these physical fall prevention mechanisms to be alternatives to a video-based fall prevention system such as the one we offer.

Patient Education and Entertainment: There are many vendors who offer patient entertainment products, and most of them also provide a portal for accessing patient educational content either authored by themselves or by third parties. Our major competitors include The GetWellNetwork (privately held by Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe), Skylight Healthcare Systems, and Sonifi Solutions, Inc., all of which offer interactive patient communications systems.

Patient Flow: These systems may be called patient flow, census, bed tracking, patient tracking, or “bed board” applications. Our major competitors include companies that offer focused solutions such as TeleTracking Technologies, Inc., Aionex, Inc., and BedWatch, Inc. Additionally, some Electronic Medical Record vendors offer similar products which may compete with our patient flow product.

Mobile Communications: Some competitors offer mobile communications on smart phones or voice-activated pendants which operate over the hospitals Wi-Fi system, including Vocera, Inc., and Voalte, Inc. Other competitors offer special-purpose phones that operate on the cellular network or other wireless technology and provide notifications to caregivers within the hospital.

In addition to favorable economics and enhanced patient care, safety and satisfaction, we also compete on the basis of quality of services provided. Our management believes that our GuestView patient services suite will provide revenue protection for our contracted hospitals under the Value Based Purchasing initiative which is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, prompting hospitals to focus on Patient Satisfaction and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems to (i) prompt each healthcare facility to promote patients’ use of NetView, MovieView, and PatientView, and (ii) encourage the hospital to expand its use of pre-procedure and condition videos, welcome videos, and other ancillary services.

We believe we also compete based on the success of our products and services which provide our customers with:

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significant and tangible cost savings,

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reductions in patient falls and pressure ulcers,

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improved documentation, quality and timeliness of patient care,

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enhanced safety and security for patients and facilities,

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support for new technologies,

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business growth,

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return on investment, and

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enhanced patient satisfaction.

We are currently unable to predict what competitive impact any regulatory development and advances in technology will have on our future business and results of operations. We believe our success depends upon our ability to maintain and enhance the performance, content and reliability of our products in response to the evolving demands of the industry and any competitive products that may emerge. We cannot give assurances that we will be able to do so successfully or that any enhancements or new products that we introduce will gain acceptance in the marketplace. If we are not successful or if our products are not accepted, we could lose potential customers to our competitors.

Domain Names

The Company’s maintains a website at www.care-view.com.

Major Customers

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, 103 and 93 hospitals accounted for all of our revenue. During 2017 four customers comprised 57% of our revenue, while no other customer comprised more than 10%. During 2016 three customers comprised 58% of our revenue, while no other customer comprised more than 10%.

Backlog

Our estimated backlog is driven by signed Master and P&S Agreements. Each Master and P&S Agreement establishes the rates that we will charge for the use of our products and services as well as an approximate number of billable units that will be installed. Our RCPs, Nursing Stations and mobile devices are billed on a per unit basis. Most Master and P&S Agreements are for five years but include options to cancel after a minimum of two or three years. Backlog, which covers the non-cancellable period, as of December 31, 2017 is approximately $8,500,000, of which approximately $5,300,000 is expected to be billed during 2018. Most of the current backlog will have future value as the Master and P&S Agreements continue beyond the minimum two or three years and the Master and P&S Agreements move toward expiration and potential renewal. The amount of the non-cancellable backlog to be billed beyond December 31, 2018 is approximately $3,200,000.

Research and Development Activities

The cost of our research and development activities for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 totaled approximately $1,649,000 and $1,253,000, respectively. None of the cost of such activities was borne directly by our customers. To date, we have not performed any customer-sponsored research and development activities relating to any new products or services.

Governmental Approval

Neither our Company nor our products are subject to government approval beyond required Federal Communication Commission (“FCC”) certifications. Certain medical devices and applications may be subject to Section 510(k) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act, which regulates the ability of medical device manufacturers to market their devices. CareView has reviewed the requirements for registration, and at the current time, we do not believe that our suite of applications is subject to 510(k) regulation. Although the parameters of our CareView System products and services complies with HIPAA as far as use by health care providers, CareView itself, as the manufacturer and installer of the units, is not subject to HIPAA regulations. We do not know of any other privacy laws that affect our business as we are not in control of nor do we keep patient medical records in our possession. We are unaware of any probable government regulations that may affect our business in the future. We have received Underwriters Laboratories (“UL”) and FCC approval on our products. Additionally, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services does not pay or reimburse any party for use of our products and services.

Environmental Laws

Our Company and our products are not affected by any federal, state, or local environmental laws; therefore, we have reserved no funds for compliance purposes.

Employees

As of March 30, 2018, we employed 69 persons on a full-time basis, two of whom are executive officers. None of our employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements and we have never experienced a major work stoppage, strike or dispute. We consider our relationship with our employees to be outstanding.

Financial Information about Segments and Geographic Areas

Our business consists of a single segment of products and services all of which are sold and provided within the United States.

Reports to Security Holders

We are subject to the requirements of Section 13(a) under the Exchange Act which requires us to file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, and we are required to comply with all other obligations of the Exchange Act applicable to issuers filing registration statements pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. You may read and copy any materials we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information filed electronically with the SEC at http://www/sec.gov.

You may obtain a copy, free of charge, of our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with the SEC. You may obtain these reports by making a request in writing addressed to: Steven G. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, CareView Communications, Inc., 405 State Highway 121, Suite B-240, Lewisville, TX 75067 or by downloading these reports and further information about our company on our website at http://www.care-view.com.

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for all of our officers and directors and a Code of Ethics for Financial Executives. These codes are available for download on our website or may be obtained free of charge by making a request in writing to Steven G. Johnson, as indicated hereinabove.

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS.

We are a smaller reporting company, and as such, are not required to provide information pursuant to this item.

ITEM 1B.

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

N/A.

ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES.

We lease approximately 16,610 square feet of office and warehouse space at 405 State Highway 121, Suite B-240, Lewisville, TX 75067. On December 8, 2014, we entered into a Lease Extension Agreement (the “Lease Extension”), wherein we extended the Lease through June 30, 2020. The Lease Extension contains a renewal provision under which we may renew the Lease for an additional five-year period under the same terms and conditions. The current base lease rate through June 30, 2018 is $15,052 monthly. The average base lease rate for the Lease Extension is $15,465. We believe that these premises are adequate and sufficient for our current needs.

ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

None.

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE.

N/A.

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 OTCQB as provided by OTC Market Group, Inc. (“OTCQB”) under the symbol “CRVW.” The following table shows the high and low sales prices of our Common Stock for each full quarterly period within the two most recent fiscal years. The below market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

Quarter Ended	High		Low
Fiscal Year 2017
Fourth Quarter	$	0.06	$	0.02
Third Quarter	$	0.11	$	0.04
Second Quarter	$	0.22	$	0.09
First Quarter	$	0.10	$	0.06

Fiscal Year 2016
Fourth Quarter	$	0.10	$	0.04
Third Quarter	$	0.18	$	0.07
Second Quarter	$	0.26	$	0.14
First Quarter	$	0.38	$	0.22

Holders

Records of our stock transfer agent indicate that as of March 15, 2018, we had approximately 90 record holders of our Common Stock. The number of registered shareholders excludes any estimate by us of the number of beneficial owners of shares of our Common Stock held in “street name.” We estimate that there are approximately 1,000 beneficial shareholders who hold their shares in street name. As of the date of this Report, we had 139,380,748 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

Dividends

Historically, we have not paid dividends on our Common Stock and we currently do not intend to pay any dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. We currently plan to retain any earnings to finance the growth of our business rather than to pay cash dividends.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

As of December 31, 2017, the following table shows the number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding stock options under equity compensation plans approved by our shareholders, which plans do not provide for the issuance of warrants or other rights.

Plan Category	Number of Securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options (a)		Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options (b)		Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a) (c)
Equity compensation plan approved by security holders: 2007 Plan		25,000	$	0.52		—
Equity compensation plan approved by security holders: 2009 Plan		6,390,760	$	0.61		—
Equity compensation plan not approved by security holders: 2015 Plan		4,492,666	$	0.28		—
Equity compensation plan not approved by security holders: 2016 Plan		11,752,033	$	0.09		7,737,967
Total		22,660,459	$	0.27		7,737,967

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Cancellation and Expiration of Options

During the year ended December 31, 2017, options to purchase an aggregate of 817,997 shares of our Common Stock were cancelled due to resignation and termination of employees. In addition, during the same time period, options to purchase an aggregate of 449,521 shares of our Common Stock expired.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

None.

ITEM 6.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 229.10(f)(1) and are not required to provide information under this item.

ITEM 7.

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

You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with the information set forth under our consolidated financial statements and the notes to those financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements.

Company Overview

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our cash position at December 31, 2017 was approximately $2,066,000. We also have $2,500,000 recorded as restricted cash related to a debt covenant in our credit agreement with PDL BioPharma, Inc. as discussed below.

Pursuant to the terms of a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated April 21, 2011 (as subsequently amended) with HealthCor Partners Fund, LP and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP (“HealthCor”) we are required to maintain a minimum cash balance $2,000,000 (see NOTE 11 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further details), and we are in compliance with the minimum cash balance as of the date of this filing.

Accounting standards require management to evaluate our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year subsequent to the date of the filing of the Form 10-Q (“evaluation period”). As such, we have evaluated if cash and cash equivalents on hand and cash generated through operating activities would be sufficient to sustain projected operating activities through March 30, 2019. We anticipate that our current resources, along with cash generated from operations, will not be sufficient to meet our cash requirements throughout the evaluation period, including funding anticipated losses and scheduled debt maturities. In February 2018, we raised $2,050,000 through the sale and issuance of Senior Secured Convertible Notes (see NOTE 11 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further details). We expect to seek additional funds from a combination of dilutive and/or non-dilutive financings in the future. Because such transactions have not been finalized, receipt of additional funding is not considered probable under current accounting standards. If we do not generate sufficient cash flows from operations and obtain sufficient funds when needed, we expect that we would scale back our operating plan by deferring or limiting some, or all, of our capital spending, reducing our spending on travel, and/or eliminating planned headcount additions, as well as other cost reductions to be determined. Because such contingency plans have not been finalized (the specifics would depend on the situation at the time), such actions also are not considered probable for purposes of current accounting standards. Because, under current accounting standards, neither future cash generated from operating activities, nor management’s contingency plans to mitigate the risk and extend cash resources through the evaluation period, are considered probable, substantial doubt is deemed to exist about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. As we continue to incur losses, our transition to profitability is dependent upon achieving a level of revenues adequate to support its cost structure. We may never achieve profitability, and unless and until doing so, we intend to fund future operations through additional dilutive or non-dilutive financings. There can be no assurances, however, that additional funding will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

As of December 31, 2017, our working capital deficit was approximately $5,786,000, our accumulated deficit was approximately $145,909,000, and our stockholders’ deficit was approximately $62,151,000. Operating loss was approximately $6,616,000 and $6,309,000 for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Our net loss attributable to CareView was approximately $19,911,000 and $18,613,000 for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

The following is a summary of cash flow activity for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

	2017			2016
	(000’s)
Net cash flows used in operating activities	$	(6,260	)	$	(6,069	)
Net cash flows used in investing activities		(1,262	)		(1,517	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(500	)		(5	)
Decrease in cash		(8,022	)		(7,591	)
Cash at beginning of period		10,088			17,679
Cash at end of period	$	2,066		$	10,088

The principal use of cash in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2017 was to fund our current expenses primarily related to research and development activities and administrative changes, adjusted for non-cash items. The increase in cash flows used in operating activities of approximately $191,000 is primarily a result of changes in the components of working capital. The decrease in cash flows used in investing activities of approximately $255,000 is primarily a result of the reduction of purchases and installation of CareView Systems and costs associated with patents and trademarks. The increase in cash used in financing activities of approximately $495,000 reflects payments made to Rockwell Holdings I, LLC (see NOTE 13 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further details).

Results of Operations

Year ended December 31, 2017 compared to year ended December 31, 2016

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			Change
	(000’s)
Revenue, net		6,264		$	5,974			290
Operating expenses:
Network operations		4,640			4,679			(39	)
General and administration		4,013			3,758			255
Sales and marketing		691			777			(86	)
Research and development		1,649			1,253			396
Depreciation and amortization		1,887			1,816			71
Operating expenses		12,879			12,283			597
Operating loss	$	(6,616	)	$	(6,309	)	$	(307	)

Revenue, net

Revenue increased approximately $290,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2016. Hospitals with billable units increased to 103 for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to 93 for the comparable period for the prior year. Of the 103 hospitals with billable units on December 31, 2017, four hospitals groups accounted for 69 hospitals or 67% of the total. Billable units (RCPs and Nurse Stations) for all hospitals totaled 8,400 (7,852 and 548, respectively) on December 31, 2017 as compared to 7,762 (7,276 and 486, respectively) on December 31, 2016.

Operating Expenses

Our principal operating costs include the following items as a percentage of total expense.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016
Human resource costs, including benefits		48	%		45	%
Depreciation and amortization expense		15	%		15	%
Travel and entertainment		9	%		10	%
Other expenses		8	%		6	%
Other product deployment costs, excluding human resources and travel and entertainment expense		7	%		9	%
Professional fees and consulting expenses		6	%		5	%
Non-cash expense related to option grants		3	%		6	%
Research and development costs		3	%		2	%
Other sales and marketing costs, excluding human resources costs, travel and entertainment expense, and consulting expenses		1	%		2	%

Operating expenses increased by approximately $597,000 (5%) as a result of the following items:

	(000’s)
Increase:
Human resource costs, including benefits	$	686
Other expenses		225
Professional and consulting expenses		123
Research and development costs		111
Depreciation and amortization		71
Decrease:
Non-cash expense related to option grants		(319	)
Travel and entertainment		(138	)
Other product deployment costs, excluding human resources and travel and entertainment expense		(136	)
Other sales and marketing costs, excluding human resources costs, travel and entertainment expense, and consulting expenses		(26	)
	$	597

Human resource related costs (including salaries and benefits) increased primarily as a result of a higher average head count in 2017 compared to 2016. While we had 72 employees at December 31, 2017 as compared to 78 for the comparable date for the prior year, on average we employed 81 employees over the course of 2017 as compared to 75 for the comparable prior year period. Other expenses increased primarily as a result of common area maintenance costs incurred during 2017. Professional and consulting expenses increased primarily as a result of legal expenses and consulting expense related to investor relation services. Other research and development expense increased primarily as a result of new product research.

Non-cash expense related to option grants decreased in 2017 compared to 2016 as a result of a decrease in amortization expense related to options granted in periods prior to 2016. Travel and entertainment expense decreased as a result of decreases in product deployment and installation efforts partially offset by increases in meetings with hospital administrators and training efforts related to supporting our existing installed base. Other product development costs decreased primarily as a result of decreases in product deployment and installation costs and related non-capital equipment costs. Other sales and marketing expense decreased primarily as a result of reduced attendance at trade shows, seminar and other marketing expense over 2016.

Critical Accounting Estimates and New Accounting Pronouncements

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures in the financial statements. Management considers an accounting estimate to be critical if:

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if requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made, and

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changes in the estimate or different estimates that could have been selected could have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.

We base our estimates and judgments on our experience, our current knowledge, our beliefs of what could occur in the future, our observation of trends in the industry, information provided by our customers and information available from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We have identified the following accounting policies and estimates as those that we believe are most critical to our financial condition and results of operations and that require management’s most subjective and complex judgments in estimating the effect of inherent uncertainties: share-based compensation expense, income taxes, complex derivative financial instruments and impairment of long-lived assets.

Share-Based Compensation Expense. We calculate share-based compensation expense for option awards and certain warrant issuances (“Share-based Award(s)”) based on the estimated grant/issue date fair value using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model (“Black-Sholes Model”) and recognize the expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, net of estimated forfeitures. We have not included an estimate for forfeitures due to our limited history and we revise based on actual forfeitures each period. The Black-Scholes Model requires the use of a number of assumptions including volatility of the stock price, the weighted average risk-free interest rate, and the vesting period of the Share-based Award in determining the fair value of Share-based Awards. Although we believe our assumptions used to calculate share-based compensation expense are reasonable, these assumptions can involve complex judgments about future events, which are open to interpretation and inherent uncertainty. In addition, significant changes to our assumptions could significantly impact the amount of expense recorded in a given period.

Income Taxes. As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. Our provision for income taxes is determined using the asset and liability approach to account for income taxes. A current liability is recorded for the estimated taxes payable for the current year. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the timing differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of changes in tax rates or tax laws are recognized in the provision for income taxes in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount more-likely-than-not to be realized. Changes in valuation allowances will flow through the statement of operations unless related to deferred tax assets that expire unutilized or are modified through translation, in which case both the deferred tax asset and related valuation allowance are similarly adjusted. Where a valuation allowance was established through purchase accounting for acquired deferred tax assets, any future change will be credited or charged to income tax expense. See Note 5 in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the discussion related to Tax Reform.

The determination of our provision for income taxes requires significant judgment, the use of estimates, and the interpretation and application of complex tax laws. In the ordinary course of our business, there are transactions and calculations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. In spite of our belief that we have appropriate support for all the positions taken on our tax returns, we acknowledge that certain positions may be successfully challenged by the taxing authorities. We determine the tax benefits more likely than not to be recognized with respect to uncertain tax positions. Although we believe our recorded tax assets and liabilities are reasonable, tax laws and regulations are subject to interpretation and inherent uncertainty; therefore, our assessments can involve both a series of complex judgments about future events and rely on estimates and assumptions. Although we believe these estimates and assumptions are reasonable, the final determination could be materially different than that which is reflected in our provision for income taxes and recorded tax assets and liabilities.

Complex Derivative Financial Instruments. From time to time we sell common stock and we issue convertible debt, both with common stock purchase warrants, which may include terms requiring conversion price or exercise price adjustments based on subsequent issuance of securities at prices lower than those in the agreements of such securities. In these situations, the instruments may be accounted for as liabilities and recorded at fair value each reporting period. Due to the complexity of the agreement, we use an outside expert to assist in providing the mark to market fair valuation of the liabilities over the reporting periods in which the original agreement was in effect. It was determined that a Binomial Lattice option pricing model using a Monte Carlo simulation would provide the most accuracy given all the potential variables encompassing a future dilutive event. This model incorporated transaction assumptions such as our stock price, contractual terms, maturity, risk free rates, as well as estimates about future financings, volatility, and holder behavior. Although we believe our estimates and assumptions used to calculate the fair valuation liabilities and related expense were reasonable, these assumptions involved complex judgments about future events, which are open to interpretation and inherent uncertainty. In addition, significant changes to our assumptions could significantly impact the amount of expense recorded in a given period.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets. Carrying values of property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying values may not be recoverable. If impairment indicators are present, we determine whether an impairment loss should be recognized by testing the applicable asset or asset group’s carrying value for recoverability. This assessment requires the exercise of judgment in assessing the future use of and projected value to be derived from the eventual disposal of the assets to be held and used. Assessments also consider changes in asset utilization, including the temporary idling of capacity and the expected timing for placing this capacity back into production. If the carrying value of the assets is not recoverable, then a loss is recorded for the difference between the assets’ fair value and respective carrying value. The fair value of the assets is determined using an “income approach” based upon a forecast of all the expected discounted future net cash flows associated with the subject assets. Some of the more significant estimates and assumptions include: market size and growth, market share, projected selling prices, manufacturing cost and discount rate. Our estimates are based upon historical experience, commercial relationships, market conditions and available external information about future trends.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2016-09”). This guidance simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions for both public and nonpublic entities, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, and statutory tax withholding requirements, as well as classification in the statement of cash flows. The guidance is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any annual or interim period for which financial statements have not been issued or made available for issuance, but all of the guidance must be adopted in the same period. If an entity early adopts the guidance in an interim period, any adjustments must be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. There was no material effect on the 2017 consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) (“ASU 2016-15”). ASU 2016-15 is intended to reduce the diversity in practice regarding how certain transactions are classified within the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted with retrospective application. We are currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”). The ASU sets forth an “expected credit loss” impairment model to replace the current “incurred loss” method of recognizing credit losses. The standard requires measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for most financial assets held. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for periods beginning after December 15, 2018. We are currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”). The new standard establishes a right-of-use (“ROU”) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. While we are continuing to assess all potential impacts of the standard, we currently believe, the impact of this standard will be primarily related to the accounting for our operating lease.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). The standard’s core principle is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In doing so, companies will need to use more judgment and make more estimates than under previous guidance. These may include identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. In July 2015, the FASB approved the proposal to defer the effective date of ASU 2014-09 standard by one year. Early adoption is permitted after December 15, 2016, and the standard is effective for public entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods therein. In 2016, the FASB issued final amendments to clarify the implementation guidance for principal versus agent considerations (ASU 2016-08), accounting for licenses of intellectual property and identifying performance obligations (ASU 2016-10), narrow-scope improvements and practical expedients (ASU 2016-12) and technical corrections and improvements to topic 606 (ASU 2016-20) in its new revenue standard. Our services are performed over the term of our contracts and customers are billed for those services as they are performed on a monthly basis. Revenue is recognized each month for the services that have been provided to our customers. Additionally, we do not have significant exposure related to uncollectible accounts. We have performed a review of the requirements of the new revenue standard and have performed our analysis of our customer contracts on a portfolio basis (by each hospital group) utilizing the five-step model of the new standard. We have compared the results of our analysis to our current accounting practices. Upon adoption, effective January 1, 2018, we plan to use the full retrospective transition method for recognizing revenue. The adoption of this standard will not have a material effect on the timing and recognition of revenue for the services provided to our customers.

Recent Events Since December 31, 2017

PDL Modification Agreement and Amendment to PDL Credit Agreement

On February 2, 2018, the Company and PDL Investment Holdings, LLC (as assignee of PDL) (“PDL Investment”) entered into a Modification Agreement (the “PDL Modification Agreement”), with respect to the PDL Credit Agreement which reiterated the terms included in a Binding Forbearance Term Sheet dated December 28, 2017 also entered into by the Company and PDL Investment. The purpose of the PDL Modification Agreement is to amend the PDL Credit Agreement to prevent any Event of Default from occurring. See NOTES 12 and 13 for further details.

On February 23, 2018, the Company and PDL Investment entered into the Second Amendment to the PDL Credit Agreement, wherein the PDL Modification Agreement was amended and restated to allow for the reduction of certain funding requirements from $2,500,000 to $2,050,000, which funding was completed on February 23, 2018.

Eighth Amendment to HealthCor Purchase Agreement

On February 23, 2018, the Company, HealthCor Partners Fund, LP and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fun, LP (“HealthCor”), an entity, and certain officers and directors of the Company (collectively, but not including HealthCor, the “2018 Investors”) entered into the Eighth Amendment to the HealthCor Purchase Agreement wherein we agreed to sell and issue (i) additional notes in the aggregate principal amount of $2,050,000,with a conversion price per share of $0.05 (subject to adjustment as described therein) and (ii) additional Warrants for an aggregate of 512,500 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price per share of $0.05 (subject to adjustment as described therein) to the 2018 Investors.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2017, we had no material off-balance sheet arrangements.

Contractual Arrangements

Provided in the table below are our known contractual obligations as of December 31, 2017 for the future periods as indicated.

Contractual Obligations (000’s)
	As of December 31,
	Total		2018		2019 and 2020		2021 and 2022		Beyond 2022
Notes and Loans Payable	$	91,273	$	8,533	$	12,181	$	53,882	$	16,677
Operating Lease		462		183		279		—		—
Total	$	91,735	$	8,716	$	12,460	$	53,882	$	16,677

ITEM 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 229.10(f)(1) and are not required to provide information under this item.

ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

Financial statements begin on page F-1 following this Report.

ITEM 9.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our chief executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As of December 31, 2017, management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon the evaluation, our chief executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2017, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurances of achieving their control objectives.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act, is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company, and (iii) 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 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.

Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and principal financial officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting using the criteria set forth in 2013 by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Based on this evaluation our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2017.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no material changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B.

OTHER INFORMATION.

None

PART III

ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

Directors, Executive Officers, Promoter and Control Persons

The following table sets forth information on our executive officers and directors as of the filing of this Report. All executive officers serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The term of office of each of our directors expire at our next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. We do not have any promoters or control persons.

Name	Age	Position	Date Elected Director	Date Appointed Officer
Steven G. Johnson	58	Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director	April 11, 2006	April 11, 2006
Jason T. Thompson	43	Director, Principal Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer	January 1, 2014	January 24, 2018
Sandra K. McRee	62	Chief Operating Officer	N/A	November 1, 2013
L. Allen Wheeler	85	Chairman of the Board	January 26, 2006	N/A
Jeffrey C. Lightcap	59	Director	April 21, 2011	N/A
David R. White	70	Director	January 1, 2014	N/A
Steven B Epstein	74	Director	April 1, 2014	N/A
Dr. James R. Higgins	68	Director	April 1, 2014	N/A

Mr. Lightcap was elected to serve on our Board of Directors pursuant to the terms of the HealthCor Note Purchase Agreement executed on April 21, 2011. Other than Mr. Lightcap, there are no arrangements or understandings between our directors and executive officers and any other person pursuant to which any director or officer was or is to be selected as a director or officer, and there are no arrangements, plans or understandings as to whether non-management shareholders will exercise their voting rights to continue to elect the current board of directors. There are also no arrangements, agreements or understandings to our knowledge between non-management shareholders that may directly or indirectly participate in or influence the management of our affairs.

In December 2017, our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary resigned. Until such time as those positions are filled, Steven Johnson, our Chief Executive Officer and President, will also serve as our Secretary and Treasurer. In addition, Jason T. Thompson, our Chairman of the Audit Committee, will serve as our Principal Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer as those positions relate to our annual and quarterly filings with the SEC.

Identification of Certain Significant Employees

Kyle Johnson, our Director of Engineering, and Matthew E. Jackson, General Counsel, are considered significant employees. An overview of their business experience follows in Business Experience found within this Item 10.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships between our officers and members of our Board of Directors.

Business Experience of Directors, Executive Officers and Significant Employees

The business experience of each of our directors, executive officers and significant employee follows:

Steve G. Johnson – Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director

Steven G. Johnson currently serves as Chief Executive Officer (effective January 1, 2014), President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director. Mr. Johnson also served as Chief Operating Officer until November 1, 2013. In December 2003, he filed for patent protection as the inventor of a Non-Intrusive Data Transmission Network for Use in an Enterprise Facility and Method for Implementing in the United States, which invention was subsequently assigned to CareView and was issued a patent number by the USPTO. The technology underlying this patent is the basis of the CareView System suite. Mr. Johnson is also one of the inventors on three issued patents for a Non-intrusive data transmission network for use in an enterprise facility and method for implementing in the U.S., a System and Method for Documenting Patient Procedures in the U.S., and a System and Method for Using a Video Monitoring System to Prevent and Manage Decubitus Ulcers in Patients in the U.S., and five additional pending patent applications for a System and Method for Predicting Falls in the U.S., a continuation patent for System and Method for Using a Video Monitoring System to Prevent and Manage Decubitus Ulcers, an Electronic Patient Sitter Management System and Method for Implementing in the U.S., a Noise Correcting Patient Fall Risk State System and Method for Predicting Patient Falls in the U.S., and a System and method for monitoring a fall state of a patient and minimizing false alarms in the U.S., all technology currently being deployed or in further development by CareView. Mr. Johnson has over 20 years of experience in the cable and wireless industry.

Before joining CareView in 2006, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Cadco Systems, a manufacturer of CATV and telecommunications equipment from 1997. From February 1991 to February 1996, he served as CEO, President and Director of American Wireless Systems, which he restructured and sold to Heartland Wireless Communications. Mr. Johnson also served as founder and President of Hanover Systems, a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. Mr. Johnson has been actively involved with the wireless cable industry since 1984 and has served on the board of directors of the Wireless Cable Association and its FCC regulatory committee. Mr. Johnson developed various electronic telecommunications equipment for the wireless cable industry including microwave downconverters, wireless cable set top converters, antennas, and transmitters. Mr. Johnson’s accumulated knowledge in the field of technology, coupled with his development of patentable technology, makes him an invaluable member of our management team. Mr. Johnson earned his BA in Economics and Business Administration from Simpson College and currently serves as a Trustee on the Simpson College Board of Trustees. Mr. Johnson is the father of Kyle Johnson, our Director of Engineering.

Jason T. Thompson – Director, Principal Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer

Jason T. Thompson was elected as a Director of CareView effective as of January 1, 2014. In addition, he currently serves as our Principal Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer while we seek a qualified candidate to fill those positions. Mr. Thompson is a partner and a member of the transactional group of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP where he focuses on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters, having joined Michael Best in September 2006. Mr. Thompson assists his clients with negotiating and structuring many types of transactions and agreements, including those related to corporate reorganizations, buyout transactions and venture capital investment transactions. In addition, he is President of Thompson Family Holdings, LLC, which invests in, and consults for, a number of healthcare companies, having joined Thompson Holdings in 2010. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Thompson served as Vice President of Development and Planning for Bulk Petroleum Corporation, where he oversaw sales, operations, client maintenance, scheduling accounting and workforce management for its construction projects. Prior to joining Bulk Petroleum, Mr. Thompson was a senior auditor with Arthur Andersen. He is a certified public accountant. Mr. Thompson received a BBA in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1996 and in 2006, received his JD from the University of Wisconsin, where he was a member of the Wisconsin Law Review. His business, accounting and legal experience makes him well-qualified to serve as one of the Company’s directors.

Sandra K. McRee – Chief Operating Officer

Sandra K. McRee joined CareView as Chief Operating Officer effective November 1, 2013. Ms. McRee also currently serves as President of McRee Consulting. Ms. McRee most recently served as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of IASIS Healthcare Corporation (“IASIS”) from April 2010 until October 2011. Previously, she served as Chief Operating Officer of IASIS from May 2001 until October 2010, and President from May 2004 to April 2010. At IASIS, she was responsible for overseeing all aspects of IASIS’s hospital operations and was responsible for overseeing clinical systems; developing an appropriate mix of quality services, physician relationships, effective staffing and supply utilization; and managing capital investments related to operations. From April 1999 through May 2001, Ms. McRee was Regional Vice President for Province Healthcare Corporation where she oversaw five facilities in Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. Ms. McRee has more than 35 years of healthcare management experience. Ms. McRee has spent her entire professional career in the healthcare industry. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Denver School of Nursing. Ms. McRee previously served on the Boards of EDCare, a national emergency room management company owned by Gemini Investors from August 2005 to July 2008, Mid-Western University from July 2000 to August 2004 and All About Women. Ms. McRee is a member of Women Business Leaders of the U.S. HealthCare Industry Foundation, a nonprofit organization that was established in 2001 to address the unique needs of women serving in a senior executive capacity in the U.S. healthcare industry and was a member of the Executive Leadership Team of Go Red for Women.

L. Allen Wheeler – Chairman of the Board

Mr. Wheeler has served as a Director of CareView since January 2006 and on January 1, 2014 became our Chairman of the Board. Mr. Wheeler has been a private investor for over 50 years with interests in nursing homes, banks, cable television, radio stations, real estate and ranching. Currently, Mr. Wheeler owns and operates three Abstract and Title companies in Bryan County, Oklahoma. Mr. Wheeler served on the Board of Directors of Texoma Medical Center from 1994 to 2005 and acted as Chairman of the Board from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Wheeler served as President of the Durant Industrial Authority for numerous years. Mr. Wheeler’s knowledge of the healthcare industry (as it relates to nursing homes), his technical knowledge of the broadcast television industry, and his expertise relative to investments and equity placements, qualifies him as a significant member of our board of directors. Mr. Wheeler earned his B.A. from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Mr. Wheeler was elected Alumni of the Year of Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 2001.

Jeffrey D. Lightcap – Director

Mr. Lightcap was elected as a Director of CareView on April 21, 2011. Since October 2006, Mr. Lightcap has served as a Senior Managing Director at HealthCor Partners Management, LP, a growth equity investor in early and near commercial stage healthcare companies in the diagnostic, therapeutic, medtech, and HCIT sectors. From 1997 to mid-2006, Mr. Lightcap served as a Senior Managing Director at JLL Partners, a leading middle-market private equity firm. Prior to JLL Partners, Mr. Lightcap served as a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. in charge of leverage buyout coverage for Merrill Lynch’s mergers and acquisitions group. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Lightcap was a Senior Vice President in the mergers and acquisitions group at Kidder, Peabody & Co. and briefly at Salomon Brothers. Mr. Lightcap received a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1981 and in 1985 received an MBA from the University of Chicago. Mr. Lightcap currently also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (NYSE: CVRS), a robotic medical device company and serves as a director of the following companies: Practice Partners in HealthCare, a privately-held company specializing in management and operation of ambulatory surgical centers; Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in the field of non-fusion, spinal implant technology; Heartflow Inc., a company focused on the non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease; and KellBenx, Inc., a prenatal diagnostic technology company. Mr. Lightcap’s experience with fundraising in the private equity market and his leadership skills exhibited throughout his career make him well-qualified to serve as one of the Company’s directors.

David R. White – Director

David R. White was elected as a director on January 1, 2014. From December 1, 2000 to November 1, 2010, Mr. White served as the Chief Executive Officer of IASIS Healthcare Corporation and he served as the Chief Executive Officer of IASIS Healthcare LLC from December 1, 2000 to October 2010. Mr. White served as the President of IASIS Healthcare Corporation from May 22, 2001 to May 2004 and also served as the President of IASIS Healthcare LLC from May 22, 2001 to May 2004. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of LifeTrust, from November 1998 to November 2000. From June 1994 to September 1998, Mr. White served as President of the Atlantic Group at Columbia/HCA, where he was responsible for 45 hospitals located in nine states. He has also served as Regional Vice President of Republic Health Corporation. Previously, Mr. White served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Community Health Systems, Inc. He was Executive Chairman of Anthelio Healthcare Solutions Inc. from June 2012 to September 2016 and was its Independent Director from July 28, 2011 to September 2016. He has been Chairman of the Board at IASIS Healthcare Corporation since October 1999. He has been a Member of Strategic Advisory Board of Satori World Medical, Inc. since 2011. He was a Director of REACH Health, Inc. from August 30, 2011 to June 2015. He also serves as a director to CareView Communications, Inc. (OTCQB: CRVW), a healthcare technology company. He served as Non-Executive Director at Parkway Holdings Limited from July 15, 2005 to March 8, 2007. Mr. White earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN in 1970, and an MS in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX in 1973. Mr. White’s lifetime career and knowledge in the healthcare industry makes him well-qualified to serve as a director of the Company.

Steven B Epstein - Director

Steven B. Epstein was elected as a Director of CareView effective as of April 1, 2014. Mr. Epstein is the founder of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., a leading law firm in health care law with over 250 lawyers in 12 cities, where he serves as a senior health adviser. Mr. Epstein is a pioneer in the legal specialty known as health care law and provides a wide range of health care organizations and providers with strategic legal guidance responding to the legal challenges and opportunities of the rapidly changing American health care system. Mr. Epstein was instrumental in the acceptance of managed care as the prominent form of health care delivery and has been referred to as the “father of the healthcare [legal] industry”, as stated in Chambers USA. Mr. Epstein received his Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University in 1965, where he was awarded the Tufts University Distinguished Alumni Award and served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1999-2009. He received his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1968. He is the recipient of Columbia University’s Distinguished Alumni Award and Columbia Law School’s Medal for Excellence, Columbia Law School’s most prestigious award and served as chairman of the Columbia Law School Board of Visitors from 2002-2015. Mr. Epstein currently also serves as a director of the following companies: Accumen, Inc., a private lab services company; National Compliance Solutions, Inc.; a private drug and background search company; OrthoSensor, Inc.; a private orthopedic medical device company; ResCare, Inc. a private disability care company; Restorix Health, a private wound care company; and Solis Women’s Health, a private mammography company. Mr. Epstein’s lifetime legal career and knowledge in the healthcare industry makes him well-qualified to serve as a director of the Company.

Dr. James R. Higgins - Director

Dr. James R. Higgins was elected as a director of CareView effective as of April 1, 2014. Dr. Higgins is a cardiologist practicing in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to being boarded in cardiology he has sub specialty boards in nuclear cardiology, electrophysiology, invasive cardiology, cardiac CT angiography, echocardiography, carotid and peripheral sonography, pacemakers and defibrillators. He graduated summa cum laude with a BS degree in electrical engineering from South Dakota State University and sum cum laude with a MD degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He was an extern at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and intern, resident, and chief resident at Barnes Hospital, Washington University, in St. Louis Missouri. His cardiology fellowship was obtained at the University of California, San Francisco, Moffitt and Long Hospital. He was then the Director of research and invasive cardiology at Wilford Hall Medical Center, United States Air Force, San Antonio, Texas. In addition to his busy cardiology practice, Dr. Higgins has started and owns a real estate company, an electronic medical billing company, an oil pipeline supply company, and has a large cattle ranch operation in Oklahoma. He has published more than 300 peer review articles and has multiple patents on medical devices, mainly related to pacemakers and internal defibrillators. Dr. Higgin’s vast experience in the healthcare industry makes him well-qualified to serve as a director of the Company

Kyle Johnson - Director of Engineering

Kyle Johnson has served as our Director of Engineering since August 2006 and is responsible for the design and development of our Room Control Platform and deployment of systems to hospitals. From June 2004 to August 2006, he served as Senior Product Manager of Cadco Systems, a company that specializes in broadband electronic design and manufacturing. As Senior Project Manager, Mr. Johnson managed the design and development of several products including the development of the technology used in the CareView System suite. Mr. Johnson is also one of the inventors on one issued patent for a System and Method for Using a Video Monitoring System to Prevent and Manage Decubitus Ulcers in Patients in the U.S. and an additional pending patent application for a System and Method for Predicting Falls in the U.S. (the technology underlying CareView’s Virtual Bed Rails). From February 2000 to June 2004, Mr. Johnson served as General Manager and Chief Engineer for 391 Communications, a company that is a service provider to cable and wireless cable companies. Mr. Johnson has been involved in several large-scale deployments of CATV, MMDS, and DBS satellite systems, as well as designing and building numerous CATV/MMDS head-ends for major domestic and foreign CATV/MMDS providers. Mr. Johnson is the son of Steven Johnson, our Chief Executive Officer and President.

Matthew E. Jackson – General Counsel

Mr. Jackson joined CareView in 2012. Mr. Jackson is responsible for all company legal matters including drafting and negotiating contracts, litigation, risk management, labor and employment, corporate securities and corporate governance. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Jackson practiced as a civil trial lawyer specializing in business litigation and transactional law. Mr. Jackson graduated from the University of Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and earned his Juris Doctor from Whittier Law School. Mr. Jackson is admitted to practice law in both Texas and California.

Other Directorships

Other than as indicated within this section at Business Experience, none of our directors hold or have been nominated to hold a directorship in any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act (the “Act”) or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, or any company registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Committees of the Board

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee reviews and discusses the audited consolidated financial statements with management, discusses with our independent registered public accounting firm matters required to be discussed by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standard No. 1301: Communications with Audit Committees, and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding the inclusion of our audited financial statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our Audit Committee’s primary function is to provide advice with respect to our financial matters and to assist our Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities regarding finance, accounting, and legal compliance. The Audit Committee’s primary duties and responsibilities are to: (i) serve as an independent and objective party to monitor our financial reporting process and internal control system, (ii) review and appraise the audit efforts of our independent registered accounting firm, (iii) evaluate our quarterly financial performance as well as its compliance with laws and regulations, (iv) oversee management’s establishment and enforcement of financial policies and business practices, and (v) provide an open avenue of communication among the independent accountants, management and our Board of Directors.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, and as of the filing date of this Report, our Audit Committee consisted of three members of our Board of Directors, namely Jason Thompson as Chair, Allen Wheeler and Jeffrey Lightcap. Messrs. Thompson and Lightcap are deemed to be financial experts. Although our Board of Directors believes the members of our Audit Committee will exercise their judgment independently, no member is totally free of relationships that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, might interfere with their exercise of independent judgment as a committee member. The Audit Committee’s Chair and members are to be designated annually by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Any member may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and vacancies may be filled by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.

Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee’s function is to provide assistance to our Board of Directors in fulfilling their responsibility to our shareholders, potential shareholders, and the investment community relating to developing policies and making specific recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to the direct and indirect compensation of our executive officers. The goal of such policies is to ensure that an appropriate relationship exists between executive pay and the creation of shareholder value, while at the same time motivating and retaining key employees. Our Compensation Committee’s primary duties and responsibilities are to: (i) review and approve our Company’s goals relevant to the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, evaluate the Chief Executive Officer’s performance with respect to those goals, and set the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation based on that evaluation; (ii) assess the contributions of individual executives and recommend to our Board of Directors levels of salary and incentive compensation payable to them; (iii) compare compensation levels with those of other leading companies in the industry; (iv) grant stock incentives to key employees and administer our stock incentive plans; (v) monitor compliance with legal prohibition on loans to directors and executive officers; and (vi) recommend to our Board of Directors compensation packages for new corporate officers and termination packages for corporate officers as requested.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, and as of the filing date of this Report, our Compensation Committee consisted of three members of ours Board of Directors, namely Allen Wheeler as Chair, Jeffrey Lightcap and David White. Although our Board of Directors believes the members of our Compensation Committee will exercise their judgment independently, no member is totally free of relationships that, in the opinion of our Board of Directors, might interfere with their exercise of independent judgment as a committee member. Our Compensation Committee’s Chair and members are to be designated annually by a majority vote of our Board. Any member may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and vacancies may be filled by a majority vote of our Board.

Nominating Committee

We do not currently have a Nominating Committee; therefore, our Board, as a whole, identifies director nominees by reviewing the desired experience, mix of skills and other qualities to assure appropriate Board composition, taking into consideration our current Board members and the specific needs of our Company and our Board. Among the qualifications to be considered in the selection of candidates, our Board considers the following attributes and criteria of candidates: experience, knowledge, skills, expertise, diversity, personal and professional integrity, character, business judgment and independence. Our Board recognizes that nominees for the Board should reflect a reasonable diversity of backgrounds and perspectives, including those backgrounds and perspectives with respect to business experience, professional expertise, age, gender and ethnic background. Nominations for the election of directors may be made by any member of the Board.

Our Board will also evaluate whether the nominee’s skills are complementary to the existing Board members’ skills; our Board’s needs for operational, management, financial, technological or other expertise; and whether the individual has sufficient time to devote to the interests of our Company. The prospective Board member cannot be a board member or officer at a competing company nor have relationships with a competing company and must be clear of any investigation or violations that would be perceived as affecting the duties and performance of a director.

Our Board identifies nominees by first evaluating the current members of our Board willing to continue in service. Current members of our Board with skills and experience that are relevant to the business and who are willing to continue in service are considered for re-nomination, balancing the value of continuity of service by existing members of the Board with that of obtaining a new perspective. If any member of our Board does not wish to continue in service, or if our Board decides not to nominate a member for re-election, our Board identifies the desired skills and experience of a new nominee and discusses with our Board suggestions as to individuals that meet the criteria.

Our Board is comprised of accomplished professionals who represent diverse and key areas of expertise including national business, operations, manufacturing, government, finance and investing, management, entrepreneurship, higher education and science, research and technology. We believe our directors’ wide range of professional experiences and backgrounds; education and skills has proven invaluable to our Company and we intend to continue leveraging this strength.

Board Involvement in Risk Oversight

Our Board of Directors is responsible for oversight of our risk assessment and management process. We believe risk can arise in every decision and action taken by us, whether strategic or operational. Our comprehensive approach is reflected in the reporting processes by which our management provides timely information to our Board of Directors to support its role in oversight, approval and decision-making.

Our Board of Directors closely monitors the information it receives from management and provides oversight and guidance to our management team concerning the assessment and management of risk. Our Board of Directors approves our high-level goals, strategies and policies to set the tone and direction for appropriate risk taking within the business.

Our Board of Directors serving on the Compensation Committee have basic responsibility for oversight of management’s compensation risk assessment, and that committee reports to the Board on its review. Our Board of Directors also delegated tasks related to risk process oversight to our Audit Committee, which reports the results of its review process to our Board of Directors. The Audit Committee’s process includes a review, at least annually, of our internal audit process, including the organizational structure, as well as the scope and methodology of the internal audit process. The Board, as a whole, functions as the nominating committee to oversee risks related to our corporate governance, including director performance, director succession, director education and governance documents.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our Board of Directors adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to all of our directors and executive officers. This code is intended to focus the members of our Board of Directors and each executive officer on areas of ethical risk, provide guidance to directors and executive officers to help them recognize and deal with ethical issues, provide mechanisms to report unethical conduct, and help foster a culture of honesty and accountability. All members of our Board of Directors and all executive officers are required to sign this code on an annual basis.

Code of Ethics for Financial Executives

Our Board of Directors adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to all financial executives and any other senior officer with financial oversight responsibilities. This code governs the professional and ethical conduct of our financial executives, and directs that they: (i) act with honesty and integrity; (ii) provide information that is accurate, complete, objective, relevant, and timely; (iii) comply with federal, state, and local rules and regulations; (iv) act in good faith with due care, competence and diligence; and (v) respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of their work and not use the information acquired for personal gain. All of our financial executives are required to sign this code on an annual basis.

Insider Trading Policy

Our Board of Directors adopted an Insider Trading Policy applicable to all directors and officers. Insider trading generally refers to the buying or selling of a security in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust and confidence while in possession of material, non-public information about the security. Insider trading violations may also include ‘tipping’ such information, securities trading by the person ‘tipped,’ and securities trading by those who misappropriate such information. The scope of insider trading violations can be wide reaching. As such, our Insider Trading Policy outlines the definitions of insider trading, the penalties and sanctions determined, and what constitutes material, non-public information. Illegal insider trading is against our policy as such trading can cause significant harm to our reputation for integrity and ethical conduct. Individuals who fail to comply with the requirements of the policy are subject to disciplinary action including dismissal for cause. All members of our Board of Directors and all executive officers are required to ratify the terms of this policy on an annual basis.

Whistleblower Policy

Our Board of Directors adopted a Whistleblower Policy to establish and maintain a complaint program to facilitate (i) the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding our accounting, internal accounting controls, auditing matters or violations of the Code of Conduct and (ii) the confidential, anonymous submission by our employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. Any person with a concern relating to the Accounting Policies or compliance with our Code of Conduct should submit their concern in writing to the Chair of our Audit Committee. Complaints may be made without fear of dismissal, disciplinary action or retaliation of any kind. We will not discharge, discipline, demote, suspend, threaten or in any manner discriminate against any officer or employee in the terms and conditions of employment based on any lawful actions with respect to (i) good faith reporting of concerns or complaints regarding Accounting Policies, or otherwise specified in Section 806 of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, (ii) compliance with our Code of Conduct or (iii) providing assistance to the Audit Committee, management or any other person or group, including any governmental, regulatory or law enforcement body, investigating a concern.

Related Party Transactions Policy

Our Board of Directors adopted a Related Party Transactions Policy as we recognize that transactions involving related parties present a heightened risk of conflicts of interest and/or improper valuation (or the perception thereof). Therefore, our Board determined that our Audit Committee shall review, approve and, if necessary, recommend to the Board for its approval all related party transactions and any material amendments to such related party transactions. Our Board may determine that a particular related party transaction or a material amendment thereto shall instead be reviewed and approved by a majority of directors disinterested in the related party transaction. No director shall participate in any approval of a related party transaction for which the director is a related party, except that the director shall provide all material information concerning the related party transaction to the committee. Our President is responsible for providing to the Audit Committee, on a quarterly basis, a summary of all payments made by or to us in connection with duly approved related party transactions during the preceding fiscal quarter. The President is responsible for reviewing and approving all payments made by or to us in connection with duly approved related party transactions and shall certify to the Audit Committee that any payments made by or to us in connection with such related party transactions have been made in accordance with the policy. All related party transactions shall be disclosed in our applicable filings as required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and related rules and regulations.

Committee Charters, Corporate Governance Guidelines, and Codes of Ethics

Our Board of Directors adopted charters for the Audit and Compensation Committees describing the authority and responsibilities delegated to each committee. We post on our website the charters of our Audit and Compensation Committees, our Code of Conduct and Ethics, our Code of Ethics for Financial Executive, and any amendments or waivers thereto applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions; and any other corporate governance materials contemplated by SEC regulations. These documents are also available in print to any stockholder requesting a copy in writing from our Secretary at our executive offices set forth in this Report.

Board Meetings and Committees; Annual Meeting Attendance

We held 6 (six) meetings of the Board of Directors during the year ended December 31, 2017 and conducted other business through unanimous written actions.

Indemnification

Section 145 of the Nevada Corporation Law provides in relevant parts as follows:

(1) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or on a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

(2) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine on application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.

(3) To the extent that a director, officer, employee, or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in (1) or (2) of this subsection, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

(4) The indemnification provided by this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.

The foregoing discussion of indemnification merely summarizes certain aspects of indemnification provisions and is limited by reference to the above discussed sections of the Nevada Corporation Law.

Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that we may indemnify to the full extent of its power to do so, all directors, officers, employees, and/or agents. Insofar as indemnification by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Act that may be permitted to our officers and directors pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, we are aware that in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

Summary Compensation Table

The table below shows certain compensation information for services rendered in all capacities for the last two fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. The information includes the dollar value of base salaries, bonus awards, the number of non-qualified stock options (“Options”) granted and certain other compensation, if any, whether paid or deferred.

Name and Principal Position	Year	Salary ($)		Bonus ($)		Stock Awards ($)		Option Awards ($)⁽¹⁾		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)		Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($)		All Other Compensation ($)		Total ($)
Steven G. Johnson⁽²⁾	2017	$	255,112		—		—		—		—		—	$	14,100	$	269,212
(President, CEO, Sec., Treas.)	2016	$	255,228		—		—	$	114,000		—		—	$	18,711	$	387,939

Sandra K McRee⁽³⁾	2017	$	215,111		—		—	$	50,000		—		—	$	4,895	$	270,006
(COO)	2016	$	212,507		—		—	$	114,000		—		—	$	5,145	$	331,652

L. Allen Wheeler⁽⁴⁾	2017		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
(Principal Financial Officer)	2016		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—

Jon E. Freeman⁽⁵⁾	2017	$	106,036		—		—				—		—	$	3,062	$	109,098
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

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The valuation methodology used to determine the fair value of the options granted during the year was the Black-Scholes Model. The Black-Scholes Model requires the use of a number of assumptions including volatility of the stock price, the weighted average risk-free interest rate, and the weighted average expected life of the options. For more detail, see NOTE 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements attached hereto.

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For 2017: Option Awards includes an Option to purchase 666,667 shares of our Common Stock. This Option was awarded for services as a member of the Board of Directors and is included in the Directors Compensation table below. All Other Compensation includes $9,000 for car allowance and $5,110 for health insurance premiums paid on Mr. Johnson’s behalf. For 2016: All Other Compensation includes $9,000 for car allowance and $9,711 for health insurance premiums paid on Mr. Johnson’s behalf.

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For 2016: Option Awards includes Options to purchase 2,000,000 shares of our Common Stock. All Other Compensation is for health insurance premiums paid on Ms. McRee’s behalf. For 2016: Option Awards includes Options to purchase 2,000,000 shares of our Common Stock. All Other Compensation is for health insurance premiums paid on Ms. McRee’s behalf.

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Mr. Wheeler was named Principal Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer effective September 6, 2013 upon the resignation of our former CFO. Upon the hiring of Jon E. Freeman as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Wheeler vacated his position as Principal Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. Option Awards include Options to purchase 666,667 and 150,000 shares of our Common Stock during 2017 and 2016, respectively. These Options were awarded for services as Chairman of the Board of Directors and is included in the Directors Compensation table below.

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For 2017: Option Awards includes Options to purchase 500,000 shares of our Common Stock. On December 29, Mr. Freeman resigned this position as Chief Financial Officer, at which time all Options to purchase share of our Common Stock were canceled.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

The table below shows outstanding equity awards for our executive officers as of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which equity awards consists solely of ten-year, non-qualified stock options (the “Options”). No executive officers have exercised any of their Options.

	Option Awards												Stock Awards
Name and Office	Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable			Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable			Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)		Option Exercise Price ($)		Option Expiry Date		Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)		Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)		Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#)		Equity Incentive Plan Awards Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($)
Steve G. Johnson (Pres., CEO, Sec., Treas.)		50,000	⁽¹⁾		—			—	$	0.52		01/05/20		—		—		—		—
		50,000	⁽²⁾		—			—	$	0.52		03/25/20		—		—		—		—
		666,666	⁽³⁾		1,333,334	⁽³⁾		—	$	0.10		12/27/26		—		—		—		—
		—			666,667	⁽⁴⁾		—	$	0.11		11/30/27		—		—		—		—
Sandra K McRee (COO)		2,000,000	⁽⁵⁾					—	$	0.51		11/01/23		—		—		—		—
		666,666	⁽⁶⁾		333,334	⁽⁶⁾		—	$	0.53		02/25/25		—		—		—		—
		666,666	⁽³⁾		1,333,334	(3)		—	$	0.10		12/27/26		—		—		—		—
		—			2,000,000	⁽⁷⁾		—	$	0.10		12/04/27		—		—		—		—
L. Allen Wheeler (Principal Financial Officer)		75,000	⁽¹⁾		—			—	$	0.52		01/05/20		—		—		—		—
		75,000	⁽²⁾		—			—	$	0.52		03/25/20		—		—		—		—
		100,000	⁽⁸⁾		50,000	⁽⁸⁾		—	$	0.53		02/25/25		—		—		—		—
		78,432	⁽⁹⁾		156,863	⁽⁹⁾		—	$	0.17		08/31/26		—		—		—		—
		—			666,667	⁽¹⁰⁾		—	$	0.11		11/30/27		—		—		—		—

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All underlying shares vested on January 6, 2010.

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All underlying shares vested on December 31, 2010.

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An aggregate of 666,666 underlying shares vested on December 7, 2017, and 666,667 vest on each of December 7, 2018 and 2019.

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An aggregate of 222,222 underlying shares vest on each of November 30, 2018 and 2019, and 222,223 underlying shares vest on November 30, 2020. This Option were awarded for services as a member of the Board of Directors and is included in the Directors Compensation table below.

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An aggregate of 666,666 underlying shares vested on November 1, 2014, and 666,667 vested on each of November 1, 2015 and 2016.

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An aggregate of 333,333 underlying shares vested on each of February 25, 2016 and 2017, and 333,334 vest on February 25, 2018.

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An aggregate of 666,666 underlying shares vest on December 4, 2018, and 666,667 vested on each of December 4, 2019 and 2020.

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An aggregate of 50,000 underlying shares vested on each of February 25, 2016 and 2017 and 50,000 underlying shares vest on February 25, 2018. This Option were awarded for services as Chairman of the Board of Directors and is included in the Directors Compensation table below.

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An aggregate of 78,432 underlying shares vested August 31, 2017, 78,432 underlying shares vest August 31, 2018, and 78,431 underlying shares vest on August 31, 2019. This Option were awarded for services as Chairman of the Board of Directors and is included in the Directors Compensation table below.

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Employment Agreements with Executive Officers

We have no employment agreements with our executive officers.

Director Compensation

We do not pay cash fees to directors who attend regularly scheduled and special board meetings; however, we may reimburse out-of-state directors for costs associated with travel and lodging to attend such meetings. Our directors have also been granted non-qualified stock options from time to time as detailed in the table below. Beginning in November 2017, and annually in August thereafter, directors will be granted ten-year, non-qualified stock options equal to $40,000 based on the closing price of our Common Stock as reported on www.yahoofinance.com on the date of the quote. Beginning in March 31, 2018 and annually thereafter, our directors will be compensated as follows: All Directors $10,000, Board Chair $3,000, Committee Chairpersons $2,000, and Committee Members $1,000.

We paid no compensation to our directors for services rendered for the year ended December 31, 2017. The table below shows outstanding equity awards for our directors who are not executive officers, which equity awards consists solely of ten-year, non-qualified stock options. No options have been exercised.

Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash		Stock Awards ($)		Option Awards ($)⁽¹⁾		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)		Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($)		All Other Compensation ($)		Total ($)
L. Allen Wheeler⁽²⁾					$	52,650							$	52,650
					$	49,650							$	49,650
					$	50,700							$	50,700
					$	24,000							$	24,000
		—		—	$	24,000		—		—		—	$	24,000
Steve G. Johnson⁽³⁾		—		—	$	24,000		—		—		—	$	24,000
Steven B. Epstein⁽⁴⁾					$	221,500							$	221,500
					$	16,900							$	16,900
					$	24,000							$	24,000
		—		—	$	24,000		—		—		—	$	24,000
Dr. James R. Higgins⁽⁵⁾					$	66,450							$	66,450
					$	24,000							$	24,000
		—		—	$	24,000		—		—		—	$	24,000
Jeffery C. Lightcap		—		—		—		—		—		—		—

Jason T. Thompson⁽⁶⁾					$	39,000							$	39,000
					$	24,000							$	24,000
		—		—	$	24,000		—		—		—	$	24,000
David R. White⁽⁷⁾					$	130,000							$	130,000
					$	24,000							$	24,000
		—		—	$	24,000		—		—		—	$	24,000

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The valuation methodology used to determine the fair value of the options granted during the year was the Black-Scholes Model. The Black-Scholes-Merton model requires the use of a number of assumptions including volatility of the stock price, the weighted average risk-free interest rate, and the weighted average expected life of the options. For more detail, see NOTE 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements attached hereto.

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An aggregate of 75,000 underlying shares vested on each of January 6, 2010 and December 31, 2010. An aggregate 50,000 underlying shares vested on February 25, 2016 and 2017 and 50,000 vest on February 25, 2018. An aggregate of 78,432 underlying shares vested on each of August 31, 2017, 78,432 underlying shares vest on August 31, 2018 and 78,431 underlying shares vest on August 31, 2019. An aggregate of 222,222 underlying shares vest on each of November 30, 2018 and 2019, and 222,223 underlying shares vest on November 30, 2020.

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An aggregate of 222,222 underlying shares vest on each of November 30, 2018 and 2019, and 222,223 underlying shares vest on November 30, 2020.

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An aggregate of 166,667 underlying shares vested on each of April 1, 2015 and 2016 and 166,666 underlying shares vested on April 1, 2017. An aggregate of 16,666 underlying shares vested on February 25, 2016, 16,667 underlying shares vested on February 25, 2017, and 16,667 underlying shares vest on each of February 25, 2018. An aggregate of 78,432 underlying shares vested on August 31, 2017, 78,432 underlying shares vest on August 31, 2018, and 78,431 underlying shares vest on August 31, 2019. An aggregate of 222,222 underlying shares vest on each of November 30, 2018 and 2019, and 222,223 underlying shares vest on November 30, 2020.

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An aggregate of 50,000 underlying shares vested on each of April 1, 2015, 2016 and 2017. An aggregate of 78,432 underlying shares vested on each of August 31, 2017, 78,432 underlying shares vest on August 31, 2018 and 78,431 underlying shares vest on August 31, 2019. An aggregate of 222,222 underlying shares vest on each of November 30, 2018 and 2019, and 222,223 underlying shares vest on November 30, 2020.

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An aggregate of 166,667 underlying shares vested on each of April 1, 2015 and 2016 and 166,666 underlying shares vested on April 1, 2017. An aggregate of 78,432 underlying shares vested on August 31, 2017, 78,432 underlying shares vest on August 31, 2018, and 78,431 underlying shares vest on August 31, 2019. An aggregate of 222,222 underlying shares vest on each of November 30, 2018 and 2019, and 222,223 underlying shares vest on November 30, 2020. From April 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016, Mr. White’s was under contract with us to assist in sales and marketing activities. His compensation for this service was $5,000 per month.

ITEM 12.

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

Beneficial Security Ownership Table

As of the date of this filing, the following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock by (i) each shareholder known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of our Common Stock, (ii) by each of our current directors and executive officers as identified herein, and (iii) all of our directors and executive officers as a group. Each person has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of Common Stock, except as otherwise indicated. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Shares of Common Stock and non-qualified stock options (“Options”), common stock purchase warrants (“Warrants”), and convertible securities that are currently exercisable or convertible into shares of our Common Stock within sixty (60) days of the date of this document, are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the Options, Warrants, or convertible securities for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the person, but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Unless otherwise noted, the address for all officers and directors listed below is 405 State Highway 121, Suite B-240, Lewisville, Texas 75067.

Title of Class	Name and Address of Officer and Directors	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership⁽¹⁾	Percent of Class
Common Stock	Steve G. Johnson (Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director)	31,071,981 ⁽²⁾	20.09%
Common Stock	L. Allen Wheeler (Chairman of the Board, Principal Financial Officer)	24,337,828 ⁽³⁾	16.49%
Common Stock	Sandra K. McRee (Chief Operating Officer)	7,154,272 ⁽⁴⁾	4.91%
Common Stock	Jeffrey C. Lightcap (Director)	92,913,417 ⁽⁵⁾	40.00%
Common Stock	David R. White (Director)	848,432 ⁽⁶⁾	0.61%
Common Stock	Jason T. Thompson (Director and Chief Accounting Officer)	3,187,833 ⁽⁷⁾	2.25%
Common Stock	Steven B. Epstein (Director)	5,301,272 ⁽⁸⁾	3.71%
Common Stock	Dr. James R. Higgins (Director)	23,302,659 ⁽⁹⁾	15.37%
Common Stock	All Officers & Directors as a Group (8 persons)	188,117,694 ⁽¹⁰⁾	66.95%
	Name and Address of Shareholders
Common Stock	Robert J. Smith 13650 Fiddlesticks Blvd., Suite 202-324 Ft. Myers, FL 33912	9,590,506 ⁽¹¹⁾	6.88%

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Unless otherwise noted, we believe that all shares are beneficially owned and that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock owned by them. Applicable percentage of ownership is based on 139,380,748 shares of Common Stock currently outstanding, as adjusted for each shareholder.

⁽²⁾

This amount includes (i) 208,977 shares directly owned by Johnson, (ii) 766,667 shares due to Johnson upon exercise of vested Options, (iii) 550,001 shares due to Johnson upon exercise of vested warrants, (iv) 13,984,720 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of convertible debt (including interest paid in kind through May 30, 2018), and (v) 15,561,616 shares beneficially owned by SJ Capital, LLC, a company controlled by Johnson. The percentage of class for Johnson is based on 154,682,136 shares which would be outstanding if all of Johnson’s vested Options and Warrants were exercised and convertible debt was converted.

⁽³⁾

This amount includes (i) 1,856,345 shares directly owned by Wheeler, (ii) 378,432 shares due to Wheeler upon exercise of Options, (iii) 382,692 shares due to Wheeler upon exercise of vested warrants (iv) 7,486,323 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of convertible debt (including interest paid in kind through May 30,2018), (v) 14,201,820 shares beneficially owned by Dozer Man, LLC, an entity controlled by Wheeler, and (vi) 32,216 shares beneficially owned by Global FG, LLC, an entity of which Wheeler owns 50%. The percentage of class for Wheeler is based on 147,628,195 shares which would be outstanding if all of Wheeler’s vested Options and Warrants were exercised and convertible debt was converted.

⁽⁴⁾

This amount includes (i) 750,000 shares directly owned by McRee, (ii) 3,666,667 shares due to McRee upon exercise of vested Options, (iii) 148,076 shares due to McRee upon exercise of vested warrants, and (iv) 2,589,529 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of convertible debt (including interest paid in kind through May 30,2018). The percentage of class for McRee is based on 145,785,020 shares which would be outstanding if all of McRee’s vested Options and Warrants were exercised and convertible debt was converted.

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HealthCor Management, LP, HealthCor Associates, LLC, HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP, HealthCor Hybrid Offshore GP, LLC, HealthCor Group, LLC, HealthCor Partners Management, L.P., HealthCor Partners Management GP, LLC, HealthCor Partners Fund, LP, HealthCor Partners, LP HealthCor Partners GP, LLC and Jeffrey C. Lightcap (collectively, the Reporting Persons), beneficially own an aggregate of 92,913,417 shares, representing (i) 9,860,998 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of convertible debt (including interest paid in kind through May 30, 2018), (ii) 20,977,387 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of the 2014 Notes, (iii) 8,306,877 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of the 2012 Notes, (iv) 35,876,643 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of the 2011 Notes, and (v) 17,891,512 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of Warrants. The amounts detailed above include (i) 493,269 shares due to Lightcap upon exercise of vested Warrants and (ii) 7,038,352 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of convertible debt (including interest paid in kind through May 30, 2018). The percentage of class for Reporting Persons and Lightcap as an individual is based on 232,294,165 shares which would be outstanding if the Reporting Persons notes and convertible debt held by Lightcap were converted and all Warrants held by the Reporting Persons and Lightcap were exercised.

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This amount includes (i) 578,432 shares due to White upon exercise of vested Options. The percentage of class for White is based on 139,959,180 shares which would be outstanding if all of White’s vested Options were exercised.

⁽⁷⁾

This amount includes (i) 737,500 shares directly owned by Thompson, (ii) 228,432 shares due to Thompson upon exercise of vested Options, (iii) 55,769 shares due to Thompson upon exercise of vested warrants, and (iv) 2,166,132 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of convertible debt (including interest paid in kind through May 30, 2018). The percentage of class for Thompson is based on 141,831,081 shares which would be outstanding if all of Thompson’s vested Options and Warrants were exercised and convertible debt was converted.

⁽⁸⁾

This amount includes (i) 1,780,000 shares directly owned by Epstein, (ii) 611,765 shares due to Epstein upon exercise of vested Options, (iii) 178,846 shares due to Epstein upon exercise of vested warrants, and (iv) 2,730,661 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of convertible debt (including interest paid in kind through May 30, 2018). The percentage of class for Epstein is based on 142,902,020 shares which would be outstanding if all of Epstein’s vested Options and Warrants were exercised and convertible debt was converted.

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This amount includes (i) 4,731,445 shares directly owned by Higgins, (ii) 1,361,538 shares jointly owned by Higgins and his wife, (iii) 5,012,229 shares held in trust by Higgins’ wife, (iv) 228,432 shares due to Higgins upon exercise of vested Options, (v) 432,692 shares due to Higgins upon exercise of vested warrants, and (vi) 11,536,323 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of convertible debt (including interest paid in kind through May 30,2018). The percentage of class for Higgins is based on 151,578,195 shares which would be outstanding if all of Higgins' vested Options and Warrants were exercised and convertible debt was converted.

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This amount includes all shares directly and beneficially owned by all officers and directors and all shares to be issued directly and beneficially upon exercise of vested shares under Options and Warrants and upon conversion of convertible securities. The percentage of class for all officers and directors is based on 280,994,756 shares which would be outstanding if all the aforementioned Options, Warrants and convertible securities were exercised or converted.

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This amount includes: (i) 265,000 shares directly owned by Smith, (ii) 60,000 shares held in trust for Smith’s minor children, (iii) 6,210,723 shares beneficially owned by Plato & Associates, LLC, a company controlled by Smith, and (iv) 3,054,783 shares beneficially owned by Energy Capital, LLC, a company controlled by Smith. The percentage of class for Smith is based on 139,380,748 shares which would be outstanding if all Warrants owned by Plato & Associates, LLC were exercised.

Under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, our officers, directors and beneficial shareholders may sell up to one percent (1%) of the total outstanding shares (or an amount of shares equal to the average weekly reported volume of trading during the four calendar weeks preceding the sale) every three months provided that (1) current public information is available about our Company, (2) the shares have been fully paid for at least one year, (3) the shares are sold in a broker’s transaction or through a market-maker, and (4) the seller files a Form 144 with the SEC if seller is an affiliate.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

During the year ended December 31, 2017, we acknowledge that none of our officers or directors failed to file on a timely basis certain ownership forms required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

Exclusive of the Fifth Amendment discussed above in Item 7, none of our directors, officers or principal shareholders, nor any associate or affiliate of the foregoing, has any interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction or in any proposed transaction, which materially affected us during the year ended December 31, 2017.

Related Party Transactions Policy

As indicated hereinabove, our Board of Directors adopted a Related Party Transactions Policy and all related party transactions have been disclosed in our applicable filings as required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and related rules and regulations.

Director Independence

Although our Board of Directors believes that our directors will exercise their judgment independently, no director is totally free of relationships that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, might interfere with their exercise of independent judgment as a director.

Promoters and Certain Control Persons

None.

ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Audit Fees. The aggregate amount expected to be billed for professional services rendered by BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”) for the 2017 quarterly reviews and the annual audit for the year ended December 31, 2017 is $285,000. BDO billed us $273,735 for professional services rendered for the annual audit for the year ended December 31, 2016 and for quarterly review of our financial statements for 2016, and other services that are normally provided by an accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the fiscal year.

Tax Fees. The aggregate amount expected to be billed for tax return preparation for the year ended December 31, 2017 rendered by BDO is $35,500. BDO billed us $38,700 for tax return preparation for the year ended December 31, 2016.

All Other Fees. We incurred no other fees for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors adopted a policy requiring that it pre-approve all fees paid to our independent registered public accounting firm, regardless of the type of service. All non-audit services were reviewed with the Audit Committee, which concluded that the provision of such services by BDO USA, LLP was compatible with the maintenance of that firm’s independence in the conduct of its auditing functions.

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

Exhibit No.	Date of Document	Name of Document
3.8	11/06/07	Notice of Conversion filed in State of Nevada (to convert CareView Communications, Inc. from a California corporation to a Nevada corporation) ⁽¹⁾
3.9	11/06/07	Articles of Incorporation for CareView Communications, Inc. filed in State of Nevada⁽¹⁾
3.12	n/a	Bylaws of CareView Communications, Inc., a Nevada corporation⁽¹⁾
10.00	02/28/05	Subscription and Investor Rights Agreement⁽¹⁾
10.01	n/a	Products and Services Agreement (a/k/a Hospital Agreement), form of⁽¹⁾
10.09	12/03/07	CareView Communications, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan⁽¹⁾
10.10	12/03/07	Non-Qualified Stock Option, form of⁽¹⁾
10.11	12/13/07	Audit Committee Charter⁽¹⁾
10.12	12/13/07	Compensation Committee Charter⁽¹⁾
10.14	02/13/08	Advisory Board Charter⁽¹⁾
10.42	09/11/09	CareView Communications, Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan⁽¹⁾
10.43	10/01/09	Commercial Lease Agreement (for Lewisville location) ⁽¹⁾
10.44	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Master Investment Agreement⁽¹⁾
10.45	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Project Hospital Contract Assignment, form of⁽¹⁾
10.46	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Project Escrow Deposit Agreement, form of⁽¹⁾
10.47	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Limited License of Intellectual Property Rights, form of⁽¹⁾
10.48	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Project Note, form of ⁽¹⁾
10.49	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Amended and Restated Project Note, form of⁽¹⁾
10.50	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Project LLC Operating Agreement, form of⁽¹⁾
10.51	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Project Security Agreement, form of⁽¹⁾
10.52	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Project Services Subcontract Agreement, form of⁽¹⁾
10.53	11/16/09	Rockwell JV – Project Warrant, form of⁽¹⁾
10.62	06/29/10	First Amendment to Commercial Lease Agreement⁽¹⁾
10.72	04/21/11	Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement between the Company and HealthCor Partners Fund, LP and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽⁴⁾
10.73	04/21/11	Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Partners Fund, LP⁽⁴⁾
10.74	04/21/11	Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽⁴⁾
10.75	04/21/11	Warrant to Purchase 5,488,456 shares of the Company issued to HealthCor Partners Fund, LP⁽⁴⁾
10.76	04/21/11	Warrant to Purchase 6,293,403 shares of the Company issued to HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽⁴⁾
10.77	04/21/11	Registration Rights Agreements between the Company and HealthCor Partners Fund, LP and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽⁴⁾
10.78	04/21/11	Pledge and Security Agreement between the Company and HealthCor Partners Fund, LP and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽⁴⁾
10.79	04/21/11	Intellectual Property Security Agreement between the Company and HealthCor Partners Fund, LP and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽⁴⁾
10.83	08/31/11	Loan and Security Agreement between Comerica Bank and Bridge Bank and CareView Communications, Inc., a Nevada corporation, CareView Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, and CareView Operations, LLC, a Texas limited liability company⁽⁶⁾
10.84	08/31/11	Prime Referenced Rated Addendum between the Company and Comerica Bank as Collateral Agent for the Banks⁽⁶⁾
10.85	08/31/11	Subordination Agreement between Comerica Bank and HealthCor Partners Fund, L.P. and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, L.P. ⁽⁶⁾
10.86	08/31/11	Intellectual Property Security Agreement, form of⁽⁶⁾
10.87	08/31/11	Warrant issued to Comerica Bank to purchase 714,286 shares of the Company’s Common Stock⁽⁶⁾
10.88	08/31/11	Warrant issued to Bridge Bank to purchase 714,286 shares of Company’s Common Stock⁽⁶⁾
10.90	12/31/11	Note and Warrant Amendment Agreement with HealthCor⁽⁸⁾

10.91	01/09/12	Binding Term Sheet with HealthCor⁽⁹⁾
10.92	12/31/11	Note and Warrant Amendment Agreement⁽²⁾
10.94	01/31/12	Second Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement⁽¹⁰⁾
10.95	01/31/12	Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Partners Fund, LP⁽¹⁰⁾
10.96	01/31/12	Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽¹⁰⁾
10.97	01/31/12	First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, Comerica Bank and Bridge Bank, National Association⁽¹⁰⁾
10.98	01/31/12	Amendment to and Affirmation of Subordination Agreement⁽¹⁰⁾
10.100	n/a	Insider Trading Policy, form of⁽¹¹⁾
10.101	n/a	Whistleblower Policy⁽¹¹⁾
10.102	n/a	Related Party Transactions Policy⁽¹¹⁾
10.106	03/20/11	Master Agreement with Health Management Associates, Inc. ⁽¹⁵⁾
10.108	03/27/13	Securities Purchase Agreement, form of⁽¹⁶⁾
10.109	n/a	Common Stock Purchase Warrant, form of⁽¹⁶⁾
10.111	01/15/13	Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, Comerica Bank and Bridge Bank, National Association⁽¹⁷⁾
10.112	01/15/13	Amendment to and Affirmation of Subordination Agreement⁽¹⁷⁾
10.113	05/24/13	Extension of Maturity Date for Promissory Note and Investment Interest (related to Hillcrest) ⁽¹⁸⁾
10.114	07/19/13	Extension of Maturity Date for Promissory Note and Investment Interest (related to Saline) ⁽¹⁸⁾
10.115	08/20/13	Third Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement between the Company and HealthCor⁽¹⁹⁾
10.116	08/20/13	Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, Comerica Bank and Bridge Bank, National Association⁽¹⁹⁾
10.117	08/20/13	Affirmation of Subordination Agreement⁽¹⁹⁾
10.119	12/31/13	Separation Agreement and General Release between the Company and Samuel A. Greco⁽²¹⁾
10.120	12/31/13	Consulting Agreement between the Company and Samuel A. Greco (attached as Exhibit “A” to Separation Agreement and General Release (Exhibit 10.119 herein))⁽²¹⁾
10.121	12/31/13	Resignation of Samuel A. Greco (attached as Exhibit “A” to Separation Agreement and General Release (Exhibit 10.119 herein))⁽²¹⁾
10.122	12/31/13	Warrant, form of (attached as Exhibit “C” to Separation Agreement and General Release (Exhibit 10.119 herein))⁽²¹⁾
10.123	06/21/10	Indemnification Agreement between the Company and Samuel A. Greco (attached as Exhibit “D” to Separation Agreement and General Release (Exhibit 10.119 herein))⁽²¹⁾
10.124	12/31/13	Resignation of Tommy G. Thompson⁽²¹⁾
10.126	01/16/14	Fourth Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement between the Company and HealthCor⁽²²⁾
10.127	01/16/14	Fourth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, Comerica Bank and Bridge Bank, National Association⁽²²⁾
10.128	01/16/14	2014 Supplemental Closing Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Partners Fund, LP⁽²²⁾
10.129	01/16/14	2014 Supplemental Closing Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽²²⁾
10.130	01/16/14	2014 Supplemental Warrant issued to HealthCor Partners Fund, LP to purchase 1,863,200 shares of the Company’s Common Stock⁽²²⁾
10.131	01/16/14	2014 Supplemental Warrant issued to HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP to purchase 2,136,800 shares of the Company’s Common Stock⁽²²⁾
10.132	01/16/14	Amendment to and Affirmation of Subordination Agreement⁽²²⁾
10.133	01/16/14	Replacement 2011 Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Partners Fund, LP⁽²²⁾
10.134	01/16/14	Replacement 2011 Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽²²⁾
10.135	01/16/14	Replacement 2012 Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Partners Fund, LP⁽²²⁾


10.136	01/16/14	Replacement 2012 Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company payable to HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽²²⁾
10.137	12/04/14	Fifth Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement between the Company and HealthCor⁽²³⁾
10.138	12/04/14	Form of Fifth Amendment Supplemental Closing Note⁽²³⁾
10.139	12/04/14	Form of Fifth Amendment Supplemental Warrant⁽²³⁾
10.140	12/04/14	Amended Pledge and Security Agreement between the Company and HealthCor Partners Fund, LP and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽²⁵⁾
10.141	12/04/14	Amended Intellectual Property Security Agreement between the Company and HealthCor Partners Fund, LP and HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP⁽²⁵⁾
10.142	02/19/15	Extension of Maturity Date for Promissory Note and Investment Interest (related to Hillcrest)⁽²⁵⁾
10.143	02/19/15	Extension of Maturity Date for Promissory Note and Investment Interest (related to Saline)⁽²⁵⁾
10.144	02/25/15	CareView Communications, Inc. 2015 Stock Option Plan⁽²⁴⁾
10.145	03/31/15	Sixth Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement between the Company and HealthCor Funds⁽²⁵⁾
10.146	03/31/15	Sixth Amendment Supplemental Warrant, form of⁽²⁵⁾
10.147	06/26/15	Credit Agreement between the Company and PDL BioPharma, Inc.⁽²⁶⁾
10.148	06/26/15	Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement between the Company, PDL BioPharma, Inc., the HealthCor Funds and the Second Lien Claimholders⁽²⁶⁾
10.149	06/26/15	Guarantee and Collateral Agreement between the Company and PDL BioPharma, Inc. ⁽²⁶⁾
10.150	06/26/15	Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and PDL BioPharma, Inc. ⁽²⁶⁾
10.151	06/26/15	Warrant to purchase 4,444,445 shares of the Company’s common stock issued to PDL BioPharma, Inc. ⁽²⁶⁾
10.152	06/26/15	Seventh Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement between the Company and the HealthCor Funds and the Investors named therein⁽²⁶⁾
10.153	06/26/15	Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement the Company and the HealthCor Fund⁽²⁶⁾
10.154	10/07/15	First Amendment to Credit Agreement between the Company and PDL BioPharma, Inc. ⁽²⁷⁾
10.155	10/07/15	Tranche One Term Note in the Principal amount of $20 million issued to PDL BioPharma, Inc.⁽²⁷⁾
10.156	10/17/15	Amended and Restated Warrant to purchase 4,444,445 shares of the Company’s common stock issued to PDL BioPharma, Inc.⁽²⁷⁾
10.157	01/13/17	Settlement and LLC Interest Purchase Agreement between the Company and Rockwell Holdings I, LLC⁽²⁸⁾
10.158	01/13/17	Interest Transfer Agreement between the Company and Rockwell Holdings I, LLC⁽²⁸⁾
10.159	01/13/17	CareView Communications Inc. Promissory Note to Rockwell Holdings I, LLC⁽²⁸⁾
10.160	01/13/17	Amended Warrant to Rockwell Holdings I, LLC⁽²⁸⁾
10.161	12/28/17	Binding Forbearance Term Sheet by and among the Company, CareView Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, CareView Operations, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company, and PDL Investment Holdings, LLC*
10.162	02/02/18	Modification Agreement by and among the Company, CareView Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, CareView Operations, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company, and PDL Investment Holdings, LLC ⁽²⁹⁾
10.163	02/02/18	Second Amended and Restated Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of the Company, issued to PDL Investment Holdings, LLC⁽²⁹⁾
10.164	02/02/18	Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement by and between the Company and PDL Investment Holdings, LLC⁽²⁹⁾
10.165	02/02/18	Consent and Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement by and among the Company, CareView Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, PDL Investment Holdings, LLC and the note investors signatory to the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, as amended⁽²⁹⁾
10.166	02/02/18	Consent to Credit Agreement by and among the Company, CareView Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, and PDL Investment Holdings, LLC⁽²⁹⁾
10.167	02/02/18	Amendment to Promissory Note to Rockwell Holdings I, LLC⁽²⁹⁾
10.168	02/02/18	Amendment to Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to Rockwell Holdings I, LLC⁽²⁹⁾


10.169	02/23/18	Eighth Amendment to Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, among the Company HealthCor Partners Fund LP, HealthCor Hybrid Offshore Master Fund, LP and the investors party thereto⁽³⁰⁾
10.170	02/23/18	Form of Eighth Amendment Supplemental Closing Note⁽³⁰⁾
10.171	02/23/18	Form of Eighth Amendment Supplemental Warrant⁽³⁰⁾
10.172	02/23/18	Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, by and among the Company, CareView Communications, Inc., and PDL Investment Holding, LLC⁽³⁰⁾
14.00	n/a	2010 Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, form of⁽¹⁾
14.01	n/a	2010 Code of Business Ethics for Financial Executives, form of⁽¹⁾
21.00	03/30/18	Subsidiaries of the Registrant*
31.1	03/30/18	Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Report pursuant to Rule 13a-14a and Rule 14d-14(a).*
31.2	03/30/18	Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Report pursuant to Rule 13a-14a and Rule 15d-14(a).*
32.1	03/30/18	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.*
32.2	03/30/18	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.*
101.INS	n/a	XBRL Instance Document*
101.SCH	n/a	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
101.CAL	n/a	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*
101.DEF	n/a	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*
101.LAB	n/a	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*
101.PRE	n/a	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*

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Filed as an exhibit to our Form 10 filed with the SEC on August 23, 2010.

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Filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on December 7, 2010.

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Filed as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2011.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 27, 2011.

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Filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 22, 2011.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 7, 2011.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 10, 2011.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 6, 2012.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 11, 2012.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 2, 2012.

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Filed as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2012.

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Filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 9, 2012.

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Filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 8, 2012.

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Filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 8, 2012.

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Filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q, Amendment No. 1, filed with the SEC on February 15, 2013. Certain information in this exhibit has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 28, 2013.

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Filed as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2013.

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Filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 9, 2013.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 26, 2013.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 10, 2013.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form, 8-K filed with the SEC on January 3, 2014.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 22, 2014.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 19, 2014.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 19, 2015.

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Filed as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2015

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 30, 2015.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 13, 2015.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 2, 2017.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 5, 2018.

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Filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2018.

Filed herewith.

ITEM 16.

FORM 10-K SUMMARY.

None.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DATE: March 30, 2018

	CAREVIEW COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

	By:	/s/ Steven G. Johnson
		Steven G. Johnson
		Chief Executive Officer
		Principal Executive Officer

	By:	/s/ Jason T. Thompson
		Jason T. Thompson
		Principal Financial Officer
		Chief Accounting Officer

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steven G. Johnson and Jason T. Thompson and each of them, his attorney-in-fact with power of substitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments, supplements or other documents relating to this Annual Report on Form 10-K he deems necessary or appropriate, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact or their substitute may 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 below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Steven G. Johnson	Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director
Steven G. Johnson		March 30, 2018

/s/ Jason T. Thompson	Director, Principal Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer
Jason T. Thompson		March 30, 2018

/s/ Sandra K. McRee
Sandra K. McRee	Chief Operating Officer	March 30, 2018

/s/ L. Allen Wheeler
L. Allen Wheeler	Chairman of the Board,	March 30, 2018

/s/ Jeffrey C. Lightcap
Jeffrey C. Lightcap	Director	March 30, 2018

/s/ David R. White
David R. White	Director	March 30, 2018

/s/ Steven B. Epstein
Steven B. Epstein	Director	March 30, 2018

/s/ Dr. James R. Higgins
Dr. James R. Higgins	Director	March 30, 2018

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	F-1

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016	F-2

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016	F-3

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016	F-4

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016	F-5

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	F-6

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

CareView Communications, Inc.

Lewisville, TX

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CareView Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and subsidiaries at December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Going Concern Uncertainty

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has accumulated losses since inception that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 3. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

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 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“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. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

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 2010.

Dallas, Texas

March 30, 2018

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CAREVIEW COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


	December 31,
	2017		2016
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2,066,392	$	10,088,258
Accounts receivable		1,210,968		1,069,304
Other current assets		585,622		114,717
Total current assets		3,862,982		11,272,279

Property and equipment, net		3,321,541		4,152,414

Other Assets:
Restricted cash		2,500,000		3,250,000
Intangible assets, net		665,918		612,337
Other assets		1,767,909		2,168,894
Total other assets		4,933,827		6,031,231
Total assets	$	12,118,350	$	21,455,924

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$