UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

(Mark one)

 

 [X]QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20192020

 

or

 

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

 

For the transition period from            to

 

Commission File Number 001-36529

 

 

MTBC, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 22-3832302

(State or other jurisdiction of


incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer


Identification Number)

 

7 Clyde Road


Somerset, New Jersey

 

08873

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(732) 873-5133

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share MTBC Nasdaq Global Market
11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share MTBCP Nasdaq Global Market

 

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 [X] No [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes [X] No [  ]

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [  ][X]Smaller reporting company [X][X]
 Emerging growth company [X][  ]

 

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

 

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

 

At October 31, 2019, November 2, 2020, the registrant had 12,219,148 13,187,221 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.

 

 

 

 
 

 

INDEX

 

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Forward-Looking Statements2
  
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
  

Item 1.Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) 
 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 20192020 and December 31, 201820193
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 201820194
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 201820195
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 201820196
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 201820197
 Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements8
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2528
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures Aboutabout Market Risk3540
Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

3541
   
 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION 
   

Item 1.Legal Proceedings3642
Item 1A.Risk Factors3642
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds3643
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities3643
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures3643
Item 5.Other Information3643
Item 6.Exhibits37

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Signatures3845

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements that we make from time to time, including statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to anticipated future events, future results of operations or future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,�� “might,” “will,” “should,” “intends,” “expects,” “plans,” “goals,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Our operations involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially affect our results of operations and whether the forward-looking statements ultimately prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, without limitation, statements reflecting management’s expectations for future financial performance and operating expenditures (including our ability to continue as a going concern, to raise additional capital and to succeed in our future operations), expected growth, profitability and business outlook, increased sales and marketing expenses, and the expected results from the integration of our acquisitions.

 

Forward-looking statements are only predictions, are uncertain and involve substantial known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause our (or our industry’s) actual results, levels of activity or performance to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things, the unknown risks and uncertainties that we believe could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements as set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 20, 2019. February 28, 2020. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of the risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements, including without limitation, risks and uncertainties relating to:

 our ability to manage our growth, including acquiring, partnering with, and effectively integrating the recent acquisitions of Meridian Medical Management, CareCloud Corporation and other acquired businesses into our infrastructure and avoiding legal exposure and liabilities associated with acquired companies and assets;
   
 our ability to retain our clients and revenue levels, including effectively migrating new clients and maintaining or growing the revenue levels of our new and existing clients;
   
 our ability to maintain operations in Pakistan and Sri Lanka in a manner that continues to enable us to offer competitively priced products and services;
   
 our ability to keep pace with a rapidly changing healthcare industry;
   
 our ability to consistently achieve and maintain compliance with a myriad of federal, state, foreign, local, payor and industry requirements, regulations, rules, laws and contracts;
   
 our ability to maintain and protect the privacy of confidential and protected Company, client and patient information;
   
 our ability to develop new technologies, upgrade and adapt legacy and acquired technologies to work with evolving industry standards and third-party software platforms and technologies, and protect and enforce all of these and other intellectual property rights;
   
 our ability to attract and retain key officers and employees, and the continued involvement of Mahmud Haq as executive chairman,Executive Chairman and Stephen Snyder as Chief Executive Officer, all of which are critical to our ongoing operations, growing our business and integrating of our newly acquired businesses;
   
 our ability to comply with covenants contained in our credit agreement with our senior secured lender, Silicon Valley Bank and other future debt facilities;
   
 our ability to pay our monthly preferred dividends to the holders of our Series A Preferred Stock;
   
 our ability to compete with other companies developing products and selling services competitive with ours, and who may have greater resources and name recognition than we have;
our ability to respond to the uncertainty resulting from the recent spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it may have on our operations, the demand for our services, and economic activity in general; and
   
 our ability to keep and increase market acceptance of our products and services.

 

WeAlthough we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, or performance. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the U.S., we are under no duty to update or revise any of such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances may be materially different from what we expect.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

MTBC, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 September 30, December 31, 
 September 30, 2019 December 31, 2018  2020  2019 
 (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)    
ASSETS             
CURRENT ASSETS:                
Cash $13,987,197  $14,472,483  $22,839,886  $19,994,134 
Accounts receivable - net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $265,000 and $189,000 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively  7,900,078   7,331,474 
Accounts receivable - net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $514,000 and $256,000 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively  13,765,301   6,995,343 
Contract asset  2,696,193   2,608,631   4,078,316   2,385,334 
Inventory  375,300   444,437   305,238   491,088 
Current assets - related party  13,200   25,203   13,200   13,200 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  1,092,616   1,191,445   3,589,350   1,123,036 
Total current assets  26,064,584   26,073,673   44,591,291   31,002,135 
Property and equipment - net  2,039,777   1,832,187   3,946,768   2,907,516 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  4,261,709   -   7,529,032   3,526,315 
Intangible assets - net  6,165,273   6,634,003   31,119,576   5,977,225 
Goodwill  12,633,696   12,593,795   48,950,323   12,633,696 
Other assets  392,642   489,703   1,217,458   356,578 
TOTAL ASSETS $51,557,681  $47,623,361  $137,354,448  $56,403,465 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
CURRENT LIABILITIES:                
Accounts payable $2,904,181  $2,438,267  $7,302,785  $3,490,834 
Accrued compensation  1,999,001   1,731,063   2,517,901   1,836,309 
Accrued expenses  2,450,523   1,589,009   5,801,199   2,111,515 
Deferred rent (current portion)  -   90,657 
Operating lease liability (current portion)  1,962,064   -   4,636,019   1,688,772 
Deferred revenue (current portion)  16,439   25,355   1,215,161   20,277 
Accrued liability to related party  663   10,663   663   663 
Notes payable (current portion)  383,691   277,776   632,809   283,675 
Contingent consideration  -   526,432   500,000   - 
Dividend payable  1,586,528   1,468,724   4,097,133   1,745,791 
Total current liabilities  11,303,090   8,157,946   26,703,670   11,177,836 
Notes payable  121,511   222,400   47,949   83,275 
Deferred rent  -   189,366 
Deferred payroll taxes  1,313,250   - 
Operating lease liability  2,501,112   -   6,642,878   2,040,772 
Deferred revenue  16,308   18,949   160,007   18,745 
Deferred tax liability  198,931   164,346   151,477   244,512 
Total liabilities  14,140,952   8,753,007   35,019,231   13,565,140 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES        
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 8)        
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:                
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value - authorized 7,000,000 and 4,000,000 shares at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively; issued and outstanding 2,307,633 and 2,136,289 shares at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively  2,308   2,136 
Common stock, $0.001 par value - authorized 29,000,000 and 19,000,000 shares at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively; issued 12,953,122 and 12,570,557 shares at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively; outstanding 12,212,323 and 11,829,758 shares at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively  12,953   12,571 
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value - authorized 7,000,000 shares at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019; issued and outstanding 5,470,473 and 2,539,325 shares at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively  5,470   2,539 
Common stock, $0.001 par value - authorized 29,000,000 shares at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019; issued 13,876,887 and 12,978,485 shares at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively; 13,136,088 and 12,237,686 shares outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively  13,877   12,979 
Additional paid-in capital  64,743,714   65,142,460   138,156,729   69,403,366 
Accumulated deficit  (25,407,952)  (24,203,745)  (34,043,410)  (25,075,545)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (1,272,294)  (1,421,068)  (1,135,449)  (843,014)
Less: 740,799 common shares held in treasury, at cost at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018  (662,000)  (662,000)
Less: 740,799 common shares held in treasury, at cost at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019  (662,000)  (662,000)
Total shareholders’ equity  37,416,729   38,870,354   102,335,217   42,838,325 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY $51,557,681  $47,623,361  $137,354,448  $56,403,465 

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

MTBC, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

 

 Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 September 30,  September 30,  September 30,  September 30, 
 2019 2018 2019 2018  2020  2019  2020  2019 
NET REVENUE $16,851,328  $17,044,526  $48,681,038  $34,034,788  $31,638,616  $16,851,328  $73,084,575  $48,681,038 
OPERATING EXPENSES:                                
Direct operating costs  10,535,629   12,123,907   31,779,564   20,941,535   19,718,381   10,535,629   45,841,788   31,779,564 
Selling and marketing  347,568   461,512   1,091,524   1,169,583   1,571,423   347,568   4,777,818   1,091,524 
General and administrative  4,451,975   5,131,295   13,757,805   10,786,234   6,191,008   4,451,975   17,176,593   13,757,805 
Research and development  175,758   263,717   648,822   768,517   2,366,560   175,758   6,846,014   648,822 
Change in contingent consideration  (279,565)  25,473   (343,768)  68,253   (500,000)  (279,565)  (500,000)  (343,768)
Depreciation and amortization  814,210   822,098   2,407,111   1,972,565   3,206,005   814,210   6,943,705   2,407,111 
Restructuring and impairment charges  136,332   -   136,332   - 
Restructuring, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  320,575   136,332   681,400   136,332 
Total operating expenses  16,181,907   18,828,002   49,477,390   35,706,687   32,873,952   16,181,907   81,767,318   49,477,390 
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)  669,421   (1,783,476)  (796,352)  (1,671,899)
OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME  (1,235,336)  669,421   (8,682,743)  (796,352)
OTHER:                                
Interest income  57,272   24,544   202,969   59,768   2,431   57,272   44,112   202,969 
Interest expense  (88,925)  (104,872)  (284,883)  (253,120)  (132,373)  (88,925)  (396,154)  (284,883)
Other (expense) income - net  (688,342)  (218,721)  (224,151)  151,242   (246,347)  (688,342)  84,464   (224,151)
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES  (50,574)  (2,082,525)  (1,102,417)  (1,714,009)
Income tax provision (benefit)  86,970   (250,072)  101,790   (151,872)
LOSS BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES  (1,611,625)  (50,574)  (8,950,321)  (1,102,417)
Income tax provision  61,965   86,970   17,549   101,790 
NET LOSS $(137,544) $(1,832,453) $(1,204,207) $(1,562,137) $(1,673,590) $(137,544) $(8,967,870) $(1,204,207)
                                
Preferred stock dividend  1,602,833   1,056,214   4,582,239   3,080,263   4,229,808   1,602,833   10,149,641   4,582,239 
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS $(1,740,377) $(2,888,667) $(5,786,446) $(4,642,400) $(5,903,398) $(1,740,377) $(19,117,511) $(5,786,446)
                                
Net loss per common share: basic and diluted $(0.14) $(0.25) $(0.48) $(0.40) $(0.46) $(0.14) $(1.53) $(0.48)
Weighted-average common shares used to compute basic and diluted loss per share  12,146,110   11,770,178   12,038,819   11,684,659   12,771,307   12,146,110   12,493,458   12,038,819 

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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MTBC, INC.

MTBC, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)

 

 Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 September 30,  September 30,  September 30,  September 30, 
 2019 2018 2019 2018  2020  2019  2020  2019 
NET LOSS $(137,544) $(1,832,453) $(1,204,207) $(1,562,137) $(1,673,590) $(137,544) $(8,967,870) $(1,204,207)
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS), NET OF TAX                                
Foreign currency translation adjustment (a)  701,992   175,032   148,774   (255,372)  281,824   701,992   (292,435)  148,774 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) $564,448  $(1,657,421) $(1,055,433) $(1,817,509)
COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME $(1,391,766) $564,448  $(9,260,305) $(1,055,433)

 

(a) No tax effect has been recorded as the Company recorded a valuation allowance against the tax benefit from its foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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MTBC, INC.

MTBC, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 20192020 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 20182019

 

 Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in Accumulated Accumulated Other Comprehensive Treasury (Common) 

Total

Shareholders’

  Preferred Stock Common Stock Additional Paid-in Accumulated 

Accumulated Other

Comprehensive

 

Treasury

(Common)

 

Total

Shareholders’

 
 Shares Amount Shares Amount  Capital Deficit Loss Stock Equity  Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Deficit Loss Stock Equity 
Balance - December 31, 2018  2,136,289  $2,136   12,570,557  $12,571  $65,142,460  $(24,203,745) $(1,421,068) $(662,000) $38,870,354 
Balance - January 1, 2020    2,539,325  $2,539     12,978,485  $12,979  $69,403,366  $(25,075,545) $(843,014) $  (662,000) $     42,838,325 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (295,691)  -   -   (295,691)  -   -   -   -   -   (2,501,770)  -   -   (2,501,770)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   209,345   -   209,345   -   -   -   -   -   -   (590,286)  -   (590,286)
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  26,160   26   179,984   180   (206)  -   -   -   - 
Issuance of stock under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan  28,870   29   129,607   129   (158)  -   -   -   - 
Issuance of preferred stock in connection with the CareCloud acquisition  760,000   760   -   -   18,999,240   -   -   -   19,000,000 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   793,606   -   -   -   793,606 
Issuance of warrants in connection with the CareCloud acquisition  -   -   -   -   300,000   -   -   -   300,000 
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   (2,642,916)  -   -   -   (2,642,916)
Balance - March 31, 2020  3,328,195  $3,328   13,108,092  $13,108  $86,853,138  $(27,577,315) $(1,433,300) $(662,000) $57,196,959 
                                    
Balance - April 1, 2020  3,328,195  $3,328   13,108,092  $13,108  $86,853,138  $(27,577,315) $(1,433,300) $(662,000) $57,196,959 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (4,792,505)  -   -   (4,792,505)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   16,027   -   16,027 
Issuance of stock under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan  4,803   5   87,398   88   (93)  -   -   -   - 
Issuance of preferred stock in connection with the Meridian acquisition  200,000   200   -   -   4,999,800   -   -   -   5,000,000 
Issuance of preferred stock, net of fees and expenses  828,000   828   -   -   19,013,319   -   -   -   19,014,147 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   1,438,908   -   -   -   1,438,908 
Issuance of warrants in connection with the Meridian acquisition  -   -   -   -   4,770,000   -   -   -   4,770,000 
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   (3,276,917)  -   -   -   (3,276,917)
Balance - June 30, 2020  4,360,998  $4,361   13,195,490  $13,196  $  113,798,155  $(32,369,820) $(1,417,273) $(662,000) $79,366,619 
                                    
Balance - July 1, 2020  4,360,998   4,361   13,195,490   13,196   113,798,155   (32,369,820)  (1,417,273)  (662,000)  79,366,619 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (1,673,590)  -   -   (1,673,590)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   281,824   -   281,824 
Exercise of common stock warrants  -   -   399,349   399   2,994,718   -   -   -   2,995,117 
Issuance of stock under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan  5,475   5   282,048   282   (287)  -   -   -   - 
Issuance of preferred stock, net of fees and expenses  1,104,000   1,104   -   -   25,529,126   -   -   -   25,530,230 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   1,457,012   -   -   -   1,457,012 
Release of preferred stock from escrow  -   -   -   -   (1,392,187)  -   -   -   (1,392,187)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   (4,229,808)  -   -   -   (4,229,808)
Balance - September 30, 2020  5,470,473  $5,470   13,876,887  $13,877  $138,156,729  $(34,043,410) $(1,135,449) $(662,000) $102,335,217 
                                    
Balance- January 1, 2019  2,136,289  $2,136   12,570,557  $12,571  $65,142,460  $(24,203,745) $(1,421,068) $(662,000) $38,870,354 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (295,691)  -   -   (295,691)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   209,345   -   209,345 
Issuance of stock under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan  26,160   26   179,984   180   (206)  -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   523,556   -   -   -   523,556   -   -   -   -   523,556   -   -   -   523,556 
Tax withholding obligations on stock issued to employees  -   -   -   -   (800,271)  -   -   -   (800,271)  -   -   -   -   (800,271)  -   -   -   (800,271)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   (1,492,700)  -   -   -   (1,492,700)  -   -   -   -   (1,492,700)  -   -   -   (1,492,700)
Balance - March 31, 2019  2,162,449  $2,162   12,750,541  $12,751  $63,372,839  $(24,499,436) $(1,211,723) $(662,000) $37,014,593   2,162,449  $2,162   12,750,541  $12,751  $63,372,839  $(24,499,436) $(1,211,723) $(662,000) $37,014,593 
                                                                        
Balance- April 1, 2019  2,162,449  $2,162   12,750,541  $12,751  $63,372,839  $(24,499,436) $(1,211,723) $(662,000) $37,014,593 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (770,972)  -   -   (770,972)  -   -   -   -   -   (770,972)  -   -   (770,972)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   (762,563)  -   (762,563)  -   -   -   -   -   -   (762,563)  -   (762,563)
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  -   -   18,500   18   (18)  -   -   -   - 
Issuance of stock under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan  -   -   18,500   18   (18)  -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   473,387   -   -   -   473,387   -   -   -   -   473,387   -   -   -   473,387 
Tax withholding obligations on stock issued to employees  -   -   -   -   (58,536)  -   -   -   (58,536)  -   -   -   -   (58,536)  -   -   -   (58,536)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   (1,486,706)  -   -   -   (1,486,706)  -   -   -   -   (1,486,706)  -   -   -   (1,486,706)
Balance - June 30, 2019  2,162,449  $2,162   12,769,041  $12,769  $62,300,966  $(25,270,408) $(1,974,286) $(662,000) $34,409,203   2,162,449  $2,162   12,769,041  $12,769  $62,300,966  $(25,270,408) $(1,974,286) $(662,000) $34,409,203 
                                                                        
Balance - July 1, 2019  2,162,449   2,162   12,769,041   12,769   62,300,966   (25,270,408)  (1,974,286)  (662,000)  34,409,203 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (137,544)  -   -   (137,544)  -   -   -   -   -   (137,544)  -   -   (137,544)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   701,992   -   701,992   -   -   -   -   -   -   701,992   -   701,992 
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  -   -   184,081   184   (184)  -   -   -   -   -   -   184,081   184   (184)  -   -   -   - 
Issuance of preferred stock, net of fees and expenses  145,184   146   -   -   3,718,960   -   -   -   3,719,106   145,184   146   -   -   3,718,960   -   -   -   3,719,106 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   326,803   -   -   -   326,803   -   -   -   -   326,803   -   -   -   326,803 
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   (1,602,831)  -   -   -   (1,602,831)  -   -   -   -   (1,602,831)  -   -   -   (1,602,831)
Balance - September 30, 2019  2,307,633  $2,308   12,953,122  $12,953  $64,743,714  $(25,407,952) $(1,272,294) $(662,000) $37,416,729   2,307,633  $2,308   12,953,122  $12,953  $64,743,714  $(25,407,952) $(1,272,294) $(662,000) $37,416,729 
                                    
Balance - December 31, 2017 before adoption  1,086,739  $1,087   12,271,390  $12,272  $45,129,517  $(23,509,386) $(721,070) $(662,000) $20,250,420 
Cumulative effect of adopting ASC 606  -   -   -   -   -   1,444,121   -   -   1,444,121 
Balance - January 1, 2018 after adoption  1,086,739  $1,087   12,271,390  $12,272  $45,129,517  $(22,065,265) $(721,070) $(662,000) $21,694,541 
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   75,036   -   -   75,036 
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -��  -   -   -   -   -   (203,146)  -   (203,146)
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  29,550   29   134,583   134   (163)  -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   112,090   -   -   -   112,090 
Tax withholding obligations on stock issued to employees  -   -   -   -   (226,250)  -   -   -   (226,250)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   (775,332)  -   -   -   (775,332)
Balance - March 31, 2018  1,116,289  $1,116   12,405,973  $12,406  $44,239,862  $(21,990,229) $(924,216) $(662,000) $20,676,939 
                                    
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   195,280   -   -   195,280 
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   (227,258)  -   (227,258)
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   364,710   -   -   -   364,710 
Issuance of preferred stock, net of fees and expenses  420,000   420   -   -   9,354,490   -   -   -   9,354,910 
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   (1,248,717)  -   -   -   (1,248,717)
Balance - June 30, 2018  1,536,289  $1,536   12,405,973  $12,406  $52,710,345  $(21,794,949) $(1,151,474) $(662,000) $29,115,864 
                                    
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (1,832,453)  -   -   (1,832,453)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   175,032   -   175,032 
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  -   -   164,584   165   (165)  -   -   -   - 
Common stock warrants issued  -   -   -   -   101,989   -   -   -   101,989 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   881,605   -   -   -   881,605 
Tax withholding obligations on stock issued to employees  -   -   -   -   (119,250)  -   -   -   (119,250)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   (1,056,214)  -   -   -   (1,056,214)
Balance - September 30, 2018  1,536,289  $1,536   12,570,557  $12,571  $52,518,310  $(23,627,402) $(976,442) $(662,000) $27,266,573 

 

For all periods presented, the preferred stock dividends were paid monthly at the rate of $2.75 per share per annum.

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

MTBC, INC.

MTBC, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 20192020 AND 20182019

 

 2019 2018  2020  2019 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                
Net loss $(1,204,207) $(1,562,137) $(8,967,870) $(1,204,207)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  2,457,183   2,015,508   6,816,235   2,457,183 
Deferred rent  -   (49,608)
Lease amortization  1,440,066   -   2,134,143   1,440,066 
Deferred revenue  (11,557)  (40,873)  159,819   (11,557)
Provision for doubtful accounts  105,315   261,541   295,645   105,315 
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes  34,585   (187,072)
Foreign exchange loss (gain)  408,057   (105,418)
(Benefit) provision for deferred income taxes  (93,035)  34,585 
Foreign exchange (gain) loss  (62,741)  408,057 
Interest accretion  381,827   143,030   510,771   381,827 
Gain on sale of assets  (26,213)  -   (1,647)  (26,213)
Stock-based compensation expense  2,324,799   1,523,682   4,951,001   2,324,799 
Change in contingent consideration  (343,768)  68,253   (500,000)  (343,768)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of businesses acquired:                
Accounts receivable  (126,542)  901,683   (1,208,961)  (126,542)
Contract asset  51,607   (464,470)  (274,149)  51,607 
Inventory  69,137   (148,858)  185,850   69,137 
Other assets  (108,080)  (24,869)  106,470   (108,080)
Accounts payable and other liabilities  (698,408)  2,418,110   (8,384,301)  (698,408)
Net cash provided by operating activities  4,753,801   4,748,502 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities  (4,332,770)  4,753,801 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                
Capital expenditures, net  (1,326,650)  (743,115)
Cash paid for acquisitions  (1,600,000)  (12,600,000)
Capital expenditures  (1,288,500)  (1,326,650)
Capitalized software  (3,767,219)  - 
Cash paid for acquisitions (net)  (23,716,250)  (1,600,000)
Net cash used in investing activities  (2,926,650)  (13,343,115)  (28,771,969)  (2,926,650)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of fees and expenses  3,719,106   9,354,910 
Preferred stock dividends paid  (4,464,435)  (2,771,192)  (7,798,299)  (4,464,435)
Settlement of tax withholding obligations on stock issued to employees  (1,320,650)  (333,007)  (1,847,318)  (1,320,650)
Repayments of notes payable, net  (430,080)  (290,164)
Contingent consideration payments  -   (182,664)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants  2,995,117   - 
Proceeds from line of credit  -   6,625,000   19,500,000   - 
Repayments of line of credit  -   (6,625,000)  (19,500,000)  - 
Repayments of notes payable, net  (290,164)  (329,426)
Contingent consideration payments  (182,664)  (111,495)
Other financing activities  -   (33,150)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (2,538,807)  5,776,640 
Settlement of contingent obligation  (1,325,000)  - 
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock  44,544,378   3,719,106 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  36,138,798   (2,538,807)
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH  226,370   (284,685)  (188,307)  226,370 
NET DECREASE IN CASH  (485,286)  (3,102,658)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH  2,845,752   (485,286)
CASH - beginning of the period  14,472,483   4,362,232   19,994,134   14,472,483 
CASH - end of the period $13,987,197  $1,259,574  $22,839,886  $13,987,197 
SUPPLEMENTAL NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Preferred stock issued in connection with CareCloud and Meridian acquisitions $24,000,000  $- 
Vehicle financing obtained $24,909  $90,284  $28,473  $24,909 
Dividends declared, not paid $1,586,528  $1,056,218  $4,097,133  $1,586,528 
Purchase of prepaid insurance through assumption of note $301,359  $271,248  $667,507  $301,359 
Warrants issued $-  $101,989  $5,070,000  $- 
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - Cash paid during the period for:                
Income taxes $95,822  $29,673  $64,326  $95,822 
Interest $46,089  $45,083  $150,425  $46,089 

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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MTBC, INC.

MTBC, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF AND FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 2020

AND 20182019 (UNAUDITED)

 

1.Organization and Business

1. Organization and Business

 

MTBC, Inc., (and together with its consolidated subsidiaries “MTBC” or the “Company”) is a healthcare information technology company that offers an integrated suite of proprietary cloud-based electronic health records and practice management solutions, together with related business services, to healthcare providers. The Company’s integrated services are designed to help customers increase revenues, streamline workflows and make better business and clinical decisions, while reducing administrative burdens and operating costs. The Company’s services include full-scale revenue cycle management, comprehensive practice management services, electronic health records, and other technology-driven practice management services for private and hospital-employed healthcare providers. MTBC has its corporate offices in Somerset, New Jersey and maintains client support teams throughout the U.S., in Pakistan and in Sri Lanka.

 

MTBC was founded in 1999 and incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 2001. In 2004, MTBC formed MTBC Private Limited (or “MTBC Pvt. Ltd.”), a 99.9% majority-owned subsidiary of MTBC based in Pakistan. The remaining 0.01% of the shares of MTBC Pvt. Ltd. is owned by the founder and Executive Chairman of MTBC. In 2016, MTBC formed MTBC Acquisition Corp. (“MAC”), a Delaware corporation, in connection with its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of MediGain, LLC and its subsidiary, Millennium Practice Management Associates, LLC (together “MediGain). MAC has a wholly owned subsidiary in Sri Lanka, RCM MediGain Colombo, Pvt. Ltd. In May 2018, MTBC formed MTBC Health, Inc. (“MHI”) and MTBC Practice Management, Corp. (“MPM”), each a Delaware corporation in connection with MTBC’s acquisition of substantially all of the revenue cycle management, practice management and group purchasing organization assets of Orion Healthcorp, Inc. and 13 of its affiliates (together, “Orion”). MHI is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of MTBC, and was formed to own and operate the revenue cycle management and group purchasing organization businesses acquired from Orion. MPM is a wholly owned subsidiary of MHI and was formed to own and operate the practice management business acquired from Orion. In March 2019, MTBC formed MTBC-Med, Inc. (“MED”), a Delaware corporation, in connection with its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Etransmedia Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“ETM”Etransmedia”). In January 2020, MTBC purchased CareCloud Corporation. In June 2020, MTBC purchased Meridian Billing Management Co. and its affiliate Origin Holdings, Inc. (collectively “Meridian” and sometimes referred to as “Meridian Medical Management”). See Note 3.

 

2.BASIS OF PRESENTATION

During the first quarter of 2020, a New Jersey corporation, talkMD Clinicians, PA (“talkMD”), was formed by the wife of the Executive Chairman, who is a licensed physician, to provide telehealth services. talkMD was determined to be a variable interest entity (“VIE”) for financial reporting purposes because the entity will be controlled by the Company. As of September 30, 2020, talkMD had not yet commenced operations or had any transactions or agreements with the Company or otherwise.

2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial reporting and as required by Regulation S-X, Rule 8-03. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of items of a normal and recurring nature) necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of September 30, 2019,2020, the results of operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 20182019 and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018.2019. When preparing financial statements in conformity with GAAP, the Company must make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 20182019 was derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2019.February 28, 2020.

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Recent Accounting PronouncementsInOn February 2016,14, 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board “FASB”FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02,2018-02, LeasesIncome Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 842)220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The new These amendments provide financial statement preparers with an option to reclassify standard requires organizations that have leased assets, referredtax effects within accumulated other comprehensive income to as “lessees,” to recognize onretained earnings in each period in which the balance sheet the assets and liabilities that represent the rights and obligations created by those leases, respectively. Under the new guidance, a lessee is required to recognize assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. Consistent with current GAAP, the recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee primarily will depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease. However, unlike current GAAP which requires only capital leases to be recognized on the balance sheet, the new ASU requires both types of leases to be recognized on the balance sheet. The FASB has subsequently issued further ASU’s related to the standard providing additional practical expedients and an optional transition method allowing entities to not recast comparative periods. The amendments in ASU No. 2016-02 are now effective.

We adopted the standard on January 1, 2019 using the optional transition adjustment method. As parteffect of the adoption of ASC 842, we performed an assessment ofchange in the impact thatU.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the new lease recognition standard hasTax Cuts and Jobs Act is recorded. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods therein. There was no impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements. Allstatements as a result of our leases,this standard.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting. This ASU simplifies the accounting for nonemployee share-based payments by aligning it with the accounting for share-based payments to employees, with exceptions. Under this guidance, the measurement of equity-classified nonemployee awards will be fixed at the grant date, which consist of facilitymay lower their cost and equipment leases, have been classified as operating leases. The Company does not have any financing leases. We adoptedreduce volatility in the requirementsincome statement. Awards to nonemployees are measured by estimating the fair value of the new standard without restatingequity instruments to be issued, rather than the prior periods.fair value of the goods or services received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever can be measured more reliably. Entities need to consider the probability that a performance condition will be satisfied when an award contains such condition. The guidance is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that fiscal year. There was no impact toon the accumulated deficitcondensed consolidated financial statements as a result of the date of adoption. For leases in place at the transition date, we adopted the package of practical expedients that allows us to not reassess: (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (2) lease classification for any expired or existing leases and (3) initial direct costs for any expired or existing leases.this standard.

 

WeIn December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. This ASU simplifies accounting for income taxes to reduce complexity in the accounting standards. The amendments consist of the removal of certain exceptions to the general principles of ASC 740 and some additional simplifications. The amendments are not required to be implemented until 2021 for public entities. The Company is in the process of investigating if this update will have also adopteda significant impact on the practical expedients that allow uscondensed consolidated financial statements.

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). This ASU simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments and contracts on an entity’s own equity. The amendments are not required to treatbe implemented until 2022 for public entities. The Company is in the leaseprocess of investigating if this update will have a significant impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

3. ACQUISITIONS

2020 Acquisitions

On June 16, 2020, MTBC entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Meridian Billing Management Co., a Vermont corporation, Origin Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and non-lease componentsGMM II Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”), pursuant to which MTBC purchased all of our leasesthe issued and outstanding capital stock of Meridian from the Seller. Meridian is in the business of providing medical billing, revenue cycle management, electronic medical records, medical coding and related services. These revenues have been included in the Company’s Healthcare IT segment. The acquisition has been accounted for as a single componentbusiness combination.

The total consideration paid at closing was $11.9 million, net of cash received, 200,000 shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock plus warrants to purchase 2,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price per share of $7.50 and a term of two years. The Company also assumed Meridian’s negative net working capital and certain long-term lease liabilities where the leased space is either not being utilized or will be vacated shortly, with an aggregate value of approximately $4.8 million.

A summary of the total consideration is as follows:

Meridian Purchase Price   
    
Cash $11,863,724 
Preferred stock  5,000,000 
Warrants  4,770,000 
Total purchase price $21,633,724 

Of the Preferred Stock consideration, 100,000 shares were held in escrow for our facility leases. We electedup to one month pending completion of technical migration and customer acceptance. Shares net of such losses will be released upon the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. As such, for those leases that qualify, we did not recognize ROU asset or lease liabilitiesjoint instruction of the Company and the seller in accordance with the applicable escrow terms. Such shares are entitled to the monthly dividend, which will be paid when, and if, the shares are released. The Company accrues the dividend monthly on the Preferred Stock held in escrow. The shares held in escrow were released on August 3, 2020.

The Company’s Preferred Stock and warrants issued as part of the transition adjustment. Asacquisition consideration were issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of January 1, 2019,1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company registered for resale under the impactSecurities Act the Preferred Stock and the securities underlying the warrants. During the current quarter, 399,349 warrants were exercised at $7.50 each.

The Meridian acquisition added additional clients to the Company’s customer base and, similar to previous acquisitions, broadened the Company’s presence in the healthcare information technology industry through geographic expansion of its customer base and by increasing available customer relationship resources and specialized trained staff.

The Company engaged a third-party valuation specialist to assist the Company in valuing the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Meridian. The following table summarizes the preliminary purchase price allocation. The Company expects to finalize the purchase price allocation by the end of the fourth quarter and is finalizing the projections and the valuation of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. The preliminary purchase price allocation for Meridian is summarized as follows:

Accounts receivable $3,557,926 
Prepaid expenses  703,732 
Contract asset  881,111 
Property and equipment  425,993 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  2,775,949 
Customer relationships  12,900,000 
Technology  900,000 
Goodwill  13,448,548 
Accounts payable  (3,373,212)
Accrued expenses & compensation  (3,591,380)
Deferred revenue  (907,077)
Operating lease liabilities  (6,024,616)
Other current liabilities  (63,250)
Total preliminary purchase price allocation $21,633,724 

The acquired accounts receivable are recorded at fair value which represents amounts that have subsequently been paid or are expected to be paid by clients. The fair value of customer relationships was based on the consolidatedestimated discounted cash flows generated by these intangibles. The goodwill from this acquisition is not deductible for income tax purposes and represents the Company’s ability to have an expanded local presence in additional markets and operational synergies that we expect to achieve that would not be available to other market participants.

The weighted-average amortization period of the acquired intangible assets is approximately four years.

Revenue earned from the clients obtained from the Meridian acquisition was approximately $4.2$10.0 million and $11.4 million during the impactthree and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

On January 8, 2020, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with CareCloud Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“CareCloud”), MTBC Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”) and Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc. (“Runway”), solely in its capacity as a seller representative, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into CareCloud (the “Merger”), with CareCloud surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Merger became effective simultaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement. The acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination.

The total consideration for the Merger included approximately $11.9 million paid in cash at closing, the assumption of a working capital deficiency of approximately $5.1 million and 760,000 shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock. The Merger Agreement provides that if CareCloud’s 2020 revenues exceed $36 million, there will be an earn-out payment to the seller equal to such excess, up to $3 million. Additional consideration included warrants to purchase 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, 1,000,000 of which have an exercise price per share of $7.50 and a term of two years, and the other 1,000,000 warrants have an exercise price per share of $10.00 and a term of three years.

A summary of the total consideration is as follows:

CareCloud Purchase Price   
    
Cash $11,852,526 
Preferred stock  19,000,000 
Warrants  300,000 
Contingent consideration  1,000,000 
Total purchase price $32,152,526 

Of the Preferred Stock consideration, 160,000 shares were placed in escrow for up to 24 months, and an additional 100,000 shares were placed in escrow for up to 18 months, in both cases, to satisfy indemnification obligations of the seller for losses arising from certain specified contingent liabilities. Shares net of such losses will be released upon the joint instruction of the Company and Runway in accordance with the applicable escrow terms. Such shares are entitled to the monthly dividend, which will be paid when, and if, the shares are released. The Company accrues the dividend monthly on the consolidatedPreferred Stock held in escrow.

During July 2020, it was determined that 55,726 shares of the Preferred Stock would be released from escrow and cancelled since one of the contingent liabilities was settled for the amount of the cancelled shares. This included a cash payment of approximately $4.4 million.$1.3 million. Dividends previously accrued on these shares of $102,166 were reversed as of June 30, 2020, since the amounts will not need to be paid. The adoption of ASC 842 did not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations, stockholders’ equity, or statement of cash flows.remaining shares continue to be held in escrow.

 

We have also evaluated, documented,The Company’s Preferred Stock and implemented required changes in internal controlwarrants issued as part of our adoptionthe Merger consideration were issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company registered for resale under the Securities Act the Preferred Stock and the securities underlying the warrants.

The CareCloud acquisition added additional clients to the Company’s customer base. The Company acquired CareCloud’s software technology and related business, of which certain elements are currently subject to a civil regulatory investigation. Similar to previous acquisitions, this transaction broadened the Company’s presence in the healthcare information technology industry through geographic expansion of its customer base and by increasing available customer relationship resources and specialized trained staff.

The Company engaged a third-party valuation specialist to assist the Company in valuing the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from CareCloud. The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation:

Accounts receivable $2,298,716 
Prepaid expenses  1,277,990 
Contract asset  537,722 
Property and equipment  402,970 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  2,858,626 
Customer relationships  8,000,000 
Trademark  800,000 
Software  4,800,000 
Goodwill  22,868,078 
Other long term assets  539,560 
Accounts payable  (6,942,710)
Accrued expenses  (2,080,977)
Current loan payable  (79,655)
Operating lease liabilities  (2,858,544)
Deferred revenue  (269,250)
Total purchase price allocation $32,152,526 

The acquired accounts receivable are recorded at fair value which represents amounts that have subsequently been paid or are expected to be paid by clients. The fair value of customer relationships was based on the estimated discounted cash flows generated by these intangibles. The goodwill from this acquisition is not deductible for income tax purposes and represents the Company’s ability to have an expanded local presence in additional markets and operational synergies that we expect to achieve that would not be available to other market participants.

The weighted-average amortization period of the new lease recognition standard. These changes include implementing updated accounting policies affected by ASC 842 and implementing a new information technology application to calculate our right-of-useacquired intangible assets lease liabilities and required disclosures.is approximately three years.

 

3.ACQUISITIONS

Revenue earned from the clients obtained from the CareCloud acquisition was approximately $8.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and approximately $23.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

2019 Acquisition

 

On April 3, 2019, the Company executed an asset purchase agreement (“APA”) to acquire substantially all of the assets of ETM.Etransmedia. The purchase price was $1.6$1.6 million and the assumption of certain liabilities, excluding acquisition-related costs of approximately $125,000.$125,000. Per the APA, the acquisition had an effective date of April 1, 2019. The acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination.

 

The ETMEtransmedia acquisition added additional clients to the Company’s customer base and, similar to previous acquisitions, broadened the Company’s presence in the healthcare information technology industry through geographic expansion of its customer base and by increasing available customer relationship resources and specialized trained staff.

The purchase price allocation for ETMEtransmedia was performed by the Company and is summarized as follows:

 

Customer relationships $856,000 
Accounts receivable  547,377 
Contract asset  139,169 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  1,224,480 
Property and equipment  91,277 
Goodwill  39,901 
Operating lease liabilities  (1,224,480)
Accrued expenses  (73,724)
Total $1,600,000 

 

The acquired accounts receivable are recorded at fair value which represents amounts that have subsequently been paid or are expected to be paid by clients. The fair value of customer relationships was based on the estimated discounted cash flows generated by these intangibles. The goodwill from this acquisition is deductible ratably for income tax purposes over fifteen years and represents the Company’s ability to have an expanded local presence in additional markets and operational synergies that we expect to achieve that would not be available to other market participants.

 

The weighted-average amortization period of the acquired intangible assets is fourapproximately three years.

 

Revenue earned from the clients obtained from the ETMEtransmedia acquisition was approximately $1.7 million and $3.7 million, respectively$852,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and approximately $3.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

2018 Acquisition

On May 7, 2018, the Company executed an APA to acquire substantially all of the revenue cycle, practice management, and group purchasing organization assets of Orion. The purchase price was $12.6 million, excluding acquisition-related costs of approximately $245,000. Per the APA, the acquisition had an effective date of July 1, 2018. The acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination.

The Orion acquisition added a significant number of clients to the Company’s customer base and, similar to previous acquisitions, broadened the Company’s presence in the healthcare information technology industry through geographic expansion of its customer base and by increasing available customer relationship resources and specialized trained staff. The acquisition also included Orion’s practice management and group purchasing services. The practice management services provide three pediatric medical practices with the nurses, administrative support, facilities, supplies, equipment, marketing, RCM, accounting and other non-clinical services needed to efficiently operate the practices. The group purchasing services enable medical providers to purchase various vaccines directly from selected pharmaceutical companies at a discounted price.

The Company engaged a third-party valuation specialist to assist the Company in valuing the assets acquired from Orion. The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation.

Customer relationships $6,250,000 
Accounts receivable  5,654,919 
Contract asset  861,341 
Inventory  307,278 
Property and equipment  319,352 
Goodwill  329,852 
Accounts payable  (677,872)
Accrued expenses  (444,870)
Total $12,600,000 

The acquired accounts receivable are recorded at fair value which represents amounts that have subsequently been paid or are expected to be paid by clients. The inventory acquired represents vaccines held at the managed practices. The fair value of customer relationships was based on the estimated discounted cash flows generated by these intangibles. The goodwill from this acquisition is deductible ratably for income tax purposes over fifteen years and represents the Company’s ability to have an expanded local presence in additional markets, operational synergies that we expect to achieve that would not be available to other market participants and the ability to offer group purchasing and practice management services.

The weighted-average amortization period of the acquired intangibles is seven years.2020.

 

Pro forma financial information (Unaudited)

 

The unaudited pro forma information below represents the condensed consolidated results of operations as if the OrionEtransmedia, CareCloud and ETMMeridian acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2018.2019. The pro forma information has been included for comparative purposes and is not indicative of results of operations that the Company would have had if the acquisitions occurred on the above date, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results. The unaudited pro forma information reflects material, non-recurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combinations. The difference between the actual revenue and the pro forma revenue is approximately $19.1 million of additional revenue recorded by Orion and approximately $9.3 million of additional revenue recorded by ETM for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.2020 is approximately $18.2 million of additional revenue recorded by Meridian.

 

 Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 September 30,  September 30,  September 30,  September 30, 
 2019 2018 2019 2018  2020  2019  2020  2019 
  ($ in thousands except per share amounts)  ($ in thousands except per share amounts) 
Total revenue $16,851  $19,807  $50,748  $62,416  $31,639  $37,841  $91,293  $113,688 
Net loss $(84) $(4,008) $(2,752) $(9,961) $(386) $(6,709) $(10,182) $(24,684)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders $(1,686) $(5,064) $(7,334) $(13,041) $(4,616) $(8,312) $(20,331) $(29,266)
Net loss per common share $(0.14) $(0.43) $(0.61) $(1.12) $(0.36) $(0.68) $(1.63) $(2.43)

4.GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS-NET

4. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS-NET

 

Goodwill consists of the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets of businesses acquired. The following is the summary of the changes to the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and the year ended December 31, 2018:2019:

 

 Nine Months Ended Year Ended  Nine Months Ended Year Ended 
 September 30, 2019 December 31, 2018  September 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
Beginning gross balance $12,593,795  $12,263,943  $12,633,696  $12,593,795 
Acquisitions  39,901   329,852   36,316,627   39,901 
Ending gross balance $12,633,696  $12,593,795  $48,950,323  $12,633,696 

 

Of the total goodwill, approximately $90,000 is allocated to the Practice Management segment and the balance is allocated to the Healthcare IT segment.

Intangible assets include customer contracts and relationships and covenants not-to-compete acquired in connection with acquisitions, as well as trademarks acquired and software costs. Intangible assets - net as of September 30, 20192020 and December 31, 20182019 consist of the following:

 

 September 30, 2019 December 31, 2018  September 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
Contracts and relationships acquired $23,597,300  $22,741,300  $44,497,300  $23,597,300 
Capitalized software  8,676,756   538,012 
Non-compete agreements  1,236,377   1,236,377   1,236,377   1,236,377 
Other intangible assets  1,852,852   1,477,059   3,565,709   1,489,458 
Total intangible assets  26,686,529   25,454,736   57,976,142   26,861,147 
Less: Accumulated amortization  20,521,256   18,820,733   26,856,566   20,883,922 
Intangible assets - net $6,165,273  $6,634,003  $31,119,576  $5,977,225 

 

Amortization expense was approximately $1.7$6.0 million and $1.5$1.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018respectively, and approximately $577,000$2.8 million and $633,000$577,000 for the three months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively. The weighted-average amortization period is currently sevenapproximately 4 years.

 

As of September 30, 2019,2020, future amortization scheduled to be expensed is as follows:

 

Years ending      
December 31   
2019 (three months) $387,892 
2020  1,380,325 
December 31,   
2020 (three months) $3,156,706 
2021  1,235,554   10,499,111 
2022  872,973   8,318,376 
2023  338,529   6,227,670 
2024  1,267,713 
Thereafter  1,950,000   1,650,000 
Total $6,165,273  $31,119,576 

 

5.NET LOss per COMMON share14

5. NET LOss per COMMON share

 

The following table reconciles the weighted-average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018:2019:

 

 Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 September 30,  September 30,  September 30,  September 30, 
 2019 2018 2019 2018  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Basic and Diluted:                                
Net loss attributable to common shareholders $(1,740,377) $(2,888,667) $(5,786,446) $(4,642,400) $(5,903,398) $(1,740,377) $(19,117,511) $(5,786,446)
Weighted-average common shares used to compute basic and diluted loss per share  12,146,110   11,770,178   12,038,819   11,684,659   12,771,307   12,146,110   12,493,458   12,038,819 
Net loss attributable to common shareholders per share - Basic and Diluted $(0.14) $(0.25) $(0.48) $(0.40) $(0.46) $(0.14) $(1.53) $(0.48)

 

All unvested restricted stock units (“RSUs”), the 200,000 warrants granted to Opus Bank (“Opus”) and, the 153,489 warrants granted to Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), the 2,000,000 warrants granted in connection with the CareCloud acquisition and the 1,850,651 outstanding warrants granted in connection with the Meridian acquisition have been excluded from the above calculations as they were anti-dilutive. Vested RSUs and vested restricted shares have been included in the above calculations.

 

6.Debt

6. Debt

 

SVB— During October 2017, the Company opened a revolving line of credit fromwith SVB under a three-year agreement. The SVB credit facility is a secured revolving line of credit where borrowings are based on a formula of 200% of repeatable revenue adjusted by an annualized attrition rate as defined in the credit agreement. During the third quarter of 2018, the credit line was increased from $5 million to $10 million and the term was extended for an additional year. Nothing was drawn on this line of credit as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2018 or September 30, 2019. Interest on the SVB revolving line of credit is charged at the prime rate plus 1.50%, with a minimum interest rate of 6.5%. There is also a fee of one-half of 1% annually for the unused portion of the credit line. The debt is secured by all of the Company’s domestic assets and 65% of the shares in its offshore facilities. Future acquisitions are subject to approval by SVB.During the current quarter, the agreement with SVB was modified to include Meridian as a borrower. The annual covenants were set for the following year.

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Vehicle Financing Notes — The Company financed certain vehicle purchases both in the United States and in Pakistan. The vehicle financing notes have three to six years terms and were issued at current market rates.

 

Insurance Financing — The Company finances certain insurance purchases over the term of the policy life. The interest rate charged is 4.52%4.0% based on the annual renewal.

 

7.leases

7. leases

 

We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, current operating lease liability and non-current operating lease liability in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Each time the Company acquires a business, the ROU assets and the lease liabilities are recorded at fair value as of the date of acquisition. The Company does not have any finance leases.

 

ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term.

 

We use our estimated incremental borrowing rates, which are derived from information available at the lease commencement date, in determining the present value of lease payments. For leases in existence at the adoption of ASC 842, we used the incremental borrowing rate as of January 1, 2019. We give consideration to our bank financing arrangements, geographical location and collateralization of assets when calculating our incremental borrowing rates.

Our lease terms include options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Leases with a term of less than 12 months are not recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Our lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees. For real estate leases, we account for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. Some leases include escalation clauses and termination options that are factored in the determination of the lease payments when appropriate.

 

If a lease is modified after the effective date, the operating lease ROU asset and liability is re-measured using the current incremental borrowing rate. During the threenine months ended September 30, 2019,2020, a lease impairment of approximately $87,000$683,000 was recorded since the Company is no longer using one of its leased facilities and is currently in the process of subleasing the space. Restructuring charges of approximately $49,000 were recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2019 which represent the remaining lease costs for another leased facility that was closed and the employees were transferred to another Company facility.facilities.

 

We lease all of our facilities and some equipment. Lease expense is included in direct operating costs and general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations based on the nature of the expense. As of September 30, 2019,2020, we had 3238 leased properties, five in Practice Management and 2733 in Healthcare IT, with remaining terms ranging from less than one year to fourfive years. Our lease terms are determined taking into account lease renewal options, the Company’s anticipated operating plans and leases that are on a month-to-month basis. We also have some related party leases – see Note 9.

 

The components of lease expense were as follows:

 

 Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Operating lease cost $572,516  $1,677,137  $1,226,874  $572,516  $2,861,360  $1,677,137 
Short-term lease cost  51,353   189,329   25,068   51,353   35,378   189,329 
Variable lease cost  6,873   25,906   6,816   6,873   22,350   25,906 
Total- net lease cost $630,742  $1,892,372  $1,258,758  $630,742  $2,919,088  $1,892,372 

Short-term lease cost represents leases that were not capitalized as the lease term as of the later of January 1, 20192020 or the beginning of the lease was less than 12 months. Variable lease costs include utilities, real estate taxes and common area maintenance costs.

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

 

  September 30, 2019 
Operating leases:    
Operating lease ROU assets, net $4,261,709 
     
Current operating lease liabilities $1,962,064 
Non-current operating lease liabilities  2,501,112 
Total operating lease liabilities $4,463,176 
     
Operating leases:    
ROU assets, gross $5,760,741 
Asset lease expense  (1,440,066)
Foreign exchange loss  (58,966)
ROU assets, net $4,261,709 
     
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):    
Operating leases  2.55 
Weighted average discount rate:    
Operating leases  7.06%

  September 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
Operating leases:        
Operating lease ROU assets, net $7,529,032  $3,526,315 
         
Current operating lease liabilities $4,636,019  $1,688,772 
Non-current operating lease liabilities  6,642,878   2,040,772 
Total operating lease liabilities $11,278,897  $3,729,544 
         
Operating leases:        
ROU assets $9,688,357  $5,467,749 
Asset lease expense  (2,134,143)  (1,888,443)
Foreign exchange loss  (25,182)  (52,991)
ROU assets, net $7,529,032  $3,526,315 
         
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):        
Operating leases  2.64   2.46 
Weighted average discount rate:        
Operating leases  6.80%  7.05%

Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases was as follows:

 

 Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
      2020  2019  2020  2019 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:                        
Operating cash flows from operating leases $611,249  $1,736,133  $1,416,615  $611,249  $2,859,681  $1,736,133 
                        
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities:                        
Operating leases, net of restructuring, impairment and terminations $(119,052) $1,514,989 
Operating leases, net of impairment and terminations $202,603  $(119,052) $6,466,501  $1,514,989 

Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:

 

Operating leases   
2019 (three months) $642,614 
2020  2,050,239 
Operating leases - Year ending December 31,   
2020 (three months) $1,413,597 
2021  1,407,800   4,965,055 
2022  572,984   3,863,226 
2023  153,330   1,674,095 
2024  4,226   328,222 
2025  58,601 
Total lease payments  4,831,193   12,302,796 
Less: imputed interest  (368,017)  (1,023,899)
Total lease obligations  4,463,176   11,278,897 
Less: current obligations  (1,962,064)  (4,636,019)
Long-term lease obligations $2,501,112  $6,642,878 

 

As of September 30, 2019,2020, we do not have oneany operating lease commitment with a six year termcommitments that commences on January 1, 2020 aggregating approximately $1.2 million.have not yet commenced.

 

Disclosures related to periods prior to adoption of ASC 842:

Operating lease rent expense was approximately $591,0008. Commitments and $1.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Month-to-month leases and cancellable leases are not included in the table below. Certain leases are maintained on a month-to-month basis. This includes leases for the US corporate facility and other locations with the Executive Chairman (see Note 9). As of December 31, 2018, future lease payment obligations under non-cancellable operating leases were as follows:Contingencies

Operating leases   
2019 $932,068 
2020  715,059 
2021  510,927 
2022  412,585 
2023  91,797 
Total $2,662,436 

8.Commitments and Contingencies

 

Legal Proceedings — On April 4, 2017, Randolph Pain Relief and Wellness Center (“RPRWC”) filed an arbitration demand with the American Arbitration Association (the “Arbitration”) seeking to arbitrate claims against MTBC, Inc. (“MTBC”) and MTBC Acquisition Corp. (“MAC”). The claims relate solely to services provided by Millennium Practice Management Associates, Inc. (“MPMA”), a subsidiary of MediGain, LLC, pursuant to a billing services agreement that contains an arbitration provision. MTBC and MAC jointly moved in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Somerset County (the “Chancery Court”) to enjoin the Arbitration on the grounds that neither were a party to the billing services agreement. On May 30, 2018, the Chancery Court denied that motion and MTBC and MAC appealed. The Chancery Court ordered the Arbitration stayed pending the appeal.

 

On April 23, 2019, the Appellate Division reversed the Chancery Court’s ruling that MTBC is required to participate in the Arbitration and remanded the case for further proceedings before the Chancery Court on that issue. The Appellate Division upheld the Chancery Court’s ruling that MAC was required to participate in the Arbitration. Discovery is currently ongoingThe parties completed discovery in the remanded matter.matter, and both MTBC and RPRWC filed cross-motions for summary judgement in their favor. On February 6, 2020, the Chancery Court denied RPRWC’s motion for summary judgment and granted MTBC’s motion for summary judgment, holding that MTBC cannot be compelled to participate in the Arbitration. RPRWC has informed MTBC that it does not intend to appeal the Chancery Court’s ruling and that it intends to move forward solely against MAC in the Arbitration. On March 25, 2020, the Chancery Court lifted the stay of arbitration relative to RPRWC and MAC.

Due to conflicting information provided by RPRWC, it is unclear what the extent of the claimed damages are in this matter which at this time appear to be entirely speculative. According to its arbitration demand, RPRWC seeks compensatory damages of $6.6six million, six hundred thousand dollars, plus costs, for MPMA’s alleged breach of the billing services agreement. RPRWC’s breach of contract and compensatory damages claims have not been the subject of the ongoing court proceedings, which have focused solely on whether RPRWC can compel MTBC and MACOn June 12, 2020, in response to arbitrate its claim. Thus, RPRWC has not yet provided MTBC and MAC with information sufficient to enable them to estimate a range of possible losses that may arisedirective from the Arbitration. ​If MTBC is compelledarbitrator, RPRWC disclosed a statement of damages to arbitrate RPRWC’s claimsMAC in which it plansincreased its alleged damages from six million, six hundred thousand dollars and costs to mounttwenty million dollars and costs. On July 24, 2020, RPRWC disclosed a vigorous defense. Likewise,declaration to MAC, in which RPRWC estimates its damages to be approximately eleven million dollars plus costs. MAC intends to vigorously defend against RPRWC’s claims. If ​RPRWCRPRWC is successful in the Arbitration, MTBC and MAC anticipate the award would be substantially less than the amount claimed.

 

9.Related PARTIES

From time to time, we may become involved in other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. Including the proceedings described above, we are not presently a party to any legal proceedings that, in the opinion of our management, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows of the Company.

9. Related PARTIES

 

The Company had sales to a related party, a physician who is the wife of the Executive Chairman. Revenues from this customer were approximately $14,000$11,000 and $15,000$14,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and 2018,$4,000 and $5,000 and $6,000 for the three months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2019,2020 and December 31, 2018,2019, the receivable balance due from this customer was approximately $2,000$1,000 and $1,600,$2,000, respectively.

 

The Company is a party to a nonexclusive aircraft dry lease agreement with Kashmir Air, Inc. (“KAI”), which is owned by the Executive Chairman. The Company recorded an expense of approximately $86,000$105,000 and $96,000$86,000 for the nine month periods ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019 and $32,000 for both the three months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018.2019. As of both September 30, 20192020 and December 31, 2018,2019, the Company had a liability outstanding to KAI of approximately $1,000, and $11,000, respectively, which is included in accrued liability to related party in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The original aircraft lease expired on March 31, 2019 and was not included in the ROU asset at January 1, 2019 or March 31, 2019. A lease for a different aircraft at the same lease rate was entered into as of April 1, 2019 and has been included in the ROU asset and operating lease liability at December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019.2020.

 

The Company leases its corporate offices in New Jersey, its temporary housing for its foreign visitors, a storageprinting and mailing facility and its backup operations center in Bagh, Pakistan, from the Executive Chairman. The related party rent expense for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 20182019, was approximately $144,000$139,000 and $141,000,$144,000, respectively and for both the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018 was approximately $47,000 and $46,000, respectively and is included in direct operating costs and general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the threenine months ended September 30, 2019,2020, the Company spent a total of approximately $37,000$75,000 to upgrade onetwo of the leased facilities. The Company estimates it will spend approximately an additional $21,000 to upgrade the facility in the following quarter. Current assets-related party in the condensed consolidated balance sheets includes security deposits and prepaid rent related to the leases of the Company’s corporate offices in the amount of approximately $13,000 and $25,000 as of both September 30, 20192020 and December 31, 2018, respectively.2019.

 

Included in the ROU asset at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 is approximately $505,000$350,000 and $566,000, respectively, applicable to the related party leases. Included in the current and non-current operating lease liability at September 30, 20192020 is approximately $281,000$239,000 and $230,000,$121,000, respectively, applicable to the related party leases. At December 31, 2019, the current and non-current operating lease liability applicable to related party leases was approximately $275,000 and $298,000, respectively.

 

10.REVENUE

During the first quarter, talkMD Clinicians, PA, a New Jersey corporation was formed to provide telehealth services. This entity is owned by the wife of the Executive Chairman since an entity providing medical services must be owned by a physician. The Company did not have any transactions with this entity during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

10. REVENUE

 

Introduction

 

The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC 606,Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which was adopted January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method.. All revenue is recognized as our performance obligations are satisfied. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to a customer, and is the unit of account under ASC 606. Under ASC 606, the Company recognizes revenue when the revenue cycle management services begin on the medical billing claims, which is generally upon receipt of the claim from the provider. For revenue cycle management services, the Company estimates the value of the consideration it will earn over the remaining contractual period as our services are provided and recognizes the fees over the term; this estimation involves predicting the amounts our clients will ultimately collect associated with the services they provided. The selling price of the Company’s services equals the contractual price. Certain significant estimates, such as payment-to-charge ratios, effective billing rates and the estimated contractual payment periods are required to measure revenue cycle management revenue under ASC 606.

 

Most of our current contracts with customers contain a single performance obligation. For contracts where we provide multiple services, such as where we perform multiple ancillary services, each service represents its own performance obligation. Selling prices are based on the contractual price for the service, which approximates the stand alone selling price.

 

We apply the portfolio approach as permitted by ASC 606 as a practical expedient to contracts with similar characteristics and we use estimates and assumptions when accounting for those portfolios. Our contracts generally include standard commercial payment terms. We have no significant obligations for refunds, warranties or similar obligations and our revenue does not include taxes collected from our customers.

Disaggregation of Revenue from Contracts with Customers

 

We derive revenue from seveneight primary sources: revenue cycle management services, practice management services,SaaS solutions, professional services, ancillary services, group purchasing services, printing and mailing services, and clearinghouse and EDI (electronic data interchange) services and practice management services.

 

The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30:

 

 Three Months Ended September 30,  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

  Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 2019 2018 2019 2018  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Healthcare IT:                                
Revenue cycle management services $10,808,438  $11,695,675  $32,798,563  $26,954,715  $20,372,558  $10,715,358  $44,927,372  $32,598,825 
SaaS solutions  3,945,309   93,080   11,315,904   199,738 
Professional services  376,189   532,763   1,094,960   717,031   489,093   376,189   1,278,067   1,094,960 
Ancillary services  873,841   530,285   2,303,118   1,092,376   2,414,832   873,841   3,967,438   2,303,118 
Group purchasing services  295,850   477,168   700,963   477,168   283,075   295,850   649,083   700,963 
Printing and mailing services  436,735   335,999   1,186,834   985,522   340,783   436,735   1,093,487   1,186,834 
Clearinghouse and EDI services  146,989   158,214   433,923   493,554   345,407   146,989   926,782   433,923 
Practice Management:                                
Practice management services  3,913,286   3,314,422   10,162,677   3,314,422   3,447,559   3,913,286   8,926,442   10,162,677 
Total $16,851,328  $17,044,526  $48,681,038  $34,034,788  $31,638,616  $16,851,328  $73,084,575  $48,681,038 

 

Revenue cycle management services:

 

Revenue cycle management services are the recurring process of submitting and following up on claims with health insurance companies in order for the healthcare providers to receive payment for the services they rendered. MTBC typically invoices customers on a monthly basis based on the actual collections received by its customers and the agreed-upon rate in the sales contract. The services include medical billing services and are often included with the use of practice management software and related tools (onon a software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) basis),basis, electronic health records (onon a SaaS basis), medical billing servicesbasis, and use of mobile health solutions. We consider the services to be one performance obligation since the promises are not distinct in the context of the contract. The performance obligation consists of a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and have the same periodic pattern of transfer to our customers.

In many cases, our clients may terminate their agreements with 90 days’ notice without cause, thereby limiting the term in which we have enforceable rights and obligations, although this time period can vary between clients. Our payment terms are normally net 30 days. Although our contracts typically have stated terms of one or more years, under ASC 606 our contracts are considered month-to-month and accordingly, there is no financing component.

 

For the majority of our revenue cycle management contracts, the total transaction price is variable because our obligation is to process an unknown quantity of claims, as and when requested by our customers over the contract period. When a contract includes variable consideration, we evaluate the estimate of the variable consideration to determine whether the estimate needs to be constrained; therefore, we include variable consideration in the transaction price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal of the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with variable consideration is subsequently resolved. Estimates to determine variable consideration such as payment to charge ratios, effective billing rates, and the estimated contractual payment periods are updated at each reporting date. Revenue is recognized over the performance period using the input method.

 

OtherSaaS Solutions:

Some of the Company’s SaaS solutions were initially developed by CareCloud and Meridian, both of which were acquired during 2020.

The Company’s SaaS solutions which were initially developed and sold by CareCloud include Central, Complete and Breeze. Central is a SaaS subscription service for healthcare practice management. Complete is a SaaS subscription service that combines healthcare practice management with electronic health records. Breeze is a SaaS subscription service providing patient registration and intake solutions.

The Company’s SaaS solutions which were initially developed and sold by Meridian include VertexDr, Precision BI and Microbots. VertexDr is one of the only fully-integrated electronic medical record and practice management systems encompassing appointment scheduling, practice management, electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS), customizable electronic health records, mobile functionality, and automation. Precision BI provides powerful insight into both clinical and financial performance so healthcare providers can optimize revenue, streams:increase productivity and improve patient care. RPA is an industry term for software tools that help automate routine tasks to make them more reliable and efficient. Meridian’s RPA solution, Microbots, are digital assistants that replace mundane, repetitive processes, allowing organizations scalability and increased production in a HIPAA compliant environment.

Under the Company’s SaaS solutions, the Company derives revenue primarily from recurring business subscription fees. The Company typically invoices customers on a monthly basis based on an agreed-upon rate in the sales contract. The Company considers all these services to be one performance obligation since the promises are not distinct in the context of the contract. The performance obligation consists of a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and have the same periodic pattern of transfer to customers. Recurring business subscription fees may also include amounts charged to the customer for patient statements and for other services for which reimbursement is based on a fixed fee per patient visit and recognized as revenue as the related services are performed.

Payment terms for the above SaaS solutions are normally between seven and thirty days. Although the contracts typically have stated terms of one or more years, under ASC 606, contracts are considered month-to-month and accordingly, there is no financing component.

Professional services:

These services include training, implementation, data conversion, data migration and ongoing support.

For all of the above revenue streams, revenue is recognized over time, which is typically one month or less, which closely matches the point in time that the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the Company. Each service is substantially the same and has the same periodic pattern of transfer to the customer. Each of the services provided above is considered a separate performance obligation.

 

MTBC also provides implementation and professional services to certain customers and records revenue monthly on a time and materials or a fixed rate basis. The performance obligation is satisfied over time as the implementation or professional services are rendered.

Other revenue streams:

 

Ancillary services represent services such as coding, credentialing and transcription that are rendered in connection with the delivery of revenue cycle management and related medical services. The Company invoices customers monthly, based on the actual amount of services performed at the agreed upon rate in the contract. These services are only offered to revenue cycle management customers. These services do not represent a material right because the services are optional to the customer and customers electing these services are charged the same price for those services as if they were on a standalone basis. Each individual coding, credentialing or transcription transaction processed represents a performance obligation, which is satisfied over time as that individual service is rendered.

 

The Company provides group purchasing services which enable medical providers to purchase various vaccines directly from selected pharmaceutical companies at a discounted price. Currently, there are approximately 4,000 medical providers who are members of the program. Revenue is recognized as the vaccine shipments are made to the medical providers. Referral fees from the pharmaceutical companies are paid to MTBC either quarterly or annually and the Company adjusts its revenue accrual at the time of payment. The Company makes significant judgments regarding the variable consideration which we expect to be entitled to for the group purchasing services which includes the anticipated shipments to the members enrolled in the program, anticipated volumes of purchases made by the members and the changes in the number of members. The amounts recorded are constrained by estimates of decreases in shipments and loss of members to avoid a significant revenue reversal in the subsequent period. The only performance obligation is to provide the pharmaceutical companies with the medical providers who want to become members in order to purchase vaccines. The performance obligation is satisfied once the medical provider agrees to purchase a specific quantity of vaccines and the medical provider’s information is forwarded to the vaccine suppliers. The Company records a contract asset for revenue earned and not paid as the ultimate payment is conditioned on achieving certain volume thresholds.

 

The Company provides printing and mailing services for both revenue cycle management customers and a non- revenuelarge non-revenue cycle management customer, and invoices on a monthly basis based on the number of prints, the agreed-upon rate per print and the postage incurred. The performance obligation is satisfied once the printing and mailing is completed.

 

The medical billing clearinghouse service takes claim information from customers, checks the claims for errors and sends this information electronically to insurance companies. MTBC invoices customers on a monthly basis based on the number of claims submitted and the agreed-upon rate in the agreement. This service is provided to medical practices and providers to medical practices who are not revenue cycle management customers. The performance obligation is satisfied once the relevant submissions are completed.

 

For all of the above revenue streams other than group purchasing services, revenue is recognized over time, which is typically one month or less, which closely matches the point in time that the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the Company. For the group purchasing services, revenue is recognized at a point in time. Other than the group purchasing services, each of the Company’s services are substantially the same and have the same periodic pattern of transfer to the customer. Each service provided by the Company is considered a separate performance obligation.

 

Practice management services:

 

The Company also provides practice management services under long-term management service agreements to three medical practices. We provide the medical practices with the nurses, administrative support, facilities, supplies, equipment, marketing, RCM, accounting, and other non-clinical services needed to efficiently operate their practices. Revenue is recognized as the services are provided to the medical practices. Revenue recorded in the consolidated statements of operations represents the reimbursement of costs paid by the Company for the practices and the management fee earned each month for managing the practice. The management fee is based on either a fixed fee or a percentage of the net operating income.

 

The Company assumes all financial risk for the performance of the managed medical practices. Revenue is impacted by amount of the costs incurred by the practices and their operating income. The gross billing of the practices is impacted by billing rates, changes in current procedural terminology code reimbursement and collection trends which in turn impacts the management fee that the Company is entitled to. Billing rates are reviewed at least annually and adjusted based on current insurer reimbursement practices. The performance obligation is satisfied as the management services are provided.

 

Our contracts for practice management services have approximately an additional 20 years remaining and are only cancellable under very limited circumstances. The Company receives a management fee each month for managing the day-to-day business operations of each medical group as a fixed fee or a percentage payment of the net operating income which is included in revenue in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The Company also provides accounting services and a practice manager to one additional medical practice for which it receives monthly fees.

Our practice management services obligations consist of a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and have the same periodic pattern of transfer to our customers. Revenue is recognized over time,time; however, for reporting and convenience purposes, the management fee is computed at each month end.

 

Information about contract balances:

 

The contract assetassets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets representsrepresent the revenue associated with the amounts we estimate our revenue cycle management clients will ultimately collect associated with the services they have provided and the relative fee we charge associated with those collections, together with amounts related to the group purchasing services. As of September 30, 2019,2020, the estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to the remaining revenue cycle management performance obligations outstanding was approximately $2.0$3.5 million. We expect to recognize substantially all of the revenue for the remaining performance obligations over the next three months. Approximately $700,000$600,000 of the contract asset represents revenue earned, not paid, from the group purchasing services.

 

Accounts receivable are shown separately at their net realizable value in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Amounts that we are entitled to collect under the applicable contract are recorded as accounts receivable. Invoicing is performed at the end of each month when the services have been provided. The contract asset results from our revenue cycle management services and is due to the timing of revenue recognition, submission of claims from our customers and payments from the insurance providers. The contract asset includes our right to payment for services already transferred to a customer when the right to payment is conditional on something other than the passage of time. For example, contracts for revenue cycle management services where we recognize revenue over time but do not have a contractual right to payment until the customer receives payment of their claim from the insurance provider. The contract asset also includes the revenue accrued, not received, for the group purchasing services.

The contract asset was approximately $2.7$4.1 million and $2.5$2.7 million as of September 30, 20192020 and September 30, 2018,2019, respectively. Changes in the contract asset are recorded as adjustments to net revenue. The changes primarily result from providing services to revenue cycle management customers that result in additional consideration and are offset by our right to payment for services becoming unconditional and changes in the revenue accrued for the group purchasing services. The contract asset for our group purchasing services is reduced when we receive payments from vaccine manufacturers and is increased for revenue earned, not received. Deferred revenue represents sign-up fees received from customers that are amortized over three years. The opening and closing balances of the Company’s accounts receivable, contract asset and deferred revenue are as follows for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018:2019:

 

  Accounts Receivable, Net  Contract Asset  Deferred Revenue (current)  Deferred Revenue (long term) 
Balance as of January 1, 2019 $7,331,474  $2,608,631  $25,355  $18,949 
ETM acquisition  -   139,169   -   - 
Increase (decrease), net  568,604   (51,607)  (8,916)  (2,641)
Balance as of September 30, 2019 $7,900,078  $2,696,193  $16,439  $16,308 
Balance as of January 1, 2018 $3,879,463  $1,342,692  $62,104  $28,615 
Orion acquisition  5,727,618   673,317   -   - 
(Decrease) increase, net  (1,163,224)  464,470   (31,890)  (8,983)
Balance as of September 30, 2018 $8,443,857  $2,480,479  $30,214  $19,632 

  Accounts Receivable, Net  Contract Asset  Deferred Revenue (current)  Deferred Revenue (long term) 
Balance as of January 1, 2020 $6,995,343  $2,385,334  $20,277  $18,745 
CareCloud acquisition  2,298,716   537,722   -   269,250 
Meridian acquisition  3,557,926   881,111   907,077   - 
Increase (decrease), net  913,316   274,149   287,807   (127,988)
Balance as of September 30, 2020 $13,765,301  $4,078,316  $1,215,161  $160,007 
                 
Balance as of January 1, 2019 $7,331,474  $2,608,631  $25,355  $18,949 
Etransmedia acquisition  -   139,169   -   - 
Increase (decrease), net  568,604   (51,607)  (8,916)  (2,641)
Balance as of September 30, 2019 $7,900,078  $2,696,193  $16,439  $16,308 

 

Deferred commissions:

 

Our sales incentive plans include commissions payable to employees and third parties at the time of initial contract execution that are capitalized as incremental costs to obtain a contract. The capitalized commissions are amortized over the period the related services are transferred. As we do not offer commissions on contract renewals, we have determined the amortization period to be the estimated client life which is three years.years for contracts entered into by MTBC and four years for contracts entered into by CareCloud. Deferred commissions were approximately $44,000$870,000 and $108,000$44,000 at September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively, and are included in the other assets amounts in the condensed consolidated balancesheets.

 

11.STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

11. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

In April 2014, the Company adopted itsthe Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”“2014 Plan”), reserving 1,351,000 shares of common stock for grants to employees, officers, directors and consultants. During April 2017, the 2014 Plan was amended and restated whereby an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock and 100,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were added to the plan for future issuance. The 2014 Plan was amended and restated on April 14, 2017 (the “Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan”). During June 2018, the Company’s shareholders approved the additionan additional 200,000 of 200,000 preferred shares were added to the Planplan for future grants. As of September 30, 2019, 398,404issuance. In May 2020, an additional 2,000,000 shares of common stock and 138,400300,000 shares of Series APreferred Stock were added to the plan for future issuance. As of September 30, 2020, 1,706,283 shares of common stock and 374,881 shares of Preferred Stock are available for grant under the Plan.grant. Permissible awards include incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, RSUs, performance stock and cash-settled awards and other stock-based awards in the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors including unrestricted stock grants.

 

The common stock equity-based RSUs contain a common provision in which the units shall immediately vest and become converted into common shares at the rate of one share per RSU, immediately after a change in control, as defined in the award agreement. The preferred stock RSUs contain a similar provision, which vest and convert to Series A Preferred Stock upon a change in control.

 

Common and preferred stock RSUs

 

In February 2019,January 2020, the Compensation Committee approved executive bonuses to be paid in shares of Series A Preferred Stock, with the number of shares and the amount based on specified criteria being achieved during the year 2019.2020. The actual amount will be settled in early 20202021 based on the achievement of the specified criteria. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019,2020, an expense of approximately $301,000 and $904,000, respectively,$900,000, was recorded for these bonuses based on the value of the shares at the grant date and recognized over the service period. The portion of the stock compensation expense to be used for the payment of withholding and payroll taxes is included in accrued compensation in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The balance of the stock compensation expense has been recorded as additional paid-in capital.

The following table summarizes the RSU transactions related to the common and preferred stock under the Equity Incentive Plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

 Common Stock  Preferred Stock 
Outstanding and unvested shares at January 1, 2020  451,085   44,000 
Granted  777,884   59,673 
Vested  (667,436)  (59,673)
Forfeited  (82,428)  - 
Outstanding and unvested shares at September 30, 2020  479,105   44,000 
 Common Stock Preferred Stock         
Outstanding and unvested shares at January 1, 2019  929,347   44,800   929,347   44,800 
Granted  176,000   44,000   176,000   44,000 
Vested  (581,065)  (44,800)  (581,065)  (44,800)
Forfeited  (26,614)  -   (26,614)  - 
Outstanding and unvested shares at September 30, 2019  497,668   44,000   497,668   44,000 

 

Of the total outstanding and unvested common stock RSUs at September 30, 2019, 464,3352020, 465,605 RSUs are classified as equity and 33,33313,500 RSUs are classified as a liability. All of the preferred stock RSUs are classified as equity.

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

The Company recognizes compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the total requisite service period for the entire award. For stock awards classified as equity, the market price of our common stock or preferred stock on the date of grant is used in recording the fair value of the award and includes the related taxes. For stock awards classified as a liability, the earned amount is marked to market based on the end of period common stock price. The liability for the cash-settled awards was approximately $550,000 $766,000 and $118,000$741,000 at September 30, 20192020 and December 31, 2018,2019, respectively, and is included in accrued compensation in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

The following table summarizes the components of share-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018:2019:

 

Stock-based compensation included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations: Three Months Ended 
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
Stock-based compensation included in the Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
consolidated statements of operations: 2020  2019  2020  2019 
 2019 2018 2019 2018             
Direct operating costs $49,590  $39,703  $146,448  $49,562  $379,314  $49,590  $808,469  $146,448 
General and administrative  693,138   935,159   2,100,609   1,457,759   818,666   693,138   2,887,434   2,100,609 
Research and development  9,044   8,208   18,878   13,152   262,281   9,044   516,398   18,878 
Selling and marketing  22,839   3,209   58,864   3,209   302,731   22,839   738,700   58,864 
Total stock-based compensation expense $774,611  $986,279  $2,324,799  $1,523,682  $1,762,992  $774,611  $4,951,001  $2,324,799 

 

12.INCOME TAXES

12. INCOME TAXES

The income tax expenseprovision for the three months ended September 30, 20192020 was approximately $87,000,$62,000, comprised of a current tax expense of $37,000$55,000 and a deferred tax expense of $50,000.$7,000. The current and deferred income tax provisionsexpense for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 were2020 was approximately $67,000$18,000, comprised of a current tax expense of $111,000 and $35,000, respectively.a deferred tax benefit of $93,000.

 

The current income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 20182019 primarily relates to state minimum taxes and foreign income taxes. The deferred tax provision (benefit) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 20182019 relates to the book and tax difference of amortization on indefinite-lived intangibles, primarily goodwill. To the extent allowable, the federal tax provision has been offset by the indefinite life net operating loss.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law. Several new corporate tax provisions were included in the CARES Act, including, but not limited to, the following: increasing the limitation threshold for determining deductible interest expense, class life changes to qualified improvements (in general - from 39 years to 15 years), and the ability to carry back net operating losses incurred from tax years 2018 through 2020 up to the five preceding tax years. The Company has evaluated the income tax provisions of the CARES Act and determined the impact to be either immaterial or not applicable. Under the CARES Act, the Company took advantage of the payroll tax deferral provision. As of September 30, 2020, the Company has deferred approximately $1.3 million of payroll taxes.

 

Although theThe Company is forecasting a return to profitability, it has incurred cumulative losses which make realization of a deferred tax asset difficult to support in accordance with ASC 740. Accordingly, a valuation allowance has been recorded against the Federal and state deferred tax assets as of September 30, 20192020 and December 31, 2018.2019.

 

13.FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

13. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

As of September 30, 2019,2020, and December 31, 2018,2019, the carrying amounts of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximated their estimated fair values because of the short termshort-term nature of these financial instruments.

 

Fair value measurements-Level 2

 

Our notes payable are carried at cost and approximate fair value since the interest rates being charged approximate market rates. As a result, the Company categorizes these borrowings as levelLevel 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

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Contingent Consideration

The Company’s contingent consideration of approximately $526,000 $500,000 as of December 31, 2018September 30, 2020 is a Level 3 liability. During the third quarter, the Company determined that $500,000 of contingent consideration previously recorded would not be earned by the seller and was reversed. The Company based this amount on a review of current revenue levels, including potential revenue from existing customers, the amount of customer backlog and an estimate of new customer activity. The remaining fair value of the contingent consideration at December 31, 2018September 30, 2020 was primarily driven by changes in revenue estimates related to the Company’s acquisitions, during 2015 and 2016, the passage of time and the associated discount rate. Due to the number of factors used to determine contingent consideration, it is not possible to determine a range of outcomes.

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for the contingent consideration measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):

 

 Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using Significant Unobservable Inputs, Level 3  Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using Significant Unobservable Inputs, Level 3 
 Nine Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
 2019 2018  2020  2019 
Balance - January 1, $526,432  $603,411  $-  $526,432 
Acquisition  1,000,000   - 
Change in fair value  (343,768)  68,253   (500,000)  (343,768)
Payments  (182,664)  (111,495)  -   (182,664)
Balance - September 30, $-  $560,169  $500,000  $- 

14. SEGMENT REPORTING

As of September 30, 2019, all contingent consideration liabilities were settled. The change in fair value for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 represents the favorable settlement of the contingent consideration liabilities.

14.SEGMENT REPORTING

 

Both our Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman serve as the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), organize the Company, manage resource allocations and measure performance among two operating and reportable segments: (i) Healthcare IT and (ii) Practice Management.

 

The Healthcare IT segment includes revenue cycle management, SaaS solutions and other services. The Practice Management segment includes the management of three medical practices and starting April 1, 2019, certain practice management services are being provided to a fourth practice.practices. Each segment is considered a reporting unit. The CODM evaluates financial performance of the business units on the basis of revenue and direct operating costs excluding unallocated amounts, which are mainly corporate overhead costs. Our CODM does not evaluate operating segments using asset or liability information. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20182019 filed with the SEC on March 20, 2019.February 28, 2020. The following tables present revenues, operating expenses and operating (loss) income (loss) by reportable segment:

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 
  Healthcare IT  Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate Expenses  Total 
Net revenue $38,518,361  $10,162,677  $-  $48,681,038 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  23,912,120   7,867,444   -   31,779,564 
Selling and marketing  1,065,750   25,774   -   1,091,524 
General and administrative  8,549,122   1,504,506   3,704,177   13,757,805 
Research and development  648,822   -   -   648,822 
Change in contingent consideration  (343,768)  -   -   (343,768)
Depreciation and amortization  2,170,204   236,907   -   2,407,111 
Restructuring and impairment charges  136,332   -   -   136,332 
Total operating expenses  36,138,582   9,634,631   3,704,177   49,477,390 
Operating income (loss) $2,379,779  $528,046  $(3,704,177) $(796,352)

 

 Three Months Ended September 30, 2019  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 
 Healthcare IT  Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate Expenses  Total  Healthcare IT  Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate
Expenses
  Total 
Net revenue $12,938,042  $3,913,286  $-  $16,851,328  $64,158,133  $8,926,442  $-  $73,084,575 
Operating expenses:                                
Direct operating costs  7,508,208   3,027,421   -   10,535,629   39,073,783   6,768,005   -   45,841,788 
Selling and marketing  339,603   7,965   -   347,568   4,752,713   25,105   -   4,777,818 
General and administrative  2,791,573   548,746   1,111,656   4,451,975   11,067,480   1,492,865   4,616,248   17,176,593 
Research and development  175,758   -   -   175,758   6,846,014   -   -   6,846,014 
Change in contingent consideration  (279,565)  -   -   (279,565)  (500,000)  -   -   (500,000)
Depreciation and amortization  735,133   79,077   -   814,210   6,705,215   238,490   -   6,943,705 
Restructuring and impairment charges  136,332   -   -   136,332 
Impairment and unoccupied lease charges  681,400   -   -   681,400 
Total operating expenses  11,407,042   3,663,209   1,111,656   16,181,907   68,626,605   8,524,465   4,616,248   81,767,318 
Operating income (loss) $1,531,000  $250,077  $(1,111,656) $669,421 
Operating (loss) income $(4,468,472) $401,977  $(4,616,248) $(8,682,743)

  Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 
  Healthcare IT  Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate
Expenses
  Total 
Net revenue $28,191,057  $3,447,559  $-  $31,638,616 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  17,147,137   2,571,244   -   19,718,381 
Selling and marketing  1,563,255   8,168   -   1,571,423 
General and administrative  4,173,350   468,172   1,549,486   6,191,008 
Research and development  2,366,560   -   -   2,366,560 
Change in contingent consideration  (500,000)  -   -   (500,000)
Depreciation and amortization  3,126,508   79,497   -   3,206,005 
Impairment and unoccupied lease charges  320,575   -   -   320,575 
Total operating expenses  28,197,385   3,127,081   1,549,486   32,873,952 
Operating (loss) income $(6,328) $320,478  $(1,549,486) $(1,235,336)

 

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  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 
  Healthcare IT  Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate Expenses  Total 
Net revenue $30,720,367  $3,314,421  $-  $34,034,788 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  18,303,270   2,638,265   -   20,941,535 
Selling and marketing  1,159,943   9,640   -   1,169,583 
General and administrative  6,591,165   552,514   3,642,555   10,786,234 
Research and development  768,517   -   -   768,517 
Change in contingent consideration  68,253   -   -   68,253 
Depreciation and amortization  1,890,809   81,756   -   1,972,565 
Total operating expenses  28,781,957   3,282,175   3,642,555   35,706,687 
Operating income (loss) $1,938,410  $32,246  $(3,642,555) $(1,671,899)

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 
  Healthcare IT  Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate
Expenses
  Total 
Net revenue $38,518,361  $10,162,677  $-  $48,681,038 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  23,912,120   7,867,444   -   31,779,564 
Selling and marketing  1,065,750   25,774   -   1,091,524 
General and administrative  8,549,122   1,504,506   3,704,177   13,757,805 
Research and development  648,822   -   -   648,822 
Change in contingent consideration  (343,768)  -   -   (343,768)
Depreciation and amortization  2,170,204   236,907   -   2,407,111 
Restructuring and impairment charges  136,332   -   -   136,332 
Total operating expenses  36,138,582   9,634,631   3,704,177   49,477,390 
Operating income (loss) $2,379,779  $528,046  $(3,704,177) $(796,352)

 

  Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 
  Healthcare IT  Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate Expenses  Total 
Net revenue $13,730,105  $3,314,421  $-  $17,044,526 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  9,485,642   2,638,265   -   12,123,907 
Selling and marketing  451,872   9,640   -   461,512 
General and administrative  2,730,595   552,514   1,848,186   5,131,295 
Research and development  263,717   -   -   263,717 
Change in contingent consideration  25,473   -   -   25,473 
Depreciation and amortization  740,342   81,756   -   822,098 
Total operating expenses  13,697,641   3,282,175   1,848,186   18,828,002 
Operating income (loss) $32,464  $32,246  $(1,848,186) $(1,783,476)

  Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 
  Healthcare IT  Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate
Expenses
  Total 
Net revenue $12,938,042  $3,913,286  $-  $16,851,328 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  7,508,208   3,027,421   -   10,535,629 
Selling and marketing  339,603   7,965   -   347,568 
General and administrative  2,791,573   548,746   1,111,656   4,451,975 
Research and development  175,758   -   -   175,758 
Change in contingent consideration  (279,565)  -   -   (279,565)
Depreciation and amortization  735,133   79,077   -   814,210 
Restructuring and impairment charges  136,332   -   -   136,332 
Total operating expenses  11,407,042   3,663,209   1,111,656   16,181,907 
Operating income (loss) $1,531,000  $250,077  $(1,111,656) $669,421 

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following is a discussion of our condensed consolidated financial condition and results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, and other factors that are expected to affect our prospective financial condition. The following discussion and analysis should be read together with our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes beginning on page 43 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Some of the statements set forth in this section are forward-looking statements relating to our future results of operations. Our actual results may vary from the results anticipated by these statements. Please see “Forward-Looking Statements” on page 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

COVID-19 Pandemic

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China. Since then, SARS-CoV-2, and the resulting disease COVID-19, has spread to most countries, and all 50 states within the United States. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Further, the President of the United States declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, invoking powers under the Stafford Act, the legislation that directs federal emergency disaster response, and under the Defense Production Act, the legislation that facilitates the production of goods and services necessary for national security and for other purposes. Numerous governmental jurisdictions, including the State of New Jersey where we maintain our principal executive offices, and those in which many of our U.S. and international offices are based, have imposed, and others in the future may impose, “shelter-in-place” orders, quarantines, executive orders and similar government orders and restrictions for their residents to control the spread of COVID-19. Most states and the federal government, including the State of New Jersey, together with foreign jurisdictions in which we have operations centers, have declared a state of emergency related to the spread of COVID-19.

While the COVID-19 pandemic did not materially adversely affect the Company’s consolidated financial results and operations in the Company’s three quarters ended September 30, 2020, economic and health conditions in the United States and across most of the globe have changed rapidly since the end of the quarter. The Company has expanded its telehealth operations, which is an alternative to office visits. However, not all physicians are using telehealth and not to the same extent as previous office visits.

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the Company’s operations in the third quarter, and may continue to do so indefinitely thereafter. The pandemic may have an impact on the Company’s business, operations, and financial results and conditions, directly and indirectly, including, without limitation, impacts on the health of the Company’s management and employees, its operations, marketing and sales activities, and on the overall economy. The spread of the virus did not adversely affect the health and availability of our employees and staff. The scope and nature of these impacts, most of which are beyond the Company’s control, continue to evolve and the outcomes are uncertain.

Due to the above circumstances and as described generally in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company’s consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months period ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year. The Company is not aware of any certain event or circumstance that would require an update to its estimates or judgements or a revision of the carrying value of its assets or liabilities as of the date of issuance of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These estimates could change in the future as new information about future developments is obtained. Management cannot predict the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s consolidated operations nor on economic conditions generally, including the effects on patient visits. The ultimate extent of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company is highly uncertain and will depend on highly unpredictable factors such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the severity of the disease, the duration of outbreak, and the effectiveness of any further developments globally and nationally. The Company will actively monitor the situation and take further action that is in the best interest of our employees, customers, partners, and stockholders. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” below for additional details.

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Overview

 

MTBC, Inc., (formerly Medical Transcription Billing, Corp.)(and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, (“MTBC”“MTBC” or the “Company”), is a healthcare information technology company that provides a suite of proprietary web-basedcloud-based electronic health records and practice management solutions, andtogether with related business services, to healthcare providers. Our integrated Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) platformplatforms and business services are designed to help our clientscustomers increase revenues, streamline workflows and make better business and clinical decisions, while reducing administrative burdens and operating costs. The Company’s services include full-scale revenue cycle management, comprehensive practice management services, electronic health records, and other technology-driven services for private and hospital-employed healthcare providers. These solutions and services include:

 

Healthcare IT:

 

 Revenue cycle management (“RCM”) services;services, which include end-to-end medical billing, eligibility, analytics, and related services, all of which can often be provided either with our technology platform or through a third-party system;

 Proprietary, healthcare IT solutions, which are part ofoften bundled with our RCM services, including:

 

 oElectronic health records (“EHR”), which are easy to use, integrated with our business services, and allow our healthcare provider clients to reduce paperwork;
 oPractice management (“PM”) software and related tools, which support our clients’ day-to-day business operations and workflows;
 oMobile Health (“mHealth”) solutions, including smartphone applications that assist patients and healthcare providers in the provision of healthcare services;
 oTelehealth solutions, which allow healthcare providers to conduct remote patient visits;
oHealthcare claims clearinghouse, which enables our clients to electronically scrub and submit claims to, and process payments from, insurance companies; and
 oBusiness intelligence, customized applications, interfaces and a variety of other technology solutions that support our healthcare clients.

 

 Group purchasing services.services which include our negotiation of discounts with pharmaceutical manufacturers and the extension of those discounts to our physician members.

 

Practice Management:Management Services:

 

 Comprehensive practice management services.services, which are offered under long-term management service agreements pursuant to which we provide certain practices with the administrative support, facilities, supplies, equipment, marketing, RCM, accounting, healthcare IT and other non-clinical services required to efficiently operate their practices.

 

We are able to deliver our industry-leading solutions at very competitive prices because we leverage a combination of our proprietary software, which automates our workflows and increases efficiency, together with our team of approximately 600 experienced health industry experts throughout the United States, whoStates. These experts are supported by our highly educated and specialized offshore workforce of approximately 2,200 2,900 team members at labor costs that we believe are approximately one-tenth the cost of comparable U.S. employees. Our unique business model has also allowed us to become a leading consolidator in our industry sector, in which we have gainedgaining us a reputation for being able to acquireacquiring and transformpositively transforming distressed competitors into profitable operations of MTBC.

 

During April 2019, the Company acquired substantially all of the revenue cycle management and practice management business of Etransmedia Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries (together “ETM”). The Company paid $1.6 million in cash for the acquisition.

During July 2018, the Company acquired substantially all of the revenue cycle management, practice management and group purchasing assets of Orion Healthcorp, Inc. and 13 of its affiliates (together, “Orion”). The Company paid $12.6 million in cash for the acquisition. This acquisition expanded the scope of our offerings to include additional niche hospital solutions, a service that negotiates vaccine discounts with pharmaceutical manufacturers and then extends those vaccine discounts to physician members, and a service that provides end-to-end practice management services to physician practices under multi-decade management service agreements.

Adoption of our RCM solutions typically requires little or no upfront expenditure by a practice.client. Additionally, for most of our solutions and customers, our financial performance is linked directly to the financial performance of our clients, becauseas the vast majority of our revenues are based on a percentage of our clients’ collections. The standard feefees we charge for our complete, integrated, end-to-end solution isare very competitive and among the lowest in the industry. We estimate that we currently provide services to more than 11,000 40,000 providers, (which we define as physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other clinical staff that render bills for their services) practicing in approximately 1,8002,700 independent medical practices and hospitals representing 86 specialties and subspecialties in 50 states. In addition, we serve approximately 200 clients which are not medical practices, but are primarily service organizations who serve the healthcare community. The foregoing numbers include clients leveraging any of our products or services, and are based, in part, upon estimates where the precise number of practices or providers is unknown.

We service clients ranging from small practices, consisting of one to ten providers, to community hospitals. The customer which generates the largest revenue for us has over 2,000 providers of physical, occupational and speech therapy services to patients in multiple states.

 

In April 2019, the Company acquired substantially all of the RCM business of Etransmedia Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries (together “Etransmedia”) through MTBC’s wholly owned subsidiary MTBC-Med, Inc. The Etransmedia acquisition added additional clients to the Company’s customer base and, similar to previous acquisitions, broadened the Company’s presence in the healthcare information technology industry through geographic expansion of its customer base and by increasing available customer relationship resources and specialized trained staff. The Company paid $1.6 million in cash for the acquisition.

On January 8, 2020, through a merger with a subsidiary, the Company acquired CareCloud Corporation (“CareCloud”), which has developed a highly acclaimed cloud-based platform including EHR, PM and patient experience capabilities. The Company paid $11.9 million in cash, assumed a working capital deficiency of approximately $5.1 million and issued 760,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and two million warrants for the purchase of the Company’s common stock at prices of $7.50 for two years and $10.00 per share for three years.

On June 16, 2020, the Company purchased all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Meridian Billing Management Co. and its affiliate Origin Holdings, Inc. (collectively “Meridian” and sometimes referred to as “Meridian Medical Management”), a former GE Healthcare IT company that delivers advanced healthcare information technology solutions and services. The Company paid $15 million in cash, issued 200,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase 2,250,000 of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price per share of $7.50 for two years and assumed Meridian’s negative working capital and certain long-term lease liabilities where the space is either not being utilized or will be vacated shortly, with an aggregate value of approximately $4.8 million.

Our offshore operations in Pakistan and Sri Lanka accounted for approximately 14% 10% and 24%14% of total expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively. A significant portion of those foreign expenses were personnel-related costs (approximately 78% 80% and 79%78% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018)respectively). Because personnel-related costs are significantly lower in Pakistan and Sri Lanka than in the U.S. and many other offshore locations, we believe our offshore operations give us a competitive advantage over many industry participants. We are able to achieve significant cost reductions as leverage technology to reduce manual work and strategically transition a portion of the remaining manual tasks to our highly-specialized, cost-efficient team in the U.S., Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

 

Key Performance Measures

 

We consider numerous factors in assessing our performance. Key performance measures used by management, including adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share, are non-GAAP financial measures, which we believe better enable management and investors to analyze and compare the underlying business results from period to period.

 

These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Moreover, these non-GAAP financial measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all the items associated with the operations of our business as determined in accordance with GAAP. We compensate for these limitations by analyzing current and future results on a GAAP basis as well as a non-GAAP basis, and we provide reconciliations from the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to the non-GAAP financial measures. Our non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures differently than we do, limiting the usefulness of those measures for comparative purposes.

Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share provide an alternative view of performance used by management and we believe that an investor’s understanding of our performance is enhanced by disclosing these adjusted performance measures.

 

Adjusted EBITDA excludes the following elements which are included in GAAP net income (loss):

 

 Income tax expense (benefit) expense or the cash requirements to pay our taxes;
 Interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest on principal payments, on our debt;
 Foreign currency gains and losses and other non-operating expenditures;
 Stock-based compensation expense includes cash-settled awards and the related taxes, based on changes in the stock price;
 Depreciation and amortization charges;
 Integration costs, such as severance amounts paid to employees from acquired businesses, transaction costs, such as brokerage fees, pre-acquisition accounting costs and legal fees and exit costs related to contractual agreements;
 Restructuring, impairmentand impairmentunoccupied lease charges; and
 Changes in contingent consideration.

Set forth below is a presentation of our adjusted EBITDA for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018:2019:

 

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
 2019 2018 2019 2018  2020  2019  2020  2019 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
Net revenue $16,851  $17,045  $48,681  $34,035  $31,639  $16,851  $73,085  $48,681 
                                
GAAP net loss  (138)  (1,832)  (1,204)  (1,562)  (1,674)  (138)  (8,968)  (1,204)
                                
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  87   (250)  102   (152)
Provision for income taxes  61   87   18   102 
Net interest expense  32   80   82   193   130   32   352   82 
Foreign exchange loss (gain) / other expense  704   227   408   (105)  296   704   (17)  408 
Stock-based compensation expense  775   987   2,325   1,524   1,763   775   4,951   2,325 
Depreciation and amortization  814   822   2,407   1,973   3,206   814   6,944   2,407 
Transaction and integration costs  464   806   1,403   1,457   609   464   1,709   1,403 
Restructuring and impairment charges  136   -   136   - 
Restructuring, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  321   136   681   136 
Change in contingent consideration  (280)  25   (344)  68   (500)  (280)  (500)  (344)
Adjusted EBITDA $2,594  $865  $5,315  $3,396  $4,212  $2,594  $5,170  $5,315 

 

Adjusted operating income and adjusted operating margin exclude the following elements which are included in GAAP operating income (loss):

 

 Stock-based compensation expense includes cash-settled awards and the related taxes, based on changes in the stock price;
 Amortization of purchased intangible assets;
 Integration costs, such as severance amounts paid to employees from acquired businesses, transaction costs, such as brokerage fees, pre-acquisition accounting costs and legal fees and exit costs related to contractual agreements;
 Restructuring, impairmentand impairmentunoccupied lease charges; and
 Changes in contingent consideration.

 

Set forth below is a presentation of our adjusted operating income and adjusted operating margin, which represents adjusted operating income as a percentage of net revenue, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018:2019:

 

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
 2019 2018 2019 2018  2020  2019  2020  2019 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
Net revenue $16,851  $17,045  $48,681  $34,035  $31,639  $16,851  $73,085  $48,681 
                                
GAAP net loss  (138)  (1,832)  (1,204)  (1,562)  (1,674)  (138)  (8,968)  (1,204)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  87   (250)  102   (152)
Provision for income taxes  61   87   18   102 
Net interest expense  32   80   82   193   130   32   352   82 
Other expense (income) - net  688   219   224   (151)  246   688   (84)  224 
GAAP operating income (loss)  669   (1,783)  (796)  (1,672)
GAAP operating (loss) / income  (1,237)  669   (8,682)  (796)
GAAP operating margin  4.0%  (10.5%)  (1.6%)  (4.9%)  (3.9)%  4.0%  (11.9)%  (1.6)%
                                
Stock-based compensation expense  775   987   2,325   1,524   1,763   775   4,951   2,325 
Amortization of purchased intangible assets  512   559   1,549   1,257   2,690   512   5,751   1,549 
Transaction and integration costs  464   806   1,403   1,457   609   464   1,709   1,403 
Restructuring and impairment charges  136   -   136   - 
Restructuring, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  321   136   682   136 
Change in contingent consideration  (280)  25   (344)  68   (500)  (280)  (500)  (344)
Non-GAAP adjusted operating income $2,276  $594  $4,273  $2,634  $3,646  $2,276  $3,911  $4,273 
Non-GAAP adjusted operating margin  13.5%  3.5%  8.8%  7.7%  11.5%  13.5%  5.4%  8.8%

Adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share exclude the following elements which are included in GAAP net income (loss):

 

 Foreign currency gains and losses and other non-operating expenditures;
 Stock-based compensation expense includes cash-settled awards and the related taxes, based on changes in the stock price;
 Amortization of purchased intangible assets;
 Integration costs, such as severance amounts paid to employees from acquired businesses, transaction costs, such as brokerage fees, pre-acquisition accounting costs and legal fees and exit costs related to contractual agreements;
 Restructuring, impairmentand impairmentunoccupied lease charges;
 Changes in contingent consideration; and
 Income tax expense (benefit) expense resulting from the amortization of goodwill related to our acquisitions.

No tax effect has been provided in computing non-GAAP adjusted net income and non-GAAP adjusted net income per share as the Company has sufficient carry forward net operating losses to offset the applicable income taxes.The following table shows our reconciliation of GAAP net loss to non-GAAP adjusted net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018:2019:

 

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
 2019 2018 2019 2018  2020  2019  2020  2019 
 ($ in thousands except for per share amounts)  ($ in thousands except for per share amounts) 
GAAP net loss $(138) $(1,832) $(1,204) $(1,562) $(1,674) $(138) $(8,968) $(1,204)
                                
Foreign exchange loss (gain) / other expense  704   227   408   (105)  296   704   (17)  408 
Stock-based compensation expense  775   987   2,325   1,524   1,763   775   4,951   2,325 
Amortization of purchased intangible assets  512   559   1,549   1,257   2,690   512   5,751   1,549 
Transaction and integration costs  464   806   1,403   1,457   609   464   1,709   1,403 
Restructuring and impairment charges  136   -   136   - 
Restructuring, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  321   136   682   136 
Change in contingent consideration  (280)  25   (344)  68   (500)  (280)  (500)  (344)
Income tax expense (benefit) related to goodwill  45   (265)  30   (187)  7   45   (93)  30 
Non-GAAP adjusted net income $2,218  $507  $4,303  $2,452  $3,512  $2,218  $3,515  $4,303 

 

Set forth below is a reconciliation of our GAAP net loss attributable to common shareholders, per share to our non-GAAP adjusted net income per share:

 

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
GAAP net loss attributable to common shareholders, per share $(0.14) $(0.25) $(0.48) $(0.40)
Impact of preferred stock dividend  0.13   0.10   0.38   0.27 
Net loss per end-of-period share  (0.01)  (0.15)  (0.10)  (0.13)
                 
Foreign exchange loss (gain) / other expense  0.06   0.02   0.03   (0.01)
Stock-based compensation expense  0.06   0.08   0.19   0.13 
Amortization of purchased intangible assets  0.04   0.04   0.13   0.11 
Transaction and integration costs  0.04   0.07   0.11   0.12 
Restructuring and impairment charges  0.01   -   0.01   - 
Change in contingent consideration  (0.02)  0.00   (0.03)  0.01 
Income tax expense (benefit) related to goodwill  0.00   (0.02)  0.00   (0.02)
Non-GAAP adjusted net income per share $0.18  $0.04  $0.35  $0.21 
                 
End-of-period shares  12,212,323   11,829,758   12,212,323   11,829,758 

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  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
GAAP net loss attributable to common shareholders, per share $(0.46) $(0.14) $(1.53) $(0.48)
Impact of preferred stock dividend  0.33   0.13   0.85   0.38 
Net loss per end-of-period share  (0.13)  (0.01)  (0.68)  (0.10)
                 
Foreign exchange loss (gain) / other expense  0.02   0.06   (0.00)  0.03 
Stock-based compensation expense  0.14   0.06   0.38   0.19 
Amortization of purchased intangible assets  0.20   0.04   0.44   0.13 
Transaction and integration costs  0.06   0.04   0.13   0.12 
Restructuring, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  0.02   0.01   0.05   0.01 
Change in contingent consideration  (0.04)  (0.02)  (0.04)  (0.03)
Income tax (benefit) expense related to goodwill  0.00   0.00   (0.01)  0.00 
Non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share $0.27  $0.18  $0.27  $0.35 
                 
End-of-period common shares  13,136,088   12,212,323   13,136,088   12,212,323 
In-the-money warrants and outstanding unvested RSUs  4,910,423   464,335   4,910,423   464,335 
Total fully diluted shares  18,046,511   12,676,658   18,046,511   12,676,658 
Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share $0.19  $0.17  $0.19  $0.34 

 

For purposes of determining non-GAAP adjusted net incomeearnings per share, the Company used the number of common shares outstanding at the end of September 30, 20192020 and 2018.2019. Non-GAAP adjusted net incomediluted earnings per share was computed using an as-converted method and includes warrants that are in-the-money as of that date as well as outstanding unvested RSUs. Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share does not take into account dividends paid on our preferred stock. No tax effect has been provided in computing non-GAAP adjusted net incomeearnings per share and non-GAAP adjusted net incomediluted earnings per common share as the Company has sufficient carry forward net operating losses to offset the applicable income taxes.

 

Key Metrics

 

In addition to the line items in our condensed consolidated financial statements, we regularly review the following metrics. We believe information on these metrics is useful for investors to understand the underlying trends in our business.

 

Providers and Practices Served: As of September 30, 2019,2020, we provided services to an estimated universe of more than 11,000 40,000 providers (which we define as physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other clinical staff that render bills for their services), representing approximately 1,800 2,700 independent medical practices and hospitals. In addition, we served approximately 200 clients who were not medical practices, but are service organizations who serve the healthcare community. As of September 30, 2018, we served approximately more than 11,000 providers representing approximately 1,800 practices. The foregoing numbers include clients leveraging any of our products or services and are based in part upon estimates in cases where the precise number of practices or providers is unknown.

 

Sources of Revenue

 

Revenue:We primarily derive our revenues from revenue cycle management services and bundled services, reported in our Healthcare IT segment, which is typically billed as a percentage of payments collected by our customers. This fee includes RCM, as well as the ability to use our EHR and practice management software as part of the bundled fee. All of these servicesThese bundled fees are consideredincluded in revenue cycle management revenue. These services accounted for approximately 64% and 69% of our revenues during both the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively, 61% and 67% and 79% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Software-as-a-service fees, for clients not utilizing revenue cycle management services, accounted for approximately 12% and 2018,15% of revenue during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Other Healthcare IT services, including printing and mailing operations and professional services, represented approximately 12% and 13% and 12% of revenuesrevenues for the three months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively, and 12% 11% and 11% of the revenues12% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively.

 

As a result primarily of the Orion acquisition, weWe earned approximately 11% and 23% and 19% of our revenue from practice management services during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively,12% and approximately 21% and 10% for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively. This revenue represents fees based on our actual costs plus a percentage of the operating profit and is reported in our Practice Management segment.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Direct Operating Costs.Direct operating cost consists primarily of salaries and benefits related to personnel who provide services to our customers, claims processing costs, costs to operate the three managed practices, including facility lease costs, supplies, insurance and other direct costs related to our services. Costs associated with the implementation of new customers are expensed as incurred. The reported amounts of direct operating costs do not include depreciation and amortization, which are broken out separately in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Selling and Marketing Expense.Selling and marketing expense consists primarily of compensation and benefits, commissions, travel and advertising expenses.

 

Research and Development Expense.Research and development expense consists primarily of personnel-related costs and third-party contractor costs.

General and Administrative Expense.General and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel-related expense for administrative employees, including compensation, benefits, travel, facility lease costs and insurance, software license fees and outside professional fees.

 

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Research and Development Expense. Research and development expense consists primarily of personnel-related costs and third-party contractor costs.

Contingent Consideration.Contingent consideration represents the portion of consideration payable to the sellers of some of our acquisitions, the amount of which is based on the achievement of defined performance measures contained in the purchase agreements. Contingent consideration is adjusted to fair value at the end of each reporting period.

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expense.Depreciation expense is charged using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of the assets ranging from three to ten years. Amortization expense is charged on either an accelerated or on a straight-line basis over a period of three or four years for most intangible assets acquired in connection with acquisitions including those intangibles related to the group purchasing services. Amortization expense related to the value of our practice management clients is amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of twelve years.

Restructuring, Impairment and ImpairmentUnoccupied Lease Charges.Restructuring charges represent the remaining lease costs for a facility no longer used by the Company as the employees were movedtransferred to another Company facility. Impairment charges represent charges recorded for a leased facility no longer being used by the Company. Unoccupied lease charges represent the portion of lease and related costs for vacant space not being utilized by the Company. The Company is marketing both unused facility and the facilityunused space for sublease.sub-lease.

 

Interest and Other Income (Expense). Interest expense consists primarily of interest costs related to our working capital line of credit, term loans and amounts due in connection with acquisitions, offset by interest income. Other income (expense) results primarily from foreign currency transaction gains (losses) and income earned from temporary cash investments.

 

Income Tax. In preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements, we estimate income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating actual current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and financial reporting purposes. These differences result in deferred income tax assets and liabilities. Although the Company is forecasting a return to profitability, it incurred cumulative losses historically and there is uncertainty regarding future U.S. taxable income, which makemakes realization of a deferred tax asset difficult to support in accordance with ASC 740. Accordingly, a valuation allowance has been recorded against all deferred tax assets as of September 30, 20192020 and December 31, 2018.2019.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The critical accounting policies and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements that we believe affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements presented in this Report are described in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and in the Notes to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10- K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Except for the adoption of FASB ASC Topic 842, Leases, discussed below, there have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to those reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.2019.

 

Leases:

We adopted ASU 2016-02:Leases (Topic 842) as of January 1, 2019. We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, operating lease liability (current portion) and operating lease liability (noncurrent portion) in our condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2019.2020. The Company does not have any finance leases.

 

ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term.

 

We use our estimated incremental borrowing rates, which are derived from information available at the lease commencement date, in determining the present value of lease payments. We give consideration to bank financing arrangements, geographical location and collateralization of assets when calculating our incremental borrowing rates.

Our lease term includes options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Leases with a term of less than 12 months are not recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Our lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees. For real estate leases, we account for the leased and non-leased components as a single lease component. Some leases include escalation clauses and termination options that are factored into the determination of the future lease payments when appropriate.

 

Capitalized software costs:

All of our software is considered internal use for accounting purposes, as we do not market or sell our software. As a result, we capitalize certain costs associated with the creation of internally-developed software for internal use. The total of these costs is recorded in Intangible assets - net in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

We capitalized costs incurred during the application development stage related to our internal use software. Costs incurred during the application development phase are capitalized only when we believe it is probable that the development will result in new or additional functionality. The types of costs capitalized during the application development phase consist of employee compensation, employee benefits and employee stock- based compensation. Costs related to the preliminary project stage and post-implementation activities are expensed as incurred. Capitalized internal-use software is amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life when the asset has been placed in service for general availability.

Significant judgments related to internally-developed software include determining whether it is probable that projects will result in new or additional functionality; concluding on when the application development phase starts and ends; and deciding which costs, especially employee compensation costs, should be capitalized. Additionally, there is judgment applied to the useful lives of capitalized software; we have concluded that the useful lives for capitalized internally-developed software is three years.

Company management employs its best estimates and assumptions in determining the appropriateness of the judgments noted above on a project-by-project basis during initial capitalization as well as subsequent measurement. While we believe that our approach to estimates and judgments is reasonable, actual results could differ, and such differences could lead to an increase or decrease in expense.

As of September 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019 the carrying amounts of internally-developed capitalized software was $8.6 million and $538,000, respectively. The increase in the capitalized software costs was primarily due to the CareCloud and Meridian acquisitions.

There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates from those described in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2019.February 28, 2020.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following table sets forth our consolidated results of operations as a percentage of total revenue for the periods shown:

 

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
Net revenue  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  62.5%  71.1%  65.3%  61.5%
Selling and marketing  2.1%  2.7%  2.2%  3.4%
General and administrative  26.4%  30.1%  28.3%  31.7%
Research and development  1.0%  1.5%  1.3%  2.3%
Change in contingent consideration  (1.7%)  0.1%  (0.7%)  0.2%
Depreciation and amortization  4.8%  4.8%  4.9%  5.8%
Restructuring charges  0.8%  0.0%  0.3%  0.0%
Total operating expenses  95.9%  110.3%  101.6%  104.9%
                 
Operating income (loss)  4.1%  (10.3%)  (1.6%)  (4.9%)
                 
Interest expense - net  0.2%  0.5%  0.2%  0.6%
Other (expense) income - net  (4.1%)  (1.3%)  (0.5%)  0.4%
Loss before income taxes  (0.2%)  (12.1%)  (2.3%)  (5.1%)
Income tax provision (benefit)  0.5%  (1.5%)  0.2%  (0.4%)
Net loss  (0.7%)  (10.6%)  (2.5%)  (4.7%)

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Net revenue  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  62.3%  62.5%  62.7%  65.3%
Selling and marketing  5.0%  2.1%  6.5%  2.2%
General and administrative  19.6%  26.4%  23.5%  28.3%
Research and development  7.5%  1.0%  9.4%  1.3%
Change in contingent consideration  (1.6)%  (1.7)%  (0.7)%  (0.7)%
Depreciation and amortization  10.1%  4.8%  9.5%  4.9%
Restructuring, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  1.0%  0.8%  0.9%  0.3%
Total operating expenses  103.9%  95.9%  111.8%  101.6%
                 
Operating (loss) income  (3.9)%  4.1%  (11.8)%  (1.6)%
                 
Interest expense - net  0.4%  0.2%  0.5%  0.2%
Other (expense) income - net  (0.8)%  (4.1)%  0.1%  (0.5)%
Loss before income taxes  (5.1)%  (0.2)%  (12.2)%  (2.3)%
Income tax provision  0.2%  0.5%  0.0%  0.2%
Net loss  (5.3)%  (0.7)%  (12.2)%  (2.5)%

Comparison of the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 20182019

 

  Three Months Ended        Nine Months Ended       
  September 30,  Change  September 30,  Change 
  2019  2018  Amount  Percent  2019  2018  Amount  Percent 
Net revenue $16,851,328  $17,044,526  $(193,198)  (1%) $48,681,038  $34,034,788  $14,646,250   43%
  Three Months Ended        Nine Months Ended       
  September 30,  Change  September 30,  Change 
  2020  2019  Amount  Percent  2020  2019  Amount  Percent 
Net revenue $31,638,616  $16,851,328  $14,787,288   88% $73,084,575  $48,681,038  $24,403,537   50%

Net Revenue.TotalNet revenue of $16.9$31.6 million and $73.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 decreased2020, respectively, increased by $193,000 $14.8 million or 1% 88% and $24.4 million or 50% from net revenue of $17.0$16.9 million and $48.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Total revenue of $48.7 million for theand nine months ended September 30, 2019, increased by $14.6 million or 43% from revenue of $34 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.respectively. Revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 includes approximately $9.1$19.1 million and $26.0$37.6 million, respectively, from customers acquired in the OrionEtransmedia, CareCloud and ETMMeridian acquisitions. Revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 includes $12.6$20.4 million and $37.8$44.9 million respectively, relating to RCM clients and other revenue streams,bundled services, $3.9 million and $10.1$11.3 million respectively,related to SaaS services and $3.4 million and $8.9 million for practice management services, and $296,000 and $701,000 respectively, related to group purchasing services.respectively.

  Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended       
  September 30,  Change  September 30,  Change 
  2019  2018  Amount  Percent  2019  2018  Amount  Percent 
Direct operating costs $10,535,629  $12,123,907  $(1,588,278)  (13%) $31,779,564  $20,941,535  $10,838,029   52%
Selling and marketing  347,568   461,512   (113,944)  (25%)  1,091,524   1,169,583   (78,059)  (7%)
General and administrative  4,451,975   5,131,295   (679,320)  (13%)  13,757,805   10,786,234   2,971,571   28%
Research and development  175,758   263,717   (87,959)  (33%)  648,822   768,517   (119,695)  (16%)
Change in contingent consideration  (279,565)  25,473   (305,038)  (1,197%)  (343,768)  68,253   (412,021)  (604%)
Depreciation  237,574   188,893   48,681   26%  668,916   484,881   184,035   38%
Amortization  576,636   633,205   (56,569)  (9%)  1,738,195   1,487,684   250,511   17%
Resturcturing and impairment charges  136,332   -   136,332   100%  136,332   -   136,332   100%
 Total operating expenses $16,181,907  $18,828,002  $(2,646,095)  (14%) $49,477,390  $35,706,687  $13,770,703   39%

  Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended       
  September 30,  Change  September 30,  Change 
  2020  2019  Amount  Percent  2020  2019  Amount  Percent 
Direct operating costs $19,718,381  $10,535,629  $9,182,752   87% $45,841,788  $31,779,564  $14,062,224   44%
Selling and marketing  1,571,423   347,568   1,223,855   352%  4,777,818   1,091,524   3,686,294   338%
General and administrative  6,191,008   4,451,975   1,739,033   39%  17,176,593   13,757,805   3,418,788   25%
Research and development  2,366,560   175,758   2,190,802   1246%  6,846,014   648,822   6,197,192   955%
Change in contingent consideration  (500,000)  (279,565)  (220,435)  79%  (500,000)  (343,768)  (156,232)  45%
Depreciation  382,343   237,574   144,769   61%  944,427   668,916   275,511   41%
Amortization  2,823,662   576,636   2,247,026   390%  5,999,278   1,738,195   4,261,083   245%
Restructuring, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  320,575   136,332   184,243   135%  681,400   136,332   545,068   400%
Total operating expenses $32,873,953  $16,181,907  $16,692,045   103% $81,767,318  $49,477,390  $32,289,928   65%

 

Direct Operating Costs.Direct operating costs of $10.5$19.7 million and $31.8$45.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 decreased2020, respectively, increased by $1.6$9.2 million or 13% 87% and increased by $10.8$14.1 million or 52% from44% compared to direct operating costs of $12.1$10.5 million and $20.9$31.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, salary costs decreased by $697,000 and outsourcing and processing costs decreased by $1.1 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, salary costs increased by $5.8 million and outsourcing and processing costs increased by $838,000. Facility costs decreased by $8,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and increased by $960,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Medical supplies for the managed practices increased by $196,000 and $2.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Postage and deliveryDuring the three months ended September 30, 2020, salary costs increased by $39,000$5.1 million, and $284,000, respectively foroutsourcing and processing costs increased by $3.6 million. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.2020, salary costs increased by $6.8 million, and outsourcing and processing costs increased by $6.3 million. The increase in the costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 were primarily related to the OrionCareCloud and EtransmediaMeridian acquisitions.

 

Selling and Marketing Expense.Selling and marketing expense of $1.6 million and $4.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, increased by $1.2 million or 352% and $3.7 million or 338% from selling and marketing expense of $348,000 and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, decreased by $114,000 or 25% and by $78,000 or 7% from sellingrespectively. The increase was primarily related to additional emphasis on sales and marketing activities which began as a result of the CareCloud acquisition.

General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expense of $462,000$6.2 million and $1.2$17.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.

General and Administrative Expense.General and administrative expense of $4.5 million and $13.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 decreased by $679,000 or 13% and2020, respectively, increased by $3.0 $1.7million or 28%39% and $3.4 million or 25% compared to the same periodperiods in 2018.2019. The increase in general and administrative expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily related to additional salaries, facility costs and professional fees as a result of the OrionCareCloud and EtransmediaMeridian acquisitions. The decrease in general and administrative expense for the three months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily due to a reduction in headcount subsequent to the acquisitions.

Research and Development Expense. Research and development expense of $2.4 million and $6.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, increased by $2.2 million and $6.2 million from research and development expense of $176,000 and $649,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, decreased by $88,000respectively. The increase primarily represented additional salaries and $120,000 from research andoutsourced development expense of $264,000 and $769,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.expenses. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019,2020, the Company capitalized approximately $194,000 $1.1 million and $372,000$3.8 million, respectively, of development costs in connection with its internal-use software.

 

Contingent Consideration.The change in contingent consideration of $412,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, was ($500,000) compared to ($279,565) and ($343,768) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, when comparedrespectively. The change in 2020 was the result of the Company determining that the CareCloud seller would not be entitled to nine months ended September 30, 2018, was due toall of the $1.0 million of contingent consideration initially recorded. The 2019 amounts resulted from favorable settlements of the amount due to the owners of companies previously acquired.

 

Depreciation.Depreciation of $382,000 and $944,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, increased by $145,000 or 61% and $276,000 or 41% from depreciation of $238,000 and $669,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, increased by $49,000 or 26%respectively, primarily due to the property and $184,000 or 38% from depreciationequipment acquired as part of $189,000the CareCloud acquisitions and $485,000 Meridian acquisitions.

Amortization Expense. Amortization expense of $2.8 million and $6.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, primarily due to additional purchases 2020 increased by $2.2 million or 390% and the property and equipment acquired as part of the Orion and ETM acquisitions.

$4.3 million Amortization Expense.Amortizationor 245% from amortization expense of $577,000 and $1.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, decreased by $57,000 or 9% and increased by $251,000 or 17% from amortization expense of $633,000 and $1.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The increase for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily related to the intangible assets acquired from the OrionCareCloud and EtransmediaMeridian acquisitions. The decrease in amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2019 was due to intangibles related to the Company’s previous acquisitions becoming fully amortized.

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Restructuring, Impairment and ImpairmentUnoccupied lease Charges.Restructuring charges represent the remaining lease costs for a facility no longer used by the Company as the employees were movedtransferred to another Company facility. Impairment charges represent charges recorded for a leased facility no longer being used by the Company. Unoccupied lease charges represent the portion of lease and related costs for space not being utilized by the Company. The Company is marketing both the unused facility and the unused space for sublease.sub-lease.

 

 Three Months Ended       Nine Months Ended       Three Months Ended       Nine Months Ended      
 September 30, Change September 30, Change  September 30,  Change  September 30,  Change 
 2019 2018 Amount Percent 2019 2018 Amount Percent  2020  2019  Amount  Percent  2020  2019  Amount  Percent 
Interest income $57,272  $24,544  $32,728   133% $202,969  $59,768  $143,201   240% $2,431  $57,272  $(54,841)  (96)% $44,112  $202,969  $(158,857)  (78)%
Interest expense  (88,925)  (104,872)  15,947   (15%)  (284,883)  (253,120)  (31,763)  13%  (132,373)  (88,925)  (43,448)  49%  (396,154)  (284,883)  (111,271)  39%
Other (expense) income - net  (688,342)  (218,721)  (469,621)  215%  (224,151)  151,242   (375,393)  (248%)  (246,347)  (688,342)  441,995   (64)%  84,464   (224,151)  308,615   (138)%
Income tax provision  86,970   (250,072)  337,042   (135%)  101,790   (151,872)  253,662   (167%)  61,965   86,970   (25,005)  (29)%  17,549   101,790   (84,241)  (83)%

 

Interest Income.Interest income of $2,000 and $44,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively decreased by $55,000 or 96% and $159,000 or 78% from interest income of $57,000 and $203,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, increased by $33,000 or 133% and $143,000 or 240% from interest income of $25,000 and $60,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The interest income represents interest earned on temporary cash investments.

 

Interest Expense.Interest expense of $132,000 and $396,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, increased by $43,000 or 49% and $111,000 or 39% from interest expense of $89,000 and $285,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, decreased by $16,000 or 15% and increased by $32,000 or 13% from interest expense of $105,000 and $253,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The increase for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily due to the additional vehicle financing obtained.utilization of the line of credit during 2020. Interest expense includes the amortization of deferred financing costs, which was $144,000 and $143,000 during both the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018, respectively.2019.

 

Other (Expense) Income - net.Other (expense) income - net was ($246,000) and $84,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, compared to other expense - net wasof $688,000 and $224,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively compared to other expense - net of $219,000 and other income - net of $151,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Other (expense) income primarily represents foreign currency transaction gains (losses) resulting from transactions inand other expense primarily represents foreign currencies other than the functional currency.currency transaction losses. These transaction gains and losses result from revaluing intercompany accounts whenever the exchange rate varies and are recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations related to the recurring measurement and settlement of such transactions.operations.

Income Tax Provision.There were $87,000 and $102,000 provisionsThe provision for income taxes was $62,000 and $18,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively,2020, compared to an income tax benefitsprovision of $250,000$87,000 and $152,000$102,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.2019. As a result of the Company incurring a tax loss for 2018,2020 and 2019, which has an indefinite life under the current tax rules, the federal deferred tax liability was offset against the federal net operating loss to the extent allowable in 2018.2020 and 2019. The current income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20192020 was approximately $37,000$55,000 and $67,000,$111,000 and primarily relates to state minimum taxes and foreign income taxes. Although theThe Company is forecasting a return to profitability, it has incurred cumulative losses historically and there is uncertainty regarding future U.S. taxable income, which makes realization of a deferred tax assetlosses difficult to support in accordance with ASC 740. Accordingly, a valuation allowance was recorded against all deferred tax assets at September 30, 20192020 and 2018.December 31, 2019.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Borrowings under the SVB facility are based on 200% of repeatable revenue, reduced by an annualized attrition rate as defined in the agreement.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, there was negative cash flow from operations of approximately $4.3 million, primarily because the Company assumed approximately $5.1 million and $4.8 million of net payables as part of its acquisitions of CareCloud and Meridian, respectively. Even though a portion of the purchase price was retained by the Company to pay these expenses which relate to prior periods, these payments are treated as cash used in operations. As of September 30, 2019, nothing2020, the Company had approximately $22.8 million in cash and positive working capital of $17.9 million.

During April 2020, the Company sold 828,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock and received net proceeds of approximately $19.0 million, after issuance expenses. A portion of these proceeds was drawn onused to fully repay the SVBline of credit agreement.outstanding at March 31, 2020.

During July 2020, the Company sold 1,104,000 shares of its series A Preferred Stock and received net proceeds of approximately $25.6 million, after issuance expenses. A portion of these proceeds was used to repay the line of credit outstanding at June 30, 2020.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, there was positive cash flow from operations of approximately $4.8 million and as of September 30, 20192020, the Company had approximately $14.0paid a total of $23.7 million in cash positive working capital of $14.8 million and no bank debt.

During the second quarter of 2019, the Company paid the purchase price of $1.6 million for the ETM acquisition in cash.

During 2018, the Company paid the purchase price of $12.6 million for the Orion acquisition in cash. The Company occasionally utilizes its revolving line of credit with SVB, but, as of September 30, 2019, there was no balance outstanding. SVB doubled the maximum availability on the line from $5 million to $10 million in September 2018. During April 2018, the Company sold 420,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and raised net proceeds of approximately $9.4 million. During October 2018, the Company sold 600,000 additional shares of its Series A Preferred Stock raising net proceeds of approximately $13.4 million.

In connection with the Company’s July 2019 Form S-3, the Company entered into an At the Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with B. Riley FBR, Inc. (“B. Riley FBR”), relating to the sale of up to $10.0 millionpart of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock. Under the Sales Agreement, the Company pays B. Riley FBR a commission rate of 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

Beginning with the quarter ended September 30, 2019, 145,184 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock were sold pursuant to the Sales AgreementCareCloud and the net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Series A Preferred Stock were approximately $3.7 million after deducting commissions paid of approximately $118,000.Meridian purchase consideration.

 

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods presented:

 

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  Change 
 2019 2018 2019 2018  2020  2019  2020  2019  Amount  Percent 
Net cash provided by operating activities $1,440,872  $2,780,897  $4,753,801  $4,748,502 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $(449,356) $1,440,872  $(4,332,770) $4,753,801  $(9,086,571)  (191)%
Net cash used in investing activities  (422,430)  (11,966,685)  (2,926,650)  (13,343,115)  (14,738,773)  (422,430)  (28,771,969)  (2,926,650)  (25,845,319)  883%
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  1,719,201   (1,427,406)  (2,538,807)  5,776,640   29,329,212   1,719,201   36,138,798   (2,538,807)  38,677,605   (1,523)%
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash  666,528   150,149   226,370   (284,685)  303,482   666,528   (188,307)  226,370   (414,677)  (183)%
Net increase (decrease) in cash $3,404,171  $(10,463,045) $(485,286) $(3,102,658) $14,444,565  $3,404,171  $2,845,752  $(485,286) $3,331,038   (686)%

 

The loss before income taxes was $51,000 $1.6 million and $1.1$9.0 millionfor the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, which included $3.2 million and $6.9 million of non-cash depreciation and amortization, respectively. The loss before taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $51,000 and $1.1 million, respectively, which included $814,000 and $2.4 million of non-cash depreciation and amortization, respectively. The loss before tax for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $2.1 million and $1.7 million, respectively, which included $822,000 and $2.0 million of non-cash depreciation and amortization, respectively.

Operating Activities

 

Cashused in operating activities was $4.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and cash provided by operating activities was $4.8 million during both the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018.2019. The decreaseincrease in the net loss of $358,000 $7.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 as compared to the same period in 20182019 included the following changes in non-cash items: an increase in depreciation and amortization expense of $442,000,$4.4 million, an decreaseincrease in stock basedstock-based compensation expense of $801,000,$2.6 million, a change in the provision (benefit)benefit for deferred income taxes of $222,000$128,000 and an increase in interest accretion of $239,000.$129,000.

 

The net change in operating assets and liabilities was $3.5 million.$9.6 million. Accounts receivablepayable, accrued compensation and accrued expenses decreased by $127,000 $8.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to a decrease of $698,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared with a decrease of $902,000 as the Company paid past due amounts from the CareCloud and Meridian acquisitions. Accounts receivable increase by $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Accounts payable, accrued compensation and accrued expenses increased by $698,000 2020 compared with an increase of $127,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to a decrease of $2.4 million for2019. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018. For the three2020 and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the change in the lease liabilities is included in this amount.

 

Investing Activities

 

Capital expenditures were $1.3$1.3 million and $743,000 for both the nine months ended September 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019. Capital expenditures were $472,000 and $194,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The capital expenditures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 primarily represented computer equipment purchased for the Pakistan office and $372,000 of capitalizedoffices. Software development costs of $1.1 million and $3.8 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 were capitalized in connection with internal-use software.the development of software for providing revenue cycle management services and software-as-a-service offerings.

Financing Activities

 

Cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $36.1 million and cash used in financing activities was $2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The Company received $44.5 million and $3.7 million from the sale of Series A Preferred Stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $2.52020 included $7.8 million of preferred stock dividends, $430,000 of repayments for debt obligations, $1.3 million of settlement of contingent obligation and cash provided by financing activities was $5.8$1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.of tax withholding obligations paid in connection with stock awards issued to employees. Cash used in financing activities during thefor nine months ended September 30, 2019 included $290,000 of repayments for debt obligations, $4.5 million of preferred stock dividends, $290,000 of repayment for debt obligations and $1.3 million of tax withholding obligations paid in connection with stock awards issued to employees. Cash provided by financing activities included $9.4 million of net proceeds from issuing 420,000 shares of Preferred Stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and $3.7 million from issuing Preferred Stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Cash used in financing activities for nine months ended September 30, 2018 included $329,000 of repayment for debt obligations, $2.8 million of preferred stock dividends and $333,000 of tax withholding obligations paid in connection with stock awards issued to employees. There were no bank borrowings or bank debt repayments during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

 

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

 

We have contractual obligations under our line of credit.credit. We also maintain operating leases for property and certain office equipment. We were in compliance with all SVB covenants as of September 30, 2019.2020. For additional information, see Contractual Obligations and Commitments under Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2019.February 28, 2020.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of September 30, 2019,2020 and 2018,2019, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special-purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by 17 C.F.R. 229.10(f)(1) and are not required to provide information under this item, pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, based on the 2013 framework and criteria established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”), evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 20192020 as required by Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) of the Exchange Act. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under 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 by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

 

Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as of September 30, 2019,2020, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Beginning January 1, 2019, we implemented ASC 842, “Leases.” For its adoption, we implemented changes to our lease identification processes and control activities within them such as development of new entity-wide policies, in-house training, ongoing contract reviews and system changes to accommodate presentation and disclosure requirements.

 

There were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in RuleRules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Part II. Other Information

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

See discussion of legal proceedings in “Note 8, Commitments And Contingencies” of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report.Report, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

PursuantIn addition to the instructions of Item 1A ofother information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q a smaller reporting company isand the risk factor noted below, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I—Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020, which could materially affect our business, financial condition and/or future results and may be further impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and herein are not requiredthe only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to provide the information required by this Item.us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows and/or future results.

 

Our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth could be harmed by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are subject to risks related to the public health crises such as the global pandemic associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19). In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China. Since then, SARS-CoV-2, and the resulting disease COVID-19, has spread to most countries, and all 50 states within the United States. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Further, the President of the United States declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, invoking powers under the Stafford Act, the legislation that directs federal emergency disaster response, and under the Defense Production Act, the legislation that facilitates the production of goods and services necessary for national security and for other purposes. Numerous governmental jurisdictions, including the State of New Jersey where we maintain our principal executive offices, and those in which many of our U.S. and international offices are based, have imposed, and others in the future may impose, “shelter-in-place” orders, quarantines, executive orders and similar government orders and restrictions for their residents to control the spread of COVID-19. Most states and the federal government, including the State of New Jersey, together with foreign jurisdictions in which we have operations centers, have declared a state of emergency related to the spread of COVID-19. Such orders or restrictions, and the perception that such orders or restrictions could occur, have resulted in business closures, work stoppages, slowdowns and delays, work-from-home policies, travel restrictions and cancellation of events, among other effects, thereby negatively impacting our customers, employees, and offices, among others. We may experience further limitations on employee resources in the future, including because of sickness of employees or their families. These challenges have been, and are anticipated to continue being, particularly difficult to manage in foreign jurisdictions in which we have offices due to, among other things, a reduced ability to enable efficient and secure work-from-home.

Health care organizations around the world, including our health care provider customers, have faced and will continue to face, substantial challenges in treating patients with COVID-19, such as the diversion of staff and resources from ordinary functions to the treatment of COVID-19, supply, resource and capital shortages and overburdening of staff and resource capacity. In the United States, governmental authorities have also recommended, and in certain cases required, that elective, specialty and other procedures and appointments, including certain primary care services, be suspended or canceled to avoid non-essential patient exposure to medical environments and potential infection with COVID-19 and to focus limited resources and personnel capacity toward the treatment of COVID-19. These measures and challenges will likely continue for the duration of the pandemic, which is uncertain, and will disproportionately harm the results of operations, liquidity and financial condition of these health care organizations and our health care provider customers. As a result, our health care provider customers may seek contractual accommodations from us in the future. To the extent such health care provider customers experience challenges and difficulties, it will adversely affect our business operation and results of operations. We note, for example, that approximately 64% of our revenue is directly tied to the cash collected by our health care provider customers, which means that our short-term revenue has and is expected to decline as less patients visit their doctors during periods of social distancing. Further, a recession or prolonged economic contraction as a result of COVID-19 pandemic could also harm the business and results of operations of our enterprise customers, resulting in potential business closures, layoffs of employees and a significant increase in unemployment in the United States and elsewhere which may continue even after the pandemic. The occurrence of any such events may lead to reduced income for customers and reduced size of workforces, which could reduce our revenue and harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The widespread COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in, and may continue to result in, significant volatility and uncertainty in U.S and international financial markets, reducing our ability to access capital, which could in the future negatively affect our liquidity. In addition, a recession or market correction resulting from the spread of COVID-19 could materially affect our business and the value of our common stock and Preferred Stock.

Further, given the dislocation and government-imposed travel related limitations as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, our ability to complete acquisitions in the near-term may be delayed. Future acquisitions may be subject to difficulties in evaluating potential acquisition targets as a result of the inability to accurately predict the duration or long-term economic and business consequences resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition, any difficulties we may experience in connection with the integration of CareCloud or Meridian could delay or prevent us from realizing such expected benefits and enhancing our business, and our business, financial condition and results of operation could be materially and adversely impacted. While we are working diligently to accelerate integration activities, the employee disruptions and communication challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic present particular challenges to our integration of CareCloud and Meridian and could make it difficult to effectively and timely complete our integration goals.

The global outbreak of COVID-19 continues to rapidly evolve. We have taken steps intended to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and to protect our global workforce including, but not limited to: moving a significant portion of our workforce to remote operations, enacting social distancing and hygiene guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization at our offices, and discontinuing company travel and events, among others. Although we believe we have taken the appropriate actions, we cannot guarantee that these measures will mitigate all or any negative effects of the pandemic. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or a similar health epidemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. We cannot at this time precisely predict what effects the COVID-19 outbreak will have on our business, results of operations and financial condition, including due to uncertainties relating to the ultimate geographic spread of the virus, the severity of the disease, the duration of the pandemic and the governmental responses to the pandemic. However, we will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely.

In addition, given the inherent uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 due to rapidly changing governmental directives, public health challenges and economic disruption and the duration of the foregoing, the potential impact that COVID-19 could have on the Risk Factors described in Part I—Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020, remain unclear.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.

Not applicable.

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

Not applicable.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit Number Exhibit Description
10.1Underwriting Agreement dated July 16, 2020 by and between the Company and B. Riley FBR, Inc. as representative of several underwriters named therein (filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 17, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
10.2Joinder and Fourth Loan Modification Agreement dated September 21, 2020, by and between the Company and SVB (filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on September 25, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
   
31.1 Certification of the Company’s Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2 Certification of the Company’s Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32.1* Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2* Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS XBRL Instance
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

 

*The certifications on Exhibit 32 hereto are not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section. Such certifications will not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates them by reference.Act.

 

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Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 MTBC, Inc.
   
November 6, 2019By:/s/ Stephen Snyder
DateStephen Snyder
  Chief Executive Officer
  Date: November 9, 2020
November 6, 2019
By:/s/ Bill Korn
DateBill Korn
  Chief Financial Officer
Date: November 9, 2020

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