UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark one)

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30,March 31, 20222023

 

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

 

 

 

CareCloud, 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 MTBCCCLD Nasdaq Global Market
11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share 

MTBCPCCLDP

 

Nasdaq Global Market

8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share 

MTBCOCCLDO

 

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 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 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
AcceleratedNon-accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
 Emerging growth company

 

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

 

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

 

At October 28, 2022,April 27, 2023, the registrant had 15,220,20815,592,608 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.

 

 

 

 

INDEX

 

 Page
Forward-Looking Statements2
   
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
   
Item 1.Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) 
 Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 202120223
 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 and 20214
 Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 and 20215
 Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 and 20216
 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 and 20217
 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements8
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2624
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk3835
Item 4.Controls and Procedures3835
   
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
   
Item 1.Legal Proceedings3936
Item 1A.Risk Factors3936
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds3936
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities3936
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures3936
Item 5.Other Information3936
Item 6.Exhibits3936
Signatures4037

 

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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,” “shall,” “should,” “could,” “intends,” “expects,” “plans,” “goals,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “predicts,” “possible,” “potential,” “target,” 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 whichthat 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 14, 2022.2, 2023. 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 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 our offshore offices 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 and A. Hadi Chaudhry as Chief Executive Officer and President, 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, a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and other future debt facilities;
   
 our ability to pay our monthly preferred dividends to the holders of our Series A and Series B 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 ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it may have on our operations, the demand for our services, our projected results of operations, financial performance or other financial metrics or any of the foregoing risks and economic activity in general;
   
 our ability to keep and increase market acceptance of our products and services;
   
 changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; and
   
 other factors disclosed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or our other filings with the SEC.Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on our current expectations, beliefs and views as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q concerning future developments and their potential effects on our business. Although 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, performance, or achievements. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments may cause our assessments to change.Except as required by law, 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 currently expect. The forward-looking statements contained herein should not be relied upon as representing our assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements

CARECLOUD, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 September 30, December 31,  March 31, December 31, 
 2022 2021  2023  2022 
 (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     
ASSETS                
Current assets:                
Cash $3,867  $9,340  $8,161  $12,299 
Restricted cash  1,000   1,000 
Accounts receivable - net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $660 and $537 at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively  16,281   17,006 
Accounts receivable - net  14,646   14,773 
Contract asset  4,407   4,725   5,018   4,399 
Inventory  418   503   265   381 
Current assets - related party  16   13   16   16 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  3,694   2,972   3,371   2,785 
Total current assets  29,683   35,559   31,477   34,653 
Property and equipment - net  5,102   5,404   4,520   5,056 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  4,679   6,940   4,465   4,921 
Intangible assets - net  29,759   30,778   28,535   29,520 
Goodwill  61,186   61,186   61,186   61,186 
Other assets  787   981   838   838 
TOTAL ASSETS $131,196  $140,848  $131,021  $136,174 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable $4,568  $5,948  $5,191  $5,681 
Accrued compensation  3,963   4,251   2,597   4,248 
Accrued expenses  5,322   5,091   3,728   4,432 
Operating lease liability (current portion)  2,554   3,963   2,095   2,273 
Deferred revenue (current portion)  1,417   1,085   1,394   1,386 
Deferred payroll taxes  934   934 
Notes payable (current portion)  552   344   84   319 
Contingent consideration (current portion)  200   3,090 
Dividend payable  4,040   3,856   4,115   4,059 
Consideration payable  1,000   1,000 
Total current liabilities  24,550   29,562   19,204   22,398 
Notes payable  14   20   12   13 
Borrowings under line of credit  -   8,000   10,000   8,000 
Operating lease liability  2,907   4,545   2,822   3,207 
Deferred revenue  390   341   350   342 
Deferred tax liability  511   449   551   525 
Total liabilities  28,372   42,917   32,939   34,485 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 8)  -   - 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 7)  -    -  
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:                
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value - authorized 7,000,000 shares. Series A, issued and outstanding 4,526,231 and 5,299,227 shares at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Series B, issued and outstanding 1,309,216 shares at September 30, 2022  6   5 
Common stock, $0.001 par value - authorized 35,000,000 shares. Issued 15,951,935 and 15,657,641 shares at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Outstanding 15,211,136 and 14,916,842 shares at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively  16   16 
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value - authorized 7,000,000 shares. Series A, issued and outstanding 4,526,231 shares at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Series B, issued and outstanding 1,445,392 and 1,344,128 shares at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively  6   6 
Common stock, $0.001 par value - authorized 35,000,000 shares. Issued 16,333,407 and 15,970,204 shares at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Outstanding 15,592,608 and 15,229,405 shares at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively  16   16 
Additional paid-in capital  133,120   131,379   129,678   130,987 
Accumulated deficit  (26,120)  (31,053)  (26,208)  (25,621)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (3,536)  (1,754)  (4,748)  (3,037)
Less: 740,799 common shares held in treasury, at cost at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021  (662)  (662)
Less: 740,799 common shares held in treasury, at cost at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022  (662)  (662)
Total shareholders’ equity  102,824   97,931   98,082   101,689 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY $131,196  $140,848  $131,021  $136,174 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CARECLOUD, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023 AND 2022

($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 2022  2021  2022  2021 
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended  2023  2022 
 September 30,  September 30,  March 31, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
NET REVENUE $33,723  $38,304  $106,292  $102,137  $30,001  $35,341 
OPERATING EXPENSES:                        
Direct operating costs  20,406   24,124   64,866   62,719   18,107   22,673 
Selling and marketing  2,504   2,375   7,314   6,469   2,612   2,384 
General and administrative  6,500   5,921   18,479   17,814   5,120   5,585 
Research and development  1,168   488   3,251   4,328   1,078   985 
Change in contingent consideration  (1,660)  -   (2,890)  -   -   (600)
Depreciation and amortization  2,810   3,547   8,686   9,505   3,038   2,940 
Net loss on lease termination, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  307   424   928   1,664 
Net loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  269   158 
Total operating expenses  32,035   36,879   100,634   102,499   30,224   34,125 
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)  1,688   1,425   5,658   (362)
OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME  (223)  1,216 
OTHER:                        
Interest income  14   4   22   10   20   5 
Interest expense  (96)  (91)  (303)  (274)  (150)  (100)
Other expense - net  (495)  (65)  (300)  (80)
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE PROVISION (BENEFIT) FOR INCOME TAXES  1,111   1,273   5,077   (706)
Income tax provision (benefit)  55   (232)  144   (20)
NET INCOME (LOSS) $1,056  $1,505  $4,933  $(686)
Other income - net  17   83 
(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES  (336)  1,204 
Income tax provision  65   64 
NET (LOSS) INCOME $(401) $1,140 
                        
Preferred stock dividend  3,849   3,642   11,662   10,408   3,931   4,037 
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS $(2,793) $(2,137) $(6,729) $(11,094) $(4,332) $(2,897)
                        
Net loss per common share: basic and diluted $(0.18) $(0.15) $(0.45) $(0.77) $(0.28) $(0.19)

Weighted-average common shares used to compute

basic and diluted loss per share

  15,148,721   14,737,103   15,070,913   14,419,968   15,421,096   14,992,147 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CARECLOUD, INC.

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

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023 AND 2022

($ in thousands)

 

 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended  March 31, 
 September 30,  September 30,  2023  2022 
 2022  2021  2022  2021 
NET INCOME (LOSS) $1,056  $1,505  $4,933  $(686)
NET (LOSS) INCOME $(401) $1,140 
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS, NET OF TAX                        
Foreign currency translation adjustment (a)(a) (537)  (475)  (1,782)  (535)(a) (1,711)  (255)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) $519  $1,030  $3,151  $(1,221)
COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME $(2,112) $885 

 

(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 consolidated financial statements.

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CARECLOUD, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,MARCH 31, 2023 AND MARCH 31, 2022 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

($ in thousands, except for number of shares)

 

  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Loss  Stock  Equity 
  Preferred Stock Series A  Preferred Stock Series B  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in  Accumulated  Accumulated Other Comprehensive  Treasury (Common)  Total Shareholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Loss  Stock  Equity 
Balance - January 1, 2022  5,299,227  $5   -  $-   15,657,641  $16  $131,379  $(31,053) $(1,754) $(662) $    97,931 
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,140   -   -   1,140 
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (255)  -   (255)
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  22,319   -   -   -   145,809   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   -   -   887   -   -   -   887 
Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock  (800,000)  -   -   -   -   -   (20,000)  -   -   -   (20,000)
Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock  -   -   1,150,372   1   -   -   26,637   -   -   -   26,638 
Stock issuance costs  -   -   -   -   -   -   (11)  -   -   -   (11)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   -   -   (4,037)  -   -   -   (4,037)
Balance - March 31, 2022  4,521,546  $5   1,150,372  $1   15,803,450  $16  $134,855  $(29,913) $(2,009) $(662) $102,293 
                                             
Balance - April 1, 2022  4,521,546  $5   1,150,372  $1   15,803,450  $16  $134,855  $(29,913) $(2,009) $(662) $102,293 
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2,737   -   -   2,737 
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (990)  -   (990)
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  4,685   -   10,000   -   15,809   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   -   -   1,257   -   -   -   1,257 
Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock  -   -   -   -   -   -   (5)  -   -   -   (5)
Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock  -   -   49,876   -   -   -   1,223   -   -   -   1,223 
Stock issuance costs  -   -   -   -   -   -   (10)  -   -   -   (10)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   -   -   (3,776)  -   -   -   (3,776)
Balance - June 30, 2022  4,526,231  $5   1,210,248  $1   15,819,259  $16  $133,544  $(27,176) $(2,999) $(662) $102,729 
                                             
Balance - July 1, 2022  4,526,231  $5   1,210,248  $1   15,819,259  $16  $133,544  $(27,176) $(2,999) $(662) $102,729 
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,056   -   -   1,056 
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (537)  -   (537)
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  -   -   -   -   132,676   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   -   -   1,017   -   -   -   1,017 
Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock  -   -   98,968   -   -   -   2,419   -   -   -   2,419 
Stock issuance costs  -   -   -   -   -   -   (11)  -   -   -   (11)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   -   -   (3,849)  -   -   -   (3,849)
Balance - September 30, 2022  4,526,231  $5   1,309,216  $1   15,951,935  $16  $133,120  $(26,120) $(3,536) $(662) $102,824 
                                             
Balance - January 1, 2021  5,475,279  $5   -  $-   14,121,044  $14  $136,781  $(33,889) $(1,004) $(662) $101,245 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (1,964)  -   -   (1,964)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   345   -   345 
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  27,682   1   -   -   161,545   -   (1)  -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   -   -   623   -   -   -   623 
Stock issuance costs  -   -   -   -   -   -   (43)  -   -   -   (43)
Exercise of common stock warrants  -   -   -   -   858,000   1   6,434   -   -   -   6,435 
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   -   -   (3,128)  -   -   -   (3,128)
Balance - March 31, 2021  5,502,961  $6   -  $-   15,140,589  $15  $140,666  $(35,853) $(659) $(662) $103,513 
                                             
Balance - April 1, 2021  5,502,961  $6   -  $-   15,140,589  $15  $140,666  $(35,853) $(659) $(662) $103,513 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (227)  -   -   (227)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (405)  -   (405)

Issuance of stock under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan

  4,244   -   -   -   33,724   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Issuance of common stock, net of fees and expenses  -   -   -   -   178,092   -   1,360   -   -   -   1,360 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   -   -   1,163   -   -   -   1,163 
Cancellation of shares held in escrow  (215,822)  (1)  -   -   -   -   (4,000)  -   -   -   (4,001)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   -   -   (3,638)  -   -   -   (3,638)
Balance - June 30, 2021  5,291,383  $5   -  $-   15,352,405  $15  $135,551  $(36,080) $(1,064) $(662) $97,765 
                                             
Balance - July 1, 2021  5,291,383  $5   -  $-   15,352,405  $15  $135,551  $(36,080) $(1,064) $(662) $97,765 
Balance  5,291,383  $5   -  $-   15,352,405  $15  $135,551  $(36,080) $(1,064) $(662) $97,765 
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,505   -   -   1,505 
Net income (loss)  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,505   -   -   1,505 
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (475)  -   (475)

Issuance of stock under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan

  4,031   -   -   -   125,410   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Issuance of common stock, net of fees and expenses  -   -   -   -   136,395   1   1,168   -   -   -   1,169 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   -   -   729   -   -   -   729 
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   -   -   (3,642)  -   -   -   (3,642)
Balance - September 30, 2021  5,295,414  $5   -  $-   15,614,210  $16  $133,806  $(34,575) $(1,539) $(662) $97,051 
Balance  5,295,414  $5   -  $-   15,614,210  $16  $133,806  $(34,575) $(1,539) $(662) $97,051 

                                             
  Preferred Stock Series A  Preferred Stock Series B  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in  Accumulated  Accumulated Other Comprehensive  Treasury (Common)  Total
Shareholders’
 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Loss  Stock  Equity 
Balance - January 1, 2023 before adoption of ASC 326 4,526,231  $               5  1,344,128  $1   15,970,204  $16  $130,987  $(25,621) $(3,037) $(662) $101,689 
Cumulative effect of adopting ASC 326  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (186)  -   -   (186)
Balance - January 1, 2023 after adoption 4,526,231   5  1,344,128   1   15,970,204   16   130,987   (25,807)  (3,037)  (662)  101,503 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (401)  -   -   (401)
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (1,711)  -   (1,711)
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  -   -   41,491   -   343,203   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   -   -   1,185   -   -   -   1,185 
Shares issued for services  -   -  -   -   20,000   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock  -   -  59,773   -   -   -   1,437   -   -   -   1,437 
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   -   -   (3,931)  -   -   -   (3,931)
Balance - March 31, 2023 4,526,231  $5  1,445,392  $1   16,333,407  $16  $129,678  $(26,208) $(4,748) $(662) $98,082 
                                             
Balance - January 1, 2022 5,299,227  $5  -  $-   15,657,641  $16  $131,379  $(31,053) $(1,754) $(662) $97,931 
Balance 5,299,227  $5  -  $-   15,657,641  $16  $131,379  $(31,053) $(1,754) $(662) $97,931 
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,140   -   -   1,140 
Net income (loss)  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,140   -   -   1,140 
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (255)  -   (255)
Issuance of stock under the equity incentive plan  22,319   -   -   -   145,809   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Stock-based compensation, net of cash settlements  -   -   -   -   -   -   887   -   -   -   887 
Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock  (800,000)  -   -   -   -   -   (20,000)  -   -   -   (20,000)
Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock  -   -  1,150,372   1   -   -   26,637   -   -   -   26,638 
Stock issuance costs  -   -   -   -   -   -   (11)  -   -   -   (11)
Preferred stock dividends  -   -   -   -   -   -   (4,037)  -   -   -   (4,037)
Balance - March 31, 2022  4,521,546  $5  1,150,372  $1  15,803,450  $16  $134,855  $(29,913) $(2,009) $(662) $102,293 
Balance  4,521,546  $5  1,150,372  $1  15,803,450  $16  $134,855  $(29,913) $(2,009) $(662) $102,293 

 

For all periods presented, the preferred stock dividends were paid monthly at the rate of $2.75 and $2.19 for Series A and Series B, respectively, per share per annum.

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CARECLOUD, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

FOR THE NINETHREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,MARCH 31, 2023 AND 2022 AND 2021

($ in thousands)

 

 

 2022 2021  2023  2022 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                
Net income (loss) $4,933  $(686)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Net (loss) income $(401) $1,140 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  9,120   9,853   3,205   3,080 
Lease amortization  2,474   2,191   683   832 
Deferred revenue  381   (193)  16   104 
Provision for doubtful accounts  715   465   97   131 
Provision for deferred income taxes  62   140   26   36 
Foreign exchange loss (gain)  238   (87)
Foreign exchange gain  (11)  (52)
Interest accretion  460   599   166   168 
Gain on sale of assets  -   (6)
Stock-based compensation expense  3,399   4,006   1,072   887 
Change in contingent consideration  (2,890)  -   -   (600)
Adjustment of goodwill  -   36 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of businesses acquired:        
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  10   (1,363)  (156)  (1,618)
Contract asset  318   (556)  (619)  80 
Inventory  85   (101)  116   86 
Other assets  62   (135)  (615)  (97)
Accounts payable and other liabilities  (4,264)  (6,959)  (2,556)  (1,084)
Net cash provided by operating activities  15,103   7,210   1,023   3,087 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                
Purchase of property and equipment  (2,156)  (1,992)
Purchases of property and equipment  (835)  (544)
Capitalized software  (6,967)  (5,277)  (2,204)  (2,253)
Cash paid for acquisitions (net)  -   (12,582)
Net cash used in investing activities  (9,123)  (19,851)  (3,039)  (2,797)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Preferred stock dividends paid  (11,478)  (10,806)  (3,875)  (3,943)
Settlement of tax withholding obligations on stock issued to employees  (1,140)  (2,096)  (1,113)  (775)
Repayments of notes payable, net  (769)  (745)
Repayments of notes payable  (236)  (251)
Stock issuance costs  (32)  (43)  -   (11)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants  -   6,434 
Proceeds from issuance of Series B Preferred Stock, net of expenses  30,280   -   1,437   26,638 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of expenses  -   2,528 
Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock  (20,005)  -   -   (20,000)
Proceeds from line of credit  17,500   11,000   12,700   8,500 
Repayment of line of credit  (25,500)  (5,000)  (10,700)  (10,500)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (11,144)  1,272 
Net cash used in financing activities  (1,787)  (342)
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH  (309)  (243)  (335)  (152)
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND RESTRICTED CASH  (5,473)  (11,612)  (4,138)  (204)
CASH AND RESTRICTED CASH - Beginning of the period  10,340   20,925   12,299   10,340 
CASH AND RESTRICTED CASH - End of the period $4,867  $9,313  $8,161  $10,136 
SUPPLEMENTAL NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Preferred stock cancelled in connection with an acquisition $-  $(4,000)
Contingent consideration $-  $6,500 
Dividends declared, not paid $4,040  $3,843  $4,115  $3,950 
Purchase of prepaid insurance with assumption of note $695  $967 
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - Cash paid during the period for:                
Income taxes $128  $237  $2  $- 
Interest $125  $55  $75  $40 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CARECLOUD, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF AND FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022MARCH 31, 2023

AND 20212022 (UNAUDITED)

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

 

CareCloud, Inc. (“CareCloud”, and together(together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “CareCloud,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and/or “our”) is a leading provider of technology-enabled services and solutions that redefine the healthcare information technology company that providesrevenue cycle. We provide technology-enabled revenue cycle management and a full suite of proprietary cloud-based solutions together with related business services, to healthcare providers, from small practices to enterprise medical groups, hospitals, and hospitalshealth systems throughout the United States. The Company’s integrated services are designed to help customersHealthcare organizations today operate in highly complex and regulated environments. Our suite of technology-enabled solutions helps our clients increase revenues,financial and operational performance, streamline clinical workflows, and make betterimprove the patient experience.

Our portfolio of proprietary software and business and clinical decisions, while reducing administrative burdens and operating costs. Our Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) platform includesservices includes: technology-enabled business solutions that maximize revenue cycle management (“RCM”),and create efficiencies through platform agnostic AI-driven applications; cloud-based software that helps providers manage their practice and patient engagement while leveraging analytics to improve provider performance; digital health services to address value-based care and enable the delivery of remote patient care; healthcare IT professional services & staffing to address physician burnout, staffing shortages and leverage consulting expertise to transition into the next generation of healthcare; and, medical practice management (“PM”), electronic health record (“EHR”),services to assist medical providers with operating models and the tools needed to run their practice.

Our high-value business intelligence, telehealth, patient experienceservices, such as revenue cycle management, (“PXM”) solutionsare often paired with our cloud-based software, premiere healthcare consulting and complementary software toolsimplementation services, and business serviceson-demand workforce staffing capabilities for high-performance medical groups and health systems. systems nationwide.

CareCloud has its corporate offices in Somerset, New Jersey and maintains client support teams throughout the U.S., and offshore offices in Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a region administered by Pakistan (the “Pakistan Offices”), and in Sri Lanka.

 

CareCloud was founded in 1999 under the name Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. and incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 2001. In 2004, the Company formed MTBC Private Limited (or “MTBC(“MTBC Pvt. Ltd.”), a 99.9%99.9% majority-owned subsidiary of CareCloud based in Pakistan. The remaining 0.1%0.1% of the shares of MTBC Pvt. Ltd. is equally owned by the founder and Executive Chairman of CareCloud and a local employee who is also a director of this entity. Effective April 1, 2022, the Company formed MTBC Bagh Private Limited (or “MTBC Bagh Pvt. Ltd.”), a 99.8% majority-owned subsidiary of CareCloud based in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a region administered by Pakistan. The remaining 0.2% of the shares of MTBC Bagh Pvt. Ltd. is equally owned by the founder and Executive Chairman of CareCloud and the same director/employee as above. In 2016, the Company 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, the Company formed CareCloud Practice Management, Corp. (“CPM”), a Delaware corporation, to operate the medical practice management business acquired from Orion Healthcorp.

 

In January 2020, the Company purchased CareCloud Corporation, a company whose name we took. That company is now known as CareCloud Health, Inc. (“CCH”). In June 2020, the Company purchased Meridian Billing Management Co. and its affiliate Origin Holdings, Inc. (collectively “Meridian” and sometimes referred to as “Meridian Medical Management”). Both companies were subsequently merged and the surviving company was renamed Meridian Medical Management, Inc.

 

During March 2021, the Company formed a new wholly-owned subsidiary, CareCloud Acquisition, Corp. (“CAC”). In June 2021, CAC purchased certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of MedMatica Consulting Associates Inc., (“MedMatica”) and purchased the stock of Santa Rosa Staffing, Inc., (“SRS”). The assets and liabilities of MedMatica were merged into SRS and the company was renamed medSR, Inc. (“medSR”). See Note 3.

Effective April 1, 2022, the Company formed MTBC Bagh Private Limited (“MTBC Bagh Pvt. Ltd.”), a 99.8% majority-owned subsidiary of CareCloud based in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a region administered by Pakistan. The remaining 0.2% of the shares of MTBC Bagh Pvt. Ltd. is equally owned by the founder and Executive Chairman of CareCloud and the same director/employee as noted above.

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2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying unaudited 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 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, 2022,March 31, 2023, the results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 and 2021 and cash flows for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021.2022. 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 consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

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The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021,2022, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2022.2, 2023.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements — From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and are adopted by us as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, we believe that the impact of recently adopted and recently issued accounting pronouncements will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, including subsequent codification improvements, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The guidance in Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13 replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology under current GAAP. The new impairment model requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses expected to occur for most financial assets and certain other instruments. It will apply to all entities. For trade receivables, loans and held-to-maturity debt securities, entities will be required to estimate lifetime expected credit losses. This may result in the earlier recognition of credit losses. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-10, which delays this standard’s effective date for SEC smaller reporting companies to the fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2022. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2023 using a modified retrospective adoption methodology, whereby the cumulative impact of all prior periods is recorded in accumulated deficit or other impacted balance sheet items upon adoption. The impact to the processaccumulated deficit as of determiningJanuary 1, 2023 for the allowance related to accounts receivable was a charge of approximately $186,000 and a corresponding increase to the allowance for doubtful accounts.

In 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04 to simplify the accounting for contract modifications made to replace LIBOR or other reference rates that are expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to these contract modifications if this update will have a significantcertain criteria are met. The optional expedients and exceptions can be applied to contract modifications made until December 31, 2022. There was no impact on the consolidated financial statements.statements as a result of this standard.

 

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 Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2022. There was no impact on the consolidated financial statements as a result of this standard.

 

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In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805) – Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers. The amendments in this update require acquiring entities to apply Topic 606 to recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities in a business combination. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. There was no impact on the consolidated financial statements as a result of this standard.

In March 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-01, Leases (Topic 842): Common Control Arrangements – Issue 2. The amendments in this update require that leasehold improvements associated with common control leases be: (1) amortized by the lessee over the useful life of the leasehold improvements to the common control group as long as the lessee controls the use of the underlying asset through a lease and (2) accounted for as a transfer between entities under common control through an adjustment to equity if, and when, the lessee no longer controls the use of the underlying asset. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. The Company is in the process of determining ifdoes not expect this update willto have a significantmaterial impact on itsthe consolidated financial statements.

 

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3.ACQUISITIONS

2021 Acquisition

On June 1, 2021, CAC entered into an Asset and Stock Purchase Agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with MedMatica and its sole shareholder. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, CAC acquired (i) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of SRS, a Delaware corporation, and (ii) all of the MedMatica assets that were used in MedMatica’s and SRS’ business. Certain MedMatica liabilities were also assumed under the Purchase Agreement. The total cash consideration was $10 million plus a working capital adjustment of approximately $3.8 million. The Purchase Agreement also provides that if during the 18-month period commencing on June 1, 2021 (the “Earn-Out Period”), certain EBITDA and revenue targets with respect to the assets and capital stock purchased under the Purchase Agreement are achieved, then CAC shall pay MedMatica an earn-out up to a maximum of $8 million. Further, if during the Earn-Out Period, certain additional and increased EBITDA and revenue targets with respect to the assets and capital stock purchased under the Purchase Agreement are achieved, then CAC shall pay MedMatica an additional earn-out, up to a maximum of $5 million.

MedMatica and SRS were in the business of providing a broad range of specialty consulting services to hospitals and large healthcare groups, including certain consulting services related to healthcare IT application services and implementations, medical practice management, and revenue cycle management. The acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination.

A summary of the total consideration is as follows:

SUMMARY OF TOTAL CONSIDERATION ON BUSINESS CONSIDERATION

medSR Purchase Price   
   ($ in thousands) 
Cash $12,261 
Amounts held in escrow  1,571 
Contingent consideration  5,605 
Total purchase price $19,437 

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

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES ASSUMED

  ($ in thousands) 
Accounts receivable $2,696 
Receivable from seller  227 
Prepaid expenses  102 
Unbilled receivables  2,491 
Property and equipment  84 
Customer relationships  3,100 
Acquired backlog  490 
Goodwill  11,931 
Accounts payable  (539)
Accrued expenses & compensation  (1,125)
Deferred revenue  (20)
Total purchase price allocation $19,437 

The acquired accounts receivable is recorded at fair value, which represents amounts that have subsequently been paid or were 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 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 goodwill from this acquisition is deductible ratably for income tax purposes over fifteen years. The purchase agreement provides that if revenue and EBITDA over the next 18 months exceeds certain specified amounts, there will be an earn-out payment to the seller equal to such excess, up to $13 million. It was estimated that the probable payment will be approximately $5.6 million and this amount was recorded as part of the purchase price allocation as contingent consideration. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company determined that the fair value of the contingent consideration was approximately $200,000 and $3.1 million, respectively, based in part on the actual operating results since the acquisition. The difference in the contingent consideration between December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 has been recorded as a change in contingent consideration in the consolidated statements of operations.

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As part of the acquisition, $1.5 million of the purchase price was held in escrow, which represented $500,000 to be paid upon the achievement of agreed-upon revenue and backlog milestones, and the balance to be held for up to 18 months to satisfy certain indemnification obligations. During the third quarter of 2021, the initial portion of the escrow was settled whereby $250,000 was paid to the seller and $250,000 was offset against the working capital adjustment. An additional $71,000 that was held in escrow was also paid. The balance of the $1.0 million escrow is included in consideration payable and restricted cash in the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022. Approximately $12.3 million in cash was paid at closing.

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

Revenue earned from the clients obtained from the medSR acquisition was approximately $6.4 million and $22.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively.

The medSR 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 expansion of its customer base and by increasing available customer relationship resources and specialized trained staff.

Pro forma financial information (Unaudited)

The unaudited pro forma information below represents the consolidated results of operations as if the medSR acquisition occurred on January 1, 2021. 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 acquisition 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 combination. The difference between the actual revenue and the pro forma revenue is approximately $17.8 million of additional revenue recorded by medSR for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. Other differences arise from amortizing purchased intangibles using the double declining balance method.

SCHEDULE OF BUSINESS ACQUISITION PRO FORMA INFORMATION

  2022  2021  2022  2021 
  

Three Months Ended

September 30,

  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
  ($ in thousands, except per share amounts) 
Total revenue $33,723  $38,304  $106,292  $119,929 
Net income $1,128  $1,682  $5,195  $59 
Net loss attributable to common shareholders $(2,721) $(1,960) $(6,467) $(10,349)
Net loss per common share $(0.18) $(0.13) $(0.43) $(0.72)

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 ninethree months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2021:2022:

 

SCHEDULE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

  September 30, 2022 December 31, 2021 
  Nine Months Ended Year Ended 
  September 30, 2022 December 31, 2021 
  ($ in thousands) 
Beginning gross balance $61,186  $49,291 
Acquisition, net of adjustments  -   11,895 
Ending gross balance $61,186  $61,186 

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  Three Months Ended  Year Ended 
  March 31, 2023  December 31, 2022 
  ($ in thousands) 
Beginning gross balance $61,186  $61,186 
Acquisitions  -   - 
Ending gross balance $61,186  $61,186 

 

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, 2022,March 31, 2023, and December 31, 20212022 consist of the following:

 

SCHEDULE OF FINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 September 30, 2022  December 31, 2021         
 September 30, 2022  December 31, 2021  March 31, 2023  December 31, 2022 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
Contracts and relationships acquired $47,597  $47,597  $47,597  $47,597 
Capitalized software  19,302   13,196   22,959   21,547 
Non-compete agreements  1,236   1,236   1,236   1,236 
Other intangible assets  8,399   8,396   8,415   8,415 
Total intangible assets  76,534   70,425   80,207   78,795 
Less: Accumulated amortization  46,775   39,647   51,672   49,275 
Intangible assets - net $29,759  $30,778  $28,535  $29,520 

 

The amount for capitalized software represents payroll and development costs incurred for internally developed software. Other intangible assets primarily represent acquired software andnon-compete agreements, purchased intangibles. Amortization expense was approximately $7.32.5 million and $8.0 million for both the ninethree months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021, respectively.2022. The weighted-average amortization period is three years.

 

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As of September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, future amortization scheduled to be expensed is as follows:

 

SCHEDULE OF FINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS, FUTURE AMORTIZATION EXPENSE

   
Years ending December 31, ($ in thousands)   ($ in thousands) 
2022 (three months) $4,016 
2023 12,275 
2023 (nine months)  $10,338 
2024 8,122    9,498 
2025 3,996    6,254 
2026 300    1,395 
2027   300 
Thereafter  1,050    750 
Total $29,759   $28,535 

 

5.4. 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, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021:2022:

 

SCHEDULE OF LOSSES PER SHARE, BASIC AND DILUTED

  2022  2021  2022  2021 
  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
  ($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts) 
Basic and Diluted:                
Net loss attributable to common shareholders $(2,793) $(2,137) $(6,729) $(11,094)
Weighted-average common shares used to compute basic and diluted loss per share  15,148,721   14,737,103   15,070,913   14,419,968 
Net loss attributable to common shareholders per share - basic and diluted $(0.18) $(0.15) $(0.45) $(0.77)

         
  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2023  2022 
  ($ in thousands, except share and
per share amounts)
 
Basic and Diluted:        
Net loss attributable to common shareholders $(4,332) $(2,897)
Weighted-average common shares used to compute basic and diluted loss per share  15,421,096   14,992,147 
Net loss attributable to common shareholders per share - basic and diluted $(0.28) $(0.19)

 

At September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, the 480,526630,094 unvested equity restricted stock units (“RSUs”) as discussed in Note 1211 and 1,253,489128,489 unexercised warrants expiring between October 2022July 2023 and September 2023 with exercise prices between $3.925.00 to $10.005.26 have been excluded from the above calculations as they were anti-dilutive. At September 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, the 280,496465,926 unvested equity RSUs and 3,152,1402,152,140 unexercised warrants have been excluded from the above calculations as they were anti-dilutive. Vested RSUs, vested restricted shares and exercised warrants have been included in the above calculations.

 

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6.5. DEBT

 

SVB Bank Debt— During —During October 2017, the Company opened a revolving line of credit with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) under a three-year agreement. The SVBCompany’s credit facility is a secured revolving line of credit where borrowings are based on a formula of 200%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. During the third quarter of 2021, the credit line was further increased to $20 million and the term was extended for another year. During February 2023, the line of credit was increased to $25 million and the term was extended for two additional years. The financial covenants were also slightly modified for 2023 and subsequent years.

As of September 30,March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was $no10 borrowingmillion and $8 million, respectively, of borrowings under the credit facility. Interest on the SVB revolving line of credit is currently charged at the prime rate plus 1.50%1.50 with a minimum rate of 6.50%%. 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%65% of the shares in its offshore subsidiaries. Future acquisitions are subject to approval by SVB.

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In connection with the original SVB debt agreement, the Company paid SVB approximately $50,000 of fees upfront and issued warrants for SVB to purchase 125,000 shares of its common stock.stock, and committed to pay an annual anniversary fee of $50,000 a year. Based on the terms in the original SVB credit agreement, these warrants had a strike price equal to $3.92. They also had a five-year exercise window and net exercise rights, and were valued at $3.12 per warrant. These warrants were exercised during 2022. As a result of the revision in the SVB credit line, which increased the credit line from $5 million to $10 million and reduced the interest rate by 25 basis points, the Company paid approximately $50,000 of fees upfront and issued an additional 28,489 warrants, with a strike price equal to $5.26, a five-yearfive-year exercise window and net exercise rights. The additional warrants were valued at $3.58 per warrant. The SVB credit agreement contains various covenants and conditions governing the revolving line of credit including a current annual fee of $100,000. These covenants include a minimum level of adjusted EBITDA and a minimum liquidity ratio. At September 30,March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and 2021, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.

 

During September 2021, the credit agreement was modified to include CAC and medSR as borrowers. During January 2022, the credit agreement with SVB was modified to allow the Company to issue Series B Preferred Stock and pay monthly dividends on this stock, to use a portion of the Series B offering proceeds to redeem a portion of the Series A Preferred Stock that is outstanding and to allow for the potential exchange of shares of Series A Preferred Stock for Series B Preferred Stock.

 

During March 2023, SVB became a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company. The agreements that governed the former SVB relationship remain in place. There was no change to the terms of the credit agreement and the Company has had full access to its cash balances.

The Company maintains cash balances at SVB in excess of the FDIC insurance coverage limits. The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of this financial institution to ensure its credit worthiness. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company held cash of approximately $1.4 million and $1.8 million, respectively, in the name of its subsidiaries at banks in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The banking systems in these countries do not provide deposit insurance coverage. The Company has not experienced any losses on its cash accounts.

Vehicle Financing Notes — The Company financed certain vehicle purchases both in the United States and in Pakistan.States. The vehicle financing notes have three to six year 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 currently 4.55%4.55%.

 

7.6. LEASES

 

We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. We have operating leases for office and temporary living space as well as for some office equipment. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, current operating lease liability and non-current operating lease liability in our consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021.2022. 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.

 

As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, 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 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 we believe that we may want the right to exercise that option. Leases with a term of less than 12 months are not recorded in the consolidated balance sheets. 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.

 

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If a lease is modified after the effective date, the operating lease ROU asset and liability are re-measured using the current incremental borrowing rate. We review our incremental borrowing rate for our portfolio of leases on a quarterly basis. During the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, there were approximately $257,000153,000 and $786,000, respectively, of unoccupied lease charges. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, there were approximately $220,000 and $686,000263,000, respectively, of unoccupied lease charges for two of the Company’s facilities. During the nine monthsquarter ended September 30,March 31, 2022, there was a gain on lease termination of approximately $105,000. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded approximately $775,000 of impairment charges on a vendor contract.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2023, the Miami office lease that we assumed in connection with an acquisition ended and we entered into a new lease arrangement with the landlord for significantly less office space. Charges of approximately $71,000 were incurred as a result of vacating the former premises. During the year ended December 31, 2022, a facility lease was terminated in conjunction with the Company ceasing its document storage services resulting in additional costs for the three months ended March 31, 2023, of approximately $51,00045,000 and $248,000, respectively.. This amount is included in Netnet loss on lease terminations impairment and unoccupied lease charges in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

During the third quarter of 2021, the Company decided to terminate one of its leases in Pakistan which expired as of the end of the year. The Company did not renew this lease and consolidated its employees into the remaining facilities. As a result of the termination, the Company incurred a loss of approximately $18,000 which has been included in Net loss on lease termination, impairment and unoccupied lease charges in the September 30, 2021 consolidated statements of operations.

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Lease expense is included in direct operating costs and general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations based on the nature of the expense. As of September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, we had 3231 leased properties, five in Medical Practice Management and 2726 in Healthcare IT, with remaining terms ranging from less than one year to fourteenthirteen 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. The Company also has some related party leases – see Note 9.8.

 

The components of lease expense were as follows:

SCHEDULE OF LEASE EXPENSE

 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
Operating lease cost $921  $1,066  $2,798  $3,181  $801  $972 
Short-term lease cost  4   22   79   65   -   40 
Variable lease cost  5   11   24   25   5   9 
Total-net lease cost $930  $1,099  $2,901  $3,271 
Total - net lease cost $806  $1,021 

 

Short-term lease cost represents leases that were not capitalized as the lease term as of the later of January 1, 20222023 or the beginning of the lease was less than 12 months. Variable lease costs include utilities, real estate taxes and common area maintenance costs.

 

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Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:

 

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION RELATED TO LEASES

 September 30, 2022  December 31, 2021  March 31, 2023  December 31, 2022 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
Operating leases:                
Operating lease ROU assets, net $4,679  $6,940  $4,465  $4,921 
                
Current operating lease liabilities $2,554  $3,963  $2,095  $2,273 
Non-current operating lease liabilities  2,907   4,545   2,822   3,207 
Total operating lease liabilities $5,461  $8,508  $4,917  $5,480 
                
Operating leases:                
ROU assets $7,242  $10,535  $5,207  $8,293 
Asset lease expense  (2,474)  (3,574)  (683)  (3,286)
Foreign exchange loss  (89)  (21)  (59)  (86)
ROU assets, net $4,679  $6,940  $4,465  $4,921 
Operating lease right-of-use assets $4,679  $6,940 
                
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):                
Operating leases  4.95   4.26   4.3   5.1 
Weighted average discount rate:                
Operating leases  7.02%  6.76%  10.1%  7.9%
Weighted average discount rate: Operating leases  7.02%  6.76%

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

 

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO LEASES

 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:              
Operating cash flows from operating leases $1,228  $1,316  $3,598  $4,048  $907  $1,212 
                        
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities:                        
Operating leases, excluding impairments and terminations $71  $315  $513  $2,063  $287  $427 

 

Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:

 

SCHEDULE OF MATURITIES OF LEASE LIABILITIES

Operating leases - Years ending December 31, ($ in thousands) 
2022 (three months) $1,072 
2023  2,187 
2024  1,003 
2025  525 
2026  237 
Thereafter  1,756 
Total lease payments  6,780 
Less: imputed interest  (1,319)
Total lease obligations  5,461 
Less: current obligations  (2,554)
Long-term lease obligations $2,907 

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Operating leases - Years ending December 31, ($ in thousands) 
2023 (nine months) $2,057 
2024  1,661 
2025  952 
2026  323 
2027  229 
Thereafter  1,643 
Total lease payments  6,865 
Less: imputed interest  (1,948)
Total lease obligations  4,917 
Less: current obligations  (2,095)
Long-term lease obligations $2,822 

 

8.7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Legal Proceedings — On May 30, 2018, the Superior CourtDecember 9, 2022, an arbitrator rendered a decision in favor of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Somerset County (the “Chancery Court”) denied CareCloud’s and MTBC Acquisition Corp.’s (“MAC’s”MAC”) request to enjoin an arbitration proceeding demandedand dismissed the claims brought against MAC by Randolph Pain Relief and Wellness Center (“RPRWC”) related, determining that RPRWC failed to RCM services provided by parties unaffiliated with CareCloud or MAC. On June 15, 2018, CareCloud and MAC filed an appealprove any breach of the Chancery Court’s decision with the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. On July 19, 2018, the Chancery Court ordered that the arbitration be stayed pending CareCloud’s and MAC’s appeal. On appeal, CareCloud and MAC contended they were never party to theapplicable billing services agreement giving riseand failed to prove that any alleged damages were due. The deadline for RPRWC to file a summary action in Superior Court of New Jersey seeking to overturn the arbitration claim, did not assumearbitrator’s decision was April 5, 2023 and no summary action was filed by such deadline. As such, the obligations of Millennium Practice Management Associates, Inc. (“MPMA”) under such agreement, and any agreement to arbitrate disputes arising under such agreement did not apply to CareCloud or MAC as RPRWC terminated the agreement before the applicable asset purchase agreement took effect. On January 30, 2019, the parties conducted oral arguments before the Appellate Division.arbitrator’s decision dismissing RPRWC’s claims is final.

 

On April 23, 2019, the Appellate Division affirmed in part and reversed in part the trial court’s order. The Appellate Division upheld the portion of the trial court’s order requiring MAC to participate in the arbitration based on the trial court’s finding that MAC had assumed MPMA’s contractual responsibilities. The Appellate Division reversed the trial court’s order requiring CareCloud to participate in the arbitration on the grounds that insufficient facts had been provided by RPRWC from which the court could conclude CareCloud was required to participate in the arbitration. As a result, the Appellate Division remanded the issue of whether Company is required to participate in the arbitration back to the trial court for further proceedings.

The parties completed discovery in the remanded matter on November 29, 2019, and thereafter both CareCloud and RPRWC filed cross-motions for summary judgment in their favor. On February 6, 2020, the Chancery Court denied RPRWC’s motion for summary judgment and granted CareCloud’s cross-motion for summary judgment. The Chancery Court held that CareCloud cannot be compelled to participate in the Arbitration. RPRWC has informed CareCloud that it does not intend to appeal the Chancery Court’s ruling and that it intends to move forward solely against MAC. On March 25, 2020, the Chancery Court lifted the stay of arbitration relative to RPRWC and MAC. In its arbitration demand, RPRWC alleges that MPMA, a subsidiary of MediGain, LLC, breached the terms of the billing services agreement the parties had entered into and sought compensatory damages of $6.6 million and costs.

On May 28, 2020, the arbitrator handling the matter conducted a scheduling conference with the parties in order to establish deadlines for the parties to exchange discovery requests and responses. During the conference, the arbitrator directed RPRWC to produce a statement of damages on which it bases its claim. RPRWC disclosed its statement of damages to MAC on June 12, 2020. RPRWC’s June 12, 2020 statement of damages increased its alleged damages from $6.6 million and costs to $20 million and costs. On July 24, 2020, RPRWC disclosed a declaration to MAC, in which RPRWC estimates its damages to be approximately $11 million plus costs. RPRWC then served expert reports in November 2021, whereby RPRWC’s expert alleged that damages were estimated to be in the range of $9.8 million to $10.8 million. MAC has served an expert report refuting the alleged damages. A hearing was held in this matter over four days in June 2022. Testimony regarding alleged damages, and MAC’s defenses and refutation of the alleged damages thereto, was given at the hearing in line with the expert reports exchanged in discovery. Written closing arguments were submitted by both parties to the arbitrator in October 2022.

While the allegations of breach of contract made by RPRWC are the subject of the ongoing legal proceedings, MAC believes RPRWC’s allegations lack merit on numerous grounds. MAC continues to vigorously defend against RPRWC’s claim and is currently awaiting the arbitrator’s ruling. Based on RPRWC’s most recent calculation of its claimed damages, the possible loss arising from this matter may be between $0 to $10.8 million. However, since MAC is not a significant subsidiary of CareCloud pursuant to Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, and CareCloud is not a party to this proceeding, we do not expect any outcome to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

From time to time, we may become involved in other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. Including the proceeding described above, weWe 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.

 

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9.8. 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 $16,00019,000 and $15,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $5,000 and $6,000 for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively. As of September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2021,2022, the accounts receivable balance due from this customer was approximately $6,0009,000 and $3,00010,000, respectively.

The Company was a party to a nonexclusive aircraft dry lease agreement with Kashmir Air, Inc. (“KAI”), which was owned by the Executive Chairman. The Company recorded an expense of approximately $20,000respectively, and $80,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The lease for the aircraft was renewed as of April 1, 2021 and terminated on August 31, 2021. As a result of the lease termination, the Company incurred a loss of approximately $185,000, which has beenis included in Net loss on lease termination, impairment and unoccupied lease chargesaccounts receivable - net in the September 30, 2021 consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2022, there was no liability outstanding to KAI.balance sheets.

 

The Company leases its corporate offices in New Jersey, itsa temporary housing apartment for its foreign visitors, a printing and mailingstorage facility, and its backup operations center in Bagh, Pakistan and an apartment for temporary housing in Dubai, the UAE, from the Executive Chairman. The related party rent expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $149,000 and $140,000, respectively, and was approximately $49,000 and $47,000 forboth the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 and 2021, respectively,was approximately $51,000, and is included in direct operating costs, general and administrative expense and research and development expense in the consolidated statements of operations. During the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, the Company spent approximately $633,000502,000 and $1.4288,000 million to upgrade the related party leased facilities. Current assets-related party in the consolidated balance sheets includes security deposits related to the leases of the Company’s corporate offices in the amount of approximately $16,000 and $13,000 as of September 30, 2022both March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021, respectively.2022.

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Included in the ROU asset at September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 is approximately $360,000390,000 applicable to the related party leases. Included in the current and non-current operating lease liability at September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 is approximately $183,000154,000 and $171,000229,000, respectively, applicable to the related party leases.

 

Included in the ROU asset at December 31, 20212022 is approximately $483,000467,000 applicable to the related party leases. Included in the current and non-current operating lease liability at December 31, 20212022 is approximately $174,000158,000 and $305,000301,000, respectively, applicable to the related party leases.

During June 2022, the Company entered into a one-year consulting agreement with an entity owned and controlled by one of its non-independent directors whereby the director received 10,000 shares of the Company’s 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) in exchange for assisting the Company to identify and acquire additional companies, including performing due diligence. In addition, the Company may make additional payments under the agreement for any successful acquisitions by the Company based on the purchase price of the transaction. No such additional payments were made in 2022. During February 2023, the agreement was amended and extended through December 2024 whereby the director received 14,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock in February 2023 and will receive an additional 14,000 shares in January 2024. All of the payments made were capitalized and are being amortized over the service period. The amortization is recorded as stock compensation in General and Administrative expense in the consolidated statement of operations. All such shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are or will be issued in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan. In addition to the extension of the consulting agreement, the amendment provides that any transaction fees due will be offset against the last two above payments before any amounts are due to the director.

 

During 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, 2022,March 31, 2023, talkMD had not yet commenced operations. Cumulatively,Through March 31, 2023, the Company has paid approximately $4,000 on behalf of talkMD for income taxes.

 

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10.9. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The Company has the right to sell up to $35 million of its Series B Preferred Stock using its preferred stock at-the-market facility (“ATM”). The underwriter receives 3% of the gross proceeds. During 2022,the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company sold 1,299,21659,773 shares of 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”)Stock and received net proceeds of approximately $30.31.4 million. This includes million under this ATM facility. The Company also has the right to sell up to $198,40650 million of its common stock using a common stock ATM facility. The underwriters of the common stock ATM also receive 3% of the gross proceeds. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, no shares of common stock were issued under this ATM.

During the first quarter of 2022, the Company sold under the Company’s at-the-market facility (“ATM”). The1,150,372 shares of Series B Preferred Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MTBCO.” Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stockand received net proceeds of approximately $2.1926.6 annually per share are cumulative from the date of issue and are payable each month when, as and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors.million. On March 18, 2022, the Company used a portion of thethese proceeds from selling Series B Preferred Stock to redeem 800,000 shares of the Company’s 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred StockStock”) for $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date.

Since November 4, 2020, the Company may redeem, at its option, the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at a cash redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date. The Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity, is not subject to any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption, and is not convertible into or exchangeable for any of the Company’s other securities. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have no voting rights except for limited voting rights if dividends payable on the Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears for eighteen or more consecutive or non-consecutive monthly dividend periods. If the Company were to liquidate, dissolve or wind up, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have the right to receive $25.00 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the date of payment, before any payment is made to the holders of the common stock.

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Commencing on February 15, 2024 and prior to February 15, 2025, we may redeem, at our option, the Series B Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at a cash redemption price of $25.75 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date. On or after February 15, 2025 and prior to February 15, 2026, we may redeem, at our option, the Series B Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at a cash redemption price of $25.50 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date. On or after February 15, 2026 and prior to February 15, 2027, we may redeem, at our option, the Series B Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at a cash redemption price of $25.25 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date. On or after February 15, 2027, we may redeem, at our option, the Series B Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at a cash redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date.

 

The Company has the right to sell up to $35 million of its Series B Preferred Stock using its ATM facility. The underwriter receives 3% of the gross proceeds. The Company also has the right to sell up to $50 million of its common stock using a second ATM facility. The underwriters of the common stock ATM also receive 3% of the gross proceeds. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, no shares of common stock were issued under this ATM.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, 858,000 common stock warrants were exercised at $7.50 each resulting in gross proceeds of $6,435,000. During the second quarter of 2021, the Company sold 178,092 shares of common stock under its ATM and received net proceeds of approximately $1.4 million. Also, during the second quarter of 2021, the Company cancelled 215,822 shares of preferred stock that were held in escrow from the CCH acquisition as the matters related to the escrow were settled in cash. During the third quarter of 2021, the Company sold 136,395 shares of common stock and received net proceeds of approximately $1.2 million. On October 11, 2022, 9,072 common stock warrants were exercised.

11.10. REVENUE

 

Introduction

The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. 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. ForThe Company recognizes revenue when the revenue cycle management services the Company recognizes revenue when services begin on the medical billing claims, which is generally upon receipt of the claim from the provider. For many services, the Company recognizes revenue as a percentage of the amount the customer collects on the medical billing claims. The Company’s software is utilized at the time the provider sees the patient, and 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. 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 the standard.

 

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. The standalone selling prices are based on the contractual price for the service.

 

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.

 

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Disaggregation of Revenue from Contracts with Customers

We derive revenue from five primary sources: (1) technology-enabled business solutions, (2) professional services, (3) printing and mailing services, (4) group purchasing services and (5) medical practice management services.

 

The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30:March 31:

SCHEDULE OF DISAGGREGATION OF REVENUE

 2022  2021  2022  2021 
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended  2023  2022 
 September 30,  September 30,  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
Healthcare IT:                        
Technology-enabled business solutions $21,626  $27,086  $68,457  $80,076  $19,495  $23,242 
Professional services  7,434   6,863   25,572   10,978   6,560   8,314 
Printing and mailing services  594   429   1,515   1,084   713   463 
Group purchasing services  310   300   602   659   186   134 
Medical Practice Management:                        
Medical practice management services  3,759   3,626   10,146   9,340   3,047   3,188 
Total $33,723  $38,304  $106,292  $102,137  $30,001  $35,341 
Revenues $33,723  $38,304  $106,292  $102,137  $30,001  $35,341 

 

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Technology-enabled business solutions:

Revenue derived on an on-going basis from our technology-enabled solutions, which typically include revenue cycle management services, is typically billed as a percentage of payments collected by our customers. The fee for our services often includes the ability to use our EHR and practice management software as well as RCM as part of the bundled fee.

 

RevenueTechnology-assisted 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. The Company 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 fee for these services typically includes use of practice management software and related tools (on a SaaS basis), electronic health records (on a SaaS basis), medical billing services 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.

 

Our proprietary, cloud-based practice management application automates the labor-intensive workflow of a medical office in a unified and streamlined SaaS platform. The Company has a large number of clients who utilize the Company’s practice management software, electronic health records software, patient experience management solutions, business intelligence software and/or robotic process automation software on a SaaS basis, but who do not utilize the Company’s revenue cycle management services. SaaS fees may be fixed based on the number of providers, or may be variable.

 

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The medical billing clearinghouse service takes claim information from customers, checks the claims for errors and sends this information electronically to insurance companies. The Company 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.

 

Additional services such as coding credentialing and transcription are sometimes 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.

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Digital health services:

Our digital health services, which began generating revenue in mid-2022, include chronic care management, where a care manager conducts remote visits with patients with one or more chronic conditions under the supervision of a physician who is our client. It also includes remote patient monitoring where our system monitors recordings from FDA-approved internet connected devices. These devices record patient trends and alerts the physician to changes which might trigger the need for additional follow-up visits. The performance obligation for chronic care management is satisfied at a point in time once the patient receives the services. The performance obligation for remote patient monitoring is satisfied over time as the patient receives the services. The revenue for these services for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was approximately $146,000.

 

Professional services:

Our professional services include an extensive set of services including EHR vendor-agnostic optimization and activation, project management, IT transformation consulting, process improvement, training, education and staffing for large healthcare organizations including health systems and hospitals. Revenue is recorded monthly on a time and materials or a fixed rate basis. This is a separate performance obligation from any RCM or SaaS services provided, for which the Company receives and records monthly fees. The performance obligation is satisfied over time using the input method. The revenue is recorded on a monthly basis as the professional services are rendered.

 

Printing and mailing services:

The Company provides printing and mailing services for both revenue cycle management customers and a 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.

 

Group purchasing services:

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. Fees from the pharmaceutical companies are paid 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.

 

For all of the above revenue streams other than group purchasing services, revenue is recognized over time, which is typicallyapproximately 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. 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.

 

Medical practice management services:

The Company also provides medical 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.

 

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The Company assumes all financial risk for the performance of the managed medical practices. Revenue is impacted by the 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 medical practice management services have approximately an additional 2016 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.

 

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Our medical 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, however for reporting and convenience purposes, the management fee is computed at each month end.month-end.

 

Information about contract balances:

As of September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, the estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to the remaining revenue cycle management performance obligations outstanding was approximately $3.94.6 million. We expect to recognize substantially all of the revenue for the remaining performance obligations over the next three months. Approximately $500,000439,000 of the contract asset represents revenue earned, but not yet paid, from the group purchasing services.

 

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 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.

 

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. The opening and closing balances of the Company’s accounts receivable, contract asset and deferred revenue are as follows:

 SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, CONTRACT ASSET AND DEFERRED REVENUE

  

Accounts

Receivable, Net

  

Contract

Asset

  

Deferred Revenue

(current)

  

Deferred Revenue

(long term)

 
  ($ in thousands) 
Balance as of January 1, 2022 $17,006  $4,725  $1,085  $341 
(Decrease) increase, net  (725)  (318)  332   49 
Balance as of September 30, 2022 $16,281  $4,407  $1,417  $390 
                
Balance as of January 1, 2021 $12,089  $4,105  $1,173  $305 
medSR acquisition  2,705   2,402   20   - 
Increase (decrease), net  3,300   (1,846)  (104)  (89)
Balance as of September 30, 2021 $18,094  $4,661  $1,089  $216 
  Accounts
Receivable, Net
  Contract
Asset
  Deferred Revenue
(current)
  Deferred Revenue
(long term)
 
  ($ in thousands) 
Balance as of January 1, 2023 $14,773  $4,399  $1,386  $342 
(Decrease) increase, net  (127)  619   8   8 
Balance as of March 31, 2023 $14,646  $5,018  $1,394  $350 
                 
Balance as of January 1, 2022 $17,006  $4,725  $1,085  $341 
Increase (decrease), net  1,487   (80)  55   49 
Balance as of March 31, 2022 $18,493  $4,645  $1,140  $390 

 

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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. Deferred commissions were approximately $692,000580,000 and $922,000846,000 at September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively, and are included in the other assets amounts in the consolidated balance sheets.

 

12. Trade Accounts Receivable – Estimate of Credit Losses:

ASU 2016-13 requires the recognition of lifetime estimated credit losses expected to occur for trade accounts receivable. The guidance also requires we pool assets with similar risk characteristics and consider current economic conditions when estimating losses. The adoption of the ASU 2016-13 for trade accounts receivable was recorded as a charge to accumulated deficit of approximately $186,000 as of January 1, 2023.

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At adoption, we segmented the accounts receivable population into pools based on their risk assessment. Risks related to trade accounts receivable are a customer’s inability to pay or bankruptcy. Each pool was defined by their internal credit assessment and business size. The pools are aligned with management’s review of financial performance. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, no adjustment to the pools was necessary.

We utilize a loss-rate method to measure the expected credit loss for each pool. The loss rate is calculated using a three-year lookback period of write-offs and adjustments, divided by the revenue for each pool by aging category, net of customer payments during that period. We consider current and future economic conditions, internal forecasts, customer collection experience and credit memos issued during the current period when assessing loss rates. We reviewed these factors and concluded that no adjustments should be made to the historical loss rate data for the current quarter. In addition, the Company uses specific account identification in determining the total allowance for expected credit losses. Trade receivables are written off only after the Company has exhausted all collection efforts.

Changes in the allowance for expected credit losses for trade accounts receivable are presented in the table below:

SCHEDULE OF TRADE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

  Three Months Ended  Year Ended 
  March 31, 2023  December 31, 2022 
  ($ in thousands) 
Beginning balance $823  $537 
Adoption of ASC 326  186   - 
Provision  97   740 
Recoveries/adjustments  -   313 
Write-offs  (163)  (767)
Ending balance $943  $823 

11. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

In April 2014, the Company adopted the Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Original Plan”), reserving a total of 1,351,000 shares of common stock for grants to employees, officers, directors and consultants. On April 14, 2017, the Original 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 “A&R Plan”). During 2018, an additional 200,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were added to the A&R Plan for future issuance. In May 2020, an additional 2,000,000 shares of common stock and an additional 300,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were added to the A&R Plan for future issuance. During 2022, an additional 1,000,000 shares of common stock and 200,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were added to the A&R Plan for future issuance. Some of the Series A Preferred Stock shares were subsequently redesignated as Series B Preferred Stock and were removed from the A&R Plan. As of September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, 1,621,747971,616 shares of common stock 33,769 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 120,00038,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock are available for 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.

 

TheCertain equity-based RSUsRSU agreements contain a 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.

 

Common and preferred stock RSUs

 

In February 2022, the Compensation Committee approved executive bonuses to be paid in shares of Series B Preferred Stock, with the number of shares and the amount based on specified criteria being achieved during the year 2022. The actual amount ofThese shares will be settledwere awarded in early 2023 based on the achievement of the specified criteria.

In February 2023, the Compensation Committee approved executive bonuses to be paid in shares of Series B Preferred Stock with the number of shares and the amount based on specified criteria being achieved during the year 2023. For the ninethree months ended September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, an expense of approximately $644,000123,000 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 consolidated balance sheets. The balance of the stock compensation expense has been recorded as additional paid-in capital.

 

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The following table summarizes the RSU transactions related to the common and preferred stock under the A&R Plan for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021:2022:

DISCLOSURE OF SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS BY SHARE-BASED PAYMENT AWARD

  

Common

Stock

  

Series A

Preferred Stock

  

Series B

Preferred Stock

 
Outstanding and unvested shares at January 1, 2022  418,039   34,000   - 
Granted  625,252   -   80,000 
Vested  (426,299)  (34,000)  (10,000)
Forfeited  (55,616)  -   - 
Outstanding and unvested shares at September 30, 2022  561,376   -   70,000 
             
Outstanding and unvested shares at January 1, 2021  382,435   44,000   - 
Granted  458,467   46,197   - 
Vested  (475,120)  (56,197)  - 
Forfeited  (85,286)  -   - 
Outstanding and unvested shares at September 30, 2021  280,496   34,000   - 

  Common
Stock
  Series A
Preferred Stock
  Series B
Preferred Stock
 
Outstanding and unvested shares at January 1, 2023  645,475   -   80,462 
Granted  546,851   -   62,000 
Vested  (498,660)  -   (57,263)
Forfeited  (19,975)  -   - 
Outstanding and unvested shares at March 31, 2023  673,691   -   85,199 
             
Outstanding and unvested shares at January 1, 2022  418,039   34,000   - 
Granted  360,398   -   34,000 
Vested  (208,817)  (34,000)  - 
Forfeited  (25,494)  -   - 
Outstanding and unvested shares at March 31, 2022  544,126   -   34,000 

 

The liability for the 80,85043,597 cash-settled awards and the liability for withheld taxes in connection with the equity awards was approximately $755,000246,000 and $1.0 million at September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021,2022, respectively, and is included in accrued compensation in the consolidated balance sheets. During the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2022, and 2021, approximately $13,000 and $97,000, respectively, was paid in connection with the cash-settled awards.No

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amounts were paid in connection with cash-settled awards during the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

 

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 following table summarizes the components of share-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021:2022:

Stock-based compensation included in the consolidated statements of operations:

SCHEDULE OF EMPLOYEE SERVICE SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION, ALLOCATION OF RECOGNIZED PERIOD COSTS

             
Stock-based compensation included in the Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
consolidated statements of operations: 2022  2021  2022  2021 
  ($ in thousands) 
Direct operating costs $247  $207  $665  $766 
General and administrative  703   737   1,848   2,482 
Research and development  82   (3)  225   206 
Selling and marketing  296   63   661   552 
Total stock-based compensation expense $1,328  $1,004  $3,399  $4,006 

 Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2023  2022 
  ($ in thousands) 
Direct operating costs $88  $217 
General and administrative  605   380 
Research and development  37   70 
Selling and marketing  342   220 
Total stock-based compensation expense $1,072  $887 

 

13.12. INCOME TAXES

 

The income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 was approximately $55,00065,000 comprised of a current tax expense of $20,00039,000 and a deferred tax expense of $35,00026,000. The income tax expense for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2022 was approximately $144,00064,000, comprised of a current tax expense of $82,00028,000 and a deferred tax expense of $62,00036,000.

 

The current income tax benefitprovision for the three months ended September 30, 2021 was approximately $232,000, comprised of a current tax benefit of $245,000March 31, 2023 and a2022 primarily relates to state minimum taxes and foreign income taxes. The deferred tax expense of $13,000. The Company filed a carryback claim for approximately $285,000 with the Internal Revenue Service to recover taxes previously paid by Meridian prior to its acquisition of Meridian. The income tax benefitprovision (benefit) for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2021 was approximately $20,000, comprisedMarch 31, 2023 and 2022 relates to the book and tax difference of a current tax benefit of $160,000 and aamortization on indefinite-lived intangibles, primarily goodwill. To the extent allowable, the federal deferred tax expense of $140,000.provision has been offset by the indefinite life net operating loss.

 

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During the quarter ended June 30, 2022, it was determined that for the states that follow the federal rules regarding indefinite life net operating losses, the offset to the state deferred tax liability was approximately $45,000. This amount was recorded as a deferred tax benefit during the second quarter of 2022.

The current income tax provision for Subsequently, the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 primarily relates to state minimum taxes and foreign income taxes. The deferred tax provision (benefit) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 relates to the book and tax difference of amortization on indefinite-lived intangibles, primarily goodwill. To the extent allowable, the federal deferred tax provisionliability has been offset byagainst the indefinite lifestate net operating loss.loss to the extent allowable.

 

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES)(“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. AsIn 2022, the remainder of both September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company has deferred payroll taxes of approximately $934,000 of payroll taxes. This amount needs to be repaid by December 31, 2022. were paid.

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The Company 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, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021.2022.

 

14.13. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

Fair value measurements are based upon observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect our view of market participant assumptions in the absence of observable market information. We utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The fair values of assets and liabilities required to be measured at fair value are categorized based upon the level of judgement associated with the inputs used to measure their value in one of the following three categories:

 

Level 1: Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. We held no Level 1 financial instruments at September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 or December 31, 2021.2022.

 

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets with inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly. Our Level 2 financial instruments include notes payable which are carried at cost and approximate fair value since the interest rates being charged approximate market rates.

 

Level 3: Unobservable inputs are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability. Our Level 3 instrument includesinstruments include the fair value of contingent consideration related to completed acquisitions. Given thatThe fair value at March 31, 2022 is based on discounted cash flow analysis reflecting the likelihood of achieving specified performance measure or events and captures the contractual nature of the contingencies, the passage of time and the associated discount rate. As of March 31, 2022, the contingent consideration was valued using a Monte Carlo simulation model. There was no contingent consideration recorded at March 31, 2023 or December 31, 2022 as the earn-out period concludes onended November 30, 2022 and no amounts were determined payable to the Company determined its best estimate ofseller as they did not meet the contingent consideration liability based on its projections and actual performance to date.contractual terms.

 

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):

SCHEDULE OF FAIR VALUE, LIABILITIES MEASURED ON RECURRING BASIS, UNOBSERVABLE INPUT RECONCILIATION

  Fair Value Measurement at
Reporting Date Using Significant
Unobservable Inputs, Level 3
 
  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2023  2022 
  ($ in thousands) 
Balance - January 1, $-  $3,090 
Acquisitions  -   - 
Change in fair value  -   (600)
Payments  -   - 
Balance - March 31, $-  $2,490 

  Fair Value Measurement at
Reporting Date Using Significant
Unobservable Inputs, Level 3
  Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2022 2021
  ($ in thousands)
Balance - January 1, $3,090  $- 
Acquisitions  -   6,500 
Change in fair value  (2,890)  - 
Payments  -   - 
Balance - September 30, $200  $6,500 

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15.14. SEGMENT REPORTING

 

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman jointly 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) Medical Practice Management.

 

The Healthcare IT segment includes revenue cycle management, SaaS solutions and other services. The Medical Practice Management segment includes the management of three medical practices. Each segment is considered a reporting unit. The CODM evaluates the financial performance of the business units on the basis of revenue and direct operating costs excluding unallocated amounts that 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, 20212022 filed with the SEC on March 14, 2022.2, 2023. The following table presents revenues, operating expenses and operating income (loss) by reportable segment:

 

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SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, OPERATING EXPENSES AND OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) BY REPORTABLE SEGMENT

                 
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 
  ($ in thousands) 
  Healthcare IT  Medical Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate Expenses  Total 
Net revenue $96,146  $10,146  $-  $106,292 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  56,878   7,988   -   64,866 
Selling and marketing  7,293   21   -   7,314 
General and administrative  10,213   1,312   6,954   18,479 
Research and development  3,251   -   -   3,251 
Change in contingent consideration  (2,890)  -   -   (2,890)
Depreciation and amortization  8,420   266   -   8,686 
Net loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  928   -   -   928 
Total operating expenses  84,093   9,587   6,954   100,634 
Operating income (loss) $12,053  $559  $(6,954) $5,658 

  Healthcare IT  Medical Practice
Management
  Unallocated Corporate
Expenses
  Total 
  Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 
  ($ in thousands) 
  Healthcare IT  Medical Practice
Management
  Unallocated Corporate
Expenses
  Total 
Net revenue $26,954  $3,047  $-  $30,001 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  15,693   2,414   -   18,107 
Selling and marketing  2,604   8   -   2,612 
General and administrative  2,496   448   2,176   5,120 
Research and development  1,078   -   -   1,078 
Change in contingent consideration  -  -   -   -
Depreciation and amortization  2,949   89   -   3,038 
Loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  269   -   -   269 
Total operating expenses  25,089   2,959   2,176   30,224 
Operating income (loss) $1,865  $88  $(2,176) $(223)

 

                 Healthcare IT  

Medical Practice

Management

  

Unallocated

Corporate

Expenses

  Total 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2022  Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
 Healthcare IT  Medical Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate Expenses  Total  Healthcare IT  

Medical Practice

Management

  

Unallocated

Corporate

Expenses

  Total 
Net revenue $29,964  $3,759  $-  $33,723  $32,153  $3,188  $-  $35,341 
Operating expenses:                                
Direct operating costs  17,582   2,824   -   20,406   20,011   2,662   -   22,673 
Selling and marketing  2,496   8   -   2,504   2,376   8   -   2,384 
General and administrative  3,231   455   2,814   6,500   3,400   437   1,748   5,585 
Research and development  1,168   -   -   1,168   985   -   -   985 
Change in contingent consideration  (1,660)  -   -   (1,660)  (600)  -   -   (600)
Depreciation and amortization  2,721   89   -   2,810   2,852   88   -   2,940 
Loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  307   -   -   307 
Net loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  158   -   -   158 
Total operating expenses  25,845   3,376   2,814   32,035   29,182   3,195   1,748   34,125 
Operating income (loss) $4,119  $383  $(2,814) $1,688  $2,971  $(7) $(1,748) $1,216 

                 
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 
  ($ in thousands) 
  Healthcare IT  Medical Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate Expenses  Total 
Net revenue $92,797  $9,340  $-  $102,137 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  55,473   7,246   -   62,719 
Selling and marketing  6,446   23   -   6,469 
General and administrative  10,175   1,487   6,152   17,814 
Research and development  4,328   -   -   4,328 
Depreciation and amortization  9,251   254   -   9,505 
Loss on lease termination, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  1,664   -   -   1,664 
Total operating expenses  87,337   9,010   6,152   102,499 
Operating income (loss) $5,460  $330  $(6,152) $(362)

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  Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 
  ($ in thousands) 
  Healthcare IT  Medical Practice Management  Unallocated Corporate Expenses  Total 
Net revenue $34,678  $3,626  $-  $38,304 
Operating expenses:                
Direct operating costs  21,324   2,800   -   24,124 
Selling and marketing  2,368   7   -   2,375 
General and administrative  3,336   471   2,114   5,921 
Research and development  488   -   -   488 
Depreciation and amortization  3,459   88   -   3,547 
Loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  424   -   -   424 
Total operating expenses  31,399   3,366   2,114   36,879 
Operating income (loss) $3,279  $260  $(2,114) $1,425 

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

 

The following is a discussion of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, and other factors that are expected to affect our prospective financial condition. The following discussion and analysis should be read together with our Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes beginning on page 4 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021,2022, filed with the SEC on March 14, 20222, 2023.

 

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 PandemicUpdate

 

WhileIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, didwe implemented a business continuity plan to respond quickly and provide ongoing guidance so that we could continue offering our clients uninterrupted products, services and support while also protecting our employees. We believe these actions have been successful and that the pandemic, and our responses, have not materially adversely affect the Company’s consolidatedsignificantly affected our financial results and operations duringfor the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, economic and health conditions in the United States and across most of the globe continue to change.March 31, 2023.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic affectedRefer to Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors, Risks Related to Our Business in the Company’s operations in 2021 and may continue to do so indefinitely in the future. 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 QuarterlyAnnual Report on Form 10-Q,10-K filed with the Company’s consolidated results of operationsSEC on March 2, 2023 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 may not necessarily be indicativefurther discussion 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 futurepotential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s consolidated operations nor on economic conditions generally, including the effects on patient visits. our business.

Financial Risks

The ultimate extentCompany maintains cash balances at Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company in excess of the effectsFDIC insurance coverage limits. The Company performs periodic evaluation of the COVID-19 pandemic onrelative credit standing of this financial institutions to ensure its credit worthiness. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company is uncertainheld cash of approximately $1.4 million and will depend on highly unpredictable factors such as$1.8 million, respectively, in the ultimate geographic spreadname of the disease, the severity of the disease, the duration of outbreak, and the effectiveness of any further developments globally and nationally.its subsidiaries at bank in Pakistan And Sri Lanka. The banking systems in these countries do not provide deposit insurance coverage. The Company will actively monitor the situation and take further action that is in the best interest of our employees, customers, partners, and stockholders.has not experienced any losses on its cash accounts.

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Overview

 

The Company is a healthcare information technology company that provides Software-as-a-Service offerings (“SaaS”)technology-enabled revenue cycle management and technology-enabled businessa full suite of proprietary cloud-based solutions which are often bundled, but are occasionally provided individually, together with related business services to healthcare providers, from small practices to enterprise medical groups, hospitals, and hospitalshealth systems throughout the United States. Our integrated SaaSSoftware-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) platform includes revenue cycle management (“RCM”), practice management (“PM”), electronic health record (“EHR”), business intelligence, telehealth, patient experience management (“PXM”) solutions and complementary software tools and business services for high-performance medical groups and health systems.

At a high level, theseOur technology-enabled business solutions can be categorized as follows:

Technology-enabled revenue cycle management:

Revenue Cycle Management (“RCM”) services including end-to-end medical billing, eligibility, analytics, and related services, all of which can be provided utilizing our technology platform and robotic process automation tools or leveraging a third-party system;
Medical coding and credentialing services to improve provider collections, back-end cost containment, and drive total revenue realization for our healthcare clients; and
Healthcare claims clearinghouse which enables our clients to electronically scrub and submit claims and process payments from insurance companies.

 

Technology-enabled business solutions, which are often bundled but are occasionally provided individually, including:Cloud-based software:

EHRs,Electronic Health Records (“EHR”), which are easy to use and sometimes integrated with our business services, or offered as Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) solutions, and allowenable our healthcare provider clients to deliver better patient care, documentstreamline their clinical visits effectivelyworkflows, decrease documentation errors, and thus potentially qualify for government incentives, reduce documentation errors and reduce paperwork;incentives;

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PMPractice Management (“PM”) software and related tools,capabilities, which support our clients’ day-to-day business operations and workflows;financial workflows, including automated insurance eligibility software, a robust billing and claims rules engine, and other automated tools designed to maximize reimbursement;
Mobile HealthPatient Experience Management (“mHealth”PXM”) solutions designed to transform interactions between patients and their clinicians, including smartphone applications that assist patients and healthcare providers in the provision of healthcare services;services, contactless digital check-in solutions, messaging, and online appointment scheduling tools;
Telehealth solutions, which allow healthcare providers to conduct remote patient visits;
Chronic care management, which provides regular remote visits with patients with chronic conditions;
Healthcare claims clearinghouse, which enablesBusiness Intelligence (“BI”) and healthcare analytics platforms that allow our clients to electronically scrubderive actionable insights from their vast amount of data; and submit claims to, and process payments from, insurance companies;
Business intelligence, customizedCustomized applications, interfaces, and a variety of other technology solutions that support our healthcare clients;clients.

Digital health:

RCM services, which include end-to-end medical billing, eligibility, analytics, and related services, allChronic care management is a program that supports care for patients with chronic conditions by certified care managers that operate under the supervision of which can oftenthe patient’s regular physician;
Remote patient monitoring enables patient data collected outside the clinical setting through remote devices to be provided either with our technology platform or through a third-party system;fed into their provider’s EHR to enable proactive patient care; and
Telemedicine solutions which allow healthcare providers to conduct remote patient visits and extend the timely delivery of care to patients unable to travel to a provider’s office.

Healthcare IT professional services & staffing:

Professional services consisting of applicationa broad range of consulting services including full software implementations and advisory services,activation, revenue cycle services,optimization, data analytic services, and educational training services.services;
Strategic advisory services to manage system evaluations and selection, provide interim management, and operational assessments; and
Workforce augmentation and on-demand staffing to support our clients as they expand their businesses, seek highly trained personnel, or struggle to address staffing shortages.

 

Our medical practice management solutions include:

Medical practice management:

Medical practice management services are provided tofor medical practices. In this service model, we provide the medical practice with appropriateproviders, including facilities, equipment, supplies, support services, nurses, and administrative support staff. We also provide management, bill-paying and financial advisory services.

Our solutions enable clients to increase financial and operational performance, streamline clinical workflows, get better insight through data, and make better business and clinical decisions, resulting in improvement in patient care and collections while reducing administrative burdens and operating costs.

 

The modernization of the healthcare industry is transforming nearly every aspect of a healthcare organization from policy to providers, clinical care to member services, devices to data, and ultimately the quality of the patient’s experience as a healthcare consumer. We create elegant, user-friendly applications that solve many of the challenges facing healthcare organizations. We partner with organizations to develop customized, best-in-class solutions to solve their specific challenges while ensuring they also meet future regulatory and organizational requirements and market demands.

 

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 500 experienced health industry experts throughout the United States. These experts are supported by our highly educated and specialized offshore workforce of approximately3,700 3,500 team members at labor costs that we believe are approximately one-tenth13% of the cost of comparablecomparably educated and skilled workers in the U.S. employees. Our uniqueunique business model also allowed us to become a leading consolidator in our industry sector, gaining us a reputation for acquiring and positively transforming distressed competitors into profitable operations of CareCloud.CareCloud.

 

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Adoption of our technology-enabled business solutions typically requires little or no upfront expenditure by a client. Additionally, for most of our solutions and customers, our financial performance is linked directly to the financial performance of our clients, as the vast majority of our revenues are based on a percentage of our clients’ collections. The fees we charge for our complete, integrated, end-to-end solution are very competitive and among the lowest in the industry. We estimate that we currently provide services to approximately 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 2,600 independent medical practices and hospitals representing 80 specialties and subspecialties in 50 states. In addition, we serve approximately 200150 clients that 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 large practices with over 2,3003,000 providers operating in multiple states, to community hospitals.

On January 8, 2020, through a merger with a subsidiary, the Company acquired CareCloud Corporation, a Delaware corporation which was subsequently renamed CareCloud Health, Inc. (“CCH”), 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 $11.9 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.

On June 1, 2021, CareCloud Acquisition Corp (“CAC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into an Asset and Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with MedMatica Consulting Associates, Inc., (“MedMatica”) whereby CAC purchased the assets of MedMatica and the stock of its wholly-owned subsidiary Santa Rosa Staffing, Inc. (“SRS”). MedMatica and SRS provide a broad range of specialty consulting services to hospitals and large healthcare groups, including certain consulting services related to healthcare IT applications services and implementations, practice management, and revenue cycle management. The total consideration paid at closing was $10 million in cash, net of $1.5 million of escrow withheld. A working capital adjustment of approximately $3.8 million was also paid at closing. The Purchase Agreement provides that if during the 18-month period commencing on June 1, 2021 (“the “Earn-Out Period”), CAC’s EBITDA and revenue targets are achieved, then CAC shall pay an earn-out up to a maximum of $8 million (the “Base Earn-Out”). If during the Earn-Out Period, CAC’s additional and increased EBITDA and revenue targets are achieved, then CAC shall pay an additional earn-out, up to a maximum of $5 million (the “Additional Earn-Out”, collectively, with the Base Earn-Out, the “Earn-Out”). CAC will have the right to offset the Earn-Out against any claim for which CAC is entitled to indemnification under the Purchase Agreement and against damages for breaches by the seller of the non-competition and non-solicitation provisions in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Our offshore operations in the Pakistan Offices and Sri Lanka together accounted for approximately 12%13% and 11% of total expenses for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively. A significant portion of those foreign expenses were personnel-related costs (approximately 80%81% for both the ninethree months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021)2022). 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 and 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., the Pakistan Offices and Sri Lanka.

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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:

 

Income tax expense (benefit) 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, and transaction costs, such as brokerage fees, pre-acquisition accounting costs and legal fees and exit costs related to contractual agreements;
Net loss on lease termination impairment and unoccupied lease charges; and
Change in contingent consideration.

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Set forth below is a presentation of our adjusted EBITDA for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021:2022:

 

 Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
Net revenue $33,723  $38,304  $106,292  $102,137  $30,001  $35,341 
                        
GAAP net income (loss)  1,056   1,505   4,933   (686)
GAAP net (loss) income  (401)  1,140 
                        
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  55   (232)  144   (20)
Provision for income taxes  65   64 
Net interest expense  82   87   281   264   130   95 
Foreign exchange loss / other expense  523   70   359   167 
Foreign exchange gain  (8)  (56)
Stock-based compensation expense  1,328   1,004   3,399   4,006   1,072   887 
Depreciation and amortization  2,810   3,547   8,686   9,505   3,038   2,940 
Transaction and integration costs  316   269   724   1,118   72   102 
Net loss on lease termination, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  307   424   928   1,664 
Net loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  269   158 
Change in contingent consideration  (1,660)  -   (2,890)  -   -   (600)
Adjusted EBITDA $4,817  $6,674  $16,564  $16,018  $4,237  $4,730 

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

 

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, and transaction costs, such as brokerage fees, pre-acquisition accounting costs and legal fees and exit costs related to contractual agreements;
Net loss on lease termination impairment and unoccupied lease charges; and
Change 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, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021:2022:

 

 Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
 ($ in thousands)  ($ in thousands) 
Net revenue $33,723  $38,304  $106,292  $102,137  $30,001  $35,341 
                        
GAAP net income (loss)  1,056   1,505   4,933   (686)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  55   (232)  144   (20)
GAAP net (loss) income  (401)  1,140 
Provision for income taxes  65   64 
Net interest expense  82   87   281   264   130   95 
Other expense - net  495   65   300   80 
GAAP operating income (loss)  1,688   1,425   5,658   (362)
Other income - net  (17)  (83)
GAAP operating (loss) income  (223)  1,216 
GAAP operating margin  5.0%  3.7%  5.3%  (0.4)%  (0.7%)  3.4%
                        
Stock-based compensation expense  1,328   1,004   3,399   4,006   1,072   887 
Amortization of purchased intangible assets  1,428   2,768   4,884   7,079   1,323   1,805 
Transaction and integration costs  316   269   724   1,118   72   102 
Net loss on lease termination, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  307   424   928   1,664 
Net loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  269   158 
Change in contingent consideration  (1,660)  -   (2,890)  -   -   (600)
Non-GAAP adjusted operating income $3,407  $5,890  $12,703  $13,505  $2,513  $3,568 
Non-GAAP adjusted operating margin  10.1%  15.4%  12.0%  13.2%  8.4%  10.1%

 

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

 

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, and transaction costs, such as brokerage fees, pre-acquisition accounting costs and legal fees and exit costs related to contractual agreements;
Net loss on lease termination impairment and unoccupied lease charges;
Change in contingent consideration; and
Income tax expense (benefit) 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(loss) income to non-GAAP adjusted net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021:2022:

 

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  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
  ($ in thousands) 
GAAP net income (loss) $1,056  $1,505  $4,933  $(686)
                 
Foreign exchange loss / other expense  523   70   359   167 
Stock-based compensation expense  1,328   1,004   3,399   4,006 
Amortization of purchased intangible assets  1,428   2,768   4,884   7,079 
Transaction and integration costs  316   269   724   1,118 
Net loss on lease termination, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  307   424   928   1,664 
Change in contingent consideration  (1,660)  -   (2,890)  - 
Income tax expense related to goodwill  35   13   61   140 
Non-GAAP adjusted net income $3,333  $6,053  $12,398  $13,488 

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2023  2022 
  ($ in thousands) 
GAAP net (loss) income $(401) $1,140 
         
Foreign exchange gain  (8)  (56)
Stock-based compensation expense  1,072   887 
Amortization of purchased intangible assets  1,323   1,805 
Transaction and integration costs  72   102 
Net loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  269   158 
Change in contingent consideration  -   (600)
Income tax expense related to goodwill  26   36 
Non-GAAP adjusted net income $2,353  $3,472 

 

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,  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
GAAP net loss attributable to common shareholders, per share $(0.18) $(0.15) $(0.45) $(0.77) $(0.28) $(0.19)
Impact of preferred stock dividend  0.25   0.25   0.78   0.72   0.25   0.27 
Net income (loss) per end-of-period share  0.07   0.10   0.33   (0.05)
Net (loss) income per end-of-period share  (0.03)  0.08 
                        
Foreign exchange loss / other expense  0.03   0.00   0.02   0.01 
Foreign exchange gain  0.00   0.00 
Stock-based compensation expense  0.09   0.07   0.23   0.27   0.07   0.06 
Amortization of purchased intangible assets  0.09   0.19   0.31   0.48   0.09   0.11 
Transaction and integration costs  0.02   0.02   0.05   0.08   0.00   0.01 
Net loss on lease termination, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  0.02   0.03   0.06   0.11 
Net loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  0.02   0.01 
Change in contingent consideration  (0.11)  0.00   (0.19)  0.00   0.00   (0.04)
Income tax expense related to goodwill  0.00   0.00   0.00   0.01   0.00   0.00 
Non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share $0.21  $0.41  $0.81  $0.91  $0.15  $0.23 
                        
End-of-period common shares  15,211,136   14,873,411   15,211,136   14,873,411   15,592,608   15,062,651 
In-the-money warrants and outstanding unvested RSUs  605,526   2,432,636   605,526   2,432,636   630,094   790,926 
Total fully diluted shares  15,816,662   17,306,047   15,816,662   17,306,047   16,222,702   15,853,577 
Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share $0.21  $0.35  $0.78  $0.78  $0.15  $0.22 

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For purposes of determining non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share, the Company used the number of common shares outstanding at the end of September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021.2022. Non-GAAP adjusted diluted 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 earnings per share and non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share do not take into account dividends paid on Preferred Stock.preferred stock. No tax effect has been provided in computing non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share and non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per 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 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 both September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, we provided services to an estimated universe of approximately 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 2,600 independent medical practices and hospitals. In addition, we served approximately 200150 clients who were not medical practices, but are 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 in cases where the precise number of practices or providers is unknown.

 

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Sources of Revenue

 

Revenue: We primarily derive our revenues from subscription-based technology-enabled business solutions, reported in our Healthcare IT segment, which are typically billed as a percentage of payments collected by our customers. This fee includes technology-enabled RCM, as well as the ability to use our EHR, practice management system and other software as part of the bundled fee. These solutions accounted for approximately 64%65% and 71% of our revenues during66% for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively, and 64% and 78% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Other healthcare IT services, including printing and mailing operations, group purchasing and professional services, represented approximately 25% and 20%for each of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021, respectively, and 26% and 13% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.2022.

We earned approximately 11%10% and 9% of our revenue from medical practice management services during the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively, and 10% and 9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. This revenue represents fees based on our actual costs plus a percentage of the operating profit and is reported in our Medical 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 consolidated statements of operations.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

Change in 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.

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Depreciation and Amortization Expense. Depreciation expense is charged using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of the assets ranging from three to five 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 medical practice management clients is amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of twelve years.

 

Net Loss on Lease Termination Impairment and Unoccupied Lease Charges. Net loss on lease termination represents the write-off of leasehold improvements and gains or losses as the result of lease terminations. Impairment charges represent charges recorded for a leased facility no longer being used by the Company and a non-cancellable vendor contract where the services are no longer being used. Unoccupied lease charges represent the portion of the lease and related costs for that portion of the space that is vacant spaceand not being utilized by the Company. One of the leases that had unoccupied space ended in February 2023. The Company was able to turn back to the landlord one of the other unused facilities effective January 1, 2022.

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Interest and Other Income (Expense). Interest expense consists primarily of interest costs related to our 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 gains/(losses) and income earned from temporary cash investments.

 

Income Tax.Taxes. In preparing our 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 losses historically and there is uncertainty regarding future U.S. taxable income, which makes 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, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021.2022.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The critical accounting policies and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements that we believe affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our 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, 2021.2022.

 

Leases:

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 the consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021.2022. 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 consolidated balance sheet. Our lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees. For real estate leases, we account for the leasedlease and non-leasednon-lease 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.

 

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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 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.

 

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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, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021,2022, the carrying amounts of internally-developed capitalized software in use was $15.5$17.0 million and $11.6$16.6 million, respectively. The increase in the capitalized software costs represents the continued investment in proprietary technology.

 

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, 2021,2022, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2022.2, 2023.

 

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,  Three Months Ended March 31, 
 2022  2021  2022  2021  2023  2022 
Net revenue  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%
Operating expenses:                        
Direct operating costs  60.5%  63.0%  61.0%  61.4%  60.3%  64.2%
Selling and marketing  7.4%  6.2%  6.9%  6.3%  8.7%  6.7%
General and administrative  19.3%  15.5%  17.4%  17.4%  17.1%  15.8%
Research and development  3.5%  1.3%  3.1%  4.2%  3.6%  2.8%
Change in contingent consideration  (4.9)%  0.0%  (2.7)%  0.0%  0.0%  (1.7%)
Depreciation and amortization  8.3%  9.3%  8.2%  9.3%  10.1%  8.3%

Net loss on lease termination, impairment and

unoccupied lease charges

  0.9%  1.1%  0.9%  1.6%
Net loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  0.9%  0.4%
Total operating expenses  95.0%  96.4%  94.8%  100.2%  100.7%  96.5%
                        
Operating income (loss)  5.0%  3.6%  5.2%  (0.2)%
Operating (loss) income  (0.7%)  3.5%
                        
Interest expense - net  0.2%  0.2%  0.3%  0.3%  0.4%  0.3%
Other expense - net  (1.5)%  (0.2)%  (0.3)%  (0.1)%
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes  3.3%  3.2%  4.6%  (0.6)%
Income tax provision (benefit)  0.2%  (0.6)%  0.1%  (0.0)%
Net income (loss)  3.1%  3.8%  4.5%  (0.6)%
Other income - net  0.0%  0.2%
(Loss) income before provision for income taxes  (1.1%)  3.4%
Income tax provision  0.2%  0.2%
Net (loss) income  (1.3%)  3.2%

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Comparison of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and 2021:2022:

 

  Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Change Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 Change
  2022 2021 Amount Percent 2022 2021 Amount Percent
  ($ in thousands)
Net revenue $33,723  $38,304  $(4,581)  (12%) $106,292  $102,137  $4,155   4%
  Three Months Ended March 31,  Change 
  2023  2022  Amount  Percent 
  ($ in thousands) 
Net revenue $30,001  $35,341  $(5,340)  (15%)

Net Revenue. Net revenue of $33.7 million and $106.3$30.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 decreased by $4.6$5.3 million or 12% and increased by $4.2 million or 4%15% from net revenue of $38.3$35.3 million and $102.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.March 31, 2022. Revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 includes approximately $6.4$19.5 million relating to technology-enabled business solutions, $6.6 million related to professional services and $22.2$3.0 million from customers acquired in the medSR acquisition, offset primarilyfor medical practice management services. Revenue was negatively impacted by a decrease in revenue from threetwo large accounts from a 2020 acquisition that arewere winding down.down at the time of the acquisition and which transitioned to the systems of their acquirers during 2022. Revenue from these customers for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 includes $21.6was $1.0 million and $68.5$3.6 million, relatingrespectively, and is expected to technology-enabled business solutions, $7.4 million and $25.6 million related to professional services and $3.8 million and $10.1be approximately $1.0 million for medical practice management services.the remainder of 2023. Excluding these customers, revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2023 would have been $29.0 million, a decrease of 8.8% from $31.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2022. (Refer to Forward-Looking Statements disclosure on page 2 of this Form 10-Q.)

 

  Three Months Ended March 31,  Change 
  2023  2022  Amount  Percent 
  ($ in thousands) 
Direct operating costs $18,107  $22,673  $(4,566)  (20%)
Selling and marketing  2,612   2,384   228   10%
General and administrative  5,120   5,585   (465)  (8%)
Research and development  1,078   985   93   9%
Change in contingent consideration  -   (600)  600   100%
Depreciation  492   449   43   10%
Amortization  2,546   2,491   55   2%
Net loss on lease termination and unoccupied lease charges  269   158   111   70%
Total operating expenses $30,224  $34,125  $(3,901)  (11%)

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  Three Months Ended September 30,  Change  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  Change 
  2022  2021  Amount  Percent  2022  2021  Amount  Percent 
  ($ in thousands) 
Direct operating costs $20,406  $24,124  $(3,718)  (15%) $64,866  $62,719  $2,147   3%
Selling and marketing  2,504   2,375   129   5%  7,314   6,469   845   13%
General and administrative  6,500   5,921   579   10%  18,479   17,814   665   4%
Research and development  1,168   488   680   139%  3,251   4,328   (1,077)  (25%)
Change in contingent consideration  (1,660)  -   (1,660)  N/A   (2,890)  -   (2,890)  N/A 
Depreciation  474   488   (14)  (3%)  1,405   1,482   (77)  (5%)
Amortization  2,336   3,059   (723)  (24%)  7,281   8,023   (742)  (9%)
Net loss on lease termination, impairment and unoccupied lease charges  307   424   (117)  (28%)  928   1,664   (736)  (44%)
Total operating expenses $32,035  $36,879  $(4,844)  (13%) $100,634  $102,499  $(1,865)  (2%)

Direct Operating Costs. Direct operating costs of $20.4$18.1 million and $64.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 decreased by $3.7$4.6 million or 15% and increased by $2.1 million or 3% 20% compared to direct operating costs of $24.1$22.7 million and $62.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.March 31, 2022. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, salary costs decreased by $3.3$2.9 millionand $894,000, and outsourcing and processing costs decreased by $456,000 and increased by $2.9 million, respectively.$1.7 million. The decrease in the salary costs was due to the decrease in the Pakistan exchange rate, a decrease in the USU.S. headcount and the redeployment of employees performing functions that were classified as direct operating costs due to lower revenue as well as functions classified as research and development expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.March 31, 2023.

 

Selling and Marketing Expense. Selling and marketing expense of $2.5 million and $7.3$2.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 increased by $129,000$228,000 or 5% and $845,000 or 13%10% from selling and marketing expense of $2.4 million and $6.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. The increase was primarily related to additional emphasis on sales and marketing activities.

 

General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expense of $6.5 million and $18.5$5.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 increasedMarch 31, 2023 decreased by $579,000 $465,000 or 10% and $665,000 or 4%8% compared to general and administrative expense of $5.9 million and $17.8$5.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. March 31, 2022. The increase isdecrease was primarily due to the Company’s contributions to community based projects and to a new academic institutiondecrease in the Bagh area, a community where the Company has a large employee base.salary costs of $519,000.

 

Research and Development Expense. Research and development expense of $1.2 million and $3.3$1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 increased by approximately $680,000 and decreased by $1.1 million$93,000 from research and development expense of $488,000 and $4.3 million$985,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. The decrease represents less maintenance work on platforms generating revenue and more resources dedicated to development of new technology which is not yet in commercial use and the increase iswas due to the redeployment of employees performing functions that were classified as direct operating costs to functions classified as research and development expense. During the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, the Company capitalized approximately $7.0$2.2 million and $5.3$2.3 million, respectively, of development costs in connection with its internal-use software. For the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company capitalized approximately $2.3 million and $2.0 million, respectively, of such costs.

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Change in Contingent Consideration. There was no change in contingent consideration during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as the balance of contingent consideration was $0 at December 31, 2022. The change of $1.7 million and $2.9 million$600,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2022 reflects the estimated decrease in the fair value of the contingent consideration from the medSR acquisition.

 

Depreciation. Depreciation of $474,000 and $1.4 million $492,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, decreasedMarch 31, 2023, increased by $14,000 $43,000 or 3% and $77,000 or 5% 10% from the depreciation of $488,000 and $1.5 million$449,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.March 31, 2022.

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Amortization Expense. Amortization expense of $2.3 million and $7.3$2.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, decreasedMarch 31, 2023, increased by $723,000$55,000 or 24% and $742,000 or 9%2% from amortization expense of $3.1 million and $8.0$2.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.March 31, 2022. The decreaseincrease in amortization expense was due to intangibles which were previously capitalized becoming fully amortized.the capitalization of intangibles.

 

Net Loss on Lease Termination Impairment and Unoccupied Lease Charges. Net loss on lease termination represents the write-off of leasehold improvements and gains or losses as the result of lease terminations. During the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023, the Miami office lease that we assumed in connection with an acquisition ended and we entered into a new lease arrangement with the landlord for significantly less space. Charges of approximately $71,000 were incurred as a result of vacating the former premises. During the year ended December 31, 2022, a facility lease was terminated in conjunction with the Company ceasing its document storage services resulting in additional costs for the three months ended March 31, 2023, of approximately $248,000. Impairment charges represent charges recorded for a leased facility no longer being used by the Company and a non-cancellable vendor contract where the services are no longer being used.$45,000. Unoccupied lease charges represent the portion of the lease and related costs for that portion of the space that is vacant and not being utilized by the Company. The Company was able to turn back to the landlord one of the unused facilities effective January 1, 2022.

 

 Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Change Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 Change Three Months Ended March 31,  Change 
 2022 2021 Amount Percent 2022 2021 Amount Percent 2023  2022  Amount  Percent 
 ($ in thousands) ($ in thousands) 
Interest income $14  $4  $10   250% $22  $10  $12   120% $20  $5  $15   300%
Interest expense  (96)  (91)  (5)  (5%)  (303)  (274)  (29)  (11%)  (150)  (100)  (50)  (50%)
Other expense - net  (495)  (65)  (430)  (662%)  (300)  (80)  (220)  (275%)
Income tax provision (benefit)  55   (232)  (287)  (124%)  144   (20)  (164)  (820%)
Other income - net  17   83   (66)  (80%)
Income tax provision  65   64   (1)  (2%)

Interest Income. Interest income of $14,000 and $22,000 $20,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 increased by $10,000 or 250% and $12,000 or 120% $15,000 from interest income of $4,000 and $10,000$5,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. The interest income represents interest earned on temporary cash investments.investments and late fees from customers.

Interest Expense. Interest expense of $96,000 and $303,000$150,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 increased by $5,000$50,000 or 5% and $29,000 or 11%50% from interest expense of $91,000 and $274,000$100,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. Interest expense includes the amortization of deferred financing costs, which was $92,000$48,000 and $107,000$30,000 during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively.

 

Other ExpenseIncome – net. Other expenseincome – net was $495,000 and $300,000$17,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 compared to other expenseincome – net of $65,000 and $80,000$83,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. Other income or expense primarily represents foreign currency transaction gains andor losses. These transaction gains andor losses result from revaluing intercompany accounts wheneverwhich are denominated in U.S. dollars that represent amounts receivable/payable between the entities. Whenever the exchange rate varies, andthe gains or losses are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

Income Tax Provision (Benefit).Provision. The provision for income taxes was $55,000 and $144,000 $65,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively,March 31, 2023, compared to the benefitprovision for income taxes of $232,000 and $20,000$64,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.March 31, 2022. As a result of the Company having certain net operating losses with an indefinite life under the current federal tax rules, the federal deferred tax liability was offset against the federal net operating loss to the extent allowable in 20222023 and 2021.2022. During the quarter ended June 30, 2022, it was determined that for the states that follow the federal rules regarding indefinite life net operating losses, the offset to the state deferred tax liability was $45,000. This amount was recorded during the second quarter of 2022. Subsequently, the state deferred tax liability has been offset against state net operating losses to the extent allowable.

The current income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 was approximately $20,000 and $82,000, respectively,$39,000, and includes state minimum taxes and foreign income taxes. The Company has incurred cumulative losses historically and there is uncertainty regarding future U.S. taxable income, which makes realization of a deferred tax losses difficult to support in accordance with ASC 740. Accordingly, a valuation allowance was recorded against all deferred tax assets at September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2021.2022.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, there was positive cash flow from operations of $7.0 million and $15.1$1.0 million and at September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, the Company had $4.9$8.2 million in cash and restricted cash and positive working capital of $5.1$12.3 million. The Company has a revolving line of credit, with SVB, and as of September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, there was no balance$10 million outstanding. As of March 31, 2023, the unused borrowing base was approximately $5.5 million. During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, the Company sold 1,299,216 59,773 shares of 8.75% Series B Preferred Stock and raised $30.3$1.4 million in net proceeds after fees and expenses.

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

 

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30,  Change 
  2022  2021  2022  2021  Amount  Percent 
  ($ in thousands)    
Net cash provided by operating activities $6,977  $5,129  $15,103  $7,210  $7,893   109%
Net cash used in investing activities  (3,496)  (2,852)  (9,123)  (19,851)  10,728   54%
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (9,047)  (2,319)  (11,144)  1,272   (12,416)  (976%)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash  213   (147)  (309)  (243)  (66)  (27%)
Net decrease in cash and restricted cash $(5,353) $(189) $(5,473) $(11,612) $6,139   53%

  Three Months Ended March 31,  Change 
  2023  2022  Amount  Percent 
  ($ in thousands)    
Net cash provided by operating activities $1,023  $3,087  $(2,064)  (67%)
Net cash used in investing activities  (3,039)  (2,797)  (242)  (9%)
Net cash used in financing activities  (1,787)  (342)  (1,445)  (423%)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash  (335)  (152)  (183)  (120%)
Net decrease in cash and restricted cash $(4,138) $(204) $(3,934)  (1,928%)

 

IncomeThe loss before income taxes was $1.1 million and $5.1 million $336,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, which included $2.8$3.0 million and $8.7 million of non-cash depreciation and amortization, respectively.amortization. The income before income taxes was $1.3$1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021, and the loss before income taxes was $706,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, which included $3.5 million and $9.5$2.9 million of non-cash depreciation and amortization, respectively.amortization.

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was $15.1$1.0 million and $7.2 $3.1 million during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively. This increasedecrease was primarily the result of the increasedecrease in net income of $5.6$1.5 million which included the following changes in non-cash items: decreasean increase in depreciation and amortization of $733,000, decrease in stock-based compensation of $607,000,$125,000 and an increase in the change in contingent consideration stock-based compensation of $2.9 million.$185,000.

 

Accounts receivable decreasedincreased by $10,000$156,000 for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 compared with an increase of $1.4$1.6 million for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. Accounts payable, accrued compensation and accrued expenses decreased by $4.3 $2.6 million during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 compared with a decrease of $7.0of $1.1 million for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. The contract asset and other assets increased by $699,000 and $518,000, respectively, during the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $9.1$3.0 million and $19.9$2.8 million for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively. In 2021, $12.6 million of the $19.9 million of cash used was used for the acquisition of medSR. Capital expenditures were $2.2 million $835,000 and $2.0 million$544,000 for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively. The capital expenditures for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022 and 2021 primarily represented computer equipment purchased and leasehold improvements for the Pakistan Offices. Software development costs of $7.0$2.2 million and $5.3$2.3 million for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively, were capitalized in connection with the development of software for providing technology-enabled business solutions.

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Financing Activities

 

Net cash used in financing activities was $11.1$1.8 million and $342,000 during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2023 and 2022, and net cash provided by financing activities was $1.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The Company received net proceeds from the sale of Series B Preferred Stock of $30.3 million of which $20.0 million was used to redeem 800,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock.respectively. Cash used in financing activities during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 included $11.5$3.9 million of preferred stock dividends, $769,000$236,000 of repayments for debt obligations and $1.1 million of tax withholding obligations paid in connection with stock awards issued to employees. Cash used in financing activities forduring the ninethree months ended September 30, 2021March 31, 2022 included $10.8$3.9 million of preferred stock dividends, $745,000$251,000 of repaymentrepayments for debt obligations and $2.1 million$775,000 of tax withholding obligations paid in connection with stock awards issued to employees. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company received net proceeds from the sale of Series B Preferred Stock of $26.6 million of which $20.0 million was used to redeem 800,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

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Contractual Obligations and Commitments

 

We have contractual obligations under our line of credit.credit. We were in compliance with all SVB covenants as of September 30, 2022.March 31, 2023. We also maintain operating leases for property and certain office equipment. 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, 2021,2022, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2022.2, 2023.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of September 30,March 31, 2023, and 2022, and 2021, 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. 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, 2022,March 31, 2023, talkMD had not yet commenced operations.

 

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 establishedInternal Control-Integrated Framework (2013 framework) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”), evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2022March 31, 2023 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, 2022,March 31, 2023, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and l5d-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.

 

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Part II. Other Information

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

See discussion of legal proceedings in “Note 8,7, Commitments And Contingencies” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, 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 March 14, 2022,2, 2023, which could materially affect our business, financial condition and/or future results and may be further impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows and/or future results.

We Maintain Our Cash at Financial Institutions, Often in Balances That Exceed Federally Insured Limits.

The financial markets recently have encountered volatility associated with concerns about the balance sheets of banks, especially small and regional banks who may have significant losses associated with investments that make it difficult to fund demands to withdraw deposits and other liquidity needs. Although the federal government has announced measures to assist these banks and protect depositors, some banks have already been impacted and others may be materially and adversely impacted. Our business is dependent on bank relationships and we are proactively monitoring the financial health of such bank relationships. Continued strain on the banking system may adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number Exhibit Description
   
31.1 Certification of the Company’s ChiefPrincipal Executive Officer pursuant to the 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 ChiefPrincipal Financial Officer pursuant to the 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

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

  *The*The certifications on Exhibit 32 hereto are not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities 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.

 

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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.

 

CareCloud, Inc.
  
 By:/s/ A. Hadi Chaudhry
  A. Hadi Chaudhry
  Chief Executive Officer
  Date: November 3, 2022May 4, 2023
  
 By:/s/ Bill Korn
  Bill Korn
  Chief Financial Officer
  Date: November 3, 2022May 4, 2023

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