Quarterly Report (10-q)

 

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019

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     001-37550

QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

 

47-4725208

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

1573 Mallory Lane Brentwood, Tennessee

 

37027

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

(615) 221-1400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 

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   

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

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbols(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

 

QHC

 

New York Stock Exchange

As of May 6, 2019, there were 31,244,427 shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock.

 


QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements

 

1

 

 

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

46

 

 

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

65

 

 

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

65

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

67

 

 

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

71

 

 

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

72

Signatures

 

73

 

 

 

 


PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financi al Statements

 

QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS)

(In Thousands, Except Earnings per Share and Shares)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating revenues

 

$

442,805

 

 

$

486,820

 

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

 

225,075

 

 

 

247,000

 

Supplies

 

 

51,385

 

 

 

58,886

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

136,789

 

 

 

152,738

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

14,639

 

 

 

18,261

 

Lease costs and rent

 

 

11,531

 

 

 

12,532

 

Electronic health records incentives

 

 

26

 

 

 

(141

)

Legal, professional and settlement costs

 

 

685

 

 

 

3,413

 

Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill

 

 

8,860

 

 

 

39,760

 

Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

7,815

 

Loss on closure of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

13,746

 

Total operating costs and expenses

 

 

448,990

 

 

 

554,010

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

 

(6,185

)

 

 

(67,190

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

32,266

 

 

 

30,931

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(38,451

)

 

 

(98,121

)

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

 

155

 

 

 

366

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

(38,606

)

 

 

(98,487

)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

400

 

 

 

481

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation

 

$

(39,006

)

 

$

(98,968

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Quorum Health Corporation stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

(1.33

)

 

$

(3.48

)

Weighted-average shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

 

29,438,015

 

 

 

28,454,336

 

See accompanying notes

1


QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(In Thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(38,606

)

 

$

(98,487

)

Amortization and recognition of unrecognized pension cost components, net of income taxes

 

 

49

 

 

 

114

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(38,557

)

 

 

(98,373

)

Less:  Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

400

 

 

 

481

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation

 

$

(38,957

)

 

$

(98,854

)

See accompanying notes

2


QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In Thousands, Except Par Value per Share and Shares)

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,716

 

 

$

3,203

 

Patient accounts receivable

 

 

326,639

 

 

 

322,608

 

Inventories

 

 

43,593

 

 

 

45,646

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

17,919

 

 

 

19,683

 

Due from third-party payors

 

 

67,748

 

 

 

63,443

 

Current assets of hospitals held for sale

 

 

2,286

 

 

 

 

Other current assets

 

 

32,303

 

 

 

36,405

 

Total current assets

 

 

492,204

 

 

 

490,988

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

537,424

 

 

 

559,438

 

Goodwill

 

 

398,148

 

 

 

401,073

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

46,577

 

 

 

48,289

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

89,638

 

 

 

 

Long-term assets of hospitals held for sale

 

 

14,504

 

 

 

 

Other long-term assets

 

 

68,852

 

 

 

74,306

 

Total assets

 

$

1,647,347

 

 

$

1,574,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

$

1,721

 

 

$

1,697

 

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

 

 

24,670

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

 

147,084

 

 

 

143,917

 

Accrued liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued salaries and benefits

 

 

83,308

 

 

 

76,908

 

Accrued interest

 

 

22,061

 

 

 

10,024

 

Due to third-party payors

 

 

45,736

 

 

 

45,852

 

Current liabilities of hospitals held for sale

 

 

1,205

 

 

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

40,272

 

 

 

43,336

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

366,057

 

 

 

321,734

 

Long-term debt

 

 

1,194,321

 

 

 

1,191,777

 

Long-term operating lease liabilities

 

 

65,687

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liabilities, net

 

 

6,947

 

 

 

6,736

 

Long-term liabilities of hospitals held for sale

 

 

2,414

 

 

 

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

123,772

 

 

 

126,499

 

Total liabilities

 

 

1,759,198

 

 

 

1,646,746

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

2,278

 

 

 

2,278

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quorum Health Corporation stockholders' equity (deficit):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized, none issued

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 300,000,000 shares authorized; 31,294,669 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019, and 31,521,398 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2018

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

558,498

 

 

 

557,309

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

808

 

 

 

759

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(688,198

)

 

 

(648,464

)

Total Quorum Health Corporation stockholders' equity (deficit)

 

 

(128,889

)

 

 

(90,393

)

Nonredeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

14,760

 

 

 

15,463

 

Total equity (deficit)

 

 

(114,129

)

 

 

(74,930

)

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

1,647,347

 

 

$

1,574,094

 

See accompanying notes

3


QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY (DEFICIT)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

(In Thousands, Except Shares)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quorum Health Corporation

Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonredeemable

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Noncontrolling

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Paid-in

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Noncontrolling

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

Interests

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income (Loss)

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Interests

 

 

(Deficit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

$

2,278

 

 

 

 

31,521,398

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

557,309

 

 

$

759

 

 

$

(648,464

)

 

$

15,463

 

 

$

(74,930

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(74

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

(39,006

)

 

 

474

 

 

 

(38,483

)

Adoption of ASC Topic 842

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(728

)

 

 

 

 

 

(728

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,770

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,770

 

Cancellation of restricted stock awards for payroll tax withholdings on vested shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

(231,729

)

 

 

 

 

 

(461

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(461

)

Cash distributions to noncontrolling investors

 

 

(46

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,177

)

 

 

(1,177

)

Adjustments to redemption values of redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(120

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(120

)

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

$

2,278

 

 

 

 

31,294,669

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

558,498

 

 

$

808

 

 

$

(688,198

)

 

$

14,760

 

 

$

(114,129

)

 

 

QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

(In Thousands, Except Shares)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quorum Health Corporation

Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonredeemable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncontrolling

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Paid-in

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Noncontrolling

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Interests

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income (Loss)

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Interests

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

2,325

 

 

 

 

30,294,895

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

549,610

 

 

$

(1,956

)

 

$

(448,216

)

 

$

13,969

 

 

$

113,410

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(121

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

114

 

 

 

(98,968

)

 

 

602

 

 

 

(98,252

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

974,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,464

 

Cancellation of restricted stock awards for payroll tax withholdings on vested shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

(106,552

)

 

 

 

 

 

(634

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(634

)

Cash distributions to noncontrolling investors

 

 

(62

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(741

)

 

 

(741

)

Adjustments to redemption values of redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

174

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(174

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(174

)

Balance at March 31, 2018

 

$

2,316

 

 

 

 

31,162,491

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

551,266

 

 

$

(1,842

)

 

$

(547,184

)

 

$

13,830

 

 

$

16,073

 

See accompanying notes

4


QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(38,606

)

 

$

(98,487

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

14,639

 

 

 

18,261

 

Non-cash interest expense, net

 

 

1,939

 

 

 

1,811

 

Provision for (benefit from) deferred income taxes

 

 

90

 

 

 

536

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

1,770

 

 

 

2,464

 

Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill

 

 

8,860

 

 

 

39,760

 

Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

7,815

 

Non-cash portion of loss (gain) on hospital closures

 

 

(567

)

 

 

5,305

 

Changes in reserves for self-insurance claims, net of payments

 

 

4,160

 

 

 

6,025

 

Other non-cash expense (income), net

 

 

(1,372

)

 

 

(49

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patient accounts receivable, net

 

 

(3,986

)

 

 

1,429

 

Due from and due to third-party payors, net

 

 

(4,421

)

 

 

1,217

 

Inventories, prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

4,911

 

 

 

1,290

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

20,146

 

 

 

9,587

 

Long-term assets and liabilities, net

 

 

515

 

 

 

443

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

8,078

 

 

 

(2,593

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures for property and equipment

 

 

(8,292

)

 

 

(14,528

)

Capital expenditures for software

 

 

(1,191

)

 

 

(513

)

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

 

 

(455

)

 

 

(32

)

Proceeds from the sale of hospitals

 

 

 

 

 

38,663

 

Other investing activities, net

 

 

1,729

 

 

 

197

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

(8,209

)

 

 

23,787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings under revolving credit facilities

 

 

152,000

 

 

 

132,000

 

Repayments under revolving credit facilities

 

 

(150,000

)

 

 

(114,000

)

Borrowings of long-term debt

 

 

161

 

 

 

12

 

Repayments of long-term debt

 

 

(1,833

)

 

 

(627

)

Payments of debt issuance costs

 

 

 

 

 

(2,268

)

Cancellation of restricted stock awards for payroll tax withholdings on vested shares

 

 

(461

)

 

 

(634

)

Cash distributions to noncontrolling investors

 

 

(1,223

)

 

 

(803

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

(1,356

)

 

 

13,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

(1,487

)

 

 

34,874

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

 

3,203

 

 

 

5,617

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

1,716

 

 

$

40,491

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest payments, net

 

$

18,215

 

 

$

17,487

 

Income tax payments, net

 

 

 

 

 

146

 

Non-cash purchases of property and equipment under finance lease obligations

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes

 

 

5


QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Description of the Business

On April 29, 2016, Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”) completed the spin-off of 38 hospitals, including their affiliated facilities, and Quorum Health Resources, LLC to form Quorum Health Corporation through the distribution of 100% of the common stock of QHC to CHS stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 22, 2016 (the “Spin-off”). The principal business of Quorum Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries (collectively, “QHC” or the “Company”) is to provide hospital and outpatient healthcare services in its markets across the United States. As of March 31, 2019, the Company owned or leased a diversified portfolio of 27 hospitals in rural and mid-sized markets, which are located in 14 states and have a total of 2,604 licensed beds. The Company provides outpatient healthcare services through its hospitals and affiliated facilities, including urgent care centers, diagnostic and imaging centers, physician clinics and surgery centers. The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Quorum Health Resources, LLC (“QHR”), provides hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services to non-affiliated hospitals located throughout the United States. Over 95% of the Company’s net operating revenues are attributable to its hospital operations business.

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of the Company presented herein have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”). In the opinion of the Company’s management, the condensed consolidated financial information presented herein includes all adjustments necessary to present fairly the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of the Company for the interim periods presented. Results of operations for interim periods should not be considered indicative of the results of operations expected for the full year ending December 31, 2019. Certain information and disclosures have been condensed or omitted as presented herein and as permitted by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim period presentation. The Company’s management believes the financial statements and disclosures presented herein are adequate in order to make the information presented not misleading. The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated and combined financial statements and accompanying notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2018, contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2019 (the “2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K”).

The Company’s financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that it will continue as a going concern. In accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern, management concluded that there were probable conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern due to the fact that the Company’s maximum Secured Net Leverage Ratio permitted under the CS Agreement is reduced to 4.50 from 5.00 in the first quarter of 2020. The Company is in compliance with its financial covenants as of March 31, 2019 and believes that it is probable that the Company’s current and anticipated future operating results alleviate the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the one year period following the date these financial statements are issued. Management’s evaluation of the Company’s ability to comply with the Secured Net Leverage Ratio included, but was not limited to, the following factors:

 

On May 8, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with R1 RCM to receive end-to-end revenue cycle management services. The Company believes that through its partnership with R1 RCM, it will achieve costs savings and improve net patient revenues through improvements in operational effectiveness and efficiencies;

 

Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of 2019, the Company completed the sale of Scenic Mountain Medical Center and is evaluating additional divestiture opportunities. The sale or closure of underperforming facilities will continue to generate additional costs savings and the decision to close facilities within the next twelve months is within the control of the Company; and

 

Management has a plan to achieve cost savings over the next twelve months through a reduction in corporate and other operating costs.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries in which it holds either a direct or indirect ownership of a majority voting interest. Investments in less-than-wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries of QHC are presented separately in the equity component of the Company’s consolidated balance sheets to distinguish between the interests of QHC and the interests of the noncontrolling investors. Revenues and expenses from these subsidiaries are included in the respective individual line items of the Company’s consolidated statements of income, and net income is presented both in total and separately to

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distinguish the amounts attributable to the Company and the amounts attributable to the interests of the noncontrolling investors. Noncontrolling i nterests that are redeemable, or may become redeemable at a fixed or determinable price at the option of the holder or upon the occurrence of an event outside of the control of the Company, are presented in mezzanine equity in the Company’s consolidated ba lance sheets. Intercompany transactions and accounts of the Company are eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Revenues and Accounts Receivable

Revenue Recognition

The Company reports revenues from patient services at its hospitals and affiliated facilities at the amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for providing patient care. These amounts are due from patients, governmental programs and third-party payors such as Medicare, Medicaid, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, private insurers and others, and include variable consideration for retroactive revenue adjustments due to settlements of audits, reviews and investigations. Generally, the Company bills the patient and third-party payors several days after the services are performed or the patient is discharged. Revenue is recognized as the performance obligations are satisfied. Billings and collections are outsourced to CHS under a transition services agreement that was entered into in connection with the Spin-off. See Note 16 Related Party Transactions for additional information on this agreement.

Performance obligations are determined based on the nature of the services provided by the Company. Revenue for performance obligations satisfied over time is recognized based on actual charges incurred in relation to total expected (or actual) charges for services anticipated to be provided. The Company believes that this method provides a faithful depiction of the transfer of services over the term of the performance obligation based on the inputs needed to satisfy the obligation. Generally, performance obligations satisfied over time relate to patients in the Company’s hospitals receiving inpatient acute care services. The Company measures the performance obligation from admission into the hospital to the point when it is no longer required to provide services to that patient, which is generally at the time of discharge. Revenue for performance obligations satisfied at a point in time is recognized when goods or services are provided and the Company does not believe it is required to provide additional goods or services to the patient.

Because all of its performance obligations relate to contracts with a duration of less than one year, the Company has elected to apply the optional exemption provided in ASC 606-10-50-14(a) and, therefore, is not required to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied at the end of the reporting period. The unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations referred to above are primarily related to inpatient acute care services at the end of the reporting period. The performance obligations for these contracts are generally completed when the patient is discharged, which generally occurs within days or weeks following the end of the reporting period.

The Company determines the transaction price based on standard billing rates for goods and services provided, reduced by contractual adjustments provided to third-party payors, discounts provided to uninsured patients and patient responsibility after insurance in accordance with the Company’s policy, and/or implicit price concessions provided to uninsured patients and patient responsibility after insurance. The Company determines its estimates of contractual adjustments and discounts based on contractual agreements, its discount policies and historical experience. The Company determines its estimate of implicit price concessions based on its historical collection experience with this class of patients.

The Company recognizes revenues related to its QHR business when either the performance obligation has been satisfied or over time as the hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services are provided, and reports these revenues at the amount expected to be collected from the non-affiliated hospital clients of QHR.

Payor Sources

The primary sources of payment for patient healthcare services are third-party payors, including federal and state agencies administering the Medicare and Medicaid programs, other governmental agencies, managed care health plans, commercial insurance companies, workers’ compensation carriers and employers. Self-pay revenues are the portion of patient service revenues derived from patients who do not have health insurance coverage and the patient responsibility portion of services that are not covered by health insurance plans. Non-patient revenues primarily include revenues from QHR’s hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services business, rental income and hospital cafeteria sales .

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The following table provides a summa ry of net operating revenues by payor source (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

$  Amount

 

 

% of Total

 

 

$  Amount

 

 

% of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medicare

 

$

129,046

 

 

 

29.1

%

 

$

144,583

 

 

 

29.7

%

Medicaid

 

 

81,924

 

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

85,103

 

 

 

17.5

%

Managed care and commercial plans

 

 

174,075

 

 

 

39.3

%

 

 

185,226

 

 

 

38.0

%

Self-pay and self-pay after insurance

 

 

37,137

 

 

 

8.4

%

 

 

49,684

 

 

 

10.2

%

Non-patient

 

 

20,623

 

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

22,224

 

 

 

4.6

%

Total net operating revenues

 

$

442,805

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

486,820

 

 

 

100.0

%

Contractual Adjustments and Discounts

Agreements with third-party payors typically provide for payments at amounts less than standard billing rates. A summary of the payment arrangements with major third-party payors follows:

 

Medicare: Inpatient acute care services are generally paid at prospectively determined rates per discharge based on clinical, diagnostic and other factors. Certain services are paid based on cost-reimbursement methodologies subject to certain limits. Outpatient services are paid using prospectively determined rates according to ambulatory payment classifications and, for some services, fee schedules. Physician services are paid based upon the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

 

Medicaid: Reimbursements for Medicaid services are generally paid at prospectively determined rates per discharge, per occasion of service, or per covered member.

 

Other: Payment agreements with certain commercial insurance carriers, health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations generally provide for payment using prospectively determined rates per discharge, discounts from standard billing rates and prospectively determined daily rates.

Government programs, including Medicare and Medicaid programs, which represent a large portion of the Company’s operating revenues, are highly complex programs to administer and are subject to interpretation of federal and state-specific reimbursement rates, new legislation and final cost report settlements. As a result of investigations by governmental agencies, various health care organizations have received requests for information and notices regarding alleged noncompliance with those laws and regulations. In some instances, these investigations have resulted in organizations entering into significant settlement agreements or findings of criminal and civil liability. Compliance with such laws and regulations may be subject to future government review and interpretation as well as significant regulatory action, including fines, penalties, and potential exclusion from the related programs. There can be no assurance that regulatory authorities will not challenge the Company’s compliance with these laws and regulations, and it is not possible to determine the impact (if any) such claims or penalties would have on the Company.

Contractual adjustments, or differences in standard billing rates and the payments derived from contractual terms with governmental and non-governmental third-party payors, are recorded based on management’s best estimates in the period in which services are performed and a payment methodology is established with the patient. Recorded estimates for past contractual adjustments are subject to change, in large part, due to ongoing contract negotiations and regulation changes, which are typical in the U.S. healthcare industry. Revisions to estimates are recorded as contractual adjustments in the periods in which they become known and may be subject to further revisions. In addition, the contracts the Company has with commercial insurance payors may provide for retroactive audit and review of claims. Subsequent changes in estimates for third-party payors that are determined to be the result of an adverse change in a payor’s ability to pay are recorded as bad debt expense. Bad debt expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were not material and are included in other operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Billing and collections are outsourced to CHS under a transition services agreement that was put in place by CHS in connection with the Spin-off. The Company’s contractual adjustments are impacted by the timing and ability of CHS to monitor the classification and collection of the Company’s patient accounts receivable. Self-pay and other payor discounts are incentives offered by the Company to uninsured or underinsured patients and other payors to reduce their costs of healthcare services.

Third-Party Program Reimbursements

Cost report settlements under reimbursement programs with Medicare, Medicaid and other managed care plans for retroactive adjustments due to audits, reviews or investigations are considered variable consideration and are included in the determination of the estimated transaction price for providing patient care. These settlements are estimated based on the terms of the payment agreement with the payor, correspondence from the payor and the Company’s historical experience, including an assessment to ensure that it is

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probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the retroactive adjustment is subsequently resolved. Estimated settlements are adjusted in future periods as new information becomes available, or as years are settled or are no longer subject to such audits, reviews, and investigations. Previous program reimbursements and final cost report settlements are included in due from and due to third-party p ayors in the consolidated balance sheets. Net adjustments arising from a change in the transaction price for estimated cost report settlements favorably impacted net operating revenues by $1.8 million and $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31 , 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Currently, several states utilize supplemental payment programs, including disproportionate share programs, for the purpose of providing reimbursement to providers to offset a portion of the cost of providing care to Medicaid and indigent patients. These programs are designed with input from CMS and are funded with a combination of federal and state resources, including, in certain instances, taxes, fees or other program expenses (collectively, “provider taxes”) levied on the providers. The receivables and payables associated with these programs are included in due from and due to third-party payors in the consolidated balance sheets.

The following table provides a summary of the components of amounts due from and due to third-party payors, as presented in the consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts due from third-party payors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous program reimbursements and final cost report settlements

 

$

14,669

 

 

$

14,374

 

State supplemental payment programs

 

 

53,079

 

 

 

49,069

 

Total amounts due from third-party payors

 

$

67,748

 

 

$

63,443

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts due to third-party payors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous program reimbursements and final cost report settlements

 

$

34,208

 

 

$

32,174

 

State supplemental payment programs

 

 

11,528

 

 

 

13,678

 

Total amounts due to third-party payors

 

$

45,736

 

 

$

45,852

 

After a state supplemental payment program is approved and fully authorized by the appropriate state legislative or governmental agency, the Company recognizes the revenue and related expenses based on the terms of each program in the period in which amounts are estimable and revenue collection is reasonably assured. The revenues earned by the Company under these programs are included in net operating revenues and the expenses associated with these programs are included in other operating expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

The following table provides a summary of the portion of Medicaid reimbursements included in the consolidated statements of income that are attributable to state supplemental payment programs (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medicaid state supplemental payment program revenues

 

$

47,690

 

 

$

48,561

 

Provider taxes and other expenses

 

 

18,866

 

 

 

19,144

 

Reimbursements attributable to state supplemental payment programs, net of expenses

 

$

28,824

 

 

$

29,417

 

The California Department of Health Care Services administers the Hospital Quality Assurance Fee (“HQAF”) program, imposing a fee on certain general and acute care California hospitals. Revenues generated from these fees provide funding for the non-federal supplemental payments to California hospitals that serve California’s Medi-Cal and uninsured patients. Under the HQAF program, the Company recognized $8.1 million of Medicaid revenues and $2.2 million of provider taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and $7.9 million of Medicaid revenues and $2.1 million of provider taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

The Company recognized $2.0 million of Medicaid revenues in the three months ended March 31, 2019 related to the sale of Illinois property tax credits with no corresponding amount recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2018. The revenues for the full year 2018 were recognized in the third quarter of 2018.

Self-Pay and Self-Pay After Insurance

Generally, patients who are covered by third-party payors are responsible for related co-pays and deductibles, which vary in amount. The Company also provides services to uninsured patients, and offers those uninsured patients a discount, either by policy or

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law, from the Company’s standard billing rates. The Company estimates the transaction price for patients with co-pays and deductibles and for uninsured patients based on historical co llection experience and current market conditions. The initial estimate of the transaction price is determined by reducing the Company’s standard charges by any contractual adjustments, discounts, and implicit price concessions. Subsequent changes to the e stimate of the transaction price, if any, are generally recorded as an adjustment to patient service revenue in the period of the change .

Charity Care

In the ordinary course of business, the Company provides services to patients who are financially unable to pay for hospital care. The related charges for those patients who are financially unable to pay that otherwise do not qualify for reimbursement from a governmental program are classified as charity care. The Company determines amounts that qualify for charity care primarily based on the patient’s household income relative to the poverty level guidelines established by the federal government. The Company’s policy is to not pursue collections for such amounts; therefore, the related charges are recorded in operating revenues at the standard billing rates and fully offset in contractual allowances. The Company’s gross amounts of charity care revenues were $5.0 million and $13.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Accounts Receivable

Substantially all of the Company’s receivables are related to providing healthcare services to patients at its hospitals and affiliated outpatient facilities.

For self-pay and self-pay after insurance receivables, the Company estimates the implicit price concession by reserving a percentage of all self-pay and self-pay after insurance accounts receivable without regard to aging category. The estimate of the implicit price concession is based on a model that considers historical cash collections, expected recoveries and any anticipated changes in trends. The Company’s ability to estimate the implicit price concessions is not significantly impacted by the aging of accounts receivable, as management believes that substantially all of the risk exists at the point in time such accounts are identified as self-pay. Significant changes in payor mix, CHS’s business office operations, including the CHS shared services centers’ efforts in collecting the Company’s accounts receivables, economic conditions, or trends in federal and state governmental healthcare coverage, among others, could affect the Company’s estimates of implicit price concessions. The Company also continually reviews its overall estimate of implicit price concessions by monitoring historical cash collections as a percentage of trailing net operating revenues, as well as by analyzing current period net operating revenues and admissions by payor classification, aged accounts receivable by payor, days revenue outstanding, the composition of self-pay receivables between pure self-pay patients and the patient responsibility portion of third-party insured receivables, and the impact of recent divestitures.

Collections are impacted by the economic ability of patients to pay, the effectiveness of CHS’s billing and collection efforts, including their current policies on collections, and the ability of the Company to further attempt collection efforts. Billings and collections are outsourced to CHS under a transition services agreement that was established with the Spin-off. See Note 16 — Related Party Transactions for additional information on this agreement.

The Company has elected the practical expedient allowed under Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 and does not adjust the promised amount of consideration from patients and third-party payors for the effects of a significant financing component due to the Company’s expectation that the period between the time the service is provided to a patient and the time that the patient or a third-party payor pays for that service will be one year or less. However, the Company does, in certain instances, enter into payment agreements with patients that allow payments in excess of one year. For those cases, the financing component is not deemed to be significant to the contract.

The Company has applied the practical expedient provided by FASB ASC Topic 340 and all incremental customer contract acquisition costs are expensed as incurred, as the amortization period of the asset that the Company otherwise would have recognized is one year or less in duration.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company grants unsecured credit to its patients, most of whom reside in the service area of the Company’s hospitals and affiliated outpatient facilities and are insured under third-party payor agreements. Because of the economic diversity of the Company’s markets and non-governmental third-party payors, Medicare receivables are a significant concentration of credit risk. Accounts receivable, net of contractual adjustments, from Medicare were $56.3 million and $58.2 million, or 17.2% and 18.0% of total patient accounts receivable as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Additionally, the Company believes Illinois Medicaid represents a significant concentration of credit risk to the Company due to the fiscal problems in the state of Illinois that affect the timing and extent of payments due to providers, which are administered by the state of Illinois under the Medicaid program. The Company’s accounts receivable, net of contractual adjustments, from Illinois Medicaid were $24.4 million and $24.5 million, or 7.5% and 7.6% of total patient accounts receivable as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The Company also believes

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California state supplemental program receivables represent a significant concentration of credit risk due to the timing and extent of the receivables. The Company’s state supplemental program receivables from Cali fornia Medicaid were $41.7 million and $37.8 million, or 61.6% and 59.6% of total due from third-party payors, as of March 31 , 2019 and December 31, 2018 , respectively.

The Company’s revenues are particularly sensitive to regulatory and economic changes in certain states where the Company generates significant revenues. Accordingly, any changes in the current demographic, economic, competitive or regulatory conditions in certain states in which revenues are significant could have an adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. Changes to the Medicaid and other government-managed payor programs in these states, including reductions in reimbursement rates or delays in reimbursement payments under state supplemental payment or other programs, could also have a similar adverse effect.

The following table provides a summary of the states in which the Company generates more than 5% of its total net patient revenues as determined in the most recent period (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Number of

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

Hospitals at

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

$  Amount

 

 

% of Total

 

 

$  Amount

 

 

% of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois

 

8

 

$

165,224

 

 

 

39.1

%

 

$

187,753

 

 

 

40.4

%

Oregon

 

1

 

 

58,284

 

 

 

13.8

%

 

 

55,517

 

 

 

11.9

%

California

 

2

 

 

44,164

 

 

 

10.5

%

 

 

44,965

 

 

 

9.7

%

Kentucky

 

3

 

 

29,080

 

 

 

6.9

%

 

 

29,290

 

 

 

6.3

%

Other Operating Expenses

The following table provides a summary of the major components of other operating expenses (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased services

 

$

37,842

 

 

$

41,080

 

Taxes and insurance

 

 

33,964

 

 

 

33,055

 

Medical specialist fees

 

 

26,070

 

 

 

26,948

 

Transition services agreements

 

 

7,849

 

 

 

15,117

 

Repairs and maintenance

 

 

9,535

 

 

 

9,637

 

Utilities

 

 

5,302

 

 

 

6,123

 

Other miscellaneous operating expenses

 

 

16,227

 

 

 

20,778

 

Total other operating expenses

 

$

136,789

 

 

$

152,738

 

The Company records costs associated with the transition services agreements and other ancillary agreements with CHS in accordance with the terms of these agreements. These costs, which primarily include the costs of providing information technology, patient billing and collections and payroll services, are included in “Transition services agreements” in the table above.

See Note 16 — Related Party Transactions for additional information on the transition services agreements with CHS.

General and Administrative Costs

Substantially all of the Company’s operating costs and expenses are “cost of revenues” items. Operating expenses that could be classified as general and administrative by the Company are costs related to corporate office functions, including, but not limited to tax, treasury, audit, risk management, legal and human resources. These costs are primarily salaries and benefits expenses associated with these corporate office functions. General and administrative costs of the Company were $12.6 million and $14.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. General and administrative costs of the Company include executive severance costs at the corporate office of $1.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2018. There were no executive severance costs at the corporate office during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

Electronic Health Records Incentives

Pursuant to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”), the Company receives incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for its eligible hospitals and physician clinics that demonstrate

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meaningful use of certified Electronic Health Records (“EHR”) technology. EHR incentive payments are subject to audit and potential recoupment if it is determined that the applicable meaningful use standards were not met. EHR incentive payments are also subject to retrospective adjustment because the cost report data upon which the incentive payments are based is further subject to audit.

The Company incurs both capital expenditures and operating expenses in connection with the implementation of EHR technology initiatives. The amounts and timing of these expenditures does not directly correlate with the timing of the Company’s receipt or recognition of EHR incentive payments as earned. The Company recognized EHR incentives of less than $0.1 million and $(0.1) million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, which were recorded as a reduction (increase) to operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. The Company’s eligible hospital incentive payments have ended as of December 31, 2018. The Company’s eligible physician clinic incentive payments will continue to decline and will end by December 31, 2021.

Legal, Professional and Settlement Costs

Legal, professional and settlement costs in the Company’s consolidated statements of income primarily include legal costs and related settlements, if any, associated with arbitration, regulatory claims, government investigations into reimbursement payments and other litigation matters.

Loss (Gain) on Sale of Hospitals, Net

Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net is the loss (gain) incurred by the Company’s divestiture of hospitals and outpatient facilities. It is calculated as the difference between the cash proceeds from the sale and the carrying values of the associated net assets sold at the date of sale, less certain incremental direct selling costs.

Loss on Closure of Hospitals, Net

Loss on closure of hospitals, net relates to costs incurred by the Company for closure of hospitals and outpatient facilities, and includes severance, loss on disposal of property and equipment, write-down of assets, legal costs and other costs incurred by the Company related to the closure .

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying values of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the provision for (benefit from) income taxes in the consolidated statements of income in the period that includes the enactment date. The Company assesses the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income. To the extent the Company believes that recovery is not likely, a valuation allowance is established. To the extent the Company establishes a valuation allowance or increases this allowance, the related expense is included in the provision for (benefit from) income taxes in the consolidated statements of income. The Company classifies interest and penalties, if any, related to its tax positions as a component of provision for (benefit from) income taxes .

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash includes cash on hand and cash with banks. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less from the date acquired that are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash consists of cash held in escrow accounts to secure the Company’s indemnification obligations under purchase agreements related to the sale of hospitals.

Inventories

Inventories, primarily consisting of medical supplies and drugs, are stated at the lower of cost or market on a first-in, first-out basis.

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Other Current Assets

Other current assets consists of the current portion of the receivables from CHS related to professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability insurance reserves that were indemnified by CHS in connection with the Spin-off, non-patient accounts receivable primarily related to QHR and other miscellaneous current assets.

Property and Equipment

Purchases of property and equipment are recorded at cost. Property and equipment acquired in a business combination are recorded at estimated fair value. Routine maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Expenditures that increase capacities or extend useful lives are capitalized. The Company capitalizes interest related to financing of major capital additions with the respective asset. Depreciation is recognized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of an asset. The Company depreciates land improvements over 3 to 20 years, buildings and improvements over 5 to 40 years, and equipment and fixtures over 3 to 18 years. The Company also leases certain facilities and equipment under capital lease obligations. These assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the lease term or the remaining useful life of the asset. Property and equipment assets that are held for sale are not depreciated.

Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued a new accounting standard, ASC Topic 842, related to leases to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring the recognition of right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet. Most prominent among the changes in the standard is the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous U.S. GAAP. Under the new standard, disclosures are required to meet the objective of enabling users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The Company adopted ASC Topic 842 effective January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective transition approach as of the period of adoption. The Company’s financial statements prior to January 1, 2019 were not modified for the application of the new lease standard. Upon adoption of ASC Topic 842, the Company recognized $93.7 million of ROU assets and $95.6 million of lease liabilities associated with operating leases. The accounting for capital leases remained substantially unchanged. In addition, the Company recognized a $0.7 million cumulative effect adjustment that increased accumulated deficit in its consolidated balance sheet at January 1, 2019.

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception of the contract. Operating leases are included in operating lease ROU assets, current portion of operating lease liabilities, and long-term operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in property and equipment, current portion of long-term debt, and long-term debt in the consolidated balance sheets.

ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use underlying assets for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the leases. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an estimated incremental borrowing rate, which is derived from information available at the lease commencement date, in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company uses the implicit rate when readily determinable.

The Company enters into operating leases for real estate, medical office buildings, other administrative offices, as well as medical and office equipment. The Company’s finance leases consist primarily of the Corporate office and other long-term building leases. The Company’s real estate leases typically have initial lease terms of 5 to 10 years, and equipment leases typically have an initial term of 3 years.

The Company’s real estate leases may include one or more options to renew, with renewals extending the lease term for an additional 5 to 10 years. The exercise of lease renewal options is at the Company’s sole discretion. In general, the Company does not consider renewal options to be reasonably likely to be exercised, therefore renewal options are generally not recognized as part of the ROU assets and lease liabilities. Lease costs for lease payments are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, unless there is a transfer of title or purchase option reasonably certain to be exercised. The Company does not record operating leases with an initial term of 12 months or less (“short-term leases”) in the consolidated balance sheets.

Certain of the Company’s lease agreements contain both lease and non-lease components, which are generally accounted for separately. For certain equipment leases, such as medical devices, the lease and non-lease components are accounted for as a single lease component. Additionally, for certain equipment leases containing multiple assets, we apply a portfolio approach to account for the assets as one leased asset.

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Goodwill

The Company’s hospital operations and QHR’s management advisory and healthcare consulting services operations meet the criteria for classification and separate reporting units for goodwill. Goodwill was initially determined for QHC’s hospital operations reporting unit based on a relative fair value approach as of September 30, 2013 (CHS’s goodwill impairment testing date). Additional goodwill was allocated on a similar basis for four hospitals acquired by CHS in 2014 that were included in the group of hospitals spun-off to QHC. For the QHR reporting unit, goodwill was allocated based on the amount recorded by CHS at the time of its acquisition in 2007. All subsequent goodwill generated from hospital, physician practice or other ancillary business acquisitions is recorded at fair value at the time of acquisition.

Intangible Assets

The Company’s intangible assets primarily consist of purchase and development costs of software for internal use and contract-based intangible assets, including physician guarantee contracts, medical licenses, hospital management contracts, non-compete agreements and certificates of need. There are no expected residual values related to the Company’s intangible assets. Capitalized software costs are generally amortized over three years, except for software costs for significant system conversions, which are amortized over 8 to 10 years. Capitalized software costs that are in the development stage are not amortized until the related projects are complete. Assets related to physician guarantee contracts, hospital management contracts, non-compete agreements and certificates of need are amortized over the life of the individual contracts. Intangible assets held for sale are not amortized.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill

Whenever an event occurs or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values of certain long-lived assets may be impaired, the Company projects the undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by these assets. If the projections indicate that the carrying values are not expected to be recovered, such amounts are reduced to their estimated fair value based on a quoted market price, if available, or an estimated fair value based on valuation techniques available in the circumstances.

Goodwill arising from business combinations is not amortized. Goodwill is evaluated for impairment at the same time every year and when an event occurs or circumstances change that, more likely than not, reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying value. There is a two-step method for determining goodwill impairment. Step one is to compare the fair value of the reporting unit with the unit’s carrying value, including goodwill. If this test indicates the fair value is less than the carrying value, then step two is required to compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. The Company performs its annual testing of impairment for goodwill in the fourth quarter of each year. The fair value of the Company’s reporting units is estimated using both a discounted cash flow model as well as a multiple model based on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The cash flow forecasts are adjusted by an appropriate discount rate based on the Company’s best estimate of a market participant’s weighted-average cost of capital. Both models are based on the Company’s best estimate of future revenues and operating costs and are reconciled to the Company’s consolidated market capitalization, with consideration of the amount a potential acquirer would be required to pay, in the form of a control premium, in order to gain sufficient ownership to set policies, direct operations and control management decisions of the Company.

See Note 2 Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill for additional information related to impairment recorded in the consolidated statements of income.

Other Long-Term Assets

Other long-term assets consist of the long-term portion of the receivables from CHS related to professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability insurance reserves that were indemnified by CHS in connection with the Spin-off, as well as deferred compensation plan assets, deposits, investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and other miscellaneous long-term assets.

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consists of the current portion of professional and general liability insurance reserves, including the portion indemnified by CHS in connection with the Spin-off, as well as property tax accruals, legal accruals, physician guarantees and other miscellaneous current liabilities.

Professional and General Liability Insurance and Workers’ Compensation Liability Insurance Reserves

As part of the business of owning and operating hospitals, the Company is subject to legal actions alleging liability on its part. To mitigate a portion of these risks, the Company maintains insurance exceeding a self-insured retention level for these types of claims.

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The Company’s self-insurance reserves reflect the current estimate of all outstanding losses , including incurred but not reported losses, based on actuarial calculations as of period end. The loss estimates included in the actuarial calculations may change in the future based on updated facts and circumstances. The Company’s insurance expense inc ludes the actuarially determined estimates of losses for the current year, including claims incurred but not reported, the change in the estimates of losses for prior years based upon actual claims development experience as compared to prior actuarial proj ections, the insurance premiums for losses in excess of the Company’s self-insured retention levels, the administrative costs of the insurance programs, and interest expense related to the discounted portion of the liability. The Company’s reserves for pro fessional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability claims are based on semi-annual actuarial calculations, which are discounted to present value and consider historical claims data, demographic factors, severity factors and other actuarial assumptions. The reserves for self-insured claims are discounted based on the Company’s risk-free interest rate that corresponds to the period when the self-insured claims are incurred and projected to be paid .

See Note 17 — Commitments and Contingencies for information related to the portion of the Company’s insurance reserves for professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability that are indemnified by CHS.

Self-Insured Employee Health Benefits

The Company is self-insured for substantially all of the medical benefits of its employees. The Company maintains a liability for its current estimate of incurred but not reported employee health claims based on historical claims data provided by third-party administrators. The undiscounted reserve for self-insured employee health benefits was $9.8 million and $10.4 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, and is included in accrued salaries and benefits in the consolidated balance sheets. Expense each period is based on the actual claims received during the period plus the impact of any adjustment to the liability for incurred but not reported employee health claims.

Noncontrolling Interests and Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

The Company’s consolidated financial statements include all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of less than 100% owned entities that it controls. Certain of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries have noncontrolling physician ownership interests with redemption features that require the Company to deliver cash upon the occurrence of certain events outside its control, such as the retirement, death, or disability of a physician-owner. The carrying amount of redeemable noncontrolling interests is recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at the greater of: (1) the initial carrying amount of these investments, increased or decreased for the noncontrolling interests' share of cumulative net income (loss), net of cumulative amounts distributed to the noncontrolling interest partners, if any, or (2) the redemption value of the investments held by the noncontrolling interest partners.

Assets and Liabilities of Hospitals Held for Sale

The Company reports separately from other assets in the consolidated balance sheet those assets that meet the criteria for classification as held for sale. Generally, assets that meet the criteria include those for which the carrying amount will be settled principally through a sale transaction rather than through continuing use. The asset must be available for immediate sale in its present condition, subject to usual or customary terms, and the sale must be probable to occur in the next 12 months. Similarly, the liabilities of a disposal group are classified as held for sale upon meeting these criteria. Immediately following classification as held for sale, the Company remeasures these assets and liabilities and adjusts the value to the lesser of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. The assets and liabilities classified as held for sale are no longer depreciated or amortized into expense. The carrying values of assets classified as held for sale are reported net of impairment in the consolidated balance sheets.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company issues restricted stock awards to key employees and directors and recognizes stock-based compensation expense over each of the restricted stock award’s requisite service periods based on the estimated grant date fair value of each restricted stock award. See Note 14 — Stock-Based Compensation for additional information related to stock-based compensation.

Benefit Plans

The Company maintains various benefit plans, including defined contribution plans, deferred compensation plans, a supplemental executive retirement plan and a defined benefit plan, for which certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are the plan sponsors. The rights and obligations of these plans were transferred from CHS to the Company, pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, which was entered into with CHS in connection with the Spin-off which governed or continue to govern the allocation of employees, assets and liabilities that were transferred to QHC from CHS. Benefits costs are recorded as salaries and benefits expenses in the

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consolidated statements of income. The cumulative liability for these benefit costs is recorded in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company recognizes the unfunded liability of its defined benefit plan in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Unrecognized gains (losses) and prior service credits (costs) are recorded as changes in other comprehensive income (loss). The measurement date of the plan’s assets and liabilities coincides with the Company’s year end. The Company’s pension benefit obligation is measured using actuarial calculations that incorporate discount rates, rate of compensation increases and expected long-term returns on plan assets. The calculations additionally consider expectations related to the retirement age and mortality of plan participants. The Company records pension benefit costs related to all of its plans as salaries and benefits expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company utilizes the U.S. GAAP fair value hierarchy to measure the fair value of its financial instruments. The fair value hierarchy distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumption about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).

The inputs used to measure fair value are classified into the following fair value hierarchy:

 

Level 1 - Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

 

Level 2 - Observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

 

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 includes values determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar techniques reflecting the Company’s own assumptions.

Segment Reporting

The principal business of the Company is to provide healthcare services at its hospitals and outpatient service facilities. The Company’s only other line of business is the hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services it provides through QHR. The Company has determined that its hospital operations business and QHR business meets the criteria for separate segment reporting. The Company’s corporate functions have been reported in the all other reportable segment. See Note 13 — Segments for additional information related to the Company’s segment reporting.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other — Internal Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract, to provide guidance on the accounting for implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is accounted for as a service contract. This ASU requires entities to account for such costs consistent with the guidance on capitalizing costs associated with developing or obtaining internal-use software. The ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU No. 2018-15 on January 1, 2019 on a prospective basis. There was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations as a result of adoption of ASU No. 2018-15.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, Income Statement — Reporting Comprehensive Income, which allows for reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings of the stranded tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from the enactment of the comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) and corresponding accounting treatment recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017. The Company adopted ASU No. 2018-02 on January 1, 2019. The adoption of ASU No. 2018-02 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairment by eliminating step two from the goodwill impairment test. This ASU instead permits an entity to recognize goodwill impairment as the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying value over the estimated fair value of the reporting unit, to the extent this amount does not exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. The new guidance continues to allow an entity to perform a qualitative assessment of goodwill impairment indicators in lieu of a quantitative assessment in certain situations. The ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early

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adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this guidance may have on its co nsolidated results of operations and financial position.

NOTE 2 – IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND GOODWILL

2019 Impairment

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company evaluated the fair value of hospitals intended for divestiture. In connection with this evaluation, the Company recognized long-lived asset impairment of $8.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019, which consisted of $8.4 million of property and equipment and $0.5 million of capitalized software costs.

2018 Impairment

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company evaluated the fair value of hospitals intended for divestiture. In connection with this evaluation, the Company recognized long-lived asset impairment of $39.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2018, which consisted of $34.7 million of property and equipment and $5.1 million of capitalized software costs.

NOTE 3 –DIVESTITURES

Scenic Mountain Medical Center

On January 7, 2019, the Company announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell 146-bed Scenic Mountain Medical Center and its affiliated facilities (“Scenic Mountain”), located in Big Spring, TX, for proceeds of $11.7 million. The Company completed the sale of this hospital on April 12, 2019. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company’s operating results included pre-tax income of $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, related to Scenic Mountain.

NOTE 4 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The following table provides a summary of the components of property and equipment (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, at cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land and improvements

 

$

48,721

 

 

$

49,637

 

Building and improvements

 

 

704,654

 

 

 

723,345

 

Equipment and fixtures

 

 

488,813

 

 

 

498,139

 

Construction in progress

 

 

8,101

 

 

 

16,208

 

Total property and equipment, at cost

 

 

1,250,289

 

 

 

1,287,329

 

Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(712,865

)

 

 

(727,891

)

Total property and equipment, net

 

$

537,424

 

 

$

559,438

 

Depreciation expense was $10.7 million and $13.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. See Note 5 — Goodwill and Intangible Assets for information on amortization expense recorded for property and equipment held under finance lease obligations. The total amount of ROU assets held under finance lease obligations, at cost, was $29.4 million and $29.3 million at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The total amount of ROU assets held under finance lease obligations, net of accumulated amortization was $23.4 million and $23.8 million at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Purchases of property and equipment accrued in accounts payable were $2.8 million and $4.9 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

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NOTE 5 – GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill

The following table provides a summary of changes in goodwill (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

401,073

 

Acquisitions

 

 

375

 

Reclass to held for sale

 

 

(3,300

)

Balance at end of period

 

$

398,148

 

Goodwill related to the Company’s hospital operations reporting unit was $364.8 million and $367.8 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Goodwill related to the hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services reporting unit was $33.3 million at both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. Total accumulated goodwill impairment losses were $126.9 million for both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

Intangible Assets

The following table provides a summary of the components of intangible assets (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finite-lived intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capitalized software costs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

$

144,071

 

 

$

145,795

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(111,470

)

 

 

(111,658

)

Capitalized software costs, net

 

 

32,601

 

 

 

34,137

 

Physician guarantee contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

5,654

 

 

 

5,008

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(3,055

)

 

 

(2,679

)

Physician guarantee contracts, net

 

 

2,599

 

 

 

2,329

 

Other finite-lived intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

43,222

 

 

 

43,221

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(36,978

)

 

 

(36,512

)

Other finite-lived intangible assets, net

 

 

6,244

 

 

 

6,709

 

Total finite-lived intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

192,947

 

 

 

194,024

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(151,503

)

 

 

(150,849

)

Total finite-lived intangible assets, net

 

$

41,444

 

 

$

43,175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indefinite-lived intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tradenames

 

$

4,000

 

 

$

4,000

 

Licenses and other indefinite-lived intangible assets

 

 

1,133

 

 

 

1,114

 

Total indefinite-lived intangible assets

 

$

5,133

 

 

$

5,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

$

198,080

 

 

$

199,138

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(151,503

)

 

 

(150,849

)

Total intangible assets, net

 

$

46,577

 

 

$

48,289

 

As of March 31, 2019, the Company had $0.1 million of capitalized software costs that are currently in the development stage. Amortization of these costs will begin once the software projects are complete and ready for their intended use.

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Amortization Expense

The following table provides a summary of the components of amortization expense (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of finite-lived intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capitalized software costs

 

$

2,205

 

 

$

3,324

 

Physician guarantee contracts

 

 

509

 

 

 

529

 

Other finite-lived intangible assets

 

 

474

 

 

 

507

 

Total amortization expense related to finite-lived intangible assets

 

 

3,188

 

 

 

4,360

 

Amortization of leasehold improvements and property and equipment assets held under finance lease obligations

 

 

786

 

 

 

893

 

Total amortization expense

 

$

3,974

 

 

$

5,253

 

As of March 31, 2019, the weighted-average remaining amortization period of the Company’s intangible assets subject to amortization, except for capitalized software costs and physician guarantee contracts, was approximately 3.3 years.

NOTE 6 – LONG-TERM DEBT

The following table provides a summary of the components of long-term debt (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Credit Facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving Credit Facility, maturing 2021

 

$

 

 

$

 

Term Loan Facility, maturing 2022

 

 

789,380

 

 

 

790,751

 

ABL Credit Facility, maturing 2021

 

 

16,000

 

 

 

14,000

 

Senior Notes, maturing 2023

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

400,000

 

Unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts

 

 

(33,376

)

 

 

(35,537

)

Finance lease obligations

 

 

23,090

 

 

 

23,386

 

Other debt

 

 

948

 

 

 

874

 

Total debt

 

 

1,196,042

 

 

 

1,193,474

 

Less:  Current maturities of long-term debt

 

 

(1,721

)

 

 

(1,697

)

Total long-term debt

 

$

1,194,321

 

 

$

1,191,777

 

Senior Credit Facility

In connection with the Spin-off, on April 29, 2016, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “CS Agreement”), among the Company, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch (“Credit Suisse”), as administrative agent and collateral agent. On April 11, 2017, the Company executed an agreement with its Senior Credit Facility lenders to amend certain provisions of its Senior Credit Facility (the “CS Amendment”), as described below. On March 14, 2018, the Company executed a second agreement with its Senior Credit Facility lenders to amend certain provisions of its Senior Credit Facility (the “CS Second Amendment”), as described below.

The CS Agreement initially provided for an $880 million senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) and a $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Senior Credit Facility”). The Term Loan Facility was issued at a discount of $17.6 million, or 98% of par value, and has a maturity date of April 29, 2022, subject to customary acceleration events and repayment, extension or refinancing. The Revolving Credit Facility has a maturity date of April 29, 2021, subject to certain customary acceleration events and repayment, extension or refinancing. The CS Amendment reduced the Revolving Credit Facility’s capacity from $100 million to $87.5 million until December 31, 2017, at which time the capacity decreased to $75.0 million. The CS Second Amendment further reduced the Revolving Credit Facility’s capacity to $62.5 million through maturity, effective with the execution of the amendment on March 14, 2018.

The CS Agreement contains customary covenants, including a maximum permitted Secured Net Leverage Ratio, as determined based on 12 month trailing Consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the CS Agreement. On April 11, 2017, the Company executed the CS

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Amendment with its Senior Credit Facility lenders to amend the calculation of the Secur ed Net Leverage Ratio beginning July 1, 2017 through maturity, among other provisions . In addition, the CS Amendment raised the minimum Secured Net Leverage Ratio required for the Company to remain in compliance for certain periods, and also changed the ca lculation of compliance for specified periods . The CS Second Amendment, which was executed on March 14, 2018, amended the Secured Net Leverage Ratio for the period July 1, 2017 through maturity. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had a Secured Net Leverage Ratio of 4.45 to 1.00 implying additional borrowing capacity of $103.1 million as of March 31, 2019.

After giving effect to the CS Amendment and the CS Second Amendment, the maximum Secured Net Leverage Ratio permitted under the CS Agreement, as determined based on 12 month trailing Consolidated EBITDA and as defined in the CS Agreement follows:

 

 

Maximum

 

 

Secured Net

Period

 

Leverage Ratio

 

 

 

Period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

4.50 to 1.00

Period from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018

 

4.75 to 1.00

Period from July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019

 

5.00 to 1.00

Period from January 1, 2020 and thereafter

 

4.50 to 1.00

In addition to amending the calculation of the Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Maximum Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the CS Amendment and the CS Second Amendment also affected other terms of the CS Agreement as follows:

 

Through April 29, 2022, the Company is required to use asset sales proceeds to make mandatory redemptions under the Term Loan Facility.

 

Through December 31, 2018, the Company could request to exercise Incremental Term Loan Commitments, as defined in the CS Agreement, only if the Secured Net Leverage Ratio, adjusted for the requested Incremental Term Loan borrowing, was below 3.35 to 1.00. After December 31, 2018, the Company may request to exercise Incremental Term Loan Commitments for the greater of $100 million or an amount which would produce a Secured Net Leverage Ratio of 3.35 to 1.00.

 

Through December 31, 2018, the Company was allowed to incur Permitted Additional Debt, as defined in the CS Agreement, only if the Total Leverage Ratio, adjusted for the Permitted Additional Debt, was below 4.50 to 1.00. After December 31, 2018, the Company may incur Permitted Additional Debt so long as the Total Leverage Ratio, adjusted for the Permitted Additional Debt, is below 5.50 to 1.00.

Prior to the CS Amendment, interest under the Term Loan Facility accrued, at the option of the Company, at adjusted LIBOR, subject to statutory reserves and a floor of 1% plus 5.75%, or the alternate base rate plus 4.75%. Following the CS Amendment, interest under the Term Loan Facility accrues, at the option of the Company, at adjusted LIBOR, subject to statutory reserves and a floor of 1% plus 6.75%, or the alternate base rate plus 5.75%. The effective interest rate on the Term Loan Facility was 9.72% as of March 31, 2019. Interest on outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility accrues, at the option of the Company, at adjusted LIBOR, subject to statutory reserves and a floor of 0% plus 2.75%, or the alternate base rate plus 1.75%, and remains unchanged under the CS Amendment and the CS Second Amendment.

Borrowings from the Revolving Credit Facility are used for working capital and general corporate purposes. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had no borrowings outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facility and had $14.2 million of letters of credit outstanding that were primarily related to the self-insured retention levels of professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability insurance as security for the payment of claims. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had borrowing capacity under its Revolving Credit Facility of $48.3 million.

ABL Credit Facility

In connection with the Spin-off, on April 29, 2016, the Company entered into an ABL Credit Agreement (the “UBS Agreement,” and together with the CS Agreement, collectively, the “Credit Agreements”), among the Company, the lenders party thereto and UBS AG, Stamford Branch (“UBS”), as administrative agent and collateral agent. On April 11, 2017, we executed an amendment to the UBS Agreement with its lender party thereto, which aligned the provisions of the UBS Agreement with the CS Amendment. The UBS Agreement provides for a $125 million senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Credit Facility”). The available borrowings from the ABL Credit Facility, which are based on eligible patient accounts receivable, are used for working capital and

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general corporate purposes. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had $16.0 million of borrowings outstanding on the ABL Credit Facility and borrowing capacity of $109.0 million.

The ABL Credit Facility has a maturity date of April 29, 2021, subject to customary acceleration events and repayment, extension or refinancing. Interest on outstanding borrowings under the ABL Credit Facility accrues, at the option of the Company, at a base rate or LIBOR, subject to statutory reserves and a floor of 0%, except that all swingline borrowings will accrue interest based on the base rate, plus an applicable margin determined by the average excess availability under the ABL Credit Facility for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of determination. The applicable margin ranges from 1.75% to 2.25% for LIBOR advances and from 0.75% to 1.25% for base rate advances.

The ABL Credit Facility has a “Covenant Trigger Event” definition that requires the Company to maintain excess availability under the ABL Credit Facility equal to or greater than the greater of (i) $12.5 million and (ii) 10% of the aggregate commitments under the ABL Credit Facility. If a Covenant Trigger Event occurs, then the Company is required to maintain a minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio of 1.10 to 1.00 until such time that a Covenant Trigger Event is no longer continuing. In addition, if excess availability under the ABL Credit Facility were to fall below the greater of (i) 12.5% of the aggregate commitments under the ABL Credit Facility and (ii) $15.0 million, then a “Cash Dominion Event” would be triggered upon which the lenders could assume control of the Company’s cash.

Credit Agreement Covenants

In addition to the specific covenants described above, the Credit Agreements contain customary negative covenants which limit the Company’s ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens, make investments, transfer assets, merge or acquire assets, and make restricted payments, including dividends, distributions and specified payments on other indebtedness. They include customary events of default, including payment defaults, material breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, default on other material indebtedness, customary Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) events of default, bankruptcy and insolvency, material judgments, invalidity of liens on collateral, change of control or cessation of business. The Credit Agreements also contain customary affirmative covenants and representations and warranties.

Senior Notes

On April 22, 2016, QHC issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 11.625% Senior Notes due 2023, pursuant to the Indenture. The Senior Notes were issued at a discount of $6.9 million, or 1.734%, in a private placement and are senior unsecured obligations of the Company guaranteed on a senior basis by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”). The Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2023 and bear interest at a rate of 11.625% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2016. Interest on the Senior Notes accrues from the date of original issuance and is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The effective interest rate on the Senior Notes was 12.49% as of March 31, 2019.

The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries to incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make other restricted payments, make certain investments, create or incur certain liens, sell assets and subsidiary stock, transfer all or substantially all of its assets or enter into merger or consolidation transactions.

On May 17, 2017, the Company exchanged the 11.625% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Initial Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $400 million, which were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of 11.625% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Exchange Notes”), which have been registered under the Securities Act. The Initial Notes were substantially identical to the Exchange Notes, except that the Exchange Notes are registered under the Securities Act and are not subject to the transfer restrictions and certain registration rights agreement provisions applicable to the Initial Notes.

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On and after April 15, 2019, the Company is entitled, at its option, to redeem all or a portion of the Senior Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 6 0 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices specified in the table below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The redemption prices are expressed as a percentage of the principal amount on the redemption date. Holders o f record on the relevant record date have the right to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. In addition, prior to April 15, 2019, the Company could have redeemed some or all of the Senior Notes at a price equal to 100% of the princip al amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, plus a “make whole” premium, as set forth in the Indenture. The Company was entitled to redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes until April 15, 2019 with the net pr oceeds from certain equity offerings at the redemption price set forth in the Indenture.

The following table provides a summary of the redemption periods and prices related to the Senior Notes:

 

 

Redemption

 

Period

 

Prices

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period from April 15, 2019 to April 14, 2020

 

 

108.719

%

Period from April 15, 2020 to April 14, 2021

 

 

105.813

%

Period from April 15, 2021 to April 14, 2022

 

 

102.906

%

Period from April 15, 2022 to April 14, 2023

 

 

100.000

%

Debt Issuance Costs and Discounts

The following table provides a summary of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt issuance costs

 

$

34,533

 

 

$

34,533

 

Debt discounts

 

 

24,536

 

 

 

24,536

 

Total debt issuance costs and discounts at origination

 

 

59,069

 

 

 

59,069

 

Less: Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts

 

 

(25,693

)

 

 

(23,532

)

Total unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts

 

$

33,376

 

 

$

35,537

 

Finance Lease Obligations and Other Debt

The Company’s debt arising from finance lease obligations primarily relates to its corporate office in Brentwood, Tennessee. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, this finance lease obligation was $16.9 million and $17.2 million, respectively. The remainder of the Company’s finance lease obligations relate to property and equipment at its hospitals and corporate office. Other debt consists of physician loans and miscellaneous notes payable to banks.

Debt Maturities

The following table provides a summary of debt maturities for the next five years and thereafter (in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remainder of 2019

 

$

1,312

 

2020

 

 

1,720

 

2021

 

 

17,713

 

2022

 

 

790,800

 

2023

 

 

401,327

 

Thereafter

 

 

16,546

 

Total debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts

 

$

1,229,418

 

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Interest Expense, Net

The following table provides a summary of the components of interest expense, net (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Credit Facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving Credit Facility

 

$

60

 

 

$

78

 

Term Loan Facility

 

 

18,332

 

 

 

17,400

 

ABL Credit Facility

 

 

386

 

 

 

328

 

Senior Notes

 

 

11,626

 

 

 

11,613

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts

 

 

2,161

 

 

 

2,106

 

All other interest expense (income), net

 

 

(299

)

 

 

(594

)

Total interest expense, net

 

$

32,266

 

 

$

30,931

 

 

NOTE 7 – LEASES

The Company has operating and finance leases for its corporate office, certain of its hospitals, medical office buildings, medical equipment and office equipment.

The following table provides a summary of the components of lease costs and rent (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease costs:

 

 

 

 

Operating lease cost

 

$

9,076

 

Variable lease cost

 

 

605

 

Short-term rent expense

 

 

1,850

 

Total operating lease costs

 

$

11,531

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease costs:

 

 

 

 

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 

$

389

 

Interest on lease liabilities

 

 

378

 

Total finance lease costs

 

$

767

 

The following table provides supplemental balance sheet information related to finance leases (in thousands):

 

 

Balance Sheet Classification

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Leases:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease ROU assets

 

Property and equipment

 

$

29,358

 

Accumulated amortization

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

5,969

 

Current finance lease liabilities

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

 

1,280

 

Long-term finance lease liabilities

 

Long-term debt

 

 

21,810

 

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The following table provides supplemental cash flow information related to leases (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 

$

9,106

 

Operating cash flows from finance leases

 

 

332

 

Financing cash flows from finance leases

 

 

375

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

$

5,268

 

Finance leases

 

 

79

 

The following table provides the weighted-average lease terms and discount rates used for the Company’s operating and finance leases:

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

7.9

 

Finance leases

 

 

5.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average discount rate:

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

10.2

%

Finance leases

 

 

6.3

%

The following table provides a summary of lease liability maturities for the next five years and thereafter (in thousands):

 

 

Operating

 

 

Finance

 

 

 

Leases

 

 

Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remainder of 2019

 

$

25,720

 

 

$

1,932

 

2020

 

 

30,905

 

 

 

2,610

 

2021

 

 

19,989

 

 

 

2,647

 

2022

 

 

12,735

 

 

 

2,344

 

2023

 

 

7,527

 

 

 

6,974

 

Thereafter

 

 

25,167

 

 

 

13,715

 

Total lease payments

 

 

122,043

 

 

 

30,222

 

Less:  Imputed interest

 

 

(28,695

)

 

 

(7,132

)

Total lease obligations

 

 

93,348

 

 

 

23,090

 

Less:  Lease obligations held-for-sale

 

 

(2,991

)

 

 

 

Total lease obligations excluding held-for-sale

 

 

90,357

 

 

 

23,090

 

Less:  Current portion

 

 

(24,670

)

 

 

(1,280

)

Total Long-term lease obligations excluding held-for-sale

 

$

65,687

 

 

$

21,810

 

 

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As previously disclosed in the Company’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which followed the lease accounting standard prior to the adoption of ASC Topic 842, future commitments related to non-cancellable operating and capital leases for each for the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2018 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Operating

 

 

Finance

 

 

 

Leases (1)

 

 

Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

$

34,885

 

 

$

2,549

 

2020

 

 

29,609

 

 

 

2,587

 

2021

 

 

20,098

 

 

 

2,625

 

2022

 

 

12,932

 

 

 

2,328

 

2023

 

 

7,588

 

 

 

6,974

 

Thereafter

 

 

26,469

 

 

 

13,716

 

Total minimum future payments obligations

 

$

131,581

 

 

 

30,779

 

Less:  Imputed interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,393

)

Total capital lease obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,386

 

Less:  Current portion of capital lease obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,304

)

Total long-term capital lease obligations

 

 

 

 

 

$

22,082

 

 

(1)

Minimum lease payment obligations have not been reduced by minimum sublease rentals due in the future of $0.8 million.

NOTE 8 – OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS AND OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

The following table provides a summary of the components of other long-term assets (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivable for professional and general liability insurance reserves indemnified by CHS

 

$

28,430

 

 

$

34,535

 

Assets of deferred compensation plan

 

 

15,650

 

 

 

14,980

 

Receivable for workers' compensation liability insurance reserves indemnified by CHS

 

 

11,908

 

 

 

12,118

 

Other miscellaneous long-term assets

 

 

12,864

 

 

 

12,673

 

Total other long-term assets

 

$

68,852

 

 

$

74,306

 

The following table provides a summary of the components of other long-term liabilities (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional and general liability insurance reserves

 

$

80,729

 

 

$

82,828

 

Workers' compensation liability insurance reserves

 

 

16,520

 

 

 

16,819

 

Benefit plan liabilities

 

 

23,617

 

 

 

22,712

 

Other miscellaneous long-term liabilities

 

 

2,906

 

 

 

4,140

 

Total other long-term liabilities

 

$

123,772

 

 

$

126,499

 

See Note 17 — Commitments and Contingencies for additional information about the Company’s insurance reserves and Note 15 — Benefit Plans for additional information about the Company’s benefit plan liabilities.

NOTE 9 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The carrying amounts of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, patient accounts receivable, amounts due from and due to third-party payors, restricted cash and accounts payable approximate their fair values due to the short-term maturity of these financial instruments.

The Company recorded impairment related to long-lived assets and goodwill during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. See Note 2 — Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill for additional information on these impairments. The assessment of fair value was based on Level 3 inputs, as the valuation methodologies used to determine impairment were based on internal

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projections and unobservable inputs. The portion of the impairment related to hospital assets held for sal e was determined based on Level 2 inputs, as the valuation methodologies used to determine impairment considered letters of intent received on these hospitals.

The following table provides a summary of the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company’s long-term debt (in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Estimated

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Estimated

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Amount

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving Credit Facility

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Term Loan Facility

 

 

789,380

 

 

 

778,526

 

 

 

790,751

 

 

 

784,821

 

ABL Credit Facility

 

 

16,000

 

 

 

16,000

 

 

 

14,000

 

 

 

14,000

 

Senior Notes

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

361,132

 

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

382,984

 

Other debt

 

 

24,038

 

 

 

24,038

 

 

 

24,260

 

 

 

24,260

 

Total debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts

 

$

1,229,418

 

 

$

1,179,696

 

 

$

1,229,011

 

 

$

1,206,065

 

The Company considers its long-term debt instruments to be measured based on Level 2 inputs. Information about the valuation methodologies used in the determination of the fair values for the Company’s long-term debt instruments follows:

 

Term Loan Facility . The estimated fair value is based on publicly available trading activity and supported with information from the Company’s lending institutions regarding relevant pricing for trading activity.

 

Senior Notes . The estimated fair value is based on the closing market price for these notes.

 

All other debt . The carrying values of the Company’s other debt instruments, including the Revolving Credit Facility, ABL Credit Facility, finance lease obligations, physician loans and miscellaneous notes payable to banks, approximate their estimated fair values due to the nature of these obligations.

NOTE 10 – EQUITY

Preferred Stock

In connection with the Spin-off, the Company authorized 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.0001 per share. No shares of preferred stock have been issued as of March 31, 2019. The Board has the discretion, subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law and by the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, to determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, of each series of preferred stock, when and if issued.

Common Stock

In connection with the Spin-off, the Company authorized 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share, and issued 28,412,054 shares of common stock on April 29, 2016 to CHS stockholders of record on the Record Date, or April 22, 2016. The Company’s common stock began trading on the NYSE on May 2, 2016 under the ticker symbol “QHC.” As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had 31,294,669 shares and 31,521,398 shares, respectively, of common stock issued and outstanding.

Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters for which stockholders may vote. Holders of the Company’s common stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. There are no preemptive rights, conversion, redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in the assets available for distribution. Delaware law prohibits the Company from paying any dividends unless it has capital surplus or net profits available for this purpose. In addition, the Company’s Credit Agreements and the Indenture impose restrictions on its ability to pay dividends.

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Additional Paid-in Capital

In connection with the Spin-off, the Company issued common stock, as described above, to CHS stockholders. In addition, pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, CHS contributed capital of $530.6 million, in lieu of a cash settlement payment, related to the remaining intercompany indebtedness with CHS and the equity attributable to CHS.

Accumulated Deficit

Accumulated deficit of the Company, as shown in the consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, represents the Company’s cumulative net losses since the Spin-off.

NOTE 11 – INCOME TAXES

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal income tax and income tax of multiple state and local jurisdictions. The Company provides for income taxes based on the enacted tax laws and rates in jurisdictions in which it conducts its operations.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was signed into law, resulting in significant changes from previous law. The most notable change was a reduction of the U.S. corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% for corporations effective January 1, 2018. The Tax Act also provides for other changes which include limitations on the deductibility of interest expense, an increased limitation on the deductibility of executive compensation, and acceleration of depreciation for certain assets placed in service after September 27, 2017. As permitted by SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Company recorded provisional estimates in its 2017 financial statements for the effects of the Tax Act. The Company recorded a total income tax benefit of $24.0 million as of December 31, 2017 for the estimated impact of the Tax Act using current available information and technical guidance on the interpretations of the Tax Act. The total tax benefit of $24.0 million was comprised of a tax benefit of $10.9 million from the reduction of the Company’s net deferred tax liabilities measured at the new 21% tax rate, and a $13.1 million tax benefit for the reduction in valuation allowance attributable to the net realizability of deferred tax assets. The Company completed its analysis of the Tax Act during 2018 and has included its effects in the consolidated financial statements. Adjustments made during 2018 for the finalization of our analysis were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

One key aspect of the Tax Act that impacts the Company is the limitation on the deductibility of interest expense. The Tax Act provides that net interest expense is limited to 30% of Adjusted Taxable Income (“ATI”). ATI is defined as taxable income computed without regard to deductions for (1) business interest expense and income, (2) net operating losses allowable under Internal Revenue Code Section 172, and (3) depreciation, amortization, or depletion (for years beginning before January 1, 2022). The Company has calculated an estimated excess interest expense of approximately $91.2 million for 2018 which may be carried forward for an indefinite number of years.

The Company’s effective tax rates were (0.4)% for both the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. The Company’s deferred income tax liabilities, net were $6.9 million as of March 31, 2019, compared to $6.7 million as of December 31, 2018, a $0.2 million increase. This increase was a result of an increase in deferred tax liabilities during the period due to tax deductible amortization on indefinite-lived intangibles including goodwill and the reclassification of refundable alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) credit.

In the ordinary course of business, there is inherent uncertainty in quantifying the Company’s income tax positions. The Company assesses its income tax positions and records income tax benefits for all tax years subject to examination based on management’s evaluation of the facts, circumstances, and information available at the reporting date. The Company is not aware of any unrecognized income tax benefits; therefore, it has not recorded any such amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

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NOTE 12 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table provides a summary of the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share (in thousands, except earnings per share and shares):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(38,606

)

 

$

(98,487

)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

400

 

 

 

481

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation

 

$

(39,006

)

 

$

(98,968

)

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares outstanding - basic and diluted

 

 

29,438,015

 

 

 

28,454,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Quorum Health Corporation stockholders - basic and diluted

 

$

(1.33

)

 

$

(3.48

)

Due to the net losses attributable to Quorum Health Corporation in the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, no incremental shares were included in diluted earnings (loss) per share for these periods because the net effect of the shares would be anti-dilutive.

NOTE 13 – SEGMENTS

The Company’s operations consists of two distinct operating segments, its hospital operations business and its hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services business. The hospital operations segment includes the operations of the Company’s owned and leased hospitals and their affiliated outpatient facilities that provide inpatient and outpatient healthcare services. The hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services segment includes the operations of QHR. Both segments meet the criteria to be classified as a separate reportable segment. The financial information for the Company’s corporate functions has been reported in the tables below as part of the all other reportable segment.

The following tables provide a summary of financial information related to the Company’s reportable segments (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospital operations

 

$

426,153

 

 

$

467,166

 

QHR operations

 

 

15,057

 

 

 

19,588

 

All other

 

 

1,595

 

 

 

66

 

Total net operating revenues

 

$

442,805

 

 

$

486,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospital operations

 

$

28,333

 

 

$

26,283

 

QHR operations

 

 

4,079

 

 

 

4,352

 

All other

 

 

(11,781

)

 

 

(12,215

)

Total Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

20,631

 

 

$

18,420

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospital operations

 

$

1,541,822

 

 

$

1,453,693

 

QHR operations

 

 

54,472

 

 

 

55,823

 

All other

 

 

51,053

 

 

 

64,578

 

Total assets

 

$

1,647,347

 

 

$

1,574,094

 

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The following table provides a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss), the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(38,606

)

 

$

(98,487

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

32,266

 

 

 

30,931

 

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

 

155

 

 

 

366

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

14,639

 

 

 

18,261

 

EBITDA

 

 

8,454

 

 

 

(48,929

)

Legal, professional and settlement costs

 

 

685

 

 

 

3,413

 

Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill

 

 

8,860

 

 

 

39,760

 

Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

7,815

 

Loss on closure of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

13,746

 

Transition of transition services agreements

 

 

1,142

 

 

 

717

 

Post-spin headcount reductions and executive severance

 

 

1,490

 

 

 

1,898

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

20,631

 

 

$

18,420

 

 

NOTE 14 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

On April 1, 2016, the Company adopted the Quorum Health Corporation 2016 Stock Award Plan (“2016 Stock Award Plan”). The Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on April 29, 2016 to register 4,700,000 shares of QHC common stock that may be issued under the 2016 Stock Award Plan. On December 17, 2018, the Company adopted the Quorum Health Corporation 2018 Restricted Stock Plan (the “2018 Stock Plan”) effective December 18, 2018 and subject to stockholder approval. The Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on December 18, 2018 to register 625,000 shares of QHC common stock that may be issued under the 2018 Stock Plan once stockholder approval for the 2018 Stock Plan is obtained. On February 14, 2019, the Company adopted the Quorum Health Corporation Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Award Plan (the “Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Award Plan”). The Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on February 14, 2019 to register an additional 3,700,000 shares of QHC common stock that may be issued under the Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Award Plan once stockholder approval for the Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Award Plan is obtained.

As defined in the Separation and Distribution Agreement, QHC and CHS employees who held CHS restricted stock awards on the Record Date received QHC restricted stock awards for the number of whole shares, rounded down, of QHC common stock that they would have received as a shareholder of CHS as if the underlying CHS stock were unrestricted on the Record Date, except, that with respect to a portion of CHS restricted stock awards granted to any QHC employees on March 1, 2016 that were cancelled and forfeited on the Spin-off date. The QHC restricted stock awards received by QHC and CHS employees in connection with the Spin-off vest on the same terms as the CHS restricted stock awards to which they relate, through the continued service by such employees with their respective employer. CHS restricted stock awards were adjusted by increasing the number of shares of CHS stock subject to restricted stock awards by an amount of whole shares, rounded down, necessary to preserve the intrinsic value of such awards at the Spin-off date. QHC did not issue any stock options as part of the distribution of shares to holders of CHS stock options in connection with the Spin-off.

The following table provides a summary of the activity related to unvested QHC restricted stock awards held by QHC and CHS employees during the three months ended March 31, 2019 that were distributed in the Spin-off (in shares):

 

 

QHC Awards Distributed in Spin-off

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unvested restricted stock awards at December 31, 2018

 

 

80,350

 

Vested

 

 

(61,150

)

Forfeited

 

 

(19,200

)

Unvested restricted stock awards at March 31, 2019

 

 

 

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The following table provides a summary of the activity related to unvested restricted stock awards during the three months ended March 31, 2019 that were granted to QHC employees subsequent to the Spin-off:

 

 

QHC Awards Granted

 

 

 

Subsequent to Spin-off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Per Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unvested restricted stock awards at December 31, 2018

 

 

2,207,117

 

 

$

7.04

 

Granted

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

2.75

 

Vested

 

 

(545,870

)

 

 

7.21

 

Forfeited

 

 

(212,529

)

 

 

7.79

 

Unvested restricted stock awards at March 31, 2019

 

 

1,453,718

 

 

$

6.85

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company granted 5,000 time-based restricted stock awards in which the restrictions will lapse in equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date.

The following table provides a summary of stock-based compensation expense for the periods subsequent to the Spin-off (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation resulting from the Spin-off

 

$

 

 

$

370

 

Stock-based compensation related to grants following the Spin-off

 

 

1,770

 

 

 

2,094

 

Total stock-based compensation expense

 

$

1,770

 

 

$

2,464

 

Stock-based compensation expense is recognized as a component of salaries and benefits expenses in the consolidated statements of income. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had unrecognized stock-based compensation expense of $5.9 million related to restricted stock awards.

NOTE 15 – BENEFIT PLANS

The Company maintains various benefit plans, including defined contribution plans, deferred compensation plans, a supplemental executive retirement plan and a defined benefit plan , of which certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are the plan sponsors. The rights and obligations of certain of these plans were transferred from CHS in connection with the Spin-off, pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement .

Defined Contribution Plans

The Quorum Health Retirement Savings Plan (the “Retirement Savings Plan”) is a defined contribution plan, which was established on January 1, 2016 by CHS in anticipation of the Spin-off. Prior to the Spin-off, the cumulative liability for these benefit costs was recorded in Due to Parent, net. The assets and liabilities under this plan were transferred to QHC in connection with the Spin-off. The Retirement Savings Plan covers the majority of the employees at the Company’s subsidiaries. The Company has other minor defined contribution plans at certain of its hospitals that cover employees under the terms of these individual plans. Total expenses to the Company under all defined contribution plans was $0.4 million and less than $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The benefit costs associated with these defined contribution plans are recorded as salaries and benefits expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

Deferred Compensation Plans

On August 18, 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors adopted the Executive Nonqualified Excess Plan Adoption Agreement (the “Adoption Agreement”) and the Executive Nonqualified Excess Plan Document (the “Plan Document”), that together, the Adoption Agreement names as the QHCCS, LLC Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the “NQDCP”). The NQDCP is an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan that provides deferred compensation benefits for a select group of

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management, highly compensated employees and independent contractors of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, QHCCS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“QHCCS”), including the Company’s named executive officers. The NQDCP permits participants to defer a portion of their annual base salary, service bonus and performance-based compensation, as well as up to 100% of their incentive compensation in any calendar year. In addition to participant deferrals, QHCCS, and/or it s affiliates may make discretionary credits to participants’ accounts for any year. As of March 31, 2019, the assets and liabilities under this plan were $15.6 million and $16.9 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, the assets and liabilities und er this plan were $15.0 million and $16.2 million, respectively. The assets and liabilities under this plan are included in other long-term assets and other long-term liabilities, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheet .

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

On April 1, 2016, the Board adopted the Quorum Health Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Original SERP Plan”). Pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement between the Company and CHS, the Company assumed the liabilities for all obligations under the Original SERP Plan as of April 29, 2016, the Spin-off date, which related to QHC employees, as defined in the Employee Matters Agreement. In addition, as defined by the Employee Matters Agreement, no additional benefits were to accrue under the Original SERP Plan following the Spin-off and no assets were transferred to the Company related to the Original SERP Plan. The accrued benefit liability transferred to the Company for the Original SERP Plan was $6.0 million.

On May 24, 2016, the Board, upon recommendation of the Compensation Committee, approved the Company’s Amended and Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Amended and Restated SERP”), in order to accrue additional benefits with respect to QHC Employees who otherwise qualify as “Participants” under the Amended and Restated SERP. The Amended and Restated SERP is a noncontributory non-qualified deferred compensation plan under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The benefit costs under the Amended and Restated SERP were $0.2 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and are included in salaries and benefits expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

The long-term portion of the benefit liability for the Amended and Restated SERP was $3.3 million and $3.1 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, and is included in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. There was no current portion of the benefit liability as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

Director’s Fees Deferral Plan

On September 16, 2016, the Board adopted the Quorum Health Corporation Director’s Fees Deferral Plan (the “Director’s Plan”). Pursuant to the Director’s Plan, members of the Board may elect to defer and accumulate fees and stock units, including retainer fees and fees for attendance at Board meetings and Board committees. Under this plan, a director may elect that all or any specified portion of the director’s fees to be earned during a calendar year be credited to a director’s cash account and/or a director’s stock unit account maintained on the individual director’s behalf in lieu of payment. Payment of amounts credited to a director’s cash account and stock unit account will be made upon a payment commencement event, as defined in the Director’s Plan, in accordance with the payment method elected by each director, either in lump sum or in a number of annual installments, not to exceed 15 installments. The Director’s Plan covers directors of the Board not employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Pursuant to the Director’s Plan, the Company registered and made available for issuance under the Director’s Plan a maximum of 150,000 shares of QHC common stock. On February 14, 2019, the Board adopted the Quorum Health Corporation Amended and Restated Director’s Fees Deferral Plan to allow directors to defer and accumulate the equity portion of their director compensation to a restricted stock unit account.

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

The Company provides benefits to employees at one of its hospitals through a defined benefit plan (the “Pension Plan”). The Pension Plan provides benefits to covered individuals satisfying certain age and service requirements. Employer contributions to the Pension Plan are made by the Company in accordance with the minimum funding requirements of ERISA. Benefit costs related to the Pension Plan were $0.1 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. The Company recognizes the unfunded liability of the Pension Plan in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Unrecognized gains (losses) and prior service credits (costs) are recorded as other comprehensive income (loss). The accrued benefit liability for the Pension Plan was $1.1 million and $1.2 million at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

NOTE 16 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

CHS was a related party to QHC prior to the Spin-off. The agreements between QHC and CHS as of and subsequent to the Spin-off are described below.

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Agreements with CHS Related to the Spin-off

In connection with the Spin-off and effective as of April 29, 2016, the Company entered into certain agreements with CHS that allocated between the Company and CHS the various assets, employees, liabilities and obligations (including investments, property, employee benefits and tax-related assets and liabilities) that were previously part of CHS. In addition, these agreements govern certain relationships between, and activities of, the Company and CHS for a definitive period of time after the Spin-off, as specified by each individual agreement.

The agreements were as follows:

 

Separation and Distribution Agreement. This agreement governed the principal actions of both the Company and CHS that needed to be taken in connection with the Spin-off. It also sets forth other agreements that govern certain aspects of the Company’s relationship with CHS following the Spin-off.

 

Tax Matters Agreement . This agreement governs respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of the Company and CHS after the Spin-off with respect to tax liabilities and benefits, tax attributes, tax contests and other tax sharing regarding U.S. federal, state and local income taxes, other tax matters and related tax returns.

 

Employee Matters Agreement. This agreement governs certain compensation and employee benefit obligations with respect to the current and former employees and non-employee directors of both the Company and CHS. It also allocated liabilities and responsibilities relating to employment matters, employee compensation and benefit plans and programs as of the Spin-off date.

In addition to the agreements referenced above, the Company entered into certain transition services agreements and other ancillary agreements with CHS defining agreed upon services to be provided by CHS to certain or all QHC hospitals, as determined by each agreement, commencing on the Spin-off date. The agreements generally have terms of five years.

A summary of the major provisions of the transition services agreements follows:

 

Shared Service Centers Transition Services Agreement. This agreement defines services to be provided by CHS related to billing and collections utilizing CHS shared services centers. Services include, but are not limited to, billing and receivables management, statement processing, denials management, cash posting, patient customer service, and credit balance and other account research. In addition, it provides for patient pre-arrival services, including pre-registration, insurance verification, scheduling and charge estimates. Fees are based on a percentage of cash collections each month.

 

Computer and Data Processing Transition Services Agreement. This agreement defines services to be provided by CHS for information technology infrastructure, support and maintenance. Services include, but are not limited to, operational support for various applications, oversight, maintenance and information technology support services, such as helpdesk, product support, network monitoring, data center operations, service ticket management and vendor relations. Fees are based on both a fixed charge for labor costs, as well as direct charges for all third-party vendor contracts entered into by CHS on QHC’s behalf.

 

Receivables Collection Agreement (“PASI”). This agreement defined services to be provided by CHS’s wholly-owned subsidiary, PASI, which served as a third-party collection agency to QHC related to accounts receivable collections of both active and bad debt accounts of QHC hospitals, including both receivables that existed as of the Spin-off date and those that have occurred since the Spin-off date. Services included, but were not limited to, self-pay collections, insurance follow-up, collection letters and calls, payment arrangements, payment posting, dispute resolution and credit balance research. Fees were based on the type of service and are calculated based on a percentage of recoveries. Effective October 1, 2018, by mutual agreement of both companies, each of the parties’ obligations under this transition services agreement to the other were terminated. The Company replaced the services provided by CHS with external service providers and internal resources.

 

Billing and Collection Agreement (“PPSI”). This agreement defined services to be provided by CHS related to collections of accounts receivable generated by the Company’s affiliated outpatient healthcare facilities. Services included, but were not limited to, self-pay collections, insurance follow-up, collection letters and calls, payment arrangements, payment posting, dispute resolution and credit balance research. Fees were based on the type of service and were calculated based on a percentage of recoveries. Effective October 1, 2018, by mutual agreement of both companies, each of the parties’ obligations under this transition services agreement to the other were terminated. The Company replaced the services provided by CHS with external service providers and internal resources.

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Employee Service Center Agreement. Thi s agreement defines services to be provided by CHS related to payroll processing and human resources information systems support. Fees are based on a fixed charge per employee headcount per month.

 

Eligibility Screening Services Agreement. This agreement defined services to be provided by CHS for financial and program criteria screening related to Medicaid or other program eligibility for pure self-pay patients. Fees were based on a fixed charge for each hospital receiving services. Effective June 24, 2018, per mutual agreement of both companies, the employees responsible for screening patients for program eligibility were transferred to QHC, which terminated the obligations of both parties under this transition services agreement.

The total expenses recorded by the Company under the transition services agreements with CHS were $7.8 million and $15.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

NOTE 17 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Matters

The Company is a party to various legal, regulatory and governmental proceedings incidental to its business. Based on current knowledge, management does not believe that loss contingencies arising from pending legal, regulatory and governmental proceedings, including the matters described herein, will have a material adverse effect on the operating results, financial position or liquidity of the Company. However, in light of the inherent uncertainties involved in these matters, some of which are beyond the Company’s control, and the very large or indeterminate damages sought in some of these matters, an adverse outcome in one or more of these matters could be material to the Company’s consolidated results of operations or cash flows for any particular reporting period.

In connection with the Spin-off, CHS agreed to indemnify QHC for certain liabilities relating to outcomes or events occurring prior to the closing of the Spin-off, including (i) certain claims and proceedings known to be outstanding on or prior to the closing date of the Spin-off and (ii) certain claims, proceedings and investigations by governmental authorities or private plaintiffs related to activities occurring at or related to the Company’s healthcare facilities prior to the closing date of the Spin-off, but only to the extent, in the case of clause (ii), that such claims are covered by insurance policies maintained by CHS, including professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability. In this regard, CHS will continue to be responsible for certain Health Management Associates, Inc. legal matters covered by its contingent value rights agreement that relate to the portion of CHS’s business now held by QHC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, CHS is not indemnifying QHC in respect of any claims or proceedings arising out of, or related to, the business operations of QHR at any time or QHC’s compliance with the Corporate Integrity Agreement (“CIA”) with the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) . Subsequent to the Spin-off, the OIG entered into an “Assumption of CIA Liability Letter” with the Company reiterating the applicability of the CIA to certain of the Company’s hospitals, although the OIG declined to enter into a separate agreement with the Company.

With respect to all legal, regulatory and governmental proceedings, the Company considers the likelihood of a negative outcome. If the Company determines the likelihood of a negative outcome with respect to any such matter is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated, the Company records an accrual for the estimated amount of loss for the expected outcome of the matter. If the likelihood of a negative outcome with respect to material matters is reasonably possible and the Company is able to determine an estimate of the amount of possible loss or a range of loss, whether in excess of a related accrued liability or where there is no accrued liability, the Company discloses the estimate of the amount of possible loss or range of loss. However, the Company is unable to estimate an amount of possible loss or range of loss in some instances based on the significant uncertainties involved in, or the preliminary nature of, certain legal, regulatory and governmental matters.

Commercial Litigation and Other Lawsuits

 

Arbitration with Community Health Systems, Inc. On August 4, 2017, the Company received a demand for arbitration from CHS seeking payment of certain amounts the Company has withheld pursuant to the Shared Service Centers Transition Services Agreement (the “SSC TSA”) and the Computer and Data Processing Transition Services Agreement (the “IT TSA”). CHS sought payment of approximately $12.1 million relating to these two transition services agreements. The Company contested the charges as not payable to CHS under the transition services agreements and made counterclaims that included, among other things, termination of the SSC TSA, a ruling that the IT TSA was terminable at the Company’s option, and substantial damages the Company believed it had suffered as a result of the transition services agreements and other actions taken by CHS in connection with the Spin-off. Additionally, on March 19, 2018, the Company received notice from CHS that CHS sought to terminate, effective September 30, 2018, the SSC TSA and the IT TSA and to impose a September 30, 2018 deadline for completion of the transition services under the SSC TSA and IT TSA, as a result of alleged breaches by the Company of the agreements. The notice from CHS also provided an indication

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of CHS’s preference to terminate the Receivables Collection Agreement, the Eligibility Screening Services Agreement, and the Billing and Collection Agreement. The Company amended its counterclaims to include allegations that CHS’s attem pt to terminate the SSC TSA and IT TSA and to impose a September 30, 2018 deadline for completing the transition of services under those contracts violated the terms of the contracts and was invalid and without effect. The validity and effectiveness of CHS ’s attempt to terminate the SSC TSA and IT TSA and to impose a September 30, 2018 deadline was litigated during the course of arbitration proceedings held in late June 2018. After hearing testimony regarding the termination issues, the arbitration panel ru led that each of the SSC TSA and IT TSA will continue in effect according to their original terms through 2021, subject to any agreement by the parties to terminate the SSC TSA and the IT TSA at an earlier time. The panel ordered that, after the date of th e ruling, the Company would prospectively pay the amounts invoiced under the TSAs as billed, but deferred ruling on the parties’ economic claims related to the TSAs. The arbitration reconvened October 1, 2018 with QHC presenting the Company’s counter-claim s and defenses that certain amounts were not payable to CHS. The arbitration concluded October 9, 2018. The panel issued its final arbitration award on January 3, 2019. In connection with the SSC TSA payment dispute, the panel determined that CHS was not e ntitled to have charged the disputed fees under that agreement, and thus that (i) the Company was entitled to retain the approximately $9.3 million previously withheld by the Company, and (ii) CHS was required to pay back the approximately $2.1 million pai d by the Company under the SSC TSA since the panel’s June 2018 order. The Company will not be required to pay such overcharged amounts under the SSC TSA in the future. In connection with the IT TSA payment dispute, the panel determined that CHS’s fees unde r the IT TSA were proper. The Company paid the approximately $1.5 million previously withheld under that agreement, and the Company will continue to pay such amounts under the IT TSA in the future. The panel’s June 2018 ruling that CHS is not entitled to t erminate the SSC and IT TSAs remains in effect. The panel denied the Company’s other affirmative claims against CHS.

 

Zwick Partners LP and Aparna Rao, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Quorum Health Corporation, Community Health Systems, Inc., Wayne T. Smith, W. Larry Cash, Thomas D. Miller and Michael J. Culotta . On September 9, 2016, a shareholder filed a purported class action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against the Company and certain of its former officers. On April 17, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint adding additional defendants, CHS, Wayne T. Smith and W. Larry Cash. The Second Amended Complaint alleges claims for violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and is brought on behalf of a class consisting of all persons (other than defendants) who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of the Company between May 2, 2016 and August 10, 2016. On June 23, 2017, the Company filed a motion to dismiss, which Plaintiff opposed on August 22, 2017. On April 19, 2018, the Court denied the Company’s motion to dismiss, and the Company filed its answer to the Second Amended Complaint on May 18, 2018. On July 13, 2018, Plaintiff filed its motion for class certification, which Defendants opposed on August 31, 2018. On March 29, 2019, the Court granted the motion and certified the class. Defendants have filed a petition for permission to appeal the class certification decision with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which petition is currently pending. On September 14, 2018, Plaintiff filed a Third Amended Complaint adding additional alleged misstatements. On October 12, 2018, Defendants moved to dismiss the new allegations, and, on March 29, 2019, the Court granted the motion and dismissed the new allegations. The case is in discovery, and the Company is vigorously defending itself in this matter. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that the Company may incur a loss in connection with this matter. The Company is unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because discovery has only recently started and the case remains in its early stages. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

R2 Investments, LDC v. Quorum Health Corporation, Community Health Systems, Inc., Wayne T. Smith, W. Larry Cash, Thomas D. Miller, Michael J. Culotta, John A. Clerico, James S. Ely, III, John A. Fry, William Norris Jennings, Julia B. North, H. Mitchell Watson, Jr. and H. James Williams . On October 25, 2017, a shareholder filed an action in the Circuit Court of Williamson County, Tennessee against the Company and certain of its former officers and directors and CHS and certain of its officers and directors. The complaint alleges that the defendants violated the Tennessee Securities Act and common law by, among other things, making alleged false and/or misleading statements and failing to disclose certain information regarding aspects of the Company’s business, operations and financial condition. Plaintiff is seeking rescissionary, compensatory and punitive damages. The Company filed a motion to dismiss the action on January 16, 2018, which Plaintiff opposed on March 5, 2018. On May 11, 2018, the Court denied the Company’s motion to dismiss. The Company subsequently filed an answer to the complaint, and the case is now in discovery. The Company is vigorously defending itself in this matter. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that the Company may incur a loss in connection with this matter. The Company is unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because discovery has only recently started and the case remains in its

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early stages. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with a dverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

Harvey Horwitz, Derivatively on Behalf of Quorum Health Corporation v. Thomas D. Miller, Michael J. Culotta, Barbara R. Paul, R. Lawrence Van Horn, William S. Hussey, James T. Breedlove, William M. Gracey, Joseph A. Hastings, and Adam Feinstein, and Quorum Health Corporation, as Nominal Defendant . On September 17, 2018, a purported shareholder filed a derivative action on behalf of the Company in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The complaint alleges claims for violation of Section 29(a) of the Exchange Act, breach of fiduciary duty, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, and indemnification and contribution. Plaintiff seeks damages allegedly sustained by the Company, rescission of the Separation Agreement with CHS, corporate governance reforms, equitable and/or injunctive relief, restitution, and attorneys’ fees and costs. On October 26, 2018, the Court entered an order granting a stay of the case pending entry of an order on any motions for summary judgment in the Rao v. Quorum Health Corporation case described above. Once the stay is lifted, the Company intends to move to transfer the action to Delaware consistent with the Company’s by-laws. The Company is vigorously defending itself in this matter. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that the Company may incur a loss in connection with this matter. The Company is unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because the case remains in its early stages. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

Reda Slone v. Kentucky River Medical Center (an assumed name of Jackson Hospital Corporation) . On April 19, 2017, a former director of the emergency department of Kentucky River Medical Center ("KRMC") filed an action in the Circuit Court of Breathitt County, Kentucky (Case No.: 17-CI-00095), against KRMC alleging wrongful discharge in violation of KRS 216B.165 (known unofficially as Kentucky’s healthcare worker’s whistleblower statute), common law wrongful discharge, violation of Plaintiff’s free speech under the Section 1 of the Kentucky Constitution, and intentional and/or negligent infliction of emotional distress. The Plaintiff is claiming that KRMC terminated the Plaintiff’s employment because she made complaints that the emergency department did not have adequate staffing levels/nurse to patient ratios, and did not have sufficient numbers of adequately trained staff. The Plaintiff is seeking damages for back pay and front pay ($549,623), incidental damages ($310,000), emotional pain and suffering ($350,000), attorney’s fees ($200,000), and punitive damages ($11,250,000). KRMC filed an answer to the complaint and the matter is now in discovery. A trial date is set for July 22, 2019. KRMC is vigorously defending the matter. The outcome of the matter cannot be predicted. However, it is reasonably possible that KRMC may incur a loss in connection with this matter. The Company is unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because discovery is still ongoing and there is uncertainty as to the outcome of the upcoming trial or motions. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

Mary Della-Maggiora, as an individual and on behalf of all others similarly situated, v. Watsonville Community Hospital, entity unknown, and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive (Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Cruz) . On January 22, 2018, Plaintiff filed a purported class action alleging violations of California Labor Code Section 226(a). On May 14, 2018, Plaintiff filed her Second Amended Class Action Complaint. The Second Amended Class Action Complaint contains two causes of action. The first cause of action is brought by Plaintiff in her individual capacity and as potential class representative for all other Watsonville Community Hospital employees for alleged violations of Labor Code Section 226(a), subsections (6), (8), and (9). The second cause of action is brought under the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 by Plaintiff in her individual capacity and as “appointed” representative of the State of California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, for alleged violations of Labor Code Section 226(a), subsection (9). Plaintiff generally alleges that the paystubs issued to Watsonville employees did not include all information required by California Labor Code Section 226(a). The case is in discovery, and Watsonville Community Hospital is vigorously defending itself in this matter. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that the Company may incur a loss in connection with this matter. The Company is unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because discovery has only recently started and the case remains in its early stages. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

Nedal Alqalqili v. Hospital of Barstow, Inc., dba Barstow Community Hospital; Quorum Health Corp.; Carrie Howell, an individual; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive (Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Bernardino) . On June 28, 2018, Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging discrimination, harassment, and retaliation arising from her employment with Hospital of Barstow, Inc. On October 17, 2018, Plaintiff filed her First Amended Complaint for Damages and Declaratory and Injunctive Relief for Employment Discrimination. The First Amended Complaint contains

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eleven claims for monetary relief as well as claims for d eclaratory and injunctive relief. In the First Amended Complaint Plaintiff alleges claims for: interference, discrimination, and retaliation in violation of the California Family Rights Act, California Government Code Section 12945.2; national origin-based hostile work environment, religious creed-based hostile work environment, sex discrimination, national origin discrimination, religious creed discrimination, failure to prevent discrimination and harassment, and retaliation in violation of the Fair Employ ment and Housing Act, California Government Code Section 12940, et seq .; and failure to timely provide employment records in violation of California Labor Code Section 1198.5. The case is in discovery, and Barstow Community Hospital is vigorously defending itself in this matter. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that the Company may incur a loss in connection with this matter. The Company is unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of su ch reasonably possible loss because discovery has only recently started and the case remains in its early stages. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

Insurance Reserves

As part of the business of owning and operating hospitals, the Company is subject to potential professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability claims or other legal actions alleging liability on its part. The Company is also subject to similar liabilities related to its QHR business.

Prior to the Spin-off, CHS provided professional and general liability insurance and workers’ compensation liability insurance to QHC and indemnified QHC from losses under these insurance arrangements related to the hospital operations business assumed by QHC in the Spin-off. The liabilities for claims prior to the Spin-off and related to QHC’s hospital operations business are determined based on an actuarial study of QHC’s operations and historical claims experience at its hospitals, including during the period of ownership by CHS. Corresponding receivables from CHS are established to reflect the indemnification by CHS for each of these liabilities for claims that related to events and circumstances that occurred prior to the Spin-off.

After the Spin-off, QHC entered into its own professional and general liability insurance and workers’ compensation liability insurance arrangements to mitigate the risk for claims exceeding its self-insured retention levels. The Company maintains a self-insured retention level for professional and general liability claims of $5 million per claim and maintains a $0.5 million per claim, high deductible program for workers’ compensation liability claims. Due to the differing nature of its business, the Company maintains separate insurance arrangements for professional and general liability claims related to its subsidiary, QHR. The self-insured retention level for QHR is $6 million for professional and general liability insurance.

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The following table provides a summary of the Company’s insurance reserves related to professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability, distinguished between those indemnified by CHS and those related to the Company’s own risks (in thousa nds):

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

Current

 

 

Long-Term

 

 

Current

 

 

Long-Term

 

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Liability

 

 

Liability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional and general liability:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance reserves indemnified by CHS, Inc.

 

$

15,672

 

 

$

28,430

 

 

$

15,672

 

 

$

28,430

 

All other self-insurance reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,013

 

 

 

52,299

 

Total insurance reserves for professional and general liability

 

 

15,672

 

 

 

28,430

 

 

 

21,685

 

 

 

80,729

 

Workers' compensation liability:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance reserves indemnified by CHS, Inc.

 

 

1,267

 

 

 

11,908

 

 

 

1,267

 

 

 

11,908

 

All other self-insurance reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,522

 

 

 

4,612

 

Total insurance reserves for workers' compensation liability

 

 

1,267

 

 

 

11,908

 

 

 

3,789

 

 

 

16,520

 

Total self-insurance reserves

 

$

16,939

 

 

$

40,338

 

 

$

25,474

 

 

$

97,249

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Current

 

 

Long-Term

 

 

Current

 

 

Long-Term

 

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Liability

 

 

Liability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional and general liability:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance reserves indemnified by CHS, Inc.

 

$

20,200

 

 

$

34,535

 

 

$

20,200

 

 

$

34,535

 

All other self-insurance reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,195

 

 

 

48,293

 

Total insurance reserves for professional and general liability

 

 

20,200

 

 

 

34,535

 

 

 

25,395

 

 

 

82,828

 

Workers' compensation liability:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance reserves indemnified by CHS, Inc.

 

 

1,412

 

 

 

12,118

 

 

 

1,412

 

 

 

12,118

 

All other self-insurance reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,525

 

 

 

4,701

 

Total insurance reserves for workers' compensation liability

 

 

1,412

 

 

 

12,118

 

 

 

3,937

 

 

 

16,819

 

Total self-insurance reserves

 

$

21,612

 

 

$

46,653

 

 

$

29,332

 

 

$

99,647

 

The receivables from CHS are included in other current assets and other long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The liability for the current portion of professional and general liability claims is included in other current liabilities, while the current portion of the liability for workers’ compensation claims is included in accrued salaries and benefits. The long-term portions of both claims liabilities are included in other long-term liabilities.

Construction and Capital Commitments

The Company substantially completed construction of a new patient tower and expanding surgical capacity at McKenzie – Willamette Medical Center, its hospital in Springfield, Oregon at December 31, 2018. During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred costs of $2.1 million and $6.1 million, respectively, related to this project. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has incurred a total of $102.8 million of costs for this project, of which $101.3 million has been placed into service as of March 31, 2019. The total estimated cost of this project, including equipment costs, is estimated to be approximately $105.0 million. The Company’s anticipated remaining costs on the project in 2019 are $2.2 million.

NOTE 18 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 12, 2019, the Company sold 146-bed Scenic Mountain Medical Center and its affiliated facilities, located in Big Spring, Texas, for proceeds of $11.7 million, all of which was used to pay down principal on its Term Loan Facility on April 24, 2019.

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NOTE 19 - GUARANTOR AND NON-GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

The Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company guaranteed on a senior basis by certain of its existing and subsequently acquired or organized 100% owned domestic subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”). The Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis, with exceptions considered customary for such guarantees, limited to the release of the guarantee when a subsidiary guarantor’s capital stock is sold, or when a sale of all of the subsidiary guarantor’s assets used in operations occurs.

The condensed consolidating financial statements have been prepared and presented in accordance with SEC Regulation S-X Rule 3-10 “Financial Statements of Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities Registered or Being Registered.”

The accounting policies used in the preparation of this financial information are consistent with the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company, except as follows:

 

Intercompany receivables and payables are presented gross in the supplemental condensed consolidating balance sheets.

 

Investments in consolidated subsidiaries, as well as guarantor subsidiaries’ investments in non-guarantor subsidiaries, are presented under the equity method of accounting with the related investments presented within the line items net investment in subsidiaries and other long-term liabilities in the supplemental condensed consolidating balance sheets.

 

Income tax expense is allocated from the parent issuer to the income producing operations (other guarantors and non-guarantors) through stockholders’ equity. As this approach represents an allocation, the income tax expense allocation is considered non-cash for statement of cash flow purposes.

The Company’s intercompany activity consists primarily of daily cash transfers, the allocation of certain expenses and expenditures paid by the parent issuer on behalf of its subsidiaries, and the push down of investment in its subsidiaries. The parent issuer’s investment in its subsidiaries reflects the activity since the Spin-off. Likewise, the parent issuer’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates represents the Company’s earnings since the Spin-off.

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income (Loss)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

(In Thousands)

 

 

 

Parent

Issuer

 

 

Other

Guarantors

 

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating revenues

 

$

 

 

$

337,935

 

 

$

104,870

 

 

$

 

 

$

442,805

 

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

 

 

 

 

154,102

 

 

 

70,973

 

 

 

 

 

 

225,075

 

Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

36,349

 

 

 

15,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,385

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

13

 

 

 

110,925

 

 

 

25,851

 

 

 

 

 

 

136,789

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

11,356

 

 

 

3,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,639

 

Lease costs and rent

 

 

 

 

 

6,628

 

 

 

4,903

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,531

 

Electronic health records incentives

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

Legal, professional and settlement costs

 

 

 

 

 

684

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

685

 

Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

8,860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,860

 

Total operating costs and expenses

 

 

13

 

 

 

328,913

 

 

 

120,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

448,990

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

 

(13

)

 

 

9,022

 

 

 

(15,194

)

 

 

 

 

 

(6,185

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

32,580

 

 

 

(229

)

 

 

(85

)

 

 

 

 

 

32,266

 

Equity in earnings of affiliates

 

 

6,231

 

 

 

326

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,557

)

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(38,824

)

 

 

8,925

 

 

 

(15,109

)

 

 

6,557

 

 

 

(38,451

)

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

 

182

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

(63

)

 

 

 

 

 

155

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

(39,006

)

 

 

8,889

 

 

 

(15,046

)

 

 

6,557

 

 

 

(38,606

)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400

 

 

 

 

 

 

400

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation

 

$

(39,006

)

 

$

8,889

 

 

$

(15,446

)

 

$

6,557

 

 

$

(39,006

)

 

 

 


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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income (Loss)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

(In Thousands)

 

 

 

Parent

Issuer

 

 

Other

Guarantors

 

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating revenues

 

$

 

 

$

372,537

 

 

$

114,283

 

 

$

 

 

$

486,820

 

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

 

 

 

 

169,733

 

 

 

77,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

247,000

 

Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

42,600

 

 

 

16,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

58,886

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

1,870

 

 

 

122,166

 

 

 

28,702

 

 

 

 

 

 

152,738

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

14,705

 

 

 

3,556

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,261

 

Rent

 

 

 

 

 

7,317

 

 

 

5,215

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,532

 

Electronic health records incentives

 

 

 

 

 

(49

)

 

 

(92

)

 

 

 

 

 

(141

)

Legal, professional and settlement costs

 

 

 

 

 

3,413

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,413

 

Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

37,960

 

 

 

1,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,760

 

Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

7,815

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,815

 

Transaction costs related to the Spin-off

 

 

 

 

 

13,746

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,746

 

Total operating costs and expenses

 

 

1,870

 

 

 

419,406

 

 

 

132,734

 

 

 

 

 

 

554,010

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

 

(1,870

)

 

 

(46,869

)

 

 

(18,451

)

 

 

 

 

 

(67,190

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

31,474

 

 

 

(522

)

 

 

(21

)

 

 

 

 

 

30,931

 

Equity in earnings of affiliates

 

 

64,851

 

 

 

43,853

 

 

 

 

 

 

(108,704

)

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(98,195

)

 

 

(90,200

)

 

 

(18,430

)

 

 

108,704

 

 

 

(98,121

)

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

 

773

 

 

 

(336

)

 

 

(71

)

 

 

 

 

 

366

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

(98,968

)

 

 

(89,864

)

 

 

(18,359

)

 

 

108,704

 

 

 

(98,487

)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

481

 

 

 

 

 

 

481

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation

 

$

(98,968

)

 

$

(89,864

)

 

$

(18,840

)

 

$

108,704

 

 

$

(98,968

)

 

 

 


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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

(In Thousands)

 

 

 

Parent

Issuer

 

 

Other

Guarantors

 

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(39,006

)

 

$

8,889

 

 

$

(15,046

)

 

$

6,557

 

 

$

(38,606

)

Amortization and recognition of unrecognized pension cost components, net of income taxes

 

 

49

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

(49

)

 

 

49

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(38,957

)

 

 

8,938

 

 

 

(15,046

)

 

 

6,508

 

 

 

(38,557

)

Less:  Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400

 

 

 

 

 

 

400

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation

 

$

(38,957

)

 

$

8,938

 

 

$

(15,446

)

 

$

6,508

 

 

$

(38,957

)

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

(In Thousands)

 

 

 

Parent

Issuer

 

 

Other

Guarantors

 

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(98,968

)

 

$

(89,864

)

 

$

(18,359

)

 

$

108,704

 

 

$

(98,487

)

Amortization and recognition of unrecognized pension cost components, net of income taxes

 

 

114

 

 

 

114

 

 

 

 

 

 

(114

)

 

 

114

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(98,854

)

 

 

(89,750

)

 

 

(18,359

)

 

 

108,590

 

 

 

(98,373

)

Less:  Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

481

 

 

 

 

 

 

481

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation

 

$

(98,854

)

 

$

(89,750

)

 

$

(18,840

)

 

$

108,590

 

 

$

(98,854

)

 


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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

March 31, 2019

(In Thousands)

 

 

Parent

Issuer

 

 

Other

Guarantors

 

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

630

 

 

$

907

 

 

$

179

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,716

 

Patient accounts receivable

 

 

 

 

251,334

 

 

 

75,305

 

 

 

 

 

 

326,639

 

Inventories

 

 

 

 

34,359

 

 

 

9,234

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,593

 

Prepaid expenses

 

8

 

 

 

14,165

 

 

 

3,746

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,919

 

Due from third-party payors

 

 

 

 

63,548

 

 

 

4,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,748

 

Current assets of hospitals held for sale

 

 

 

 

2,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,286

 

Other current assets

 

122

 

 

 

22,237

 

 

 

9,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,303

 

Total current assets

 

760

 

 

 

388,836

 

 

 

102,608

 

 

 

 

 

 

492,204

 

Intercompany receivable

 

3

 

 

 

704,694

 

 

 

302,688

 

 

 

(1,007,385

)

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

 

 

396,343

 

 

 

141,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

537,424

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

232,118

 

 

 

166,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

398,148

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

 

 

42,024

 

 

 

4,553

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,577

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

 

 

53,501

 

 

 

36,137

 

 

 

 

 

 

89,638

 

Long-term assets of hospitals held for sale

 

 

 

 

14,504

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,504

 

Other long-term assets

 

 

 

 

53,779

 

 

 

15,073

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,852

 

Net investment in subsidiaries

 

1,422,926

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,422,926

)

 

 

 

Total assets

$

1,423,689

 

 

$

1,885,799

 

 

$

768,170

 

 

$

(2,430,311

)

 

$

1,647,347

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

$

 

 

$

1,582

 

 

$

139

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,721

 

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

16,489

 

 

 

8,181

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,670

 

Accounts payable

 

163

 

 

 

127,592

 

 

 

19,329

 

 

 

 

 

 

147,084

 

Accrued liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued salaries and benefits

 

 

 

 

59,979

 

 

 

23,329

 

 

 

 

 

 

83,308

 

Accrued interest

 

22,061

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,061

 

Due to third-party payors

 

 

 

 

39,217

 

 

 

6,519

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,736

 

Current liabilities of hospitals held for sale

 

 

 

 

1,205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,205

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

 

27,866

 

 

 

12,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,272

 

Total current liabilities

 

22,224

 

 

 

273,930

 

 

 

69,903

 

 

 

 

 

 

366,057

 

Long-term debt

 

1,172,004

 

 

 

22,158

 

 

 

159

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,194,321

 

Long-term operating lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

37,018

 

 

 

28,669

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,687

 

Intercompany payable

 

351,403

 

 

 

302,692

 

 

 

353,290

 

 

 

(1,007,385

)

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liabilities, net

 

6,947

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,947

 

Long-term liabilities of hospitals held for sale

 

 

 

 

2,414

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,414

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

 

 

213,218

 

 

 

29,727

 

 

 

(119,173

)

 

 

123,772

 

Total liabilities

 

1,552,578

 

 

 

851,430

 

 

 

481,748

 

 

 

(1,126,558

)

 

 

1,759,198

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,278

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,278

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quorum Health Corporation stockholders' equity (deficit):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

558,498

 

 

 

1,183,653

 

 

 

581,940

 

 

 

(1,765,593

)

 

 

558,498

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

808

 

 

 

808

 

 

 

 

 

 

(808

)

 

 

808

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(688,198

)

 

 

(150,092

)

 

 

(312,556

)

 

 

462,648

 

 

 

(688,198

)

Total Quorum Health Corporation stockholders' equity (deficit)

 

(128,889

)

 

 

1,034,369

 

 

 

269,384

 

 

 

(1,303,753

)

 

 

(128,889

)

Nonredeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,760

 

Total equity (deficit)

 

(128,889

)

 

 

1,034,369

 

 

 

284,144

 

 

 

(1,303,753

)

 

 

(114,129

)

Total liabilities and equity

$

1,423,689

 

 

$

1,885,799

 

 

$

768,170

 

 

$

(2,430,311

)

 

$

1,647,347

 


42


QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Continued)

 

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

December 31, 2018

(In Thousands)

 

 

Parent

Issuer

 

 

Other

Guarantors

 

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

1,209

 

 

$

1,457

 

 

$

537

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,203

 

Patient accounts receivable

 

 

 

 

260,339

 

 

 

62,269

 

 

 

 

 

 

322,608

 

Inventories

 

 

 

 

36,349

 

 

 

9,297

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,646

 

Prepaid expenses

 

33

 

 

 

15,269

 

 

 

4,381

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,683

 

Due from third-party payors

 

 

 

 

57,049

 

 

 

6,394

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,443

 

Other current assets

 

314

 

 

 

23,714

 

 

 

12,377

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,405

 

Total current assets

 

1,556

 

 

 

394,177

 

 

 

95,255

 

 

 

 

 

 

490,988

 

Intercompany receivable

 

3

 

 

 

661,887

 

 

 

303,059

 

 

 

(964,949

)

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

 

 

419,292

 

 

 

140,146

 

 

 

 

 

 

559,438

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

235,418

 

 

 

165,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

401,073

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

 

 

43,575

 

 

 

4,714

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,289

 

Other long-term assets

 

 

 

 

57,047

 

 

 

17,259

 

 

 

 

 

 

74,306

 

Net investment in subsidiaries

 

1,428,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,428,675

)

 

 

 

Total assets

$

1,430,234

 

 

$

1,811,396

 

 

$

726,088

 

 

$

(2,393,624

)

 

$

1,574,094

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

$

-

 

 

$

1,557

 

 

$

140

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,697

 

Accounts payable

 

121

 

 

 

122,999

 

 

 

20,797

 

 

 

 

 

 

143,917

 

Accrued liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued salaries and benefits

 

 

 

 

55,780

 

 

 

21,128

 

 

 

 

 

 

76,908

 

Accrued interest

 

10,024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,024

 

Due to third-party payors

 

 

 

 

38,560

 

 

 

7,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,852

 

Other current liabilities

 

248

 

 

 

28,713

 

 

 

14,375

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,336

 

Total current liabilities

 

10,393

 

 

 

247,609

 

 

 

63,732

 

 

 

 

 

 

321,734

 

Long-term debt

 

1,169,214

 

 

 

22,370

 

 

 

193

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,191,777

 

Intercompany payable

 

334,284

 

 

 

303,063

 

 

 

327,602

 

 

 

(964,949

)

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liabilities, net

 

6,736

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,736

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

 

 

212,240

 

 

 

33,106

 

 

 

(118,847

)

 

 

126,499

 

Total liabilities

 

1,520,627

 

 

 

785,282

 

 

 

424,633

 

 

 

(1,083,796

)

 

 

1,646,746

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,278

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,278

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quorum Health Corporation stockholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

557,309

 

 

 

1,183,608

 

 

 

580,824

 

 

 

(1,764,432

)

 

 

557,309

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

759

 

 

 

759

 

 

 

 

 

 

(759

)

 

 

759

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(648,464

)

 

 

(158,253

)

 

 

(297,110

)

 

 

455,363

 

 

 

(648,464

)

Total Quorum Health Corporation stockholders' equity

 

(90,393

)

 

 

1,026,114

 

 

 

283,714

 

 

 

(1,309,828

)

 

 

(90,393

)

Nonredeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,463

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,463

 

Total equity

 

(90,393

)

 

 

1,026,114

 

 

 

299,177

 

 

 

(1,309,828

)

 

 

(74,930

)

Total liabilities and equity

$

1,430,234

 

 

$

1,811,396

 

 

$

726,088

 

 

$

(2,393,624

)

 

$

1,574,094

 

 

43


QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

(In Thousands)

 

 

 

Parent

Issuer

 

 

Other

Guarantors

 

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

$

(18,355

)

 

$

49,256

 

 

$

(22,823

)

 

$

 

 

$

8,078

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures for property and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

(4,674

)

 

 

(3,618

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8,292

)

Capital expenditures for software

 

 

 

 

 

(1,026

)

 

 

(165

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,191

)

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(455

)

 

 

 

 

 

(455

)

Other investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

1,709

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,729

 

Changes in intercompany balances with affiliates, net

 

 

 

 

 

(45,088

)

 

 

 

 

 

45,088

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

(49,079

)

 

 

(4,218

)

 

 

45,088

 

 

 

(8,209

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings under revolving credit facilities

 

 

152,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

152,000

 

Repayments under revolving credit facilities

 

 

(150,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(150,000

)

Borrowings of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

161

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

161

 

Repayments of long-term debt

 

 

(1,371

)

 

 

(427

)

 

 

(35

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,833

)

Cancellation of restricted stock awards for payroll tax withholdings on vested shares

 

 

 

 

 

(461

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(461

)

Cash distributions to noncontrolling investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,223

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,223

)

Changes in intercompany balances with affiliates, net

 

 

17,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,941

 

 

 

(45,088

)

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

17,776

 

 

 

(727

)

 

 

26,683

 

 

 

(45,088

)

 

 

(1,356

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(579

)

 

 

(550

)

 

 

(358

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,487

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

1,209

 

 

 

1,457

 

 

 

537

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,203

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

630

 

 

$

907

 

 

$

179

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,716

 

 


44


QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Continued)

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

(In Thousands)

 

 

 

Parent

Issuer

 

 

Other

Guarantors

 

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

$

(20,032

)

 

$

50,737

 

 

$

(33,298

)

 

$

 

 

$

(2,593

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures for property and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

(10,630

)

 

 

(3,898

)

 

 

 

 

 

(14,528

)

Capital expenditures for software

 

 

 

 

 

(513

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(513

)

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(32

)

 

 

 

 

 

(32

)

Proceeds from the sale of hospitals

 

 

 

 

 

38,663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,663

 

Other investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

161

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

197

 

Changes in intercompany balances with affiliates, net

 

 

 

 

 

(67,747

)

 

 

 

 

 

67,747

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

(40,066

)

 

 

(3,894

)

 

 

67,747

 

 

 

23,787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings under revolving credit facilities

 

 

132,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

132,000

 

Repayments under revolving credit facilities

 

 

(114,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(114,000

)

Borrowings of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

Repayments of long-term debt

 

 

(136

)

 

 

(443

)

 

 

(48

)

 

 

 

 

 

(627

)

Payments of debt issuance costs

 

 

(2,268

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,268

)

Cancellation of restricted stock awards for payroll tax withholdings on vested shares

 

 

 

 

 

(634

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(634

)

Purchases of shares from noncontrolling investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(803

)

 

 

 

 

 

(803

)

Changes in intercompany balances with affiliates, net

 

 

29,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,076

 

 

 

(67,747

)

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

45,267

 

 

 

(1,065

)

 

 

37,225

 

 

 

(67,747

)

 

 

13,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

25,235

 

 

 

9,606

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,874

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

 

1,051

 

 

 

4,222

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,617

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

26,286

 

 

$

13,828

 

 

$

377

 

 

$

 

 

$

40,491

 

 

 

 

 

45


 

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

You should read the following discussion of our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, together with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as the audited consolidated and combined financial statements and accompanying notes, and additionally the sections entitled “Business” and “Risk Factors,” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2019 (the “2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K”). The financial information discussed below and included in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K may not necessarily reflect what our results of operations, financial position and cash flows would have been had we been a stand-alone company for the entirety of the periods presented herein or what our results of operations, financial position and cash flows may be in the future. Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “we,” “our,” “us,” “QHC” and the “Company” refer to the consolidated business operations of the hospitals and Quorum Health Resources, LLC (“QHR”) that CHS spun off to Quorum Health Corporation on April 29, 2016 (the “Spin-off”). Additionally, all references to “CHS” and “Parent” refer to Community Health Systems, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. References to our financial statements and financial outlook are on a consolidated basis unless otherwise noted.

Forward Looking Statements

Some of the matters discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include forward-looking statements. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “thinks,” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results and performance to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

general economic and business conditions, both nationally and in the regions in which we operate;

 

risks associated with our substantial indebtedness, leverage and debt service obligations, including our ability to comply with our debt covenants, including our senior credit facility, as amended;

 

our ability to successfully complete divestitures and the timing thereof, our ability to complete any such divestitures on desired terms or at all, and our ability to realize the intended benefits from any such divestitures;

 

changes in reimbursement methodologies and rates paid by federal or state healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, or commercial payors, and the timeliness of reimbursement payments, including delays in certain states in which we operate;

 

the extent to which regulatory and economic changes occur in Illinois, where a material portion of our revenues are concentrated;

 

demographic changes;

 

the impact of changes made to the Affordable Care Act, the potential for repeal or additional changes to the Affordable Care Act, its implementation or its interpretation, as well as changes in other federal, state or local laws or regulations affecting the healthcare industry;

 

increases in the amount and risk of collectability of patient accounts receivable, including lower collectability levels which may result from, among other things, self-pay growth and difficulties in collecting payments for which patients are responsible, including co-pays and deductibles;

 

competition;

 

changes in medical or other technology;

 

any potential impairments in the carrying values of long-lived assets and goodwill or the shortening of the useful lives of long-lived assets;

 

the costs associated with the transition of the transition services agreements (“TSAs”) with CHS, as well as the additional costs and risks associated with any operational problems, delays in collections from payors, and errors and control issues during the termination and transition process, and our ability to realize the intended benefits from transitioning the transition services agreements;

 

the impact of certain outsourcing functions, and the ability of CHS, as current provider of our billing and collection services pursuant to the Shared Service Centers Transition Services Agreement, and R1 RCM, as future provider of our revenue cycle management services, to timely and appropriately bill and collect;

 

our ability to manage effectively our arrangements with third-party vendors for key non-clinical business functions and services;

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our ability to achieve operating and financial targets and to control the costs of providing services if patient volumes are lower than expected;

 

our ability to achieve and realize the operational and financial benefits expected from our margin improvement program;

 

the effects related to outbreaks of infectious diseases;

 

our ability to attract and retain, at reasonable employment costs, qualified personnel, key management, physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers;

 

the impact of seasonal or severe weather conditions or earthquakes;

 

increases in wages as a result of inflation or competition for highly technical positions and rising medical supply and drug costs due to market pressure from pharmaceutical companies and new product releases;

 

our ongoing ability to maintain and utilize certified EHR technology;

 

the efforts of healthcare insurers, providers, large employer groups and others to contain healthcare costs, including the trend toward treatment of patients in less acute or specialty healthcare settings and the increased emphasis on value-based purchasing;

 

the failure to comply with governmental regulations;

 

our ability, where appropriate, to enter into, maintain and comply with provider arrangements with payors and the terms of these arrangements, which may be impacted by the increasing consolidation of health insurers and managed care companies and vertical integration efforts involving payors and healthcare providers;

 

the potential adverse impact of known and unknown government investigations, internal investigations, audits, and federal and state false claims act litigation and other legal proceedings, including the shareholder and creditor litigations against our company and certain of our officers and directors, the labor and employment litigations and threats of litigation, as well as the significant costs and attention from management required to address such matters;

 

liabilities and other claims asserted against us, including self-insured malpractice claims;

 

the impact of cyber-attacks or security breaches, including, but not limited to, the compromise of our facilities and confidential patient data, potential harm to patients, remediation and other expenses, potential liability under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, and consumer protection laws, federal and state governmental inquiries, and damage to our reputation;

 

our ability to utilize our income tax loss carryforwards;

 

our ability to maintain certain accreditations at our facilities;

 

the success and long-term viability of healthcare insurance exchanges and potential changes to the beneficiary enrollment process;

 

the extent to which states support or implement changes to Medicaid programs, utilize healthcare insurance exchanges or alter the provision of healthcare to state residents through regulation or otherwise;

 

the timing and amount of cash flows related to the California Hospital Quality Assurance Fee (“HQAF”) program, as well as the potential for retroactive adjustments for prior year payments;

 

the effects related to the continued implementation of the sequestration spending reductions and the potential for future deficit reduction legislation;

 

changes in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, including the impacts of adopting newly issued accounting standards;

 

the availability and terms of capital to fund capital expenditures;

 

our ability to obtain adequate levels of professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability insurance; and

 

the risk factors included in our other filings with the SEC and included in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, if any.

Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant regulatory, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and may be beyond our control. Accordingly, we cannot give any assurance that our expectations will in fact occur and caution that actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this filing. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Overview

As of March 31, 2019, we owned or leased a diversified portfolio of 27 hospitals in rural and mid-sized markets, which are located in 14 states and have a total of 2,604 licensed beds. Our hospitals provide a broad range of hospital and outpatient healthcare services, including general and acute care, emergency room, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, diagnostic services, obstetrics, psychiatric and rehabilitation services. For our hospital operations business, we are paid for our services by governmental agencies, commercial insurers and directly by the patients we serve. We also operate QHR, a leading hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services business. For our hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services business, we are paid by the non-affiliated hospitals utilizing our services. Over 95% of our net operating revenues are attributable to our hospital operations business.

Business Strategy Summary

Our business strategy is focused on the following key objectives:

 

improve our financial results and position by refining our portfolio to include high-quality, profitable hospitals and outpatient service facilities through the sale or closure of underperforming hospitals;

 

strategically expand the breadth and capacity of the specialty care service lines and outpatient services we offer;

 

enhance patient safety, quality of care and satisfaction at our healthcare facilities; and

 

improve the operating and financial performance of our hospital and clinical operations business.

We perform an ongoing strategic review of our hospitals based upon an analysis of financial performance, current competitive conditions, market demographic and economic trends and capital allocation requirements. As part of this strategy, we intend to continue to divest or close underperforming hospitals and outpatient service facilities which, in turn, will allow us to reduce our corporate indebtedness and refine our hospital portfolio to become a sustainable group of hospitals and outpatient service facilities with higher operating margins. We are pursuing divestiture or closure opportunities that align with this strategy. Since the Spin-off, we have divested or closed 11 of the 38 hospitals we originally acquired from CHS. Our strategic review process is ongoing and we have targeted additional hospitals for divestiture with the intention of utilizing substantially all net proceeds to pay down our secured debt. For a discussion of our recent divestiture activities, see below section entitled “Recent Divestiture Activity.”

Financial Overview

Our net operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2019 decreased $44.0 million to $442.8 million, compared to $486.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, a 9.0% decrease. The $44.0 million decrease was primarily attributable to a $27.4 million decrease in net operating revenues resulting from the hospitals sold or closed during or since the prior period and a $21.8 million reduction in volume, offset by a $6.4 million increase in rate and acuity. Loss from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $6.2 million, compared to $67.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018. Loss from operations in the 2018 period was negatively impacted by an additional $30.9 million of impairment charges, $7.8 million related to losses on sale of two hospitals and $13.7 million related to the loss on closure of a hospital. Our operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 reflect a 13.6% decrease in total admissions and a 12.0% decrease in total adjusted admissions compared to the same period in 2018. Same-facility admissions decreased 7.4% and same-facility adjusted admissions decreased 4.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. The decrease in same-facility admissions and adjusted admissions was primarily a result of our initiatives, which were implemented in the second quarter of 2018, to discontinue underperforming patient service lines and the termination of payor and physician contracts. Additionally, the decrease was due to lower flu-related admissions in the 2019 period and lower surgical admissions in the 2019 period resulting from physician turnover, inclement weather conditions in Springfield, Oregon and from our effort to re-syndicate two outpatient surgical centers in Illinois.

Recent Divestiture Activity

On April 12, 2019, we sold 146-bed Scenic Mountain Medical Center and its affiliated facilities (“Scenic Mountain”), located in Big Spring, Texas, for proceeds of $11.7 million, all of which was used to pay down principal on our Term Loan Facility on April 24, 2019.

Healthcare Reform

The healthcare industry in the United States remains subject to continuing regulatory and market uncertainty due to recent reforms and reform proposals. The current presidential administration and certain members of Congress have sought to repeal or make significant changes to the Affordable Care Act. In addition, governmental agencies and courts have narrowed the scope of the law’s reforms through subsequent interpretation. For example, Courts and government agencies could eliminate provisions of the Affordable Care Act that are beneficial to us and leave in effect provisions that reduce our reimbursement. In addition, government and private payors’ efforts to fundamentally change the finance and delivery of health care may have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flow and liquidity. For example, certain members of Congress have proposed measures that would expand

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government-sponsored coverage of healthcare expenses, including single-payor proposals. Other industry groups, such as large employers and private payors and their affiliates, have also proposed reforms to the structure of private health insurance.

California 2017-2019 Hospital Quality Assurance Fee Program

The HQAF program provides funding for supplemental payments to hospitals that serve Medi-Cal and uninsured patients. Revenues generated from fees assessed on certain general and acute care California hospitals fund the non-federal supplemental payments to California’s safety-net hospitals while drawing down federal matching funds that are issued as supplemental payments to hospitals for care of Medi-Cal patients. In November 2016, California voters approved a state constitutional amendment measure that extends indefinitely the statute that imposes fees on California hospitals seeking federal matching funds.

The fourth phase of the HQAF program expired on December 31, 2016. The California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS”) submitted the Phase V HQAF program package to CMS on March 30, 2017 for approval of the overall program structure and the fees or provider tax rates for the program period January 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019, and the fee-for-service inpatient and outpatient upper payments limits (“UPL”) for each of the state fiscal years in the period January 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019. CMS issued formal approval of Phase V HQAF on December 15, 2017. The approvals included the inpatient and outpatient fee-for-service supplemental payments and the overall tax structure. The California Hospital Association will work with the DHCS to develop an implementation schedule and update the draft model to reflect the CMS-approved amounts. However, CMS has not yet issued a decision on the managed care components of the Phase V HQAF program and, therefore, the payment amounts in the draft model are preliminary. Furthermore, the supplemental Medi-Cal managed care payments made through the new directed payment mechanism have been estimated using inpatient utilization data publicly reported to the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for the fiscal year ending in 2015. However, in actuality, the directed payments will be made for inpatient and outpatient services provided to in-network patients during the current state fiscal year. Phase V of California’s HQAF program expires on June 30, 2019. Although a state constitutional amendment indefinitely extended the program, CMS is required to approve the next phase of the program, Phase VI, which begins July 1, 2019 and is expected to be 24 to 36 months, but is unknown at this time. The CMS approval process can be lengthy, and we are unable to recognize revenue until CMS approves each phase of the program. We cannot provide any assurances of the amount of revenues our hospitals may receive from or the timing of CMS’ approval of the next phase of the HQAF program, the timing of the related cash flows, or that the program will be approved at all.

Of the total supplemental payments received by all hospitals, our portion represents 0.50%. We are estimating that our net impact over the 30-month period will be $56.8 million. While uncertainties regarding the timing and amount of payments under the HQAF program exist, our estimates of future cash collections at this time, net of any provider taxes, including those related to previous programs, are $22.3 million in 2019, $12.7 million in 2020 and $7.7 million in 2021.

Illinois 2018 Hospital Assessment Program Redesign

The Illinois Hospital Assessment program provides funding for supplemental payments to hospitals, particularly those that serve higher proportions of Medicaid and uninsured patients in Illinois. Revenues generated from fees assessed on certain general and acute care Illinois hospitals draw down federal matching funds that are issued as supplemental payments to hospitals for care of Medicaid patients. The program was redesigned to modernize payment methodologies and satisfy certain CMS requirements. The “new” program received CMS approval to begin effective July 1, 2018. Among other changes, the program includes updated base year data and requires a greater percentage of funds to hospitals to be delivered at the paid claims level rather than through lump sum payments.

According to the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, the total funding available to hospitals under the redesigned program will approximate the old program. However, funding allocations may vary with the updated base year data and other changes in payment methodology. The most recent models provided by the Illinois Health and Hospital Association show our hospital payments being reduced by approximately $7.9 million annually.

Other Government Regulations

Our hospital operations business is highly regulated. We are required to comply with extensive, complicated and overlapping governmental laws and regulations at the federal, state and local levels. These laws and regulations govern every aspect of how our hospitals conduct their operations, including the service lines that must be offered for licensure as an acute care hospital, restrictions related to employing physicians, and requirements applicable to eligibility and payment structures under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The failure to comply with these laws and regulations can result in severe penalties including criminal penalties, civil sanctions, and the loss of our ability to qualify for participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Rules, regulations and laws imposed on the U.S. healthcare industry are subject to ongoing and frequent changes with little or no notice and are often interpreted and applied differently by various regulatory agencies with authority to enforce such requirements. Each change or conflicting interpretation may require us to make changes at our hospitals and other healthcare facilities related to aspects such as space usage, equipment, technology, staffing and service lines. We may also be required to revise or implement operating policies and procedures that were previously believed to be compliant. The cost of compliance with governmental laws and

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regulations is a significant component of our overall operating costs. Furthermore, these costs have been rising in recent years due to new regulatory requirements and increasing enforcement provisions. Management anticipates that compliance costs will co ntinue to grow in the foreseeable future. The U.S. healthcare industry has seen a number of ongoing investigations related to patient referrals, physician recruiting and employment practices, cost reporting and billing practices, medical necessity of inpat ient admissions, physician office leasing, laboratory and home healthcare services, physician ownership of hospitals and other healthcare providers, and joint ventures involving hospitals and physicians. Hospitals continue to be one of the primary focus ar eas of the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and other governmental fraud and abuse regulatory authorities and programs.

Basis of Presentation

Our financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that QHC will continue as a going concern. We have historical net losses and our maximum Secured Net Leverage Ratio, as permitted under the CS Agreement, will reduce to 4.50 from 5.00 as of January 1, 2020. See “— Liquidity and Capital Resources — Financial Outlook” for additional information regarding factors impacting our future earnings projections and management’s plans which alleviate the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Revenues

We generate revenues by providing healthcare services at our hospitals and affiliated outpatient service facilities to patients seeking medical treatment. Hospital revenues depend on, among other factors, inpatient occupancy and acuity levels, the volume of outpatient procedures and the charges and negotiated reimbursement rates for the healthcare services provided. Our primary sources of payment for patient healthcare services are third-party payors, including the Medicare and Medicaid programs, Medicare and Medicaid managed care programs, commercial insurance companies, other managed care programs, workers’ compensation carriers and employers. Self-pay revenues are the portion of our revenues generated from providing healthcare services to patients who do not have health insurance coverage as well as the patient responsibility portion of charges that are not covered for an individual by a health insurance program or plan. We generate revenues related to our QHR business when hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services are provided. We generate other non-patient revenues primarily from rental income and hospital cafeteria sales.

Amounts we collect for medical treatment of patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid and non-governmental third-party payors are generally less than our standard billing rates. Our standard charges and reimbursement rates for routine inpatient services vary significantly depending on the type of medical procedure performed and the geographical location of the hospital. Differences in our standard billing rates and the amounts we expect to collect from third-party payors are classified as contractual adjustments. The reimbursements we ultimately receive as payments for services are determined for each patient instance of care, based on the contractual terms we negotiate with third-party payors or based on federal and state regulations related to governmental healthcare programs. Billings and collections are outsourced to CHS under a TSA that was put in place by CHS in connection with the Spin-off. Our contractual adjustments are impacted by the timing and ability of CHS to monitor the classification and collection of our patient accounts receivable. See Note 16 — Related Party Transactions in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information on this agreement. Except for emergency department services, our policy is to determine the payment methodology with patients prior to when the services are performed. Self-pay and other payor discounts are incentives offered to uninsured or underinsured patients or other payors to reduce their costs of healthcare services.

The following table provides a summary of our net operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 by payor source (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

$  Amount

 

 

% of Total

 

 

$  Amount

 

 

% of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medicare

 

$

129,046

 

 

 

29.1

%

 

$

144,583

 

 

 

29.7

%

Medicaid

 

 

81,924

 

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

85,103

 

 

 

17.5

%

Managed care and commercial

 

 

174,075

 

 

 

39.3

%

 

 

185,226

 

 

 

38.0

%

Self-pay and self-pay after insurance

 

 

37,137

 

 

 

8.4

%

 

 

49,684

 

 

 

10.2

%

Non-patient

 

 

20,623

 

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

22,224

 

 

 

4.6

%

Total net operating revenues

 

$

442,805

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

486,820

 

 

 

100.0

%

Charity Care

In the ordinary course of business, we provide services to patients who are financially unable to pay for hospital care. The related charges for those patients who are financially unable to pay that otherwise do not qualify for reimbursement from a governmental

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program are classified as charity care. We determine amounts that qualify for charity care primarily based on the patient’s household income relative to the poverty level guidelines established by the federal government. Our policy is not to pursue c ollections for such amounts; therefore, the related charges are recorded in operating revenues at the standard billing rates and fully offset in contractual adjustments in the same period.

Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued a new accounting standard, ASC Topic 842, related to leases to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring the recognition of right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet. Most prominent among the changes in the standard is the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous U.S. GAAP. Under the new standard, disclosures are required to meet the objective of enabling users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. We adopted ASC Topic 842 effective January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective transition approach as of the period of adoption. Our financial statements prior to January 1, 2019 were not modified for the application of the new lease standard. Upon adoption of ASC Topic 842, we recognized $93.7 million of ROU assets and $95.6 million of lease liabilities associated with operating leases. The accounting for capital leases remained substantially unchanged. In addition, we recognized a $0.7 million cumulative effect adjustment that increased accumulated deficit in our consolidated balance sheet at January 1, 2019.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts and related disclosures. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Critical accounting policies are defined as those that are reflective of significant judgments and uncertainties, and potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. The critical accounting estimates and judgments presented below are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all our accounting policies that require estimates, but are limited to those that involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity. We believe the current assumptions and other considerations used to estimate amounts in our financial statements are appropriate. If actual results differ from these assumptions and considerations, the resulting impact could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Third-Party Reimbursements and State Supplemental Payment Programs

Our estimates of our patient revenues due from third-party payors are highly complex and include interpretations of governmental regulations and payor-specific contractual agreements that are frequently changing. The Medicare and Medicaid programs, which are the payor sources for a major portion of our patient revenues, are subject to interpretation of federal and state-specific reimbursement rates, new or changing legislation and final cost report settlements. Contractual adjustments are recorded in the period services are performed and the patient’s method of payment is verified. Estimates for contractual adjustments are subject to change, in large part, due to ongoing contract negotiations and regulatory changes, which is typical in the U.S. healthcare industry. Revisions to estimates for contractual adjustments are recorded in the periods in which they become known and may be subject to further revisions.

We use a third-party automated contractual adjustments system to calculate our contractual adjustments each month. Contractual adjustments are calculated utilizing historical paid claims data by payor source. The key assumptions used by the system to calculate the current period estimated contractual adjustments are derived on a payor-specific basis from the estimated contractual reimbursement percentage and historical paid claims data. The automated contractual adjustments system does not include patient account level information, as it estimates an average contractual adjustment for each payor source. Actual reimbursement payments we receive from third-party payors could be different from the amounts we estimated and recorded. If the actual contractual reimbursement percentages by payor source differed by 1% from our estimated contractual reimbursement percentages, our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019 would have changed by $15.7 million. If we applied a 1% differential to our patient accounts receivable due from governmental, managed care and commercial third-party payors as of March 31, 2019, patient accounts receivable, net would have changed by $15.8 million.

Cost report settlements under reimbursement programs with Medicare, Medicaid and other managed care plans are estimated and recorded in the period patient services are performed and any revisions to estimates of previous program reimbursements are recorded in subsequent periods until the final cost report settlements are determined. We account for cost report settlements in contractual adjustments in our consolidated statements of income and recognize these amounts as due from and due to third-party payors on our consolidated balance sheets. Contractual adjustments related to previous program reimbursements and final cost report settlements favorably impacted net operating revenues by $1.8 million and $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Several states utilize supplemental payment programs, including disproportionate share programs, for the purpose of providing reimbursement to providers to offset a portion of the cost of providing care to Medicaid and indigent patients. The amounts due to us under such programs are included in due from third-party payors on our balance sheets. Some of these programs have participation costs, referred to as fees or provider taxes. We record these costs in due to third-party payors on our consolidated balance sheets. After

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a state supplemental program is approved and fully authorized, we recognize the reimbursement payments due to us from these programs in the periods amounts are estimable and revenue collection is reasonably assured. We record the revenues as favorable contractual adjustments in our net operating revenues and the related provider taxes as other operating expenses i n our statements of income.

The following table shows the portion of our Medicaid reimbursements attributable to state supplemental payment programs for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medicaid state supplemental payment program revenues

 

$

47,690

 

 

$

48,561

 

Provider taxes and other expenses

 

 

18,866

 

 

 

19,144

 

Reimbursements attributable to state supplemental payment programs, net of expenses

 

$

28,824

 

 

$

29,417

 

The California Department of Health Care Services administers the HQAF program, imposing a fee on certain general and acute care California hospitals. Revenues generated from these fees provide funding for the non-federal supplemental payments to California hospitals that serve California’s Medi-Cal and uninsured patients. Under the HQAF program, we recognized $8.1 million of Medicaid revenues and $2.2 million of provider taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and $7.9 million of Medicaid revenues and $2.1 million of provider taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

In addition, we recognized $2.0 million of Medicaid revenues in the three months ended March 31, 2019 related to the sale of Illinois property tax credits. There were no corresponding amounts recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2018 as the amount for the full year 2018, which was $7.3 million, was recognized in the three months ended September 30, 2018.

The following table provides a summary of the components of amounts due from and due to third-party payors (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts due from third-party payors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous program reimbursements and final cost report settlements

 

$

14,669

 

 

$

14,374

 

State supplemental payment programs

 

 

53,079

 

 

 

49,069

 

Total amounts due from third-party payors

 

$

67,748

 

 

$

63,443

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts due to third-party payors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous program reimbursements and final cost report settlements

 

$

34,208

 

 

$

32,174

 

State supplemental payment programs

 

 

11,528

 

 

 

13,678

 

Total amounts due to third-party payors

 

$

45,736

 

 

$

45,852

 

Accounts Receivable

Substantially all of our accounts receivable are related to providing healthcare services to patients at our hospitals and affiliated outpatient facilities. Collection of these accounts receivable is our primary source of cash and is critical to our operating performance. Our primary collection risks relate to uninsured patients and the patient financial responsibility portion of payments due from insured patients, generally co-pays and deductibles. Our policy is to verify the health insurance coverage of a patient prior to the procedure date for all medical treatment scheduled in advance. We do not verify insurance coverage in advance of treatment for walk-in and emergency room patients.

Collections are impacted by the economic ability of patients to pay and the effectiveness of CHS’s billing and collection efforts, including their current policies on billings, accounts receivable payor classifications, collections, the effectiveness of our third party collection agencies and our own efforts to further attempt collection. As previously stated, billings and certain collections are outsourced to CHS under a transition services agreement that was put in place with the Spin-off. See Note 16 — Related Party Transactions in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information on this agreement. Significant changes in payor mix, centralized business office operations, including CHS’s efforts in collecting our accounts receivables, economic conditions or trends in federal and state governmental healthcare coverage, among other things, could affect our collection levels.

Our policy is to write off gross accounts receivable if the balance is under $10.00 or when such amounts are placed with outside secondary collection agencies. We believe this policy accurately reflects our ongoing collection efforts and is consistent with practices within the U.S. healthcare industry. We had $514.6 million and $486.8 million of past due patient account balances at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, being pursued by secondary collection agencies, excluding accounts that were being pursued by CHS’s wholly-owned subsidiary, PASI, under the transition services agreement. Effective October 1, 2018, by mutual agreement of

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both companies, each of the parties’ obligations under this transition services agreement to the other were terminated. We replaced the services provided by CHS either by utilizing external service providers and int ernal resources. We expect to collect less than 3%, net of estimated collection fees, of the amounts being pursued by these secondary collection agencies. As these amounts have been written-off, they are not included in accounts receivable in our consolida ted balance sheets.

For self-pay receivables, the total amount of contractual adjustments, discounts and implicit price concessions that reduces these receivables to their net carrying value were $575.8 million and $575.6 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. If our actual collection percentage differed by 1% from our estimated collection percentage as a result of a change in recoveries, our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019 would have changed $6.4 million.

Days revenue outstanding related to patients accounts receivable, excluding amounts recorded as due to or due from third-party payors, was 67 days and 64 days as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill

Whenever an event occurs or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values of certain long-lived assets may be impaired, we project the undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by those assets. If the projections indicate that the carrying values are not expected to be recovered, the assets are reduced to their estimated fair value based on a quoted market price, if available, or an estimated value based on valuation techniques available in the circumstances.

Our hospital operations and hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services operations meet the criteria to be classified as reporting units for goodwill. Goodwill is evaluated for impairment at the same time every year and when an event occurs or circumstances change that, more likely than not, reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. There is a two-step method for determining goodwill impairment. Step one is to compare the fair value of the reporting unit with the unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill. If this test indicates the fair value is less than the carrying value, then step two is required. Step two is to compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. When an indicator of potential impairment is identified in interim periods, we evaluate goodwill for impairment at such date.

We perform our annual goodwill impairment evaluation in the fourth quarter of each year. For our annual evaluation, we estimate the fair value of each of our reporting units utilizing two modeling approaches, a discounted cash flow model and an earnings multiple model. The discounted cash flow model applies a discount rate to our cash flow forecasts that is based on our best estimate of a market participant’s weighted-average cost of capital. The earnings multiple model applies a market supported multiple to EBITDA. Both models are based on our best estimate of future revenues and operating costs and expenses as of the testing date. Additionally, the results of both models are reconciled to our consolidated market capitalization, which considers the amount a potential buyer would be required to pay, in the form of a control premium, to gain sufficient ownership to set policies, direct operations and control management decisions of our company.

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company evaluated the fair value of hospitals intended for divestiture. In connection with this evaluation, the Company recognized long-lived asset impairment of $8.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019, which consisted of $8.4 million of property and equipment and $0.5 million of capitalized software costs. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we evaluated the fair value of hospitals intended for divestiture. In connection with this evaluation, we recognized long-lived asset impairment of $39.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2018, which consisted of $34.7 million of property and equipment and $5.1 million of capitalized software costs.

Professional and General Liability Insurance and Workers’ Compensation Liability Insurance Reserves

As part of the business of owning and operating hospitals, we are subject to legal actions alleging liability on our part. To mitigate a portion of this risk, we maintain insurance exceeding a self-insured retention level for these types of claims. Our self-insurance reserves reflect the current estimate of all outstanding losses, including incurred but not reported losses, based on actuarial calculations as of period end. The loss estimates included in the actuarial calculations may change in the future due to updated facts and circumstances. Insurance expense in the statements of income includes the actuarially determined estimates for losses in the current year, including claims incurred but not reported, the changes in estimates for losses in prior years based on actual claims development experience as compared to prior actuarial projections, the insurance premiums for losses related to policies obtained to cover amounts in excess of our self-insured retention levels, the administrative costs of the insurance programs, and interest expense related to the discounted portions of these liabilities. Our reserves for professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability claims are based on semi-annual actuarial calculations, which are discounted to present value and consider historical claims data, demographic factors, severity factors and other actuarial assumptions. The liabilities for self-insured claims are discounted based on our risk-free interest rate that corresponds to the period when the self-insured claims are incurred and projected to be paid.

A portion of our reserves for workers’ compensation and professional and general liability claims included on our balance sheets relates to reserved claims and incurred but not reported claims prior to the Spin-off. These claims were fully indemnified by CHS under the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement. As a result, we have a corresponding receivable from CHS related to these claims on our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 17 — Commitments and Contingencies in our accompanying consolidated

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financial statements for a table that summarizes the recei vables and liabilities associated with our workers’ compensation liability and professional and general liability claims as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

Income Taxes

The breadth of our operations and the complexity of tax regulations require assessments of uncertainties and judgments in estimating the amount of income taxes that we will ultimately pay. The amount of final income taxes ultimately paid by us is dependent upon many factors, including negotiations with taxing authorities in various jurisdictions, outcomes of tax litigation and resolution of disputes arising from federal and state tax audits in the normal course of business.

We calculate our provision for income taxes and account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recorded to represent the future tax consequences expected to occur when the reported amounts of assets and liabilities are recovered or paid. The provision for income taxes represents income taxes paid or payable for the current year plus the change in deferred income taxes during the year. Deferred income taxes result from differences between the financial and tax basis of our assets and liabilities and are adjusted for changes in tax rates and the enactment of new or amended tax laws.

Under the asset and liability method, valuation allowances are recorded to reduce deferred income tax assets when it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. We assess the realization of our deferred tax assets to determine whether an income tax valuation allowance is required. Based on all available evidence, both positive and negative, and the weight of that evidence to the extent such evidence can be objectively verified, we determine whether it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will be realized. The main factors that we consider include:

 

cumulative earnings or losses in recent years, adjusted for certain nonrecurring items;

 

expected earnings or losses in future years;

 

unsettled circumstances that, if unfavorably resolved, would adversely affect future operations and earnings levels;

 

the availability, or lack thereof, of taxable income in prior carryback periods that would limit realization of tax benefits; and

 

the carryforward period associated with the deferred tax assets and liabilities.

In the ordinary course of business, there is inherent uncertainty in quantifying our income tax positions. We assess our income tax positions and record deferred income tax benefits for all tax years subject to examination based upon management’s evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date about the ability to realize the benefit of the deferred tax assets or tax positions. For those tax positions where it is more likely than not that a future tax benefit will be sustained, our policy is to record the largest amount of income tax benefit with a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. For those income tax positions where it is not more likely than not that an income tax benefit will not be sustained in the future, we do not recognize a deferred tax benefit in our financial statements. We record interest and penalties, net of any applicable tax benefit, related to income taxes, if any, as a component of the provision for income taxes when applicable.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other — Internal Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract, to provide guidance on the accounting for implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is accounted for as a service contract. This ASU requires entities to account for such costs consistent with the guidance on capitalizing costs associated with developing or obtaining internal-use software. The ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. We adopted ASU No. 2018-15 on January 1, 2019 on a prospective basis. There was no material impact on our consolidated financial position and results of operations as a result of adoption of ASU No. 2018-15.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, Income Statement — Reporting Comprehensive Income, which allows for reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings of the stranded tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from the enactment of the comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) and corresponding accounting treatment recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017. We adopted ASU No. 2018-02 on January 1, 2019. The adoption of ASU No. 2018-02 did not have a significant impact on our consolidated balance sheet.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairment by eliminating step two from the goodwill impairment test. This ASU instead permits an entity to recognize goodwill impairment as the excess of a reporting unit's carrying value over the estimated fair value of the reporting unit, to the extent this amount does not exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. The new guidance continues to allow an entity to perform a qualitative assessment of goodwill impairment indicators in lieu of a quantitative assessment in certain situations. The ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early

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adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance may have on our consolidated results of operations and financial position.

Results of Operations

We have summarized our results of operations, including certain financial and operating data for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 on a comparative basis below. The definitions of certain terms used throughout the remainder of “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” follows:

Same-facility. Same-facility financial and operating data, as presented in the comparative discussions herein, excludes hospitals that were sold or closed prior to and as of the end of the current reporting period. Our same-facility operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, which are reported herein, have been adjusted to exclude the operating results of Sandhills Regional Medical Center and its affiliated facilities (“Sandhills”), Barrow Regional Medical Center and its affiliated facilities (“Barrow”), Cherokee Medical Center and its affiliated facilities (“Cherokee”), Trinity Hospital of Augusta and its affiliated facilities (“Trinity”), Lock Haven Hospital and its affiliated facilities (“Lock Haven”), Sunbury Community Hospital and its affiliated facilities (“Sunbury”), L.V. Stabler Memorial Hospital and its affiliated facilities (“L.V. Stabler”), Affinity, Vista West, Clearview and McKenzie which we sold or closed on December 1, 2016, December 31, 2016, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017, September 30, 2017, October 31, 2017, February 11, 2018, March 1, 2018, March 31, 2018 and September 30, 2018, respectively.

Divestitures Group. The divestitures group, as of March 31, 2019, includes all hospitals that had been sold or closed by us since the Spin-off through March 31, 2019. The divestitures group includes Sandhills, Barrow, Cherokee, Trinity, Lock Haven, Sunbury, L.V. Stabler, Affinity, Vista West, Clearview and McKenzie. This group of hospitals has certain ongoing operations during the wind-down periods related to the assets and liabilities which were not part of the hospital sale, which typically includes patient accounts receivable, third-party receivables and accounts payable.

Licensed Beds. Licensed beds are the number of beds for which the appropriate state agency licenses a hospital, regardless of whether the beds are actually available for patient use.

Admissions. Admissions represent the number of patients admitted for inpatient services.

Adjusted Admissions. Adjusted admissions is computed by multiplying admissions by gross patient revenues and then dividing that number by gross inpatient revenues.

Surgeries. Surgeries represent the number of inpatient and outpatient surgeries.

Emergency room visits. Emergency room visits represent the number of patients registered and treated in our emergency rooms.

Medicare case mix index. Medicare case mix index is a relative value assigned to a diagnosis-related group of patients that is used in determining the allocation of resources necessary to treat the patients in that group. Medicare case mix index is calculated as the average case mix index for all Medicare admissions during the period.

Hospital operations man-hours per adjusted admission. Hospital operations man-hours per adjusted admission is calculated as total paid employed and contract labor hours at both our hospitals and affiliated outpatient facilities divided by adjusted admissions. It is used by management as a measurement of productivity.

Days revenue outstanding. Days revenue outstanding approximates the average collection period for patient accounts receivable. It is calculated by dividing net patient accounts receivable at the end of the period by average net operating revenues per day for the most recent three months. Net patient accounts receivable excludes the amounts reported as due from and to third-party payors related to final cost report settlements and state supplemental payment programs.

EBITDA. EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that consists of net income (loss) before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA, also a non-GAAP financial measure, is EBITDA adjusted to add back the effect of certain legal, professional and settlement costs, impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill, net gain (loss) on sale of hospitals, net loss on closure of hospitals, transition of TSAs, transaction costs related to the Spin-off, severance costs for post-spin headcount reductions and executive severance and changes in estimate related to collectability of patient accounts receivable. We use Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA is a key measure used by our management to assess the operating performance of our hospital operations business and to make decisions on the allocation of resources. Additionally, management utilizes Adjusted EBITDA in assessing our consolidated results of operations and in comparing our results of operations between periods.

Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA. Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA, also a non-GAAP financial measure, is further adjusted to exclude the effect of EBITDA of the divestitures group. We present Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA because management believes this measure provides investors and other users of our financial statements with additional information about how management assesses our results of operations. Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA was previously defined as Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted for Divestitures in prior periods. There has been no change in how the financial measure is being calculated.

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

The following table provides a summary of our results of operations, both in dollars and as a percentage of net operating revenues (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019 vs 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of

 

 

$

 

 

Change

 

 

 

$ Amount

 

 

Revenues

 

 

$ Amount

 

 

Revenues

 

 

Variance

 

 

in %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating revenues

 

$

442,805

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

486,820

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

(44,015

)

 

 

 

 

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

 

225,075

 

 

 

50.8

%

 

 

247,000

 

 

 

50.7

%

 

 

(21,925

)

 

 

0.1

%

Supplies

 

 

51,385

 

 

 

11.6

%

 

 

58,886

 

 

 

12.1

%

 

 

(7,501

)

 

 

(0.5

)%

Other operating expenses

 

 

136,789

 

 

 

30.9

%

 

 

152,738

 

 

 

31.3

%

 

 

(15,949

)

 

 

(0.4

)%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

14,639

 

 

 

3.3

%

 

 

18,261

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

(3,622

)

 

 

(0.5

)%

Lease costs and rent

 

 

11,531

 

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

12,532

 

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

(1,001

)

 

 

%

Electronic health records incentives

 

 

26

 

 

 

%

 

 

(141

)

 

 

%

 

 

167

 

 

 

%

Legal, professional and settlement costs

 

 

685

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

3,413

 

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

(2,728

)

 

 

(0.5

)%

Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill

 

 

8,860

 

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

39,760

 

 

 

8.2

%

 

 

(30,900

)

 

 

(6.2

)%

Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

7,815

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

(7,815

)

 

 

(1.6

)%

Loss on closure of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

13,746

 

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

(13,746

)

 

 

(2.8

)%

Total operating costs and expenses

 

 

448,990

 

 

 

101.4

%

 

 

554,010

 

 

 

113.8

%

 

 

(105,020

)

 

 

(12.4

)%

Income (loss) from operations

 

 

(6,185

)

 

 

(1.4

)%

 

 

(67,190

)

 

 

(13.8

)%

 

 

61,005

 

 

 

12.4

%

Interest expense, net

 

 

32,266

 

 

 

7.3

%

 

 

30,931

 

 

 

6.4

%

 

 

1,335

 

 

 

0.9

%

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(38,451

)

 

 

(8.7

)%

 

 

(98,121

)

 

 

(20.2

)%

 

 

59,670

 

 

 

11.5

%

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

 

155

 

 

 

%

 

 

366

 

 

 

%

 

 

(211

)

 

 

%

Net income (loss)

 

 

(38,606

)

 

 

(8.7

)%

 

 

(98,487

)

 

 

(20.2

)%

 

 

59,881

 

 

 

11.5

%

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

400

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

481

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

(81

)

 

 

%

Net income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation

 

$

(39,006

)

 

 

(8.8

)%

 

$

(98,968

)

 

 

(20.3

)%

 

$

59,962

 

 

 

11.5

%

The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA and Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss), the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(38,606

)

 

$

(98,487

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

32,266

 

 

 

30,931

 

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

 

155

 

 

 

366

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

14,639

 

 

 

18,261

 

EBITDA

 

 

8,454

 

 

 

(48,929

)

Legal, professional and settlement costs

 

 

685

 

 

 

3,413

 

Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill

 

 

8,860

 

 

 

39,760

 

Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

7,815

 

Loss on closure of hospitals, net

 

 

 

 

 

13,746

 

Transition of transition services agreements

 

 

1,142

 

 

 

717

 

Post-spin headcount reductions and executive severance

 

 

1,490

 

 

 

1,898

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

20,631

 

 

 

18,420

 

Negative EBITDA of divested hospitals

 

 

2,874

 

 

 

8,646

 

Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

23,505

 

 

$

27,066

 

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Revenues

The following table provides information related to our net operating revenues (dollars in thousands, except per adjusted admission amounts):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$ Variance

 

 

% Variance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net patient revenues

 

$

422,182

 

 

$

464,596

 

 

$

(42,414

)

 

 

(9.1

)%

Non-patient revenues

 

 

20,623

 

 

 

22,224

 

 

 

(1,601

)

 

 

(7.2

)%

Total net operating revenues

 

$

442,805

 

 

$

486,820

 

 

$

(44,015

)

 

 

(9.0

)%

Net patient revenues per adjusted admission

 

$

9,749

 

 

$

9,438

 

 

$

311

 

 

 

3.3

%

Net operating revenues per adjusted admission

 

$

10,225

 

 

$

9,889

 

 

$

336

 

 

 

3.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same-facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net patient revenues

 

$

424,408

 

 

$

439,796

 

 

$

(15,388

)

 

 

(3.5

)%

Non-patient revenues

 

 

20,620

 

 

 

21,798

 

 

 

(1,178

)

 

 

(5.4

)%

Total net operating revenues

 

$

445,028

 

 

$

461,594

 

 

$

(16,566

)

 

 

(3.6

)%

Net patient revenues per adjusted admission

 

$

9,800

 

 

$

9,661

 

 

$

139

 

 

 

1.4

%

Net operating revenues per adjusted admission

 

$

10,276

 

 

$

10,139

 

 

$

137

 

 

 

1.3

%

The following table provides information related to our net operating revenues by payor source (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019 vs 2018

 

 

 

$  Amount

 

 

% of Total

 

 

$  Amount

 

 

% of Total

 

 

$ Variance

 

 

Change in %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medicare

 

$

129,046

 

 

 

29.1

%

 

$

144,583

 

 

 

29.7

%

 

$

(15,537

)

 

 

(0.6

)%

Medicaid

 

 

81,924

 

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

85,103

 

 

 

17.5

%

 

 

(3,179

)

 

 

1.0

%

Managed care and commercial

 

 

174,075

 

 

 

39.3

%

 

 

185,226

 

 

 

38.0

%

 

 

(11,151

)

 

 

1.3

%

Self-pay and self-pay after insurance

 

 

37,137

 

 

 

8.4

%

 

 

49,684

 

 

 

10.2

%

 

 

(12,547

)

 

 

(1.8

)%

Non-patient

 

 

20,623

 

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

22,224

 

 

 

4.6

%

 

 

(1,601

)

 

 

0.1

%

Total net operating revenues

 

$

442,805

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

486,820

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

(44,015

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same-facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medicare

 

$

129,434

 

 

 

29.1

%

 

$

135,272

 

 

 

29.3

%

 

$

(5,838

)

 

 

(0.2

)%

Medicaid

 

 

82,111

 

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

79,819

 

 

 

17.3

%

 

 

2,292

 

 

 

1.2

%

Managed care and commercial

 

 

174,535

 

 

 

39.2

%

 

 

176,005

 

 

 

38.1

%

 

 

(1,470

)

 

 

1.1

%

Self-pay and self-pay after insurance

 

 

38,328

 

 

 

8.6

%

 

 

48,700

 

 

 

10.6

%

 

 

(10,372

)

 

 

(2.0

)%

Non-patient

 

 

20,620

 

 

 

4.6

%

 

 

21,798

 

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

(1,178

)

 

 

(0.1

)%

Total net operating revenues

 

$

445,028

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

461,594

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

(16,566

)

 

 

 

 

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The following table provides information rela ted to certain drivers of our net operating revenues:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Variance

 

 

% Variance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of licensed beds at end of period

 

 

2,604

 

 

 

2,675

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(2.7

)%

Admissions

 

 

17,755

 

 

 

20,549

 

 

 

(2,794

)

 

 

(13.6

)%

Adjusted admissions

 

 

43,304

 

 

 

49,226

 

 

 

(5,922

)

 

 

(12.0

)%

Surgeries

 

 

16,723

 

 

 

20,587

 

 

 

(3,864

)

 

 

(18.8

)%

Emergency room visits

 

 

132,125

 

 

 

153,797

 

 

 

(21,672

)

 

 

(14.1

)%

Medicare case mix index

 

 

1.47

 

 

 

1.44

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

2.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same-facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of licensed beds at end of period

 

 

2,604

 

 

 

2,630

 

 

 

(26

)

 

 

(1.0

)%

Admissions

 

 

17,755

 

 

 

19,174

 

 

 

(1,419

)

 

 

(7.4

)%

Adjusted admissions

 

 

43,304

 

 

 

45,525

 

 

 

(2,221

)

 

 

(4.9

)%

Surgeries

 

 

16,723

 

 

 

18,301

 

 

 

(1,578

)

 

 

(8.6

)%

Emergency room visits

 

 

132,125

 

 

 

139,226

 

 

 

(7,101

)

 

 

(5.1

)%

Medicare case mix index

 

 

1.47

 

 

 

1.43

 

 

 

0.04

 

 

 

2.8

%

Net operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2019 decreased $44.0 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018, consisting of a $42.4 million decrease in net patient revenues and a $1.6 million decrease in non-patient revenues. Our decrease in net patient revenues consisted of a $27.0 million decline related to the divestitures group and a $15.4 million decline related to our same-facility hospitals. The $15.4 million decline in our same-facility net patient revenues was primarily due to a $21.8 million decrease resulting from lower admissions and surgical volume, offset by a $6.4 million increase in rate and acuity. On a consolidated basis, admissions and adjusted admissions declined 13.6% and 12.0%, respectively, when comparing the first quarter of 2019 to the same period in 2018. On a same-facility basis, admissions and adjusted admissions decreased 7.4% and 4.9%, respectively, when comparing the first quarter of 2019 to the same period in 2018. The decrease in same-facility admissions and adjusted admissions was primarily a result of our initiatives, which were implemented in the second quarter of 2018, to discontinue underperforming patient service lines and terminate certain payor and physician contracts. Additionally, the decrease was due to lower flu-related admissions in the 2019 period and lower surgical admissions in the 2019 period resulting from physician turnover, inclement weather conditions in Springfield, Oregon and from our effort to re-syndicate two outpatient surgical centers in Illinois.

Salaries and Benefits

The following table provides information related to our salaries and benefits expenses (dollars in thousands, except per adjusted admission amounts):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$ Variance

 

 

% Variance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

$

225,075

 

 

$

247,000

 

 

$

(21,925

)

 

 

(8.9

)%

Hospital operations salaries and benefits

 

$

204,735

 

 

$

223,978

 

 

$

(19,243

)

 

 

(8.6

)%

Hospital operations salaries and benefits per adjusted admission

 

$

4,728

 

 

$

4,550

 

 

$

178

 

 

 

3.9

%

Hospital operations man-hours per adjusted admission

 

 

111.6

 

 

 

110.5

 

 

 

1.1

 

 

 

1.0

%

Salaries and benefits decreased $21.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018. Salaries and benefits declined $15.1 million related to the divestitures group and $6.8 million related to same-facility salaries and benefits. The same-facility decrease of $6.8 million was primarily related to a reduction in same-facility admissions of 7.4%, termination of physician contracts as part of our cost savings initiatives implemented in the second quarter of 2018 and a decrease in health benefit costs as a result of changes to our employee health benefit plans and reductions in our health claims activity.

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Supplies

The following table provides information related to our supplies expense (dollars in thousands, except per adjusted admissions amounts):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$ Variance

 

 

% Variance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

$

51,385

 

 

$

58,886

 

 

$

(7,501

)

 

 

(12.7

)%

Supplies per adjusted admission

 

$

1,187

 

 

$

1,196

 

 

$

(9

)

 

 

(0.8

)%

Supplies expense decreased $7.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 when compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018, which included a $4.0 million decline related to the divestitures group and a $3.5 million decline related to our same-facility hospitals. The $3.5 million decline in our same-facility hospitals was primarily due to a reduction in same-facility admissions of 7.4% and a reduction of same-facility surgeries of 8.6%.

Other Operating Expenses

The following table provides information related to our other operating expenses (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$ Variance

 

 

% Variance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased services

 

$

37,842

 

 

$

41,080

 

 

$

(3,238

)

 

 

(7.9

)%

Taxes and insurance

 

 

33,964

 

 

 

33,055

 

 

 

909

 

 

 

2.7

%

Medical specialist fees

 

 

26,070

 

 

 

26,948

 

 

 

(878

)

 

 

(3.3

)%

Transition services agreements

 

 

7,849

 

 

 

15,117

 

 

 

(7,268

)

 

 

(48.1

)%

Repairs and maintenance

 

 

9,535

 

 

 

9,637

 

 

 

(102

)

 

 

(1.1

)%

Utilities

 

 

5,302

 

 

 

6,123

 

 

 

(821

)

 

 

(13.4

)%

Other miscellaneous operating expenses

 

 

16,227

 

 

 

20,778

 

 

 

(4,551

)

 

 

(21.9

)%

Total other operating expenses

 

$

136,789

 

 

$

152,738

 

 

$

(15,949

)

 

 

(10.4

)%

Other operating expenses decreased $15.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018. Other operating expenses declined $12.9 million related to the divestitures group and declined $3.0 million related to our same-facility hospitals. The same-facility decrease was primarily due to a reduction in transition services agreement expenses and a reduction in purchased services expenses as a result of lower admissions and surgeries in the 2019 period when compared to the 2018 period.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $3.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018. This decrease was primarily due to the overall reduction in our long-lived assets due to the divestiture or closure of four hospitals in 2018 and to impairment charges since the prior year same period.

Lease Costs and Rent

Lease costs and rent expense decreased $1.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018. As a percentage of net operating revenues, these costs were comparable for the respective periods. The types of costs included in lease costs and rent expense are the same for both periods. We adopted ASC Topic 842 as of January 1, 2019 and have made additional disclosures about our lease arrangements. See Note 7 — Leases in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information on our leases.

Electronic Health Records Incentives

Electronic health records incentives decreased $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018. EHR incentives will continue to decline as we move closer toward full implementation of EHR. See Note 1 — Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information on EHR.

Legal, Professional and Settlement Costs

Legal, professional and settlement costs decreased $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018. These costs included legal costs and related settlements, if any, related to arbitration, regulatory claims, government investigations into reimbursement payments and other litigation matters. See Note 17 — Commitments and Contingencies in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information on these matters.

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, we recognized $8.9 million of impairment to long-lived assets of certain hospitals which we have identified as potential divestiture candidates or for which we have received letters of intent. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, we recognized $39.8 million of impairment to long-lived assets and goodwill of certain hospitals which we identified as potential divestiture candidates or for which we had received letters of intent.

Loss (Gain) on Sale of Hospitals, Net

We recognized a $7.8 million loss on the sale of hospitals, net in the three months ended March 31, 2018 primarily related to the sale of Clearview.

Loss on Closure of Hospitals, Net

For the three months ended March 31, 2018, we recognized a $13.7 million loss on closure of hospitals, net related to the closure of Affinity. We ceased operations at this hospital on February 11, 2018, but will have certain continuing closures costs primarily related to the regulatory requirements surrounding maintaining patient records.

Interest Expense, Net

The following table provides information related to interest expense, net (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$ Variance

 

 

% Variance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Credit Facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving Credit Facility

 

$

60

 

 

$

78

 

 

$

(18

)

 

 

(23.1

)%

Term Loan Facility

 

 

18,332

 

 

 

17,400

 

 

 

932

 

 

 

5.4

%

ABL Credit Facility

 

 

386

 

 

 

328

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

17.7

%

Senior Notes

 

 

11,626

 

 

 

11,613

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

0.1

%

Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts

 

 

2,161

 

 

 

2,106

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

2.6

%

All other interest expense (income), net

 

 

(299

)

 

 

(594

)

 

 

295

 

 

 

(49.7

)%

Total interest expense, net

 

$

32,266

 

 

$

30,931

 

 

$

1,335

 

 

 

4.3

%

Interest expense, net increased $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018 primarily due to the increased interest rate on our Term Loan Facility. See Liquidity and Capital Resources below and Note 6 — Long-Term Debt in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information on our indebtedness.

Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes decreased $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018. Our effective tax rates were (0.4)% for both of these respective periods.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests was $0.4 million and $0.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. As a percentage of net operating revenues, it was comparable for the respective periods.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Financial Outlook

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flows from operations, proceeds from divestitures and available borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facilities. We believe that these amounts will be adequate to service our existing debt and finance internal growth and fund capital expenditures over the next 12 months and into the foreseeable future. Borrowings under our revolving credit facilities are intended to be used for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. Our cash flows are negatively impacted by the significant amount of interest expense associated with the high debt leverage put in place to affect the Spin-off. Interest payments were $18.2 million and $17.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. In addition, one state in which we operate, California, is historically slow making payments for their Medicaid supplemental payment programs. As of March 31, 2019, receivables outstanding under the California state supplemental programs were $41.7 million.

We perform an ongoing strategic review of our hospitals based upon an analysis of financial performance, current competitive conditions, market demographic and economic trends and capital allocation requirements. As part of this strategy, we engage in initiatives to divest or close underperforming hospitals and outpatient service facilities which, in turn, will allow us to reduce our corporate indebtedness and refine our hospital portfolio to become a sustainable group of hospitals and outpatient service facilities with higher operating margins. To date, we have received combined proceeds of $99.9 million from the sale of land and one hospital

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in 2019, three hospitals in 2018, five hospitals in 2017 and two hospitals in 2016, which have been used to pay down $97.9 million on our Term Loan Facility . Our strategic review process is ongoing and we have targeted additional hospitals for divestiture or closure with the intention of utilizing substantially all net proceeds to pay down our secured debt.

Our financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern. In accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern, management concluded that there were probable conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern due to the fact that our maximum Secured Net Leverage Ratio permitted under the CS Agreement is reduced to 4.50 from 5.00 in the first quarter of 2020. We are in compliance with our financial covenants as of March 31, 2019, and we believe that it is probable that our current and anticipated future operating results alleviate the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for the one year period following the date these financial statements are issued. Management’s evaluation of our ability to comply with the Secured Net Leverage Ratio included, but was not limited to, the following factors:

 

On May 8, 2019, we entered into an agreement with R1 RCM to receive end-to-end revenue cycle management services. We believe that through our partnership with R1 RCM, we will achieve costs savings and improved net patient revenues through improvements in operational effectiveness and efficiencies;

 

Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of 2019, we completed the sale of Scenic Mountain Medical Center and are evaluating additional divestiture opportunities. The sale or closure of underperforming facilities will continue to generate additional costs savings and the decision to close facilities within the next twelve months is within our control; and

 

Management has a plan to achieve cost savings over the next twelve months through a reduction in corporate and other operating costs.

Statements of Cash Flows

The following table provides a summary of our cash flows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

$ Variance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

$

8,078

 

 

$

(2,593

)

 

$

10,671

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

(8,209

)

 

 

23,787

 

 

 

(31,996

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

(1,356

)

 

 

13,680

 

 

 

(15,036

)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

(1,487

)

 

$

34,874

 

 

$

(36,361

)

Net cash provided by operating activities was $8.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to net cash used in operating activities of $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, a $10.7 million increase. In the 2018 period, net cash flows from operating activities were unfavorably impacted by $13.7 million of closure costs related to Affinity, of which approximately $5.3 million was considered non-cash. All other changes in operating assets and liabilities on a comparative basis for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were considered to be part of our normal business operations.

Net cash used in investing activities was $8.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $23.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, a $32.0 million decrease. Capital expenditures for property and equipment decreased $6.2 million, primarily due to reduced spending on the new patient tower and expanded surgical capacity project at our hospital in Springfield, Oregon. In the 2018 period, net cash provided by investing activities included $38.7 million of proceeds from the sales of Clearview and Vista West. In the 2019 period, we did not complete any hospital divestitures.

Net cash used in financing activities was $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $13.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, a $15.0 million decrease. This decrease was primarily due to a $16.0 million reduction in our net borrowings under revolving credit facilities in the 2019 period compared to the 2018 period.

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Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures for property, equipment and software were $9.5 million and $15.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. In addition, we had $2.8 million and $3.5 million of capital expenditures related to property and equipment accrued in accounts payable at March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Our capital expenditures primarily consist of purchases of medical equipment, renovations at our hospitals and investments in a standalone information system infrastructure. Our construction project on a new patient tower and expanded surgery capacity at our hospital in Springfield, Oregon was substantially complete at December 31, 2018. During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, we incurred costs of $2.1 million and $6.1 million, respectively, related to the project. As of March 31, 2019, our total costs incurred on this project, including purchases of medical equipment, are $102.8 million. Our anticipated remaining costs on the project in 2019 are $2.2 million.

Capital Resources

Our net working capital was $126.1 million and $169.3 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, a $43.2 million decrease . This decrease in net working capital was primarily due to the adoption of ASC Topic 842 as of January 1, 2019, which resulted in $24.7 million of current operating lease liability as of March 31, 2019 with no comparable amount at December 31, 2018. In addition, we had a $12.0 million increase in accrued interest primarily related to timing of interest payments on our Senior Notes. All other changes in net working capital were part of our normal business operations.

Long-Term Debt

The following table provides a summary of activity related to our long-term debt (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Debt at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt

 

 

 

Beginning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

at End

 

 

 

of Period

 

 

Borrowings

 

 

Repayments

 

 

Leases

 

 

Amortization

 

 

 

of Period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Credit Facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving Credit Facility, maturing 2021

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

Term Loan Facility, maturing 2022

 

 

790,751

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,371

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

789,380

 

ABL Credit Facility, maturing 2021

 

 

14,000

 

 

 

152,000

 

 

 

(150,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,000

 

Senior Notes, maturing 2023

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400,000

 

Unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts

 

 

(35,537

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,161

 

 

 

 

(33,376

)

Finance lease obligations

 

 

23,386

 

 

 

 

 

 

(375

)

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,090

 

Other debt

 

 

874

 

 

 

161

 

 

 

(87

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

948

 

Total debt

 

 

1,193,474

 

 

 

152,161

 

 

 

(151,833

)

 

 

79

 

 

 

2,161

 

 

 

 

1,196,042

 

Less:  Current maturities of long-term debt

 

 

(1,697

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,721

)

Total long-term debt

 

$

1,191,777

 

 

$

152,161

 

 

$

(151,833

)

 

$

79

 

 

$

2,161

 

 

 

$

1,194,321

 

The following table provides a summary of our long-term debt, allocated between fixed and variable debt (dollars in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of

 

 

 

$ Amount

 

 

Total Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

$

424,038

 

 

 

34.5

%

Variable

 

 

805,380

 

 

 

65.5

%

Total debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts

 

$

1,229,418

 

 

 

100.0

%

Senior Credit Facility

In connection with the Spin-off, on April 29, 2016 we entered into a credit agreement (the “CS Agreement”), among us, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch (“Credit Suisse”), as administrative agent and collateral agent. On April 11, 2017, we executed an agreement with its Senior Credit Facility lenders to amend certain provisions of our Senior Credit Facility (the “CS Amendment”), as described below. On March 14, 2018, we executed a second agreement with our Senior Credit Facility lenders to amend certain provisions of our Senior Credit Facility (the “CS Second Amendment”), as described below.

The CS Agreement initially provided for an $880 million senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) and a $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Senior Credit Facility”). The Term Loan Facility was issued at a discount of $17.6 million, or 98% of par value, and has a maturity date of April 29, 2022, subject to customary acceleration events and repayment, extension or refinancing. The Revolving Credit Facility has a

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maturity date of April 29, 2021, subject to certain customary acceleration events and repayment, extension or refinancing. The CS Amendment reduced the Revolving Credit Facility’s borrowing capacity from $100 million to $87.5 million un til December 31, 2017, at which time the borrowing capacity decreased to $75.0 million. The CS Second Amendment further reduced the Revolving Credit Facility’s capacity to $62.5 million through maturity, effective with the amendment executed on March 14, 2 018.

The CS Agreement contains customary covenants, including a maximum permitted Secured Net Leverage Ratio, as determined based on 12 month trailing Consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the CS Agreement. On April 11, 2017, we executed the CS Amendment with our Senior Credit Facility lenders to amend the calculation of the Secured Net Leverage Ratio beginning July 1, 2017 through maturity, among other provisions. In addition, the CS Amendment raised the minimum Secured Net Leverage Ratio required for the Company to remain in compliance for certain periods, and also changed the calculation of compliance for specified periods. The CS Second Amendment, which was executed on March 14, 2018, amended the Secured Net Leverage Ratio for the period July 1, 2017 through maturity. As of March 31, 2019, we had a Secured Net Leverage Ratio of 4.45 to 1.00 implying additional borrowing capacity of $103.1 million as of March 31, 2019.

After giving effect to the CS Amendment and the CS Second Amendment, the maximum Secured Net Leverage Ratio permitted under the CS Agreement, as determined based on 12 month trailing Consolidated EBITDA and as defined in the CS Agreement, follows:

 

 

Maximum

 

 

Secured Net

Period

 

Leverage Ratio

 

 

 

Period from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017

 

4.50 to 1.00

Period from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018

 

4.75 to 1.00

Period from July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019

 

5.00 to 1.00

Period from January 1, 2020 and thereafter

 

4.50 to 1.00

In addition to amending the calculation of the Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Maximum Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the CS Amendment and CS Second Amendment also affected other terms of the CS Agreement as follows:

 

Through April 29, 2022, we are required to use asset sales proceeds to make mandatory redemptions under the Term Loan Facility.

 

Through December 31, 2018, we could request to exercise Incremental Term Loan Commitments, as defined in the CS Agreement, only if the Secured Net Leverage Ratio, adjusted for the requested Incremental Term Loan borrowing, was below 3.35 to 1.00. After December 31, 2018, we may request to exercise Incremental Term Loan Commitments for the greater of $100 million or an amount which would produce a Secured Net Leverage Ratio of 3.35 to 1.00.

 

Through December 31, 2018, we were allowed to incur Permitted Additional Debt, as defined in the CS Agreement, only if the Total Leverage Ratio, adjusted for the Permitted Additional Debt, was below 4.50 to 1.00. After December 31, 2018, we may incur Permitted Additional Debt so as long as our Total Leverage Ratio, adjusted for the Permitted Additional Debt, is below 5.50 to 1.00.

Prior to the CS Amendment, interest under the Term Loan Facility accrued, at our option, at adjusted LIBOR, subject to statutory reserves and a floor of 1% plus 5.75%, or the alternate base rate plus 4.75%. Following the CS Amendment, interest under the Term Loan Facility accrues, at our option, at adjusted LIBOR, subject to statutory reserves and a floor of 1% plus 6.75%, or the alternate base rate plus 5.75%. The effective interest rate on the Term Loan Facility was 9.72% as of March 31, 2019. Interest on outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility accrues, at our option, at adjusted LIBOR, subject to statutory reserves and a floor of 0% plus 2.75%, or the alternate base rate plus 1.75%, and remains unchanged under the CS Amendment and the CS Second Amendment.

Borrowings from the Revolving Credit Facility are used for working capital and general corporate purposes. As of March 31, 2019, we had no borrowings outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facility and had $14.2 million of letters of credit outstanding that were primarily related to the self-insured retention levels of professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability insurance and as security for the payment of claims. As of March 31, 2019, we had borrowing capacity under our Revolving Credit Facility of $48.3 million.

ABL Credit Facility

The ABL Credit Facility has a maturity date of April 29, 2021, subject to customary acceleration events and repayment, extension or refinancing. Interest on outstanding borrowings under the ABL Credit Facility accrues, at our option, at a base rate or LIBOR, subject to statutory reserves and a floor of 0%, except that all swingline borrowings will accrue interest based on the base rate, plus an applicable margin determined by the average excess availability under the ABL Credit Facility for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of determination. The applicable margin ranges from 1.75% to 2.25% for LIBOR advances and from 0.75% to

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1.25% for base rate advances. As of March 31, 2019, we had $16.0 million of borrowings outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility and borrowing capacity of $109.0 million.

The ABL Credit Facility has a “Covenant Trigger Event” definition that requires us to maintain excess availability under the ABL Credit Facility equal to or greater than the greater of (i) $12.5 million and (ii) 10% of the aggregate commitments under the ABL Credit Facility. If a Covenant Trigger Event occurs, then we are required to maintain a minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio of 1.10 to 1.00 until such time that a Covenant Trigger Event is no longer continuing. In addition, if excess availability under the ABL Credit Facility were to fall below the greater of (i) 12.5% of the aggregate commitments under the ABL Credit Facility and (ii) $15.0 million, then a “Cash Dominion Event” would be triggered upon which the lenders could assume control of our cash.

Credit Agreement Covenants

In addition to the specific covenants described above, the Credit Agreements contain customary negative covenants, which limit our ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens, make investments, transfer assets and merge or acquire assets, and make restricted payments, including dividends, distributions, and specified payments on other indebtedness. They include customary events of default, including payment defaults, material breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, default on other material indebtedness, customary Employee Retirement Income Security Act events of default, bankruptcy and insolvency, material judgments, invalidity of liens on collateral, change of control or cessation of business. The Credit Agreements also contain customary affirmative covenants and representations and warranties.

Senior Notes

On April 22, 2016, we issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 11.625% Senior Notes due 2023, pursuant to the Indenture. The Senior Notes were issued at a discount of $6.9 million, or 1.734%, in a private placement and are senior unsecured obligations guaranteed on a senior basis by certain of our subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”). The Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2023 and bear interest at a rate of 11.625% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2016. Interest on the Senior Notes accrues from the date of original issuance and is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The effective interest rate on the Senior Notes was 12.49% as of March 31, 2019.

The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit our ability and certain of our subsidiaries’ ability to incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make other restricted payments, make certain investments, create or incur certain liens, sell assets and subsidiary stock, transfer all or substantially all of our assets or enter into merger or consolidation transactions.

On May 17, 2017, we exchanged the 11.625% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Initial Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $400 million, which were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of 11.625% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Exchange Notes”), which have been registered under the Securities Act. The Initial Notes were substantially identical to the Exchange Notes, except that the Exchange Notes are registered under the Securities Act and are not subject to the transfer restrictions and certain registration rights agreement provisions applicable to the Initial Notes.

On and after April 15, 2019, we are entitled, at our option, to redeem all or a portion of the Senior Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices specified in the table below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The redemption prices are expressed as a percentage of the principal amount on the redemption date. Holders of record on the relevant record date have the right to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. In addition, prior to April 15, 2019, we could have redeemed some or all of the Senior Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, plus a “make whole” premium, as set forth in the Indenture. We were entitled to redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes until April 15, 2019 with the net proceeds from certain equity offerings at the redemption price set forth in the Indenture.

The following table provides a summary of the redemption periods and prices related to the Senior Notes:

 

 

Redemption

 

Period

 

Prices

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period from April 15, 2019 to April 14, 2020

 

 

108.719

%

Period from April 15, 2020 to April 14, 2021

 

 

105.813

%

Period from April 15, 2021 to April 14, 2022

 

 

102.906

%

Period from April 15, 2022 to April 14, 2023

 

 

100.000

%

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Debt Issuance Costs and Discounts

The following table provides a summary of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt issuance costs

 

$

34,533

 

 

$

34,533

 

Debt discounts

 

 

24,536

 

 

 

24,536

 

Total debt issuance costs and discounts at origination

 

 

59,069

 

 

 

59,069

 

Less: Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts

 

 

(25,693

)

 

 

(23,532

)

Total unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts

 

$

33,376

 

 

$

35,537

 

Finance Lease Obligations and Other Debt

Our debt arising from finance lease obligations primarily relates to our corporate office in Brentwood, Tennessee. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, this finance lease obligation was $16.9 million and $17.2 million, respectively. The remainder of our finance lease obligations relate to property and equipment at our hospitals and corporate office. Other debt consists of physician loans and miscellaneous notes payable to banks.

Debt Maturities

The following table provides a summary of our debt maturities for the next five years and thereafter (in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remainder of 2019

 

$

1,312

 

2020

 

 

1,720

 

2021

 

 

17,713

 

2022

 

 

790,800

 

2023

 

 

401,327

 

Thereafter

 

 

16,546

 

Total debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts

 

$

1,229,418

 

Noncontrolling Interests and Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

Our financial statements include all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of less than 100% owned entities that we control. Accordingly, we have recorded noncontrolling interests in the earnings and equity of such entities. Certain of our consolidated subsidiaries have noncontrolling physician ownership interests with redemption features that require us to deliver cash upon the occurrence of certain events outside our control, such as the retirement, death, or disability of a physician-owner. We record the carrying amount of redeemable noncontrolling interests at the greater of: (1) the initial carrying amount increased or decreased for the noncontrolling interests' share of cumulative net income (loss), net of cumulative amounts distributed, if any, or (2) the redemption value. As of March 31, 2019, we had redeemable noncontrolling interests of $2.3 million and non-redeemable noncontrolling interests of $14.8 million that are included in our consolidated balance sheets.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to market risk associated with changes in interest rates on our variable rate long-term debt. In connection with the Spin-off, on April 29, 2016, we entered into two credit agreements, the Senior Credit Facility and the ABL Credit Facility, that subject us to variable interest rates tied to LIBOR or a base rate. As of March 31, 2019, we had outstanding principal amount of debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts, of $805.4 million subject to variable rates of interest, which included $16.0 million of borrowings outstanding under revolving credit facilities as of March 31, 2019. If the interest rate on our variable rate long-term debt outstanding as of March 31, 2019, after taking into consideration the 1% floor on our Term Loan Facility, was 100 basis points higher for the three months ended March 31, 2019, the additional interest expense impacting net income (loss) would have been $2.0 million, or $(0.06) per basic and diluted share. We do not currently have any derivative or hedging arrangements, or other known exposures, to changes in interest rates.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective (at the reasonable assurance level) to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time pe riods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2019 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

We are subject to lawsuits and other legal matters arising in the ordinary course of our business, including claims of damages for personal injuries, medical malpractice, breach of hospital management contracts, breach of other contracts, wrongful restriction of or interference with physicians’ staffing privileges and other employment-related claims. In certain of these claims, plaintiffs request payment for damages, including punitive damages that may not be covered by our insurance policies.

Healthcare facilities are also subject to the regulation and oversight of various federal and state governmental agencies. The healthcare industry has seen numerous ongoing investigations related to compliance and billing practices and hospitals, in particular, continue to be the subject of governmental fraud and abuse programs and a primary enforcement target for the OIG and DOJ. From time to time, we detect issues of non-compliance with federal healthcare laws pertaining to claims submission and reimbursement payment practices or financial relationships with physicians. We avail ourselves of various mechanisms to address potential overpayments arising out of these issues, including repayment of claims, rebilling of claims, and participation in voluntary disclosure protocols offered by CMS and the OIG. Participating in voluntary repayment of claims and voluntary disclosure protocols can have the potential for significant settlement obligations or even enforcement action. Additionally, under the federal False Claims Act, private parties have the right to bring qui tam, or “whistleblower,” suits against healthcare facilities that submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, governmental payors. Some states have adopted similar state whistleblower and false claims provisions. Qui tam or “whistleblower” actions initiated under the civil False Claims Act may be pending but placed under seal by the court to comply with the False Claims Act’s requirements for filing such suits. As a result, they could lead to proceedings without our knowledge. Certain of our healthcare facilities have received, and from time to time other healthcare facilities may receive, inquiries or subpoenas from fiscal intermediaries or federal and state agencies. Any proceedings against us may involve potentially substantial settlement amounts, as well as the possibility of civil, criminal, or administrative fines, penalties or other sanctions which could be material. Settlements of suits involving Medicare and Medicaid issues routinely require both monetary payments as well as corporate integrity agreements from the offending healthcare company. Depending on how the underlying conduct is interpreted by the inquiring or investigating federal or state agency, the resolution could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

In connection with the Spin-off, CHS agreed to indemnify us for certain liabilities relating to outcomes or events occurring prior to the closing of the Spin-off, including (i) certain claims and proceedings known to be outstanding on or prior to the Spin-off and (ii) certain claims, proceedings and investigations by governmental authorities or private plaintiffs related to activities occurring at or related to our healthcare facilities prior to the closing date of the Spin-off, but only to the extent, in the case of clause (ii), that such claims are covered by insurance policies maintained by CHS, including professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability. In this regard, CHS will continue to be responsible for certain Health Management Associates, Inc. legal matters covered by its contingent value rights agreement that relate to the portion of CHS’s business now held by us. Notwithstanding the foregoing, CHS is not indemnifying us in respect of any claims or proceedings arising out of, or related to, the business operations of QHR at any time or our compliance with the Corporate Integrity Agreement (“CIA”) between CHS and the OIG. Subsequent to the Spin-off, the OIG entered into an “Assumption of CIA Liability Letter” with us reiterating the applicability of the CIA to certain of our hospitals, although the OIG declined to enter into a separate agreement with us.

We do not control and cannot predict with certainty the progress or final outcome of discussions with government agencies, investigations and legal proceedings against us. Therefore, the final amounts paid to resolve such matters, claims and obligations could be material and could materially differ from amounts currently recorded, if any. Any such changes in our estimates or any adverse judgments could materially adversely impact our future results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

We have included a discussion of specific legal proceedings below, some of which may not be required to be disclosed in this Part II, Item 1 under SEC rules due to the nature of our business; however, we believe that the discussion of these legal matters may provide useful information to security holders or the other readers of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The proceedings discussed below do not include claims and lawsuits covered by professional and general liability or employment practices insurance and risk retention programs. The legal matters referenced below are also discussed in Note 17 — Commitments and Contingencies in the accompanying financial statements.

With respect to all legal, regulatory and governmental proceedings, we consider the likelihood of a negative outcome. If we determine the likelihood of a negative outcome with respect to any such matter is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated, we record an accrual for the estimated amount of loss for the expected outcome of the matter. If the likelihood of a negative outcome with respect to material matters is reasonably possible and we are able to determine an estimate of the amount of possible loss or a range of loss, whether in excess of a related accrued liability or where there is no accrued liability, we disclose the estimate of the amount of possible loss or range of loss. However, we are unable to estimate an amount of possible loss or range of loss in some instances based on the significant uncertainties involved in, or the preliminary nature of, certain legal, regulatory and governmental matters.

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Commercial Litigation and Other Lawsuits

 

Arbitration with Community Health Systems, Inc. On August 4, 2017, we received a demand for arbitration from CHS seeking payment of certain amounts that we have withheld pursuant to the Shared Service Centers Transition Services Agreement (the “SSC TSA”) and the Computer and Data Processing Transition Services Agreement (the “IT TSA”). CHS sought payment of approximately $12.1 million relating to these two transition services agreements. We contested the charges as not payable to CHS under the transition services agreements and made counterclaims that included, among other things, termination of the SSC TSA, a ruling that the IT TSA was terminable at our option, and substantial damages we believed that we had suffered as a result of the transition services agreements and other actions taken by CHS in connection with the Spin-off. Additionally, on March 19, 2018, we received notice from CHS that CHS sought to terminate, effective September 30, 2018, the SSC TSA and the IT TSA and to impose a September 30, 2018 deadline for completion of the transition services under the SSC TSA and IT TSA, as a result of alleged breaches by the Company of the agreements. The notice from CHS also provided an indication of CHS’s preference to terminate the Receivables Collection Agreement, the Eligibility Screening Services Agreement, and the Billing and Collection Agreement. We amended our counterclaims to include allegations that CHS’s attempt to terminate the SSC TSA and IT TSA and to impose a September 30, 2018 deadline for completing the transition of services under those contracts violated the terms of the contracts and was invalid and without effect. The validity and effectiveness of CHS’s attempt to terminate the SSC TSA and IT TSA and to impose a September 30, 2018 deadline was litigated during the course of arbitration proceedings held in late June 2018. After hearing testimony regarding the termination issues, the arbitration panel ruled that each of the SSC TSA and IT TSA will continue in effect according to their original terms through 2021, subject to any agreement by the parties to terminate the SSC TSA and the IT TSA at an earlier time. The panel ordered that, after the date of the ruling, we would prospectively pay the amounts invoiced under the TSAs as billed, but deferred ruling on the parties’ economic claims related to the TSAs. The arbitration reconvened October 1, 2018 with QHC presenting our counter-claims and defenses that certain amounts were not payable to CHS. The arbitration concluded October 9, 2018. The panel issued its final arbitration award on January 3, 2019. In connection with the SSC TSA payment dispute, the panel determined that CHS was not entitled to have charged the disputed fees under that agreement, and thus that (i) we were entitled to retain the approximately $9.3 million previously withheld by us, and (ii) CHS was required to pay back the approximately $2.1 million paid by us under the SSC TSA since the panel’s June 2018 order. We will not be required to pay such overcharged amounts under the SSC TSA in the future. In connection with the IT TSA payment dispute, the panel determined that CHS’s fees under the IT TSA were proper. We paid the approximately $1.5 million previously withheld under that agreement, and we will continue to pay such amounts under the IT TSA in the future. The panel’s June 2018 ruling that CHS is not entitled to terminate the SSC and IT TSAs remains in effect. The panel denied our other affirmative claims against CHS.

 

Zwick Partners LP and Aparna Rao, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Quorum Health Corporation, Community Health Systems, Inc., Wayne T. Smith, W. Larry Cash, Thomas D. Miller and Michael J. Culotta . On September 9, 2016, a shareholder filed a purported class action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against us and certain of our former officers. On April 17, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint adding additional defendants, CHS, Wayne T. Smith and W. Larry Cash. The Second Amended Complaint alleges claims for violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and is brought on behalf of a class consisting of all persons (other than defendants) who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of the Company between May 2, 2016 and August 10, 2016. On June 23, 2017, we filed a motion to dismiss, which Plaintiff opposed on August 22, 2017. On April 19, 2018, the Court denied our motion to dismiss, and we filed our answer to the Second Amended Complaint on May 18, 2018. On July 13, 2018, Plaintiff filed its motion for class certification, which Defendants opposed on August 31, 2018. On March 29, 2019, the Court granted the motion and certified the class. Defendants have filed a petition for permission to appeal the class certification decision with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which petition is currently pending. On September 14, 2018, Plaintiff filed a Third Amended Complaint adding additional alleged misstatements. On October 12, 2018, Defendants moved to dismiss the new allegations, and, on March 29, 2019, the Court granted the motion and dismissed the new allegations. The case is in discovery, and we are vigorously defending ourselves in this matter. We are unable to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that we may incur a loss in connection with this matter. We are unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because discovery has only recently started and the case remains in its early stages. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

R2 Investments, LDC v. Quorum Health Corporation, Community Health Systems, Inc., Wayne T. Smith, W. Larry Cash, Thomas D. Miller, Michael J. Culotta, John A. Clerico, James S. Ely, III, John A. Fry, William Norris Jennings, Julia B. North, H. Mitchell Watson, Jr. and H. James Williams . On October 25, 2017, a shareholder filed an action in the Circuit Court of Williamson County, Tennessee against us and certain of our former officers and directors and CHS and certain of its officers and directors. The complaint alleges that the defendants violated the Tennessee Securities Act and common law

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by, among other things, making alleged false and/or misleading statements and failing to disclose certain informat ion regarding aspects of our business, operations and financial condition. Plaintiff is seeking rescissionary, compensatory and punitive damages. We filed a motion to dismiss the action on January 16, 2018, which Plaintiff opposed on March 5, 2018. On May 11, 2018, the Court denied our motion to dismiss. We subsequently filed an answer to the complaint, and the case is now in discovery. We are vigorously defending ourselves in this matter. We are unable to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that we may incur a loss in connection with this matter. We are unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because discovery has only recently started and the case remains in its early stages. Und er some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

Harvey Horwitz, Derivatively on Behalf of Quorum Health Corporation v. Thomas D. Miller, Michael J. Culotta, Barbara R. Paul, R. Lawrence Van Horn, William S. Hussey, James T. Breedlove, William M. Gracey, Joseph A. Hastings, and Adam Feinstein, and Quorum Health Corporation, as Nominal Defendant . On September 17, 2018, a purported shareholder filed a derivative action on behalf of the Company in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The complaint alleges claims for violation of Section 29(a) of the Exchange Act, breach of fiduciary duty, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, and indemnification and contribution. Plaintiff seeks damages allegedly sustained by us, rescission of the Separation Agreement with CHS, corporate governance reforms, equitable and/or injunctive relief, restitution, and attorneys’ fees and costs. On October 26, 2018, the Court entered an order granting a stay of the case pending entry of an order on any motions for summary judgment in the Rao v. Quorum Health Corporation case described above. Once the stay is lifted, we intend to move to transfer the action to Delaware consistent with our by-laws. We are vigorously defending ourselves in this matter. We are unable to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that we may incur a loss in connection with this matter. We are unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because the case remains in its early stages. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

Reda Slone v. Kentucky River Medical Center (an assumed name of Jackson Hospital Corporation) . On April 19, 2017, a former director of the emergency department of Kentucky River Medical Center ("KRMC") filed an action in the Circuit Court of Breathitt County, Kentucky (Case No.: 17-CI-00095), against KRMC alleging wrongful discharge in violation of KRS 216B.165 (known unofficially as Kentucky’s healthcare worker’s whistleblower statute), common law wrongful discharge, violation of Plaintiff’s free speech under the Section 1 of the Kentucky Constitution, and intentional and/or negligent infliction of emotional distress. The Plaintiff is claiming that KRMC terminated the Plaintiff’s employment because she made complaints that the emergency department did not have adequate staffing levels/nurse to patient ratios, and did not have sufficient numbers of adequately trained staff. The Plaintiff is seeking damages for back pay and front pay ($549,623), incidental damages ($310,000), emotional pain and suffering ($350,000), attorney’s fees ($200,000), and punitive damages ($11,250,000). KRMC filed an answer to the complaint and the matter is now in discovery. A trial date is set for July 22, 2019. KRMC is vigorously defending the matter. The outcome of the matter cannot be predicted. However, it is reasonably possible that KRMC may incur a loss in connection with this matter. We are unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because discovery is still ongoing and there is uncertainty as to the outcome of the upcoming trial or motions. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

Mary Della-Maggiora, as an individual and on behalf of all others similarly situated, v. Watsonville Community Hospital, entity unknown, and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive (Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Cruz) . On January 22, 2018, Plaintiff filed a purported class action alleging violations of California Labor Code Section 226(a). On May 14, 2018, Plaintiff filed her Second Amended Class Action Complaint. The Second Amended Class Action Complaint contains two causes of action. The first cause of action is brought by Plaintiff in her individual capacity and as potential class representative for all other Watsonville Community Hospital employees for alleged violations of Labor Code Section 226(a), subsections (6), (8), and (9). The second cause of action is brought under the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 by Plaintiff in her individual capacity and as “appointed” representative of the State of California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, for alleged violations of Labor Code Section 226(a), subsection (9). Plaintiff generally alleges that the paystubs issued to Watsonville employees did not include all information required by California Labor Code Section 226(a). The case is in discovery, and Watsonville Community Hospital is vigorously defending itself in this matter. We are unable to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that we may incur a loss in connection with this matter. We are unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because discovery has only recently started and the case remains in its early stages. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

 

Nedal Alqalqili v. Hospital of Barstow, Inc., dba Barstow Community Hospital; Quorum Health Corp.; Carrie Howell, an individual; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive (Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Bernardino) . On June 28, 2018, Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging discrimination, harassment, and retaliation arising from her employment with Hospital of Barstow, Inc. On October 17, 2018, Plaintiff filed her First Amended Complaint for

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Damages and Declaratory and Injunctive Relief for Employment Discrimination. The First Amended Complaint contains eleven claims for monetary relief as well as claims for declaratory and injunctive relief. In the First Amended Complaint Plaintiff alleges claims for: interference, discrimination, and retaliation in violation of the California Family Rights Act, California Government Code Section 12945.2; national origin-based hostile work environment, religi ous creed-based hostile work environment, sex discrimination, national origin discrimination, religious creed discrimination, failure to prevent discrimination and harassment, and retaliation in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, California Government Code Section 12940, et seq .; and failure to timely provide employment records in violation of California Labor Code Section 1198.5. The case is in discovery, and Barstow Community Hospital is vigorously defending itself in this matter. We are un able to predict the outcome of this matter. However, it is reasonably possible that we may incur a loss in connection with this matter. We are unable to reasonably estimate the amount or range of such reasonably possible loss because discovery has only rec ently started and the case remains in its early stages. Under some circumstances, losses incurred in connection with adverse outcomes in this matter could be material.

Corporate Integrity Agreement

On August 4, 2014, CHS became subject to the terms of a five-year CIA with the OIG arising from a civil settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, other federal agencies and identified relators that concluded previously announced investigations and litigation related to short stay admissions through emergency departments at certain of their affiliated hospitals. The OIG has required us to be bound by the terms of the CHS CIA commencing on the Spin-off date and applying to us for the remainder of the five-year compliance term required of CHS, which terminates on August 4, 2019.

The compliance measures and reporting and auditing requirements contained in the CIA include:

 

continuing the duties and activities of the Corporate Compliance Officer, Corporate Compliance Work Group, and Facility Compliance Officers and committees;

 

maintaining a written Code of Conduct, which sets forth our commitment to full compliance with all statutes, regulations, and guidelines applicable to federal healthcare programs;

 

maintaining written policies and procedures addressing matters included in our Compliance Program, including adherence to medical necessity and admissions standards for inpatient hospital stays;

 

continuing general compliance training;

 

providing specific training for employees and affiliates handling our billing, case management and clinical documentation;

 

engaging an independent third party to perform an annual review of our compliance with the CIA;

 

continuing the Confidential Disclosure Program and hotline to enable employees or others to disclose issues or questions regarding possible inappropriate policies or behavior;

 

continuing the screening program to ensure that we do not hire or engage employees or contractors who are ineligible persons for federal healthcare programs;

 

reporting any material deficiency which resulted in an overpayment to us by a federal healthcare program; and

 

submitting annual reports to the OIG which describe in detail the operations of the Corporate Compliance Program.

A material, uncorrected violation of the CIA could lead to our exclusion or disbarment from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state healthcare programs. In addition, we are subject to possible civil penalties if we fail to substantially comply with the terms of the CIA, including stipulated penalties ranging from $1,000 to $2,500 per day. We are also subject to a stipulated penalty of $50,000 for each false certification by us or any individual or entity on behalf of us in connection with reports required under the CIA. The CIA increases the amount of information we are required to provide to the federal government regarding our healthcare practices and our compliance with federal regulations. We believe that we are currently operating our business in compliance with the CIA and are unaware of any historical actions on our part that could represent a violation under the terms of the CIA.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors discussed in the 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern.

Our financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern. However, in light the reduction in the maximum Secured Net Leverage Ratio permitted under the CS Agreement to 4.50 from 5.00 in the first quarter of 2020, management concluded that there were probable conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Management believes that it is probable that substantial doubt about our ability to remain in compliance with the Secured Net Leverage Ratio has been alleviated due to, but not limited to, our partnership with R1 RCM, the completion of the sale of Scenic Mountain Medical Center and the opportunity for additional divestitures, and management’s plan to reduce corporate and other operating costs over the next twelve months.

We believe that these efforts will achieve cost savings and improved net patient revenues. However, we cannot predict with certainty the outcome of our actions. Our ability to fund capital requirements, service our existing debt and comply with our debt covenants will depend on our future operating performance and will be impacted by financial, business, economic, regulatory and other factors. If we do not generate enough cash to pay our debt service obligations or our operating performance does not comply with our debt covenants, we may be required to refinance all or part of our existing indebtedness, sell assets, borrow additional money or raise equity. Breach of covenants included in our debt agreements, which could result in the lenders demanding payment of the unpaid principal and interest balances, would have a material adverse effect upon our business and would likely require us to do any or all of the following: seek to renegotiate these debt arrangements with the lenders, seek waivers from the lenders, or seek to raise additional capital and increase revenues. If such negotiations and capital raising attempts proved unsuccessful, we may be required to seek protection from creditors through bankruptcy proceedings.


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Item 6. Exhibits

No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1†

 

Quorum Health Corporation Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on February 15, 2019 (File No. 333-229696)).

 

 

 

31.1*

 

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

 

 

 

31.2*

 

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

 

 

 

32.1**

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.2**

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

101.INS*

 

XBRL Instance Document.

 

 

 

101.SCH*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.

 

 

 

101.CAL*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.

 

 

 

101.DEF*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.

 

 

 

101.LAB*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.

 

 

 

101.PRE*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.

 

 

*

Filed herewith.

 

**

Furnished herewith.

 

Indicates a management contract or compensation plan or arrangement.

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SIGNA TURES

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.

 

QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION

(Registrant)

 

By: 

 

/s/ Robert H. Fish

 

 

Robert H. Fish

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

(principal executive officer)

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Alfred Lumsdaine

 

 

Alfred Lumsdaine

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(principal financial officer)

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Glenn A. Hargreaves

 

 

Glenn A. Hargreaves

 

 

Senior Vice President and

Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)

Date: May 10, 2019

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