Nutex Health Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 31, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Mar 31, 2025
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Period ended 2023-12-31; filed 2024-03-29.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-K
Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-03-31.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Industry Trends
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The demand for healthcare services continues to be impacted by the following trends:
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The healthcare industry, particularly emergency care hospitals, continues to be subject to ongoing regulatory uncertainty. Changes in federal or state healthcare laws, regulations, funding policies or reimbursement practices, especially those involving reductions to government payment rates or limitations on what providers may charge, could significantly impact future revenue and operations. For example, the No Surprises Act prohibits providers from charging patients an amount beyond the in-network cost sharing amount for services rendered by out-of-network providers, subject to limited exceptions. For services for which balance billing is prohibited, the No Surprises Act includes provisions that may limit the amounts received by out-of-network providers** **from health plans. Any reduction in the rates that we can charge or amounts we can receive for our services will reduce our total revenue and our operating margins.
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Total revenue increased $231.0 million in 2024 from 2023 primarily due to successful participation in arbitration through the IDR process, contributing $169.7 million to the increase, and by an increase in the number of patient visits and the number of visits associated with higher utilization of more complex clinical services.
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On July 1, 2024, we engaged with a third-party IDR vendor to further support our out of network claims appeals and determine which claims would be beneficial to arbitrate. The IDR process can take up to three to five months to receive payments relative to the start of a claim’s open negotiation process. In order to facilitate the dispute arbitration process, the Company incurred fees to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the organizations that arbitrate the payment amount between the plan and providers (“IDRE”), and commission and fees to the third-party IDR vendor. Total accrued arbitration expenses are $47.7 million as of December 31, 2024.
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For these reasons, we refined our estimates of variable consideration and revenue recognition timing, particularly to claims subject to arbitration. Our methodology now incorporates historical arbitration outcomes, payor behavior, and expected resolution timing in determining the expected transaction price for applicable claims. The result of this change in estimate increased our estimate of the ultimate amounts of accounts receivable we will collect for the current and prior periods. This change in estimate increased revenue and net income before tax for the year ended December 31, 2024 by approximately $169.7 million and $112.0 million, respectively.
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The population health management division had $1.4 million of operating income for 2024 driven by our divestiture of Procare and Clinigence Health Inc. entities. These two entities were negatively impacting the population health management division’s operating performance. This strategic move contributed to improved gross margins from 2024 onward, reinforcing the organization's long-term profitability.
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Interest expense. Interest expense totaled $19.9 million in 2024 as compared with $16.3 million for 2023. The increase in interest expense is primarily due to leases entered into in 2024 for the opening four facilities throughout the year.
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As of December 31, 2024, we recorded a non-cash benefit of $6.5 million to income tax expense to remove the majority of the valuation allowance after we concluded that the associated deferred tax assets would be realizable. In determining the appropriate valuation allowance, the Company considered its net cumulative earnings (adjusted for permanent items) for the last three years, along with the change to its business related to the higher revenue estimates without impacting its existing cost structure. $1.0M valuation allowance remains to offset the deferred tax asset related to capital loss carryforwards that the company does not expect to realize.
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Pre-Paid Advance Agreement with Yorkville. On February 15, 2024, the parties terminated the Pre-Paid Advance Agreement (the “PPA”) dated April 11, 2023 between the Company and YA II PN, Ltd. (“Yorkville”) pursuant to which the Company requested an advance of $15.0 million from Yorkville a “Pre-Paid Advance”) purchased by Yorkville at 90% of the face amount. Interest accrued on the outstanding balance of the Pre-Paid Advance at an annual rate equal to 0% subject to an increase to 15% upon events of default described in the PPA. The Pre-Paid Advance had a maturity date of 12 months from the Pre-Paid Advance Date. As a result of the Pre-Paid Advance, the Company (i) issued, on April 11, 2023, 0.2 million shares of common stock to Yorkville (23.1 million prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits), reducing the principal of initial Pre-Paid Advance to $7.3 million, (ii) made Optional Prepayments of $8.2 million in accordance with the PPA, consisting of $7.7 million of principal and $1.0 million attributed to the Payment Premium offset by $0.5 million in debt discount amortization, and (iii) paid off in full the remaining outstanding balance of the PPA on January 30, 2024.
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Unsecured Convertible Term Notes and Warrants with Accredited Investors. From September 2023 to December 2023, the Company conducted a private offering of convertible notes (“Unsecured Convertible Term Notes”) and six-year warrants (“Warrants”) to accredited investors (the “Holders”) as defined in Rule 501 under the 1933 Act and issued Unsecured Convertible Term Notes convertible into an aggregate of 89,751 shares (13,462,500 prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits) of common stock at a conversion price of $60.00 per share ($0.40 prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits) and Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 44,875 shares of common stock (6,731,250 prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits) at an exercise price of $60.00 per share ($0.40 prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits). We also issued Warrants for the purchase of 26,925 shares (4,038,750 prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits) to the placement agent. On March 26, 2024, the Company and the Holders agreed to amend the conversion price of the Unsecured Convertible Term Notes and exercise price of the Warrants to $30.00 each ($0.20 prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits), resulting in the Unsecured Convertible Term Notes being convertible into 179,500 shares of common stock (26,925,000 prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits), the Warrants exercisable for 89,750 shares of common stock (13,462,500 prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits) and the placement agent Warrants exercisable for 53,850 shares of common stock (8,077,500 prior to the 2024 Reverse Stock Splits). The Unsecured Convertible Term Notes mature on October 31, 2025 and the Warrants expire on December 31, 2029.
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On June 30, 2024, the impairment of goodwill of $3.2 million and the derecognition of goodwill of $0.5 million, both for the Population Health Management Division, relate to the sale of Procare Health, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nutex. Procare was considered part of the Population Health Management Division. Prior to the sale of Procare, the Company recognized a goodwill
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impairment amount of $3.2 million. On the sale of Procare, the Company recognized the derecognition of goodwill of $0.5 million based on the remaining carrying amount of goodwill for the Procare business after impairment.
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Due to the sale of Procare, the Company tested for impairment the remaining goodwill in the Population Health Management Division of $13.9 million. On June 30, 2024, we determined that the fair value of our Population Health Management Division was greater than its carrying value. Therefore, no goodwill impairment was recognized for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. No goodwill impairment was recognized for year ended December 31, 2024.
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On December 31, 2023, we recognized an impairment loss of $1.1 million in a reporting unit within our Hospital Division for the closure of a facility in January 2024.
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Overview of Legislative Developments
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The U.S. Congress and many state legislatures have introduced and passed a large number of proposals and legislation designed to make major changes in the healthcare system, including changes that have impacted access to health insurance. The most prominent of these efforts, theAffordable Care Act, affects how healthcare services are covered, delivered and reimbursed. The Affordable Care Act increased health insurance coverage through a combination of public program expansion and private sector health insurance reforms. There is uncertainty regarding the ongoing net effect of the Affordable Care Act due to the potential for continued changes to the law’s implementation and its interpretation by government agencies and courts. There is also uncertainty regarding the potential impact of other health reform efforts at the federal and state levels.
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state governments passed legislation, promulgated regulations, and have taken other administrative actions intended to assist healthcare providers in providing care to COVID-19 and other patients during the public health emergency and to provide financial relief. Among these, theCoronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) had the most impact on our business.
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The CARES Act included a waiver of insurance copayments, coinsurance, and annual deductibles for laboratory tests to diagnose COVID-19 and visits to diagnose COVID-19 at an emergency department of a hospital. These provisions of the CARES Act expired on June 30, 2021. While these provisions were effective, we experienced higher levels of revenue due to a shift of payor mix. The larger number and acuity of patient claims for COVID-19 also resulted in higher revenue.
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No Surprises Act
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The No Surprises Act (“NSA”) is a federal law that took effect January 1, 2022, to protect consumers from most instances of “surprise” balance billing. The legislation was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump on December 27, 2020. With respect to the Company, the NSA limits the amount an insured patient will pay for emergency services furnished by an out-of-network provider. The NSA addresses the payment of these out-of-network providers by group health plans or health insurance issuers (collectively, “insurers”). In particular, the NSA requires insurers to reimburse out-of-network providers at a statutorily calculated “out-of-network rate.” In states without an all-payor model agreement or specified state law, the out-of-network rate is either the amount agreed to by the insurer and the out-of-network provider or an amount determined through an independent dispute resolution (“IDR”) process.
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Under the NSA, insurers must issue an initial payment or notice of denial of payment to a provider within thirty days after the provider submits a bill for an out-of-network service. If the provider disagrees with the insurer’s determination, the provider may initiate a thirty-day period of open negotiation with the insurer over the claim. If the parties cannot resolve the dispute through negotiation, the parties may then proceed to IDR arbitration.
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Independent Dispute Resolution. The provider and insurer each submits a proposed payment amount and explanation to the arbitrator. The arbitrator must select one of the two proposed payment amounts taking into account the “qualifying payment amount” and additional circumstances including among other things the level of training, outcomes measurements of the facility, the acuity of the individual treated, and the case mix and scope of services of the facility providing the service. The NSA prohibits the arbitrator from considering the provider’s usual and customary charges for an item or service, or the amount the provider would have billed for the item or service in the absence of the NSA.
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Qualifying Payment Amount. The “qualifying payment amount” (QPA) is generally the median of the contracted rates recognized by the plan or issuer under such plans or coverage, respectively, on January 31, 2019, for the same or a similar item or service that is provided by a provider in the same or similar specialty and provided in the geographic region in which the items or service is furnished, with annual increases based on the consumer price index. In other words, the qualifying payment amount is typically the median rate the insurer would have paid for the service if provided by an in-network provider or facility.
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*HHS Final Rule.*As required by the NSA, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has established an IDR process under which a certified IDR entity determines the ultimate amount of payment. The HHS’ final rule became effective October 25, 2022. The final rule eliminated the rebuttable presumption that the qualified payment amount is the correct price and also abandoned the requirement that the certified IDR entity must select the offer closest to the qualifying payment amount. These key provisions were initially part of the interim rule issued in 2021 and were challenged by several court cases. Under the final rule, the certified IDR entity must instead select the offer that best reflects the value of the item or service provided, by first considering the QPA and then considering “additional information” that is relevant to the dispute.
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After the NSA became effective January 1, 2022, our average payment by insurers of patient claims for emergency services had declined by approximately 30%, including 37% reduction for physician services, at the end of 2022. In 2023, we experienced a 5% improvement from 2022 in emergency services but a 10% reduction for physician services, for an overall impact of 3% increase combined in 2023. In our experience, insurers often initially pay amounts lower than the QPA without regard for other information relevant to the claim. This requires us to make appeals using the IDR process. We submitted 90,000 cases for IDR open negotiation in 2023 and 28,000 cases for IDR open negotiation in 2022, most in the fourth quarter. The IDR process, subsequent appeals and insurance payor delays require extensive administrative time and delays in collections. While we are working within the established processes for IDR, we have had varying successes at achieving collections at or higher than the established QPA.
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Our experience is similar to that of other healthcare providers. In February 2023, the Emergency Department Physician Management Association reported survey results of its membership. The survey found that in more than 90% of claims surveyed, insurance companies followed the final rules implemented under the NSA for QPA disclosure and that the average claim payment declined 32% per ER Visit post-NSA.
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While we are working within the established processes for IDR, we have had varying successes at achieving collections at or higher than the established QPA. We have undertaken several strategic actions designed to improve our collections results. These include:
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The final rule is already the subject of legal challenges. The Texas Medical Association (TMA) in September of 2022 filed motions for summary judgment in the U.S. Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, seeking to invalidate the IDR related provisions of the
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final rule, arguing that the QPA does not represent the fair value of the services rendered by the physicians and providers and that the final rule illegally favors the QPA over the fair value of the provider services in contravention of the statutory language of the NSA.
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On October 19, 2022, and in addition to amicus briefs by several other national medical associations, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American College of Radiology, professional associations representing an aggregate of approximately 136,000 physicians, filed an Amicus brief supporting the TMA Motion.
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On February 6, 2023, the U.S. District Court ruled in favor of the TMA by granting its motion for summary judgment against the HHS and stating that the revised IDR process in the final rule "continues to place a thumb on the scale" in favor of insurers and conflicts with the statutory provisions of the NSA, is unlawful and must be set aside. The Courts decision vacated all of the revised regulations challenged by the TMA, including HHS’ rule that arbiters must primarily consider the QPA in the IDR process. The court stated that the final rules wrongly require arbitrators to presume the correctness of the QPA and then impose a heightened burden on the remaining statutory factors to overcome that presumption. In addition, the TMA on January 1, 2023, also in the U.S. Eastern District, filed a lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to invalidate a recent 600% percent increase in the administrative fees payable in the IDR process.
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Effective January 1, 2024, in consultation with the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the annual increase that health plans must apply to the calculation of the QPA for insurance reimbursements to account for inflation from 2023 to 2024 (Notice 2024-1). Under the No Surprises Act, QPAs are calculated based on median contracted rates for the same or similar service as they existed in 2019. Treasury Regulations direct the IRS to anchor the annual inflationary update in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). In Notice 2024-1, the IRS directs health plans to update QPAs in 2024 by an increase of 5.4% over 2023 QPAs. Alternatively, to update 2023 rates, health plans may return to the original 2019 calculation and apply a cumulative update factor to account for the IRS inflationary updates from 2019 to 2024. Under that approach, the cumulative update that must be applied to 2019 base year rates is 20.9%.
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We are supportive of industry efforts challenging NSA. Our experience, like that of many other healthcare providers, is that the final rule continues to unfairly favor insurers in the determination of the QPA we receive for our healthcare services. It is difficult to predict the ultimate outcome of efforts to challenge or amend the final rule. As well, there can be no assurance that third-party payors will not attempt to further reduce the rates they pay for our services or that additional rules issued under the NSA will not have adverse consequences to our business.
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Total patient visits decreased 15% during 2022 as compared with 2021. Patient visits in 2021 included significant volumes of COVID-19 related cases. The average acuity or severity of patient cases in the 2022 period was slightly higher than in 2021 but only minimally offset the impact of the lower number of total patient visits.
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Collections during the years 2020 and 2021 benefited from provisions of the CARES Act which waived insurance copayments, coinsurance, and annual deductibles for laboratory tests and visits at an emergency department of a hospital to diagnose COVID-19. These provisions of the CARES Act expired on June 30, 2021. While these provisions were effective, we experienced higher levels of revenue due to a shift of payor mix.
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In 2022, the average payment by insurers for patient claims for emergency services declined by approximately 30% principally because of the NSA compared to prior periods. We also experienced a decrease in collection for the remaining amounts of account receivable for periods before 2022. We believe this decline was caused, in part, by insurers underpaying these claims in the same way we are experiencing lower claim payments since the NSA became effective.
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The hospital division’s operating income was $13.1 million during 2022, down 93% as compared $179.3 million in the same period of 2021. Our operating income for 2022 was adversely affected by the reduction in net revenue discussed above. Further, start-up costs for newer facilities contributed to reduced segment operating results. We have opened five new facilities since April 2021. Start-up costs include complete staffing for 24/7 operations, lease costs, in-market advertising and other operating expenses. These costs often exceed our revenue at these facilities until they achieve sustaining volumes of patient visits. In general, we expect new facilities to reach profitability within 12 months. In this time, we also added additional staff to manage higher volumes of medical claims billing and collection administration.
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In 2022, we recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $398.1 million, as revised, to reduce the carrying amount of goodwill for the population health management division reporting unit acquired in the reverse business combination. This impairment was determined as part of our annual test for impairment of goodwill. This test is made by comparing the estimated fair values of our reporting units to their respective carrying values. We use an income method to estimate the fair value of these assets, which is based on forecasts of the expected future cash flows attributable to the respective assets and is subject to significant estimates and assumptions. In performing this test, we determined that the estimated fair value of our population health management division reporting unit was less than its carrying value recorded in the reverse business combination. Therefore, we conducted a second step of the goodwill impairment test to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. The non-cash impairment charge reduced the excess carrying amount of goodwill for the population health management division that were greater than its residual fair value. As discussed in Item 8, “Financial Statements – Note 20 – Quarterly Financial Data, we made a retrospective adjustment to reduce the amount of goodwill impairment expense from the $408.5 million previously recognized in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2022 to $398.1 million.
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Nutex intends to use the net proceeds from the future sale of its Common Stock for working capital and general corporate purposes to support its growth.
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In connection with the execution of the Yorkville agreement, the Company issued 1,356,318 shares of Common Stock to the Investor as a commitment fee, in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Software licenses are provided as SaaS-based subscriptions that grants access to proprietary online databases and data management solutions. Training and consulting are project based and billable to customers on a monthly-basis or task-basis. Revenue from training and consulting are generally recognized upon delivery of training or completion of the consulting project. The duration of training and consulting projects are typically a few weeks or months and last no longer than 12 months.
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SaaS-based subscriptions are generally marketed under multi-year agreements with annual, semi-annual, quarterly, or month-to-month renewals and revenue is recognized ratably over the renewal period with the unearned amounts received recorded as deferred revenue. For multiple-element arrangements accounted for in accordance with specific software accounting guidance, multiple deliverables are segregated into units of accounting which are delivered items that have value to a customer on a standalone basis.
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Cash payments for SaaS-based subscriptions received in advance of the satisfaction of our performance obligations as deferred revenue and recognized as revenue over the period in which the performance obligations are satisfied. The Company completes its contractual performance obligations through providing its customers access to specified data through subscriptions for a service period, and training on consulting associated with the subscriptions. We primarily invoice our customers on a monthly basis and do not provide any refunds, rights of return, or warranties.
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On April 1, 2022, Nutex Health Holdco LLC merged with Clinigence Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, which was renamed Nutex Health Inc. after the merger. Immediately prior to the merger, holders of 84% of the aggregate equity interests in subsidiaries and affiliates of Nutex Health Holdco LLC contributed these ownership interests to Nutex Health Holdco LLC in exchange for Nutex Health Holdco LLC equity interests. Immediately thereafter, in the merger, each unit representing an equity interest in Nutex Health Holdco LLC was converted into the right to receive 3.571428575 shares of common stock, or an aggregate of 592,791,712 shares of common stock.
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On April 1, 2022, Nutex Health Holdco LLC merged with Clinigence Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, which was renamed Nutex Health Inc. after the merger. Immediately prior to the merger, holders of 84% of the aggregate equity interests in subsidiaries and affiliates of Nutex Health Holdco LLC contributed these ownership interests to Nutex Health Holdco LLC in exchange for Nutex Health Holdco LLC equity interests. Immediately thereafter, in the merger, each unit representing an equity interest in Nutex Health Holdco LLC was converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of Clinigence Holdings, Inc. (n/k/a Nutex Health, Inc.).
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The Merger was accounted for as a reverse business combination under U.S. GAAP. Therefore, Nutex Health Holdco LLC was treated as the accounting acquirer in the merger. Our financial statements presented for periods prior to April 1, 2022 are those of Nutex Health Holdco LLC, as the Company’s predecessor entity. Beginning with the second quarter of 2022, our financial statements are presented on a consolidated basis and include Clinigence.
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The Merger was accounted for as a reverse business combination under U.S. GAAP. Therefore, Nutex Health Holdco LLC was treated as the accounting acquirer in the merger. Beginning with the second quarter of 2022, our financial statements are presented on a consolidated basis and include Clinigence.
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Nutex Health Inc. is a physician-led, healthcare services and operations company with 20 hospital facilities in eight states (hospital division), and a primary care-centric, risk-bearing population health management division. Our hospital division implements and operates innovative health care models, including micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments (“HOPDs”). The population health management division owns and operates provider networks such as independent physician associations (“IPAs”) and offers a cloud-based proprietary technology platform to IPAs which aggregates clinical and claims data across multiple settings, information systems and sources to create a holistic view of patients and providers.
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Nutex Health Inc. is a physician-led, healthcare services and operations company with 24 hospital facilities in 11 states (hospital division), and a primary care-centric, risk-bearing population health management division. Our hospital division implements and operates innovative health care models, including micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments (“HOPDs”). The population health management division owns and operates provider networks such as independent physician associations (“IPAs”) and offers a cloud-based proprietary technology platform to IPAs which aggregates clinical and claims data across multiple settings, information systems and sources to create a holistic view of patients and providers.
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We employ 800 full-time employees, contract 230 doctors at our facilities and partner with over 1,700 physicians within our networks. Our corporate headquarters is based in Houston, Texas. We were incorporated on April 13, 2000 in the state of Delaware.
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At December 31, 2024, we employed approximately 800 full-time employees, contracted 255 doctors at our facilities and partnered with over 2,100 physicians within our networks. Our corporate headquarters is based in Houston, Texas. We were incorporated on April 13, 2000 in the state of Delaware.
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The population health management division includes our management services organizations and a healthcare information technology company providing a cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations. In addition, AHISP, IPA, a physician-affiliated entity that is not owned by us—is consolidated as a VIE of our wholly-owned subsidiary AHP since we are the primary beneficiary of their operations under AHP’s management services contracts with them.
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The population health management division includes our management services organizations. In addition, AHISP, IPA, a physician-affiliated entity that is not owned by us—is consolidated as a VIE of our wholly-owned subsidiary AHP since we are the primary beneficiary of their operations under AHP’s management services contracts with them.
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We receive payment for facility services rendered by us from federal agencies, private insurance carriers, and patients. The Physician LLCs receive payment for doctor services from these same sources. On average, greater than 90% of our net patient service revenue are paid by insurers, federal agencies, and other non-patient third parties. The remaining revenues are paid by our patients in the form of copays, deductibles, and self-payment. We generally operate as an out-of-network provider and, as such, do not have negotiated reimbursement rates with insurance companies.
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We receive payment for facility services rendered by us from federal agencies, private insurance carriers, and patients. The Physician LLCs receive payment for doctor services from these same sources. On average, greater than 90% of our net patient service revenue is paid by insurers, federal agencies, and other non-patient third parties. The remaining revenues are paid by our patients in the form of copays, deductibles, and self-payment. We generally operate as an out-of-network provider and, as such, do not have negotiated reimbursement rates with insurance companies.
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The population health management division recognizes revenue for capitation and management fees for services to IPAs and physician groups and for the licensing, training, and consulting related to our cloud-based proprietary technology. Capitation revenue consists primarily of capitated fees for medical services provided by physician-owned entities we consolidate as VIEs. Capitated arrangements are made directly with various managed care providers including HMOs. Capitation revenues are typically prepaid monthly to us based on the number of enrollees selecting us as their healthcare provider. Capitation is a fixed payment amount per patient per unit of time paid in advance for the delivery of health care services, whereby the service providers are generally liable for excess medical costs. We receive management fees that are based on gross capitation revenues of the IPAs or physician groups we manage.
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The population health management division recognizes revenue for capitation and management fees for services to IPAs. Capitation revenue consists primarily of capitated fees for medical services provided by physician-owned entities we consolidate as VIEs. Capitated arrangements are made directly with various managed care providers including HMOs. Capitation revenues are typically prepaid monthly to us based on the number of enrollees selecting us as their healthcare provider. Capitation is a fixed payment amount per patient per unit of time paid in advance for the delivery of health care services, whereby the service providers are generally liable for excess medical costs. We receive management fees that are based on gross capitation revenues of the IPAs or physician groups we manage.
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*Our growth strategy.*We plan to expand our operations by entering new market areas either through development of new hospitals, formation of new IPAs or by making acquisitions. We expect to open 5 to 10 new hospital facilities by the end of the year 2025. These facilities are either under construction or in advanced planning stages and will result in our expansion into five new states: Florida, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Idaho. We anticipate launching one-to-three additional IPAs per year principally in geographic areas around our existing micro-hospitals.
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*Our growth strategy.*We plan to expand our operations by expanding our clinical services at our existing facilities, by entering new market areas either through development of new hospitals, formation of new IPAs or by making acquisitions. We expect to open three new hospital facilities by the end of the year 2025. These facilities are either under construction or in advanced planning stages. We anticipate launching one-to-three additional IPAs per year, principally in geographic areas around our existing micro-hospitals.
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We report the results of our operations as three segments in our consolidated financial statements: (i) the hospital division, (ii) the population health management division and (ii) the real estate division. Activity within our business segments is significantly impacted by demand for healthcare services we provide, competition for these services in each of the market areas we serve, and the legislative changes discussed above.
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We report the results of our operations as three segments in our consolidated financial statements: (i) the hospital division, (ii) the population health management division and (iii) the real estate division. Activity within our business segments is significantly impacted by the demand for healthcare services we provide, competition for these services in each of the market areas we serve, and the legislative changes discussed above.
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Year Ended December 31, 2022 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2021
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Year December 31, 2024 Compared to Year December 31, 2023
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We reported a net loss attributable to Nutex Health Inc. of $424.8 million, or a loss of $0.67 per share, for 2022 as compared with net income attributable to Nutex Health Inc. of $132.6 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, for 2021. Our 2022 results were principally affected by:
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We reported a net income attributable to Nutex Health Inc. of $52.2 million, or earnings of $9.71 per share, for 2024 as compared with a net loss attributable to Nutex Health Inc. of $45.8 million, or a loss of $10.39 per share, for 2023. Our 2024 results were principally affected by:
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Adjusted EBITDA for 2022 was $12.5 million as compared $145.2 million for 2021. Refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures discussed below for a definition and reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA. The items affecting revenue and start-up costs of two new hospitals in 2022 contributed significantly to the decline in Adjusted EBITDA in the 2022 period.
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Adjusted EBITDA for 2024 was $123.7 million as compared to $10.8 million for 2023. Refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures discussed below for a definition and reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA.
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*Hospital Division.*Our revenue for 2022 totaled $198.5 million as compared to $331.5 million for 2021, a decrease of 40% caused by a reduction in both collection amounts and the number of patient visits. The following table shows the number of patient visits during the periods:
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*Hospital Division.*Our revenue for 2024 totaled $449.1 million as compared to $218.1 million for 2023, an increase of 106% caused by successful participation in arbitration through the IDR process under the NSA and by an increase in the number of patient visits associated with higher utilization of premium services. The following table shows the number of patient visits during the periods:
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*Population Health Management Division.*We completed our reverse business combination with Clinigence in April 2022. Clinigence’s operations are reported as the population health management division. Our total revenue for 2022 for this division was $20.8 million consisting of capitation revenue of $15.5 million, management fees of $4.3 million and SaaS revenue of $946 thousand. Capitation revenue is recognized by our consolidated VIE, AHISP. We do not have an equity interest in this VIE but consolidate it since we are the primary beneficiary of its operations under our management services contract with them. We also earn management fees under our management services contracts with other IPAs and MSOs which are reported as revenue.
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*Population Health Management Division.*We completed our reverse business combination with Clinigence in April 2022. Legacy Clinigence’s operations are reported as the population health management division. Our total revenue for 2024 for this division was $30.9 million consisting of capitation revenue of $27.8 million, management fees of $2.1 million and SaaS revenue of $1 million. The increase in revenue is attributed to increases in capitation revenue in 2024. Capitation revenue is recognized by our consolidated VIE, AHISP. We do not have an equity interest in this VIE but consolidate it since we are the primary beneficiary of its operations under our management services contract with them. We also earn management fees under our management services contracts with other IPAs and MSOs which are reported as revenue.
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*Real Estate Division.*This division reports the operations of consolidated Real Estate Entities where we provide guarantees of their indebtedness or are co-borrowers. During the second quarter of 2022, we deconsolidated 17 Real Estate Entities after the third-party lenders released our guarantees of associated mortgage loans.
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*Real Estate Division.*This division reports on the operations of consolidated Real Estate Entities where we provide guarantees of their indebtedness or are co-borrowers. During the second quarter of 2022, we deconsolidated 17 Real Estate Entities after the third-party lenders released our guarantees of associated mortgage loans. During 2023, we deconsolidated one Real Estate Entity after the third-party lenders released our guarantees of associated mortgage loans. As of December 31, 2024, we provided guarantees to the indebtedness of two Real Estate Entities.
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We reported a net loss attributable to Nutex Health Inc. of $45.8 million, or a loss of $0.07 per share, for 2023 as compared with a net loss attributable to Nutex Health Inc. of $424.8 million, or a loss of $0.67 per share, for 2022. Our 2023 results were principally affected by:
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We reported a net loss attributable to Nutex Health Inc. of $45.8 million, or a loss of $10.39 per share, for 2023 as compared with a net loss attributable to Nutex Health Inc. of $424.8 million, or a loss of $100.36 per share, for 2022. Our 2023 results were principally affected by:
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and third-party mortgage indebtedness. Such leases are typically on a triple net basis where our hospital division is responsible for all operating costs, repairs and taxes on the facilities. Finance lease income is recognized outside of segment operating income as other income by the Real Estate Entities. However, these amounts are largely eliminated in the consolidation of these entities into our financial statements.
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Revenue and operating expenses of consolidated Real Estate Entities are not significant since the extent of these entities’ operations is to own facilities leased to our hospital division entities which are financed by a combination of contributed equity by related parties and third-party mortgage indebtedness. Such leases are typically on a triple net basis where our hospital division is responsible for all operating costs, repairs and taxes on the facilities. Finance lease income is recognized outside of segment operating income as other income by the Real Estate Entities. However, these amounts are largely eliminated in the consolidation of these entities into our financial statements.
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At the time of our merger with Clinigence, Clinigence had a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets. We recorded a non-cash benefit of $2.4 million to income tax expense to remove the acquired valuation allowance after we concluded that the associated deferred tax assets would be realizable.
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At the time of our merger with Clinigence, Clinigence had a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets. For the year ended December 31, 2022 we recorded a non-cash benefit of $2.4 million to income tax expense to remove the acquired valuation allowance after we concluded that the associated deferred tax assets would be realizable.
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Each of the discrete items above, as well as the non-deductible goodwill impairment expense also recognized 2022, are one-time, non-cash items.
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Each of the discrete items above, as well as the non-deductible goodwill impairment expense recognized in 2023 and 2022, are one-time, non-cash items.
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As of December 31, 2023, we had $22.0 million of cash and equivalents, compared to $34.3 million of cash and equivalents at December 31, 2022.
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As of December 31, 2024, we had $43.6 million of cash and equivalents, compared to $22.0 million of cash and equivalents at December 31, 2023.
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Certain outstanding debt arrangements require minimum debt service coverage ratios and other financial covenants. At December 31, 2023, we were not in compliance with the debt service coverage ratio for term loan with an outstanding balance of $0.3 million. This balance has been included in current liabilities. At December 31, 2023, we had remaining availability of $1.4 million under outstanding lines of credit.
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Certain outstanding debt arrangements require minimum debt service coverage ratios and other financial covenants. At December 31, 2024, we were in compliance with these debt arrangements; we had remaining availability of an aggregate of $5.5 million under outstanding lines of credit.
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*Committed Investment Agreement with Lincoln Park Capital.*On November 14, 2022, Nutex and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (the “Investor”), entered into a purchase agreement pursuant to which Nutex has the right, in its sole discretion, but not the obligation, to sell to the Investor up to $100 million worth of shares of Common Stock, over the 36-month term of the purchase agreement, subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. Nutex will control the timing and amount of any future sales of its Common Stock and the Investor is obligated to make purchases in accordance with the purchase agreement, subject to various limitations including those under the Nasdaq listing rules.
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*Committed Investment Agreement with Lincoln Park Capital.*On November 14, 2022, Nutex and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (the “Investor”), entered into a purchase agreement pursuant to which Nutex has the right, in its sole discretion, but not the obligation, to sell to the Investor up to $100 million worth of shares of Common Stock, over the 36-month term of the purchase agreement, subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. Nutex will control the timing and amount of any future sales of its Common Stock and the Investor is obligated to make purchases in accordance with the purchase agreement, subject to various limitations including those under the Nasdaq listing rules. Under the Agreement, issuances of Common Stock may be suspended upon the occurrence of customary events, including the unavailability of the resale registration statement. The Company has the right at any time for any reason to terminate the Agreement.
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We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) attributable to Nutex Health Inc. plus net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted for stock-based compensation, certain defined items of expense, any acquisition-related costs and impairments. A reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA is included below. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to serve as an alternative to U.S. GAAP measures of performance and may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures presented by other companies.
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We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) attributable to Nutex Health Inc. plus net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted for stock-based compensation, certain defined items of expense, any acquisition-related costs and impairments. Interest expense includes interest on lease liabilities, which is a component of total finance lease cost. A reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA is included below. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to serve as an alternative to U.S. GAAP measures of performance and may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures presented by other companies.
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Hospital division – Our hospital division recognizes net patient service revenue for contracts with patients and in most cases a third-party payor (commercial insurance, workers compensation insurance or, in limited cases, Medicare/Medicaid). The Company’s performance obligations are to provide emergency health care services primarily on an outpatient basis. Net patient service revenues are recorded at the amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for providing patient care. These amounts are net of appropriate discounts giving recognition to differences between the Company’s charges and reimbursement rates from third party payors.
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Hospital division – Our hospital division recognizes patient service revenue for contracts with patients, and in most cases, patients with out of network benefits with a third-party payor, such as, commercial insurance, workers compensation insurance or, in limited cases, Medicare/Medicaid. The Company’s performance obligations are to provide emergency health care services primarily on an outpatient basis. Patient service revenues are recorded at the amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to be paid for providing patient care. These amounts are net of appropriate discounts giving recognition to differences between the Company’s charges and reimbursement rates from third party payors.
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Patient service net revenues earned by the Company are recognized at a point in time when the services are provided, net of adjustments and discounts. Because all the Company’s performance obligations relate to contracts with a duration of less than one-year, certain disclosures are limited.
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Hospital revenues earned by the Company are recognized at a point in time when the services are provided to patients, net of adjustments and discounts. Because all the Company’s performance obligations relate to contracts with patients with a duration of less than one-year, certain disclosures are limited.
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The transaction price is determined based on gross charges for services provided, reduced by contractual adjustments provided to third-party payors, discounts and implicit e concessions provided primarily to uninsured patients in accordance with the Company’s policy. For uninsured patients, the Company recognizes revenue based on established rates, subject to certain discounts and implicit price concessions. The Company is reimbursed from third party payors under various methodologies based on the level of care provided. We are considered “out-of-network” with commercial health plans. As there are no contractual rates established with insurance entities, revenues are estimated based on the “usual and customary” charges allowed by insurance payors using historical collection experience, historical trends of refunds and payor payment adjustments (retractions). Revenue from the Medicare program is based on reimbursement rates set by governmental authorities.
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We are considered “out-of-network” with commercial health plans. As there are no contractual rates established with insurance entities, revenues are estimated based on the “usual and customary” charges allowed by insurance payors using historical collection experience, historical trends of refunds and payor payment adjustments (retractions). Revenue from the Medicare program is based on reimbursement rates set by governmental authorities. For insured patients, the transaction price is determined based on gross charges for services provided, reduced by adjustments provided to third-party payors, discounts and implicit price concessions provided primarily to uninsured patients in accordance with the Company’s policy. For uninsured patients, the Company recognizes revenue based on established rates, subject to certain discounts and implicit price concessions. The Company is reimbursed from third party payors under various methodologies based on the level of care provided.
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During the three months ended September 30, 2022, we determined that the estimated fair value of our population health management division reporting unit which was acquired in the reverse business combination with Clinigence was less than its carrying value. Therefore, we conducted a second step of the goodwill impairment test to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. In this analysis, we allocated the fair value of the reporting unit to identifiable assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. The residual fair value after this allocation was compared to the goodwill balance with the excess goodwill charged to expense. Based on this analysis, we recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $398.1 million, as revised, to reduce the carrying amount of goodwill for the population health management division reporting unit. As discussed in Item 8, “Financial Statements – Note 20 – Quarterly Financial Data, we made a retrospective adjustment to reduce the amount of goodwill impairment expense from the $408.5 million previously recognized in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2022 to $398.1 million.
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During the three months ended September 30, 2022, we determined that the estimated fair value of our population health management division reporting unit which was acquired in the reverse business combination with Clinigence was less than its carrying value. Therefore, we conducted a second step of the goodwill impairment test to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. In this analysis, we allocated the fair value of the reporting unit to identifiable assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. The residual fair value after this allocation was compared to the goodwill balance with the excess goodwill charged to expense. Based on this analysis, we recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $398.1 million, as revised, to reduce the carrying amount of goodwill for the population health management division reporting unit.
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The hospital division’s operating income was $195.5 million during 2024, up 438.0% as compared to $36.3 million in the same period of 2023. Our operating income for 2024 was positively affected by an increase in net revenue as noted above. Our contract services expense increased $57.6 million due to the cost associated with the IDR process. Our payroll expense increased due to the opening of four facilities in 2024 as well as due to the accrual of bonus payable in 2025. Our operating income was adversely impacted by $4.1 million from the opening of four new hospital locations in 2024. Start-up and operating expenses at new facilities often exceed our revenue at these facilities until they achieve stabilized volumes of patient visits.
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Corporate and other costs. Corporate and other costs in 2024 included general and administrative expenses totaling $41.9 million, impairment losses of assets and goodwill of $7.1 million due to facility closures and stock-based compensation of $16.6 million. Our corporate costs for 2023 included general and administrative costs of $33.2 million, a non-cash impairment charge of $30.2 and stock-based compensation of $2.8 million. General and administrative costs increased $8.6 million attributed to increases in accrued bonus expense ($2.7 million), professional services ($2.3 million), insurance expense ($2.3 million) and in other ($1.3 million).
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As of December 31, 2023, a valuation allowance was established against the net deferred tax asset because the Company determined it was more likely than not that future earnings would not be sufficient to realize the corresponding tax benefits. In determining the appropriate valuation allowance, the Company considered the projected realization of tax benefits based on expected levels of future taxable income, available tax planning strategies and reversals of existing taxable temporary differences.
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The population health management division had $0.4 million of operating income for 2022 since completion of the reverse business combination. Strategically, we are focused on the growth of this division principally through the addition of new independent physician associations and have staffed our organization to manage larger numbers of such organizations.
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Revenue and operating expenses of consolidated Real Estate Entities are not significant since the extent of these entities’ operations is to own facilities leased to our hospital division entities which are financed by a combination of contributed equity by related parties
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At December 31, 2022, three Real Estate Entities continue to be consolidated in our financial statements. We expect that hospitals we open in the future may be leased from new Real Estate Entities which may be owned in whole or part by related parties. Third-party lenders to these entities may require that we provide a guarantee or become co-borrowers under mortgage indebtedness financings for such facilities. In such instances, we may be required to consolidate these new Real Estate Entities in our financial statements as VIEs.
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Corporate and other costs. Corporate and other costs in 2022 included general and administrative expenses totaling $18.0 million, acquisition costs for the reverse business combination with Clinigence totaling $3.9 million and a non-cash impairment charge reducing goodwill totaling $398.1 million. Our corporate costs for 2021 included general and administrative costs of $5.5 million and acquisition costs of $3.6 million. General and administrative costs include our executive management, accounting, human resources, corporate technology, insurance and professional fees. We have incurred higher levels of professional fees as a public company. In 2022, we have made staffing additions commensurate with our operational growth and made key additions to our executive management team.
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Interest expense. Interest expense totaled $12.5 million in 2022 as compared with $6.2 million for 2021. This includes interest expense associated with the mortgage indebtedness of consolidated Real Estate Entities, interest expense on outstanding term notes and lines of credit for financing operating equipment and working capital needs, interest expense for financing leases and the accretion costs related to the conversion of notes assumed in the Clinigence transaction. Interest expense is expected to decline in future periods as a result of the deconsolidation of 17 Real Estate Entities and their associated mortgage indebtedness during the second quarter of 2022 as well as due to the elimination of accretion costs related to the conversion of notes payable assumed in the Clinigence transaction.
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Under the Agreement, issuances of Common Stock may be suspended upon the occurrence of customary events, including the unavailability of the resale registration statement. The Company has the right at any time for any reason to terminate the Agreement.