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agilon health inc

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 27, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 27, 2024

AGL$114.02+0.6%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required financial disclosure.

As of December 31, 2023, our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e). Based upon this evaluation, as of December 31, 2023, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as a result of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting discussed below.

Notwithstanding the identified material weakness described below, management does not believe that these deficiencies had an adverse effect on our reported operating results or financial condition and management has determined that the financial statements and other information included in this report and other periodic filings present fairly in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows at and for the periods presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and board of directors regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Management used the criteria described in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023. Based on this evaluation, management has concluded that controls were not effective as of December 31, 2023, due to an identified material weakness in internal control over financial reporting, which is disclosed below.

A material weakness is a control deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In connection with the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting described above, management identified the following deficiencies that individually, or in the aggregate, constituted a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023:

Management has identified a material weakness in controls related to the completeness and accuracy of information produced by the entity (IPE) and the level of precision and documentation around its management review controls to address the IPE for medical claims and related payables, risk adjusted premium revenue and certain care management expenses.

Management have invested significantly in addressing our previously reported material weaknesses. We have allocated significant incremental internal personnel resources, outside consulting resources and invested in technology solutions to enhance the internal control environment in fiscal 2023. We have assessed, redesigned, and implemented internal controls to address the material weaknesses in information technology general controls (ITGC’s), and revenue. Specifically, as it relates to information technology that support our financial reporting relevant applications, we have successfully remediated the material weakness, ensuring the design and operating effectiveness of the logical access, change management and computer operations controls are effective. Additionally, we have remediated the design and operating effectiveness of capitation revenue through a thorough enhancement to our capitation revenue related internal controls.

In 2023, we identified certain sources of information utilized in our medical claims and related payables, risk adjusted premium revenue, and care management expense processes that contained specific data attributes utilized in executing an internal control by management. Management did not sufficiently design controls or control activities to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the related IPE in executing certain controls associated with these processes.

Remediation Plan for Existing Material Weakness. Management is committed to the remediation of the material weakness described above, as well as the continued improvement of our internal control over financial reporting. We are implementing process and control improvements to address the above material weakness that include, but are not limited to:

Designing and implementing specific management review procedures to ensure completeness and accuracy of key financial and non-financial data utilized in the recognition of medical claims and related payables, risk adjusted premium revenue and care management expenses;

Implementing improved policies, procedures, and control activities over key financial data to ensure accuracy and completeness of this data as used in aforementioned management review procedures; and

Establishing additional training related to validating the accuracy of data used in review controls and the level of review precision and documentation required.

When fully implemented and operational, we believe the measures described above will remediate the underlying causes of the control deficiencies that gave rise to the material weakness and strengthen our internal control over financial reporting. However, material weaknesses are not considered remediated until the new controls have been operational for a period of time, are tested, and management concludes that these controls are operating effectively. This remediation process will require resources and time to implement. We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of these remediation measures, and we will make any changes to the design of this plan and take such other actions that we deem appropriate given the circumstances.

Audit Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is included herein.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Except for the material weakness and remediation actions described above, there were no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act, as amended) during ourfourth quarter that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls. Our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives as specified above. Management does not expect, however, that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent or detect all error and fraud. Any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, is based on certain assumptions and can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that its objectives will be met. Further, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud have been prevented or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of agilon health, inc.

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited agilon health, inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“2013 framework”) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness described below on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, agilon health, inc. (the Company) has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on the COSO criteria.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The following material weakness has been identified and included in management’s assessment.

Management has identified a material weakness in controls related to the completeness and accuracy of information produced by the entity (IPE) and the level of precision and documentation around its management review controls to address the IPE for medical claims and related payables, risk adjusted premium revenue and certain care management expenses.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), contingently redeemable common stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes and financial statement schedule in Item 15. This material weakness was considered in determining the nature, timing and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2023 consolidated financial statements and this report does not affect our report dated February 27, 2024, which expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Los Angeles, California

February 27, 2024

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