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Liquidity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Liquidity [Abstract]  
Liquidity

NOTE 2. LIQUIDITY

 

Overview

The Company intends to pursue measures to grow its operations, streamline its cost infrastructure and otherwise increase liquidity, including: (i) refinancing or repaying debt to reduce interest costs and mandatory principal repayments, with such repayment to be funded through potentially expanding borrowing arrangements with certain lenders; (ii) increasing future lease revenue through acquisitions and investments in existing properties; (iii) modifying the terms of existing leases; (iv) replacing certain tenants who default on their lease payment terms; and (v) reducing other and general and administrative expenses.

Management anticipates access to several sources of liquidity, including cash on hand, cash flows from operations, and debt refinancing during the twelve months from the date of this filing. At December 31, 2021, the Company had $6.8 million in unrestricted cash, including a Medicaid overpayment of $1.5 million received in the third and fourth quarter of 2021, which the Company expects to repay in the near future and is recorded in “Accrued Expenses” in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, the Company generated positive cash flow from continuing operations of $5.2 million (including the $1.5 million Medicaid overpayment) and anticipates continued positive cash flow from operations in the future, subject to the continued uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations.

In early 2020, the Company began on-going efforts to investigate alternatives to retire or refinance our outstanding Series A Preferred Stock through privately negotiated transactions, open market repurchases, redemptions, exchange offers, tender offers, or otherwise.  Our ability to retire or refinance our outstanding Series A Preferred Stock will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. There can be no assurance that any such alternative will be pursued or accomplished, and we may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in any of these activities on desirable terms. Costs associated with these efforts have been expensed as incurred in “Other expense, net” and were $1.2 million and approximately $0.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Series A Preferred Dividend Suspension

On June 8, 2018, the Board suspended quarterly dividend payments indefinitely with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. As of December 31, 2021, as a result of the suspension of the dividend payment on the Series A Preferred Stock commencing with the fourth quarter 2017 dividend period, the Company has approximately $36.9 million of undeclared preferred stock dividends in arrears. The dividend suspension has provided the Company with additional funds to meet its ongoing liquidity needs. As the Company has failed to pay cash dividends on the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock in full for more than four dividends periods, the annual dividend rate on the Series A Preferred Stock for the fifth and future missed dividend periods has increased to 12.875%, which is equivalent to approximately $3.20 per share each year, commencing on the first day after the missed fourth quarterly payment (October 1, 2018) and continuing until the second consecutive dividend payment date following such time as the Company has paid all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock in full in cash.

 

Debt

 

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $52.9 million in indebtedness, net of $1.3 million deferred financing and unamortized discounts. The Company anticipates net principal repayments of approximately $1.9 million during the next twelve-month period, which include approximately $1.7 million of routine debt service amortization, approximately $0.1 million payments on other non-routine debt and a $0.1 million payment of bond debt. For further information see Note 8 – Notes Payable and Other Debt.

 

 

Debt Refinance. On September 30, 2021, the Company and the Exchange Bank of Alabama executed a $5.1 million Promissory Note with a 3.95% annual fixed interest rate and maturity date of October 10, 2026 (the “Coosa Credit Facility”). The Coosa Credit Facility refinanced $5.1 million prime + 1.5% variable interest rate debt owed to Metro City Bank with a maturity date of January 31, 2036, (the “Coosa MCB Loan”). The Coosa Credit Facility is secured by the assets of the Company’s subsidiary Coosa Nursing ADK, LLC (“Coosa”) which owns the 124-bed SNF located in Glencoe, Alabama (the “Coosa Facility”) and the assets of the Company’s subsidiary Meadowood Property Holdings, LLC (“Meadowood”) which owns the 161-bed assisted living facility located in Glencoe, Alabama (the “Meadowood Facility”). The Company incurred approximately $0.1 million in new deferred financing fees and expensed approximately $0.1 million deferred financing fees associated with the Coosa MCB Loan.

 

Consequently, the Company recorded a net gain of approximately $0.1 million on extinguishment of debt during the three months ended September 30, 2021, consisting of the $0.2 million gain on forgiveness of the PPP Loan partially offset by $0.1 million of expensed deferred financing fees associated with the extinguishment of the Coosa MCB Loan.

 

Debt Modification. In conjunction with the September 30, 2021, Coosa Facility refinance, the Company and the Exchange Bank of Alabama signed an agreement on October 1, 2021, (the “Meadowood Credit Facility”), that extended the maturity date on the $3.5 million Meadowood Credit Facility, as amended, in senior debt other mortgage indebtedness secured by the assets of Coosa and the assets of Meadowood, from May 1, 2022, to October 1, 2026. Additionally on August 17, 2021, the Company extended the maturity date on approximately $0.5 million other debt from August 25, 2021, to August 25, 2023 (known as the “KeyBank Exit Notes”). For further information, see Note 8 – Notes Payable and Other Debt.

Debt Covenant Compliance

At December 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with the various financial and administrative covenants related to all of the Company’s credit facilities.

 

Changes in Operational Liquidity

On December 1, 2020, the Company entered into the Wellington Lease Termination with the following affiliates of Wellington, 3223 Falligant Avenue Associates, L.P. (“Tara Tenant”) and 3460 Powder Springs Road Associates, L.P. (“Powder Springs Tenant”, and together with Tara Tenant, the “Wellington Tenants”). The Wellington Tenants subleased two of the Company’s eight Georgia facilities, leased under a prime lease, under agreements dated January 31, 2015, as subsequently amended (the “Wellington Subleases”). Per the Wellington Lease Termination, possession, custody, control and operation of the Tara Facility and Powder Springs Facility (the “Wellington Facilities”) transitioned from the Wellington Tenants to the Company (the “Wellington Transition”) at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2021 (the “Wellington Transition Date”), pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Operations Transfer Agreements (the “OTAs”), which the Company and the Wellington Tenants entered into in connection with the Wellington Lease Termination and which included customary termination events.

The OTAs were subject to customary closing conditions and representations and warranties. The Wellington Transition was subject to the Georgia Department of Community Health’s (“DCH”) approval of the Change in Ownership Applications (the “Applications”), which were filed by Regional on December 2, 2020. On the Wellington Transition Date, the Wellington Tenants: (i) paid all cash on hand at the Wellington Facilities to Regional; (ii) transferred and assigned, to the Company, all accounts receivable previously due to the Wellington Tenants as of the Wellington Transition Date; and (iii) entered into commercially reasonable Deposit Account Control Agreements with Regional with respect to all of the Wellington Tenants’ bank accounts that receive accounts receivable remittances. Additionally, on the Wellington Transition Date, the Company became liable for certain expenses, including approximately $1.7 million of bed taxes in arrears. On January 1, 2019, security agreements executed between the Company and the Wellington Tenants provided for certain of the Wellington Tenants assets as collateral to the Company in the event of any default under prior agreements with the Company (the “Security Agreements”). These Security Agreements survived the Wellington Transition and remain in full force and effect in order to assist Regional in collecting the accounts receivable.

Scheduled rent payments under the Wellington Subleases constituted approximately 23% of the Company’s anticipated annual revenue in 2020. As of December 31, 2020, Regional recorded an estimated allowance of $1.4 million against a rent receivable of $2.7 million from the Wellington Tenants. During the twelve months ended December 2021, the Company recorded $0.2 million in debt recovery due to collections exceeding our December 31, 2020, estimated allowance. During the twelve months ended December 30, 2021, the Company collected $3.4 million pursuant to the Wellington Lease Termination (excluding $0.2 million insurance refund) and paid $1.0 million to partially satisfy the Wellington Lease Termination obligation of approximately $1.7 million of bed taxes in arrears and approximately $0.1 million in net collection and other expenses. The Company provides no assurance that we will be able to collect any of the additional $1.1 million in rent arrears in excess of the net $1.6 million already collected.

Following the Wellington Lease Termination, effective January 1, 2021, Regional leased the Powder Springs Facility to PS Operator LLC (“PS Operator”), an affiliate of Empire, pursuant to a sublease (the “PS Sublease”). During the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized and collected $1.4 million of variable rent for the Powder Springs Facility replacing approximately $2.0 million of cash rent previously anticipated from the Wellington Tenant.

The Tara Facility operations performance, with a net loss of $1.8 million, subsequent to the Wellington Transition, during the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, has been insufficient to cover any of the rent the Company is obligated to pay under its lease, for further information see Note 9– Segment Results. On January 1, 2021, the Company entered into the Vero Management Agreement with Vero Health under which Vero Health provided management consulting services for the Tara Facility, which the Company now operates. Under the Management Agreement, Regional agreed to pay Vero Health a monthly management fee equal to 5% of the Adjusted Gross Revenues (as defined in the Vero Management Agreement) of the Tara Facility. On September 21, 2021, the Company notified Vero Health of Regional’s intention to terminate the Vero Management Agreement, effective October 1, 2021. Regional will continue to operate the Tara Facility and has entered into the Peach Management Agreement with Peach Health dated as of September 22, 2021, and effective October 1, 2021, to provide management consulting services for the Tara Facility. Affiliates of Peach Health also lease from Regional three facilities located in Georgia. The fixed Management fee Regional will pay Peach Health is 1% less than under the Vero Management Agreement, includes a minimum fee of $35,000, with additional percentages for meeting specified performance targets. For further information on the Peach Management Agreement see Note 6 – Leases and Note 9 – Segment Results for information on the Tara Facility performance.

For the first six months, the base rent under the PS Sublease for the Powder Springs Facility equaled the adjusted earnings before interest, depreciation, amortization and rent (“Adjusted EBITDAR) of PS Operator to the extent derived from the subleased facility. For months seven through twenty-four, the base rent will equal 80% of the Adjusted EBITDAR.

For the first three months, if Adjusted EBITDAR (as defined in the PS Sublease) was less than $0, PS Operator would not pay any base rent and the Company would reimburse PS Operator an amount equal to the amount by which each period’s Adjusted EBITDAR was less than $0. Beginning with the fourth month and thereafter, the PS Sublease became a “triple net” lease with PS Operator responsible for payment of all expenses in addition to rent. Under the Vero Management Agreement, Regional agreed pay Vero Health a monthly management fee equal to 5% of the Adjusted Gross Revenues (as defined in the Vero Management Agreement) for the Tara Facility and under the Peach Management Agreement Regional agreed to pay a monthly management fee equal to 4% with additional percentages for meeting specified performance targets. The Company will absorb all net profits or losses from the operation of the Tara Facility.

If the monthly average Adjusted EBITDAR of PS Operator is less than $100,000 for any consecutive three-month period after the sixth month of the PS Sublease, then the Company may terminate the PS Sublease subject to the conditions set forth in the PS Sublease.

The prior leases had a contracted cash rent of approximately $3.7 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, which the above variable streams of income are replacing.

The Company, through one of its subsidiaries Meadowood, owns the Meadowood Facility, which the Company leases to CRM. On December 14, 2021, CRM and the ADPH entered into two Consent Agreements (one for the ALF and one for the SCALF) pursuant to which CRM will no longer be permitted to operate or manage the Meadow Facility. On December 14, 2021, the State Board of Health for the State of Alabama issued final administrative Consent Orders with respect to the Consent Agreements. The Consent Agreements provide, among other things, that: (i) on or before March 1, 2022, a new entity or individual responsible for the operation and management of the Meadowood Facility shall be identified; (ii) on or before April 1, 2022, the operation and management of the

Meadowood Facility shall be relinquished to an entity or individual approved and licensed by the ADPH to operate the Meadowood Facility, effective April 1, 2022 or on such earlier date as may be agreed upon with the ADPH; and (iii) by April 15, 2022, if a proposed entity or individual has not received a license to operate the Meadowood Facility, or if for other reasons the operation and management of the Meadowood Facility is not or cannot be relinquished to an entity or individual licensed by the ADPH to operate the Meadowood Facility, then the Meadowood Facility shall (a) on April 15, 2022, send a written notice of discharge to each resident or resident sponsor, and (b) provide for the safe and appropriate discharge of each resident, and close and cease all operation of the Meadowood Facility, on or before June 1, 2022.

The Company leases the Meadowood Facility to CRM pursuant to a long-term, triple net operating lease, executed May 1, 2017, which provides for: (i) a 13-year initial term with one five-year renewal option; (ii) base rent of $37,500 per month; (iii) a rental escalator of 2.0% per annum in the initial term and 2.5% per annum in the renewal term; and (v) a security deposit equal to one month of base rent. The Consent Orders constitute an event of default by CRM under the lease, and the Company intends to exercise all of its rights and remedies under the lease and applicable law, including the termination of the lease. The Meadowood Facility constituted approximately 3% of the Company’s anticipated annual revenue in 2021. The Company provides no assurance that we will find a suitable replacement tenant for the Meadowood Facility, or that if a suitable replacement tenant is found, the Company may not be able to lease under terms that are as favorable to us as those currently in place. If the Company takes over operations of the Meadowood Facility the Company would be exposed to absorbing any losses generated, which per the unaudited statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021, cash outflow could be in excess of $0.5 million per year.

CRM is an affiliate of C. Ross Management, LLC (“C.R. Management”). In addition to the Meadowood Facility, the Company leases to affiliates of C.R. Management five of the Company’s facilities pursuant to triple net operating leases.

Additionally, pursuant to the $3.5 million Meadowood Credit Facility, the Company must obtain written consent from the Exchange Bank of Alabama to lease the Meadowood Facility to the proposed entity or individual approved by the ADPH. The Meadowood Credit Facility is cross collateralized with the $5.1 million Coosa Credit Facility. The Coosa Credit Facility is secured by the assets of Coosa which owns the Coosa Facility and the assets of the Company’s subsidiary Meadowood which owns the Meadowood Facility.

Evaluation of the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

Under the accounting guidance related to the presentation of financial statements, the Company is required to evaluate, on a quarterly basis, whether or not the entity’s current financial condition, including its sources of liquidity at the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued, will enable the entity to meet its obligations as they come due within one year of the date of the issuance of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and to make a determination as to whether or not it is probable, under the application of this accounting guidance, that the entity will be able to continue as a going concern. The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been presented on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

In applying applicable accounting guidance, management considered the Company’s current financial condition and liquidity sources, including current funds available, forecasted future cash flows, the Company’s obligations due over the next twelve months as well as the Company’s recurring business operating expenses.

The Company is able to conclude that it is probable that the Company will be able to meet its obligations arising within one year of the date of issuance of these consolidated financial statements within the parameters set forth in the accounting guidance.