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FORM 10-Q

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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

 

 For the quarterly period ended MARCH 31, 2024

Commission file number 0-10248

 

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FONAR CORPORATION

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  

delaware   11-2464137
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
110 Marcus Drive Melville, New York   11747
Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
     

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 694-2929

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definition of accelerated filer, large accelerated filer, smaller reporting company and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☒, Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company

 

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

 

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

Title of each class   Trading symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.0001 par value   FONR   NASDAQ Capital Market

 

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the close of the latest practicable date.

Class   Outstanding at May 9, 2024
Common Stock, par value $.0001   6,328,294
Class B Common Stock, par value $.0001   146
Class C Common Stock, par value $.0001   382,513
Class A Preferred Stock, par value $.0001   313,438

 

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INDEX

  

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION   PAGE
Item 1. Financial Statements    
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) and June 30, 2023   3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)   6
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)   7
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)   8
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)   9
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)   10
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)   11
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   25
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   31
Item 4. Controls and Procedures   31
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION   32
Item 1. Legal Proceedings   32
Item 1A. Risk Factors   32
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds   34
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities   35
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures   35
Item 5. Other Information   35
Item 6. Exhibits   35
Signatures   35

  

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

ASSETS

  

           
   March 31, 2024  June 30, 2023 *
Current Assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents  $53,982   $51,280 
Short-term investments   134    33 
Accounts receivable – net   3,309    3,861 
Accounts receivable - related party   30     
Medical receivable – net   23,583    21,259 
Management and other fees receivable – net   40,954    35,888 
Management and other fees receivable – related medical practices – net   9,590    9,162 
Inventories   2,935    2,570 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   1,310    1,608 
Total Current Assets   135,827    125,661 
           
Accounts receivable – long term   576    710 
Note receivable – related party   590     
Deferred income tax asset   7,039    10,042 
Property and equipment – net   19,253    22,146 
Right-of-use Asset – operating lease   37,779    33,069 
Right-of-use Asset – financing lease   580    729 
Goodwill   4,269    4,269 
Other intangible assets – net   3,179    3,432 
Other assets   539    524 
Total Assets  $209,631   $200,582 

  

*Condensed from audited financial statements.

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  

   March 31, 2024  June 30, 2023 *
Current Liabilities:          
Current portion of long-term debt  $46   $44 
Accounts payable   1,676    1,579 
Other current liabilities   4,897    5,444 
Unearned revenue on service contracts   3,444    3,832 
Unearned revenue on service contracts – related party   28     
Operating lease liability - current portion   3,635    3,905 
Financing lease liability - current portion   224    218 
Customer deposits   553    602 
           
Total Current Liabilities   14,503    15,624 
           
Long-Term Liabilities:          
Unearned revenue on service contracts   572    760 
Deferred income tax liability   395    395 
Due to related medical practices   93    93 
Operating lease liability – net of current portion   36,466    32,105 
Financing lease liability – net of current portion   452    620 
Long-term debt, less current portion   80    115 
Other liabilities   40    42 
           
Total Long-Term Liabilities   38,098    34,130 
Total Liabilities   52,601    49,754 

 

*Condensed from audited financial statements.

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

  

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Continued)

  

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:  March 31, 2024  June 30, 2023*
Class A non-voting preferred stock $.0001 par value; 453 shares authorized at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023, 313 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023  $   $ 
Preferred stock $.001 par value; 567 shares authorized at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023, issued and outstanding – none        
Common Stock $.0001 par value; 8,500 shares authorized at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023, 6,332 and 6,462 issued at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively 6,328 and 6,451 outstanding at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023 respectively   1    1 
Class B Common Stock (10 votes per share) $.0001 par value; 227 shares authorized at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023; .146 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023        
 Class C Common Stock (25 votes per share) $.0001 par value; 567 shares authorized at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023, 383 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023        
 Paid-in capital in excess of par value   180,607    182,613 
Accumulated deficit   (14,454)   (24,191)
Treasury stock, at cost - 4 shares of common stock at March 31, 2024 and 11 shares of common stock at June 30, 2023   (395)   (516)
Total Fonar Corporation’s Stockholders’ Equity   165,759    157,907 
Noncontrolling interests   (8,729)   (7,079)
Total Stockholders’ Equity   157,030    150,828 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity  $209,631   $200,582 

  

*Condensed from audited financial statements.

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

  

           
   FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
REVENUES  2024  2023
Patient fee revenue – net of contractual allowances and discounts  $8,614   $8,188 
Product sales – net   110    25 
Service and repair fees – net   1,818    1,831 
Service and repair fees – related parties – net   39    28 
Management and other fees – net   12,149    12,375 
Management and other fees - related medical practices – net   2,988    2,975 
Total Revenues – Net   25,718    25,422 
COSTS AND EXPENSES          
Costs related to patient fee revenue   4,437    4,056 
Costs related to product sales   153    196 
Costs related to service and repair fees   900    801 
Costs related to service and repair fees - related parties   82    12 
Costs related to management and other fees   6,864    7,157 
Costs related to management and other fees – related medical practices   1,529    1,455 
Research and development   414    435 
Selling, general and administrative   7,593    7,143 
Total Costs and Expenses   21,972    21,255 
Income From Operations   3,746    4,167 
Other Income (Expense)   45    (6)
Interest Expense   (9)   (15)
Investment Income – related party   13     
Investment Income   536    356 
Income Before Provision for Income Taxes and Non controlling Interests   4,331    4,502 
Provision for Income Taxes   (1,848)   (17)
Net Income   2,483    4,485 
Net Income – Non controlling Interests   (611)   (625)
Net Income – Attributable to FONAR  $1,872   $3,860 
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders  $1,755   $3,627 
Net Income Available to Class A Non-Voting Preferred Stockholders  $87   $174 
Net Income Available to Class C Common Stockholders  $30   $59 
Basic Net Income Per Common Share Available to Common Stockholders  $0.28   $0.56 
Diluted Net Income Per Common Share Available to Common Stockholders  $0.27   $0.55 
Basic and Diluted Income Per Share – Class C Common  $0.08   $0.16 
Weighted Average Basic Shares Outstanding – Common Stockholders   6,335    6,481 
Weighted Average Diluted Shares Outstanding - Common Stockholders   6,463    6,609 
Weighted Average Basic and Diluted Shares Outstanding – Class C Common   383    383 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

           
   FOR THE NINE MONTHS
ENDED MARCH 31,
REVENUES  2024  2023
Patient fee revenue – net of contractual allowances and discounts  $25,511   $21,393 
Product sales – net   329    225 
Service and repair fees – net   5,460    5,489 
Service and repair fees - related parties – net   94    83 
Management and other fees – net   36,585    36,717 
Management and other fees - related medical practices – net   8,962    8,962 
Total Revenues – Net   76,941    72,869 
COSTS AND EXPENSES          
Costs related to patient fee revenue   13,466    11,879 
Costs related to product sales   558    580 
Costs related to service and repair fees   2,533    2,241 
Costs related to service and repair fees - related parties   106    34 
Costs related to management and other fees   21,095    20,281 
Costs related to management and other fees – related medical practices   4,638    4,345 
Research and development   1,297    1,126 
Selling, general and administrative   18,046    20,074 
Total Costs and Expenses   61,739    60,560 
Income From Operations   15,202    12,309 
Other Income (Expense)   46    (203)
Other Income – related party   577     
Interest Expense   (67)   (41)
Investment Income – related party   13     
Investment Income   1,576    770 
Income Before Provision for Income Taxes and Non controlling Interests   17,347    12,835 
Provision for Income Taxes   (4,884)   (2,889)
Net Income   12,463    9,946 
Net Income – Non controlling Interests   (2,726)   (1,807)
Net Income – Attributable to FONAR  $9,737   $8,139 
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders  $9,130   $7,647 
Net Income Available to Class A Non-Voting Preferred Stockholders  $452   $367 
Net Income Available to Class C Common Stockholders  $155   $125 
Basic Net Income Per Common Share Available to Common Stockholders  $1.42   $1.18 
Diluted Net Income Per Common Share Available to Common Stockholders  $1.40   $1.16 
Basic and Diluted Income Per Share – Class C Common  $0.40   $0.33 
Weighted Average Basic Shares Outstanding – Common Stockholders   6,410    6,487 
Weighted Average Diluted Shares Outstanding - Common Stockholders   6,538    6,615 
Weighted Average Basic and Diluted Shares Outstanding – Class C Common   383    383 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

 

                                         
   Common Stock  Common Stock (Shares)  Paid in
capital in excess of par value
  Accumulated Deficit  Treasury Stock  Treasury Stock (Shares)  Non Controlling Interests  Total
Balance – December 31, 2023  $1    6,328,294   $180,607   $(16,326)  $(395)   4,383   $(7,590)  $156,297 
Net income               1,872                1,872 
Purchase of Treasury stock                                
Cancellation of shares                                
Distributions - Non controlling interests                           (1,750)   (1,750)
Income - Non controlling interests                           611    611 
Balance – March 31, 2024  $1    6,328,294   $180,607   $(14,454)  $(395)   4,383   $(8,729)  $157,030 

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
   Common Stock  Common Stock (Shares)  Paid in capital in excess of par value  Accumulated Deficit  Treasury Stock  Treasury Stock (Shares)  Non Controlling Interests  Total
Balance – December 31, 2022  $1    6,538,148   $184,130   $(29,288)  $(751)   25,202   $(6,022)  $148,070 
Net income               3,860                3,860 
Purchase of Treasury stock                   (771)   43,486        (771)
Cancellation of shares                                
Distributions - Non controlling interests                           (1,167)   (1,167)
Income - Non controlling interests                           625    625 
Balance – March 31, 2023  $1    6,538,148   $184,130   $(25,428)  $(1,522)   68,688   $(6,564)  $150,617 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statement

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2024

 

   Common Stock  Common Stock (Shares)  Paid in capital in excess of par value  Accumulated Deficit  Treasury Stock  Treasury Stock (Shares)  Non Controlling Interests  Total
Balance - June 30, 2023  $1    6,450,882   $182,613   $(24,191)  $(516)   11,463   $(7,079)  $150,828 
Net income               9,737                9,737 
Purchase of Treasury stock                   (1,885)   115,508        (1,885)
Cancellation of shares       (122,588)   (2,006)       2,006    (122,588)        
Distributions - Non controlling interests                           (4,376)   (4,376)
Income - Non controlling interests                           2,726    2,726 
Balance - March 31, 2024  $1    6,328,294   $180,607   $(14,454)   (395)   4,383    (8,729)  $157,030 

 

For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2023

 

   Common Stock  Common Stock (Shares)  Paid in capital in excess of par value  Accumulated Deficit  Treasury Stock  Treasury Stock (Shares)  Non Controlling Interests  Total
Balance - June 30, 2022  $1    6,554,210   $184,531   $(33,567)  $(675)   11,643   $(4,054)  $146,236 
Net income               8,139                8,139 
Purchase of Treasury stock                   (1,249)   73,107        (1,249)
Cancellation of shares       (16,062)   (401)       402    (16,062)       1 
Distributions - Non controlling interests                           (4,317)   (4,317)
Income - Non controlling interests                           1,807    1,807 
Balance - March 31, 2023  $1    6,538,148   $184,130   $(25,428)  $(1,522)   68,688   $(6,564)  $150,617 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Amounts and shares in thousands)

(UNAUDITED)

 

           
   FOR THE NINE MONTHS
ENDED MARCH 31,
   2024  2023
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:          
Net income  $12,463   $9,946 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:          
Depreciation and amortization   3,546    3,357 
Amortization on right-of-use assets   3,284    3,306 
Provision for bad debts   1,674    4,441 
Deferred income tax – net   3,003    1,931 
Gain on sale of equipment – related party   (577)    
(Increase) decrease in operating assets, net:          
Accounts, medical and management fee receivable(s)   (8,835)   (5,604)
Notes receivable   55    11 
Inventories   (365)   (301)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   243    (73)
Other assets   (28)    
Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities, net:          
Accounts payable   97    168 
Other current liabilities   (1,095)   (4,409)
Operating lease liabilities   (3,756)   (2,865)
Financing lease liabilities   (163)   (175)
Customer deposits   (49)   465 
Other liabilities   (1)   (49)
Net cash provided by operating activities   9,496    10,149 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:          
Purchases of property and equipment   (375)   (3,553)
           
Purchase of short term investment   (102)    
Cost of patents   (24)   (87)
Net cash used in investing activities   (501)   (3,640)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:          
Repayment of borrowings and capital lease obligations   (32)   (26)
Purchase of treasury stock   (1,885)   (1,249)
Distributions to non controlling interests   (4,376)   (4,317)
Net cash used in financing activities   (6,293)   (5,592)
Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents   2,702    917 
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of Period   51,280    48,723 
Cash and Cash Equivalents - End of Period  $53,982   $49,640 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Description of Business

 

Effective July 1, 2015, the Company restructured the corporate organization of the management of diagnostic imaging centers segment of our business. The reorganization was structured to more completely integrate the operations of Health Management Corporation of America and HDM. Imperial contributed all of its assets (which were utilized in the business of Health Management Corporation of America) to HDM and received a 24.2% interest in HDM. Health Management Corporation of America retained a direct ownership interest of 45.8% in HDM, and the original investors in HDM retained a 30.0% ownership interest in the newly expanded HDM. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, the Company purchased non-controlling interests from the minority shareholders for $546,000. Currently the Company has a direct ownership interest of 70.8% and the investors’ have a 29.2% ownership interest. The entire management of diagnostic imaging centers business segment is now being conducted by HDM, operating under the name “Health Management Company of America”.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the nine months ended March 31, 2024, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on September 28, 2023 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023.

 

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has caused turbulence and uncertainty in the United States and international markets and economies which had adversely affected our workforce, liquidity, financial conditions, revenues, profitability and business operations. The Company was able to enact certain decisions to allow the Company to navigate the global pandemic and from further losses, additional decreases in scan volume and avoid any significant disruption of the business. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be stabilizing and revised guidance from the Center for Disease Control and other regulatory agencies recommend an approach to COVID-19 that is more consistent with other respiratory illnesses. We are unable to predict if there will be additional consequences on our operations from COIVD-19. We will still continue to monitor the recommendations of the various federal, state, and local regulators and abide by their requirements.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of FONAR Corporation, its majority and wholly-owned subsidiaries and partnerships (collectively the “Company”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Revenues

 

The revenue recognition standard in ASC 606 outlines a single comprehensive model for recognizing revenue as performance obligations, defined in a contract with a customer as goods or services transferred to the customer in exchange for consideration, are satisfied. The standard also requires expanded disclosures regarding the Company’s revenue recognition policies and significant judgements employed in the determination of revenue.

 

Our revenues generally relate to net patient fees received from various payers and patients themselves under contracts in which our performance obligations are to provide diagnostic services to the patients. Revenues are recorded during the period our obligations to provide diagnostic services are satisfied. Our performance obligations for diagnostic services are generally satisfied over a period of less than one day. The contractual relationships with patients, in most cases, also involve a third-party payer (Medicare, Medicaid, managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies, including plans offered through the health insurance exchanges) and the transaction prices for the services provided are dependent upon the terms provided by (Medicare and Medicaid) or negotiated with (managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies) the third-party payers. The payment arrangements with third-party payers for the services we provide to the related patients typically specify payments at amounts less than our standard charges and generally provide for payments based upon predetermined rates per diagnostic services or discounted fee-for-service rates. Management continually reviews the contractual estimation process to consider and incorporate updates to laws and regulations and the frequent changes in managed care contractual terms resulting from contract renegotiations and renewals.

 

Business Combination

 

When the qualifications for business combination accounting treatment are met, it requires us to recognize separately from goodwill the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. Goodwill as of the acquisition date is measured as the excess of consideration transferred over the net of the acquisition date fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. While we use our best estimates and assumptions to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, our estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period of final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our consolidated statements of income.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

Earnings Per Share

 

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed based upon the weighted average number of shares of common stock and stock equivalents outstanding, net of common stock. In accordance with ASC Topic 260-10, “Participating Securities and the Two-Class method”, the Company used the Two-Class method for calculating basic income per share and applied the if converted method in calculating diluted income per share for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

 

Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution from the exercise or conversion of all dilutive securities into common stock based on the average market price of common shares outstanding during the period. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, diluted EPS for common shareholders includes 128 shares upon conversion of Class C Common.

 

Earnings Per Share

  

                              
   Three months ended
March 31, 2024
  Three months ended
March 31, 2023
   Total  Common Stock  Class C Common
Stock
  Total  Common Stock  Class C Common
Stock
Basic                  
Numerator:
Net income available to common stockholders
  $1,872   $1,755   $30   $3,860   $3,627   $59 
Denominator:                              
Weighted average shares outstanding   6,335    6,335    383    6,481    6,481    383 
Basic income per common share  $0.30   $0.28   $0.08   $0.60   $0.56   $0.16 
Diluted                              
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding
        6,335    383         6,481    383 
Convertible Class C Stock        128             128     
Total Denominator for diluted earnings per share        6,463    383         6,609    383 
Diluted income per common share       $0.27   $0.08        $0.55   $0.16 

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

Earnings Per Share (Continued)

  

   Nine months ended
March 31, 2024
  Nine months ended
March 31, 2023
   Total  Common Stock  Class C Common
Stock
  Total  Common Stock  Class C Common
Stock
Basic                              
Numerator:
Net income available to common stockholders
  $9,737   $9,130   $155   $8,139   $7,647   $125 
Denominator:                              
Weighted average shares outstanding   6,410    6,410    383    6,487    6,487    383 
Basic income per common share  $1.52   $1.42   $0.40   $1.25   $1.18   $0.33 
Diluted                              
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding
        6,410    383         6,487    383 
Convertible Class C Stock        128             128     
Total Denominator for diluted earnings per share        6,538    383         6,615    383 
Diluted income per common share       $1.40   $0.40        $1.16   $0.33 

  

Recent Accounting Standards

 

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (740) “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures”, which requires the annual financial statements to include consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. ASU 2023-09 is effective for the Company’s annual reporting beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted, and should be applied on a prospective basis, with a retrospective option. We are currently evaluating the effect that adoption of ASU 2023-09 will have on our disclosures.

 

In November 2023, FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280)”, which is intended to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The amendments require disclosure of significant segment expenses regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (CODM) as well as other segment items, extended certain annual disclosures to interim periods, clarify the applicability to single reportable segment entities, permit, more than one measure of profit or loss to be reported under certain conditions, and require disclosure of the title and position of the CODM. The effective date for public entities is for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. We expect to adopt the new disclosures as required and are currently evaluating the impact on the related disclosures.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

Recent Accounting Standards (Continued)

 

In June 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Loses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”, which replaced the incurred loss impairment methodology of previous GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to assess credit loss estimates. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company adopted this standard on July 1, 2023 using the modified retrospective approach and it did not have a material impact of the Company’s financial statements, resulting in no adjustment to prior year earnings.

 

FASB, the Emerging Issues Task Force and the SEC have issued certain other accounting standards, updates, and regulations as of March 31, 2024 that will become effective in subsequent periods; however, management does not believe that any of those updates would have significantly affected the Company’s financial accounting measures or disclosures had they been in effect during 2024 or 2023, and it does not believe that any of those standards will have a significant impact on our consolidated condensed financial statements at the time they become effective.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 3 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, MEDICAL RECEIVABLE AND MANAGEMENT AND OTHER FEES RECEIVABLE

 

Receivables, net is comprised of the following at March 31, 2024, and June 30, 2023:

  

               
   March 31, 2024
   Gross Receivable  Allowance for credit losses  Net
Accounts receivable  $3,484   $175   $3,309 
Accounts receivable - related party  $30       $30 
Medical receivable  $23,583   $   $23,583 
Management and other fees receivable  $53,358   $12,404   $40,954 
Management and other fees receivable from related medical practices (“PC’s”)  $15,458   $5,868   $9,590 

  

   June 30, 2023
   Gross Receivable  Allowance for credit losses  Net
Accounts receivable  $4,060   $199   $3,861 
Medical receivable  $21,259   $   $21,259 
Management and other fees receivable  $48,497   $12,609   $35,888 
Management and other fees receivable from related medical practices (“PC’s”)  $13,152   $3,990   $9,162 

  

The Company’s customers are concentrated in the healthcare industry.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Credit risk with respect to the Company’s accounts receivable related to product sales and service and repair fees is limited due to the customer advances received prior to the commencement of work performed and the billing of amounts to customers as sub-assemblies are completed. Service and repair fees are billed on a monthly or quarterly basis and the Company does not continue providing these services if accounts receivable become past due. The Company controls credit risk with respect to accounts receivable from service and repair fees through its credit evaluation process, credit limits, monitoring procedures and reasonably short collection terms. The Company performs ongoing credit authorizations before a product sales contract is entered into or service and repair fees are provided.

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 3 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, MEDICAL RECEIVABLE AND MANAGEMENT AND OTHER FEES RECEIVABLE (CONTINUED)

 

Long Term Accounts Receivable

 

Long term accounts receivable balances at March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023 amounted to approximately $576 and $710, respectively. The Company will generate revenue from long-term, non-cancellable contracts to provide service and repair services. Future revenue to be recognized over the following two years as of March 31, 2024 is as follows:

  

       
2026     $ 406
2027       166
Total     $ 572

 

Medical Receivables

 

Medical receivables are due under fee-for-service contracts from third party payors, such as hospitals, government sponsored healthcare programs, patient’s legal counsel and directly from patients. Substantially all the revenue relates to patients residing in Florida. The carrying amount of the medical receivable is reduced by an allowance that reflects management’s best estimate of the amounts that will not be collected. The Company determines allowances for contractual adjustments and uncollectible accounts based on specific agings, specific payor collection issues that have been identified and based on payor classifications and historical experience at each site.

 

Management and Other Fees Receivable

 

The Company’s receivables from the related and non-related professional corporations (PC’s) substantially consist of fees outstanding under management agreements. Payment of the outstanding fees is dependent on collection by the PC’s of fees from third party medical reimbursement organizations, principally insurance companies and health management organizations.

 

Payment of the management fee receivables from the PC’s may be impaired by the inability of the PC’s to collect in a timely manner their medical fees from the third-party payors, particularly insurance carriers covering automobile no-fault and workers compensation claims due to longer payment cycles and rigorous informational requirements and certain other disallowed claims. Approximately 66.8% and 67.6% of the PCs’ net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, were derived from no-fault and personal injury protection claims. Approximately 66.8% and 67.9% of the PCs’ net revenue for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, were derived from no-fault and personal injury protection claims. The Company considers the aging of its accounts receivable in determining the amount of allowance for credit losses. The Company generally takes all legally available steps to collect its receivables. Credit losses associated with the receivables are provided for in the condensed consolidated financial statements and have historically been within management’s expectations.

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 3 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, MEDICAL RECEIVABLE AND MANAGEMENT AND OTHER FEES RECEIVABLE (CONTINUED)

 

Management and Other Fees Receivable (Continued)

 

Net revenues from management and other fees charged to the related PCs accounted for approximately 11.6% and 11.7% of the consolidated net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Net revenues from management and other fees charged to the related PCs accounted for approximately 11.6% and 12.3% of the consolidated net revenues for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

Tallahassee Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Inc., Stand Up MRI of Boca Raton, Inc. and Stand Up MRI & Diagnostic Center, Inc. (all related medical practices) entered into a guaranty agreement, pursuant to which they cross guaranteed all management fees which are payable to the Company, which have arisen under each individual management agreement. Additional Company managed entities also operate under a guaranty agreement, pursuant to which management fees are payable to the Company.

 

The Company’s patient fee revenue, net of contractual allowances and discounts for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 are summarized in the following table.

  

          
   For the Three Months Ended March 31,
   2024  2023
Commercial Insurance/ Managed Care  $1,258   $1,037 
Medicare/Medicaid   314    303 
Workers’ Compensation/Personal Injury   5,073    5,186 
Other   1,969    1,662 
Patient Fee Revenue, net of contractual allowances and discounts  $8,614   $8,188 

  

   For the Nine Months Ended March 31,
   2024  2023
Commercial Insurance/ Managed Care  $3,674   $2,905 
Medicare/Medicaid   869    788 
Workers’ Compensation/Personal Injury   15,117    13,683 
Other   5,851    4,017 
Patient Fee Revenue, net of contractual allowances and discounts  $25,511   $21,393 

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 4 – OPERATING & FINANCING LEASES

 

The Company accounts for lease under ASU 2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842). This standard requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based upon the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. We have also elected the transition package of the practical expedients permitted within the standard which eliminates the requirements to reassess prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and indirect costs.

 

The Company accounts for its various operating leases in accordance with Topic 842, as updated by ASU 2016-02. At the inception of a lease, the Company recognizes right-of-use lease assets and related lease liabilities measured at present value of future lease payments on its balance sheet. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Our most common initial term varies in length from 2 to 10 years. Including renewal options negotiated with the landlord, we have a total span of 2 to 16 years at the facilities we lease. The Company reviewed its contracts with vendors and customers, determining that its right-to-use lease assets consisted of only office space operating leases. In determining the right-to-use lease assets and liabilities, the Company did recognize lease extension options which the Company feels would be reasonably exercised. Our incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”) used to discount the stream of operating lease payments is closely related to the interest rates available to the Company.

 

A reconciliation of operating and financing lease payments undiscounted cash flows to lease liabilities recognized as of March 31, 2024 is as follows:

  

            
Twelve Months Ending March 31,  Operating Lease Payments  Financing Lease Payments
 2025   $5,926   $244 
 2026    5,561    244 
 2027    4,935    225 
 2028    4,908     
 2029    4,608     
 Thereafter    28,600     
 Present value discount    (14,437)   (37)
 Total lease liability   $40,101   $676 

 

NOTE 5 - INVENTORIES

 

Inventories included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets consist of the following:

  

          
   March 31, 2024  June 30, 2023
Purchased parts, components and supplies  $2,699   $2,346 
Work-in-process   236    224 
Total Inventories  $2,935   $2,570 

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 6 – OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization, in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets consist of the following:

  

          
   March 31, 2024  June 30, 2023
Capitalized software development costs  $7,005   $7,005 
Patents and copyrights   5,476    5,452 
Non-compete   4,150    4,150 
Customer relationships   3,900    3,900 
Gross Other intangible assets   20,531    20,507 
Less: Accumulated amortization   17,352    17,075 
Other Intangible Assets  $3,179   $3,432 

  

Amortization of patents and copyrights for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 amounted to $41 and $46, respectively.

 

Amortization of customer relationships for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 amounted to $50 and $50, respectively.

 

Amortization of patents and copyrights for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 amounted to $127 and $147, respectively.

 

Amortization of customer relationships for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 amounted to $150 and $150, respectively.

 

NOTE 7 – OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

Other current liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets consist of the following:

  

          
   March 31, 2024  June 30, 2023
Accrued salaries, commissions and payroll taxes  $2,190   $4,413 
Sales tax payable   207    193 
Income taxes payable   1,092    48 
Legal and other professional fees   11    11 
Accounting fees   74    100 
Self-funded health insurance reserve   70    101 
Accrued interest and penalty   4    4 
Other general and administrative expenses   1,249    574 
Other Current Liabilities  $4,897   $5,444 

 

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FONAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 8 - SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

 

The Company operates in two industry segments - manufacturing and the servicing of medical equipment and management of diagnostic imaging centers. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies as disclosed in the Company’s 10-K as of June 30, 2023. All inter-segment sales are market-based. The Company evaluates performance based on income or loss from operations.

 

Summarized financial information concerning the Company’s reportable segments is shown in the following table:


 

               
   Medical
Equipment
  Management
of Diagnostic
Imaging
Centers
  Totals
For the three months ended March 31, 2024         
Net revenues from external customers  $1,967   $23,751   $25,718 
Inter-segment net revenues  $277   $   $277 
(Loss) Income from operations  $(1,184)  $4,930   $3,746 
Depreciation and amortization  $59   $1,072   $1,131 
Capital expenditures  $4   $183   $187 
                
For the three months ended March 31, 2023               
Net revenues from external customers  $1,884   $23,538   $25,422 
Inter-segment net revenues  $245   $   $245 
(Loss) Income from operations  $(1,141)  $5,308   $4,167 
Depreciation and amortization  $64   $1,075   $1,139 
Capital expenditures  $13   $2,191   $2,204 

 

   Medical
Equipment
  Management
of Diagnostic
Imaging
Centers
  Totals
For the nine months ended March 31, 2024         
Net revenues from external customers  $5,883   $71,058   $76,941 
Inter-segment net revenues  $785   $   $785 
(Loss) Income from operations  $(2,915)  $18,117   $15,202 
Depreciation and amortization  $180   $3,366   $3,546 
Capital expenditures  $24   $375   $399 
                
For the nine months ended March 31, 2023               
Net revenues from external customers  $5,797   $67,072   $72,869 
Inter-segment net revenues  $735   $   $735 
(Loss) Income from operations  $(2,495)  $14,804   $12,309 
Depreciation and amortization  $201   $3,156   $3,357 
Capital expenditures  $87   $3,553   $3,640 

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 9 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION

 

On December 31, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with Magnetic Resonance Management, LLC (“MRM”) for the sale of a MRI scanner. MRM is owned by the CEO and President of the Company. The sales price of the equipment was $577 which is payable based upon a promissory note dated December 1, 2023. The note bears interest at a rate of 9% and is payable in full at the maturity of the note in December 2028. The MRI scanner had zero basis, which resulted in a gain of $577 being recorded. The Company has the option but not the obligation to re-take possession of the scanner in lieu of payment upon maturity of the note.

 

NOTE 10 – SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023, the Company paid $67 and $42 for interest, respectively.

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023, the Company paid $383 and $1,140 for income taxes, respectively.

 

NOTE 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Litigation

 

The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims arising from the ordinary course of its business, including personal injury, customer contract and employment claims. In the opinion of management, the aggregate liability, if any, with respect to such actions, will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the Company.

 

There were no material changes in litigation from that reported in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023.

 

Other Matters

 

On September 13, 2022, the Company adopted a stock repurchase plan. The plan has no expiration date and cannot determine the number of shares which will be repurchased. On September 26, 2022, the Board of Directors has approved up to $9 million to be repurchased under the plan which will be purchased on the publicly traded open market at prevailing prices. During the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company repurchased 116 and 73 shares at a cost of $1,885 and $1,249, respectively. The Company cancelled 123 shares and 16 shares at a cost of $2,005 and $402 for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)

 

Other Matters – (Continued)

 

The Company maintains a self-funded health insurance program with a stop-loss umbrella policy with a third party insurer to limit the maximum potential liability for individual claims to $150 per person and for a maximum potential claim liability based on member enrollment. With respect to this program, the Company considers historical and projected medical utilization data when estimating its health insurance program liability and related expense. As of March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2023, the Company had approximately $70 and $101, respectively, in reserve for its self-funded health insurance programs. The reserves are included in “Other current liabilities” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

The Company regularly analyzes its reserves for incurred but not reported claims, and for reported but not paid claims related to its reinsurance and self-funded insurance programs. The Company believes its reserves are adequate. However, significant judgment is involved in assessing these reserves such as assessing historical paid claims, average lags between the claims’ incurred date, reported dates and paid dates, and the frequency and severity of claims. There may be differences between actual settlement amounts and recorded reserves and any resulting adjustments are included in expense once a probable amount is known. There were no significant adjustments recorded in the periods covered by this report.

 

NOTE 12 - INCOME TAXES

 

In accordance with ASC 740-270, “Income Taxes – Interim Reporting”, the Company is required at the end of each interim period to determine the best estimate of its annual effective tax rate and apply that rate to year-to-date ordinary income or loss. The resulting tax expense (or benefit) is adjusted for the tax effect of specific events, if any, required to be discretely recognized in the interim period as they occur. For the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded income tax expense of $4,884 and $2,889, respectively. The nine month 2024 provision is comprised of a current income tax component of $1,881 and a deferred income tax component of $3,003. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded income tax expense of $1,848 and $17, respectively. The three month 2024 provision is comprised of a current income tax component of $1,129 and a deferred income tax component of $719. Obligations for any liability associated with the current income tax provision, has been reduced, primarily resulting from the benefits and utilization of net operating loss carryforwards.

 

ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a corporate tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. Differences between tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return and the benefit recognized and measured pursuant to the interpretation are referred to as unrecognized benefits. A liability is recognized (or amount of net operating loss carryforward or amount of tax refundable is reduced) for an unrecognized tax benefit because it represents an enterprise’s potential future obligation to the taxing authority for a tax position that was not recognized as a result of applying the provisions of ASC Topic 740. The Company believes there are no uncertain tax positions in prior year tax filings and therefore it has not recorded a liability for unrecognized tax benefits.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2024 and 2023

(Amounts and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 12 - INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)

 

In accordance with ASC Topic 740, interest costs related to unrecognized tax benefits are required to be calculated (if applicable) and would be classified as “Interest expense, net”. Penalties if incurred would be recognized as a component of “Selling, general and administrative” expenses.

 

The Company files corporate income tax returns in the United States (federal) and in various state and local jurisdictions. In most instances, the Company is no longer subject to federal, state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2018.

 

The Company recorded a deferred tax asset of $7,039 and a deferred tax liability of $395 as of March 31, 2024, primarily relating to allowance for doubtful accounts and tax credits. The net operating losses begin to expire in 2028 for federal tax and state income tax purposes. The Company anticipates that their Federal operating loss will be utilized in the current fiscal year.

 

Future ownership changes as determined under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue code could further limit the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards. As of March 31, 2024, no such changes in ownership have occurred.

 

The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) was enacted on August 16, 2022. The IRA includes provisions imposing a 1% excise tax on share repurchases that occur after December 31, 2022 and introduces a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax (“CAMT”) on adjusted financial statement income. The CAMT is effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2022. Currently, the Company is expecting the IRA not to have a material impact to the Company’s financial statements.

 

The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible or when such net operating losses can be utilized. The Company considers projected future taxable income, the regulatory environment of the industry and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. At present, the Company believes that it is more likely than not that the benefits from certain deferred tax asset carryforwards, will not all be fully realized. In recognition of this inherent risk, a valuation allowance was established for separate state net operating losses that are not expected to be fully utilized. A valuation allowance will be maintained until sufficient positive evidence exists to support the reversal of the remainder of the valuation.

 

NOTE 13 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company has evaluated events that occurred subsequent to March 31, 2024 and through the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued.

 

 

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Item 2. – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed financial statements and notes thereto included in Part I, item 1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended June 30, 2023 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 28, 2023.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

Certain statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) regarding the plans and objectives of management for future operations. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included herein are based on current expectations that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Our plans and objectives are based, in part, on assumptions involving the expansion of business. Assumptions relating to the foregoing involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control. Although we believe that our assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statement included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that our objectives and plans will be achieved.

 

For the nine month period ended March 31, 2024, we reported a net income of $12.5 million on revenues of $76.9 million as compared to net income of $9.9 million on revenues of $72.9 million for the nine month period ended March 31, 2023. Operating income increased from $12.3 million for the nine month period ended March 31, 2023 to $15.2 million for the nine month period ended March 31, 2024.

 

For the three month period ended March 31, 2024, we reported a net income of $2.5 million on revenues of $25.7 as compared to net income of $4.5 on revenues of $25.4 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2023.

 

The revenue increase, from $72.9 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 to $76.9 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024, was primarily due to increases in patient fee revenue of $4.1 million, from $21.4 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 to $25.5 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024. Revenues from product sales and service and repair fees increased from $5.8 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 as compared to $5.9 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024.

 

The revenue increase, from $25.4 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2023 to $25.7 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2024 was also primarily due to increases in patient fee revenue of $426,000, from $8.2 million for the three month period ending March 31, 2023 to $8.6 million for the three month period ending March 31, 2024.

 

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During the nine months ended March 31, 2024, the aggregate number of scans performed by the sites we manage or own increased to 154,790 scans from 139,339 scans in the nine months ended March 31, 2023. This increase was due to the opening of a new stand-alone facility in Florida, our return to a full operating schedule, and the addition of AIRS SwiftMR™ software to our scanners.

  

While our revenues increased, our costs and expenses increased at a lower rate resulting in our operating income increasing to $15.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to $12.3 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2023. In terms of percentages, costs and expenses increased 1.9% to $61.7 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 as compared to $60.6 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023, while revenues increased 5.6%, from $72.9 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 to $76.9 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024.

 

Fonar’s wholly owned subsidiary, Health Management Corporation of America (“HMCA”), has the controlling interest in Health Diagnostics Management, LLC (“HDM”). HMCA presently has a direct ownership interest of 70.8% in HDM, and the investors in HDM have a 29.2% ownership interest. The management of the diagnostic imaging centers business segment is being conducted by HDM, operating under the name “Health Management Company of America”. For the sake of simplicity, HMCA, and HDM are referred to as “HMCA”, unless otherwise indicated.

 

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be stabilizing in the second half of fiscal 2024. Revised guidance from the Center for Disease Control and other regulatory agencies recommend an approach to COVID-19 that is more consistent with other respiratory illnesses. We are unable to predict if there will be additional consequences on our operations from COVID-19. We will continue to monitor the recommendations of the various federal, state, and local regulators and abide by their requirements.

 

Results of Operations

 

We operate in two industry segments: the manufacture and servicing of medical (MRI) equipment, which is conducted by Fonar, and diagnostic facilities management services, which is conducted through HMCA.

 

Manufacturing and Service of MRI Equipment

 

Revenues from MRI product sales increased to $329,000 for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 from $225,000 for the first nine months of fiscal 2023. Costs related to product sales decreased from $580,000 for the nine month period ended March 31, 2023 to $558,000 for the nine month period ended March 31, 2024. Economic uncertainty and lower reimbursement rates for MRI scans, have depressed the market for our MRI scanner products, notwithstanding our scanners’ unique technological capabilities (e.g., multi positional scanning). Due to the low sales volumes of our MRI product, period to period comparisons are not necessarily indicative of any trends.

 

Service revenues remained constant at $5.6 million for the nine month period ended March 31, 2024 and for the nine month period ended March 31, 2023.

 

Costs relating to providing service were $2.6 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2024 as compared to $2.3 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2023. Because of our ability to monitor the performance of customers’ scanners from our facilities in Melville, New York on a daily basis and to detect and repair any irregularities before more serious and costly problems develop, we have been able to contain our costs of providing service.

 

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There were approximately $387,000 in foreign revenues for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 as compared to $375,000 for the first nine months of fiscal 2023. We do not regard this as a material trend, but as part of a normal although sometimes volatile variation resulting from low volumes of foreign sales.

 

We recognize MRI scanner sales revenues on the “percentage of completion” basis, which means the revenues are recognized as the scanner is manufactured. Revenues recognized in a particular quarter do not necessarily reflect new orders or progress payments made by customers in that quarter. We build the scanner as the customer meets certain benchmarks in site preparation and our installation of the scanner, in order to minimize the time lag between incurring costs of manufacturing and our receipt of the cash progress payments from the customer which are due upon delivery. Consequently, there can be a disparity between the revenues recognized in a fiscal period and the number of product sales. Generally, the revenues from a scanner sale are recognized in a fiscal quarter or quarters following the quarter in which the sale was made.

 

Revenues for the medical equipment segment increased to $5.9 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 from $5.8 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023. Operating losses for our medical equipment segment increased to an operating loss of $2.9 million, for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 as compared to an operating loss of $2.5 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023.

 

Diagnostic Facilities Management Services

 

HMCA revenues increased in the first nine months of fiscal 2024 by 5.9% to $71.1 million from $67.1 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023. The percentage of our revenues derived from our diagnostic facilities management segment relative to the percentage of our total revenues increased slightly to 92.4% for the first nine months of fiscal 2024, from 92.0% for the first nine months of fiscal 2023.

 

The number of scans performed at our centers and at our clients’ centers has recovered to pre-COVID-19 levels and has increased from approximately 139,000 in the first nine months of fiscal 2023 to approximately 155,000 in the first nine months of fiscal 2024. The increase in scans was due to the additional of a new stand-alone facility which opened in Florida, as well as our investment in software to enhance the quality of MRI images and enable the reduction of MRI scan times.

 

We now manage or own a total of 42 MRI scanners. Twenty-five (25) MRI scanners are located in New York and seventeen (17) are located in Florida. HMCA experienced an operating income of $18.1 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 compared to operating income of $14.8 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023.

 

The ability of HMCA to maintain its profitability is principally due to HMCA’s success in marketing the scanning services of the facilities managed or owned by HMCA, notwithstanding the decrease in reimbursement rates paid for MRI scans by insurers, Medicare and other government programs. The reductions in reimbursement rates are not unique to HMCA or HMCA’s clients but are being experienced by the industry in general.

 

HMCA’s cost of revenues for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 increased to $39.2 million as compared to $36.5 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023.

 

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Consolidated

 

For the first nine months of fiscal 2024, our consolidated net revenues increased by 5.6% to $76.9 million from $72.9 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023, and total costs and expenses increased by 1.9% to $61.7 million from the first nine months of fiscal 2024 as compared to $60.6 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 respectively. As a result, our operating income increased to $15.2 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2024 as compared to $12.3 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2023. A decrease in selling, general and other administrative costs in particular resulted in cost and expenses increase at a much lower percentage as compared to the increase in net revenues.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $18.0 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2024 from $20.1 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2023. This decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses was due mainly to less reserves taken on management fees. Some of these reserves had been taken in the ordinary course of business and some in connection with the impact of the COVID-19 virus.

  

Research and development expenses increased by 15.2% to $1.3 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 from $1.1 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023.

 

Interest expense in the first nine months of fiscal 2024 increased by 63.4% to $67,000 from $41,000 in the first nine months of fiscal 2023.

 

Inventories increased to $2.9 million at March 31, 2024 as compared to $2.6 million at June 30, 2023.

 

Net management fee and medical receivables increased by 11.8% to $74.1 million at March 31, 2024 from $66.3 million at June 30, 2023 as a result of slower collections and increased scan volume. The slower collections were primarily due to an increase in no-fault and workers’ compensation revenue, which typically takes longer to collect.

 

The results of operations for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 reflect an increase in revenues from management, patient and other fees, as compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2023 ($71.1 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 as compared to $67.1 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023), coupled with a smaller increase in the total cost and expenses ($61.7 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 as compared to $60.6 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2023). Revenues were 7.6% from the MRI equipment segment and 92.4% from HMCA, for the first nine months of fiscal 2024, as compared to 8.0% from the MRI equipment segment and 92.0% from HMCA for the first nine months of fiscal 2023.

 

As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) we have experienced a reduction of reimbursement rates and less interest in our MRI equipment. Any changes to the PPACA may result in further changes in the healthcare industry and our business.

 

We are committed to improving our operating results and dealing with the challenges posed by legislative and regulatory requirements. Nevertheless, factors beyond our control, such as the timing and rate of market growth, economic conditions, the availability of credit and payor reimbursement rates, or unexpected expenditures and the timing of such expenditures, make it difficult to forecast future operating results.

 

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As mentioned, one of the effects of the PPACA on our business has been the reduction in Medicare reimbursement rates for MRI scans. This also has resulted in a reduction in the reimbursement rates by commercial insurers and government programs which tie their reimbursement rates to the Medicare rates. Nevertheless, the patient volume of the scanning centers we manage or own has enabled us to maintain healthy operating results in spite of these challenges. We believe we are pursuing the correct policies to cope with these problems and to improve the Company’s operating results.

 

Our Upright® MRI (also referred to as the Stand-Up® MRI), together with our works-in-progress, are intended to significantly improve our competitive position.

 

The Upright® MRI scanner, which operates at 6000 gauss (.6 Tesla) field strength, allows patients to be scanned while standing, sitting, reclining and in multiple flexion and extension positions. It is common in visualizing the spine that abnormalities are visualized in some positions and not others. This enables surgical corrections that heretofore would not have been addressable for lack of visualizing the symptom causing the pathology and therefore, in general enables the treating physician to achieve a better treatment outcome for his patient. A floor-recessed elevator brings the patient to the height appropriate for the targeted image region. A custom-built multi-position adjustable bed will allow patients to sit or lie on their backs, sides or stomachs at any angle. This allows the MRI technologist to ask the patient to position himself/herself in the exact position that generates his/her pain so that images of the patient in the position that explicitly generates the patient’s pain can be nailed down. Full-range-of-motion studies of the joints in virtually any direction are possible, a particularly promising feature for sports injuries.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Cash and cash equivalents, and short term investments increased from $51.3 million at June 30, 2023 to $54.0 million at March 31, 2024.

 

Cash provided by operating activities for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 was $9.5 million. Cash provided by operating activities was attributable principally to net income of $12.5 million, depreciation and amortization of $3.5 million, amortization on right-to-use assets of $3.3 million, and deferred income tax of $3.0 million, offset by an increase in accounts, management fee receivables and medical receivables of $8.8 million, a decrease of operating lease liabilities of $3.8 million and a decrease in other current liabilities of $1.1 million.

 

Cash used in investing activities for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 was $501,000. Cash used in investing activities during the first nine months of fiscal 2024 consisted of patent costs of $24,000, purchase of short-term investments of $102,000 and the purchase of property and equipment of $375,000.

 

Cash used in financing activities for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 was $6.3 million. The principal uses of cash in financing activities during the first nine months of fiscal 2024 were the repayment of principal on long-term debt and capital lease obligations of $32,000, the purchase of treasury stock of $1.9 million and distributions to non-controlling interests of $4.4 million.

 

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Total liabilities increased by 5.7% to $52.6 million at March 31, 2024 from $49.8 million at June 30, 2023. “Other” current liabilities decreased by 10.0% to $4.9 million at March 31, 2024 from $5.4 million at June 30, 2023. The current portion of our service contract liabilities decreased by 9.4% to $3.5 million at March 31, 2024 as compared to $3.8 million at June 30, 2023. The long term portion of operating lease liability increased from $32.1 million at June 30, 2023 to $36.5 million at March 31, 2024.

 

As of March 31, 2024, the total of $4.9 million in “other” current liabilities included accrued salaries and payroll taxes of $2.2 million, sales taxes payable of $207,000 and other general and administrative expenses of $1.2 million.

 

Our working capital increased to $121.3 million at March 31, 2024 from $110.0 million at June 30, 2023. This resulted from an increase in current assets ($125.7 million at June 30, 2023 as compared to $135.8 million at March 31, 2024), and a decrease in current liabilities from $15.6 million at June 30, 2023 to $14.5 million at March 31, 2024.

 

The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible or when such net operating losses can be utilized. The Company considers projected future taxable income, the regulatory environment of the industry, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. At the present, the Company believes that it is more likely than not that the benefits from certain deferred tax asset carryforwards, will not all be fully realized. In recognition of this inherent risk, a valuation allowance was established for separate state net operating losses that are not expected to be fully utilized. A valuation allowance will be maintained until sufficient positive evidence exists to support the reversal of any portion or all of the valuation allowance.

 

The Company’s effective income tax rate is based on expected income, statutory rates and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. For interim financial reporting, the Company estimates the annual income tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records a quarterly income tax provision or benefit in accordance with the anticipated annual rate. The Company refines the estimates of the year’s taxable income on a periodic basis as new information becomes available, including actual year-to-date financial results. This continual estimation process often results in a change to the expected effective income tax rate for the year. When this occurs, the Company adjusts the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year-to-date provision reflects the expected income tax rate. Significant judgment is required in determining the effective tax rate and in evaluating tax positions.

 

Fonar is not committed to making any significant capital expenditures for the remainder of the 2024 fiscal year.

 

Critical to our business plan are the improvement and expansion of the MRI facilities managed or owned by HMCA, and increasing the number of scans performed at those facilities. In addition, our business plan calls for a continuing commitment to providing our customers with enhanced equipment service and maintenance capabilities and delivering state-of-the-art, innovative and high quality equipment and upgrades at competitive prices.

 

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Fonar entered into an agreement with AIRS Medical to install its SwiftMR™ product on all Fonar Upright® scanners operating at the facilities HMCA owns or manages. Fonar will also make the AIRS SwiftMR™ product available to the installed base of Fonar scanners operating in the United States. Management believes this product improves the quality of the images produced by Fonar equipment, and provides operational efficiencies that result in additional scan volume in the scanners operated by HMCA facilities.

 

Management is seeking to promote wider market recognition of Fonar’s scanner products, and to increase demand for Upright® scanning at the facilities HMCA owns or manages. Given the liquidity and credit constraints in the markets, the uncertainty resulting from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or its repeal or modification, and the high level of competition in the marketplace, the sale of medical equipment has and may continue to suffer.

 

The Company believes that its business plan has been responsible for its profitability in the past nine consecutive fiscal years and first nine months of fiscal 2024, and that its capital resources will be adequate to support operations through at least May 15, 2025. The future effects on our business of healthcare legislation, the 2.3% excise tax on sales of medical equipment, reimbursement rates, public health conditions and the general economic and business climate are not known at the present time. Nevertheless, there is a possibility of adverse consequences to our business operations from these causes.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

The Company maintains its funds in liquid accounts. None of our investments are in fixed rate instruments.

 

All of our revenue, expense and capital purchasing activities are transacted in United States dollars.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We carried out an evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ’‘Exchange Act’’). Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based upon our evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2024, in ensuring that material information that we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the same time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.

 

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our system of internal control over financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1 – Legal Proceedings: There were no material changes in litigation from that reported in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023.

 

Item 1A – Risk Factors: An investment in the securities of the Company is subject to various risks, the most significant of which are summarized below.

 

1. Reduced Reimbursement Rates. Most of our revenues are derived from our scanning center business conducted by HMCA. Our scanning center clients and the Florida facilities owned by HMCA are experiencing lower reimbursement rates from Medicare, other government programs and private insurance companies. To the extent possible, we counter these reductions by increasing scanning volume and controlling operating expenses. Inflation in the cost of both materials and labor have limited our ability to control our costs, negatively impacting our ability to maintain profitability in this business segment.

 

2. Inflation and Increasing Interest Rates. Inflation has drastically increased our costs for both materials and labor. The Federal Reserve has increased interest rates in an attempt to control inflation, which in turn has increased the cost of capital. Diagnostic imaging facilities require significant amounts of capital to operate, particularly in the context of opening new diagnostic imaging centers. These increased costs make it more difficult to achieve organic growth and extend the time that a new center takes to achieve profitability. Continued costs increases, coupled with reduced reimbursement rates may threaten the profitability of our current operations and cause the cost of expansion to become prohibitively high.

 

3. Cybersecurity threats. The healthcare industry has increasingly become a target for threat actors. Our organization relies on information technology systems and computer networks to operate. Our partners, vendors, and business associates are equally reliant on their own computer systems to provide the services that we depend on to perform core functions such as scheduling and billing. Data incidents in the form of breaches, ransomware attacks, denial-of-service attacks, and a variety of other hazards could materially disrupt our operations, or the operations of our partners. In addition, the costs to respond to such incidents related to rebuilding internal systems, restoring data, responding to regulatory investigations and/or litigation could be significant. Our cybersecurity liability insurance may be inadequate to cover these losses. The cost of maintaining and improving our security technologies to protect ourselves from these threats is increasing. Risks outside of our control, such as cybersecurity attacks to our partners, vendors and business associates could threaten our ability to operate in the short term and reduce operating margins.

 

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4. Dependence on Referrals. HMCA derives substantially all of its revenue, directly or indirectly, from fees charged for the diagnostic imaging services performed at the facilities. We depend on referrals of patients from unaffiliated physicians and other third parties to the facilities we manage or own for the services we perform. If these physicians and other third parties were to reduce the number of patients they refer or discontinue referring patients, scan volumes could decrease, which would reduce our net revenue and operating margins.

 

5. Pressure to Control Healthcare Costs. One of the principal objectives of health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations is to control the cost of healthcare services. Healthcare providers participating in managed care plans may be required to refer diagnostic imaging tests to certain providers depending on the plan in which a covered patient is enrolled. In addition, managed care contracting has become very competitive. The expansion of health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations and other managed care organizations in New York or Florida could have a negative impact on the utilization and pricing of services performed at the facilities HMCA manages or owns to the extent these organizations exert control over patients’ access to diagnostic imaging services, selections of the provider of such services and reimbursement rates for those services.

 

6. Scanning Facility Competition. The market for diagnostic imaging services is highly competitive. The facilities we manage or own compete for patients on the basis of reputation, location and the quality of diagnostic imaging services. Groups of radiologists, established hospitals, clinics and other independent organizations that own and operate imaging equipment are the principal competitors.

 

7. Eligibility Changes to Insurance Programs. Due to potential decreased availability of healthcare through private employers, the number of patients who are uninsured or participate in governmental programs may increase. Healthcare reform legislation will continue to increase the participation of individuals in the Medicaid program in states that elect to participate in the expanded Medicaid coverage. A shift in payor mix from managed care and other private payors to government payors or an increase in the number of uninsured patients may result in a reduction in the rates of reimbursement or an increase in uncollectible receivables or uncompensated care, with a corresponding decrease in net revenue. Policies now being offered under various insurance plans are expected to reduce demand for MRI scans as they become less affordable. Changes in the eligibility requirements for governmental programs such as the Medicaid program and state decisions on whether to participate in the expansion of such programs also could increase the number of patients who participate in such programs and the number of uninsured patients. Even for those patients who remain in private insurance plans, changes to those plans could increase patient financial responsibility, resulting in a greater risk of uncollectible receivables. These factors and events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

8. Federal and state privacy and information security laws. We must comply with numerous federal and state laws and regulations governing the collection, dissemination, access, use, security and privacy of PHI, including HIPAA and its implementing privacy and security regulations, as amended by the federal HITECH Act. If we fail to comply with applicable privacy and security laws, regulations and standards, properly maintain the integrity of our data, or protect our proprietary rights to our systems, our business, reputation, results of operations, financial position and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.

 

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9. Current and future changes in Florida Insurance Law. On March 24, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Tort Reform Act. The bill makes sweeping changes to Florida’s negligence laws. These changes will negatively impact our Florida diagnostic imaging facilities (both those we own and those we manage) with more unpaid bills, and lower reimbursement rates. The full extent of those reductions are unclear at this time. Florida legislators continue to propose significant changes to the current structure of Florida’s auto insurance industry, which may impact our future operations in Florida.

 

10. Demand for MRI Scanners. The reduced reimbursement rates have a negative effect on our sales of MRI scanners. With lower revenue projections, prospective customers would demand lower prices for scanners. Although the reduced reimbursements may not affect foreign demand, a lower number of sales in the aggregate could reduce economies of scale and consequently, profit margins.

 

11. Manufacturing Competition. Many if not most of our competing scanner manufacturers have significantly greater financial resources, production capacity, and other resources than we do. Such competitors would include General Electric, Siemens, Hitachi and Phillips. Although Fonar is the only company which can manufacture and sell the unique Stand-Up® (Upright®) MRI scanner, potential customers must be convinced that the purchase of a Fonar scanner is their best choice. We believe that with time, that objective will be reached, particularly with customers scanning patients having neck, back, knee and various orthopedic issues who would benefit from being scanned in weight-bearing positions.

 

12. Other changes in Domestic and Worldwide Economic Conditions. We are subject to risk arising from adverse changes in general domestic and global economic and other conditions, including recessions or economic slowdowns, disruptions of credit markets and military conflicts. Turbulence and uncertainty in the United States and international markets and economies may adversely affect our workforce, liquidity, financial condition, revenues, profitability and business operations generally.

 

Item 2 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds: None

 

In September 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $9 million of our common stock. Under this program, we may purchase stock in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions in accordance with applicable securities laws, including pursuant to pre-arranged stock trading plans. The timing and actual amount of the stock repurchases will depend on several factors including price, capital availability, regulatory requirements, and other market conditions. We are not obligated to repurchase a specific number of shares under this program and it may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time.

 

The following table summarizes the number of shares repurchased during the three months ended December 31, 2023:

 

Fiscal Month   Total Number of Shares Purchased  Average Price Paid per Share  Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs  Maximum Dollar Value that May Still Be Purchased Under the Program (In Thousands)
January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024   0   $    0    5,355 
November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023   0   $    0    5,355 
December 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023   0   $    0    5,355 
Total   0   $    0      

 

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Item 3 - Defaults Upon Senior Securities: None

 

Item 4 - Mine Safety Disclosure: Not Applicable

 

Item 5 - Other Information

 

Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan.

 

During the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024, none of our directors or executive officers adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.”

 

Item 6 - Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K:

  

a) Exhibit 31.1 Certification. See Exhibits
b) Exhibit 32.1 Certification. See Exhibits
c) Report on Form 8-K filed on February 15, 2024, Item 2.02: Results of Operations and Financial Condition for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

  

  FONAR CORPORATION
  (Registrant)
   
   
  By: /s/ Timothy Damadian
  Timothy Damadian
  Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer
   
   
  /s/ Luciano Bonanni
  Luciano Bonanni
  Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Acting Principal Financial Officer

 

Dated: May 15, 2024

 

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