Note 10 - Related Party

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

10.	RELATED PARTY

A director of the Company serves as an officer of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (“Ameritas”). In connection with the Company’s regular assessment of its insurance-based associate benefits, which is conducted by an independent insurance broker, and the costs associated therewith, the Company purchases dental and vision insurance for certain of its associates from Ameritas. The total value of these purchases was

$54,000

and

$63,000

for the

three

-month periods ended

September 30, 2018

and

2017,

respectively, and

$148,000

and

$183,000

for the

nine

-month periods ended

September 30, 2018

and

2017,

respectively.

During

2017,

the Company acquired a cost method investment in convertible preferred stock of Practicing Excellence.com, Inc., a privately-held Delaware corporation (“PX”), which is included in other non-current assets and is carried at cost, adjusted for changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions of the same investment in PX, if any. The Company also has an agreement with PX which commenced in

2016

under which the Company acts as a reseller of PX services and receives a portion of the revenues. The total revenue earned from the PX reseller agreement in the

three

-month periods ended

September 30, 2018

and

2017,

were

$87,000

and

$159,000,

respectively, and in

nine

-month periods ended

September 30, 2018

and

2017,

were

$195,000

and

$454,000,

respectively.