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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

NOTE H COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

 

Contingencies

 

The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise from time to time in the ordinary course of its business, including additional payments under business purchase agreements.  In the opinion of management, the amount of ultimate liability, if any with respect to these actions, will not have a materially adverse effect on the financial position, liquidity or results of operations of the Company.

 

The Company is in a highly regulated industry and receives regulatory agency inquiries from time to time in the ordinary course of its business, including inquiries relating to the Company’s billing activities. To date these inquiries have not resulted in material liabilities, but no assurance can be given that future regulatory agencies’ inquiries will be consistent with the results to date or that any discrepancies identified during a regulatory review will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Guarantees and Indemnifications

 

In the ordinary course of its business, the Company may enter into service agreements with service providers in which it agrees to indemnify or limit the service provider against certain losses and liabilities arising from the service provider’s performance of the agreement. The Company has reviewed its existing contracts containing indemnification or clauses of guarantees and does not believe that its liability under such agreements is material to the Company’s operations.