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Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Description of Business
Diversicare Healthcare Services, Inc. ("Diversicare" or the "Company") provides a broad range of post-acute care services to patients and residents including skilled nursing, ancillary health care services and assisted living. In addition to the nursing and social services usually provided in long-term care centers, we offer a variety of rehabilitative, nutritional, respiratory, and other specialized ancillary services. The Company operates and reports as one reportable operating segment. The Company believes that this structure reflects its current operational and financial management.
As of December 31, 2020, our continuing operations consist of 61 nursing centers with 7,250 licensed skilled nursing beds. Our nursing centers range in size from 50 to 320 licensed nursing beds. The licensed nursing bed count does not include 397 licensed assisted living and other residential beds. Our continuing operations include centers in Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. The number of centers and beds denoted in these consolidated financial statements are unaudited.
COVID-19 Pandemic
In January 2020, the Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) declared a national public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus. In March 2020, the World Health Organization categorized COVID-19, a disease caused by this coronavirus (“COVID-19”), as a pandemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), older adults and people with certain underlying medical conditions are at higher risk for serious illness from COVID-19. CDC has identified nursing home populations as being at high risk of being affected by pathogens like COVID-19 as a result of the congregate nature of nursing homes and the resident population served.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the CDC have issued guidance to state and local governments and long-term care facilities to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. For example, on March 13, 2020, CMS issued a memorandum directing long-term care facilities to significantly restrict visitors and nonessential workers and to restrict communal activities, among other measures. On May 18, 2020, CMS provided “reopening” recommendations for state and local officials to determine the level of mitigation needed to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in nursing homes, including criteria for relaxing various restrictions. CMS has also announced COVID-19 reporting requirements and focused infection control surveys intended to assess long-term care facility compliance with infection control requirements in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. CDC guidance includes infection prevention and control practices intended to protect both nursing home residents and healthcare personnel.
On March 27, 2020, the U.S. government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) which includes, among other things, modifications to the limitation on business interest expense and net operating loss provisions relative to the payment of Federal income taxes and allows an optional payment deferral of the employer's portion of Social Security taxes that were otherwise due through December 31, 2020. These provisions of the CARES Act were effective after the date of enactment and also include the appropriation of stimulus funds to Medicare and Medicaid providers. The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ("PPPHCE Act"), enacted on April 24, 2020, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ("CAA"), enacted December 27, 2020, provide for additional emergency appropriations for COVID-19 response.
Together, the CARES Act, PPPHCE Act, and CAA authorize funding to healthcare entities to be distributed through the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund ("PHSSEF"), also known as the Provider Relief Fund. Payments from PHSSEF are intended to compensate providers for lost revenues and healthcare-related expenses attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic only. As long as the recipient has sufficient COVID-19 attributable expenses and lost revenues, as defined by the PHSSEF, between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021 and complies with certain terms and conditions, these payments are not required to be repaid. The terms and conditions include, among others, requirements to comply with certain reporting requirements, limitations on balance billing and restrictions against using PHSSEF funds to reimburse expenses or losses that have been reimbursed from other sources or that other sources are obligated to reimburse. On December 27, 2020, the CAA was enacted which included clarifications addressing the calculation and reporting of lost revenue. Additionally, the CAA indicated that targeted distribution payments made to an eligible entity may be allocated by the entity's parent organization among its subsidiary eligible health care providers. On January 15, 2021, HHS released additional guidance explaining the updated requirements implemented by the CAA on calculating lost revenue and the reporting process. In addition, the CAA also indicates that targeted distribution payments made to an eligible entity may be allocated by the entity's parent organization
among its subsidiary eligible health care providers, and the entity receiving the targeted distribution payments remains responsible for reporting obligations. The Company is utilizing these funds to compensate for COVID-19 attributable lost revenues and pay for permissible expenses, including but are not limited to increased wages and increased costs for personal protective equipment, infection control supplies, and COVID-19 testing. The Company is still evaluating the most recent guidance; however, the Company currently anticipates, but cannot guarantee, that it will have sufficient COVID-19 attributable expenses and lost revenues to retain the PPSSEF payments it has received to date. The Company will not be able to determine the amount of used funds until the form, process and reporting rules are finalized by the federal- government, and the Company knows the full extent of its COVID-19 attributable expenses and lost revenues. There also can be no assurance that the PHSSEF funds will ultimately be enough to reimburse the Company for the full extent of its COVID-19 attributable expenses.
In addition, we have experienced and may continue to experience supply chain disruptions, including delays and price increases in equipment, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies. Staffing, equipment, and pharmaceutical and medical supplies and vaccine shortages may impact our ability to admit and treat patients. We have incurred, and may continue to incur, increased expenses arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. We have also experienced reduced occupancy in our centers, in part due to perceived risks by patients and family members of residential care and their perception of restrictions such as limited visitation policies, a reduction in patients released to nursing homes from hospitals and other healthcare facilities, and a general reluctance to seek medical care or interface with the healthcare system during the pandemic or for an undetermined period of time. Occupancy may also be affected by the data each nursing home is required to report, including the number of confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 and resident deaths related to COVID-19, which is made publicly available through the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network.
Since the end of the year, there have been additional cases of COVID-19 at certain of our centers. The Company has continued to experience reduced occupancy and increased operating expenses at its centers in the form of increased wages and increased costs for personal protective equipment, food and certain other supplies. The Company expects such increased expenses to continue and likely increase further into 2021. Refer to Note 2 "COVID-19 Pandemic" for further information.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the financial position, operations and accounts of Diversicare and its subsidiaries, all wholly-owned. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition
The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for these services.
Performance obligations are promises made in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. A contract's transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. The Company has concluded that the contracts with patients and residents represent a bundle of distinct services that are substantially the same, with the same pattern of transfer to the customer. Accordingly, the promise to provide quality care is accounted for as a single performance obligation.
The Company performed analyses using the application of the portfolio approach as a practical expedient to group patient contracts with similar characteristics, such that revenue for a given portfolio would not be materially different than if it were evaluated on a contract-by-contract basis. These analyses incorporated consideration of reimbursements at varying rates from Medicaid, Medicare, Managed Care, Private Pay, Assisted Living, Hospice, and Veterans for services provided in each corresponding state. It was determined that the contracts, within each respective group listed below, are not materially different for the following groups: Medicaid, Medicare, Managed Care and Private Pay and other (Assisted Living, Hospice and Veterans).
In order to determine the transaction price, the Company estimates the amount of variable consideration at the beginning of the contract using the expected value method. The estimates consider (i) payor type, (ii) historical payment trends, (iii) the maturity of the portfolio, and (iv) geographic payment trends throughout a class of similar payors. The Company typically enters into agreements with third-party payors that provide for payments at amounts different from the established charges. These arrangement terms provide for subsequent settlement and cash flows that may occur well after the service is provided. The Company constrains (reduces) the estimates of variable consideration such that it is probable that a significant reversal of
previously recognized revenue will not occur throughout the life of the contract. Changes in the Company's expectation of the amount it will receive from the patient or third-party payors will be recorded in revenue unless there is a specific event that suggests the patient or third-party payor no longer has the ability and intent to pay the amount due and, therefore, the changes in its estimate of variable consideration better represent an impairment, or bad debt. These estimates are re-assessed each reporting period, and any amounts allocated to a satisfied performance obligation are recognized as revenue or a reduction of revenue in the period in which the transaction price changes.
The Company satisfies its performance obligation by providing quality of care services to its patients and residents on a daily basis until termination of the contract. The performance obligation is recognized at a point in time, by day, for which the services are provided. For these contracts, the Company has the right to consideration from the customer in an amount that directly corresponds with the value to the customer of the Company's performance to date. Therefore, the Company recognizes revenue based on the amount billable to the customer in accordance with the practical expedient in ASC 606-10-55-18. Additionally, because the Company applied ASC 606 using certain practical expedients, the Company elected not to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price for unsatisfied, or partially unsatisfied, performance obligations for all contracts with an original expected length of one year or less.
The Company incurs costs related to patient/resident contracts, such as legal and advertising expenses. The contract costs are expensed as incurred. They are not expected to be recovered and are not chargeable to the patient/resident regardless of whether the contract is executed. See Note 5, “Revenue Recognition and Receivables.”
CARES Act and PPPHCE Act Funds
During 2020, the Company implemented certain changes to our accounting policies related to the recognition of stimulus funds through the CARES Act, the PPPHCE Act and CAA. There is no U.S. GAAP that explicitly covers accounting for government "grants" to for-profit entities with the exception of certain agricultural subsidies. In the absence of authoritative U.S. GAAP guidance, the Company considered the application of other authoritative accounting guidance by analogy and concluded that the guidance outlined in International Accounting Standard 20 - Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosures of Government Assistance ("IAS 20") was the most appropriate analogy for the purpose of recording and classifying the federal and state grant funds received by the Company. Under IAS 20, once it is reasonably assured that the entity will comply with the conditions of the grant, the grant money should be recognized on a systematic basis over the periods in which the entity recognizes the related expenses or losses for which the grant money is intended to compensate. The Company recognizes grants once both of the following conditions are met: (1) the Company is eligible to receive the grant, and (2) the Company is able to comply with the relevant conditions of the grant. In accordance with such conditions, Federal and state stimulus funds that are recognized to offset healthcare related expenses and/or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19 are reflected as "other operating income" on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. Federal stimulus funds received and used toward capital improvements that assist with the response to and prevention and spread of COVID-19 is accounted for as a capital grant. For such an asset acquired with the use of a stimulus funds, the Company will recognize the asset as a net zero asset. Refer to Note 2, "COVID-19 Pandemic" for additional information.
Additionally, the Company has received Medicaid stimulus funds, which are recognized in accordance with ASC 606. Refer to Note 5, "Revenue Recognition and Receivables" for additional information.
Lease Expense
As of December 31, 2020, the Company operates 46 nursing centers under operating leases, including 23 owned by Omega, 20 owned by Golden Living and three owned by other parties. The Company's operating leases generally require the Company to pay stated rent, subject to increases based on changes in the Consumer Price Index or a minimum percentage increase. The Company's Master Lease Agreements with Omega and Golden Living require the Company to pay certain scheduled rent increases. Such scheduled rent increases are recorded as additional lease expense on a straight-line basis recognized over the term of the related leases and the difference between the amounts recorded for rent expense as compared to rent payments is recorded as an accrued liability.
See Note 3, "Business Development and Other Significant Transactions" and Note 12, "Commitments and Contingencies" for a discussion regarding the Company's Master Lease Agreements with Omega and Golden Living and the addition of certain leased centers.
Classification of Expenses
The Company classifies all expenses (except lease, interest, depreciation and amortization expenses) that are associated with its corporate and regional management support functions as general and administrative expenses within continuing operations. All other expenses (except lease, professional liability, government settlement expense, interest, depreciation and amortization expenses) incurred by the Company at the center level for continuing operations are classified as operating expenses.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost or at fair value determined on the respective dates of acquisition for assets obtained in a business combination, with depreciation and amortization being provided over the shorter of the remaining lease term (where applicable) or the assets' estimated useful lives on the straight-line basis as follows:
        
Buildings and improvements-
5 to 40 years
Leasehold improvements-
2 to 10 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment-
2 to 15 years
Interest incurred during construction periods for qualifying expenditures is capitalized as part of the building cost. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred, and major betterments and improvements are capitalized.
The Company routinely evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its long-lived assets, including property and equipment and right of use assets. The evaluation for recoverability includes when significant adverse changes in the general economic conditions and significant deteriorations of the underlying undiscounted cash flows or fair values of the asset group indicate that the carrying amount of the asset group may not be recoverable. If circumstances suggest that the recorded amounts are not recoverable based upon estimated future undiscounted cash flows, the carrying values of such assets are reduced to fair value.
Cash
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on deposit with banks and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased. Our cash on deposit with banks was subject to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") minimum insurance levels.
Deferred Financing and Other Costs
The Company records deferred financing and lease costs for direct and incremental expenditures related to entering into or amending debt and lease agreements. These expenditures include lenders' and attorneys' fees. Financing costs are amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the related debt. The amortization is reflected as interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. See Note 8, "Long-term Debt, Interest Rate Swap and Finance Lease Obligations" for further discussion.
Acquired Leasehold Interest
The Company has recorded an acquired leasehold interest intangible asset related to an acquisition completed during 2007. The intangible asset is accounted for in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") guidance on goodwill and other intangible assets, and is amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining life of the acquired lease. As discussed in Note 3, "Business Developments and Other Significant Transactions," the Company entered into a new Master Lease Agreement (the "Omega Master Lease") with  Omega Healthcare Investors ("Omega") on October 1, 2018, which was subsequently modified on August 30, 2019. The Omega Master Lease includes the seven centers to which the intangible asset relates. As such, the intangible asset is now being amortized over an adjusted remaining life, consistent with the term of the Omega Master Lease, which goes through September 30, 2030. Amortization expense of approximately $534 and $571 related to this intangible asset was recorded during each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
The carrying value of the acquired leasehold interest intangible and the accumulated amortization are as follows:
December 31,
20202019
Acquired leasehold interest, gross$10,652 $10,652 
Accumulated amortization(5,450)(4,916)
Acquired leasehold interest, net$5,202 $5,736 
The Company evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of the acquired leasehold intangible in accordance with the FASB's guidance on accounting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. Included in this evaluation is whether significant adverse changes in general economic conditions, and significant deteriorations of the underlying cash flows or fair values of the intangible asset indicate that the carrying amount of the intangible asset may not be recoverable. The need to recognize an impairment charge is based on estimated future undiscounted cash flows from the asset compared to the carrying value of that asset. If recognition of an impairment charge is necessary, it is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the intangible asset exceeds the fair value of the intangible asset.
The expected amortization expense for the acquired leasehold interest intangible asset is as follows:
2021$534 
2022534 
2023534 
2024534 
2025534 
Thereafter2,532 
$5,202 
Self-Insurance
Self-insurance liabilities primarily represent the unfunded accrual for self-insured risks associated with general and professional liability claims, employee health insurance and workers' compensation. The Company's health insurance liability is based on known claims incurred and an estimate of incurred but unreported claims determined by an analysis of historical claims paid. The Company's workers' compensation liability relates primarily to periods of self-insurance and consists of an estimate of the future costs to be incurred for the known claims.
Final determination of the Company's actual liability for incurred general and professional liability claims is a process that may take years. The Company evaluates the adequacy of this liability on a quarterly basis. Semi-annually, the Company retains a third-party actuarial firm to assist in the evaluation of this unfunded accrual. The actuary assists management in the preparation of the appropriate accrual for incurred but not reported general and professional liability claims based on data furnished by the Company. The actuary primarily utilizes historical data regarding the frequency and cost of the Company's past claims over a multi-year period, industry data and information regarding the number of occupied beds to develop its estimates of the Company's ultimate professional liability cost for current periods.
On a quarterly basis, the Company obtains reports of asserted claims and lawsuits incurred. These reports, which are provided by the Company's insurers and a third party claims administrator, contain information relevant to the actual expense already incurred for each claim as well as the third-party administrator's estimate of the anticipated total cost of the claim. This information is reviewed by the Company quarterly and provided to the actuary semi-annually. Based on the Company's evaluation of the actual claim information obtained, the semi-annual estimates received from the third-party actuary, the amounts paid and committed for settlements of claims and on estimates regarding the number and cost of additional claims anticipated in the future, the reserve estimate for a particular period may be revised upward or downward on a quarterly basis. Any increase in the accrual has an unfavorable impact on results of operations in the period and any reduction in the accrual increases results of operations during the period.
All losses are projected on an undiscounted basis. The self-insurance liabilities include estimates of liability for incurred but not reported claims, estimates of liability for reported but unresolved claims, actual liabilities related to settlements, including settlements to be paid over time, and estimates of related legal costs incurred and expected to be incurred.
One of the key assumptions in the actuarial analysis is that historical losses provide an accurate forecast of future losses. Changes in legislation such as tort reform, changes in our financial condition, changes in our risk management practices and other factors may affect the severity and frequency of claims incurred in future periods as compared to historical claims.
The facts and circumstances of each claim vary significantly, and the amount of ultimate liability for an individual claim may vary due to many factors, including whether the case can be settled by agreement, the quality of legal representation, the individual jurisdiction in which the claim is pending, and the views of the particular judge or jury deciding the case.
Although the Company adjusts its unfunded accrual for professional and general liability claims on a quarterly basis and retains a third-party actuarial firm semi-annually to assist management in estimating the appropriate accrual, professional and general liability claims are inherently uncertain, and the liability associated with anticipated claims is very difficult to estimate. Professional liability cases have a long cycle from the date of an incident to the date a case is resolved, and final determination of the Company's actual liability for claims incurred in any given period is a process that takes years. As a result, the Company's actual liabilities may vary significantly from the unfunded accrual, and the amount of the accrual has and may continue to fluctuate by a material amount in any given period. Each change in the amount of this accrual will directly affect the Company's results of operations and financial position for the period in which the change in accrual is made.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the FASB's guidance on Income Taxes, which requires the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes whereby deferred income taxes are recorded for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Valuation allowances are provided against any estimated non-realizable deferred tax assets where necessary.
Where the Company believes that a tax position is supportable for income tax purposes, the item is included in its income tax returns. Where treatment of a position is uncertain, liabilities are recorded based upon the Company’s evaluation of the “more likely than not” outcome considering the technical merits of the position. While the judgments and estimates made by the Company are based on management’s evaluation of the technical merits of a matter, historical experience and other assumptions that management believes are appropriate and reasonable under current circumstances, actual resolution of these matters may differ from recorded estimated amounts, resulting in charges or credits that could materially affect future financial statements. See Note 11, "Income Taxes" for additional information related to the provision for income taxes.
Disclosure of Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants. In calculating fair value, a company must maximize the use of observable market inputs, minimize the use of unobservable market inputs and disclose in the form of an outlined hierarchy the details of such fair value measurements. The carrying amounts of cash, receivables, trade accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these accounts. The Company's self-insurance liabilities are reported on an undiscounted basis as the timing of estimated settlements cannot be determined.
The Company follows the FASB's guidance on Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures which provides rules for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities as well as a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop the measurements. It applies whenever other guidance requires (or permits) assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value and gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).
A summary of the fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels is described below:
Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.
Level 2: Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets, but corroborated by market data.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.
As further discussed in Note 8, "Long-term Debt, Interest Rate Swap and Finance Lease Obligations", the Company terminated its interest rate swap in conjunction with refinancing its debt in October 2020.
As the Company's interest rate swap, a cash flow hedge, was not traded on a market exchange, the fair value was determined using a valuation model based on a discounted cash flow analysis. This analysis reflected the contractual terms of the interest rate swap agreement and used observable market-based inputs, including estimated future LIBOR interest rates. The fair value of the Company's interest rate swap was the net difference in the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts were based on the expectation of future interest rates and were observable inputs available to a market participant. The interest rate swap valuation was classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The debt balances as presented in the consolidated balance sheets approximate the fair value of the respective instruments as the debt was at a variable rate, the estimates of which were considered Level 2 fair value calculations within the fair value hierarchy.
The following table presents by level, within the fair value hierarchy, assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020 and 2019:
December 31, 2020Fair Value Measurements - Assets (Liabilities)
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Interest rate swap$— $— $— $— 
December 31, 2019Fair Value Measurements - Assets (Liabilities)
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Interest rate swap$(57)$— $(57)$— 
The change in fair value of the Company's cash flow hedge is detailed in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss).
Net Income (Loss) per Common Share
The Company follows the FASB's guidance on Earnings Per Share for the financial reporting of net income (loss) per common share. Basic earnings per common share excludes dilution and restricted shares and is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares, excluding restricted shares, outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per common share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or otherwise resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the Company. See Note 10, "Net Income (Loss) per Common Share" for additional disclosures about the Company's Net Income (Loss) per Common Share.
Stock Based Compensation
The Company follows the FASB's guidance on Stock Compensation to account for share-based payments granted to team members and recorded non-cash stock based compensation expense of $570 and $573 during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Such amounts are included as components of general and administrative expense or operating expense based upon the classification of cash compensation paid to the related employees. See Note 9, "Shareholders' Equity, Stock Plans and Preferred Stock" for additional disclosures about the Company's stock based compensation plans.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Accumulated other comprehensive income consists of other comprehensive income (loss). Comprehensive income (loss) is a more inclusive financial reporting method that includes disclosure of financial information that historically has not been recognized in the calculation of net income (loss). Currently, the Company's other comprehensive income (loss) consists of the change in fair value of the Company's interest rate swap transaction previously accounted for as a cash flow hedge.
Accounting Standards Recently Issued
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The new guidance intends to improve financial reporting by requiring timelier recognition of credit losses on loans and other financial instruments that are not accounted for at fair value through net income, including loans held for investment, held-to-maturity debt securities, trade and other receivables, net investment in leases and other such commitments. This update requires that financial statement assets measured at an amortized cost be presented at the net amount expected to be collected, through an allowance for credit losses that is deducted from the amortized cost basis. This standard is effective for smaller reporting companies for the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2022 with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the initial stages of evaluating the impact from the adoption of this new standard on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848). The new guidance contains practical expedients for reference rate reform related activities that impact debt, leases, derivatives and other contracts. The guidance in ASU No. 2020-04 is optional and may be elected over time as reference rate reform activities occur. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company has elected to apply the hedge accounting expedients related to probability and the assessments of effectiveness for future LIBOR-indexed cash flows to assume that the index upon which future hedged transactions will be based matches the index on the corresponding derivatives. Application of these expedients preserves the presentation of derivatives consistent with past presentation. The amendments in the ASU are effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The Company continues to evaluate changes in the market and may apply other elections, as applicable, in the future as allowed under ASU No. 2020-04.