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IMAC HOLDINGS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Important Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Portions of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (including information incorporated by reference) include “forward-looking statements” based on our current beliefs, expectations, and projections regarding our business strategies, market potential, future financial performance, industry, and other matters. This includes, in particular, “Item 2 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as other portions of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “could,” “would,” and similar expressions, among others, generally identify “forward-looking statements,” which speak only as of the date the statements were made. The matters discussed in these forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated, or implied in the forward-looking statements. The most significant of these risks, uncertainties, and other factors are described in “Item 1A — Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023. Except to the limited extent required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
IMAC HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
March 31, 2023 | December 31, | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | 2022 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | ||||||||
| Deferred compensation, current portion | ||||||||
| Other assets | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | ||||||||
| Other assets: | ||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | ||||||||
| Security deposits | ||||||||
| Right of use asset | ||||||||
| Total other assets | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Patient deposits | ||||||||
| Notes payable, current portion | ||||||||
| Finance lease obligation, current portion | ||||||||
| Liability to issue common stock, current portion | ||||||||
| Operating lease liability, current portion | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Long-term liabilities: | ||||||||
| Notes payable, net of current portion | ||||||||
| Finance lease obligation, net of current portion | ||||||||
| Operating lease liability, net of current portion | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitment and Contingencies – Note 14 | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock - $ par value, authorized, issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. | ||||||||
| Common stock - $ par value, authorized; and shares issued at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively; and and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | ||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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IMAC HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Patient revenues, net | $ | $ | ||||||
| Total revenue | ||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||
| Patient expenses | ||||||||
| Salaries and benefits | ||||||||
| Advertising and marketing | ||||||||
| General and administrative | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||
| Loss on disposal or impairment of assets | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | ||||||||
| Operating loss | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other expenses: | ||||||||
| Other expense | ( | ) | ||||||
| Interest expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total other expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net loss before income taxes | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Income taxes | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | ||||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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IMAC HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)
| Common Stock | Additional | |||||||||||||||||||
Number of Shares | Par | Paid-In Capital | Accumulated Deficit | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Share based compensation, net | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Additional | |||||||||||||||||||
Number of Shares | Par | Paid-In Capital | Accumulated Deficit | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Share based compensation, net | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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IMAC HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||
| Share based compensation, net | ||||||||
| Loss on disposition or impairment of assets | ||||||||
Bad debt expense | ||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other assets | ||||||||
| Security deposits | ||||||||
| Right of use/lease liability | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Patient deposits | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash from operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of Louisiana Orthopedic operations | ||||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | ( | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | ||||||||
| Net cash from investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock | ||||||||
| Payments on notes payable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Payments on finance lease obligation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash from financing activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net decrease in cash | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash, beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Interest paid | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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IMAC HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1 – Description of Business
IMAC Holdings, Inc. is a holding company for IMAC Regeneration Centers and our Investigational New Drug division. IMAC Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, the “Company”) provide movement, orthopedic and neurological therapies through its chain of IMAC Regeneration Centers. Through its consolidated and equity owned entities, its outpatient medical clinics provide conservative, non-invasive medical treatments to help patients with back pain, knee pain, joint pain, ligament and tendon damage, and other related soft tissue conditions. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had opened or acquired through management service agreements five (5) medical clinics located in Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri. The Company has partnered with several well-known sports stars such as Ozzie Smith in opening its medical clinics, with a focus on delivering sports medicine treatments without opioids. The Company’s Investigational New Drug division is conducting a clinical trial for its investigational compound utilizing umbilical cord-derived allogenic mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of bradykinesia due to Parkinson’s disease.
As outlined in Note 15, given the Company’s current financial position, during the first quarter of 2023 the Company decided to close four underperforming locations and sold its Louisiana Orthopedic practice as well as The BackSpace, LLC operations in an effort to raise sufficient capital to support on-going operations. Management has been actively exploring various strategic alternatives in an effort to support operations in 2023 and beyond.
Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America (“U.S.”) as promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of IMAC Holdings, Inc. and the following entities which are consolidated due to direct ownership of a controlling voting interest or other rights granted to us as the sole general partner or managing member of the entity: IMAC Regeneration Center of St. Louis, LLC (“IMAC St. Louis”), IMAC Management Services, LLC (“IMAC Management”), IMAC Regeneration Management, LLC (“IMAC Texas”) IMAC Regeneration Management of Nashville, LLC (“IMAC Nashville”) IMAC Management of Illinois, LLC (“IMAC Illinois”), Advantage Hand Therapy and Orthopedic Rehabilitation, LLC (“Advantage Therapy”), IMAC Management of Florida, LLC (“IMAC Florida”), Louisiana Orthopaedic & Sports Rehab (“IMAC Louisiana”) and The Back Space, LLC (“BackSpace”); the following entity which is consolidated with IMAC Regeneration Management of Nashville, LLC due to control by contract: IMAC Regeneration Center of Nashville, PC (“IMAC Nashville PC”); the following entities which are consolidated with IMAC Management of Illinois, LLC due to control by contract: Progressive Health and Rehabilitation, Ltd., Illinois Spine and Disc Institute, Ltd. and Ricardo Knight, P.C.; the following entities which is consolidated with IMAC Management Services, LLC due to control by contract: Integrated Medicine and Chiropractic Regeneration Center PSC (“Kentucky PC”) and IMAC Medical of Kentucky PSC (“Kentucky PSC”); the following entities which are consolidated with IMAC Florida due to control by contract: Willmitch Chiropractic, P.A. and IMAC Medical of Florida, P.A.; the following entity which is consolidated with Louisiana Orthopaedic & Sports Rehab due to control by contract: IMAC Medical of Louisiana, a Medical Corporation; and the following entities which are consolidated with BackSpace due to control by contract: ChiroMart LLC, ChiroMart Florida LLC, and ChiroMart Missouri LLC.
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During January of 2023, the Company decided to close the operations at four underperforming clinic locations: Webster Groves, Lexington, Fort Pierce and Tampa.
On January 27, 2023, the Company executed an agreement
to sell all assets of IMAC of Louisiana, PC and Louisiana Orthopaedic & Sports Rehab, LLC for a total of $
On March 1, 2023, the Company executed an agreement to sale The BackSpace, LLC to Curis Express, LLC. This sale eliminated IMAC Holdings, Inc. retail chiropractic division. In addition, the deal included all associated real estate leases and the rights to certain future potential expansion locations.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses at the date and for the periods that the condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to insurance adjustments and provisions for doubtful accounts. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations. Specifically, we reclassified share-based compensation to salaries and benefits.
Revenue Recognition
The Company’s patient service revenue is derived from non-surgical procedures performed at our outpatient medical clinics. The fees for such services are billed either to the patient or a third-party payer, including Medicare.
The Company recognizes service revenues based upon the estimated amounts the Company expects to be entitled to receive from patients and third-party payers. Estimates of contractual adjustments are based upon the payment terms specified in the related contractual agreements. The Company also records estimated implicit price concessions (based primarily on historical collection experience) related to uninsured accounts to record these revenues at the estimated amounts expected to be collected.
Starting in January 2020, the Company implemented wellness maintenance programs on a subscription basis. There are currently four membership plans offered with different levels of service for each plan. The Company recognizes membership revenue on a monthly basis. Enrollment in the wellness maintenance program can occur at any time during the month and can be dis-enrolled at any time.
Starting in June 2021, the Company introduced BackSpace and began offering outpatient chiropractic and spinal care services as well as memberships services in Walmart retail locations. The fees for such services are paid and recognized as incurred.
Starting in September 2022, the Company introduced hormone replacement therapy “HRT” and medical weight loss programs. The Company recognizes HRT and medical weight loss revenue as the services are provided.
Other management service fees are derived from management services where the Company provides billings and collections support to the clinics and where management services are provided based on state specific regulations known as the corporate practice of medicine (“CPM”). Under the CPM, a business corporation is precluded from practicing medicine or employing a physician to provide professional medical services. In these circumstances, the Company provides all administrative support to the physician-owned PC through a LLC. The PC is consolidated due to control by contract (an “MSA” – Management Services Agreement). The fees we derive from these management arrangements are either based on a predetermined percentage of the revenue of each clinic or a percentage mark up on the costs of the LLC. The company recognizes other management service revenue in the period in which services are rendered. These revenues are earned by IMAC Nashville, IMAC Management, IMAC Illinois, IMAC Florida, IMAC Louisiana and the Back Space and are eliminated in consolidation to the extent owned.
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Patient Deposits
Patient deposits are derived from patient payments in advance of services delivered. Our service lines include traditional and regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicine procedures are rarely paid by insurance carriers; therefore, the Company typically requires up-front payment from the patient for regenerative services and any co-pays and deductibles as required by the patient specific insurance carrier. For some patients, credit is provided through an outside vendor. In this case, the Company is paid from the credit card company and the risk is transferred to the credit card company for collection from the patient. These funds are accounted for as patient deposits until the procedures are performed at which point the patient deposit is recognized as patient service revenue.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amount of accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their respective fair values due to the short-term nature. The carrying amount of the line of credit and note payable approximates fair values due to their market interest rates. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable.
Variable Interest Entities
Certain states prohibit the “corporate practice of medicine,” which restricts business corporations from practicing medical care by exercising control over clinical decisions by doctors. In states which prohibit the corporate practice of medicine, the Company enters into long-term management agreements with professional corporations (“PCs”) that are owned by licensed doctors, which, in turn employ or contract with doctors who provide professional care in its clinics. Under these management agreements with PCs, the Company provides, on an exclusive basis, all non-clinical services of the practice.
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of variable interest entities (“VIE”) in which the Company is the primary beneficiary under the provisions of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification 810, “Consolidation”. The Company has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact a VIE’s economic performance. Additionally, the Company would absorb substantially all of the expected losses from any of these entities should such expected losses occur. As of March 31, 2023, the Company’s consolidated VIE’s include 12 PCs.
The
total assets (excluding goodwill and intangible assets, net) of the consolidated VIEs included in the accompanying condensed consolidated
balance sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, were approximately $
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company had
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable primarily consists of amounts due from third-party payers (non-governmental), governmental payers and private pay patients and is recorded net of allowances for doubtful accounts and contractual discounts. The Company’s ability to collect outstanding receivables is critical to its results of operations and cash flows. Accordingly, accounts receivable reported in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements is recorded at the net amount expected to be received.
The Company’s accounts receivable from third-party payers are recorded net of estimated contractual adjustments and allowances from third-party payers, which are estimated based on the historical trend of the Company’s facilities’ cash collections and contractual write-offs, accounts receivable aging, established fee schedules, relationships with payers and procedure statistics. While changes in estimated reimbursement from third-party payers remain a possibility, the Company expects that any such changes would be minimal and, therefore, would not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. The Company’s collection policies and procedures are based on the type of payor, size of claim and estimated collection percentage for each patient account. The Company analyzes accounts receivable at each of the facilities to ensure the proper collection and aged category. The operating systems generate reports that assist in the collection efforts by prioritizing patient accounts. Collection efforts include direct contact with insurance carriers or patients and written correspondence.
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Allowance for Contractual, Other Discounts and Doubtful Accounts
Management estimates the allowance for contractual and other discounts based on its historical collection experience and contracted relationship with the payers. The services authorized and provided and related reimbursement are often subject to interpretation and negotiation that could result in payments that differ from the Company’s estimates.
In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses.” This ASU added a new impairment model (known as the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model) that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under the new guidance, an entity recognizes as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses. As a result, the Company changed its accounting policy for allowance for doubtful accounts using an expected losses model rather than using incurred losses. The new model is based on the credit losses expected to arise over the life of the asset based on the Company’s expectations as of the balance sheet date through analyzing historical customer data as well as taking into consideration current economic trends.
As a smaller reporting Company pursuant to Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, these changes became effective for the Company on January 1, 2023. The adoption of ASU 2016-13 did not have a material financial impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
The roll forward of the allowance for doubtful accounts for the three-months ended March 31. 2023 was as follows:
| March 31, 2023 | ||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||
| Beginning balance | $ | |||
| Bad debt expense | ||||
| Write-offs | ( | ) | ||
| Ending balance | $ | |||
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Additions and improvements to property and equipment are capitalized at cost. Depreciation of owned assets are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives and amortization of leasehold improvements are computed using the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated useful lives of the related assets or the lease term. The cost of assets sold or retired, and the related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gains or losses are reflected in other income (expense) for the year. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.
Intangible Assets
The
Company capitalizes the fair value of intangible assets acquired in business combinations. Intangible assets are amortized on a
straight-line basis over their estimated economic useful lives, generally the contract term. The Company performs valuations of
assets acquired and liabilities assumed on each acquisition accounted for as a business combination and allocates the purchase price
of each acquired business to its respective net tangible and intangible assets. The Company records an impairment loss when the
carrying amount of the asset is not recoverable and exceeds its fair value. As of March 31, 2023, the Company decided to sell the
assets of the Louisiana market and the BackSpace retail stores. The Louisiana market had a total intangible carrying amount of
approximately $
Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets such as property and equipment and intangible assets are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. There were no impairments of long-lived assets for the years presented.
Advertising and Marketing
The
Company uses advertising and marketing to promote its services. Advertising and marketing costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising
and marketing expense was approximately $
Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted net loss per common share is determined using the weighted-average of common shares outstanding during the year, adjusted for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents, consisting of the conversion option embedded in convertible debt. The weighted-average number of common shares outstanding excludes common stock equivalents because their inclusion would have an anti-dilutive effect.
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Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. 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. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
Deferred tax assets are required to be reduced by a valuation allowance to the extent that, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Newly Adopted Accounting Pronouncement
Topic 326 was effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2023. This update requires a financial asset (or a group of financial assets) measured at amortized cost basis, to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset(s) to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. The Company has evaluated the impact of Topic 326 and has determined it does not have a material financial impact.
Note 3 – Capital Requirements, Liquidity and Going Concern Considerations
The
Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP and includes the assumption of a going
concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. However,
as shown in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company has sustained substantial losses from operations
since inception. The Company had negative working capital of approximately $
Management recognizes that the Company must obtain additional resources to successfully integrate its acquired and managed clinics and implement its business plans. Management plans to continue to raise funds to support our operations in 2023 and beyond. However, no assurances can be given that we will be successful. If management is not able to timely and successfully raise additional capital, the implementation of the Company’s business plan, financial condition and results of operations will be materially affected. These condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
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Note 4 – Concentration of Credit Risks
Cash
The
Company maintains its cash in accounts at financial institutions, which may, at times, exceed federally-insured limits of $
Revenue and Accounts Receivable
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had the following revenue and accounts receivable concentrations:
| March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| % of Revenue | % of Accounts Receivable | % of Revenue | % of Accounts Receivable | |||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Medicare payment | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||
Note 5 – Accounts Receivable
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s accounts receivable consisted of the following:
March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Gross accounts receivable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Less: allowance for doubtful accounts | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net | $ | $ | ||||||
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Note 6 – Property and Equipment
The Company’s property and equipment consisted of the following at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
Estimated Useful Life in Years | March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||
| Leasehold improvements | $ | $ | ||||||||
| Equipment | ||||||||||
| Total property and equipment | ||||||||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Construction in progress | ||||||||||
| Total property and equipment, net | $ | $ | ||||||||
Depreciation
was $
Note 7 – Intangibles Assets and Goodwill
The Company’s intangible assets and goodwill consisted of the following at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
| March 31, 2023 (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
| Estimated | Accumulated | |||||||||||||
| Useful Life | Cost | Amortization | Net | |||||||||||
| Intangible assets: | ||||||||||||||
| Management service agreements | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||
| Definite lived assets | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | ||||||||||||||
| Total intangible assets and goodwill | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||
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| December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Estimated | Accumulated | |||||||||||||
| Useful Life | Cost | Amortization | Net | |||||||||||
| Intangible assets: | ||||||||||||||
| Management service agreements | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||
| Non-compete agreements | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Customer lists | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Brand development | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Definite lived assets | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | ||||||||||||||
| Goodwill | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Total intangible assets and goodwill | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||
In January 2023, the Company sold the Louisiana Market
which had a total intangible carrying amount of approximately $
In February 2023, the Company sold the BackSpace retail
clinics which had a total intangible carrying amount of approximately $
In March 2022 the Company decided to close a clinic
in Florida with a total intangible carrying amount of approximately $
The Company performs its annual impairment test during
the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company performed a qualitative impairment test and,
based on the totality of information available for the reporting units, the Company concluded that it was more-likely-than-not that the
carrying value is greater than the estimated fair values of the reporting units as of December 31, 2022. A goodwill impairment loss of
$
Amortization
was $
The Company’s estimated future amortization of intangible assets was as follows:
| Years Ending December 31, | ||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||
| 2023 (nine months) | $ | |||
| 2024 | ||||
| 2025 | ||||
| 2026 | ||||
| 2027 | ||||
| Thereafter | ||||
| $ | ||||
Note 8 – Operating Leases
On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective method applied to leases that were in place at January 1, 2019. Results for operating periods beginning after January 1, 2019 are presented under ASC 842, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historic accounting under ASC 840. The Company’s leases consist of operating leases that mostly relate to real estate rental agreements. Most of the value of the Company’s lease portfolio relates to real estate lease agreements that were entered into starting March 2017.
Discount Rate Applied to Operating Leases
To determine the present value of minimum future lease payments for operating leases at January 1, 2019, the Company was required to estimate a rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment (the “incremental borrowing rate” or “IBR”).
The Company determined the appropriate IBR by identifying a reference rate and making adjustments that take into consideration financing options and certain lease-specific circumstances. For the reference rate of leases added as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company used a weighted average interest rate.
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Total operating lease cost
Individual components of the total lease cost incurred by the Company were as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 | Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 | |||||||
| Operating lease expense | $ | $ | ||||||
Minimum rental payments under operating leases are recognized on a straight light basis over the term of the lease.
Maturity of operating leases
The Company’s amount of future minimum lease payments under operating leases are as follows:
Operating Leases | ||||
(Unaudited) | ||||
| Undiscounted future minimum lease payments: | ||||
| 2023 (nine months) | $ | |||
| 2024 | ||||
| 2025 | ||||
| 2026 | ||||
| 2027 | ||||
| Thereafter | ||||
| Total | ||||
| Amount representing imputed interest | ( | ) | ||
| Total operating lease liability | ||||
| Current portion of operating lease liability | ( | ) | ||
| Operating lease liability, non-current | $ | |||
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Note 9 – Notes Payable
Set forth below is a summary of the Company’s outstanding debt as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Note payable to a financial institution in
the amount of $ | $ | $ | ||||||
| Note payable to a financial institution in
the amount of $ | ||||||||
| $ | ||||||||
| Less: current portion: | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
Principal maturities of the Company’s notes payable are as follows:
| Years Ending December 31, | Amount | |||
| 2023 (nine months) | $ | |||
| 2024 | ||||
| 2025 | ||||
| 2026 | ||||
| Total | $ | |||
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Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity
On
October 5, 2020, the Company launched an at-the-market offering of up to $
During
March 2021, the Company completed a public offering by issuing shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $
On
April 7, 2021 the Company closed on the sale of an additional shares of common stock at the recent public offering price of
$ per share, pursuant to the
On
October 1, 2021, the Company completed a stock purchase agreement and issued shares of its common stock as consideration. This
transaction was part of the $
On July 6, 2022, the Company’s shareholders approved the Board of Directors’ proposal to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock to shares from shares.
2018 Incentive Compensation Plan
The Company’s board of directors and holders of a majority of outstanding shares approved and adopted the Company’s 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan (“2018 Plan”) in May 2018, reserving the issuance of up to shares of common stock (subject to certain adjustments) upon exercise of stock options and grants of other equity awards. The 2018 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options (“ISOs”), nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance-based stock awards, other forms of equity compensation and performance cash awards. ISOs may be granted only to employees. All other awards may be granted to employees, including officers, and to the Company’s non-employee directors and consultants, and affiliates. The 2018 Plan was amended July 6, 2022 to increase the shares of common stock to share of common stock.
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Stock Options
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had issued stock options to purchase shares of its common stock as non-qualified stock options to various employees of the Company. Most options vest over a period of , with % vesting after one year and the remaining % vesting in equal monthly installments over the following 36 months and are exercisable for a period of ten years. One award granted in 2021 vests over a period of one year and is exercisable for a period of ten years. Stock based compensation for stock options is estimated at the grant date based on the fair value calculated using the Black-Scholes method. The per-share fair values of these options is calculated based on the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model.
Restricted Stock Units
On May 21, 2019, the Company granted an aggregate of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) to certain employees, executives and directors of the Company, the terms of which vest over various periods between the date of grant and May 21, 2023. On August 13, 2019, shares of common stock were issued pursuant to previously granted RSUs which had vested as of such date.
On October 20, 2020, the Company granted an aggregate of RSUs to Board members with these RSUs vesting in eight equal quarterly installments commencing on February 1, 2021, provided the Board members remain directors of the Company. Effective October 2021, the vesting schedule was amended to a one-year vesting period. As of December 31, 2021, RSUs had vested and were issued to the Board members.
On January 30, 2021, the Company granted an aggregate of RSUs to non-executive staff and contractors with these RSUs vesting after .
On October 27, 2021, the Company granted RSUs to a consultant that vested immediately.
On February 21, 2022, the Company granted RSUs to an executive that vested immediately.
On October 15, 2022, the Company granted an aggregate of RSUs to Board members with these RSUs vesting immediately.
Note 11 – Retirement Plan
The
Company offers a 401(k) plan that covers eligible employees. The plan provides for voluntary salary deferrals for eligible employees.
Note 12 – Income Taxes
ASC 740 requires a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if, based on the weight of all available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Management assessed all available evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated in the appropriate period and of the appropriate character to realize deferred tax assets. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, income tax expense or benefit was recorded related to income taxes due to the Company’s overall operating results and the full valuation allowance.
The
Company performed a comprehensive review of its uncertain tax positions and determined that no adjustments were necessary relating to
unrecognized tax benefits as December 31, 2022. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had
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Note 13 – Commitments and Contingencies
The Company accrues a liability and charges operations for the estimated costs of contingent liabilities, including adjudication or settlement of various asserted and unasserted claims existing as of the balance sheet date, where there is a reasonable possibility that a loss has been incurred and the loss (or range of probable loss) is estimable.
From time to time the Company may become subject to threatened and/or asserted claims arising in the ordinary course of our business. Other than the matter described below, management is not aware of any matters, either individually or in the aggregate, that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
Third Party Audit
On
April 15, 2021, the Company received notification from Covent Bridge Group, a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”)
contractor, that they are recommending to CMS that the Company was overpaid in the amount of $
On
June 3, 2021, the Company received a request for payment from CMS in the amount of $
On
October 21, 2021, the Company received notification from Covent Bridge Group, a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”)
contractor, that they are recommending to CMS that the Company was overpaid in the amount of $
On
May 17, 2022, the Company received notification from Covent Bridge Group, a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”)
contractor, that they are recommending to CMS that the Company was overpaid in the amount of $
On December 9, 2022, the Company received a suspension of payment notification from Covent Bridge Group, a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services contractor, for IMAC Regeneration Center of Kentucky. On December 22, 2022, the Company responded to the payment suspension with a Rebuttal of Notice. The suspension of payment will remain in effect until the Rebuttal of Notice is answered. Guidelines suggest a 30 to 45 day response time, although no response has been provided nor any explanation regarding the payment suspension as of the date of this filing.
Note 14 - Subsequent Events
On April 1, 2023, the Company executed an agreement to sell the Chicago market. This sale included a portion of the held fixed assets, intangible associated with the MSA, and the allocation of the associated leases. The Company retained the remaining outstanding accounts receivables.
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| ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition as of March 31, 2023 and for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes to those financial statements that are included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the federal securities laws. The events described in forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report may not occur. Generally, these statements relate to business plans or strategies, projected or anticipated benefits or other consequences of our plans or strategies, projected or anticipated benefits from acquisitions to be made by us, or projections involving anticipated revenues, earnings or other aspects of our operating results. The words “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “project,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” and “continue,” and their opposites and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to a number of uncertainties, risks and other influences, many of which are beyond our control, which may influence the accuracy of the statements and the projections upon which the statements are based. Factors that may affect our results include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties set forth under Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, particularly in Part II, Item IA - Risk Factors.
Any one or more of these uncertainties, risks and other influences, could materially affect our results of operations and whether forward-looking statements made by us ultimately prove to be accurate. Our actual results, performance and achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Except as required by federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether from new information, future events or otherwise.
References in this MD&A to “we,” “us,” “our,” “our company,” “our business” and “IMAC Holdings” are to IMAC Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and prior to the Corporate Conversion (defined below), IMAC Holdings, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company, and the following entities which are consolidated due to direct ownership of a controlling voting interest or other rights granted to us as the sole general partner or managing member of the entity: IMAC Regeneration Center of St. Louis, LLC (“IMAC St. Louis”), IMAC Management Services, LLC (“IMAC Management”), IMAC Regeneration Management, LLC (“IMAC Texas”) IMAC Regeneration Management of Nashville, LLC (“IMAC Nashville”) IMAC Management of Illinois, LLC (“IMAC Illinois”), Advantage Hand Therapy and Orthopedic Rehabilitation, LLC (“Advantage Therapy”), IMAC Management of Florida, LLC (“IMAC Florida”), Louisiana Orthopaedic & Sports Rehab (“IMAC Louisiana”) and The Back Space, LLC (“BackSpace”); the following entity which is consolidated with IMAC Regeneration Management of Nashville, LLC due to control by contract: IMAC Regeneration Center of Nashville, PC (“IMAC Nashville PC”); the following entities which are consolidated with IMAC Management of Illinois, LLC due to control by contract: Progressive Health and Rehabilitation, Ltd., Illinois Spine and Disc Institute, Ltd. and Ricardo Knight, P.C.; the following entities which is consolidated with IMAC Management Services, LLC due to control by contract: Integrated Medicine and Chiropractic Regeneration Center PSC (“Kentucky PC”) and IMAC Medical of Kentucky PSC (“Kentucky PSC”); the following entities which are consolidated with IMAC Florida due to control by contract: Willmitch Chiropractic, P.A. and IMAC Medical of Florida, P.A.; the following entity which is consolidated with Louisiana Orthopaedic & Sports Rehab due to control by contract: IMAC Medical of Louisiana, a Medical Corporation; and the following entities which are consolidated with BackSpace due to control by contract: ChiroMart LLC, ChiroMart Florida LLC, and ChiroMart Missouri LLC.
Overview
We are a provider of movement and orthopedic therapies and minimally invasive procedures performed through our regenerative and rehabilitative medical treatments to improve the physical health of our patients at our chain of IMAC Regeneration Centers and BackSpace clinics which we own or manage. Our outpatient medical clinics provide conservative, minimally invasive medical treatments to help patients with back pain, knee pain, joint pain, ligament and tendon damage, and other related soft tissue conditions. Our licensed healthcare professionals evaluate each patient and provide a custom treatment plan that integrates traditional medical procedures and innovative regenerative medicine procedures in combination with physical medicine. We do not use or offer opioid-based prescriptions as part of our treatment options in order to help our patients avoid the dangers of opioid abuse and addiction. The original IMAC Regeneration Center opened in Kentucky in August 2000 and remains the flagship location of our current business, which was formally organized in March 2015. To date, we have fifteen outpatient medical clinics in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and Tennessee, and plan to further expand the reach of our facilities to other strategic locations throughout the United States. We have ten BackSpace locations opened in Florida, Missouri and Tennessee. Our outpatient medical clinics emphasize our focus around treating sports and orthopedic injuries as an alternative to traditional surgeries for repair or joint replacement.
Given the Company’s current financial position, during the first quarter of 2023 the Company decided to close four underperforming locations and in addition sold its Louisiana Orthopedic practice as well as The BackSpace, LLC operations in an effort to raise sufficient capital to support on-going operations. Management has been actively exploring various strategic alternatives in an effort to support operations in 2023 and beyond.
We own our medical clinics directly or have entered into long-term management services agreements to operate and control certain of our medical clinics by contract. Our preference is to own the clinics; however, some state laws restrict the corporate practice of medicine and require a licensed medical practitioner to own the clinic. Accordingly, our managed clinics are owned exclusively by a medical professional within a professional service corporation (formed as a limited liability company or corporation) and are under common control with us in order to comply with state laws regulating the ownership of medical practices. We are compensated under management services agreements through service fees based on the cost of the services provided, plus a specified markup percentage, and a discretionary annual bonus determined in the sole discretion of each professional service corporation.
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Significant financial metrics
Significant financial metrics of the Company for the first quarter of 2023 are set forth in the bullets below.
| ● | Net patient revenue decreased to $2.4 million for the first quarter of 2023 from $3.9 million for the first quarter of 2022. | |
| ● | Working capital is ($1.5 million) as of March 31, 2023 compared to working capital of $0.5 million as of December 31, 2022. | |
| ● | Adjusted EBITDA1 of ($1.6 million) in the first quarter of 2023 compared to ($2.5 million) in the first quarter of 2022. | |
| ● | Sold the Louisiana market during the first quarter of 2023. | |
| ● | Sold the BackSpace retail stores during the first quarter of 2023 . | |
| ● | Closed four under performing locations during the first quarter of 2023. | |
| (1) | Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure most closely comparable to the GAAP measure of net loss. See “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Matters” below for a full reconciliation of the GAAP and non-GAAP measures. |
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Matters that May or Are Currently Affecting Our Business
We believe that the growth of our business and our future success depend on various opportunities, challenges, trends and other factors, including the following:
| ● | Our need to hire additional healthcare professionals in order to operate the large number of clinics we intend to open; | |
| ● | Our ability to enhance revenue at each facility on an ongoing basis through additional patient volume and new services; | |
| ● | Our ability to obtain additional financing for the projected costs associated with the acquisition, management and development of new clinics, and the personnel involved, if and when needed; | |
| ● | Our ability to attract competent, skilled medical and sales personnel for our operations at acceptable prices to manage our overhead; and | |
| ● | Our ability to control our operating expenses as we expand our organization into neighboring states. |
Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 Compared to the Three Ended March 31, 2022
We own our medical clinics directly or have entered into long-term management services agreements to operate and control these medical clinics by contract. Our preference is to own the clinics; however, some state laws restrict the corporate practice of medicine and require a licensed medical practitioner to own the clinic. Accordingly, our managed clinics are owned exclusively by a medical professional within a professional service corporation (formed as a corporation or a limited liability company) under common control with us or eligible members of our company in order to comply with state laws regulating the ownership of medical practices. We are compensated under management services agreements through service fees based on the cost of the services provided, plus a specified markup percentage, and a discretionary annual bonus determined in the sole discretion of each professional service corporation.
Revenues
Our revenue mix is diversified between medical treatments and physiological treatments. Our medical treatments are further segmented into traditional medical and regenerative medicine practices. We are an in-network provider for traditional physical medical treatments, such as physical therapy, chiropractic services and medical evaluations, with most private health insurance carriers. Regenerative medical treatments are typically not covered by insurance, but paid by the patient. For more information on our revenue recognition policies, see “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements” that were included in the Form 10-K.
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| (in thousands, unaudited) | ||||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||
| Outpatient facility services | $ | 1,905 | $ | 3,661 | ||||
| Memberships | 188 | 234 | ||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 2,093 | $ | 3,895 | ||||
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See the table below for more information regarding our revenue breakdown by service type.
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||
| Medical treatments | 67 | % | 68 | % | ||||
| Physical therapy | 26 | % | 24 | % | ||||
| Chiropractic care | 4 | % | 2 | % | ||||
| Memberships | 3 | % | 6 | % | ||||
| 100 | % | 100 | % | |||||
Consolidated Results
Total revenues decreased approximately $1.8 million due to the sale of the Louisiana market, sale of BackSpace retail stores and the closure of underperforming stores.
IMAC Clinics
Of the total revenue decrease, approximately $1.55 million is attributed to the sale or closure of IMAC Clinics.
Retail Clinics
The Company began opening retail clinics in Walmart in June 2021. On March 1, 2023, we executed an agreement to sale The BackSpace, LLC to Curis Express, LLC. This sale eliminated IMAC Holdings, Inc. retail chiropractic division. During the first quarter of 2023, 75% of the BackSpace revenue was related to memberships.
Memberships
A wellness membership program was implemented at IMAC Clinics in January 2020 and this wellness program has different plan levels that include services for chiropractic care and medical treatments on a monthly subscription basis. Therefore, memberships could have multiple visits in one month, however only one payment is received for these visits.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses consist of patient expenses, salaries and benefits, share based compensation, advertising and marketing, general and administrative expenses and depreciation expenses.
Patient expenses consist of medical supplies for services rendered.
| Patient Expenses | 2023 | 2022 | Change from Prior Year | Percent Change from Prior Year | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31 | $ | 266,000 | $ | 460,000 | $ | (194,000 | ) | (42 | )% | |||||||
Cost of revenues (patient expense) decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2023 as compared to March 31, 2022, due to the closure of the underperforming clinics and the sale of Louisiana and the retail stores. Patient expense as a percent of revenue has remained consistent from 12.7% for the first quarter of 2023 compared to 11.8% for the first quarter of 2022.
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Salaries and benefits consist of payroll, benefits and related party contracts.
| Salaries and Benefits | 2023 | 2022 | Change from Prior Year | Percent
Change from Prior Year | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31 | $ | 2,313,000 | $ | 3,899,000 | $ | (1,586,000 | ) | (41 | )% | |||||||
Salaries and benefits expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, decreased due to the closure of the underperforming clinics and the sale of Louisiana and the retail stores. Same store clinics have also experienced a decrease in employees.
Advertising and marketing consist of marketing, business promotion and brand recognition.
| Advertising and Marketing | 2023 | 2022 | Change from Prior Year | Percent Change from Prior Year | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31 | $ | 75,000 | $ | 370,000 | $ | (295,000 | ) | (80 | )% | |||||||
Advertising and marketing expenses decreased $295,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. This decrease is attributable to the decrease of clinics.
General and administrative expense (“G&A”) consist of all other costs than advertising and marketing, salaries and benefits, patient expenses and depreciation.
| General and Administrative | 2023 | 2022 | Change from Prior Year | Percent Change from Prior Year | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31 | $ | 1,504,000 | $ | 1,815,000 | $ | (310,000 | ) | (17 | )% | |||||||
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G&A decreased $310,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. There was a $144,000 decrease in rent expense from the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2023 due to the sale and closure of 4 IMAC clinic locations as well as the 10 Backspace locations. The Company had a decrease of $49,000 in travel expenses in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter of 2022. There was a $56,000 decrease in minor equipment and a decrease of $158,000 in other operating expenses.
FDA Clinical Trial
In August 2020, the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) approved the Company’s investigational new drug application. The Company has begun the third cohort of Phase 1 of the clinical trial, which will be completed during the summer of 2022. The Company incurred $82,000 in G&A expenses related to consultants, supplies, software and travel for the clinic trial during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $104000 in the three months ended March 31, 2022.
Depreciation is related to our property and equipment purchases to use in the course of our business activities. Amortization is related to our business acquisitions.
| Depreciation and Amortization | 2023 | 2022 | Change from Prior Year | Percent Change from Prior Year | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31 | $ | 190,000 | $ | 447,000 | $ | (257,000 | ) | (57 | )% | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease is attributable to the impairment recorded of the intangibles and the sale of Louisiana and the retail clinics.
Depreciation is related to our property and equipment purchases to use in the course of our business activities. Amortization is related to our business acquisitions.
| Loss on disposal and impairment | 2023 | 2022 | Change from Prior Year | Percent Change from Prior Year | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31 | $ | 1,441,000 | $ | 47,000 | $ | 1,394,000 | 2,966 | % | ||||||||
Loss on disposal and impairment increased $1,394,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023 due to the sale of Louisiana and the retail stores, the closure of the underperforming clinics and sales of equipment
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Analysis of Cash Flows
The primary source of our operating cash flow is the collection of accounts receivable from patients, private insurance companies, government programs, self-insured employers and other payers.
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, net cash used in operations was approximately $1.4 million, which was primarily attributable to the loss on disposition of assets related to the sale of Louisiana and closure of clinics.
Net cash provided by investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was approximately $1,050,000, which was attributed to the sale of Louisiana Orthopedic operations during the period.
Net cash used in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was approximately $6,000, which mostly consisted of debt payments of approximately $17,000.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This report contains certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP net income and adjusted EBITDA, which are used by management in analyzing our financial results and ongoing operational performance.
In order to better assess the Company’s financial results, management believes that net income before interest, income taxes, stock based compensation, and depreciation and amortization (“adjusted EBITDA”) is a useful measure for evaluating the operating performance of the Company because adjusted EBITDA reflects net income adjusted for certain non-cash and/or non-operating items. We also believe that adjusted EBITDA is useful to many investors to assess the Company’s ongoing results from current operations. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be considered a measure of financial performance under GAAP. Because adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement determined in accordance with GAAP, such non-GAAP financial measures are susceptible to varying calculations. Accordingly, adjusted EBITDA, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.
This non-GAAP financial measure should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance which are prepared in accordance with US GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies and have limitations as analytical tools.
A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is set forth below.
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March
31, 2023 | March
31, 2022 | |||||||
| GAAP loss attributable to IMAC Holdings, Inc. | $ | (3,699,000 | ) | $ | (3,162,000 | ) | ||
| Interest expense | 2,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Other expense | - | 13,000 | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 86,000 | 189,000 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 190,000 | 447,000 | ||||||
| Loss on disposition and impairment of assets | 1,441,000 | 47,000 | ||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | (1,979,000 | ) | $ | (2,462,000 | ) | ||
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2023, we had $0.4 million in cash and negative working capital of $1.7 million. As of December 31, 2022, we had cash of $0.8 million and working capital of $0.5 million. The decrease in working capital was primarily due to the use of cash for operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2023.
As of March 31, 2023, we had approximately $3.5 million in current liabilities. Operating leases represent $1.0 million of our current liabilities. Of our remaining current liabilities as of March 31, 2023, approximately $0.9 million in current liabilities outstanding to our vendors, which we have historically paid down in the normal course of our business and accrued expenses represent approximately $0.8 million of the balance. Lastly, accrued wages, taxes, 401k contributions and paid time off represent approximately $0.3 million of the remaining current liabilities.
Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes our contractual obligations by period as of March 31, 2023:
| Payments Due by Period | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Less Than 1 Year | 1-3 Years | 4-5 Years | |||||||||||||
| Short-term obligations | $ | 37,005 | $ | 37,005 | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||
| Long-term obligations, including interest | 55,971 | - | 55,971 | - | ||||||||||||
| Finance lease obligations, including interest | 26,357 | 16,354 | 10,003 | - | ||||||||||||
| Operating lease obligations | 2,428,439 | 832,959 | 1,439,966 | 155,514 | ||||||||||||
| $ | 2,547,772 | $ | 886,318 | $ | 1,505,940 | $ | 155,514 | |||||||||
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of March 31, 2023, the Company did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
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| ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
As further discussed below, we carried out an evaluation, 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) of the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, because of certain material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act were not effective as of March 31, 2023. The material weaknesses relate to the absence of in-house accounting personnel with the ability to properly account for complex transactions and a lack of separation of duties between accounting and other functions.
We hired a consulting firm to advise on technical issues related to U.S. GAAP as related to the maintenance of our accounting books and records and the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Although we are aware of the risks associated with not having dedicated accounting personnel, we are also at an early stage in the development of our business. We anticipate expanding our accounting functions with dedicated staff and improving our internal accounting procedures and separation of duties when we can absorb the costs of such expansion and improvement with additional capital resources. In the meantime, management will continue to observe and assess our internal accounting function and make necessary improvements whenever they may be required. If our remedial measures are insufficient to address the material weakness, or if additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting are discovered or occur in the future, our consolidated financial statements may contain material misstatements, and we could be required to restate our financial results. In addition, if we are unable to successfully remediate this material weakness and if we are unable to produce accurate and timely financial statements, our stock price may be adversely affected and we may be unable to maintain compliance with applicable stock exchange listing requirements.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Based on our evaluation under the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013), our management concluded that, because of certain material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act were not effective as of March 31, 2023.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
| ITEM 1. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business, as described below. Litigation is, however, subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware of any legal proceedings or claims that we believe would or could have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on us. Regardless of final outcomes, however, any such proceedings or claims may nonetheless impose a significant burden on management and employees and may come with costly defense costs or unfavorable preliminary interim rulings.
| ITEM 1A. | RISK FACTORS |
In addition to the information set forth under Item 1A of Part I to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, the information set forth at the beginning of Management’s Discussion and Analysis entitled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information,” and updates noted below, you should consider that there are numerous and varied risks, known and unknown, that may prevent us from achieving our goals. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operation may be materially and adversely affected. In such case, the trading price of our securities could decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment. These risk factors may not identify all risks that we face and our operations could also be affected by factors that are not presently known to us or that we currently consider to be immaterial to our operations.
We recorded a net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022 and there can be no assurance that our future operations will result in net income; we received a going concern qualification.
For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, we had net revenue of approximately $2,093,000 and $3,895,000, respectively, and we had net loss of approximately $3,699,000 and $3,162,000, respectively. There can be no assurance that our future operations will result in net income. Our failure to increase our revenues or improve our gross margins will harm our business. We may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the future. If our revenues grow more slowly than we anticipate, our gross margins fail to improve or our operating expenses exceed our expectations, our operating results will suffer. The fee we charge for our management services may decrease, which would reduce our revenues and harm our business. If we are unable to sell our services at acceptable prices relative to our costs, or if we fail to develop and introduce new services on a timely basis and services from which we can derive additional revenues, our financial results will suffer.
As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net capital deficiency that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
Acquisition-Related Risks. As part of its growth strategy, the Company will seek to acquire or invest in complementary (including competitive) businesses, products or technologies. Although the Company has identified potential acquisition candidates, it currently has no commitments or agreements with respect to any such acquisitions or investments other than the Brain scientific Acquisition, and there can be no assurance that it will eventually consummate the Brain Scientific acquisition or any other acquisition or investment. The process of integrating acquired assets into the Company’s operations may result in unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures and may absorb significant management attention that would otherwise be available for the ongoing development of the Company’s business. In addition, the Company has limited experience in performing acquisitions and managing growth. There can be no assurance that the anticipated benefits of any acquisition will be realized. In addition, future acquisitions by the Company could result in potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities, the incurrence of debt and contingent liabilities and amortization expenses related to goodwill and other intangible assets, any of which could materially adversely affect the Company’s operating results and financial position. In addition, acquisitions also involve other risks, including risks inherent in entering markets in which the Company has no or limited prior experience and the potential loss of key employees.
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Further, because of our small size and limited operating history, our company is particularly susceptible to adverse effects from changes in the law, economic conditions, consumer tastes, competition and other contingencies or events beyond our control. It may be more difficult for us to prepare for and respond to these types of risks than it would be for a company with an established business and operating cash flow. Due to changing circumstances or an inability to implement any portion of our growth strategy, we may be forced to dramatically change our planned operations.
We have incurred significant losses since our inception. We expect to incur losses this year and may never achieve or maintain profitability.
Our recurring losses from operations raise substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.
Our future success depends on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, and changes in management may negatively affect our business.
We have a need for additional funding. If we are unable to raise capital when needed, we could be forced to delay, reduce, or eliminate our development.
We may form or seek strategic alliances in the future, and we may not realize the benefits of such alliances.
We have suffered a disruption of the operation of our business as a result of the outbreak of coronavirus in the United States. Closures due to government orders or guidance and other related effects of the coronavirus pandemic may cause a material adverse effect on our business.
In March 2020, federal, state and local government authorities issued orders and guidance in order to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. These actions have required or encouraged our patients to remain at home except for essential activities and may reduce patient visits to our clinics. For example, the governor of Kentucky ordered all chiropractic facilities in the state of Kentucky to close effective March 20, 2020, which caused us to close our Kentucky chiropractic facilities until such order was lifted on May 4, 2020. The full extent and duration of such actions and their impacts over the longer term remain uncertain and dependent on future developments that cannot be accurately predicted at this time, such as the severity and transmission rate of the coronavirus and the extent and effectiveness of containment actions taken.
The coronavirus pandemic appears likely to cause significant economic harm across the United States, and the negative economic conditions that may result in reduced patient demand in our industry. We may experience a material loss of patients and revenue as a result of the suspension of any operations. Initiatives to implement telehealth engagement with patients may not be adopted by existing and new patients. Patient habits may also be altered in the medium to long term. Negative economic conditions, a decrease in our revenue and consequent longer-term trends harmful to our business may all exert pressure on our company during the pendency of emergency restrictions on our operations and beyond. Due to such conditions, we terminated the employment of 11% of our employees on March 20, 2020, to reduce costs associated with non-essential personnel.
We cannot predict with certainty when public health and economic conditions will return to normal. A decline in patient visits and/or the possible suspension of operations mandated in response to the coronavirus, and the consequent loss of revenue and cash flow during this period may make it difficult for us to obtain capital necessary to fund our operations.
We may fail completely to implement key elements of our growth and expansion strategy, which could adversely affect our operations and financial performance.
If we cannot implement one or more key elements of our growth and expansion strategy, including raising sufficient capital, hiring and retaining qualified staff, leasing and developing acceptable premises for our medical clinics, securing necessary service contracts on favorable or adequate terms, generating sufficient revenue and achieving numerous other objectives, our projected financial performance may be materially adversely affected. Even if all of the key elements of our growth and expansion strategy are successfully implemented, we may not achieve the favorable results, operations and financial performance that we anticipate.
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The development and operation of our medical clinics will require additional capital, and we may not be able to obtain additional capital on favorable or even acceptable terms. We may also have to incur additional debt, which may adversely affect our liquidity and operating performance.
Our ability to successfully grow our business and implement our growth strategy depends in large part on the availability of adequate capital to finance operations. We can give no assurance that we will continue to have sufficient capital to support the continued operations of our company. Changes in our growth and expansion strategy, lower than anticipated revenue for the medical clinics, unanticipated and/or uncontrollable events in the credit or equity markets, changes to our liquidity, increased expenses, and other events may cause us to seek additional debt or equity financing. Financing may not be available on favorable or acceptable terms, or at all, and our failure to raise capital could adversely affect our operations and financial condition.
Additional equity financing may result in a dilution of the pro rata ownership stake of our stockholders. Further, we may be required to offer subsequent investors investment terms, such as preferred distributions and voting rights, that are superior to the rights of existing stockholders, which could have an adverse effect on the value of the investment of our existing stockholders.
Additional debt financing, if available, may involve significant cash payment obligations, covenants and financial ratios that restrict our ability to operate and grow our business, and would cause us to incur additional interest expense and financing costs. As a consequence, our operating performance may be materially adversely affected.
We may be unable to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all, which could materially adversely affect our operations and ability to successfully implement our growth and expansion strategy.
Our growth strategy relies on obtaining sufficient financing, including one or more equipment lines to purchase medical and office equipment and one or more lines of credit for operating and related expenses. We may not be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms or in the amount anticipated by our growth and expansion strategy. If unable to secure the amount of financing anticipated by our growth and expansion strategy, we may be unable to implement one or more portions of our growth and expansion strategy. If we accept less favorable terms for our financing than anticipated, we may incur additional expenses and restrictions on operations and may be less liquid and less profitable than expected. Should either of these events occur, we could suffer material adverse effects to our ability to implement our growth and expansion strategy and operate successfully.
We may seek additional funding through a combination of equity offerings, debt financing, government or third-party funding, commercialization, marketing and distribution arrangements and other collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. Additional funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. In addition, the terms of any financing may adversely affect the holdings or rights of the stockholders. Any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences, and privileges superior to those of holders of our existing capital stock. In addition, the issuance of additional shares by us, or the possibility of such issuance, may cause the market price of our shares to decline. Any debt financing secured by us in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital-raising activities and other financial and operational matter, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and the pursue business opportunities.
If we are unable to obtain funding on a timely basis, we may be required to significantly curtail one or more of our efforts, our ability to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited, and we could be forced to halt operations. Accordingly, our business may fail, in which case you would lose the entire amount of your investment in our common stock.
Our independent registered public accounting firm has indicated that our financial condition raises substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern.
Our financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue to operate as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. However, our independent registered public accounting firm has included in its audit opinion for the year ended December 31, 2022 a statement that there is substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern as a result of continued losses and financial condition at December 31, 2022, unless we are able to obtain additional financing, enter into strategic alliances or sell assets. The reaction of investors to the inclusion of a going concern statement by our auditors, our current lack of cash resources and our potential inability to continue as a going concern may adversely affect our share price and our ability to raise new capital or enter into strategic alliances. If we become unable to obtain additional capital and to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our financial statements.
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We will manage, but will not own, certain of the medical clinics or employ the medical service providers who will treat patients at the clinics.
Several of our medical clinics will be owned exclusively by a professional service corporation in order to comply with state laws regulating the ownership of medical practices. We will, in turn, through a contractual arrangement, provide long-term, exclusive management services to those professional service corporations and their medical professionals. All employees who provide direct medical services to patients will be employed by the professional service corporation. These management services agreements protect us from certain liability and provide a structured engagement to deliver non-medical, comprehensive management and administrative services to help the medical professionals operate the business. The management services agreements authorize us to act on behalf of the professional service corporation, but do not authorize the professional service corporations to act on our behalf or enter into contracts with third parties on our behalf. We will employ the non-medical provider staff for the clinics and provide comprehensive management and administrative services to help the professional service corporation operate the clinics. We may also loan money to the professional service corporation for certain payroll and development costs, although we have no obligation to do so. This arrangement makes our financial and operational success highly dependent on the professional service corporation. Under our management service agreements, we provide exclusive comprehensive management and related administrative services to the professional service corporation and receive management fees. Due to this financial and operational control by contract, our financial statements consolidate the financial results of the professional service corporations. However, we will have little, if any, tangible assets as to those operations. These characteristics increase the risk associated with an investment in our company.
Our management services agreements may be terminated.
The management services agreements we have with several of our clinics may be terminated by mutual agreement of us and the applicable clinic, by a non-breaching party after 30 days following an uncured breach by the other party, upon a bankruptcy of either party or by us upon 90 days’ prior written notice to the clinic. The termination of a management services agreement would result in the termination of payment of management fees from the applicable clinic, which could have an adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition.
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We do not control the delivery of medical care at any of our facilities.
We have no direct control over the medical care in any of our facilities. State medical boards govern the licensing and delivery of medical care within a state. For this reason, the medical practitioners are solely responsible for making medical decisions with their abilities and experience. We run the risk of being associated with a medical practitioner that performs poorly or does not comply with medical board legislation. When we are responsible for the recruitment or staffing of medical professionals, we may hire a professional that delivers care outside of medical protocols. Our inability to exercise control over the medical care and managed centers increases the risks associated with an investment in our company.
State medical boards may amend licensing requirements for medical service providers, service delivery oversight for midlevel practitioners, and ownership or location requirements for the delivery of medical treatments.
We have no direct control over the medical care in any of our facilities. State medical boards govern the licensing and delivery of medical care within a state. Each state medical board controls the level of licensing required for each medical practitioner and the requirements to obtain such a license to deliver medical care. Furthermore, the state medical board typically determines the required practitioner oversight for medical practitioners based on their license achieved, earned degrees and continuing education. The current requirements for these practitioners may change in the future and we run the risk of additional expenses necessary to meet the state medical board requirements. The state medical board may also determine the location in which services are delivered. We risk the loss of revenue or retrofitting expense if the state medical board amends location requirements for the delivery of certain treatments. Similarly, state medical boards may amend ownership or management requirements for the operation of medical clinics within their respective state. The board may also investigate or dispute the legal establishment of owned or managed medical clinics. We risk a material loss of ownership of or management control and subsequent fee from medical clinics that are in our possession or control.
Adverse medical outcomes are possible with conservative and minimally invasive treatments.
Medical practitioners performing services at our IMAC facilities run the risk of delivering treatments for which the patient may experience a poor outcome. This is possible with non-invasive and minimally invasive services alike, including the use of autologous treatments in which a patient’s own cells are used to regenerate damaged tissues. At our IMAC Regeneration Centers, a minimally invasive treatment involves puncturing the skin with a needle or a minor incision which could lead to infection, bleeding, pain, nausea, or other similar results. Non-invasive and conservative physical medicine treatments may possibly cause soft tissue tears, contusions, heart conditions, stroke, and other physically straining conditions. The treatments or potential clinical research studies may yield further patient risks. An adverse outcome may include but not be limited to a loss of feeling, chronic pain, long-term disability, or death. We have obtained medical malpractice coverage in the event an adverse outcome occurs. However, the insurance limits may be exceeded or liability outside of the coverage may adversely impact the financial performance of the business, including any potential negative media coverage on patient volume.
Potential conflicts of interest exist with respect to the management services agreement that we have entered into concerning our clinics in Kentucky, and it is possible our interests and the affiliated owners of those clinics may diverge.
Our medical clinics in Kentucky are held by a professional service corporation that is owned by Matthew C. Wallis, DC, our President, a director and co-founder of our company, and Jason Brame, DC, a co-founding member of our company, in order to comply with the state’s laws regulating the ownership of medical practices. The professional service corporation directs the provision of medical services to patients and employs the physicians and registered nurses at the clinics, we do not. Rather, pursuant to the terms of a long-term, exclusive management services agreement, we employ the non-medical provider staff for the clinics and provide comprehensive management and administrative services to help the professional service corporation operate the clinics. We believe that the service fees and other terms of our management services agreement are standard in the outpatient healthcare practice area. Nonetheless, the management services agreement presents the possibility of a conflict of interest in the event that issues arise with regard to the respective medical and non-medical services being provided at the clinics, including quality of care issues of which we become aware and billing and collection matters that we handle on behalf of the physician practices, where our interests may diverge from those of Drs. Wallis and Brame acting on behalf of the professional service corporation. No such issues, however, have occurred during this arrangement.
The management services agreement provides that we will have the right to control the daily operations of the medical clinics subject, in the case of practicing medicine, to the direction of Drs. Wallis and Brame acting on behalf of the professional service corporation. Our interests with respect to such direction may be at odds with those of Drs. Wallis and Brame, requiring them to recuse themselves from our decisions relating to such matters, or even from further involvement with our company.
We comply with applicable state law with respect to transactions (including business opportunities and management services agreements) involving potential conflicts. Applicable state corporate law requires that all transactions involving our company and any director or executive officer (or other entities with which they are affiliated) are subject to full disclosure and approval of the majority of the disinterested independent members of our Board of Directors, approval of the majority of our stockholders or the determination that the contract or transaction is intrinsically fair to us. More particularly, our policy is to have any related party transactions (i.e., transactions involving a director, an officer or an affiliate of our company) be approved solely by a majority of the disinterested independent directors serving on the Board of Directors.
Drs. Wallis and Brame are significant holders of our outstanding shares of common stock and we anticipate they will continue to own a significant percentage of our outstanding shares. Dr. Wallis founded our original IMAC medical clinic in Paducah, Kentucky in August 2000 and, with Jeffrey S. Ervin, our Chief Executive Officer, founded our current company in March 2015. Dr. Wallis, working with Mr. Ervin, will be substantially responsible for selecting the business direction we take, the medical clinics we open in the future and the services we may provide. The management services agreement may present Drs. Wallis and Brame with conflicts of interest.
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The loss of the services of Jeffrey S. Ervin or Matthew C. Wallis, DC for any reason would materially and adversely affect our business operations and prospects.
Our financial success is dependent to a significant degree upon the efforts of Jeffrey S. Ervin, our Chief Executive Officer, and Matthew C. Wallis, DC, our President. Mr. Ervin, who has unique knowledge regarding the roll-out of our IMAC Regeneration Centers, and Dr. Wallis, who has extensive business contacts, would be extremely difficult to replace. We have entered into employment arrangements with Mr. Ervin and Dr. Wallis, however there can be no assurance that Mr. Ervin or Dr. Wallis will continue to provide services to us. A voluntary or involuntary departure by either executive could have a materially adverse effect on our business operations if we were not able to attract a qualified replacement for him in a timely manner. We do not have a key-man life insurance policy for our benefit on the life of either Mr. Ervin or Dr. Wallis.
We will depend heavily on the efforts of our key personnel.
Our success depends, to a significant extent, upon the efforts and abilities of our officers and key employees, including medical and chiropractic doctors and other practitioners. Loss or abatement of the services of any of these persons, could have a material adverse effect on us and our business, operations and financial performance.
Our success also will depend on our ability to identify, attract, hire, train and motivate highly skilled managerial personnel, medical doctors, chiropractors, licensed physical therapists, and other practitioners. Failure to attract and retain key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operation. Further, the quality, philosophy and performance of key personnel could adversely affect our operations and performance.
We may fail to obtain the business licenses and any other licenses necessary to operate our medical clinics, or the necessary engineering, building, occupancy and other permits to develop the premises for the clinics, which would materially adversely affect our growth and expansion strategy.
If we cannot obtain approval for business licenses or any other licenses necessary to operate our medical clinics, it could materially adversely affect our growth and expansion strategy and could result in a failure to implement our growth and expansion strategy. Failure to obtain the necessary engineering, building, occupancy and other permits from applicable governmental authorities to develop the premises for our medical clinics could also materially adversely affect our growth and expansion strategy and could result in a failure to implement our growth and expansion strategy.
We may face strong competition from other providers in our primary service areas, and increased competition from new competitors, which may hinder our ability to obtain and retain customers.
We will be in competition with other more established companies using a variety of treatments for the conditions and ailments that our services are intended to treat, including orthopedic surgeons, pain management clinics, hospital systems and outpatient surgery centers providing joint reconstruction and related surgeries. These companies may be better capitalized and have more established name recognition than us. We may face additional competition in the future if other providers enter our primary service areas. Competition from existing providers and providers that may begin competing with us in the future could materially adversely affect our operations and financial performance.
Further, the services provided by our company are relatively new and unique. We cannot be certain that our services will achieve or sustain market acceptance, or that a sufficient volume of patients in the Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and Tennessee areas will utilize our services. We will be in competition with alternative treatment methods, including those presently existing and those that may develop in the future. As such, our growth and expansion strategy carries many unknown factors that subject us and our investors to a high degree of uncertainty and risk.
We are competing in a dynamic market with risk of technological change.
The market for medical, physical therapy and chiropractic services is characterized by frequent technological developments and innovations, new product and service introductions, and evolving industry standards. The dynamic character of these products and services will require us to effectively use leading and new technologies, develop our expertise and reputation, enhance our current service offerings and continue to improve the effectiveness, feasibility and consistency of our services. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in responding quickly, cost-effectively and sufficiently to these and other such developments.
Our success will depend largely upon general economic conditions and consumer acceptance in our primary service areas.
Our current primary service areas are located in certain geographical areas in the states of Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri. Our operations and profitability could be adversely affected by a local economic downturn, changes in local consumer acceptance of our approach to healthcare, and discretionary spending power, and other unforeseen or unexpected changes within those areas.
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We are required to comply with numerous government laws and regulations, which could change, increasing costs and adversely affecting our financial performance and operations.
Medical and chiropractic service providers are subject to extensive federal, state and local regulation, including but not limited to regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and other government entities. We are subject to regulation by these entities as well as a variety of other laws and regulations. Compliance with such laws and regulations could require substantial capital expenditures. Such regulations may be changed from time to time, or new regulations adopted, which could result in additional or unexpected costs of compliance.
Changes to national health insurance policy and third-party insurance carrier fee schedules for traditional medical treatments could decrease patient revenue and adversely affect our financial performance and operations.
Political, economic and regulatory influences are subjecting medical and chiropractic service providers, health insurance providers and other participants in the healthcare industry in the United States to potential fundamental changes. Potential changes to nationwide health insurance policy are currently being debated. We cannot predict what impact the adoption of any federal or state healthcare reform or private sector insurance reform may have on our business.
We receive payment for the services we render to patients from their private health insurance providers and from Medicare and Medicaid. If third-party payers change the expected fee schedule (the amount paid by such payers for services rendered by us), we could experience a loss of revenue, which could adversely affect financial performance.
At the present time, most private health insurance providers do not cover the regenerative medical treatments provided at our medical clinics. However, traditional physical medical treatments provided at our medical clinics, such as physical therapy, chiropractic services and medical evaluations, are covered by most health insurance providers. Medicare and Medicaid take the same position as private insurers and reimburse patients for traditional physical medical treatments but not for regenerative medical treatments. If private health insurance providers and Medicare and Medicaid were to begin covering regenerative medical treatments, the revenue we would receive on a per-treatment basis would likely decline given their tighter fee schedules. Further, such a change might result in increased competition as additional healthcare providers begin offering our customized services.
We could be adversely affected by changes relating to the IMAC Regeneration Center brand name.
We are a holding company in which our medical clinics are formed in separate subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries are currently operating in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri. As a consequence of this entity structure, any adverse change to the brand, reputation, financial performance or other aspects of the IMAC Regeneration Center brand at any one location could adversely affect the operations and financial performance of the entire company.
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We may incur losses that are not covered by insurance.
We maintain insurance policies against professional liability, general commercial liability and other potential losses of our company. All of the regenerative, medical, physical therapy and chiropractic treatments performed at our clinics are covered by our malpractice insurance; however, there is an upper limit to the payout allowable in the event of our malpractice. Poor patient outcomes for healthcare providers may result in legal actions and/or settlements outside of the scope of our malpractice insurance coverage. Regenerative medicine represents approximately 2% of our patient visits and 9% of our revenue. Future innovations in regenerative medicine may require review or approval of such innovations by governmental regulators. During formal research studies performed in collaboration with regulators, we may be required to obtain new insurance policies and there is no assurance that insurance policy underwriters will provide coverage for such research initiatives. If an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits occurs, our financial performance and operation could suffer material adverse effects.
We are susceptible to risks relating to investigation or audit by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), health insurance providers and the IRS.
We may be audited by CMS or any health insurance provider that pays us for services provided to patients. Any such audit may result in reclaimed payments, which would decrease our revenue and adversely affect our financial performance. Our federal tax returns may be audited by the IRS and our state tax returns may be audited by applicable state government authorities. Any such audit may result in the challenge and disallowance of some of our deductions or an increase in our taxable income. No assurance can be made with regard to the deductibility of certain tax items or the position taken by us on our tax returns. Further, an audit or any litigation resulting from an audit could unexpectedly increase our expenses and adversely affect financial performance and operations.
We are subject to the possible repayment of a claimed CMS overpayment, but we cannot predict the outcome.
On April 15, 2021, the Company received notification from Covent Bridge Group, a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) contractor, that they are recommending to CMS that the Company was overpaid in the amount of $2,921,868. This amount represents a statistical extrapolation of $11,530 of charges from a sample of 40 claims for the periods February 2017 to November 2020.
On June 3, 2021, the Company received a request for payment from CMS in the amount of $2,918,472. The Company began its own internal audit process and initiated the appropriate appeals. The Company received a notification dated September 30, 2021, from CMS that they “found the request to be favorable by reversing the extrapolation to actual”. The Company received a separate notification stating “the extrapolated overpayment was reduced to the actual overpayment amount for the sampled denied claims $5,327.73,” which had been paid as of December 31, 2021.
On October 21, 2021, the Company received notification from Covent Bridge Group, a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) contractor, that they are recommending to CMS that the Company was overpaid in the amount of $2,716,056.33. This amount represents a statistical extrapolation of $6,791.33 of charges from a sample of 38 claims for the periods July 2017 to November 2020 for Progressive Health & Rehabilitation, Ltd (“Progressive Health”). The Company entered into a management agreement with Progressive Health in April 2019 and therefore liable for only a portion of the sampled claims. There were a total of 38 claims reviewed, 25 of these claims were from the period prior to the management agreement with the Company and the remaining 13 claims were related to the period that Progressive Health was managed by the Company. In December 2021, the Company received a request for payment from CMS in the amount of $2,709,265. The Company has begun its own internal audit process and has initiated the appropriate appeals. The Company has accrued $20,000 for this potential overpayment. The Company submitted a reconsideration request February 26, 2023.
On May 17, 2022, the Company received notification from Covent Bridge Group, a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) contractor, that they are recommending to CMS that the Company was overpaid in the amount of $492,086.22 related to Advantage Therapy. This amount represents a statistical extrapolation of charges from a sample, the actual amount found to be overpaid was $10,420.22. On May 27, 2022 the Company received a request for payment from CMS in the amount of $481,666.00. The Company has begun its own internal audit process and has initiated the appropriate appeals. Prior to this May 2022 notification, CMS had implemented a pre-payment audit for Advantage Therapy. As of March 31, 2023, this audit had resulted in a recoupment balance of approximately $0.1 million of Medicare accounts receivable. The Company will be submitting a reconsideration request in May 2023.
On December 9, 2022, the Company received a suspension of payment notification from Covent Bridge Group, a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services contractor, for IMAC Regeneration Center of Kentucky. On December 22, 2022, the Company responded to the payment suspension with a Rebuttal of Notice. The suspension of payment will remain in effect until the Rebuttal of Notice is answered. Guidelines suggest a 30 to 45 day response time, although no response has been provided nor any explanation regarding the payment suspension as of the date of this filing.
The Food and Drug administration has pursued bad actors in the regenerative medicine therapy industry, and we could be included in any broad investigation.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has pursued bad actors in the regenerative medicine therapy industry. Since we provide regenerative medicine treatments, we may be subject to broad investigations from the FDA or state medical boards regarding the marketing and medical delivery of our treatments. In November 2017, we engaged a medical consulting group to advise us on current protocols in this area and to organize a clinical trial towards an investigational new drug application with the FDA, while pursuing a voluntary regenerative medicine advanced therapy (RMAT) designation under Section 3033 of the 21st Century Cures Act.
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We depend on enrollment of patients in our clinical trials for our product candidates. If we experience delays or difficulties enrolling in our clinical trials, our research and development efforts and business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
Successful and timely completion of the clinical trial will require that we enroll a sufficient number of patient candidates. This trial and other trials we may conduct may be subject to delays for a variety of reasons, including as a result of patient enrollment taking longer than anticipated, patient withdrawal or adverse events. These types of developments could cause us to delay the trial or halt further development.
Our clinical trial will compete with other clinical trials that are in the same therapeutic areas as our product candidates, and this competition reduces the number and types of patients available to us, as some patients who might have opted to enroll in our trials may instead opt to enroll in a trial being conducted by one of our competitors. In addition, there may be limited patient pools from which to draw for clinical studies. In addition to the rarity of some diseases, the eligibility criteria of our clinical studies will further limit the pool of available study participants as we will require that patients have specific characteristics that we can measure or to assure their disease is either severe enough or not too advanced to include them in a study. Patient enrollment depends on many factors, including:
| ● | the size and nature of the patient population; |
| ● | the severity of the disease under investigation; |
| ● | eligibility criteria for the trial; |
| ● | the proximity of patients to clinical sites; |
| ● | the design of the clinical protocol; |
| ● | the ability to obtain and maintain patient consents; |
| ● | the ability to recruit clinical trial investigators with the appropriate competencies and experience; |
| ● | the risk that patients enrolled in clinical trials will drop out of the trials before the administration of our product candidates or trial completion; |
| ● | the availability of competing clinical trials; |
| ● | the availability of new drugs approved for the indication the clinical trial is investigating; and |
| ● | clinicians’ and patients’ perceptions as to the potential advantages of the drug being studied in relation to other available therapies. |
These factors may make it difficult for us to enroll enough patients to complete our clinical trial in a timely and cost-effective manner. In addition, our clinical trial has experienced, and continues to experience, some delays in patient enrollment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as some clinical sites in high impact areas have delayed new patient enrollment as dictated by local conditions. Such delays have impacted and could further adversely affect the expected timelines for our product development and approval process and may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Delays in the completion of any clinical trial increases our costs.
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We rely on Contract Research Organizations (“CROs”) to conduct our preclinical studies and clinical trials. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or meet expected deadlines, we may be delayed in completing this phase of the clinical trial.
We have relied and will continue to rely on CROs for the execution of our preclinical and clinical studies and monitor and manage data for our clinical programs. We control only certain aspects of our CROs’ activities, but we are responsible for ensuring that each of our studies is conducted in accordance with the applicable protocol and legal, regulatory and scientific standards. Our reliance on the CROs does not relieve us of these regulatory responsibilities. We and our CROs are required to comply with the FDA’s regulations, which are regulations and guidelines enforced by the FDA and comparable regulatory authorities meant to protect the rights and health of clinical trial subjects. The FDA and comparable regulatory authorities enforce their regulations through periodic inspections of trial sponsors, principal investigators and clinical trial sites. If we or our CROs fail to comply with applicable good clinical practices (“GCPs”), the clinical data generated in our clinical trials may be deemed unreliable, and the FDA (or similar foreign authorities) may require us to perform additional clinical trials before approving our product candidates. We cannot assure you that, upon inspection, the FDA (or similar foreign authorities) will determine that any of our clinical trials comply with GCPs.
In addition, our CROs are not our employees, and we cannot control whether or not they devote sufficient time and resources to our non-clinical, preclinical or clinical programs. Our CROs may also have relationships with other commercial entities, including our competitors, for whom they may also be conducting clinical studies or other drug development activities, which could impede their ability to devote appropriate time to our clinical programs. If our CROs do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or obligations or meet expected deadlines, if they need to be replaced, or if the quality or accuracy of the clinical data they obtain is compromised due to the failure to adhere to our clinical protocols or regulatory requirements, or for other reasons, our clinical trials may be extended, delayed or terminated. As a result, our financial results and the commercial prospects for the clinical trial would be harmed, our costs could increase and our ability to generate revenues could be delayed or ended.
If any of our relationships with these CROs change or terminate, we may not be able to enter into arrangements with alternative CROs or clinical study management organizations, or be able to do so on commercially reasonable terms. Switching or adding additional CROs or other clinical study management organizations involves additional cost and requires management time and focus. In addition, there is a natural transition period when a new CRO or clinical study management organization commences work. As a result, delays could occur, which could compromise our ability to meet our desired development timelines.
We have no experience as a company in bringing a drug to regulatory approval.
As a company, we have never obtained regulatory approval for, or commercialized, a drug or biologic. It is possible that the FDA may refuse to accept any or all of our planned BLAs for substantive review or may conclude after review of our data that our application is insufficient to obtain regulatory approval of any product candidate. If the FDA does not accept or approve any or all of our planned BLAs, it may require that we conduct additional preclinical, clinical or manufacturing validation studies, which may be costly, and submit that data before it will reconsider our applications. Depending on the extent of these or any other FDA required studies, approval of any BLA or application that we submit may be significantly delayed, possibly for several years, or may require us to expend more resources than we have available.
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We may be subject, directly or indirectly, to foreign, federal and state healthcare laws, including applicable anti-kickback, fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations, which could expose us to criminal sanctions, civil penalties, contractual damages, reputational harm and diminished profits and future earnings.
Healthcare providers, physicians and third-party payors play a primary role in the recommendation and prescription of any product candidates for which we obtain marketing approval. Our business operations and current and future arrangements with third-party payors, healthcare providers and customers may expose us to broadly applicable fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations that may constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we research, develop, market, sell and distribute our products for which we obtain marketing approval. Restrictions under applicable federal and state healthcare laws and regulations include the following:
| ● | the federal healthcare Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service, for which payment may be made under federal and state healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. A person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute or specific intent to violate it to have committed a violation; |
| ● | the federal False Claims Act imposes criminal and civil penalties, including through civil whistleblower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment that are false or fraudulent or making a false statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government. In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act; |
| ● | HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, imposes criminal and civil liability for executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program; |
| ● | the federal false statements statute prohibits knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services. Similar to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, a person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it to have committed a violation; |
| ● | the federal transparency requirements under the ACA requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (with certain exceptions) to report to the Department of Health and Human Services information related to physician payments and other transfers of value and ownership and investment interests held by physicians (defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors), certain non-physician practitioners (physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse anesthetists, anesthesiologist assistants and certified nurse midwives), and their immediate family members and payments or other transfers of value made to such physician owners; |
| ● | analogous state laws and regulations, such as state anti-kickback and false claims laws, and transparency laws, may apply to sales or marketing arrangements and claims involving healthcare items or services reimbursed by non-governmental third-party payors, including private insurers, and some state laws require pharmaceutical companies to comply with the pharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government in addition to requiring drug manufacturers to report information related to payments to physicians and other health care providers or marketing expenditures and pricing information; and |
| ● | efforts to ensure that our business arrangements with third parties will comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulations will involve substantial costs. It is possible that governmental authorities will conclude that our business practices may not comply with current or future statutes, regulations or case law involving applicable fraud and abuse or other healthcare laws and regulations. If our operations are found to be in violation of any of these laws or any other governmental regulations that may apply to us, we may be subject to significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from government funded healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, additional reporting obligations and oversight if we become subject to a corporate integrity agreement or other agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with these laws, imprisonment and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Further, defending against any such actions, even if successful, can be costly, time-consuming and may require significant personnel resources. If any of the physicians or other providers or entities with whom we expect to do business are found to be not in compliance with applicable laws, they may be subject to criminal, civil or administrative sanctions, including exclusions from government funded healthcare programs. |
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Any significant disruption in our computer systems or those of third parties that we utilize in our operations could result in a loss or degradation of service and could adversely impact our business.
Our reputation and ability to attract, retain and serve our patients and users is dependent upon the reliable performance of our computer systems and those of third parties that we utilize in our operations. These systems may be subject to damage or interruption from earthquakes, adverse weather conditions, other natural disasters, terrorist attacks, power loss, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, computer denial of service attacks or other attempts to harm these systems. Interruptions in these systems, or to the internet in general, could make our service unavailable or impair our ability to deliver content to our customers. Service interruptions, errors in our software or the unavailability of computer systems used in our operations could diminish the overall attractiveness of our services to existing and potential patients. In addition, during the second half of 2019, we began the implementation of an updated medical and financial platform in our clinics.
Our servers and those of third parties we use in our operations are vulnerable to computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions and periodically experience directed attacks intended to lead to interruptions and delays in our service and operations as well as loss, misuse or theft of data. Any attempt by hackers to disrupt our service or otherwise access our systems, if successful, could harm our business, be expensive to remedy and damage our reputation. We have implemented certain systems and processes to thwart hackers and, to date, hackers have not had a material impact on our service or systems. However, this is no assurance that hackers may not be successful in the future. Efforts to prevent hackers from disrupting our service or otherwise accessing our systems are expensive to implement and may limit the functionality of or otherwise negatively impact our service offering and systems. Any significant disruption to our service or access to our systems could result in a loss of patients and adversely affect our business and results of operation.
We utilize our own communications and computer hardware systems located either in our facilities or in that of a third-party data center. In addition, we utilize third-party internet-based or “cloud” computing services in connection with our business operations. We also utilize third-party content delivery networks to help us stream content to our patients and other parties over the internet. Problems faced by us or our service providers, including technological or business-related disruptions, could adversely impact the experience of our audiences and users.
During the normal course of business, we may choose to pursue services with a different third-party vendor or pursue a change in systems which could result in interruptions and delays in our service and operations as well as loss, misuse, or theft of data. We have implemented systems and processes to mitigate these risks and, to date, have not experienced a material impact on our services or systems due to change in systems or third-party. However, this is no assurance that a change in systems or services used by us or a change in third-party vendors may not have a material impact in the future. Any significant disruption to our service or access to our systems could result in a loss of patients and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Our reputation and relationships with patients would be harmed if our patients’ data, particularly personally identifying data, were to be subject to a cyber-attack or otherwise accessed by unauthorized persons.
We maintain personal data regarding our patients, including their names and other information. With respect to personally identifying data, we rely on licensed encryption and authentication technology to secure such information. We also take measures to protect against unauthorized intrusion into our patients’ data. Despite these measures, we could experience, though we have not to date experienced, a cyber-attack or other unauthorized intrusion into our patients’ data. Our security measures could also be breached due to employee error, malfeasance, system errors or vulnerabilities, or otherwise. In the event our security measures are breached, or if our services are subject to attacks that impair or deny the ability of patients to access our services, current and potential patients may become unwilling to provide us the information necessary for them to become users of our services or may curtail or stop using our services. In addition, we could face legal claims for such a breach. The costs relating to any data breach could be material and exceed the limits of the insurance we maintain against the risks of a data breach. For these reasons, should an unauthorized intrusion into our patients’ data occur, our business could be adversely affected. Changes to operating rules could increase our operating expenses and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
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Changes in accounting principles or guidance, or in their interpretations, could result in unfavorable accounting charges or effects, including changes to our previously filed consolidated financial statements, which could cause our stock price to decline.
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These principles are subject to interpretation by the SEC and various bodies formed to interpret and create appropriate accounting principles and guidance. A change in these principles or guidance, or in their interpretations, may have a significant negative effect on our reported results and retrospectively affect previously reported results, which, in turn, could cause our stock price to decline.
Our management has identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over our financial reporting.
Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation 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) of the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective because of certain material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. The material weaknesses relates to the absence of in-house accounting personnel with the ability to properly account for complex transactions and the lack of separation of duties between accounting and other functions.
We anticipate expanding our accounting functions with dedicated staff and improving our internal accounting procedures and separation of duties when we can absorb the costs of such expansion and improvement with additional capital resources. In the meantime, management will continue to observe and assess our internal accounting function and make necessary improvements whenever they may be required. If our remedial measures are insufficient to address the material weakness, or if additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting are discovered or occur in the future, our consolidated financial statements may contain material misstatements, and we could be required to restate our financial results. In addition, if we are unable to successfully remediate this material weakness and if we are unable to produce accurate and timely financial statements, our stock price may be adversely affected and we may be unable to maintain compliance with applicable stock exchange listing requirements.
We are an “emerging growth company” and our election to delay adoption of new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies may result in our consolidated financial statements not being comparable to those of some other public companies. As a result of this and other reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, our securities may be less attractive to investors.
As a public reporting company with less than $1.07 billion in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company, we:
| ● | are not required to obtain an attestation and report from our auditors on our management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; | |
| ● | are not required to provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation principles, objectives and elements and analyzing how those elements fit with our principles and objectives (commonly referred to as “compensation discussion and analysis”); | |
| ● | are not required to obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our stockholders on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements (commonly referred to as the “say-on-pay,” “say-on-frequency” and “say-on-golden-parachute” votes); | |
| ● | are exempt from certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a pay-for-performance graph and CEO pay ratio disclosure; | |
| ● | may present only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A; and | |
| ● | are eligible to claim longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act. |
We intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act. Our election to use the phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our consolidated financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under §107 of the JOBS Act.
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Certain of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions were already available to us due to the fact that we also qualify as a “smaller reporting company” under SEC rules. For instance, smaller reporting companies are not required to obtain an auditor attestation and report regarding management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting, are not required to provide a compensation discussion and analysis, are not required to provide a pay-for-performance graph or CEO pay ratio disclosure, and may present only two years of audited financial statements and related MD&A disclosure.
Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act, or such earlier time that we no longer meet the definition of an emerging growth company. In this regard, the JOBS Act provides that we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” if we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenue, have more than $700 million in market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1.0 billion in principal amount of non-convertible debt over a three-year period. Under current SEC rules, however, we will continue to qualify as a “smaller reporting company” for so long as we have a public float (i.e., the market value of common equity held by non-affiliates) of less than $250 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
Risks Relating to Ownership of Our Common Stock and Warrants
Our stock price is volatile and an investment could decline in value.
The market price of our common stock fluctuates substantially as a result of many factors, some of which are beyond our control. During the 52-week period prior to the filing of this Quarterly Report, the market price of our common stock ranged from a low of $0.10 per share to a high of $1.28 per share, and as of May 19, 2023, was $0.15 per share. These fluctuations could cause you to lose all or part of the value of your investment in our common stock and/or warrants. Factors that could cause fluctuations in the market price of our common stock include the following:
| ● | quarterly variations in our results of operations; | |
| ● | results of operations that vary from the expectations of securities analysts and investors; | |
| ● | results of operations that vary from those of our competitors; | |
| ● | changes in expectations as to our future financial performance, including financial estimates by securities analysts; |
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| ● | publication of research reports about us or the outpatient medical clinic business; | |
| ● | announcements by us or our competitors of significant contracts, acquisitions or capital commitments; | |
| ● | announcements by third parties of significant claims or proceedings against us; | |
| ● | changes affecting the availability of financing in the outpatient medical services market; | |
| ● | regulatory developments in the outpatient medical clinic business; | |
| ● | significant future sales of our common stock; | |
| ● | additions or departures of key personnel; | |
| ● | the realization of any of the other risk factors presented in this prospectus; and | |
| ● | general economic, market and currency factors and conditions unrelated to our performance. |
In addition, the stock market in general has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to operating performance of individual companies. These broad market factors may seriously harm the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted. A class action suit against us could result in significant liabilities and, regardless of the outcome, could result in substantial costs and the diversion of our management’s attention and resources.
Our stock price is below $1.00 per share, and if it continues, our common stock may be subject to delisting from The Nasdaq Capital Market.
Our common stock closed below the required minimum $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days and we received a deficiency notice from Nasdaq regarding our failure to comply with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2) on September 21, 2022. When the notice was received, pursuant to Marketplace Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we become subject to a period of 180 calendar days to regain compliance with Rule 5550(a)(2). If at any time the bid price of our common stock closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, we will regain compliance with Rule 5550(a)(2). We did not regain compliance with Rule 5550(a)(2) prior to the expiration of the Nasdaq compliance period. We appealed the delisting determination to a Nasdaq hearing panel and the panel stayed the delisting. The Company received an extension through September 18, 2023. We are currently evaluating our alternatives to resolve any listing deficiency. To the extent that we are unable to resolve a listing deficiency, there is a risk that our common stock may be delisted from Nasdaq, which would adversely impact liquidity of our common stock and potentially result in even lower bid prices for our common stock. If shares of our common stock become subject to the penny stock rules, it would become more difficult to trade them.
Our ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.
We may experience ownership changes in the future as a result of subsequent shifts in our stock ownership. Thus, our ability to utilize carryforwards of our net operating losses and other tax attributes to reduce future tax liabilities may be substantially restricted. Further, U.S. tax laws limit the time during which these carryforwards may be applied against future taxes. Therefore, we may not be able to take full advantage of these carryforwards for federal or state tax purposes. As of December 31, 2022, we had federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $37.0 million and $39.3 million, respectively.
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If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our stock adversely, or if our actual results differ significantly from our guidance, our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. If any of the analysts who may cover us change their recommendation regarding our stock adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, our stock price would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of our company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
In addition, from time to time, we may release earnings guidance or other forward-looking statements in our earnings releases, earnings conference calls or otherwise regarding our future performance that represent our management’s estimates as of the date of release. Some or all of the assumptions of any future guidance that we furnish may not materialize or may vary significantly from actual future results. Any failure to meet guidance or analysts’ expectations could have a material adverse effect on the trading price or volume of our stock.
Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents could discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company and may affect the trading price of our common stock.
Our corporate documents and the Delaware General Corporation Law contain provisions that may enable our board of directors to resist a change in control of our company even if a change in control were to be considered favorable by you and other stockholders. These provisions:
| ● | authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that could be issued by our board of directors to help defend against a takeover attempt; | |
| ● | establish advance notice requirements for nominating directors and proposing matters to be voted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings; | |
| ● | provide that stockholders are only entitled to call a special meeting upon written request by 331/3% of the outstanding common stock; and | |
| ● | require supermajority stockholder voting to effect certain amendments to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. |
In addition, Delaware law prohibits large stockholders, in particular those owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock, from merging or consolidating with us except under certain circumstances. These provisions and other provisions under Delaware law could discourage, delay or prevent a transaction involving a change in control of our company. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and other stockholders to elect directors of your choosing and cause us to take other corporate actions you desire.
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We have 5,000,000 authorized unissued shares of preferred stock, and our board has the ability to designate the rights and preferences of this preferred stock without your vote.
Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to issue “blank check” preferred stock and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, of these shares, without further stockholder approval. The rights of the holders of common stock will be subject to and may be adversely affected by the rights of holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. As indicated in the preceding risk factor, the ability to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of the voting stock of our company thereby discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of our company. We currently have no outstanding shares of preferred stock, or plans to issue any such shares in the future.
Concentration of ownership of our common stock among our existing executive officers and directors may limit our other stockholders from influencing significant corporate decisions.
Jeffrey S. Ervin, our Chief Executive Officer, Matthew C. Wallis, DC, our President, and our other executive officers and directors own a significant percentage of our outstanding shares. These persons, acting together, are able to influence all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election and removal of directors and any merger or other significant corporate transactions. The interests of this group of stockholders may not coincide with our interests or the interests of other stockholders.
We do not expect to pay any dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future.
We currently expect to retain all future earnings, if any, for future operation, expansion and debt repayment and have no current plans to pay any cash dividends to holders of our common stock for the foreseeable future. Any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our operating results, financial condition, cash requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. In addition, we must comply with the covenants in our credit agreements in order to be able to pay cash dividends, and our ability to pay dividends generally may be further limited by covenants of any future outstanding indebtedness we or our subsidiaries incur. As a result, you may not receive any return on an investment in our common stock unless you sell our common stock for a price greater than that which you paid for it.
We may issue additional shares of common stock, warrants or other securities to finance our growth.
We may finance the business development or generate additional working capital through additional equity financing. Therefore, subject to the rules of the Nasdaq, we may issue additional shares of our common stock, warrants and other equity securities of equal or senior rank, with or without stockholder approval, in a number of circumstances from time to time. The issuance by us of shares of our common stock, warrants or other equity securities of equal or senior rank will have the following effects:
| ● | the proportionate ownership interest in us held by our existing stockholders will decrease; |
| ● | the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding share of common stock may be diminished; and |
| ● | the market price of our common stock may decline. |
In addition, if we issue shares of our common stock and/or warrants in a future offering (or, in the case of our common stock, the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase our common stock), it could be dilutive to our security holders.
There can be no assurance that we will ever provide liquidity to our investors through a sale of our company.
While acquisitions of healthcare companies like ours are not uncommon, potential investors are cautioned that no assurances can be given that any form of merger, combination, or sale of our company will take place, or that any merger, combination, or sale, even if consummated, would provide liquidity or a profit for our investors. You should not invest in our company with the expectation that we will be able to sell the business in order to provide liquidity or a profit for our investors.
We have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from our public offerings and private placement and may not use them effectively.
Our management has broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from our public offerings and private placement and could spend the proceeds in ways that do not enhance the value of our common stock. Because of the number and variability of factors that will determine our use of the net proceeds from our completed offerings, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their currently intended use. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business. Pending their use, we may invest the net proceeds from the offerings in a manner that does not produce income or that loses value. If we do not apply or invest the net proceeds from the offerings in ways that enhance stockholder value, we may fail to achieve expected financial results, which could cause the price of our securities to decline.
Investors should carefully review and consider the information regarding certain factors which could materially affect our business, operating results, cash flows, and financial condition set forth under Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our fiscal 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023. There have been no material changes to such risk factors, except as set forth below. The risk factors set forth below supplement, and should be read together with, that section for disclosures regarding what we believe are the more significant risks and uncertainties related to our businesses. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may impair our business operations.
Any of these factors could cause or contribute to the risks and uncertainties identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
| ITEM 2. | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
None.
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| ITEM 3. | DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES |
None.
| ITEM 4. | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 5. | OTHER INFORMATION |
None.
| ITEM 6. | EXHIBITS |
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| 31.1* | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
| 31.2* | Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
| 32.1** | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| 32.2** | Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
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| ** | This certification is being furnished solely to accompany this quarterly report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of IMAC Holdings, Inc., whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| IMAC HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| Date: May 19, 2023 | By: | /s/ Jeffrey S. Ervin |
| Jeffrey S. Ervin | ||
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| Date: May 19, 2023 | By: | /s/ Sheri Gardzina |
| Sheri Gardzina | ||
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
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