HLTH CORPORATION
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Form 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the quarterly period ended
June 30, 2007
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
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Commission file number: 0-24975
HLTH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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94-3236644
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(State of
incorporation)
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(I.R.S. employer identification
no.)
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669 River Drive, Center
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07407-1361
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Elmwood Park, New
Jersey
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(Zip code)
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(Address of principal executive
office)
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(201) 703-3400
(Registrants telephone
number including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has
filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days.
Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated
filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large
accelerated filer in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated
filer þ Accelerated
filer o Non-accelerated
filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No þ
As of August 6, 2007, there were 181,359,994 shares of
HLTH Common Stock outstanding (including unvested shares of
restricted
HLTH Common Stock issued under our equity compensation plans).
HLTH
CORPORATION
QUARTERLY
REPORT ON
FORM 10-Q
For the period ended June 30, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WebMD®,
WebMD
Health®,
CME
Circle®,
eMedicine®,
MedicineNet®,
Medscape®,
MEDPOR®,
Medsite®,
POREX®,
Publishers
Circle®,
RxList®,
Subimo®,
Summex®,
theheart.org®,
The Little Blue
Booktm
and
ViPSsm
are among the trademarks of HLTH Corporation or its subsidiaries.
Emdeontm
and Emdeon Business
Servicestm
are among the trademarks of Emdeon Business Services, LLC or its
subsidiaries.
Note
Regarding Our Name Change
As previously announced, we changed our name from Emdeon
Corporation to HLTH Corporation in May 2007. The ticker symbol
for our Common Stock, which is listed on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market, remains HLTH. In connection with the name change,
the CUSIP number for the Registrants Common Stock changed
to: 40422Y 101. Stockholders were not required to exchange
currently outstanding stock certificates for new stock
certificates.
We had agreed to change our name in connection with the
November 2006 sale of a 52% interest in our Emdeon Business
Services segment. In that sale, we transferred our rights to the
name Emdeon and related intellectual property to
Emdeon Business Services. Emdeon Business Services owns and
continues to use the Emdeon name and related trademarks.
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, are or may
be, forward-looking statements. For example, statements
concerning projections, predictions, expectations, estimates or
forecasts and statements that describe our objectives, future
performance, plans or goals are, or may be, forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements reflect
managements current expectations concerning future results
and events and can generally be identified by the use of
expressions such as may, will,
should, could, would,
likely, predict, potential,
continue, future, estimate,
believe, expect, anticipate,
intend, plan, foresee, and
other similar words or phrases, as well as statements in the
future tense.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements to be different from any
future results, performance and achievements expressed or
implied by these statements. The following important risks and
uncertainties could affect our future results, causing those
results to differ materially from those expressed in our
forward-looking statements:
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the inability to successfully deploy new or updated applications
or services;
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the failure to achieve sufficient levels of customer utilization
and market acceptance of new or updated products and services;
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difficulties in forming and maintaining relationships with
customers and strategic partners;
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the inability to attract and retain qualified personnel;
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the anticipated benefits from acquisitions not being fully
realized or not being realized within the expected time frames;
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general economic, business or regulatory conditions affecting
the healthcare, information technology, Internet and plastics
industries being less favorable than expected; and
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the other risks and uncertainties described in this Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q
under the heading Managements Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations Factors That May Affect Our Future
Financial Condition or Results of Operations.
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These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other
factors, including unknown or unpredictable ones, could also
have material adverse effects on our future results.
The forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report
are made only as of the date of this Quarterly Report. Except as
required by law or regulation, we do not undertake any
obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances.
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PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
HLTH
CORPORATION
(In
thousands, except share and per share data)
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June 30,
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December 31,
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2007
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2006
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(Unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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509,969
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$
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614,691
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Short-term investments
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228,922
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34,140
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Accounts receivable, net of
allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,690 at June 30, 2007
and $1,296 at December 31, 2006
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117,045
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121,608
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Inventory
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9,709
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9,922
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Due from EBS Master LLC
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286
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30,716
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Prepaid expenses and other current
assets
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62,232
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31,871
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Total current assets
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928,163
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842,948
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Marketable equity securities
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3,166
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2,633
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Property and equipment, net
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74,376
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72,040
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Goodwill
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333,412
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337,669
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Intangible assets, net
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121,260
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129,473
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Investment in EBS Master LLC
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20,820
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1,521
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Other assets
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39,607
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65,659
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TOTAL ASSETS
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$
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1,520,804
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$
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1,451,943
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LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable
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$
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3,960
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$
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3,996
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Accrued expenses
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58,043
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113,175
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Deferred revenue
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100,154
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87,438
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Liabilities of discontinued
operations
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55,893
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Total current liabilities
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218,050
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204,609
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1.75% convertible subordinated
notes due 2023
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350,000
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350,000
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31/8%
convertible notes due 2025
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300,000
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300,000
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Other long-term liabilities
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32,357
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24,179
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Minority interest in WHC
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111,876
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101,860
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Convertible redeemable exchangeable
preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000 shares
authorized; no shares issued and outstanding at June 30,
2007; 10,000 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2006
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98,768
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Commitments and contingencies
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Stockholders equity:
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Preferred stock, $0.0001 par
value; 4,990,000 shares authorized; no shares issued
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Common stock, $0.0001 par
value; 900,000,000 shares authorized;
457,384,368 shares issued at June 30, 2007;
449,600,747 shares issued at December 31, 2006
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46
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45
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Additional paid-in capital
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12,442,859
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12,290,126
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Treasury stock, at cost;
277,737,447 shares at June 30, 2007;
287,770,823 shares at December 31, 2006
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(2,568,966
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(2,585,769
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Accumulated deficit
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(9,380,388
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(9,341,985
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Accumulated other comprehensive
income
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14,970
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10,110
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Total stockholders equity
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508,521
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372,527
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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$
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1,520,804
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$
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1,451,943
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See accompanying notes.
4
HLTH
CORPORATION
(In
thousands, except per share data, unaudited)
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Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
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June 30,
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June 30,
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2007
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2006
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2007
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2006
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(Restated)
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(Restated)
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Revenue:
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Services
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$
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102,129
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$
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265,606
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$
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200,072
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$
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518,351
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Products
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27,165
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26,025
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51,247
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50,474
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Total revenue
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129,294
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291,631
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251,319
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568,825
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Cost of operations:
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Services
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44,129
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157,625
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88,643
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313,984
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Products
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10,772
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11,416
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20,687
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22,231
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Total cost of operations
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54,901
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169,041
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109,330
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336,215
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Development and engineering
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4,767
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9,057
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9,341
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17,921
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Sales, marketing, general and
administrative
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58,340
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72,033
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118,739
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142,213
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Depreciation and amortization
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11,678
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17,221
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22,405
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33,775
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Interest income
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10,100
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4,433
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19,774
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8,851
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Interest expense
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4,619
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4,668
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9,336
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9,359
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Other income (expense), net
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1,396
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(2,347
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4,278
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(2,889
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Income from continuing operations
before income tax provision
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6,485
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21,697
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6,220
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35,304
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Income tax provision
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2,031
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6,288
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3,021
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10,344
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Minority interest in WHC income
(loss)
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843
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(121
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958
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(593
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Equity in earnings of EBS Master
LLC
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7,575
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14,674
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Income from continuing operations
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11,186
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15,530
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16,915
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25,553
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(Loss) income from discontinued
operations, net of tax
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(56,649
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6,556
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(56,676
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12,123
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Net (loss) income
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$
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(45,463
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$
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22,086
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$
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(39,761
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$
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37,676
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Basic (loss) income per common
share:
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Income from continuing operations
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$
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0.06
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$
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0.05
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$
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0.10
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$
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0.09
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(Loss) income from discontinued
operations
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(0.31
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0.03
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(0.32
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)
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0.04
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Net (loss) income
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$
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(0.25
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$
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0.08
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$
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(0.22
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$
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0.13
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Diluted (loss) income per common
share:
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Income from continuing operations
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$
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0.06
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$
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0.05
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$
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0.09
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$
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0.09
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(Loss) income from discontinued
operations
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(0.30
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)
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0.02
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(0.30
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)
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0.04
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Net (loss) income
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$
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(0.24
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)
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$
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0.07
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$
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(0.21
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$
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0.13
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Weighted-average shares
outstanding used in computing (loss) income per common share:
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Basic
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180,219
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285,086
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178,115
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286,141
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Diluted
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191,032
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296,722
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188,693
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296,107
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See accompanying notes.
5
HLTH
CORPORATION
(In
thousands, unaudited)
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2007
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2006
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(Restated)
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Cash flows from operating
activities:
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Net (loss) income
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$
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(39,761
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$
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37,676
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Adjustments to reconcile net
(loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:
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Loss (income) from discontinued
operations, net of tax
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56,676
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(12,123
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Depreciation and amortization
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22,405
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33,775
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Minority interest in WHC income
(loss)
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958
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(593
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Equity in earnings of EBS Master
LLC
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(14,674
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Amortization of debt issuance costs
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1,447
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1,461
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Non-cash advertising
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2,320
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2,794
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Non-cash stock-based compensation
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18,146
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24,009
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Deferred income taxes
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1,052
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1,736
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EBS working capital adjustment
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(399
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Reversal of income tax valuation
allowance applied to goodwill
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760
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4,043
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Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
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|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
4,922
|
|
|
|
(5,233
|
)
|
Inventory
|
|
|
272
|
|
|
|
(138
|
)
|
Prepaid expenses and other, net
|
|
|
(514
|
)
|
|
|
(3,700
|
)
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
(36
|
)
|
|
|
3,980
|
|
Accrued expenses and other
long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(45,430
|
)
|
|
|
3,572
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
12,716
|
|
|
|
8,137
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by continuing
operations
|
|
|
20,860
|
|
|
|
99,396
|
|
Net cash (used in) provided by
discontinued operations
|
|
|
(1,880
|
)
|
|
|
15,825
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating
activities
|
|
|
18,980
|
|
|
|
115,221
|
|
Cash flows from investing
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from maturities and sales
of available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
194,096
|
|
|
|
398,870
|
|
Purchases of available-for-sale
securities
|
|
|
(388,942
|
)
|
|
|
(426,470
|
)
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(12,558
|
)
|
|
|
(27,429
|
)
|
Cash paid in business
combinations, net of cash acquired
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(84,846
|
)
|
Proceeds from the sale of EBS
|
|
|
2,898
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from advances to EBS
Master LLC
|
|
|
19,730
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other changes in equity of
discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,467
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in continuing
operations
|
|
|
(184,776
|
)
|
|
|
(124,408
|
)
|
Net cash used in discontinued
operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17,009
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing
activities
|
|
|
(184,776
|
)
|
|
|
(141,417
|
)
|
Cash flows from financing
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of HLTH and
WHC common stock
|
|
|
103,263
|
|
|
|
30,433
|
|
Tax benefit on stock-based awards
|
|
|
457
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of treasury stock under
repurchase program
|
|
|
(42,906
|
)
|
|
|
(71,843
|
)
|
Payments of notes payable and other
|
|
|
(101
|
)
|
|
|
(173
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities
|
|
|
60,713
|
|
|
|
(41,583
|
)
|
Effect of exchange rates on cash
|
|
|
361
|
|
|
|
479
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
|
(104,722
|
)
|
|
|
(67,300
|
)
|
Changes in cash of discontinued
operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,184
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period
|
|
|
614,691
|
|
|
|
155,616
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end
of period
|
|
$
|
509,969
|
|
|
$
|
89,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes.
6
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except share and per share data,
unaudited)
|
|
1.
|
Background
and Basis of Presentation
|
Background
HLTH Corporation (HLTH or the Company)
is a Delaware corporation that was incorporated in December 1995
and commenced operations in January 1996 as Healtheon
Corporation. HLTHs Common Stock began trading on the
Nasdaq National Market under the symbol HLTH on
February 11, 1999 and now trades on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market. The Company changed its name to Healtheon/WebMD
Corporation in November 1999, to WebMD Corporation in September
2000 and to Emdeon Corporation in October 2005 in connection
with the initial public offering of equity securities of the
Companys subsidiary, WebMD Health Corp (WHC).
In connection with the November 2006 sale of a 52% interest in
the Companys Emdeon Business Services segment, the Company
transferred its rights to the name Emdeon and
related intellectual property to Emdeon Business Services, and
agreed to change its name within six months of the sale of
Emdeon Business Services. Accordingly, in May 2007, the Company
changed its name to HLTH Corporation.
WHCs Class A Common Stock began trading on the Nasdaq
National Market under the symbol WBMD on
September 29, 2005 and now trades on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market. As of June 30, 2007, the Company owned
48,100,000 shares of WHC Class B Common Stock, which
represented 84.2% of the total outstanding Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock of WHC. WHC Class A
Common Stock has one vote per share, while WHC Class B
Common Stock has five votes per share. As a result, the WHC
Class B Common Stock owned by the Company represented, as
of June 30, 2007, 96.4% of the combined voting power of
WHCs outstanding Common Stock.
The Company owns 48% of EBS Master LLC (EBSCo),
which owns Emdeon Business Services LLC. Emdeon Business
Services LLC conducts the business that comprised the
Companys Emdeon Business Services segment until the
Company sold a 52% interest in that business to an affiliate of
General Atlantic LLC on November 16, 2006 (EBS
Sale). Emdeon Business Services and
EBS are used below to refer to the business owned by
EBSCo and, with respect to periods prior to the consummation of
the EBS Sale, to the reporting segment of HLTH.
The Companys consolidated financial statements for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2006 have been restated
to correct the previously reported income tax provision which is
more fully described in Note 15, Restatement of
Consolidated Financial Statements.
Basis of
Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the
consolidated accounts of HLTH Corporation and its subsidiaries
and have been prepared in United States dollars, and in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP). The consolidated accounts include
100% of the assets and liabilities of the majority-owned WHC.
Additionally, the minority stockholders proportionate
share of the equity in WHC is recorded as minority interest in
WHC in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the
minority stockholders proportionate share of net income or
net loss is reflected as minority interest in WHC income (loss)
in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The Companys 48% ownership in EBSCo is being accounted for
under the equity method since November 16, 2006, the
transaction date. Accordingly, prior to the transaction date,
the historical results of operations of EBS are reflected in the
consolidated results of operations of the Company. See
Note 4 for further details.
7
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
As described in Note 3, on September 14, 2006, the
Company completed the sale of its Emdeon Practice Services
segment (EPS). Accordingly, the historical results
of EPS have been presented as discontinued operations in the
accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Interim
Financial Statements
The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company
have been prepared by management and reflect all adjustments
(consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) that, in the
opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of
the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2007 are not
necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any
subsequent period or for the entire year ending
December 31, 2007. Certain information and footnote
disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared
in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted
under the Securities and Exchange Commissions (the
SEC) rules and regulations.
The unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes
included herein should be read in conjunction with the
Companys audited consolidated financial statements and
notes for the year ended December 31, 2006, which were
included in the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K,
as amended, filed with the SEC.
Accounting
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated
financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company bases
its estimates on historical experience, current business
factors, and various other assumptions that the Company believes
are necessary to consider in order to form a basis for making
judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities,
the recorded amounts of revenue and expenses, and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities. The Company is subject to
uncertainties such as the impact of future events, economic,
environmental and political factors, and changes in the
Companys business environment; therefore, actual results
could differ from these estimates. Accordingly, the accounting
estimates used in the preparation of the Companys
financial statements will change as new events occur, as more
experience is acquired, as additional information is obtained
and as the Companys operating environment changes. Changes
in estimates are made when circumstances warrant. Such changes
in estimates and refinements in estimation methodologies are
reflected in reported results of operations; if material, the
effects of changes in estimates are disclosed in the notes to
the consolidated financial statements. Significant estimates and
assumptions by management affect: the allowance for doubtful
accounts, the carrying value of inventory, the carrying value of
prepaid advertising, the carrying value of long-lived assets
(including goodwill and intangible assets), the amortization
period of long-lived assets (excluding goodwill), the carrying
value, capitalization and amortization of software and Web site
development costs, the carrying value of short-term and
long-term investments, the provision for income taxes and tax
contingencies, certain accrued expenses, revenue recognition,
contingencies, litigation and related legal accruals and the
value attributed to employee stock options and other stock-based
awards.
Seasonality
The timing of the Companys revenue is affected by seasonal
factors in both the WebMD and Porex segments. Advertising and
sponsorship revenue within the WebMD segment is seasonal,
primarily as a result of the annual budget approval process of
the advertising and sponsorship clients of the public portals.
This portion of revenue is usually the lowest in the first
quarter of each calendar year, and increases during each
consecutive quarter throughout the year. WebMDs private
portal licensing revenue is also historically highest in the
second half of the year as new customers are typically added
during this period in conjunction with their annual open
enrollment periods for employee benefits. Additionally, the
annual distribution cycle for certain publishing products
results in a significant portion of WebMDs publishing
revenue being recognized in
8
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
the second and third quarter of each calendar year. Porexs
business is also impacted by seasonal factors, primarily in its
writing instrument product lines as a result of back-to-school
season, which favorably impacts Porexs revenue during the
second quarter.
Net
(Loss) Income Per Common Share
Basic (loss) income per common share and diluted (loss) income
per common share are presented in conformity with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 128,
Earnings Per Share (SFAS 128). In
accordance with SFAS 128, basic (loss) income per common
share has been computed using the weighted-average number of
shares of common stock outstanding during the periods, increased
to give effect to the participating rights of the Convertible
Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock during the periods in
which that preferred stock was outstanding. Diluted (loss)
income per common share has been computed using the
weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding
during the periods, increased to give effect to potentially
dilutive securities. Additionally, for purposes of calculating
diluted (loss) income per common share of the Company, the
numerator has been adjusted to consider the effect of
potentially dilutive securities of WHC, which can dilute the
portion of WHCs net income otherwise retained by the
Company. The impact of WHCs potentially dilutive
securities on the calculation of diluted (loss) income per
common share was not material. The following table presents the
calculation of basic and diluted (loss) income per common share
(shares in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Restated)
|
|
|
Numerator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
11,186
|
|
|
$
|
15,530
|
|
|
$
|
16,915
|
|
|
$
|
25,553
|
|
Convertible redeemable
exchangeable preferred stock fee
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
|
174
|
|
|
|
175
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing
operations Basic and Diluted
|
|
|
11,272
|
|
|
|
15,617
|
|
|
|
17,089
|
|
|
|
25,728
|
|
(Loss) income from discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
|
|
(56,649
|
)
|
|
|
6,556
|
|
|
|
(56,676
|
)
|
|
|
12,123
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
Basic and Diluted
|
|
$
|
(45,377
|
)
|
|
$
|
22,173
|
|
|
$
|
(39,587
|
)
|
|
$
|
37,851
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock
|
|
|
169,745
|
|
|
|
274,448
|
|
|
|
167,559
|
|
|
|
275,503
|
|
Convertible redeemable
exchangeable preferred stock
|
|
|
10,474
|
|
|
|
10,638
|
|
|
|
10,556
|
|
|
|
10,638
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average
shares Basic
|
|
|
180,219
|
|
|
|
285,086
|
|
|
|
178,115
|
|
|
|
286,141
|
|
Employee stock options, restricted
stock and warrants
|
|
|
10,813
|
|
|
|
11,636
|
|
|
|
10,578
|
|
|
|
9,966
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted weighted-average shares
after assumed conversions Diluted
|
|
|
191,032
|
|
|
|
296,722
|
|
|
|
188,693
|
|
|
|
296,107
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic (loss) income per common
share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.09
|
|
(Loss) income from discontinued
operations
|
|
|
(0.31
|
)
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
|
(0.32
|
)
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(0.25
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
$
|
(0.22
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Restated)
|
|
|
Diluted (loss) income per common
share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.09
|
|
|
$
|
0.09
|
|
(Loss) income from discontinued
operations
|
|
|
(0.30
|
)
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
(0.30
|
)
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(0.24
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.07
|
|
|
$
|
(0.21
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has excluded convertible notes, as well as certain
outstanding warrants and stock options, from the calculation of
diluted (loss) income per common share because such securities
were anti-dilutive during the periods presented. The following
table presents the total number of shares that could potentially
dilute basic income (loss) per common share in the future that
were not included in the computation of diluted income (loss)
per common share during the periods presented (shares in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Options and warrants
|
|
|
18,297
|
|
|
|
58,475
|
|
|
|
19,735
|
|
|
|
60,926
|
|
Convertible notes
|
|
|
42,015
|
|
|
|
42,015
|
|
|
|
42,015
|
|
|
|
42,015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
60,312
|
|
|
|
100,490
|
|
|
|
61,750
|
|
|
|
102,941
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
Taxes
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation
No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes (FIN 48), which clarifies the
accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the
financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes. The interpretation
prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for
the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax
position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. It also
provides guidance on derecognizing, classification, interest and
penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and
transition. Upon adoption, the Company reduced its existing
reserves for uncertain income tax positions by $1,475, primarily
related to a reduction in state income tax matters. This
reduction was recorded as a cumulative effect adjustment to
accumulated deficit in the accompanying consolidated balance
sheet. In addition, the Company reduced $5,572 of a deferred tax
asset and its associated valuation allowance upon adoption of
FIN 48.
As of January 1, 2007, the Company had unrecognized income
tax benefits of $6,831. If recognized, these benefits would be
reflected as a component of the income tax provision. During the
six months ended June 30, 2007, the unrecognized income tax
benefit was reduced by $716 primarily relating to the settlement
of tax audits. The Company is currently under audit in a number
of state and local taxing jurisdictions and will have statutes
of limitations with respect to certain tax returns expiring
within the next twelve months. As a result, it is reasonably
possible that a reduction in the unrecognized income tax
benefits, prior to any annual increase, may occur from $1,100 to
$1,300 within the next twelve months. With the exception of
adjusting net operating loss carryforwards that may be utilized,
the Company is no longer subject to federal income tax
examinations for tax years before 2003 and for state and local
income tax examinations for years before 2002.
Consistent with its historical financial reporting, the Company
has elected to reflect interest and penalties related to
uncertain tax positions as part of the income tax provision in
the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As of
January 1, 2007, accrued interest and penalties were
$1,135, which are included in the total unrecognized income tax
benefits of $6,831 discussed above.
10
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
On February 15, 2007, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Including
an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115
(SFAS 159). SFAS 159 permits many
financial instruments and certain other items to be measured at
fair value at the option of the company. Most of the provisions
in SFAS 159 are elective; however, the amendment to
SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments
in Debt and Equity Securities, applies to all entities
with available-for-sale and trading securities. The fair value
option established by SFAS 159 permits the choice to
measure eligible items at fair value at specified election
dates. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair
value option has been elected will be reported in earnings at
each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option:
(a) may be applied instrument by instrument, with a few
exceptions, such as investments otherwise accounted for by the
equity method; (b) is irrevocable (unless a new election
date occurs); and (c) is applied only to entire instruments
and not to portions of instruments. SFAS 159 is effective
for financial statements issued for the first fiscal year
beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently
evaluating the impact, if any, that this new standard will have
on the Companys results of operations, financial position
or cash flows.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157,
Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157).
SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value and expands disclosure of fair value
measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting
pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements
and, accordingly, does not require any new fair value
measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the
impact, if any, that this new standard will have on the
Companys results of operations, financial position or cash
flows.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period
financial statements to conform to the current year presentation.
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2.
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Conversion
of Convertible Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock
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On March 19, 2004, the Company issued $100,000 of
Convertible Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the
Preferred Stock) in a private transaction to
CalPERS/PCG Corporate Partners, LLC (the Holder). On
June 26, 2007, the Company notified the Holder that it had
elected to redeem all outstanding shares of its Convertible
Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock. On June 29, 2007,
prior to the date set for the redemption, the Holder converted
all of the then outstanding Preferred Stock to Common Stock. In
aggregate, 10,000 shares of Preferred Stock were converted
to 10,638,297 shares of HLTH Common Stock during the three
months ended June 30, 2007. In connection with the
conversion of the Preferred Stock to Common Stock, the
unamortized portion of the deferred issuance costs related to
the Preferred Stock of $1,115 was reflected as a reduction to
stockholders equity.
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3.
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Discontinued
Operations
|
On September 14, 2006, the Company completed the sale of
EPS to Sage Software, Inc. (Sage Software) and,
accordingly, the financial information of EPS has been
reclassified as discontinued operations in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements for the prior year periods.
The Company received net cash proceeds of $521,324, net of
professional fees and other expenses associated with the sale of
EPS, which does not include $35,000 being held in escrow as
security for the Companys indemnification obligations
under the Stock Purchase Agreement. One-third and two-thirds of
the amount in escrow are scheduled to be released twelve and
eighteen months from the closing date, subject to pending and
paid claims, if any, and are included in other current assets in
the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of June 30,
2007. During
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CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
2006, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of $353,158, net
of tax of $33,037. Summarized operating results for the
discontinued operations of EPS for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2006 were as follows:
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Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
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June 30, 2006
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June 30, 2006
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Revenue
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$
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77,272
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|
|
$
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152,978
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Earnings before taxes
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|
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6,754
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|
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13,511
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Taxes on earnings
|
|
|
198
|
|
|
|
1,388
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Income from discontinued
operations, net of tax
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$
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6,556
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$
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12,123
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The Company has certain indemnity obligations to advance amounts
for reasonable defense costs for initially ten and now nine
former officers and directors of EPS, who were indicted in
connection with the previously disclosed investigation by the
United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina (the
Investigation), which is more fully described in
Note 13, Commitments and Contingencies. In
connection with the sale of EPS, the Company agreed to indemnify
Sage Software relating to these indemnity obligations. Based on
information the Company has recently received related to the
Investigation, the Company is now able to determine a reasonable
estimate of the range of probable costs with respect to the
Companys indemnification obligation which is approximately
$57,800 to $83,000. Accordingly, included in loss from
discontinued operations during the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007 is a pre-tax charge of $57,800, which
represents the Companys estimate of the low end of the
probable range of costs related to this matter. The Company has
reserved the low end of the probable range of costs because no
estimate within the range was a better estimate than any other
amount. This estimate includes assumptions as to the duration of
the trial and pre-trial periods, and the defense costs to be
incurred during these periods. The ultimate outcome of this
matter is still uncertain, and accordingly, the amount of cost
the Company may ultimately incur could be substantially more
than the reserve the Company has currently provided. If the
recorded reserves are insufficient to cover the ultimate cost of
this matter, the Company will need to record additional charges
to its consolidated statement of operations in future periods.
The accrual related to this charge, less payments made prior to
June 30, 2007, is reflected as liabilities of discontinued
operations in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of
June 30, 2007.
Also included in loss from discontinued operations for the six
months ended June 30, 2007 is a charge for equity
instruments of the Company that were held by EPS employees,
partially offset by an income tax benefit as well as by a
reduction of certain sales and use tax contingencies for which
the Company indemnified Sage Software, resulting from the
expiration of statutes of limitations applicable to certain tax
returns.
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4.
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Emdeon
Business Services
|
Equity
Investment in EBSCo
The Company accounts for its 48% investment in EBSCo as an
equity investment and records 48% of the earnings of EBSCo as
equity in earnings of EBS Master LLC in its accompanying
consolidated statement of operations. As of June 30, 2007
and December 31, 2006, the Companys equity investment
in EBSCo was $20,820 and $1,521, respectively, which reflects a
difference of $125,452 and $131,180, respectively, between the
carrying value and the underlying equity in this investment. The
difference between the carrying value and the underlying equity
value, as well as the difference between the Companys
equity in earnings of EBS Master LLC and 48% of EBSCos net
income is principally due to the excess of the fair value of
EBSCos net assets as adjusted in purchase accounting, over
the carryover basis of the Companys investment in EBSCo,
net of the related amortization of a portion of that excess
related to amortizable intangible assets. Included in
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CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
the Companys equity investment in EBSCo is $3,496, which
represents the Companys share of EBSCos unrealized
gain on derivative instruments. See Note 11.
The following is summarized financial information of EBSCo for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2007:
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Three Months Ended
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|
|
Six Months Ended
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|
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June 30, 2007
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|
June 30, 2007
|
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|
Statement of Operations Data:
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
201,226
|
|
|
$
|
399,635
|
|
Cost of operations
|
|
|
94,889
|
|
|
|
186,074
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
8,523
|
|
|
|
16,799
|
|
Sale
of Emdeon Business Services
The purchase price of the EBS Sale was subject to customary
post-closing adjustments, including an adjustment based on the
amount of working capital at the time of the closing on
November 16, 2006. During the three months ended
March 31, 2007, the Company recognized a gain of $399,
which is included in other income (expense), net and relates to
the finalization of the working capital adjustment.
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5.
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Gain Upon
Sale of WHC Class A Common Stock
|
The Companys WHC subsidiary issues their Class A
Common Stock in various transactions from time to time, which
result in the dilution of the Companys percentage
ownership in WHC. The Company accounts for the issuance of WHC
Class A Common Stock in accordance with the SECs
Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 51, Accounting for
Sales of Stock by a Subsidiary. The issuances of WHC
Class A Common Stock resulted in an aggregate gain to
equity of $1,065 and $5,869 during the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007, respectively, related to the exercise
of stock options and the release of restricted stock awards. As
a result, the Companys ownership in WHC decreased to 84.2%
as of June 30, 2007, from 84.6% as of December 31,
2006.
On December 15, 2006, the Company acquired, through WHC,
all of the outstanding limited liability company interests of
Subimo, LLC (Subimo), a privately held provider of
healthcare decision support applications to large employers,
health plans and financial institutions. The total purchase
consideration for Subimo was approximately $59,320, comprised of
$32,820 in cash paid at closing, net of cash acquired, $26,000
of WHC equity and $500 of estimated acquisition costs. Pursuant
to the terms of the purchase agreement, WHC deferred the
issuance of the $26,000 of equity, equal to 640,930 shares
of WHC Class A Common Stock (the Deferred
Shares), until December 2008. While a maximum of 246,508
of these shares may be used to settle any outstanding claims or
warranties against the seller, the remaining 394,422 of these
shares will be issued with certainty. Issuance of a portion of
these shares may be further deferred until December 2010 subject
to certain conditions. If the Deferred Shares have a market
value that is less than $24.34 per share in December 2008, then
WHC will pay additional consideration equal to this shortfall,
either in the form of WHC Class A Common Stock or cash, in
its sole discretion. The acquisition was accounted for using the
purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase
price was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets
acquired and the liabilities assumed on the basis of their
respective fair values. In connection with the preliminary
allocation of the purchase price and intangible asset valuation,
goodwill of $47,494 and intangible assets subject to
amortization of $12,300 were recorded. The goodwill and
intangible assets recorded will be deductible for tax purposes.
The intangible assets are comprised of $10,000 relating to
customer relationships with estimated useful lives of twelve
years and $2,300 relating to acquired technology with an
estimated useful life of three years. The results of operations
of Subimo have been included in the
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HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
financial statements of the Company from December 15, 2006,
the closing date of the acquisition, and are included in the
WebMD segment.
On September 11, 2006, the Company acquired, through WHC,
the interactive medical education, promotion and physician
recruitment businesses of Medsite, Inc. (Medsite).
Medsite provides
e-detailing
services for pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare
companies, including program development, targeted recruitment
and online distribution and delivery. In addition, Medsite
provides educational programs to physicians. The total purchase
consideration for Medsite was approximately $31,467, comprised
of $30,682 in cash, net of cash acquired, and $785 of estimated
acquisition costs. The acquisition was accounted for using the
purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase
price was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets
acquired and the liabilities assumed on the basis of their
respective fair values. In connection with the preliminary
allocation of the purchase price and intangible asset valuation,
goodwill of $31,948 and intangible assets subject to
amortization of $11,000 were recorded. The goodwill and
intangible assets recorded will be deductible for tax purposes.
The intangible assets are comprised of $6,000 relating to
customer relationships with estimated useful lives of twelve
years, $2,000 relating to a trade name with an estimated useful
life of ten years, $2,000 relating to content with an estimated
useful life of four years and $1,000 relating to acquired
technology with an estimated useful life of three years. The
results of operations of Medsite have been included in the
financial statements of the Company from September 11,
2006, the closing date of the acquisition, and are included in
the WebMD segment.
On July 18, 2006, the Company acquired, through EBS,
Interactive Payer Network, Inc. (IPN), a privately
held provider of healthcare electronic data interchange
services. The total purchase consideration for IPN was
approximately $3,907, comprised of $3,799 in cash, net of cash
acquired, and $108 of estimated acquisition costs. In addition,
the Company agreed to pay up to an additional $3,000 in cash
over a two-year period beginning in August 2007 if certain
financial milestones are achieved. The acquisition was accounted
for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly,
the purchase price was allocated to the tangible and intangible
assets acquired and the liabilities assumed on the basis of
their respective fair values. In connection with the allocation
of the purchase price, goodwill of $3,692 was recorded. The
goodwill recorded will be deductible for tax purposes. The IPN
business is part of the EBS businesses that were sold on
November 16, 2006. Accordingly, the results of operations
of IPN have been included in the financial statements of the
Company, specifically within the Emdeon Business Services
segment, from July 18, 2006 (the closing date of the
acquisition) through November 16, 2006 (the closing date of
the EBS Sale). The obligation to pay up to $3,000 in earn-out
payments was also transferred in connection with the EBS Sale
and is no longer an obligation of the Company.
On June 13, 2006, the Company acquired, through WHC, Summex
Corporation (Summex), a provider of health and
wellness programs that include online and offline health risk
assessments, lifestyle education and personalized telephonic
health coaching. The total purchase consideration for Summex was
approximately $30,191, comprised of $29,691 in cash, net of cash
acquired, and $500 of acquisition costs. In addition, the
Company has agreed to pay up to an additional $5,000 in cash in
June 2008 if certain financial milestones are achieved. The
acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to
the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities
assumed on the basis of their respective fair values. In
connection with the preliminary allocation of the purchase price
and intangible asset valuation, goodwill of $19,000 and
intangible assets subject to amortization of $11,300 were
recorded. The goodwill and intangible assets recorded will not
be deductible for tax purposes. The intangible assets are
comprised of $6,000 relating to customer relationships with
estimated useful lives of eleven years, $2,700 relating to
acquired technology with an estimated useful life of three
years, $1,100 relating to content with an estimated useful life
of four years and $1,500 relating to a trade name with an
estimated useful life of ten years. The results of operations of
Summex have been included in the financial statements of the
Company from June 13, 2006, the closing date of the
acquisition, and are included in the WebMD segment.
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CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
On January 17, 2006, the Company acquired, through WHC,
eMedicine.com, Inc. (eMedicine), a privately held
online publisher of medical reference information for physicians
and other healthcare professionals. The total purchase
consideration for eMedicine was approximately $25,195, comprised
of $24,495 in cash, net of cash acquired, and $700 of
acquisition costs. The acquisition was accounted for using the
purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase
price was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets
acquired and the liabilities assumed on the basis of their
respective fair values. In connection with the allocation of the
purchase price and intangible asset valuation, goodwill of
$20,704 and intangible assets subject to amortization of $6,390
were recorded. The goodwill and intangible asset recorded will
not be deductible for tax purposes. The intangible assets
recorded were $4,300 relating to content with an estimated
useful life of three years, $1,000 relating to acquired
technology with an estimated useful life of three years, $790
relating to a trade name with an estimated useful life of ten
years and $300 relating to customer relationships with estimated
useful lives of ten years. The results of operations of
eMedicine have been included in the financial statements of the
Company from January 17, 2006, the closing date of the
acquisition, and are included in the WebMD segment.
Condensed
Balance Sheet Data
The following table summarizes the tangible and intangible
assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and the consideration
paid for each acquisition:
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Other
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
Total
|
|
|
|
Accounts
|
|
|
Deferred
|
|
|
Tangible Assets
|
|
|
Intangible
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
|
|
|
|
Receivable
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
(Liabilities), net
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Subimo
|
|
$
|
1,725
|
|
|
$
|
(6,900
|
)
|
|
$
|
4,701
|
|
|
$
|
12,300
|
|
|
$
|
47,494
|
|
|
$
|
59,320
|
|
Medsite
|
|
|
2,469
|
|
|
|
(13,124
|
)
|
|
|
(826
|
)
|
|
|
11,000
|
|
|
|
31,948
|
|
|
|
31,467
|
|
IPN
|
|
|
358
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(143
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,692
|
|
|
|
3,907
|
|
Summex
|
|
|
1,064
|
|
|
|
(1,173
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,300
|
|
|
|
19,000
|
|
|
|
30,191
|
|
eMedicine
|
|
|
1,717
|
|
|
|
(2,612
|
)
|
|
|
(1,004
|
)
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|
|
6,390
|
|
|
|
20,704
|
|
|
|
25,195
|
|
Unaudited
Pro Forma Information
The following unaudited pro forma financial information for the
three months ended June 30, 2006 gives effect to the
acquisition of Subimo, Medsite, IPN, Summex and eMedicine,
including the amortization of intangible assets, as if the
acquisitions had occurred on January 1, 2006. The
information is provided for illustrative purposes only and is
not necessarily indicative of the operating results that would
have occurred if the transactions had been consummated on the
date indicated, nor is it necessarily indicative of future
operating results of the consolidated companies, and should not
be construed as representative of these results for any future
period.
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|
Six Months Ended
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|
|
|
June 30, 2006
|
|
|
|
(Restated)
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
585,659
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
|
19,962
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
32,085
|
|
Basic and diluted income per
common share:
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|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
0.07
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
|
|
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HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Segment information has been prepared in accordance with
SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information. The accounting
policies of the segments are the same as the accounting policies
for the consolidated Company. Inter-segment revenue primarily
represents printing services provided by EBS during the three
and six months ended June 30, 2006 and certain services
provided by the Companys WebMD segment to the
Companys other operating segments during the three and six
months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006. The performance of the
Companys business is monitored based on earnings before
interest, taxes, non-cash and other items. Other items include:
a working capital adjustment from the sale of 52% of EBS; legal
expenses incurred by the Company, which reflect costs and
expenses related to the investigation by the United States
Attorney for the District of South Carolina and the SEC, income
related to the reduction of certain sales and use tax
contingencies and advisory expense related to the evaluation, in
2006, by the Companys Board of Directors of strategic
alternatives for EBS.
The Company has aligned its business into four operating
segments and one corporate segment as follows:
WebMD provides both public and private online portals.
WebMDs public portals for consumers enable them to obtain
detailed information on a particular disease or condition, check
symptoms, locate physicians, store individual healthcare
information, receive periodic
e-newsletters
on topics of individual interest, enroll in interactive courses
and participate in online communities with peers and experts.
WebMDs public portals for physicians and healthcare
professionals make it easier for them to access clinical
reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical
information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing
medical education (CME) credit and communicate with
peers. WebMDs private portals enable employers and health
plans to provide their employees and plan members with access to
personalized health and benefit information and decision-support
technology that helps them make more informed benefit, provider
and treatment choices. WebMD provides related services for use
by such employees and members, including lifestyle education and
personalized telephonic health coaching as a result of the
acquisition of Summex on June 13, 2006 and promotion and
physician recruitment services for use by pharmaceutical,
medical device and healthcare companies as a result of the
acquisition of Medsite on September 11, 2006. In addition,
WebMD publishes: medical reference textbooks; The Little Blue
Book, a physician directory; and, since 2005, WebMD the
Magazine, a consumer magazine distributed to physician
office waiting rooms. WebMD conducted in-person medical
education through December 31, 2006, the date at which it
no longer provided this service.
ViPS (formerly a business unit of EBS) provides
healthcare data management, analytics, decision-support and
process automation solutions and related information technology
services to governmental, Blue Cross Blue Shield and commercial
healthcare payers. ViPS develops tools for disease management,
predictive modeling, provider performance,
HEDIS®
quality improvement, healthcare fraud detection and financial
management. Consultants and outsourcing services are also
provided to assess workflow, perform software maintenance,
design complex database architectures and perform data analysis
and analytic reporting functions.
Porex develops, manufactures and distributes proprietary
porous plastic products and components used in healthcare,
industrial and consumer applications. Porexs healthcare
products consist of components used to vent or diffuse gases or
fluids, including catheter vents, self-sealing valves in
surgical vacuum canisters, fluid filtration components and
components for diagnostic devices. Porexs consumer
products are used in a variety of office and home products,
including highlighting pens, childrens coloring markers,
air fresheners, power tool dust canisters, computer printers and
water filters. Porexs industrial products are designed to
customer specifications as to size, rigidity, porosity and other
needs, including automobile battery vents, pneumatic silencers
and a broad range of filters and filtration components. Porex
also provides technologically advanced sterile surgical
products, such as biomaterial implantable products, used in
craniofacial/oculoplastic reconstruction and aesthetic/cosmetic
surgery in hospitals, clinics and private practice surgical
offices.
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CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Emdeon Business Services provides solutions that automate
key business and administrative functions for healthcare payers
and providers, including: electronic patient eligibility and
benefit verification; electronic and paper claims processing;
electronic and paper paid-claims communication services; and
patient billing, payment and communications services. In
addition, EBS provides clinical communications services that
improve the delivery of healthcare by enabling physicians to
manage laboratory orders and results, hospital reports and
electronic prescriptions. As a result of the EBS Sale, beginning
November 17, 2006, the results of EBS are no longer
included in the segment results.
Corporate includes services shared across some or all of
the Companys operating segments, such as executive
personnel, accounting, tax, treasury, legal, human resources,
internal audit, risk management and certain information
technology functions. Corporate service costs include
compensation related costs, insurance and audit fees, leased
property, facilities cost, legal and other professional fees,
software maintenance and telecommunication costs. Additionally,
the Company entered into transition services agreements whereby
the Company provides Sage Software and EBSCo certain
administrative services, including payroll, accounting,
purchasing and procurement, tax, and human resource services, as
well as information technology support. Additionally, EBSCo
provides the Company certain administrative services, including
telecommunication infrastructure and management services, data
center support and purchasing and procurement services. Some of
the services provided by EBSCo to the Company are, in turn, used
to fulfill the Companys obligations to provide transition
services to Sage Software. These services are provided through
the Corporate segment, and the related transition services fee
the Company charges to EBSCo and Sage Software, net of the fee
the Company pays to EBSCo, is also included in the Corporate
segment, which approximates the cost of providing these
services. The Company charged EBSCo and Sage Software transition
service fees of $1,468 and $3,924 for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007, which is net of certain fees the
Company pays to EBSCo.
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CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Summarized financial information for each of the Companys
four operating segments and corporate segment and reconciliation
to net (loss) income are presented below:
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Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
|
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|
June 30,
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|
June 30,
|
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|
2007
|
|
|
2006(a)
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Restated)
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
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|
Emdeon Business Services
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|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
187,858
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
370,709
|
|
WebMD
|
|
|
78,479
|
|
|
|
56,612
|
|
|
|
151,441
|
|
|
|
106,663
|
|
ViPS
|
|
|
25,885
|
|
|
|
24,845
|
|
|
|
52,544
|
|
|
|
48,681
|
|
Porex
|
|
|
25,003
|
|
|
|
22,659
|
|
|
|
47,712
|
|
|
|
43,246
|
|
Inter-segment eliminations
|
|
|
(73
|
)
|
|
|
(343
|
)
|
|
|
(378
|
)
|
|
|
(474
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
129,294
|
|
|
$
|
291,631
|
|
|
$
|
251,319
|
|
|
$
|
568,825
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings before interest,
taxes, non-cash and other items
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emdeon Business Services
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
44,765
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
82,972
|
|
WebMD
|
|
|
15,155
|
|
|
|
9,599
|
|
|
|
27,762
|
|
|
|
16,126
|
|
ViPS
|
|
|
5,094
|
|
|
|
5,057
|
|
|
|
9,934
|
|
|
|
10,215
|
|
Porex
|
|
|
7,343
|
|
|
|
7,045
|
|
|
|
13,817
|
|
|
|
12,599
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
(6,483
|
)
|
|
|
(11,495
|
)
|
|
|
(13,214
|
)
|
|
|
(22,633
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,109
|
|
|
|
54,971
|
|
|
|
38,299
|
|
|
|
99,279
|
|
Interest, taxes, non-cash and
other items
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(11,678
|
)
|
|
|
(17,221
|
)
|
|
|
(22,405
|
)
|
|
|
(33,775
|
)
|
Non-cash stock-based compensation
|
|
|
(8,355
|
)
|
|
|
(12,282
|
)
|
|
|
(18,146
|
)
|
|
|
(24,009
|
)
|
Non-cash advertising
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,189
|
)
|
|
|
(2,320
|
)
|
|
|
(2,794
|
)
|
Interest income
|
|
|
10,100
|
|
|
|
4,433
|
|
|
|
19,774
|
|
|
|
8,851
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(4,619
|
)
|
|
|
(4,668
|
)
|
|
|
(9,336
|
)
|
|
|
(9,359
|
)
|
Income tax provision
|
|
|
(2,031
|
)
|
|
|
(6,288
|
)
|
|
|
(3,021
|
)
|
|
|
(10,344
|
)
|
Minority interest in WHC (income)
loss
|
|
|
(843
|
)
|
|
|
121
|
|
|
|
(958
|
)
|
|
|
593
|
|
Equity in earnings of EBS Master
LLC
|
|
|
7,575
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,674
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other (expense) income, net
|
|
|
(72
|
)
|
|
|
(2,347
|
)
|
|
|
354
|
|
|
|
(2,889
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
|
11,186
|
|
|
|
15,530
|
|
|
|
16,915
|
|
|
|
25,553
|
|
(Loss) income from discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
|
|
(56,649
|
)
|
|
|
6,556
|
|
|
|
(56,676
|
)
|
|
|
12,123
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(45,463
|
)
|
|
$
|
22,086
|
|
|
$
|
(39,761
|
)
|
|
$
|
37,676
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
The EBS segment was sold on
November 16, 2006 and, therefore, the operations of the EBS
segment are included for the period January 1, 2006 through
June 30, 2006.
|
|
|
8.
|
Stock-Based
Compensation
|
On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted
SFAS No. 123, (Revised 2004): Share-Based
Payment (SFAS 123R), which replaces
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation (SFAS 123) and supersedes
APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees (APB 25). SFAS 123R requires
all share-based payments to employees, including grants of
employee stock options, to be recognized as compensation expense
over the service period (generally the vesting period) in the
consolidated financial
18
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
statements based on their fair values. The Company elected to
use the modified prospective transition method. Under the
modified prospective transition method, awards that were granted
or modified on or after January 1, 2006 are measured and
accounted for in accordance with SFAS 123R. Unvested stock
options and restricted stock awards that were granted prior to
January 1, 2006 will continue to be accounted for in
accordance with SFAS 123, using the same grant date fair
value and same expense attribution method used under
SFAS 123, except that all awards are recognized in the
results of operations over the remaining vesting periods. The
impact of forfeitures that may occur prior to vesting is also
estimated and considered in the amount recognized for all
stock-based compensation beginning January 1, 2006.
The Company has various stock compensation plans (collectively,
the Plans) under which directors, officers and other
eligible employees receive awards of options to purchase HLTH
Common Stock and restricted shares of HLTH Common Stock.
Additionally, the Companys majority owned public
subsidiary has two similar stock-based compensation plans that
provide for stock options and restricted stock awards based on
WHC Class A Common Stock. The Company also maintains an
Employee Stock Purchase Plan which provides employees with the
ability to buy shares of HLTH Common Stock at a discount. The
following sections of this note summarize the activity for each
of these plans.
HLTH
Plans
The Company had an aggregate of 5,695,389 shares of HLTH
Common Stock available for future grants under the Plans as of
June 30, 2007. In addition to the Plans, the Company has
granted options to certain directors, officers and key employees
pursuant to individual stock option agreements. At June 30,
2007, there were options to purchase 4,139,881 shares of
HLTH Common Stock outstanding to these individuals. The terms of
these grants are similar to the terms of the options granted
under the Plans and accordingly, the stock option activity of
these individuals is included in all references to the Plans.
Beginning in April 2007, shares are issued from treasury stock
when options are exercised or restricted stock is granted. Prior
to this time, new shares were issued in connection with these
transactions.
Stock
Options
Generally, options under the Plans vest and become exercisable
ratably over a three to five year period based on their
individual grant dates subject to continued employment on the
applicable vesting dates. The majority of options granted under
the Plans expire within ten years from the date of grant.
Options are granted at prices not less than the fair market
value of HLTHs Common Stock on the date of grant. The
following table summarizes activity for the Plans for the six
months ended June 30, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Contractual
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Per Share
|
|
|
Life (In Years)
|
|
|
Value(1)
|
|
|
Outstanding at January 1, 2007
|
|
|
63,599,871
|
|
|
$
|
14.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
140,000
|
|
|
|
12.58
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(9,842,720
|
)
|
|
|
10.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
|
(3,344,203
|
)
|
|
|
25.29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at June 30, 2007
|
|
|
50,552,948
|
|
|
$
|
14.18
|
|
|
|
4.3
|
|
|
$
|
113,746
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vested and exercisable at the end
of the period
|
|
|
40,683,599
|
|
|
$
|
15.26
|
|
|
|
3.4
|
|
|
$
|
71,504
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
The aggregate intrinsic value is
based on the market price of the Companys common stock on
June 29, 2007, the last trading day in June, which was
$14.01 less the applicable exercise price of the underlying
option. This aggregate intrinsic value represents the amount
that would have been realized if all of the option holders had
exercised their options on June 29, 2007.
|
19
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the date
of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model,
considering the assumptions noted in the following table.
Expected volatility is based on implied volatility from traded
options of HLTHs Common Stock combined with historical
volatility of HLTHs Common Stock. The expected term
represents the period of time that options are expected to be
outstanding following their grant date, and was determined using
historical exercise data. The risk-free rate is based on the
U.S. Treasury yield curve for periods equal to the expected
term of the options on the grant date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
0.31
|
|
|
|
0.38
|
|
Risk free interest rate
|
|
|
4.76
|
%
|
|
|
4.56
|
%
|
Expected term (years)
|
|
|
3.94
|
|
|
|
4.46
|
|
Weighted average fair value of
options granted during the period
|
|
$
|
3.95
|
|
|
$
|
3.47
|
|
Restricted
Stock Awards
HLTH Restricted Stock consists of shares of HLTH Common Stock
which have been awarded to employees. The grants are restricted
such that they are subject to substantial risk of forfeiture and
to restrictions on their sale or other transfer by the employee
until they vest. Generally, HLTH Restricted Stock awards vest
ratably over a three to five year period from their individual
award dates subject to continued employment on the applicable
vesting dates. The following table summarizes the activity of
non-vested HLTH Restricted Stock during the six months ended
June 30, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant Date
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
|
Balance at January 1, 2007
|
|
|
2,300,846
|
|
|
$
|
10.44
|
|
Vested
|
|
|
(442,286
|
)
|
|
|
8.92
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(89,001
|
)
|
|
|
9.46
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at June 30, 2007
|
|
|
1,769,559
|
|
|
$
|
10.87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds received from the exercise of options to purchase HLTH
Common Stock were $38,146 and $98,814 during the three and six
months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, and $18,391 and
$29,743 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006,
respectively. The intrinsic value related to the exercise of
these stock options, as well as the fair value of shares of HLTH
Restricted Stock that vested was $13,811 and $50,932 during the
three and six months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, and
$10,272 and $18,860 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2006, respectively.
WebMD
Plans
During September 2005, WHC adopted the 2005 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (the WHC Plan). In connection with the
acquisition of Subimo in December 2006, WHC adopted the WebMD
Health Corp. Long-Term Incentive Plan for Employees of Subimo
(the Subimo Plan). The terms of the Subimo Plan are
similar to the terms of the WHC Plan but it has not been
approved by WHC stockholders. Awards under the Subimo Plan were
made on the date of the Companys acquisition of Subimo in
reliance on the NASDAQ Stock Market exception to shareholder
approval for equity grants to new hires. No additional grants
will be made under the Subimo Plan. The WHC Plan and the Subimo
Plan are included in all references as the WebMD
Plans. The maximum number of shares of WHC Class A
Common Stock that may be subject to options or
20
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
restricted stock awards under the WebMD Plans is 7,630,574,
subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the WebMD
Plans. WHC had an aggregate of 1,137,204 shares of
Class A Common Stock available for grant under the WebMD
Plans as of June 30, 2007.
Stock
Options
Generally, options under the WebMD Plans vest and become
exercisable ratably over a four year period based on their
individual grant dates subject to continued employment on the
applicable vesting dates. The options granted under the WebMD
Plans expire within ten years from the date of grant. Options
are generally at prices not less than the fair market value of
WHCs Class A Common Stock on the date of grant. The
following table summarizes activity for the WebMD Plans for the
six months ended June 30, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Contractual
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Per Share
|
|
|
Life (In Years)
|
|
|
Value(1)
|
|
|
Outstanding at January 1, 2007
|
|
|
5,401,783
|
|
|
$
|
23.59
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
495,100
|
|
|
|
48.26
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(252,404
|
)
|
|
|
22.67
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
|
(342,275
|
)
|
|
|
28.48
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at June 30, 2007
|
|
|
5,302,204
|
|
|
$
|
25.62
|
|
|
|
8.6
|
|
|
$
|
115,045
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vested and exercisable at the end
of the period
|
|
|
669,764
|
|
|
$
|
20.33
|
|
|
|
8.3
|
|
|
$
|
17,907
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
The aggregate intrinsic value is
based on the market price of WHCs Class A Common
Stock on June 29, 2007, the last trading day in June, which
was $47.07, less the applicable exercise price of the underlying
option. This aggregate intrinsic value represents the amount
that would have been realized if all of the option holders had
exercised their options on June 29, 2007.
|
The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the date
of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model
considering the assumptions noted in the following table.
Expected volatility is based on implied volatility from traded
options of stock of comparable companies combined with
historical stock price volatility of comparable companies. The
expected term represents the period of time that options are
expected to be outstanding following their grant date, and was
determined using historical exercise data of WHC employees who
were previously granted HLTH stock options. The risk-free rate
is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve for periods equal
to the expected term of the options on the grant date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months
|
|
|
|
Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
0.47
|
|
|
|
0.60
|
|
Risk free interest rate
|
|
|
4.73
|
%
|
|
|
4.79
|
%
|
Expected term (years)
|
|
|
3.36
|
|
|
|
3.26
|
|
Weighted average fair value of
options granted during the period
|
|
$
|
18.64
|
|
|
$
|
16.79
|
|
Restricted
Stock Awards
WHC Restricted Stock consists of shares of WHC Class A
Common Stock which have been awarded to employees. The grants
are restricted such that they are subject to substantial risk of
forfeiture and to restrictions on their sale or other transfer
by the employee until they vest. Generally, WHC Restricted Stock
awards vest ratably over a four year period from their
individual award dates subject to continued employment
21
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
on the applicable vesting dates. The following table summarizes
the activity of non-vested WHC Restricted Stock during the six
months ended June 30, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant Date
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
|
Balance at January 1, 2007
|
|
|
441,683
|
|
|
$
|
25.49
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
31,700
|
|
|
|
49.78
|
|
Vested
|
|
|
(14,487
|
)
|
|
|
39.01
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(53,000
|
)
|
|
|
25.24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at June 30, 2007
|
|
|
405,896
|
|
|
$
|
26.94
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds received from the exercise of options to purchase WHC
Class A Common Stock were $1,265 and $5,723 for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2007. There were no exercises
of options to purchase WHC Class A Common Stock during the
three and six months ended June 30, 2006. The intrinsic
value related to the exercise of these stock options, as well as
the fair value of shares of WHC Restricted Stock that vested was
$2,045 and $7,088 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, respectively, and $11 during the three and
six months ended June 30, 2006.
Employee
Stock Purchase Plan
The Companys 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
from time to time (the ESPP), allows eligible
employees the opportunity to purchase shares of HLTH Common
Stock through payroll deductions, up to 15% of a
participants annual compensation with a maximum of
5,000 shares available per participant during each purchase
period. The purchase price of the stock is 85% of the fair
market value on the last day of each purchase period. As of
June 30, 2007, a total of 8,110,362 shares of the
Companys common stock were reserved for issuance under the
ESPP. The ESPP provides for annual increases equal to the lesser
of 1,500,000 shares, 0.5% of the outstanding common shares,
or a lesser amount determined by the Board of Directors. There
were 34,610 and 167,142 shares issued under the ESPP during
the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
Other
At the time of the WHC initial public offering and subsequently
on the first anniversary, WHC issued shares of WHC Class A
Common Stock to each non-employee director with a value equal to
their annual board and committee retainers. The Company recorded
$85 of stock-based compensation expense during the three months
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and $170 during the six months
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 in connection with these
issuances.
Additionally, the Company recorded $279 and $536 of stock-based
compensation expense during the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, respectively, in connection with a stock
transferability right for shares required to be issued in
connection with the acquisition of Subimo by WHC.
22
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Summary
of Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The following table summarizes the components and classification
of stock-based compensation expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
HLTH Plans:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock options
|
|
$
|
2,993
|
|
|
$
|
5,833
|
|
|
$
|
6,249
|
|
|
$
|
11,609
|
|
Restricted stock
|
|
|
1,104
|
|
|
|
1,061
|
|
|
|
3,126
|
|
|
|
2,112
|
|
WebMD Plans:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock options
|
|
|
3,272
|
|
|
|
4,941
|
|
|
|
7,292
|
|
|
|
9,387
|
|
Restricted stock
|
|
|
777
|
|
|
|
1,030
|
|
|
|
1,609
|
|
|
|
1,989
|
|
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
|
150
|
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
295
|
|
Other
|
|
|
364
|
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
706
|
|
|
|
170
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stock-based compensation
expense
|
|
$
|
8,554
|
|
|
$
|
13,100
|
|
|
$
|
19,067
|
|
|
$
|
25,562
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Included in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of operations
|
|
$
|
1,040
|
|
|
$
|
3,385
|
|
|
$
|
2,650
|
|
|
$
|
6,342
|
|
Development and engineering
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
|
270
|
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
|
568
|
|
Sales, marketing, general and
administrative
|
|
|
7,241
|
|
|
|
8,627
|
|
|
|
15,360
|
|
|
|
17,099
|
|
Equity in earnings of EBS Master
LLC
|
|
|
210
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
798
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
|
8,565
|
|
|
|
12,282
|
|
|
|
18,944
|
|
|
|
24,009
|
|
(Loss) income from discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
|
818
|
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
|
1,553
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stock-based compensation
expense
|
|
$
|
8,554
|
|
|
$
|
13,100
|
|
|
$
|
19,067
|
|
|
$
|
25,562
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax benefits attributable to the stock-based compensation
expense were only realized in certain states in which the
Company does not have operating loss carryforwards because a
valuation allowance was maintained for substantially all net
deferred tax assets. As of June 30, 2007, $30,766 and
$43,039 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related
to unvested awards (net of estimated forfeitures) is expected to
be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately
1.21 years and 1.67 years related to the HLTH Plans
and the WebMD Plans, respectively.
Stock
Repurchase Program
In December 2006, the Company announced the authorization of a
stock repurchase program (the Program), at which
time the Company was authorized to use up to $100,000 to
purchase shares of HLTHs Common Stock from time to time
beginning on December 19, 2006, subject to market
conditions. As of June 30, 2007, the Company had
repurchased 3,949,970 shares at an aggregate cost of
approximately $54,230 under the Program. Repurchased shares are
recorded under the cost method and are reflected as treasury
stock in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
As of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the
Companys short-term investments and marketable debt
securities consisted of certificates of deposit, auction rate
securities, asset backed securities and money market funds and
marketable equity securities consisted of equity investments in
publicly traded companies. All
23
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale. The
following table summarizes the amortized cost basis and
estimated fair value of the Companys investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2007
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Cost Basis
|
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
|
Cost Basis
|
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
509,969
|
|
|
$
|
509,969
|
|
|
$
|
614,691
|
|
|
$
|
614,691
|
|
Short-term investments
|
|
|
228,922
|
|
|
|
228,922
|
|
|
|
34,140
|
|
|
|
34,140
|
|
Marketable securities
long term
|
|
|
1,474
|
|
|
|
3,166
|
|
|
|
1,474
|
|
|
|
2,633
|
|
|
|
11.
|
Comprehensive
(Loss) Income
|
Comprehensive (loss) income is comprised of net (loss) income
and other comprehensive income. Other comprehensive income
includes foreign currency translation adjustments and certain
changes in equity that are excluded from net (loss) income (such
as changes in unrealized holding losses or gains on
available-for-sale marketable securities and 48% of the
comprehensive income of EBSCo, the Companys equity
investment). The following table presents the components of
other comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Restated)
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation gains
|
|
$
|
400
|
|
|
$
|
1,062
|
|
|
$
|
837
|
|
|
$
|
1,378
|
|
Unrealized holding gains (losses)
|
|
|
624
|
|
|
|
(991
|
)
|
|
|
534
|
|
|
|
(1,241
|
)
|
Comprehensive income of EBS Master
LLC
|
|
|
3,496
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,489
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income
|
|
|
4,520
|
|
|
|
71
|
|
|
|
4,860
|
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
|
(45,463
|
)
|
|
|
22,086
|
|
|
|
(39,761
|
)
|
|
|
37,676
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(40,943
|
)
|
|
$
|
22,157
|
|
|
$
|
(34,901
|
)
|
|
$
|
37,813
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Included in comprehensive income of EBS Master LLC is the
Companys share of unrealized gain on a derivative
instrustment that EBSCo entered into to hedge the risk of
changes in fair value of their fixed-rate debt attributable to
changes in interest rates.
The foreign currency translation gains are not currently
adjusted for income taxes as they relate to permanent
investments in
non-U.S. subsidiaries.
Accumulated other comprehensive income includes the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2007
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
Unrealized gains on securities
|
|
$
|
1,693
|
|
|
$
|
1,159
|
|
Foreign currency translation gains
|
|
|
9,788
|
|
|
|
8,951
|
|
Comprehensive income of EBS Master
LLC
|
|
|
3,489
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total accumulated other
comprehensive income
|
|
$
|
14,970
|
|
|
$
|
10,110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
12.
|
Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets
|
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the year
ended December 31, 2006 and the six months ended
June 30, 2007 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emdeon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services
|
|
|
WebMD
|
|
|
ViPS
|
|
|
Porex
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Balance as of January 1, 2006
|
|
$
|
681,612
|
|
|
$
|
100,669
|
|
|
$
|
71,253
|
|
|
$
|
42,441
|
|
|
$
|
895,975
|
|
Acquisitions during the period
|
|
|
3,692
|
|
|
|
122,782
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
126,474
|
|
Contingent consideration for prior
period acquisitions
|
|
|
(1,913
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,913
|
)
|
Tax reversals
|
|
|
(40,522
|
)
|
|
|
(1,636
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(298
|
)
|
|
|
(42,456
|
)
|
Adjustments to finalize purchase
price allocations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,669
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,669
|
|
Sale of EBS
|
|
|
(642,869
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(642,869
|
)
|
Effects of exchange rates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
789
|
|
|
|
789
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of January 1, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
223,484
|
|
|
|
71,253
|
|
|
|
42,932
|
|
|
|
337,669
|
|
Tax reversals (a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(760
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(760
|
)
|
Adjustments to finalize purchase
price allocations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,619
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,619
|
)
|
Effects of exchange rates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of June 30, 2007
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
219,105
|
|
|
$
|
71,253
|
|
|
$
|
43,054
|
|
|
$
|
333,412
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Represents a reduction to goodwill
as a result of the reversal of a portion of the income tax
valuation allowance that was originally established in
connection with the purchase accounting of prior acquisitions.
|
Intangible assets subject to amortization consist of the
following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2007
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Useful Life(a)
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Useful Life(a)
|
|
|
Customer relationships
|
|
$
|
73,190
|
|
|
$
|
(16,390
|
)
|
|
$
|
56,800
|
|
|
|
10.7
|
|
|
$
|
68,168
|
|
|
$
|
(13,300
|
)
|
|
$
|
54,868
|
|
|
|
11.1
|
|
Technology and patents
|
|
|
79,221
|
|
|
|
(33,362
|
)
|
|
|
45,859
|
|
|
|
18.2
|
|
|
|
79,221
|
|
|
|
(27,453
|
)
|
|
|
51,768
|
|
|
|
17.1
|
|
Trade names
|
|
|
18,216
|
|
|
|
(5,337
|
)
|
|
|
12,879
|
|
|
|
7.5
|
|
|
|
18,216
|
|
|
|
(4,443
|
)
|
|
|
13,773
|
|
|
|
8.0
|
|
Non-compete agreements, content and
other
|
|
|
16,154
|
|
|
|
(10,432
|
)
|
|
|
5,722
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
|
|
17,054
|
|
|
|
(7,990
|
)
|
|
|
9,064
|
|
|
|
2.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
186,781
|
|
|
$
|
(65,521
|
)
|
|
$
|
121,260
|
|
|
|
12.8
|
|
|
$
|
182,659
|
|
|
$
|
(53,186
|
)
|
|
$
|
129,473
|
|
|
|
12.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
The calculation of the weighted
average remaining useful life is based on the net book value and
the remaining amortization period (reflected in years) of each
respective intangible asset.
|
25
HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Amortization expense was $6,218 and $12,330 for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, and $9,194
and $18,230 for the three and six months ended June 30,
2006, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense for
intangible assets is estimated to be:
|
|
|
|
|
Years Ending December 31,
2007 (July 1st to December 31st).
|
|
$
|
12,336
|
|
2008
|
|
|
21,309
|
|
2009
|
|
|
15,284
|
|
2010
|
|
|
7,931
|
|
2011
|
|
|
7,058
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
57,342
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13.
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Commitments
and Contingencies
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Investigations
by United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina and
the SEC
As previously disclosed, the United States Attorney for the
District of South Carolina is conducting an investigation of the
Company, which the Company first learned about on
September 3, 2003. Based on the information available to
the Company, it believes that the investigation relates
principally to issues of financial accounting improprieties
relating to Medical Manager Corporation, a predecessor of the
Company (by its merger into the Company in September 2000), and,
more specifically, its Medical Manager Health Systems, Inc.
subsidiary. Medical Manager Health Systems was a predecessor to
Emdeon Practice Services, Inc., a subsidiary that the Company
sold to Sage Software in September 2006. The Company has been
cooperating and intends to continue to cooperate fully with the
U.S. Attorneys Office. As previously reported, the
Board of Directors of the Company has formed a special committee
consisting solely of independent directors to oversee this
matter with the sole authority to direct the Companys
response to the allegations that have been raised. As previously
disclosed, the Company understands that the SEC is also
conducting a formal investigation into this matter. In
connection with the EPS Sale, the Company agreed to indemnify
Sage Software with respect to this matter.
The United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina
announced on January 10, 2005, that three former employees
of Medical Manager Health Systems each had agreed to plead
guilty to one count of mail fraud and that one such employee had
agreed to plead guilty to one count of tax evasion for acts
committed while they were employed by Medical Manager Health
Systems. The three former employees include a Vice President of
Medical Manager Health Systems responsible for acquisitions who
was terminated for cause in January 2003; an executive who
served in various accounting roles at Medical Manager Health
Systems until his resignation in March 2002; and a former
independent Medical Manager dealer who was a paid consultant to
Medical Manager Health Systems until the termination of his
services in 2002. According to the Informations, Plea Agreements
and Factual Summaries filed by the United States Attorney in,
and available from, the District Court of the United States for
the District of South Carolina Beaufort Division, on
January 7, 2005, the three former employees and other then
unnamed co-schemers were engaged in schemes between 1997 and
2002 that included causing companies acquired by Medical Manager
Health Systems to pay the former vice president in charge of
acquisitions and co-schemers kickbacks which were funded through
increases in the purchase price paid by Medical Manager Health
Systems to the acquired companies and that included fraudulent
accounting practices to inflate artificially the quarterly
revenues and earnings of Medical Manager Health Systems when it
was an independent public company called Medical Manager
Corporation from 1997 through 1999, when and after it was
acquired by Synetic, Inc. in July 1999 and when and after it
became a subsidiary of the Company in September 2000. A fourth
former officer of Medical Manager Health Systems pleaded guilty
to similar activities later in 2005.
The fraudulent accounting practices cited by the government in
the January 7, 2005 District Court filings included:
causing companies acquired by Medical Manager Health Systems to
reclassify previously recognized
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CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
sales revenue as deferred income so that such deferred income
could subsequently be reported as revenue by Medical Manager
Health Systems and its parents in later periods; fabricating
deferred revenue entries which could be used to inflate earnings
when Medical Manager Health Systems acquired companies; causing
companies acquired by Medical Manager Health Systems to inflate
reserve accounts so that these reserves could be reversed in
later reporting periods in order to artificially inflate
earnings for Medical Manager Health Systems and its parents;
accounting for numerous acquisitions through the pooling of
interests method in order to fraudulently inflate Medical
Manager Health Systems quarterly earnings, when the
individuals involved knew the transactions failed to qualify for
such treatment; causing companies acquired by Medical Manager
Health Systems to enter into sham purchases of software from
Medical Manager Health Systems in connection with the
acquisition which purchases were funded by increasing the
purchase price paid by Medical Manager Health Systems to the
acquired company and using these round trip sales to
create fraudulent revenue for Medical Manager Health Systems and
its parents; and causing Medical Manager Health Systems to book
and record sales and training revenue before the revenue process
was complete in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles and thereby fraudulently inflating Medical Manager
Health Systems reported revenues and earnings. According to the
Informations to which the former employees have plead guilty,
the fraudulent accounting practices resulted in the reported
revenues of Medical Manager Health Systems and its parents being
overstated materially between June 1997 and at least
December 31, 2001, and reported quarterly earnings being
overstated by at least one cent per share in every quarter
during that period.
The documents filed by the United States Attorney in January
2005 stated that the former employees engaged in their
fraudulent conduct in concert with senior
management, and at the direction of senior Medical
Manager officers. In its statement at that time, the
United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina stated
that the senior management and officers referred to in the
Court documents were members of senior management of the Medical
Manager subsidiary during the relevant time period.
On December 15, 2005, the United States Attorney announced
indictments of the following former officers and employees of
Medical Manager Health Systems: Ted W. Dorman, a former Regional
Vice President of Medical Manager Health Systems, who was
employed until March 2003; Charles L. Hutchinson, a former
Controller of Medical Manager Health Systems, who was employed
until June 2001; Maxie L. Juzang, a former Vice President
of Medical Manager Health Systems, who was employed until August
2005; John H. Kang, a former President of Medical Manager
Health Systems, who was employed until May 2001; Frederick B.
Karl, Jr., a former General Counsel of Medical Manager
Health Systems, who was employed until April 2000;
Franklyn B. Krieger, a former Associate General
Counsel of Medical Manager Health Systems, who was employed
until February 2002; Lee A. Robbins, a former Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Medical Manager Health Systems, who
was employed until September 2000; John P. Sessions, a
former President and Chief Operating Officer of Medical Manager
Health Systems, who was employed until September 2003; Michael
A. Singer, a former Chief Executive Officer of Medical Manager
Health Systems and a former director of the Company, who was
most recently employed by the Company as its Executive Vice
President, Physician Software Strategies until February 2005;
and David Ward, a former Vice President of Medical Manager
Health Systems, who was employed until June 2005. The indictment
charges the persons listed above with conspiracy to commit mail,
wire and securities fraud, a violation of Title 18, United
States Code, Section 371 and conspiracy to commit money
laundering, a violation of Title 18, United States Code,
Section 1956(h). The indictment charges
Messrs. Sessions and Ward with substantive counts of money
laundering, violations of Title 18, United States Code,
Section 1957. The allegations set forth in the indictment
describe activities that are substantially similar to those
described above with respect to the January 2005 plea agreements.
On February 27, 2007, the United States Attorney filed a
Second Superseding Indictment with respect to the former
officers and employees of Medical Manager Health Systems charged
under the prior Indictment, other than Mr. Juzang. The
allegations set forth in the Second Superseding Indictment are
substantially similar to those described above.
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CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Based on the information it has obtained to date, including that
contained in the court documents filed by the United States
Attorney in South Carolina, the Company does not believe that
any member of its senior management whose duties were not
primarily related to the operations of Medical Manager Health
Systems during the relevant time periods engaged in any of the
violations or improprieties described in those court documents.
The Company understands, however, that in light of the nature of
the allegations involved, the U.S. Attorneys office
has been investigating all levels of the Companys
management. The Company has not uncovered information that it
believes would require a restatement for any of the years
covered by its financial statements. In addition, the Company
believes that the amounts of the kickback payments referred to
in the court documents have already been reflected in the
financial statements of the Company to the extent required.
The Company has certain indemnity obligations to advance amounts
for reasonable defense costs for the initial ten, and now nine
former officers and directors of EPS. During the three months
ended June 30, 2007, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge
of $57,800, related to its estimated liability with respect to
these indemnity obligations. See Note 3 for a more detailed
discussion regarding this charge.
Directors &
Officers Liability Insurance Coverage Litigation
On July 23, 2007, the Company commenced litigation (the
Coverage Litigation) in the Court of Chancery of the
State of Delaware in and for New Castle County against nine
insurance companies in which the Company is seeking to compel
the defendant companies (collectively, the
Defendants) to honor their obligations under certain
directors and officers liability insurance policies (the
Policies). Below, this litigation is referred to as
the Coverage Litigation. The Policies were issued to
the Company and to EPS, a former subsidiary of the Company,
which is a co-plaintiff with the Company in the Coverage
Litigation (collectively, the Plaintiffs). EPS was
sold in September 2006 to Sage Software and has changed its name
to Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. (SSHI).
The Plaintiffs in the Coverage Litigation are seeking an order
requiring the Defendants to advance
and/or
reimburse expenses that the Company has incurred and expects to
continue to incur for the advancement of the reasonable defense
costs of initially ten and now nine former officers and
directors of the Companys former EPS subsidiary who were
indicted in connection with the Investigation described above in
this Note 13. In connection with the Companys sale of
EPS to Sage Software, the Company retained certain obligations
relating to the Investigation and agreed to indemnify Sage
Software and SSHI with respect to certain expenses in connection
with the Investigation. The Company retained the right to assert
claims and recover proceeds under the Policies on behalf of SSHI.
The Policies at issue in the Coverage Litigation consist of two
separate groups of insurance policies. Each group of policies
consists of several layers of coverage, with certain insurers
having agreed to provide specified amounts of coverage before
the coverage provided by other insurers at higher layers is
available. The first group of policies was issued to EPS in the
amount of $20,000 (the EPS Policies) and the second
group of policies was issued to Synetic, Inc. (the former parent
of EPS, which merged into the Company) in the amount of $100,000
(the Synetic Policies). To date, $9,543 has been
paid by insurance companies representing the first two of the
four total layers of insurance coverage under the EPS Policies,
and $6,414 has been paid by the insurance company representing
the primary layer of insurance coverage under the Synetic
Policies, in each case subject to reservations of rights. The
Companys insurance policies provide that under certain
circumstances, amounts advanced by the insurance companies in
connection with the defense costs of the indicted individuals,
may have to be repaid by the Company. The Company has obtained
an undertaking from each indicted individual pursuant to which,
under certain circumstances, such individual has agreed to repay
defense costs advanced on his behalf.
The Company believes that the Defendants are required to advance
and/or
reimburse amounts that the Company has incurred and expects to
continue to incur for the advancement of the reasonable defense
costs of the indicted individuals (and the Company has in fact
been reimbursed, subject to reservations of rights, by
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CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
other insurance companies who have issued policies in the same
groups of policies as the Defendants). However, there can be no
assurance that the Company will prevail in the Coverage
Litigation or that the Defendants will be required to provide
funding on an interim basis pending the resolution of the
Coverage Litigation. The Company intends to continue to satisfy
its legal obligations to the indicted individuals with respect
to advancement of amounts for their defense costs.
Dakota
Imaging, Inc. v. Sandeep Goel and Pradeep
Goel
In April 2004, the Company, through its EBS segment, acquired
Dakota Imaging, Inc. (Dakota). On April 6,
2005, Dakota, then a subsidiary of the Company, terminated for
cause the employment of its President, Sandeep Goel, and its
Chief Operating Officer/Chief Technology Officer, Pradeep Goel.
On the same day, Dakota filed suit against the Goels in the
Court of Chancery in Delaware for breach of their employment
agreements. The Goels removed the case to the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware and filed
counterclaims against Dakota, Envoy Corporation
(Envoy) (then another subsidiary of the Company),
and the Company. The counterclaims sought approximately $25,000
in damages as a result of the alleged improper interference with
the Goels right to receive contingent earnout payments
under the merger agreement pursuant to which Envoy acquired
Dakota and for breach of their employment agreements. Dakota,
Envoy and the Company all filed motions to dismiss the
counterclaims. Envoy also initiated an arbitration pursuant to
the merger agreement to determine that the former stockholders
of Dakota were not entitled to any contingent payments for the
first year of the earnout period. In December 2006, the
arbitrator issued a written decision in favor of Envoy,
determining that the Goels were not entitled to any first year
earnout payment. In connection with the EBS Sale, the Company
agreed to indemnify EBSCo with respect to this matter.
Pursuant to a settlement agreement dated May 21, 2007, the
parties settled all disputes between the Company and Dakota on
the one hand and the Goels and the other former stockholders of
Dakota on the other, without payment by either party; each party
provided a general release to the other and the lawsuit was
dismissed.
Porex
Corporation v. Kleanthis Dean Haldopoulos, Benjamin T.
Hirokawa and Micropore Plastics, Inc.
On September 24, 2005, the Companys subsidiary Porex
Corporation filed a complaint in the Superior Court of Fulton
County against two former employees of Porex, Dean Haldopoulos
and Benjamin Hirokawa, and their corporation, Micropore
Plastics, Inc. (Micropore), alleging
misappropriation of Porexs trade secrets and breaches of
Haldopoulos and Hirokawas employment agreements, and
seeking monetary and injunctive relief. The lawsuit was
subsequently transferred to the Superior Court of DeKalb County,
Georgia.
On October 24, 2005, the defendants filed an Answer and
Counterclaims against Porex. In the Answer and Counterclaims,
the defendants allege that Porex breached non-disclosure and
standstill agreements in connection with a proposed transaction
between Porex and Micropore and engaged in fraud. The defendants
also seek punitive damages and expenses of litigation. On
February 13, 2006, the Superior Court granted a motion by
the defendants for summary judgment with respect to Porexs
trade secret claims, ruling that those claims are barred by the
statute of limitations. Porex appealed that ruling to the
Georgia Court of Appeals and, on March 27, 2007, the
Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the ruling of the Superior
Court. On April 16, 2007, the defendants filed a petition
for certiorari with the Georgia Supreme Court, requesting that
the Georgia Supreme Court review and reverse the March 27,
2007 decision of the Court of Appeals. On June 25, 2007,
the Georgia Supreme Court denied the defendants petition
for certiorari. On or about July 31, 2007, the Georgia
Court of Appeals formally returned the case to the Superior
Court for further proceedings.
Porex is continuing to seek to vigorously enforce its rights in
this litigation.
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HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Litigation
Regarding Distribution of Shares in Healtheon Initial Public
Offering
As previously disclosed, seven purported class action lawsuits
were filed against Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
and Goldman Sachs & Co., underwriters of the initial
public offering of the Company (then known as Healtheon
Corporation) in the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York in the summer and fall of 2001.
Three of these suits also named the Company and certain of its
former officers and directors as defendants. These suits were
filed in the wake of reports of governmental investigations of
the underwriters practices in the distribution of shares
in certain initial public offerings. Similar suits were filed in
connection with over 300 other initial public offerings that
occurred in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
The complaints against the Company and its former officers and
directors alleged violations of Section 10(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
Rule 10b-5
under that Act and Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933
because of failure to disclose certain practices alleged to have
occurred in connection with the distribution of shares in the
Healtheon IPO. Claims under Section 12(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933 were also brought against the
underwriters. These claims were consolidated, along with claims
relating to over 300 other initial public offerings, in the
Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs have dismissed the
claims against the four former officers and directors of the
Company without prejudice, pursuant to Reservation of Rights
Tolling Agreements with those individuals. On July 15,
2002, the issuer defendants in the consolidated action,
including the Company, filed a joint motion to dismiss the
consolidated complaints. On February 18, 2003, the District
Court denied, with certain exceptions not relevant to the
Company, the issuer defendants motion to dismiss.
After a lengthy mediation under the auspices of former United
States District Judge Nicholas Politan, the issuer defendants in
the consolidated action (including the Company), the affected
insurance companies, and the plaintiffs reached an agreement on
a settlement to resolve the matter among the participating
issuer defendants, their insurers, and the plaintiffs. The
settlement called for the participating issuers insurers
jointly to guarantee that plaintiffs recover a certain amount in
the IPO litigation and certain related litigation from the
underwriters and other non-settling defendants. Accordingly, in
the event the guarantee became payable, the agreement called for
the Companys insurance carriers, not the Company, to pay
the Companys pro rata share.
The Company, and virtually all of the approximately 260 other
issuer defendants who were eligible to participate, elected to
participate in the settlement. Although the Company believed
that the claims alleged in the lawsuits were primarily directed
at the underwriters and, as they relate to the Company, were
without merit, the Company believed that the settlement is
beneficial to the Company because it would have reduced the
time, expense and risks of further litigation, particularly
since virtually all the other issuer defendants elected to
participate and the Companys insurance carriers strongly
supported the settlement.
On June 10, 2004, plaintiffs submitted to the court a
Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement with Defendant Issuers
and Individuals. On February 15, 2005, the court certified
the proposed settlement class and preliminarily approved the
settlement, subject to certain modifications, to which the
parties agreed. On April 24, 2006, the court held a hearing
for final approval of the settlement.
On December 5, 2006, in response to an appeal by the
underwriter defendants, the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit reversed the district courts
certification of the classes in six related focus
cases dealing with the offerings of other issuers. On
April 6, 2007, the Second Circuit denied the
plaintiffs petition for rehearing. In the view of counsel
for the issuers and the insurance carriers and the district
court, the definition of the proposed settlement class embodied
in the settlement was inconsistent with the Second
Circuits ruling on class certification in the focus cases.
Accordingly, the parties to the previously-negotiated settlement
agreement terminated the settlement agreement. On June 28,
2007, the court entered a Stipulation and Order terminating the
settlement.
The plaintiffs are scheduled to file amended complaints in
mid-August, in which they are expected to propose a new class
definition, and to file a motion for class certification on
September 27, 2007. Briefing on
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HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
the motion for class certification is scheduled to be completed
on February 15, 2008. At this point, it is impossible to
determine whether a class will be certified.
Other
In the normal course of business, the Company and its
subsidiaries are involved in various other claims and legal
proceedings. While the ultimate resolution of these matters,
including those discussed in the Companys 2006 Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
under the heading Legal Proceedings has yet to be
determined, the Company does not believe that their outcome will
have a material adverse effect on the Companys
consolidated financial position, results of operations or
liquidity.
14. Other
Income (Expense), Net
Other income (expense), net consists of the following items:
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Three Months
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Six Months
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Ended June 30,
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Ended June 30,
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2007
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2006
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2007
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2006
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Transition service fees (a)
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$
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1,468
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$
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$
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3,924
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$
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Gain on sale of EBS (b)
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399
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Reduction of tax contingencies (c)
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399
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746
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Legal expense (d)
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(471
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(275
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(791
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(817
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Advisory expense (e)
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(2,072
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(2,072
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)
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Other income (expense), net
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$
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1,396
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$
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(2,347
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$
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4,278
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$
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(2,889
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(a)
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Represents the net fees received
from Sage Software and EBSCo in relation to their respective
transition services agreements. See Note 7.
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(b)
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Represents a gain recognized in
connection with the working capital adjustment associated with
the EBS Sale on November 16, 2006.
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(c)
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Represents the reduction of certain
sales and use tax contingencies resulting from the expiration of
various statutes.
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(d)
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Represents the costs and expenses
incurred by the Company related to the investigation by the
United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina and
the SEC.
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(e)
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Represents professional fees,
primarily consisting of legal, accounting and financial advisory
services, related to the EBS Sale.
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15.
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Restatement
of Consolidated Financial Statements
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The Company identified an error in its accounting for non-cash
income tax expense and related deferred taxes. The error relates
to the tax impact of goodwill and certain intangible assets
arising from certain business combinations, primarily
tax-deductible goodwill which is amortized as an expense for tax
purposes over 15 years but is not amortized to expense for
financial reporting purposes since the adoption of
SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets as of January 1, 2002. The Company recorded a
deferred income tax expense and a deferred tax liability related
to the tax-deductible goodwill. However, in preparing its
financial statements, the Company incorrectly netted the
deferred tax liability resulting from the amortization of
tax-deductible goodwill against deferred tax assets (primarily
relating to the Companys net operating loss carryforwards)
and provided a valuation allowance on the net asset balance.
Because the deferred tax liability has an indefinite life, it
should not have been netted against deferred tax assets with a
definite life when determining the required valuation allowance.
As a result, the Company did not record the appropriate
valuation allowance and related deferred income tax expense. The
deferred tax liability described above will remain on the
balance sheet of the Company indefinitely unless there is an
impairment of goodwill for financial reporting purposes or the
related business entity is disposed of through a sale or
otherwise.
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CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The error resulted in an understatement of deferred income tax
expense and related deferred tax liability and an overstatement
of net income in the amount of $1,052 and $1,736 in the
Companys unaudited financial statements for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2006, respectively. Additionally,
as a portion of the adjustment to deferred income tax expense
related to WHC, the Company has also adjusted the minority
interest in WHC. The net impact to the Companys net
income, after adjusting for the minority interest, was $1,095
and $1,936 in the aggregate during the three and six months
ended June 30, 2006, respectively. The correction had no
effect on the Companys revenues, total assets, cash flows
or liquidity during these periods and no effect on the
Companys pre-tax operating results, other than the effect
on minority interest. The Company believes that there will be no
effect on its debt agreements or other contractual obligations
as a result of this error.
The effects of this change on the consolidated statement of
operations and cash flows for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2006 are summarized as follows:
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Consolidated Statement of Operations
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As Previously
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Reported(a)
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Adjustments
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Restated
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Three Months Ended June 30,
2006:
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Income tax provision
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$
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5,236
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$
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1,052
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$
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6,288
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Minority interest in WHC income
(loss)
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(164
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43
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(121
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Income from continuing operations
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16,625
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(1,095
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15,530
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Net income
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23,181
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(1,095
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22,086
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Basic income per common share:
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Income from continuing operations
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$
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0.06
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$
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(0.01
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$
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0.05
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Income from discontinued operations
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0.02
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0.01
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0.03
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Net income
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$
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0.08
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$
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$
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0.08
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Diluted income per common share:
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$
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0.06
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$
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(0.01
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$
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0.05
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Income from discontinued operations
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0.02
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0.02
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Net income
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$
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0.08
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$
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$
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0.07
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Six Months Ended June 30,
2006:
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Income tax provision
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$
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8,608
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$
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1,736
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$
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10,344
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Minority interest in WHC income
(loss)
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(793
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)
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200
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(593
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Income from continuing operations
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27,489
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(1,936
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)
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25,553
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Net income
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39,612
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(1,936
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)
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37,676
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Basic income per common share:
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Income from continuing operations
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$
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0.10
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$
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(0.01
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$
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0.09
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Income from discontinued operations
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0.04
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0.04
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Net income
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$
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0.14
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$
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(0.01
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$
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0.13
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Diluted income per common share:
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Income from continuing operations
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$
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0.09
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$
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$
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0.09
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Income from discontinued operations
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0.04
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0.04
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Net income
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$
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0.13
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$
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$
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0.13
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HLTH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
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As Previously
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Reported(a)
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Adjustments
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Restated
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Six Months Ended June 30,
2006:
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Net income
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$
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39,612
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$
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(1,936
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$
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37,676
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Minority interest in WHC income
(loss)
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(793
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)
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200
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(593
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)
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Deferred income taxes
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1,736
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1,736
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(a)
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Reflects presentation of EPS as a
discontinued operation.
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ITEM 2.
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Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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This Item 2 contains forward-looking statements with
respect to possible events, outcomes or results that are, and
are expected to continue to be, subject to risks, uncertainties
and contingencies, including those identified in this Item. See
Forward-Looking Statements on page 3.
The information for the three and six months ended June 30,
2006 has been adjusted to reflect the restatement of our
financial results to correct the previously reported income tax
provision, which is more fully described in Note 15,
Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements
located in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
Overview
Managements discussion and analysis of financial condition
and results of operations, or MD&A, is provided as a
supplement to the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes
thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and to
provide an understanding of our results of operations, financial
condition and changes in financial condition.
Our MD&A is organized as follows:
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Introduction. This section provides a general
description of our company, a brief discussion of our operating
segments, a description of certain recent developments,
background information on certain trends and strategies and a
discussion on how our business is impacted by seasonality.
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Critical Accounting Policies and
Estimates. This section discusses those
accounting policies that both are considered important to our
financial condition and results of operations, and require us to
exercise subjective or complex judgments in making estimates and
assumptions. In addition, all of our significant accounting
policies, including our critical accounting policies, are
summarized in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements contained in our 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K,
as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(which we refer to as the SEC).
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements. This section
provides a summary of the most recent authoritative accounting
standards and guidance that have either been recently adopted or
may be adopted in the future.
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Results of Operations and Results of Operations by Operating
Segment. These sections provide our analysis and
outlook for the significant line items on our consolidated
statements of operations, as well as other information that we
deem meaningful to understand our results of operations on both
a company-wide and a
segment-by-segment
basis.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources. This section
provides an analysis of our liquidity and cash flows and
discussions of our contractual obligations and commitments, as
well as our outlook on our available liquidity as of
June 30, 2007.
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Factors That May Effect Our Future Financial Condition or
Results of Operations. This section describes
circumstances or events that could have a negative effect on our
financial condition or results of operations, or that could
change, for the worse, existing trends in some or all of our
businesses. The factors discussed in this section are in
addition to factors that may be described elsewhere in this
Quarterly Report.
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In this MD&A, dollar amounts are in thousands, unless
otherwise noted.
Introduction
HLTH Corporation (which we refer to as HLTH) is a Delaware
corporation that was incorporated in December 1995 and commenced
operations in January 1996 as Healtheon Corporation. Our common
stock began trading on the Nasdaq National Market under the
symbol HLTH on February 11, 1999 and now trades
on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. We changed our name to
Healtheon/WebMD Corporation in November 1999, to WebMD
Corporation in September 2000 and to Emdeon Corporation in
October 2005 in
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connection with the initial public offering of equity securities
of WebMD Health Corp (which we refer to as WHC). In connection
with the November 2006 sale of a 52% interest in our Emdeon
Business Services segment, we transferred our rights to the name
Emdeon and related intellectual property to Emdeon
Business Services, and agreed to change our name within six
months of the sale of EBS. Accordingly, in May 2007, Emdeon
Corporation changed its name to HLTH Corporation.
On September 14, 2006, we completed the sale of our Emdeon
Practice Services segment (which we refer to as EPS) to Sage
Software, Inc. (which we refer to as Sage Software). We refer to
this transaction in this MD&A as the EPS Sale. Accordingly,
the results of EPS have been presented as discontinued
operations in our consolidated financial statements for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2006, as well as for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2007.
We own 48% of EBS Master LLC (which we refer to as EBSCo), which
owns Emdeon Business Services LLC. Emdeon Business Services LLC
conducts the business that comprised our Emdeon Business
Services segment until we sold a 52% interest in that business
to an affiliate of General Atlantic LLC on November 16,
2006 (we refer to that transaction as the EBS Sale). In this
MD&A, we use the names Emdeon Business Services and EBS to
refer to the business owned by EBSCo and, with respect to
periods prior to the consummation of the EBS Sale, to the
reporting segment of our company.
Operating
Segments
We have aligned our business into four operating segments and
one corporate segment. The following is a description of each of
our operating segments and our corporate segment:
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WebMD. WebMD provides both public and private
online portals. WebMDs public portals for consumers enable
them to obtain detailed information on a particular disease or
condition, check symptoms, locate physicians, store individual
healthcare information, receive periodic
e-newsletters
on topics of individual interest, enroll in interactive courses
and participate in online communities with peers and experts.
WebMDs public portals for physicians and healthcare
professionals make it easier for them to access clinical
reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical
information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing
medical education (which we refer to as CME) credit and
communicate with peers. WebMDs private portals enable
employers and health plans to provide their employees and plan
members with access to personalized health and benefit
information and decision-support technology that helps them make
more informed benefit, provider and treatment choices. WebMD
provides related services for use by such employees and members,
including lifestyle education and personalized telephonic health
coaching as a result of the acquisition of Summex Corporation
(which we refer to as Summex) on June 13, 2006 and
promotion and physician recruitment services for use by
pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare companies as a
result of the acquisition of Medsite, Inc. (which we refer to as
Medsite) on September 11, 2006. In addition, WebMD
publishes: medical reference textbooks; The Little Blue
Book, a physician directory; and, since 2005, WebMD the
Magazine, a consumer magazine distributed to physician
office waiting rooms. WebMD conducted in-person medical
education through December 31, 2006, the date at which it
no longer provided this service.
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ViPS (formerly a business unit of EBS). ViPS
provides healthcare data management, analytics, decision-support
and process automation solutions and related information
technology services to governmental, Blue Cross Blue Shield and
commercial healthcare payers. ViPS develops tools for disease
management, predictive modeling, provider performance,
HEDIS®
quality improvement, healthcare fraud detection and financial
management. Consultants and outsourcing services are also
provided to assess workflow, perform software maintenance,
design complex database architectures and perform data analysis
and analytic reporting functions.
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Porex. Porex develops, manufactures and
distributes proprietary porous plastic products and components
used in healthcare, industrial and consumer applications.
Porexs healthcare products consist of components used to
vent or diffuse gases or fluids, including catheter vents,
self-sealing valves in surgical vacuum canisters, fluid
filtration components and components for diagnostic devices.
Porexs
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consumer products are used in a variety of office and home
products, including highlighting pens, childrens coloring
markers, air fresheners, power tool dust canisters, computer
printers and water filters. Porexs industrial products are
designed to customer specifications as to size, rigidity,
porosity and other needs, including automobile battery vents,
pneumatic silencers and a broad range of filters and filtration
components. Porex also provides technologically advanced sterile
surgical products, such as biomaterial implantable products,
used in craniofacial/oculoplastic reconstruction and
aesthetic/cosmetic surgery in hospitals, clinics and private
practice surgical offices.
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Emdeon Business Services. EBS provides
solutions that automate key business and administrative
functions for healthcare payers and providers, including:
electronic patient eligibility and benefit verification;
electronic and paper claims processing; electronic and paper
paid-claims communication services; and patient billing, payment
and communications services. In addition, EBS provides clinical
communications services that improve the delivery of healthcare
by enabling physicians to manage laboratory orders and results,
hospital reports and electronic prescriptions. As a result of
the EBS Sale, beginning November 17, 2006, the results of
EBS are no longer included in the segment results.
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Corporate. The Corporate segment provides
shared services across some or all of our operating segments.
These services include executive personnel, accounting, tax,
treasury, legal, human resources, internal audit, risk
management and certain information technology functions.
Corporate service costs include compensation related costs,
insurance and audit fees, leased property, facilities cost,
legal and other professional fees, software maintenance and
telecommunication costs. Additionally, we entered into
transition services agreements whereby we provide Sage Software
and EBSCo certain administrative services, including payroll,
accounting, purchasing and procurement, tax, and human resource
services, as well as information technology support.
Additionally, EBSCo provides us certain administrative services,
including telecommunication infrastructure and management
services, data center support and purchasing and procurement
services. Some of the services provided by EBSCo to HLTH are, in
turn, used to fulfill HLTHs obligations to provide
transition services to Sage Software. These services are
provided through the Corporate segment, and the related
transition services fee we charge to EBSCo and Sage Software,
net of the fee we pay to EBSCo, is also included in the
Corporate segment, which approximates the cost of providing
these services.
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Recent
Developments
Directors & Officers Liability Insurance Coverage
Litigation. On July 23, 2007, we commenced
litigation (which we refer to as the Coverage Litigation) in the
Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle
County against nine insurance companies in which we are seeking
to compel the defendant companies (which we refer to
collectively as the Defendants) to honor their obligations under
certain directors and officers liability insurance policies
(which we refer to as the Policies). We refer to this litigation
below as the Coverage Litigation. The Policies were issued to
our company and to EPS, our former subsidiary which is our
co-plaintiff in the Coverage Litigation (which we refer to
collectively as the Plaintiffs). EPS was sold in September 2006
to Sage Software and has changed its name to Sage Software
Healthcare, Inc. (which we refer to as SSHI).
The Plaintiffs in the Coverage Litigation are seeking an order
requiring the Defendants to advance
and/or
reimburse expenses that we have incurred and expect to continue
to incur for the advancement of the reasonable defense costs of
initially ten and now nine former officers and directors of our
former EPS subsidiary who were indicted in connection with the
previously disclosed investigation by the United States Attorney
for the District of South Carolina (which we refer to as the
Investigation) described in Note 13, Commitments and
Contingencies located in the Notes to the Consolidated
Financial Statements elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. In
connection with our sale of EPS to Sage Software, we retained
certain obligations relating to the Investigation and agreed to
indemnify Sage Software and SSHI with respect to certain
expenses in connection with the Investigation. We retained the
right to assert claims and recover proceeds under the Policies
on behalf of SSHI.
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The Policies at issue in the Coverage Litigation consist of two
separate groups of insurance policies. Each group of policies
consists of several layers of coverage, with certain insurers
having agreed to provide specified amounts of coverage before
the coverage provided by other insurers at higher layers is
available. The first group of policies was issued to EPS in the
amount of $20,000 (which we refer to as the EPS Policies) and
the second group of policies was issued to Synetic, Inc. (the
former parent of EPS, which merged into HLTH) in the amount of
$100,000 (which we refer to as the Synetic Policies). To date,
$9,543 has been paid by insurance companies representing the
first two of the four total layers of insurance coverage under
the EPS Policies, and $6,414 has been paid by the insurance
company representing the primary layer of insurance coverage
under the Synetic Policies, in each case subject to reservations
of rights. Our insurance policies provide that under certain
circumstances, amounts advanced by the insurance companies in
connection with the defense costs of the indicted individuals,
may have to be repaid by our company. We have obtained an
undertaking from each indicted individual pursuant to which,
under certain circumstances, such individual has agreed to repay
defense costs advanced on his behalf.
We believe that the Defendants are required to advance
and/or
reimburse amounts that we have incurred and expect to continue
to incur for the advancement of the reasonable defense costs of
the indicted individuals (and we have in fact been reimbursed,
subject to reservations of rights, by other insurance companies
who have issued policies in the same groups of policies as the
Defendants). However, there can be no assurance that we will
prevail in the Coverage Litigation or that the Defendants will
be required to provide funding on an interim basis pending the
resolution of the Coverage Litigation. We intend to continue to
satisfy our legal obligations to the indicted individuals with
respect to advancement of amounts for their defense costs.
Indemnification Obligations. We have certain
indemnity obligations to advance amounts for reasonable defense
costs for initially ten and now nine former officers and
directors of EPS, who were indicted in connection with the
Investigation. In connection with the sale of EPS, we agreed to
indemnify Sage Software relating to these indemnity obligations.
Based on information we have recently received related to the
Investigation, we are now able to determine a reasonable
estimate of the range of probable costs with respect to our
indemnification obligation which is approximately $57,800 to
$83,000. Accordingly, included in loss from discontinued
operations during the three and six months ended June 30,
2007 is a pre-tax charge of $57,800, which represents our
estimate of the low end of the probable range of cost related to
this matter. We have reserved the low end of the probable range
of cost because no estimate within the range was a better
estimate than any other amount. This estimate includes
assumptions as to the duration of the trial and pre-trial
periods, and the defense costs to be incurred during these
periods. The ultimate outcome of this matter is still uncertain,
and accordingly, the amount of cost we may ultimately incur
could be substantially more than the reserve we have currently
provided. If the recorded reserves are insufficient to cover the
ultimate cost of this matter, we will need to record additional
charges to our consolidated statement of operations in future
periods.
Conversion of Convertible Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred
Stock. During the three months ended
June 30, 2007, all of the outstanding shares of our
Convertible Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock were
converted by CalPERS/PCG Corporate Partners, LLC, the sole
holder, into an aggregate of 10,628,297 shares of HLTH
Common Stock, based on the conversion price of $9.40 per share
of common stock.
Background
Information on Certain Trends and Strategies
Use of the Internet by Consumers and
Physicians. The Internet has emerged as a major
communications medium and has already fundamentally changed many
sectors of the economy, including the marketing and sales of
financial services, travel, and entertainment, among others. The
Internet is also changing the healthcare industry and has
transformed how consumers and physicians find and utilize
healthcare information. As consumers are required to assume
greater financial responsibility for rising healthcare costs,
the Internet serves as a valuable resource by providing them
with immediate access to searchable and dynamic interactive
content to check symptoms, assess risks, understand diseases,
find providers and evaluate treatment options. The Internet has
also become a primary source of information for physicians
seeking to improve clinical practice and is growing relative to
traditional information sources, such as conferences, meetings
and offline journals.
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Increased Online Marketing and Education Spending for
Healthcare Products. Pharmaceutical,
biotechnology and medical device companies spend large amounts
each year marketing their products and educating consumers and
physicians about them; however, only a small portion of this
amount is currently spent on online services. We believe that
these companies, which comprise the majority of WebMDs
advertisers and sponsors, are becoming increasingly aware of the
effectiveness of the Internet relative to traditional media in
providing health, clinical and product-related information to
consumers and physicians. We expect that this increasing
awareness will result in increasing demand for WebMDs
services.
Changes in Health Plan Design; Health Management
Initiatives. While overall healthcare costs have
been rising at a rapid annual rate, employers costs of
providing healthcare benefits to their employees have been
increasing at an even faster rate. In response to these
increases, employers are seeking to shift a greater portion of
healthcare costs onto their employees and to redefine
traditional health benefits. Employers and health plans want to
motivate their members and employees to evaluate their
healthcare decisions more carefully in order to be more
cost-effective. As employers continue to implement high
deductible and consumer-directed healthcare plans (referred to
as CDHPs) and related Health Savings Accounts (referred to as
HSAs) to achieve these goals, we believe that WebMD will be able
to attract more employers and health plans to use its private
online portals. In addition, health plans and employers have
begun to recognize that encouraging the good health of their
members and employees not only benefits the members and
employees but also has financial benefits for the health plans
and employers. Accordingly, many employers and health plans have
been enhancing health management programs and taking steps to
provide healthcare information and education to employees and
members, including through online, telephonic and paper-based
services. We believe that WebMD is well positioned to benefit
from these trends because WebMDs private portals provide
the tools and information employees and plan members need in
order to make more informed decisions about healthcare provider,
benefit and treatment options.
Changes in CMS Contracting Process. ViPS and
other potential CMS contractors are currently awaiting an award
announcement after responding to a Request for Proposals issued
by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or
CMS, for a new indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity or IDIQ,
performance-based-contracting vehicle named Enterprise Systems
Development, or ESD. Under this announcement, ViPS expects CMS
to award four to six prime contracts to the bidders that are
selected through the process. We understand that it is CMS
intent to procure most, if not all, information technology
development work through this contract vehicle for approximately
the next 10 years. Accordingly, there will be fewer
companies awarded prime contracts, and those that are selected
are likely to receive broader contracts than those made under
the PITS contracting vehicle. If ViPS is not selected to be one
of the four to six prime contractors under ESD, it will have
only the more limited opportunity to pursue work under ESD as a
subcontractor. There can be no assurance that ViPS will be
awarded a prime contract under ESD or, if it is not awarded a
prime contract, that opportunities as a subcontractor will be
available or that ViPS will be selected as a subcontractor. As a
result, if ViPS is not awarded a prime contract under ESD, its
revenue from CMS programs could be significantly reduced.
Seasonality
The timing of our revenue is affected by seasonal factors in
both the WebMD and Porex segments. Advertising and sponsorship
revenue within the WebMD segment is seasonal, primarily as a
result of the annual budget approval process of the advertising
and sponsorship clients of the public portals. This portion of
revenue is usually the lowest in the first quarter of each
calendar year, and increases during each consecutive quarter
throughout the year. WebMDs private portal licensing
revenue is also historically highest in the second half of the
year as new customers are typically added during this period in
conjunction with their annual open enrollment periods for
employee benefits. Additionally, the annual distribution cycle
for certain publishing products results in a significant portion
of WebMDs publishing revenue being recognized in the
second and third quarter of each calendar year. Porexs
business is also impacted by seasonal factors, primarily in its
writing instrument product lines as a result of back-to-school
season, which favorably impacts Porexs revenue during the
second quarter.
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Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our discussion and analysis of HLTHs financial condition
and results of operations are based upon our Consolidated
Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements, which were prepared in conformity with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The
preparation of financial statements requires us to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in
the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. We
base our estimates on historical experience, current business
factors, and various other assumptions that we believe are
necessary to consider in forming a basis for making judgments
about the carrying values of assets and liabilities, the
recorded amounts of revenue and expenses, and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities. We are subject to
uncertainties such as the impact of future events, economic,
environmental and political factors, and changes in our business
environment; therefore, actual results could differ from these
estimates. Accordingly, the accounting estimates used in
preparation of our financial statements will change as new
events occur, as more experience is acquired, as additional
information is obtained and as our operating environment
changes. Changes in estimates are made when circumstances
warrant. Such changes in estimates and refinements in estimation
methodologies are reflected in reported results of operations;
if material, the effects of changes in estimates are disclosed
in the notes to our consolidated financial statements.
We evaluate our estimates on an ongoing basis, including those
related to revenue recognition, short-term and long-term
investments, income taxes and tax contingencies, collectibility
of customer receivables, long-lived assets including goodwill
and other intangible assets, software and Web site development
costs, inventory valuation, prepaid advertising services,
certain accrued expenses, contingencies, litigation and related
legal accurals and the value attributed to employee stock
options and other stock-based awards.
We believe the following reflects our critical accounting
policies and our more significant judgments and estimates used
in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:
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Revenue Our revenue recognition
policies for each reportable operating segment are as follows:
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WebMD. Revenue from advertising is recognized
as advertisements are delivered or as publications are
distributed. Revenue from sponsorship arrangements, content
syndication and distribution arrangements and licenses of
healthcare management tools and private portals, as well as
related health coaching services, are recognized ratably over
the term of the applicable agreement. Revenue from the
sponsorship of CME is recognized over the period WebMD
substantially completes its contractual deliverables as
determined by the applicable agreements. Subscription revenue is
recognized over the subscription period. When contractual
arrangements contain multiple elements, revenue is allocated to
each element based on its relative fair value determined using
prices charged when elements are sold separately. In certain
instances where fair value does not exist for all the elements,
the amount of revenue allocated to the delivered elements equals
the total consideration less the fair value of the undelivered
elements. In instances where fair value does not exist for the
undelivered elements, revenue is recognized when the last
element is delivered.
ViPS. ViPS generates revenue by licensing data
warehousing and decision support software and providing related
support and maintenance for that software, and by providing
information technology consulting services to payers, including
governmental payers. We charge healthcare payers annual license
fees, which are typically based on the number of covered
members, for use of our software and provide business and
information technology consulting services to them on a time and
materials basis and a fixed fee basis. The professional
consulting services we provide to certain governmental agencies
are typically billed on a cost-plus fee structure. Data
warehousing and decision support software and the related
support and maintenance agreements are generally sold as bundled
time-based license agreements and, accordingly, the revenue for
both the software and related support and maintenance is
recognized ratably over the term of the license and maintenance
agreement. Revenue for consulting services is recognized as the
services are provided.
Porex. Porex develops, manufactures and
distributes porous plastic products and components. For standard
products, Porex recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of
an arrangement exists,
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delivery has occurred and all significant contractual
obligations have been satisfied, and the fee is fixed or
determinable and probable of collection. Appropriate reserves
are established on anticipated returns and allowances based on
past experience. For sales of certain custom products, Porex
recognizes revenue upon completion and customer acceptance.
Recognition of amounts received in advance is deferred until all
criteria have been met.
Emdeon Business Services. Through the date of
the EBS Sale on November 16, 2006, healthcare payers and
providers paid us fees for transaction services, generally on
either a per transaction basis or, in the case of some
providers, on a monthly fixed fee basis. Healthcare payers and
providers also paid us fees for document conversion, patient
statement and paid-claims communication services, typically on a
per document, per statement or per communication basis. EBS
generally charged a one-time implementation fee to healthcare
payers and providers at the inception of a contract, in
connection with their related setup to submit and receive
medical claims and other related transactions through EBSs
clearinghouse network. Revenue for transaction services, patient
statement services and paid-claims communication services was
recognized as the services were provided. The implementation
fees were deferred and amortized to revenue on a straight line
basis over the contract period of the related transaction
processing services, which generally vary from one to three
years.
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Long-Lived Assets Our long-lived
assets consist of property and equipment, goodwill and other
intangible assets. Goodwill and other intangible assets arise
from the acquisitions we have made. The amount assigned to
intangible assets is subjective and based on our estimates of
the future benefit of the intangible asset using accepted
valuation techniques, such as discounted cash flow and
replacement cost models. Our long-lived assets, excluding
goodwill, are amortized over their estimated useful lives, which
we determined based on the consideration of several factors,
including the period of time the asset is expected to remain in
service. We evaluate the carrying value and remaining useful
lives of long-lived assets, excluding goodwill, whenever
indicators of impairment are present. We evaluate the carrying
value of goodwill annually, or whenever indicators of impairment
are present. We use a discounted cash flow approach to determine
the fair value of goodwill. There was no impairment of goodwill
noted as a result of our impairment testing in 2006.
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Investments Our investments, at
June 30, 2007, consisted principally of certificates of
deposit, auction rate securities, money market funds and asset
backed securities. Each reporting period we evaluate the
carrying value of our investments and record a loss on
investments when we believe an investment has experienced a
decline in value that is other than temporary. Our investments
are classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair
value. We do not recognize gains on an investment until sold.
Unrealized gains and losses are recorded as a component of
accumulated other comprehensive income. Once realized, the gains
and losses and declines in value determined to be
other-than-temporary are recorded. A decline in value is deemed
to be other-than-temporary if we do not have the intent and
ability to retain the investment until any anticipated recovery
in market value, the extent and length of the time to which the
market value has been less than cost and the financial condition
and near-term prospects of the investment.
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Sale of Subsidiary Stock Our WHC
subsidiary issues their Class A Common Stock in various
transactions, which results in a dilution of our percentage
ownership in WHC. We account for the sale of WHC Class A
Common Stock in accordance with the SECs Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 51 Accounting for Sales of Stock by a
Subsidiary. The difference between the carrying amount of
our investment in WHC before and after the issuance of WHC
Class A Common Stock is considered either a gain or loss
and is reflected as a component of our stockholders
equity. During the three and six months ended June 30,
2007, WHC stock options were exercised and restricted stock
awards were released in accordance with WHCs equity plans.
The issuance of these shares resulted in an aggregate gain of
$1,065 and $5,869 during the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007 and our ownership in WHC decreased to 84.2%,
as of June 30, 2007, from 84.6%, as of December 31,
2006. We expect to continue to record gains in the future
related to future issuances of WHC Class A Common Stock.
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Equity Investment in EBSCo We account
for our equity investment in EBSCo in accordance with Accounting
Principles Board (which we refer to as APB) Opinion No. 18,
The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common
Stock (which we refer to as APB 18), which stipulates that
the equity method should be used to account for investments
whereby an investor has the ability to exercise
significant influence over operating and financial policies of
an investee, but does not exercise control. APB 18
generally considers an investor to have the ability to exercise
significant influence when it owns 20% or more of the voting
stock of an investee. We believe our equity investment in EBSCo
meets these criteria. We assess the recoverability of the
carrying value of our investment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate a loss in value that is other than a
temporary decline. Factors indicating a decline in value that is
deemed to be other-than-temporary include the lack of intent and
our inability to retain the investment until any anticipated
recovery in the carrying amount of the investment, or the
inability of the investment to sustain an earnings capacity
which would justify the carrying amount. As of June 30,
2007, the current fair value of our equity investment in EBSCo
exceeds its carrying amount of $20,820.
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Stock-Based Compensation In December
2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (which we refer
to as FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
(which we refer to as SFAS) No. 123, (Revised 2004):
Share-Based Payment (which we refer to as SFAS 123R),
which replaces SFAS No. 123, Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation (which we refer to as
SFAS 123) and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.
SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees,
including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized as
compensation expense over the service period (generally the
vesting period) in the consolidated financial statements based
on their fair values. We adopted SFAS 123R on
January 1, 2006, and elected to use the modified
prospective transition method. Under the modified prospective
transition method, awards that were granted or modified on or
after January 1, 2006 are measured and accounted for in
accordance with SFAS 123R. Unvested stock options and
restricted stock awards that were granted prior to
January 1, 2006 will continue to be accounted for in
accordance with SFAS 123, using the same grant date fair
value and same expense attribution method used under
SFAS 123, except that all awards are recognized in the
results of operations over the remaining vesting periods.
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The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the date
of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The
assumptions used in this model are expected dividend yield,
expected volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected term.
The expected volatility for stock options to purchase HLTH
Common Stock is based on implied volatility from traded options
of HLTH Common Stock combined with historical volatility of
HLTHs Common Stock. The expected volatility for stock
options to purchase WHC Class A Common Stock is based on
implied volatility from traded options of stock of comparable
companies combined with historical stock price volatility of
comparable companies.
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Deferred Taxes Our deferred tax assets
are comprised primarily of net operating loss (which we refer to
as NOL) carryforwards. At December 31, 2006, we had NOL
carryforwards of approximately $1.2 billion, which expire
at varying dates from 2011 through 2026. These loss
carryforwards may be used to offset taxable income in future
periods, reducing the amount of taxes we might otherwise be
required to pay. As of June 30, 2007, a valuation allowance
has been provided against all domestic net deferred taxes,
except for a deferred tax liability originating from business
combinations that resulted in tax deductible goodwill, as well
as a deferred tax liability established in purchase accounting
that is not expected to reverse prior to the expiration of our
net operating losses. The valuation allowance was established
because of the uncertainty of realization of the deferred tax
assets due to lack of sufficient history of generating taxable
income. Realization is dependent upon generating sufficient
taxable income prior to the expiration of the NOL carryforwards
in future periods. Although realization is not currently
assured, management evaluates the need for a valuation allowance
each quarter, and in the future, should management determine
that realization of net deferred tax assets is more likely than
not, some or all of the valuation allowance will be reversed,
and our effective tax rate may be reduced by such reversal. The
valuation allowance also excludes the impact of any deferred
items related to certain of our foreign operations as the
realization of the deferred items for these operations is likely.
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Tax Contingencies Our tax
contingencies are recorded to address potential exposures
involving tax positions we have taken that could be challenged
by tax authorities. These potential exposures result from
applications of various statutes, rules, regulations and
interpretations. Our estimates of tax contingencies reflect
assumptions and judgments about potential actions by taxing
jurisdictions. We believe that these assumptions and judgments
are reasonable; however, our accruals may change in the future
due to new developments in each matter and the ultimate
resolution of these matters may be greater or less than the
amount that we have accrued. Consistent with historical
financial reporting, we have elected to reflect interest and
penalties related to uncertain tax positions as part of the
income tax provision. As of January 1, 2007, accrued
interest and penalties were $1,135.
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On January 1, 2007, we adopted FASB Interpretation
No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes (which we refer to as FIN 48), which clarifies
the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the
financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes. The interpretation
prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for
the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax
position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. It also
provides guidance on derecognizing, classification, interest and
penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and
transition. Upon adoption, we reduced the existing reserves for
uncertain income tax positions by $1,475, primarily related to a
reduction in state income tax matters. This reduction was
recorded as a cumulative effect adjustment to accumulated
deficit. In addition, we reduced $5,572 of a deferred tax asset
and its associated valuation allowance upon adoption of
FIN 48.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
On February 15, 2007, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Including
an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (which we
refer to as SFAS 159). SFAS 159 permits many financial
instruments and certain other items to be measured at fair value
at the option of the company. Most of the provisions in
SFAS 159 are elective; however, the amendment to
SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments
in Debt and Equity Securities, applies to all entities
with available-for-sale and trading securities. The fair value
option established by SFAS 159 permits the choice to
measure eligible items at fair value at specified election
dates. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair
value option has been elected will be reported in earnings at
each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option:
(a) may be applied instrument by instrument, with a few
exceptions, such as investments otherwise accounted for by the
equity method; (b) is irrevocable (unless a new election
date occurs); and (c) is applied only to entire instruments
and not to portions of instruments. SFAS 159 is effective
for financial statements issued for first fiscal year beginning
after November 15, 2007. We are currently evaluating the
impact, if any, that this new standard will have on our results
of operations, financial position or cash flows.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157,
Fair Value Measurements (which we refer to as
SFAS 157). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure of
fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other
accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements and, accordingly, does not require any new fair
value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007. We are currently evaluating the impact,
if any, that this new standard will have on our results of
operations, financial position or cash flows.
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Results
of Operations
The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of
operations data and expresses that data as a percentage of
revenue for the periods presented (amounts in thousands):
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Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2007
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2006
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2007
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2006
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$
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%
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$
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%
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$
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%
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$
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%
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(Restated)
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(Restated)
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Revenue
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$
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129,294
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100.0
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$
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291,631
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100.0
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$
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251,319
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100.0
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$
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568,825
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100.0
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Costs and expenses:
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Cost of operations
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54,901
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42.5
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169,041
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58.0
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109,330
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43.5
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336,215
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59.1
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Development and engineering
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4,767
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3.7
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9,057
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3.1
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9,341
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3.7
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17,921
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3.2
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Sales, marketing, general and
administrative
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58,340
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45.1
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72,033
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24.7
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118,739
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47.3
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142,213
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25.1
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Depreciation and amortization
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11,678
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9.0
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17,221
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5.9
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22,405
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8.9
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33,775
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5.9
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Interest income
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10,100
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7.8
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4,433
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1.5
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19,774
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7.9
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8,851
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1.6
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Interest expense
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4,619
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3.6
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4,668
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1.6
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9,336
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3.7
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9,359
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1.6
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Other income (expense), net
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1,396
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1.1
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(2,347
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(0.8
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4,278
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1.7
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(2,889
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(0.5
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Income from continuing operations
before income tax provision
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6,485
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5.0
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21,697
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7.4
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6,220
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2.5
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35,304
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6.2
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Income tax provision
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2,031
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1.5
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6,288
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2.1
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3,021
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1.2
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10,344
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1.8
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Minority interest in WHC income
(loss)
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843
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0.7
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(121
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958
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0.4
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(593
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(0.1
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Equity in earnings of EBS Master LLC
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7,575
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5.9
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14,674
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5.8
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Income from continuing operations
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11,186
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8.7
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15,530
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5.3
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16,915
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6.7
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25,553
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4.5
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(Loss) income from discontinued
operations, net of tax
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(56,649
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(43.9
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6,556
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2.3
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(56,676
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(22.5
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12,123
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2.1
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Net (loss) income
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(45,463
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(35.2
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$
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22,086
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7.6
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$
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(39,761
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(15.8
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$
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37,676
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6.6
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Revenue is currently derived from our three business segments:
WebMD, ViPS and Porex, and was derived through our EBS segment
through the date of the EBS Sale on November 16, 2006.
WebMD services include: advertising, sponsorship, CME, content
syndication and distribution, and licenses of private online
portals to employers, healthcare payers and others. In addition,
WebMD derives revenue from sales of, and advertising in, its
physician directories, subscriptions to its professional medical
reference textbooks, advertisements in WebMD the Magazine
and from in-person CME programs in 2006. In-person CME
services were no longer offered by WebMD as of December 31,
2006. ViPS provides healthcare data management, analytics,
decision-support and process automation solutions and related
information technology services to governmental, Blue Cross Blue
Shield and commercial healthcare payers and performs software
maintenance and consulting services for governmental agencies
involved in healthcare. Porex revenue includes the sale of
porous plastic components used to control the flow of fluids and
gases for use in healthcare, industrial and consumer
applications, as well as finished products used in the medical
device and surgical markets. EBS, which was a segment through
November 16, 2006, the date of the EBS Sale, provided
solutions that automate key business and administrative
functions for healthcare payers and providers, including:
electronic patient eligibility and benefit verification;
electronic and paper claims processing; electronic and paper
paid-claims communication services; and patient billing, payment
and communications services. EBS also provided clinical
communications services that enable physicians to manage
laboratory orders and results, hospital reports and electronic
prescriptions. A significant portion of EBS revenue was
generated from the countrys largest national and regional
healthcare payers.
Cost of operations consists of costs related to services and
products we provide to customers and costs associated with the
operation and maintenance of our networks. These costs include
salaries and related expenses, including non-cash stock-based
compensation expenses, for network operations personnel and
customer support personnel, telecommunication costs, maintenance
of network equipment, a portion of facilities expenses, leased
facilities and personnel costs and non-cash expenses related to
prepaid advertising costs. In addition, cost of operations
includes raw materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead,
such as fringe benefits and indirect labor related to our Porex
segment. Prior to the EBS Sale on November 16, 2006,
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cost of operations included cost of postage related to our
automated
print-and-mail
services and paid-claims communication services and sales
commissions paid to certain distributors of EBS products.
Development and engineering expenses consist primarily of
salaries and related expenses, including non-cash stock-based
compensation expenses, associated with the development of
applications and services. Expenses include compensation paid to
development and engineering personnel, fees to outside
contractors and consultants, and the maintenance of capital
equipment used in the development process.
Sales, marketing, general and administrative expenses consist
primarily of advertising, product and brand promotion, salaries
and related expenses, including non-cash stock-based
compensation expenses, for sales, administrative, finance,
legal, information technology, human resources and executive
personnel. These expenses include items related to account
management and marketing personnel, commissions, costs and
expenses for marketing programs and trade shows, and fees for
professional marketing and advertising services, as well as fees
for professional services, costs of general insurance and costs
of accounting and internal control systems to support our
operations. Also included are non-cash expenses related to
advertising services acquired in exchange for our equity
securities.
Our discussions throughout MD&A make references to certain
non-cash expenses. We consider non-cash expenses to be those
expenses that result from the issuance of our equity
instruments. The following is a summary of our principal
non-cash expenses:
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Non-cash stock-based compensation
expense. Non-cash stock-based compensation
reflects the adoption of SFAS 123R on January 1, 2006,
which requires all share-based payments to employees, including
grants of employee stock options, to be recognized as
compensation expense over the service period (generally the
vesting period) in the consolidated financial statements based
on their fair values. The following table summarizes the
non-cash stock-based compensation expense included in cost of
operations, development and engineering, and sales, marketing,
general and administrative expense for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006:
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Three Months
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Six Months
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Ended June 30,
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Ended June 30,
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2007
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2006
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2007
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2006
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Non-cash stock-based compensation
expense included in:
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Cost of operations
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$
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1,040
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$
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3,385
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$
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2,650
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$
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6,342
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Development and engineering
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74
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270
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136
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568
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Sales, marketing, general and
administrative
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7,241
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8,627
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15,360
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17,099
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Total
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$
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8,355
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$
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12,282
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$
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18,146
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$
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24,009
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Non-cash advertising expense. Expense related
to the use of WHCs prepaid advertising inventory that WHC
received from News Corporation in exchange for equity
instruments HLTH issued in connection with an agreement HLTH
entered into with News Corporation in 1999 and subsequently
amended in 2000. This non-cash advertising expense is included
in cost of operations when WHC utilizes this advertising
inventory in conjunction with offline advertising and
sponsorship programs and is included in sales, marketing,
general and administrative expense when WHC uses the asset for
promotion of WHCs brand.
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The following discussion of our operating results reflects the
reclassification of EPS as a discontinued operation in the prior
year periods, as a result of the EPS Sale that was completed on
September 14, 2006. In addition, our operating results
reflect an increase in revenue and an offsetting increase to
expenses, primarily within cost of operations, of $14,021 and
$27,802 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006
related to the intercompany activity between EPS and our other
operating segments, primarily EBS. This intercompany activity
was primarily comprised of
print-and-mail
services (including postage) and electronic data interchange
(which we refer to as EDI) services provided by EBS to the EPS
customer base and related rebates paid by EBS to EPS related to
EPSs submission of EDI transactions. These amounts had
previously been eliminated in consolidation prior to EPS being
reflected as a discontinued operation.
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In contrast to the EPS Sale, the EBS Sale did not result in the
accounting for EBS as a discontinued operation, because the EBS
Sale was only a partial sale, through which we retained a 48%
ownership interest in EBSCo following the transaction.
Accordingly, the historical results of operations for EBS are
included in our financial statements for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2006. Subsequent to the EBS Sale on
November 16, 2006, our 48% portion of EBSCos income
is reflected in the line item Equity in earnings of EBS
Master LLC. Because of this treatment, our consolidated
results of operations for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, as well as the EBS segment results for these
periods, are presented on a basis that makes the operating
results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006
not directly comparable to the operating results for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2007. In the discussion of
our consolidated operating results below, in addition to noting
the effect of the EBS Sale (which is relatively large as
compared to all other differences between the periods), we have
provided comparative information on items that reflect trends in
our operating results based on their materiality to our
consolidated operating results for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007. Our WebMD, ViPS and Porex segment
results were not affected by the EBS Sale and comparisons with
prior periods are not subject to the considerations applicable
to EBS and to our consolidated results.
The following discussion includes a comparison of the results of
operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007
to the three and six months ended June 30, 2006.
Revenue
Revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was
$129,294, compared to $291,631 in the prior year period. Revenue
decreased by $162,337 primarily as a result of the EBS Sale,
which was responsible for $187,858 of the decrease. Partially
offsetting the impact of the EBS Sale was higher revenue in our
WebMD, Porex and ViPS segments in the amount of $21,867, $2,344
and $1,040.
Revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was
$251,319, compared to $568,825 in the prior year period. Revenue
decreased by $317,506 primarily as a result of the EBS Sale,
which was responsible for $370,709 of the decrease. Partially
offsetting the impact of the EBS Sale was higher revenue in our
WebMD, Porex and ViPS segments in the amount of $44,778, $4,466
and $3,863.
Costs and
Expenses
Cost of Operations. Cost of operations was
$54,901 and $109,330 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, compared to $169,041 and $336,215 in the
prior year periods. Our cost of operations represented 42.5% and
43.5% of revenue for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, compared to 58.0% and 59.1% in the prior
year periods. Included in cost of operations are non-cash
expenses related to stock-based compensation of $1,040 and
$2,650 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007,
compared to $3,385 and $6,342 in the prior year periods. The
decrease in non-cash stock-based compensation expense is
primarily due to the graded vesting schedule that was used for
all stock options and restricted stock awards granted prior to
the January 1, 2006 adoption date of SFAS 123R,
including the WebMD options and restricted stock granted at the
time of the initial public offering, as well as non-cash
stock-based compensation expense related to EBS employees, which
was included in the prior year periods.
Cost of operations, excluding the non-cash stock-based
compensation expenses discussed above, was $53,861 and $106,680,
or 41.7% and 42.4% of revenue, for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007, compared to $165,656 and $329,873, or
56.8% and 58.0% of revenue, in the prior year periods. The
decrease in cost of operations excluding non-cash stock-based
compensation expenses, as a percentage of revenue, was primarily
due to the EBS Sale, as EBS services and products had lower
gross margins than our other operations.
Development and Engineering. Development and
engineering expense was $4,767 and $9,341 for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2007, compared to $9,057 and $17,921
in the prior year periods. Our development and engineering
expenses represented 3.7% of revenue for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2007, compared to 3.1% and 3.2% in
the prior year periods. The decrease in development and
engineering expense, was primarily due to the EBS Sale.
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Sales, Marketing, General and
Administrative. Sales, marketing, general and
administrative expense was $58,340 and $118,739 for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2007, compared to $72,033 and
$142,213 in the prior year periods. Our sales, marketing,
general and administrative expenses represented 45.1% and 47.3%
of revenue for the three and six months ended June 30,
2007, compared to 24.7% and 25.1% in the prior year periods.
Non-cash expenses related to advertising expense were $0 and
$2,320 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007,
compared to $1,189 and $2,794 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2006. This decrease was due to lower utilization
of our prepaid advertising inventory. Non-cash stock-based
compensation was $7,241 and $15,360 for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007, compared to $8,627 and $17,099 in the
prior year periods. The decrease in non-cash stock-based
compensation was due to the non-cash stock-based compensation
expense related to EBS employees, which was included in the
prior year periods, and the graded vesting schedule that was
used for all stock options and restricted stock awards granted
prior to the January 1, 2006 adoption of SFAS 123R,
including the WebMD options and restricted stock granted at the
time of the initial public offering. These decreases were
partially offset by additional non-cash stock-based compensation
expense related to options granted in 2006.
Sales, marketing, general and administrative expense, excluding
the non-cash expenses discussed above, was $51,099 and $101,059,
or 39.5% and 40.2% of revenue, for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007, compared to $62,217 and $122,320, or
21.3% and 21.5% of revenue, in the prior year periods. The
increase in sales, marketing, general and administrative
expense, excluding the non-cash expenses discussed above, as a
percentage of revenue, was primarily due to the EBS Sale, as EBS
had lower sales, marketing, general and administrative expenses
as a percentage of revenue than our other operations. Also
contributing to the fluctuation in sales, marketing, general and
administrative expense, in dollars, is higher personnel related
costs within our WebMD segment which is attributed to the
increased revenue within our WebMD segment discussed above, as
well as increased expenses within our WebMD segment related to
recent acquisitions that were not included, or only partially
included in the prior year periods. Additionally, our shared
service costs and other corporate expenses were lower for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2007, as compared to
the prior year periods, as a result of lower shared service
costs for our EBS and EPS operations due to the EBS Sale and EPS
Sale.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation
and amortization expense was $11,678 and $22,405, or 9.0% and
8.9% of revenue, for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, compared to $17,221 and $33,775, or 5.9% of
revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006.
The decrease in depreciation and amortization expense was
primarily due to the EBS Sale. Partially offsetting this
decrease to depreciation and amortization expense for the three
and six months June 30, 2007, were WebMDs recent
acquisitions and capital improvements within our WebMD segment,
which resulted in additional depreciation and amortization
expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007,
as compared to the prior year periods.
Interest Income. Interest income increased to
$10,100 and $19,774 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, from $4,433 and $8,851 in the prior year
periods. The increase was due to higher average investment
balances and higher rates of return for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007, as compared to the prior year periods.
Interest Expense. Interest expense of $4,619
and $9,336 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007
was consistent with interest expense of $4,668 and $9,359 for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2006. Interest
expense for both the three and six months ended June 30,
2007 and 2006 is primarily related to the interest expense and
the amortization of debt issuance costs for our $350,000 of
1.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023 and our
$300,000 of
31/8% Convertible
Notes due 2025.
Other Income (Expense), Net. For the three and
six months ended June 30, 2007, other income, net, was
$1,396 and $4,278, compared to other expense of $2,347 and
$2,889 in the prior year periods. Other income, net for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2007 includes
transition services income of $1,468 and $3,924 related to the
services we provide to EBSCo and Sage Software, net of services
EBSCo provides to us, related to each of their respective
transition services agreements, and $399 and $746 related to the
reversal of certain sales and use tax contingencies resulting
from the expiration of various statutes. Other expense of $2,072
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 includes
advisory expenses for professional fees, primarily
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consisting of legal, accounting and financial advisory services
related to our exploration of strategic alternative for our
former EBS segment. Also included in other income (expense), net
was $471 and $791 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007 and $275 and $817 for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2006, consisted of external legal
costs and expenses incurred by our company related to the
investigation by the United States Attorney for the District of
South Carolina and the SEC.
Income Tax Provision. The income tax provision
of $2,031 and $3,021 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007 and $6,288 and $10,344 for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2006, includes tax expense for
operations that were profitable in certain foreign, state and
other jurisdictions in which we do not have net operating loss
carryforwards to offset that income. Additionally, included in
the income tax provision is deferred tax expense related to a
portion of our goodwill that is deductible for tax purposes, as
well as deferred tax expense, which has not been reduced by the
reversal of the valuation allowance as these tax benefits were
acquired through business combinations or established through
equity.
Minority Interest in WHC Income
(Loss). Minority interest expense of $843 and
$958 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007,
compared to minority interest income of $121 and $593 for the
prior year periods, represents the minority stockholders
proportionate share of income or loss for the consolidated WebMD
segment. The ownership interest of minority shareholders was
created as part of our initial public offering of the WebMD
segment on September 28, 2005 and fluctuates based on the
net income or loss reported by WHC, combined with changes in the
percentage ownership of WHC held by the minority interest
shareholders. The minority interest shareholders ownership
percentage of WHC was 15.8% as of June 30, 2007, compared
to 14.2% as of June 30, 2006.
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of
Tax. Loss from discontinued operations for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2007 of $56,649 and
$56,676 includes a pre-tax charge of approximately $57,800,
related to our indemnity obligations to advance amounts for
reasonable defense costs for initially ten and now nine former
officers and directors of EPS, who were indicted in connection
with the previously disclosed investigation by the United States
Attorney for the District of South Carolina. For a description
of this matter, see Recent Developments. For
the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, income from
discontinued operations represents EPS net operating
results of $6,556 and $12,123.
Results
of Operations by Operating Segment
We monitor the performance of our business based on earnings
before interest, taxes, non-cash and other items. Other income
items: a working capital adjustment from the sale of 52%
interest of EBS; legal expenses which reflect costs and expenses
incurred by our company related to the investigation by the
United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina and
the SEC, income related to the reduction of certain sales and
use tax contingencies and advisory expense related to the
evaluation, in 2006, by our Board of Directors of strategic
alternatives for EBS. Inter-segment revenue primarily represents
printing services provided by EBS during the three and six
months ended June 30, 2006 and certain services provided by
our WebMD segment to our other operating segments during the
three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.
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Summarized financial information for each of our operating
segments and corporate segment and a reconciliation to net
(loss) income are presented below:
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Six Months Ended
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Three Months Ended June 30,
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June 30,
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2007
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2006(a)
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2007
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2006(a)
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(Restated)
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(Restated)
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Revenue
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Emdeon Business Services
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$
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$
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187,858
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$
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$
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370,709
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WebMD
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78,479
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56,612
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151,441
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106,663
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ViPS
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25,885
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24,845
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52,544
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48,681
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Porex
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25,003
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22,659
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47,712
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43,246
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Inter-segment eliminations
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(73
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)
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(343
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)
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(378
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)
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(474
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)
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$
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129,294
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$
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291,631
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$
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251,319
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$
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568,825
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Earnings before interest,
taxes, non-cash and other items
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Emdeon Business Services
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$
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$
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44,765
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$
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$
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82,972
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WebMD
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15,155
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9,599
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27,762
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16,126
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ViPS
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5,094
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5,057
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9,934
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10,215
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Porex
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7,343
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7,045
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13,817
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12,599
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Corporate
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(6,483
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)
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(11,495
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)
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(13,214
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)
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(22,633
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)
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21,109
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54,971
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38,299
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99,279
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Interest, taxes, non-cash and
other items
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|
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Depreciation and amortization
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(11,678
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)
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(17,221
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)
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(22,405
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)
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(33,775
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)
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Non-cash stock-based compensation
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(8,355
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)
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(12,282
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)
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(18,146
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)
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(24,009
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)
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Non-cash advertising
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(1,189
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)
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(2,320
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)
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(2,794
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)
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Interest income
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10,100
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4,433
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19,774
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8,851
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Interest expense
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(4,619
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)
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(4,668
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)
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(9,336
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)
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(9,359
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)
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Income tax provision
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(2,031
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)
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(6,288
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)
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(3,021
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)
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(10,344
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)
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Minority interest in WHC (income)
loss
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(843
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)
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121
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(958
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)
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593
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Equity in earnings of EBS Master
LLC
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7,575
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14,674
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Other (expense) income, net
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(72
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)
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(2,347
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)
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354
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(2,889
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)
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Income from continuing operations
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11,186
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15,530
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16,915
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25,553
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(Loss) income from discontinued
operations, net of tax
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(56,649
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)
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6,556
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(56,676
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)
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12,123
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Net (loss) income
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$
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(45,463
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)
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$
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22,086
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$
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(39,761
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)
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$
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37,676
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(a) |
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The EBS segment was sold on
November 16, 2006 and, therefore, the operations of the EBS
segment are included for the period January 1, 2006 through
June 30, 2006.
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The following discussion is a comparison of the results of
operations for each of our operating segments and our corporate
segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 to
the three and six months ended June 30, 2006.
WebMD. Revenue was $78,479 and $151,441 for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, an increase
of $21,867 or 38.6% and $44,778 or 42.0%, compared to the prior
year periods. The increase in revenue was primarily attributed
to an increase in the number of brands and sponsored programs
promoted on WebMDs Web sites, as well as increased
licensing revenue from our private online portals. Revenue from
the acquisition of Subimo LLC, Medsite and Summex contributed
$9,690 and $18,952 to the increase in revenue for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2007.
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Earnings before interest, taxes, non-cash and other items was
$15,155 and $27,762 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, compared to $9,599 and $16,126 in the prior
year periods. As a percentage of revenue, earnings before
interest, taxes, non-cash and other items was 19.3% and 18.3%
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, compared
to 17.0% and 15.1% for the prior year periods. The increase as a
percentage of revenue was primarily due to higher revenue from
the increased number of brands and sponsored programs in
WebMDs public portals, as well as the increase in
companies using WebMDs private portals without incurring a
proportionate increase in overall expenses.
ViPS. Revenue was $25,885 and $52,544 for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2007, an increase of
$1,040 or 4.2% and $3,863 or 7.9%, compared to the prior year
periods. The increase in revenue for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007 was due to the continued increase in
professional consulting services that we provide to governmental
agencies, and, to a lesser extent, license revenue and related
support and maintenance revenue related to data warehousing and
decision-support software.
Earnings before interest, taxes, non-cash and other items was
$5,094 and $9,934 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, compared to $5,057 and $10,215 in the prior
year periods. As a percentage of revenue, earnings before
interest, taxes, non-cash and other items was 19.7% and 18.9%
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, compared
to 20.4% and 21.0% for the prior year periods. The decrease in
operating margin as a percentage of revenue for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2007, was primarily due to the
changes in the type of revenue we earned, which can have varying
degrees of profitability.
Porex. Revenue was $25,003 and $47,712 for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2007, an increase of
$2,344 or 10.3% and $4,466 or 10.3%, compared to the prior year
periods. The increase in revenue for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007 was primarily due to increased sales of
our consumer products, as well as a favorable impact of exchange
rates on the translation of our foreign operations. Also
contributing to the increase in revenue for the three months
ended June 30, 2007 was higher sales of our surgical
products.
Earnings before interest, taxes, non-cash and other items was
$7,343 and $13,817 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007, compared to $7,045 and $12,599 in the prior
year periods. As a percentage of revenue, earnings before
interest, taxes, non-cash and other items was 29.4% and 29.0%
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, compared
to 31.1% and 29.1% for the prior year periods. The decrease in
operating margin as a percentage of revenue for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2007 was due to higher insurance,
compensation and marketing costs. Partially offsetting this
decrease in operating margin as a percentage of revenue for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2007 is the impact of
the increased revenue discussed above, combined with the effect
of Porexs manufacturing costs, which are generally more
fixed in nature.
Corporate. Corporate includes services shared
across some or all of our operating segments, such as executive
personnel, accounting, tax, treasury, legal, human resources,
internal audit, risk management and certain information
technology functions. In addition, corporate includes the net
fees we earned from the support services we provide to EBSCo and
Sage Software. Corporate expenses were $6,483 or 5.0% of revenue
and $13,214 or 5.3% of revenue for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2007, compared to $11,495 or 3.9% of revenue
and $22,633 or 4.0% of revenue for the prior year periods. The
decrease in corporate expenses, in dollars, for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2007, was the result of the EBS
Sale and the EPS Sale which occurred in the latter half of 2006
and resulted in a significant reduction in a portion of the
shared services performed at corporate, which previously
supported those operations. The most significant reductions in
expenses were related to personnel expenses, as well as certain
outside services including legal and accounting services.
Additionally, included in corporate during the three and six
months ended June 30, 2007 is transition services income of
$1,468 and $3,924 related to the services we continue to provide
to EBSCo and Sage Software, which were not included in the prior
year periods. The increase in corporate expenses as a percentage
of revenue was due to the impact of lower revenue as a result of
the EBS Sale, combined with the effect of certain corporate
expenses that are fixed in nature, and accordingly, did not
decrease in proportion to the reduction in revenue.
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Inter-Segment Eliminations. Inter-segment
eliminations primarily represents printing services provided by
EBS during the three and six months ended June 30, 2006,
and certain services provided by the WebMD segment to our other
operating segments during the three and six months ended
June 30, 2007 and 2006.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
We began operations in January 1996 and, until 2004, we had
incurred net losses in each year and, as of June 30, 2007,
we had an accumulated deficit of approximately
$9.4 billion. We plan to continue to invest in
acquisitions, strategic relationships, infrastructure and
product development.
As of June 30, 2007, we had approximately $738,891 in cash
and cash equivalents and short-term investments, including
$240,257 in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
held by WHC, and working capital, excluding our liabilities of
discontinued operations, of $766,006. We invest our excess cash
principally in auction rate securities, asset backed securities
and money market funds and expect to do so in the future. As of
June 30, 2007, all our marketable securities were
classified as available-for-sale.
Cash provided by operating activities from our continuing
operations was $20,860 for the six months ended June 30,
2007, compared to cash provided by operating activities from our
continuing operations of $99,396 for the six months ended
June 30, 2006. The $78,536 decrease in cash provided by
operating activities from our continuing operations when
compared to a year ago primarily relates to EBS being treated as
an equity investment during the six months ended June 30,
2007. While we are sharing 48% of EBSCos earnings, we did
not receive cash distributions from the investment during the
period. Also contributing to this decrease in cash flow from
operating activities, when compared to the prior year, were
estimated payments for income taxes, which were higher than the
prior year period due to the gain recognized for the EBS Sale
during the three months ended December 31, 2006.
Cash used in investing activities was $184,776 for the six
months ended June 30, 2007, compared to cash used in
investing activities from our continuing operations of $124,408
for the six months ended June 30, 2006. Cash used in
investing activities for the six months ended June 30,
2007, was attributable to net disbursements of $194,846 from
purchases, net of maturities and sales, of available for sale
securities compared to $27,600 for the six months ended
June 30, 2006. During the six months ended June 30,
2007, we received $19,730 in repayment of advances to EBSCo,
which primarily consisted of $10,000 advanced to EBSCo at
closing on November 16, 2006 to support working capital
needs and $10,016 of expenses paid by us on EBSCos behalf
through December 31, 2006. Cash used in investing
activities from our continuing operations for the six months
ended June 30, 2006, included $84,846 in cash paid for
business combinations, which primarily related to the
acquisitions of Summex Corporation and eMedicine.com, Inc., as
well as the contingent consideration payments related to our
acquisitions of Advanced Business Fulfillment, Inc. and
MedcineNet, Inc. Investments in property and equipment decreased
to $12,558 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from
$27,429 a year ago, primarily as a result of the EBS Sale.
Cash provided by financing activities was $60,713 for the six
months ended June 30, 2007, compared to cash used in
financing activities of $41,583 for the six months ended
June 30, 2006. Cash provided by financing activities for
the six months ended June 30, 2007 principally related to
proceeds of $103,263 from the issuance of HLTH Common Stock and
WebMD Class A Common Stock resulting from the exercises of
employee stock options, partially offset by the repurchases of
HLTH Common Stock of $42,906. Cash used in financing activities
for the six months ended June 30, 2006, principally related
to the repurchases of HLTH Common Stock of $71,843, partially
offset by proceeds of $30,433 from the issuance of HLTH Common
Stock resulting from exercises of employee stock options.
Included in our consolidated statements of cash flows are cash
flows from discontinued operations of the EPS segment as a
result of the EPS Sale. Our cash flows from discontinued
operations for the six months ended June 30, 2007 of $1,880
represent payments of legal fees related to our indemnity
obligations of the initially ten and now nine former officers
and directors of EPS, who were indicted in connection with the
Investigation. Our remaining reserve relating to this indemnity
obligation was $55,893 as of June 30, 2007. The ultimate
outcome of this matter is still uncertain, and accordingly, the
amount of cost we may ultimately incur could be substantially
more than the reserve we have currently provided. Our cash flows
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discontinued operations for the six months ended June 30,
2006 are comprised of cash flows provided by operating
activities of $15,825 and cash flows used in investing
activities of $17,009, and represent activity related to the
operations of our EPS segment prior to the EPS Sale.
Our principal commitments at June 30, 2007 were our
commitments related to our $350,000 of 1.75% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2023 and our $300,000 of
31/8% Convertible
Notes due 2025. In addition, we have obligations under operating
leases of $55,686. We anticipate capital expenditure
requirements of approximately $23,000 to $28,000 for the full
year of 2007, of which approximately $15,000 to $20,000 relates
to WebMD.
We believe that, for the foreseeable future, we will have
sufficient cash resources to meet the commitments described
above and our current anticipated working capital and capital
expenditure requirements. Our future liquidity and capital
requirements will depend upon numerous factors, including
retention of customers at current volume and revenue levels, our
existing and new application and service offerings, competing
technological and market developments, potential future
acquisitions and additional repurchases of HLTH Common Stock. We
may need to raise additional funds to support expansion, develop
new or enhanced applications and services, respond to
competitive pressures, acquire complementary businesses or
technologies or take advantage of unanticipated opportunities.
If required, we may raise such additional funds through public
or private debt or equity financing, strategic relationships or
other arrangements. There can be no assurance that such
financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all, or
that such financing will not be dilutive to our stockholders.
Future indebtedness may impose various restrictions and
covenants on us that could limit our ability to respond to
market conditions, to provide for unanticipated capital
investments or to take advantage of business opportunities.
Factors
That May Affect Our Future Financial Condition or Results of
Operations
This section describes circumstances or events that could have a
negative effect on our financial results or operations or that
could change, for the worse, existing trends in some or all of
our businesses. The occurrence of one or more of the
circumstances or events described below could have a material
adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows or on the trading prices of the common stock and
convertible notes that we have issued or securities we may issue
in the future. The risks and uncertainties described in this
Quarterly Report are not the only ones facing us. Additional
risks and uncertainties that are not currently known to us or
that we currently believe are immaterial may also adversely
affect our business and operations.
Risks
Related to WebMD
If WebMD is unable to provide content and services that
attract and retain users to The WebMD Health Network on a
consistent basis, its advertising and sponsorship revenue could
be reduced
Users of The WebMD Health Network have numerous other
online and offline sources of healthcare information services.
WebMDs ability to compete for user traffic on its public
portals depends upon its ability to make available a variety of
health and medical content, decision-support applications and
other services that meet the needs of a variety of types of
users, including consumers, physicians and other healthcare
professionals, with a variety of reasons for seeking
information. WebMDs ability to do so depends, in turn, on:
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its ability to hire and retain qualified authors, journalists
and independent writers;
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its ability to license quality content from third
parties; and
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its ability to monitor and respond to increases and decreases in
user interest in specific topics.
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We cannot assure you that WebMD will be able to continue to
develop or acquire needed content, applications and tools at a
reasonable cost. In addition, since consumer users of
WebMDs public portals may be attracted to The WebMD
Health Network as a result of a specific condition or for a
specific purpose, it is difficult for WebMD to predict the rate
at which they will return to the public portals. Because WebMD
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generates revenue by, among other things, selling sponsorships
of specific pages, sections or events on The WebMD Health
Network, a decline in user traffic levels or a reduction in
the number of pages viewed by users could cause WebMDs
revenue to decrease and could have a material adverse effect on
its results of operations.
Developing
and implementing new and updated applications, features and
services for WebMDs public and private portals may be more
difficult than expected, may take longer and cost more than
expected and may not result in sufficient increases in revenue
to justify the costs
Attracting and retaining users of WebMDs public portals
and clients for its private portals requires WebMD to continue
to improve the technology underlying those portals and to
continue to develop new and updated applications, features and
services for those portals. If WebMD is unable to do so on a
timely basis or if WebMD is unable to implement new
applications, features and services without disruption to its
existing ones, it may lose potential users and clients.
WebMD relies on a combination of internal development, strategic
relationships, licensing and acquisitions to develop its portals
and related applications, features and services. WebMDs
development
and/or
implementation of new technologies, applications, features and
services may cost more than expected, may take longer than
originally expected, may require more testing than originally
anticipated and may require the acquisition of additional
personnel and other resources. There can be no assurance that
the revenue opportunities from any new or updated technologies,
applications, features or services will justify the amounts
spent.
WebMD
faces significant competition for its products and
services
The markets in which WebMD operates are intensely competitive,
continually evolving and, in some cases, subject to rapid change.
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WebMDs public portals face competition from numerous other
companies, both in attracting users and in generating revenue
from advertisers and sponsors. WebMD competes for users with
online services and Web sites that provide health-related
information, including commercial sites as well as public sector
and not-for-profit sites. WebMD competes for advertisers and
sponsors with both health-related Web sites and general purpose
consumer online services and portals and with other high-traffic
Web sites that include both healthcare-related and
non-healthcare-related content and services.
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WebMDs private portals compete with: providers of
healthcare decision-support tools and online health management
applications; wellness and disease management vendors; and
health information services and health management offerings of
health plans and their affiliates.
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WebMDs Publishing and Other Services segments
products and services compete with numerous other online and
offline sources of healthcare information, including traditional
medical reference publications, print journals and other
specialized publications targeted to physicians, some of which
have a more complete range of titles and better access to
traditional distribution channels than WebMD has.
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Many of WebMDs competitors have greater financial,
technical, product development, marketing and other resources
than it does. These organizations may be better known than WebMD
is and have more customers or users than WebMD does. WebMD
cannot provide assurance that it will be able to compete
successfully against these organizations or any alliances they
have formed or may form. Since there are no substantial barriers
to entry into the markets in which WebMDs public portals
participate, we expect that competitors will continue to enter
these markets.
Failure
to maintain and enhance the WebMD brand could have a
material adverse effect on WebMDs business
We believe that the WebMD brand identity that WebMD
has developed has contributed to the success of its business and
has helped it achieve recognition as a trusted source of health
and wellness information. We also believe that maintaining and
enhancing that brand is important to expanding the user base for
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WebMDs public portals, to its relationships with sponsors
and advertisers and to its ability to gain additional employer
and healthcare payer clients for our private portals. WebMD has
expended considerable resources on establishing and enhancing
the WebMD brand and its other brands, and it has
developed policies and procedures designed to preserve and
enhance its brands, including editorial procedures designed to
provide quality control of the information it publishes. WebMD
expects to continue to devote resources and efforts to maintain
and enhance its brand. However, WebMD may not be able to
successfully maintain or enhance awareness of its brands and
circumstances or events, including ones outside of its control,
may have a negative effect on its brands. If WebMD is unable to
maintain or enhance awareness of its brand, and do so in a
cost-effective manner, its business could be adversely affected.
WebMDs
online businesses have a limited operating history
WebMDs online businesses have a limited operating history
and participate in relatively new and rapidly growing markets.
These businesses have undergone significant changes during their
short history as a result of changes in the types of services
provided, technological changes and changes in market conditions
and are expected to continue to change for similar reasons. Many
companies with business plans based on providing healthcare
information and related services through the Internet have
failed to be profitable and some have filed for bankruptcy
and/or
ceased operations. Even if demand from users exists, we cannot
assure you that WebMDs businesses will be profitable.
If WebMD
is unable to provide healthcare content for its offline
publications that attracts and retains users, its revenue will
be reduced
Interest in WebMDs offline publications, such as The
Little Blue Book, is based upon WebMDs ability to make
available up-to-date health content that meets the needs of its
physician users. Although WebMD has been able to continue to
update and maintain the physician practice information that it
publishes in The Little Blue Book, if WebMD is unable to
continue to do so for any reason, the value of The Little
Blue Book would diminish and interest in this publication
and advertising in this publication would be adversely affected.
WebMD the Magazine was launched in April 2005 and, as a
result, has a very short operating history. We cannot assure you
that WebMD the Magazine will be able to attract and
retain the advertisers needed to make this publication
successful in the long term.
The
timing of WebMDs advertising and sponsorship revenue may
vary significantly from quarter to quarter
WebMDs advertising and sponsorship revenue may vary
significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of
factors, not all of which are in WebMDs control, and any
of which may be difficult to forecast accurately. The majority
of WebMDs advertising and sponsorship contracts are for
terms of approximately four to 12 months. WebMD has
relatively few longer term advertising and sponsorship
contracts. We cannot assure you that WebMDs current
customers for these services will continue to use its services
beyond the terms of their existing contracts or that they will
enter into any additional contracts.
In addition, the time between the date of initial contact with a
potential advertiser or sponsor regarding a specific program and
the execution of a contract with the advertiser or sponsor for
that program may be lengthy, especially for larger contracts,
and may be subject to delays over which WebMD has little or no
control, including as a result of budgetary constraints of the
advertiser or sponsor or their need for internal approvals.
Other factors that could affect the timing of WebMDs
revenue from advertisers and sponsors include:
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the timing of FDA approval for new products or for new approved
uses for existing products;
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seasonal factors relating to the prevalence of specific health
conditions and other seasonal factors that may affect the timing
of promotional campaigns for specific products; and
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the scheduling of conferences for physicians and other
healthcare professionals.
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Lengthy
sales and implementation cycles for WebMDs private online
portals make it difficult to forecast revenues from these
applications
The period from WebMDs initial contact with a potential
client for a private online portal and the first purchase of its
solution by the client is difficult to predict. In the past,
this period has generally ranged from six to 12 months, but
in some cases has been longer. These sales may be subject to
delays due to a clients internal procedures for approving
large expenditures and other factors beyond WebMDs
control. The time it takes to implement a private online portal
is also difficult to predict and has lasted as long as six
months from contract execution to the commencement of live
operation. Implementation may be subject to delays based on the
availability of the internal resources of the client that are
needed and other factors outside of WebMDs control. As a
result, we have limited ability to forecast the timing of
revenue from new clients. This, in turn, makes it more difficult
to predict WebMDs financial performance from quarter to
quarter.
During the sales cycle and the implementation period, we may
expend substantial time, effort and money preparing contract
proposals, negotiating contracts and implementing the private
online portal without receiving any related revenue. In
addition, many of the expenses related to providing private
online portals are relatively fixed in the short term, including
personnel costs and technology and infrastructure costs. Even if
WebMDs private portal revenue is lower than expected, it
may not be able to reduce related short-term spending in
response. Any shortfall in such revenue would have a direct
impact on its results of operations.
WebMD may
be unsuccessful in its efforts to increase advertising and
sponsorship revenue from consumer products companies
Most of WebMDs advertising and sponsorship revenue has, in
the past, come from pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical
device companies. WebMD has been focusing on increasing
sponsorship revenue from consumer products companies that are
interested in communicating health-related or safety-related
information about their products to WebMDs audience.
However, while a number of consumer products companies have
indicated an intent to increase the portion of their promotional
spending used on the Internet, we cannot assure you that these
advertisers and sponsors will find WebMDs consumer Web
sites to be as effective as other Web sites or traditional media
for promoting their products and services. If WebMD encounters
difficulties in competing with the other alternatives available
to consumer products companies, this portion of WebMDs
business may develop more slowly than we expect or may fail to
develop.
WebMD
could be subject to breach of warranty or other claims by
clients of our online portals if the software and systems we use
to provide them contain errors or experience failures
Errors in the software and systems WebMD uses could cause
serious problems for clients of its online portals. WebMD may
fail to meet contractual performance standards or client
expectations. Clients of WebMDs online portals may seek
compensation from WebMD or may seek to terminate their
agreements with WebMD, withhold payments due to WebMD, seek
refunds from WebMD of part or all of the fees charged under
those agreements or initiate litigation or other dispute
resolution procedures. In addition, WebMD could face breach of
warranty or other claims by clients or additional development
costs. WebMDs software and systems are inherently complex
and, despite testing and quality control, we cannot be certain
that they will perform as planned.
WebMD attempts to limit, by contract, its liability to its
clients for damages arising from its negligence, errors or
mistakes. However, contractual limitations on liability may not
be enforceable in certain circumstances or may otherwise not
provide sufficient protection to WebMD from liability for
damages. WebMD maintains liability insurance coverage, including
coverage for errors and omissions. However, it is possible that
claims could exceed the amount of WebMDs applicable
insurance coverage, if any, or that this coverage may not
continue to be available on acceptable terms or in sufficient
amounts. Even if these claims do not result in liability to
WebMD, investigating and defending against them could be
expensive and time consuming and would divert managements
attention away from WebMDs operations. In addition,
negative publicity caused by these events may delay or hinder
market acceptance of WebMDs services, including unrelated
services.
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Any
service interruption or failure in the systems that WebMD uses
to provide online services could harm WebMDs
business
WebMDs online services are designed to operate
24 hours a day, seven days a week, without interruption.
However, WebMD has experienced and expects that it will in the
future experience interruptions and delays in services and
availability from time to time. WebMD relies on internal systems
as well as third-party vendors, including data center providers
and bandwidth providers, to provide its online services. WebMD
does not maintain redundant systems or facilities for some of
these services. In the event of a catastrophic event with
respect to one or more of these systems or facilities, WebMD may
experience an extended period of system unavailability, which
could negatively impact its relationship with users. To operate
without interruption, both WebMD and its service providers must
guard against:
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damage from fire, power loss and other natural disasters;
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software and hardware errors, failures and crashes;
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security breaches, computer viruses and similar disruptive
problems; and
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other potential interruptions.
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Any disruption in the network access or co-location services
provided by third-party providers to WebMD or any failure by
these third-party providers or WebMDs own systems to
handle current or higher volume of use could significantly harm
WebMDs business. WebMD exercises little control over these
third-party vendors, which increases its vulnerability to
problems with services they provide.
Any errors, failures, interruptions or delays experienced in
connection with these third-party technologies and information
services or WebMDs own systems could negatively impact
WebMDs relationships with users and adversely affect its
brand and its business and could expose WebMD to liabilities to
third parties. Although WebMD maintains insurance for its
business, the coverage under its policies may not be adequate to
compensate it for all losses that may occur. In addition, we
cannot provide assurance that WebMD will continue to be able to
obtain adequate insurance coverage at an acceptable cost.
WebMDs
online services are dependent on the development and maintenance
of the Internet infrastructure
WebMDs ability to deliver its online services is dependent
on the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of the
Internet by third parties. The Internet has experienced a
variety of outages and other delays as a result of damages to
portions of its infrastructure, and it could face outages and
delays in the future. The Internet has also experienced, and is
likely to continue to experience, significant growth in the
number of users and the amount of traffic. If the Internet
continues to experience increased usage, the Internet
infrastructure may be unable to support the demands placed on
it. In addition, the reliability and performance of the Internet
may be harmed by increased usage or by denial-of-service
attacks. Any resulting interruptions in WebMDs services or
increases in response time could, if significant, result in a
loss of potential or existing users of and advertisers and
sponsors on WebMDs Web sites and, if sustained or
repeated, could reduce the attractiveness of WebMDs
services.
Customers who utilize WebMDs online services depend on
Internet service providers and other Web site operators for
access to WebMDs Web sites. All of these providers have
experienced significant outages in the past and could experience
outages, delays and other difficulties in the future due to
system failures unrelated to WebMDs systems. Any such
outages or other failures on their part could reduce traffic to
WebMDs Web sites.
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Implementation
of additions to or changes in hardware and software platforms
used to deliver WebMDs online services may result in
performance problems and may not provide the additional
functionality that was expected
From time to time, WebMD implements additions to or changes in
the hardware and software platforms that it uses for providing
its online services. During and after the implementation of
additions or changes, a platform may not perform as expected,
which could result in interruptions in operations, an increase
in response time or an inability to track performance metrics.
In addition, in connection with integrating acquired businesses,
WebMD may move their operations to its hardware and software
platforms or make other changes, any of which could result in
interruptions in those operations. Any significant interruption
in WebMDs ability to operate any of its online services
could have an adverse effect on its relationships with users and
clients and, as a result, on its financial results. WebMD relies
on a combination of purchasing, licensing, internal development,
and acquisitions to develop its hardware and software platforms.
WebMDs implementation of additions to or changes in these
platforms may cost more than originally expected, may take
longer than originally expected, and may require more testing
than originally anticipated. In addition, we cannot provide
assurance that additions to or changes in these platforms will
provide the additional functionality and other benefits that
were originally expected.
If the
systems WebMD uses to provide online portals experience security
breaches or are otherwise perceived to be insecure, its business
could suffer
WebMD retains and transmits confidential information, including
personal health records, in the processing centers and other
facilities it uses to provide online services. It is critical
that these facilities and infrastructure remain secure and be
perceived by the marketplace as secure. A security breach could
damage WebMDs reputation or result in liability. WebMD may
be required to expend significant capital and other resources to
protect against security breaches and hackers or to alleviate
problems caused by breaches. Despite the implementation of
security measures, this infrastructure or other systems that
WebMD interfaces with, including the Internet and related
systems, may be vulnerable to physical break-ins, hackers,
improper employee or contractor access, computer viruses,
programming errors, denial-of-service attacks or other attacks
by third parties or similar disruptive problems. Any compromise
of WebMDs security, whether as a result of its own systems
or the systems that they interface with, could reduce demand for
its services and could subject WebMD to legal claims from its
clients and users, including for breach of contract or breach of
warranty.
WebMD
faces potential liability related to the privacy and security of
personal information it collects from or on behalf of users of
its services
Privacy of personal health information, particularly personal
health information stored or transmitted electronically, is a
major issue in the United States. The Privacy Standards under
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(or HIPAA) establish a set of basic national privacy standards
for the protection of individually identifiable health
information by health plans, healthcare clearinghouses and
healthcare providers (referred to as covered entities) and their
business associates. Only covered entities are directly subject
to potential civil and criminal liability under the Privacy
Standards. Accordingly, the Privacy Standards do not apply
directly to WebMD. However, portions of WebMDs business,
such as those managing employee or plan member health
information for employers or health plans, are or may be
business associates of covered entities and are bound by certain
contracts and agreements to use and disclose protected health
information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Standards.
Depending on the facts and circumstances, WebMD could
potentially be subject to criminal liability for aiding and
abetting or conspiring with a covered entity to violate the
Privacy Standards. We cannot assure you that WebMD will
adequately address the risks created by the Privacy Standards.
In addition, we are unable to predict what changes to the
Privacy Standards might be made in the future or how those
changes could affect our business. Any new legislation or
regulation in the area of privacy of personal information,
including personal health information, could also affect the way
WebMD operates its business and could harm its business.
In addition, Internet user privacy is a major issue both in the
United States and abroad. WebMD has privacy policies posted on
its Web sites that it believes comply with applicable laws
requiring notice to users
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about WebMDs information collection, use and disclosure
practices. However, whether and how existing privacy and
consumer protection laws in various jurisdictions apply to the
Internet is still uncertain. In addition, WebMD notifies users
about its information collection, use and disclosure practices
relating to data it receives through offline means such as paper
health risk assessments. However, we cannot assure you that the
privacy policies and other statements WebMD provides to users of
its products and services, or WebMDs practices will be
found sufficient to protect it from liability or adverse
publicity in this area.
Failure
to maintain its CME accreditation could adversely affect
WebMDs ability to provide online CME offerings
WebMDs CME activities are planned and implemented in
accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, or
ACCME, which oversees providers of CME credit, and other
applicable accreditation standards. In September 2004, ACCME
revised its standards for commercial support of CME. The revised
standards are intended to ensure, among other things, that CME
activities of ACCME-accredited providers are independent of
providers of healthcare goods and services that fund the
development of CME. ACCME required accredited providers to
implement these standards by May 2005. Implementation required
additional disclosures to CME participants about those in a
position to influence content and other adjustments to the
management and operations of our CME programs. WebMD believes it
has modified its procedures as appropriate to meet the revised
standards. However, WebMD cannot be certain whether these
adjustments will ensure that it meets these standards or predict
whether ACCME may impose additional requirements.
If ACCME concludes that WebMD has not met its revised standards
relating to CME, WebMD would not be permitted to offer
accredited ACCME activities to physicians and other healthcare
professionals, and WebMD may be required, instead, to use third
parties to accredit such CME-related services on Medscape
from WebMD. In addition, any failure to maintain
WebMDs status as an accredited ACCME provider as a result
of a failure to comply with existing or additional ACCME
standards or other requirements could discourage potential
sponsors from engaging in CME or education related activities
with WebMD, which could have a material adverse effect on its
business.
Government
regulation and industry initiatives could adversely affect the
volume of sponsored online CME programs implemented through
WebMDs Web sites or require changes to how WebMD offers
CME
CME activities may be subject to government regulation by the
FDA, the OIG, or HHS, the federal agency responsible for
interpreting certain federal laws relating to healthcare, and by
state regulatory agencies. During the past several years,
educational programs, including CME, directed toward physicians
have been subject to increased scrutiny to ensure that sponsors
do not influence or control the content of the program. In
response to governmental and industry initiatives,
pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies have been
developing and implementing internal controls and procedures
that promote adherence to applicable regulations and
requirements. In implementing these controls and procedures,
different clients may interpret the regulations and requirements
differently and may implement procedures or requirements that
vary from client to client. These controls and procedures:
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may discourage pharmaceutical companies from engaging in
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may slow their internal approval for such programs;
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may reduce the volume of sponsored educational programs
implemented through WebMDs Web sites to levels that are
lower than in the past; and
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may require WebMD to make changes to how it offers or provides
educational programs, including CME.
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In addition, future changes to existing regulations or to the
internal compliance programs of clients or potential clients,
may further discourage or prohibit clients or potential clients
from engaging in educational activities with WebMD, or may
require WebMD to make further changes in the way it offers or
provides educational programs.
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Risks
Related to ViPS
ViPS
depends on CMS for a significant portion of its revenues and, if
ViPS reputation or relationship with CMS were harmed,
ViPS financial results would be adversely
affected
ViPS is heavily dependent upon The Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, as its primary
source of revenue (directly as a prime contractor or indirectly
as a subcontractor) and we believe that the success and
development of its business will continue to depend on its
successful participation in CMS contract programs. ViPS
generated approximately 71% of its revenue from CMS (as prime
contractor or as a subcontractor) in 2006 and approximately 72%
of its revenue in 2005. ViPS reputation and relationship
with CMS is a key factor in maintaining and growing revenues
under contracts with CMS. Negative press reports regarding poor
contract performance, employee misconduct, information security
breaches or other aspects of our business (including aspects of
HLTHs business that are unrelated to ViPS) could harm
ViPS reputation. If ViPS reputation with CMS is
negatively affected, or if it is suspended or debarred from
contracting with government agencies for any reason, such
actions would decrease the amount of business that CMS does with
ViPS and ViPS financial results would be adversely
affected.
ViPS and other potential CMS contractors are currently awaiting
an award announcement after responding to a Request for
Proposals issued by CMS for a new, indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ), performance-based
contracting vehicle named Enterprise Systems Development, or
ESD, under which ViPS expects CMS to award four to six prime
contracts to the bidders that are selected through the process.
We understand that it is CMS intent to procure most, if
not all, information technology development work through this
contract vehicle for approximately the next 10 years. If
ViPS is not selected to be one of the four to six prime
contractors under ESD, it will have only the more limited
opportunity to pursue work under ESD as a subcontractor. There
can be no assurance that ViPS will be awarded a prime contract
under ESD or, if it is not awarded a prime contract, that
opportunities as a subcontractor will be available or that ViPS
will be selected as a subcontractor. As a result, if ViPS is not
awarded a prime contract under ESD, its revenue from CMS
programs could be significantly reduced, which could adversely
affect ViPS financial results.
In addition, contracts under ESD will have significantly greater
compliance obligations for prime contractors and subcontractors
than contracts issued under the predecessor Professional
Technology Services or PITS contracting vehicle. These
compliance obligations may make performance under ESD more
difficult and costly than performance under PITS, which could
adversely affect ViPS financial results.
In recent years, CMS has been required to increase the amount of
business it does with small businesses. This trend is expected
to continue and may decrease the amount of business that CMS
does with ViPS and adversely affect ViPS financial results.
ViPS
depends on being retained as a subcontractor by other CMS
contractors for a significant portion of its revenues and, if
ViPS reputation or relationships with CMS or such
contractors were harmed, ViPS financial results would be
adversely affected
ViPS depends on being retained as a subcontractor by other CMS
contractors for a significant portion of its revenues. ViPS
generated approximately 17% of its revenue in 2006 and
approximately 18% of its revenue in 2005 from acting as a
subcontractor for other CMS contractors. ViPS financial
results could be adversely affected if other CMS contractors
eliminate or reduce their subcontracts with ViPS (which could
occur if, for example, ViPS reputation or relationship
with CMS is negatively affected as discussed above) or if CMS
terminates or reduces these other contractors programs,
does not award them new contracts or refuses to pay under a
contract.
CMS may
modify, curtail or terminate contracts prior to their completion
and, if ViPS does not replace them, its financial results may
suffer
Many of the CMS contracts in which ViPS participates as a
contractor or subcontractor may extend for several years. These
programs are normally funded on an annual basis. Under these
contracts, CMS generally has the right not to exercise options
to extend or expand ViPS contracts and may modify, curtail
or terminate
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the contracts and subcontracts at its convenience. Any decision
by CMS not to exercise contract options or to modify, curtail or
terminate ViPS major programs or contracts would adversely
affect ViPS financial results.
ViPS
CMS contracts may be terminated and ViPS may be liable for
penalties under a variety of procurement rules and
regulations
ViPS must comply with laws and regulations relating to the
formation, administration and performance of CMS contracts. Such
laws and regulations may potentially impose added costs on
ViPS business and its failure to comply with them may lead
to penalties and the termination of its CMS contracts. Some
significant regulations that affect ViPS include the following:
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regulate the formation, administration and performance of
U.S. Government contracts;
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The Truth in Negotiations Act, which requires certification and
disclosure of cost and pricing data in connection with contract
negotiations; and
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The Cost Accounting Standards, which impose accounting
requirements that govern ViPS right to reimbursement under
certain cost-based government contracts.
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ViPS contracts with CMS are subject to periodic review,
investigation and audit by the government. If such a review,
investigation or audit identifies improper or illegal
activities, ViPS (or possibly HLTH as a whole) may be subject to
civil or criminal penalties or administrative sanctions,
including the termination of contracts, forfeiture of profits,
the triggering of price reduction clauses, suspension of
payments, fines and suspension or debarment from doing business
with U.S. Government agencies. ViPS could also suffer harm
to its reputation if allegations of impropriety were made
against it, which could impair its or HLTHs ability to win
awards of contracts in the future or to receive renewals of
existing contracts. If ViPS incurs a material penalty or
administrative sanction or otherwise suffers harm to its
reputation, ViPS financial results could be adversely
affected.
For additional information regarding risks relating to
government contracting, see Risks Applicable to Our
Entire Company and to Ownership of Our Securities
Contractual relationships with governmental customers may impose
special burdens and additional risks on us that are not
generally found in contracts with other customers
below.
ViPS is
subject to routine audits and cost adjustments by CMS, which, if
resolved unfavorably to ViPS, could adversely affect its
profitability
U.S. Government agencies routinely audit and review their
contractors performance on contracts, cost structure,
pricing practices and compliance with applicable laws,
regulations and standards. They also review the adequacy of, and
a contractors compliance with, its internal control
systems and policies, including the contractors
purchasing, property, estimating, compensation and management
information systems. Such audits may result in adjustments to
ViPS contract costs, and any costs found to be improperly
allocated will not be reimbursed. ViPS records contract revenues
based upon costs it expects to realize upon final audit.
However, ViPS may not be able to accurately predict the outcome
of future audits and adjustments and, if future audit
adjustments exceed its estimates, ViPS profitability could
be adversely affected.
Changes
in government regulations or practices could adversely affect
ViPS financial results
The U.S. Government
and/or CMS
may revise procurement practices or adopt new contract rules and
regulations at any time. Any changes could impair ViPS
ability to obtain new contracts or contracts under which it
currently performs when those contracts are put up for
recompetition bids. In addition, new contracting methods could
be costly or administratively difficult for ViPS to implement
and could adversely affect its financial results.
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If
subcontractors with which ViPS works fail to satisfy their
obligations to ViPS or to the customers, ViPS reputation
and financial results could be adversely affected
ViPS depends on subcontractors in conducting its business. There
is a risk that ViPS may have disputes with its subcontractors
arising from, among other things, the quality and timeliness of
work performed by the subcontractor, customer concerns about the
subcontractor, and ViPS failure to extend existing task
orders or issue new task orders under a subcontract. In
addition, if any of ViPS subcontractors fail to perform
the
agreed-upon
services, ViPS ability to fulfill its obligations may be
jeopardized. If that happens, it could result in a customer
terminating a contract for default. A termination for default
could expose ViPS to liability and have an adverse effect on
ViPS ability to compete for future contracts and orders,
especially if the customer is CMS.
If
ViPS systems experience security breaches or are otherwise
perceived to be insecure, its business could suffer
A security breach could damage ViPS reputation or result
in liability. ViPS designs and manages systems that retain and
transmit confidential information, including patient health
information, in its business operations with CMS and commercial
health payers and other facilities. It is critical that
ViPS systems and infrastructure remain secure and be
perceived by the marketplace as secure. ViPS may be required to
expend significant capital and other resources to protect
against security breaches and hackers or to alleviate problems
caused by breaches or to undergo external audit testing of its
security programs. Despite the implementation of security
measures, ViPS infrastructure or other systems with which
it interfaces, including the Internet and related systems, may
be vulnerable to physical break-ins, hackers, improper employee
or contractor access, computer viruses, programming errors,
denial-of-service attacks or other attacks by third parties or
similar disruptive problems. Any compromise of ViPS
security, whether as a result of its own systems or interfacing
systems, could reduce demand for ViPS services and, as a
result, have an adverse effect on ViPS financial results.
Lengthy
sales, installation and implementation cycles for some ViPS
applications may result in unanticipated fluctuations in its
revenues
ViPS provides licensed software products and related services to
commercial payers and information technology services to
government customers. The period from ViPS initial contact
with a potential client and the purchase of a ViPS solution by
the client is difficult to predict. In the past, this period has
generally ranged from six to 12 months, but in some cases
has extended much longer. Sales by ViPS may be subject to delays
due to customers internal procedures for approving large
expenditures, to delays in government funding and to delays
resulting from other factors outside of our control. The time it
takes to implement a licensed software solution is also
difficult to predict and has lasted as long as 12 months
from contract execution to the commencement of live operation.
Implementation may be subject to delays based on the
availability of the internal resources of the client that are
needed and other factors outside of ViPS control. As a
result, ViPS has only limited ability to forecast the timing of
revenue from new sales. During the sales cycle and the
implementation period, ViPS may expend substantial time, effort
and money preparing contract proposals and negotiating contracts
without receiving any related revenue.
ViPS
could be subject to breach of warranty, product liability or
other claims if software or services it provides contain errors
or do not meet contractual performance standards
ViPS software products and the services ViPS provides are
inherently complex and, despite testing and quality control,
ViPS cannot be certain that errors will not be found. Errors in
the software or services that ViPS provides to customers could
cause serious problems for its customers. If problems like these
occur, ViPS customers may seek compensation from ViPS or
may seek to terminate their agreements with ViPS, withhold
payments due to ViPS, seek refunds from ViPS of part or all of
the fees charged under those agreements or initiate litigation
or other dispute resolution procedures. In addition, ViPS may be
subject to claims against it by others affected by any such
problems. In addition, ViPS could face breach of warranty or
other claims or additional development costs if its software and
services do not meet contractual performance
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standards, do not perform in accordance with their
documentation, or do not meet the expectations that its
customers have for them.
ViPS attempts to limit, by contract, its liability for damages
arising from its negligence, errors or mistakes. However,
contractual limitations on liability may not be enforceable in
certain circumstances or may otherwise not provide sufficient
protection to ViPS from liability for damages. ViPS maintains
liability insurance coverage, including coverage for errors and
omissions. However, it is possible that claims could exceed the
amount of the applicable insurance coverage, if any, or that
this coverage may not continue to be available on acceptable
terms or in sufficient amounts. Even if these claims do not
result in liability to ViPS, investigating and defending against
them could be expensive and time consuming and could divert
managements attention away from operations. In addition,
negative publicity caused by these events may delay market
acceptance of ViPS products and services, including
unrelated products and services, or may harm its reputation and
business.
ViPS
HealthPayer Solutions Group depends on Blue Cross Blue Shield
Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association for a
significant portion of it revenue and, if its reputation or
relationship with the BCBS business community were harmed, that
business would be adversely affected.
ViPSs HealthPayer Solutions Group depends on Blue Cross
Blue Shield (BCBS) Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield
Association (BCBSA) for a significant portion of its revenue.
The HealthPayer Solutions Groups reputation and
relationship with BCBS Plans and BCBSA is a key factor in
maintaining and growing these revenues. Negative press reports,
employee misconduct, information security breaches or
performance problems with one or more of the HealthPayer
Solutions Groups products or services could harm the
HealthPayer Solutions Groups reputation and cause BCBS
Plans or BCBSA to reduce or terminate their use of its products
and services. In addition, similar problems involving other
businesses of HLTH (including other businesses of ViPS) could
also have an adverse effect on the HealthPayer Solutions
Groups reputation and its relationships with BCBS Plans or
BCBSA.
In order
to attract and retain customers, ViPS HealthPayer Solutions
Group must develop and implement new and updated software
products
ViPS HealthPayer Solutions Group must introduce new software
products and improve the functionality of its existing products
in a timely manner in order to retain existing customers and
attract new ones. If ViPS does not respond successfully to
technological and regulatory changes and evolving industry
standards, its products may become obsolete.
The development
and/or
implementation by ViPS of new software applications and features
may cost more than expected, may take longer than originally
expected, may require more testing than originally anticipated
and may require the acquisition of additional personnel and
other resources. There can be no assurance that the revenue
opportunities from any new or updated applications or features
will justify the amounts spent.
Risks
Related to Porex
Porexs
success depends upon demand for its products, which in some
cases ultimately depends upon end-user demand for the products
of its customers
Demand for our Porex products may change materially as a result
of economic or market conditions and other trends that affect
the industries in which Porex participates. In addition, because
a significant portion of our Porex products are components that
are eventually integrated into or used with products
manufactured by customers for resale to end-users, the demand
for these product components is dependent on product development
cycles and marketing efforts of these other manufacturers, as
well as variations in their inventory levels, which are factors
that we are unable to control. Accordingly, the amount of
Porexs sales to manufacturer customers can be difficult to
predict and subject to wide quarter-to-quarter variances.
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Porex
faces significant competition for its products
Porex operates in competitive markets and its products are, in
general, used in applications that are affected by technological
change and product obsolescence. The competitors for
Porexs porous plastic products include other producers of
porous plastic materials as well as companies that manufacture
and sell products made from materials other than porous plastics
that can be used for the same purposes as Porexs products.
For example, Porexs porous plastic pen nibs compete with
felt and fiber tips manufactured by a variety of suppliers
worldwide. Other Porex porous plastic products compete,
depending on the application, with membrane material, porous
metals, metal screens, fiberglass tubes, pleated paper,
resin-impregnated felt, ceramics and other substances and
devices. Some of Porexs competitors may have greater
financial, technical, product development, marketing and other
resources than Porex does. We cannot provide assurance that
Porex will be able to compete successfully against these
companies or against particular products they provide or may
provide in the future.
Porexs
product offerings must meet changing customer
requirements
A significant portion of our Porex products are integrated into
end products used by manufacturing companies in various
industries, some of which are characterized by rapidly changing
technology, evolving industry standards and frequent new product
introductions. Accordingly, to satisfy its customers, Porex must
develop and introduce, in a timely manner, products that meet
changing customer requirements at competitive prices. To do
this, Porex must:
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develop new uses of existing porous plastics technologies and
applications;
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innovate and develop new porous plastics technologies and
applications;
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commercialize those technologies and applications;
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manufacture at a cost that allows it to price its products
competitively;
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manufacture and deliver its products in sufficient volumes and
on time;
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accurately anticipate customer needs; and
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We cannot assure you that Porex will be able to develop new or
enhanced products or that, if it does, those products will
achieve market acceptance. If Porex does not introduce new
products in a timely manner and make enhancements to existing
products to meet the changing needs of its customers, some of
its products could become obsolete over time, in which case
Porexs customer relationships, revenue and operating
results would be negatively impacted.
Potential
new or enhanced Porex products may not achieve sufficient sales
to be profitable or justify the cost of their
development
We cannot be certain, when we engage in Porex research and
development activities, whether potential new products or
product enhancements will be accepted by the customers for which
they are intended. Achieving market acceptance for new or
enhanced products may require substantial marketing efforts and
expenditure of significant funds to create awareness and demand
by potential customers. In addition, sales and marketing efforts
with respect to these products may require the use of additional
resources for training our existing Porex sales forces and
customer service personnel and for hiring and training
additional salespersons and customer service personnel. There
can be no assurance that the revenue opportunities from new or
enhanced products will justify amounts spent for their
development and marketing. In addition, there can be no
assurance that any pricing strategy that we implement for any
new or enhanced Porex products will be economically viable or
acceptable to the target markets.
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Porex may
not be able to source the raw materials it needs or may have to
pay more for those raw materials
Some of Porexs products require high-grade plastic resins
with specific properties as raw materials. While Porex has not
experienced any material difficulty in obtaining adequate
supplies of high-grade plastic resins that meet its
requirements, it relies on a limited number of sources for some
of these plastic resins. If Porex experiences a reduction or
interruption in supply from these sources, it may not be able to
access alternative sources of supply within a reasonable period
of time or at commercially reasonable rates, which could have a
material adverse effect on its business and financial results.
In addition, the prices of some of the raw materials that Porex
uses depend, to a great extent, on the price of petroleum. As a
result, increases in the price of petroleum could have an
adverse effect on Porexs margins and on the ability of
Porexs porous plastics products to compete with products
made from other raw materials.
Disruptions
in Porexs manufacturing operations could have a material
adverse effect on its business and financial results
Any significant disruption in Porexs manufacturing
operations, including as a result of fire, power interruptions,
equipment malfunctions, labor disputes, material shortages,
earthquakes, floods, computer viruses, sabotage, terrorist acts
or other force majeure, could have a material adverse effect on
Porexs ability to deliver products to customers and,
accordingly, its financial results.
Porex may
not be able to keep third parties from using technology it has
developed
Porex uses proprietary technology for manufacturing its porous
plastics products and its success is dependent, to a significant
extent, on its ability to protect the proprietary and
confidential aspects of its technology. Although Porex owns
certain patents, it relies primarily on non-patented proprietary
manufacturing processes. To protect its proprietary processes,
Porex relies on a combination of trade secret laws, license
agreements, nondisclosure and other contractual provisions and
technical measures, including designing and manufacturing its
porous molding equipment and most of its molds in-house. Trade
secret laws do not afford the statutory exclusivity possible for
patented processes. There can be no assurance that the legal
protections afforded to Porex or the steps taken by Porex will
be adequate to prevent misappropriation of its technology. In
addition, these protections do not prevent independent
third-party development of competitive products or services.
The
nature of Porexs products exposes it to product liability
claims that may not be adequately covered by indemnity
agreements or insurance
The products sold by Porex, whether sold directly to end-users
or sold to other manufacturers for inclusion in the products
that they sell, expose it to potential risk of product liability
claims, particularly with respect to Porexs life sciences,
clinical, surgical and medical products. In addition, Porex is
subject to the risk that a government authority or third party
may require it to recall one or more of its products. Some of
Porexs products are designed to be permanently implanted
in the human body. Design defects and manufacturing defects with
respect to such products sold by Porex or failures that occur
with the products of Porexs manufacturer customers that
contain components made by Porex could result in product
liability claims
and/or a
recall of one or more of Porexs products. Porex believes
that it carries adequate insurance coverage against product
liability claims and other risks. We cannot assure you, however,
that claims in excess of Porexs insurance coverage will
not arise. In addition, Porexs insurance policies must be
renewed annually. Although Porex has been able to obtain
adequate insurance coverage at an acceptable cost in the past,
we cannot assure you that Porex will continue to be able to
obtain adequate insurance coverage at an acceptable cost.
In most instances, Porex enters into indemnity agreements with
its manufacturing customers. These indemnity agreements
generally provide that these customers would indemnify Porex
from liabilities that may arise from the sale of their products
that incorporate Porex components to, or the use of such
products by, end-users. While Porex generally seeks contractual
indemnification from its customers, any such
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indemnification is limited, as a practical matter, to the
creditworthiness of the indemnifying party. If Porex does not
have adequate contractual indemnification available, product
liability claims, to the extent not covered by insurance, could
have a material adverse effect on its business and its financial
results.
Economic,
political and other risks associated with Porexs
international sales and geographically diverse operations could
adversely affect Porexs operations and financial
results
Since Porex sells its products worldwide, its business is
subject to risks associated with doing business internationally.
In addition, Porex has manufacturing facilities in the United
Kingdom, Germany and Malaysia. Accordingly, Porexs
operations and financial results could be harmed by a variety of
factors, including:
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changes in a specific countrys or regions political
or economic conditions, particularly in emerging markets;
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trade protection measures and import or export licensing
requirements;
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differing protection of intellectual property rights in
different countries; and
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Environmental
regulation could adversely affect Porexs
business
Porex is subject to foreign and domestic environmental laws and
regulations and is subject to scheduled and random checks by
environmental authorities. Porexs business involves the
handling, storage and disposal of materials that are classified
as hazardous. Although Porexs safety procedures for
handling, storage and disposal of these materials are designed
to comply with the standards prescribed by applicable laws and
regulations, Porex may be held liable for any environmental
damages that result from Porexs operations. Porex may be
required to pay fines, remediation costs and damages, which
could have a material adverse effect on its results of
operations.
Risks
Related to Our Investment in EBSCo
We have a
minority investment in EBSCo, which is now a highly leveraged
company
In November 2006, we sold a majority interest in EBS to an
affiliate of General Atlantic LLC. The acquisition was financed
in part with approximately $925 million in bank debt, which
is an obligation of EBSCos subsidiaries and guaranteed by
EBSCo. The debt incurred in connection with this transaction
will reduce the profitability of EBSCo and the loan agreements
related to this debt contain covenants restricting payment of
dividends by EBSCo. In addition, if EBSCos subsidiaries
are not able to service this debt with cash flow from
operations, that could have a material adverse effect on
EBSCos results of operations and the value of our
investment. Moreover, as a holder of a minority interest in
EBSCo, we do not have voting control over the entity, and are
not able to make decisions regarding the affairs of EBSCo except
to the extent specifically provided for in EBSCos
corporate governance documents.
EBS may
not be able to maintain its existing relationships with
healthcare payers or to develop new ones on satisfactory
terms
There can be no assurance that healthcare payers will continue
to use EBS and other independent companies to transmit
healthcare EDI transactions or for related services. Some of
EBSs existing payer and provider customers compete with it
or plan to do so or belong to alliances that compete with it or
plan to do so or have made investments in EBSs
competitors. For example, some payers currently offer, through
affiliated clearinghouses, Web portals and other means, EDI
services to healthcare providers that allow the provider to
bypass third-party EDI service providers such as EBS, and
additional payers may do so in the
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future. The ability of payers to do so may adversely affect the
terms and conditions EBS is able to negotiate in its agreements
with them. We cannot provide assurance that EBS will be able to
maintain its existing relationships with payers or develop new
relationships on satisfactory terms. To the extent that it is
not able to do so, EBSs transaction volume and financial
results could be adversely affected, which would reduce the
value of our investment in EBSCo.
EBS may
not be able to maintain its existing relationships with practice
management system vendors and large submitters of healthcare EDI
transactions or to develop new ones on satisfactory
terms
EBS has developed relationships with practice management system
vendors and large submitters of healthcare claims to increase
the usage of its transaction services. In the past several
years, there has been consolidation of practice management
systems vendors, including among some of the larger such
vendors, which may increase their bargaining power in
negotiations with EBS. To the extent that it is not able to
maintain mutually satisfactory relationships with the larger
practice management system vendors and large submitters of
healthcare EDI transactions, EBSs transaction volume and
financial results could be adversely affected, which would
reduce the value of our investment in EBSCo.
New or
updated products and services of EBS will not become profitable
unless they achieve sufficient levels of market
acceptance
The future financial results of EBSCo and the value of our
investment in it will depend, in part, on whether its new or
updated products and services receive sufficient customer
acceptance, including:
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the business process outsourcing services for payers that it has
developed internally and through acquisitions;
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electronic billing, payment and remittance services for
healthcare payers and providers that complement its existing
paper based paid claims communication and patient billing
services; and
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its other pre- and post-adjudication services for payers and
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There can be no assurance that payers and providers who use EBS
for sending and receiving claims will use its other services.
Providers and payers may choose to use similar products and
services offered by our competitors, especially if they are
already using products and services of those competitors and
have made investments in hardware, software and training
relating to those products and services. Even providers and
payers that are already customers of EBS may not purchase new or
updated products or services, especially when they are initially
offered or if they require additional equipment or changes in
workflow. Failure to achieve broad penetration in target markets
with respect to new or updated products and services could have
an adverse effect on the business prospects and financial
results of EBS, which would reduce the value of our investment
in EBSCo.
For services that EBS is developing or may develop in the
future, there can be no assurance that it will attract
sufficient customers or that such services will generate
sufficient revenues to cover the costs of developing, marketing
and providing those services. In addition, the introduction of
future products and services may require or make advisable
related changes in the manner in which EBS markets, delivers and
prices its products and services, including pre-existing
products and services. There can be no assurance that any
pricing strategy that EBS implements for any new products and
services will be economically viable or acceptable to the target
markets.
EBSs
ability to provide transaction services depends on services
provided by telecommunications companies
EBS relies on a limited number of suppliers to provide some of
the telecommunications services necessary for its transaction
services. The telecommunications industry has been subject to
significant changes as a result of changes in technology,
regulation and the underlying economy. In the past several
years, many telecommunications companies have experienced
financial problems and some have sought bankruptcy protection.
Some of these companies have discontinued telecommunications
services for which they had
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contractual obligations to EBS. There has also been
consolidation of telecommunications companies, further reducing
the number of telecommunications companies competing for
business. EBSs inability to source telecommunications
services at reasonable prices due to a loss of competitive
suppliers could affect its ability to maintain its margins until
it is able to raise its prices to its customers and, if it is
not able to raise its prices, could have an adverse effect on
EBSCos financial results and the value of our investment
in it.
If
EBSs systems experience security breaches or are otherwise
perceived to be insecure, its business could suffer
A security breach could damage EBSs reputation or result
in liability. EBS retains and transmits confidential
information, including patient health information, in its
processing centers and other facilities. It is critical that
these facilities and infrastructure remain secure and be
perceived by the marketplace as secure. EBS may be required to
expend significant capital and other resources to protect
against security breaches and hackers or to alleviate problems
caused by breaches. Despite the implementation of security
measures, EBSs infrastructure or other systems that it
interfaces with, including the Internet and related systems, may
be vulnerable to physical break-ins, hackers, improper employee
or contractor access, computer viruses, programming errors,
denial-of-service attacks or other attacks by third parties or
similar disruptive problems. Any compromise of EBSs
security, whether as a result of its own systems or systems that
they interface with, could reduce demand for EBSs services
and, as a result, have an adverse effect on EBSCos
financial results and the value of our investment in it.
Performance
problems with EBSs systems or system failures, whether
caused by hardware, software or other problems, could cause EBS
to lose business or incur liabilities
EBSs customer satisfaction and its business could be
harmed if it experiences transmission delays or failures or loss
of data in the systems it uses to provide services to its
customers, including the transaction-related services that it
provides to healthcare payers. These systems, and the software
used in these systems, are complex and, despite testing and
quality control, EBS cannot be certain that problems will not
occur or that they will be detected and corrected promptly if
they do occur. To operate without interruption, both EBS and the
third-party service providers that EBS uses must guard against:
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damage from fire, power loss and other natural disasters;
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security breaches, computer viruses and similar disruptive
problems; and
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other potential interruptions.
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EBS has contingency plans for emergencies with the systems it
uses to provide services; however, it has limited backup
facilities if these systems are not functioning. The occurrence
of a major catastrophic event or other system failure at any of
EBSs facilities or at a third-party facility it uses could
interrupt EBSs services or result in the loss of stored
data, which could have a material adverse impact on EBSs
business or cause it to incur material liabilities. Although EBS
maintains insurance for its business, we cannot guarantee that
its insurance will be adequate to compensate it for all losses
that may occur or that this coverage will continue to be
available on acceptable terms or in sufficient amounts.
Risks
Related to Providing Products and Services to the Healthcare
Industry
Developments
in the healthcare industry could adversely affect our
businesses
Most of the revenue of WebMD, ViPS and EBS is derived from
healthcare industry participants and could be affected by
changes affecting healthcare spending. In addition, a
significant portion of Porexs revenue comes from products
used in healthcare or related applications. WebMDs
advertising and sponsorship revenue
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is particularly dependent on pharmaceutical, biotechnology and
medical device companies General reductions in expenditures by
healthcare industry participants could result from, among other
things:
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government regulation or private initiatives that affect the
manner in which healthcare providers interact with patients,
payers or other healthcare industry participants, including
changes in pricing or means of delivery of healthcare products
and services;
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consolidation of healthcare industry participants;
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reductions in governmental funding for healthcare or in tax
benefits applicable to healthcare expenditures; and
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adverse changes in business or economic conditions affecting
healthcare payers or providers, pharmaceutical companies,
medical device manufacturers or other healthcare industry
participants.
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Even if general expenditures by healthcare industry participants
remain the same or increase, developments in the healthcare
industry may result in reduced spending in some or all of the
specific markets we serve or EBS serves. For example, use of our
or EBSs products and services could be affected by:
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changes in the billing patterns of healthcare providers;
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changes in the design of health insurance plans;
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changes in the contracting methods payers use in their
relationships with providers;
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a decrease in the number of new drugs or medical devices coming
to market; and
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decreases in marketing expenditures by pharmaceutical companies
or medical device manufacturers, including as a result of
governmental regulation or private initiatives that discourage
or prohibit promotional activities by pharmaceutical or medical
device companies.
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In addition, healthcare industry participants expectations
regarding pending or potential industry developments may also
affect their budgeting processes and spending plans with respect
to products and services of the types we provide.
The healthcare industry has changed significantly in recent
years and we expect that significant changes will continue to
occur. However, the timing and impact of developments in the
healthcare industry are difficult to predict. We cannot provide
assurance that the markets for our products and services will
continue to exist at current levels or that we will have
adequate technical, financial and marketing resources to react
to changes in those markets.
Government
regulation of healthcare creates risks and challenges with
respect to the compliance efforts and business strategies of
WebMD, ViPS, Porex and EBS
The healthcare industry is highly regulated and is subject to
changing political, legislative, regulatory and other
influences. Existing and new laws and regulations affecting the
healthcare industry could create unexpected liabilities for us,
could cause us to incur additional costs and could restrict our
operations. Similar risks apply to EBS. Many healthcare laws are
complex and their application to specific products and services
may not be clear. In particular, many existing healthcare laws
and regulations, when enacted, did not anticipate the healthcare
information services and technology solutions that we provide.
However, these laws and regulations may nonetheless be applied
to our products and services. Our failure to accurately
anticipate the application of these laws and regulations, or
other failure to comply, could create liability for us, result
in adverse publicity and negatively affect our businesses. Some
of the risks that we face from healthcare regulation are as
follows:
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because WebMDs public portals business involves
advertising and promotion of prescription and over-the-counter
drugs and medical devices, any increase in regulation of these
areas could make it more difficult for WebMD to contract for
sponsorships and advertising;
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because WebMD is the leading distributor of online CME to
healthcare professionals, any failure to maintain its status as
an accredited CME provider or any change in government
regulation of CME or in industry practices could adversely
affect WebMDs business;
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because Porex manufactures medical devices for implantation, it
is subject to extensive FDA regulation, as well as foreign
regulatory requirements;
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because we provide products and services to healthcare
providers, our sales and promotional practices must comply with
federal and state anti-kickback laws; and
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in providing health information to consumers, we must not engage
in activities that could be deemed to be practicing medicine and
a violation of applicable laws.
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Some of the risks that EBS faces from healthcare regulations are
as follows:
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because EBS is in the business of applying information
technology to healthcare, various aspects of HIPAA have had and
are expected to continue to have significant consequences for
EBS; and
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EBSs healthcare connectivity and transaction-related
administrative services must be provided in compliance with
federal and state false claims laws.
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For more information regarding the risks that healthcare
regulation creates for our businesses and for EBS, see
Business Government Regulation in our
Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Risks
Applicable to Our Entire Company and to Ownership of Our
Securities
The
ongoing investigations by the United States Attorney for the
District of South Carolina and the SEC could negatively impact
our company and divert management attention from our business
operations
The United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina is
conducting an investigation of our company. Based on the
information available to HLTH as of the date of this Quarterly
Report, we believe that the investigation relates principally to
issues of financial accounting improprieties for Medical Manager
Corporation, a predecessor of HLTH (by its merger into HLTH in
September 2000), and Medical Manager Health Systems, a former
subsidiary of HLTH; however, we cannot be sure of the
investigations exact scope or how long it may continue. In
addition, HLTH understands that the SEC is conducting a formal
investigation into this matter. Adverse developments in
connection with the investigations, if any, including as a
result of matters that the authorities or HLTH may discover,
could have a negative impact on our company and on how it is
perceived by investors and potential investors and customers and
potential customers. In addition, the management effort and
attention required to respond to the investigations and any such
developments could have a negative impact on our business
operations.
HLTH intends to continue to fully cooperate with the authorities
in this matter. We believe that the amount of the expenses that
we will incur in connection with the investigations will
continue to be significant and we are not able to determine, at
this time, what portion of those amounts may ultimately be
covered by insurance or may ultimately be repaid to us by
individuals to whom we are advancing amounts for their defense
costs. In connection with the sale of Emdeon Practice Services
to Sage Software, we have agreed to indemnify Sage Software with
respect to this matter.
The
dispositions of Emdeon Practice Services and Emdeon Business
Services may create contractual liabilities, including for
indemnifications, as well as other risks and
liabilities
We may face significant expense as a result of ongoing
obligations in connection with the sale of Emdeon Practice
Services to Sage Software and the sale of a 52% interest in
Emdeon Business Services to an affiliate of General Atlantic
LLC. The agreements we entered into in connection with those
transactions require us to indemnify the purchasers for
specified losses incurred by them or resulting from the
inaccuracy of representations made by us in connection with the
transactions. We will remain exposed to these liabilities until
the
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indemnification periods expire under the agreements. In
addition, we may be subject to other, unforeseen risks and
liabilities relating to those transactions. Although our
management has attempted to evaluate and assess the potential
liabilities involved in those transactions, we cannot assure you
that we have properly ascertained all of the risks.
We depend
on EBS to provide us with certain services required by us for
the operation of our business
Certain administrative services required by us for the operation
of our business are provided to us by EBS under a Transition
Services Agreement. These services include telecommunication
infrastructure and management services, data center support and
purchasing and procurement services. A disruption in the
provision of these services by EBS could have an adverse effect
on the operation of our business.
We reimburse EBS in agreed upon amounts or under
agreed-upon
formulas based on EBSs costs related to those services.
The costs we are charged under the Transition Services Agreement
are not necessarily indicative of the costs that we would incur
if we had to provide the services on our own or contract for
them with third parties on a stand-alone basis.
If
certain transactions occur with respect to our capital stock,
limitations may be imposed on our ability to utilize our net
operating loss carryforwards and tax credits to reduce our
income taxes
As of December 31, 2006, we had net operating loss
carryforwards of approximately $1.2 billion for federal
income tax purposes and federal tax credits of approximately
$35 million. If certain transactions occur with respect to
our capital stock, including issuances, redemptions,
recapitalizations, exercises of options, conversions of
convertible debt, purchases or sales by 5%-or-greater
shareholders and similar transactions, that result in a
cumulative change of more than 50% of the ownership of our
capital stock, over a three-year period, as determined under
rules prescribed by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and
applicable Treasury regulations, an annual limitation would be
imposed with respect to our ability to utilize our net operating
loss carryforwards and federal tax credits.
Our
success depends, in part, on our attracting and retaining
qualified executives and employees
The success of our company depends, in part, on our ability to
attract and retain qualified executives, writers and editors,
software developers and other technical and professional
personnel and sales and marketing personnel. We anticipate the
need to hire and retain qualified employees in these areas from
time to time. Competition for qualified personnel in the
healthcare information technology and healthcare information
services industries is intense, and we cannot assure you that we
will be able to hire or retain a sufficient number of qualified
personnel to meet our requirements, or that we will be able to
do so at salary, benefit and other compensation costs that are
acceptable to us. Failure to do so may have an adverse effect on
our business. Similarly, EBSs failure to attract and
retain qualified executives and employees may have an adverse
effect on its business.
Recent
and pending management changes may disrupt our operations and
our ability to recruit and retain other personnel
In the past 18 months, we have experienced significant
changes in our senior management. The President of our company,
who was also the head of our Emdeon Business Services segment,
left in December 2005. We hired a new Chief Financial Officer in
November 2006, after our previous Chief Financial Officer took a
position with Sage Software in connection with our sale of
Emdeon Practice Services to Sage Software. We have also
announced that our Chief Executive Officer may change positions
within our company for health reasons. Changes in senior
management and uncertainty regarding pending changes may disrupt
the operations of our business and may impair our ability to
recruit and retain needed personnel. Any such disruption or
impairment may have an adverse affect on our business.
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Contractual
relationships with governmental customers may impose special
burdens and additional risks on us that are not generally found
in contracts with other customers
A significant portion of ViPS revenue and a portion of the
revenue of EBS and WebMD comes from customers that are
governmental agencies. Government contracts and subcontracts may
be subject to some or all of the following:
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termination when appropriated funding for the current fiscal
year is exhausted;
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termination for the governmental customers convenience,
subject to a negotiated settlement for costs incurred and profit
on work completed, along with the right to place contracts out
for bid before the full contract term, as well as the right to
make unilateral changes in contract requirements, subject to
negotiated price adjustments;
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most-favored pricing disclosure requirements that
are designed to ensure that the government can negotiate and
receive pricing akin to that offered commercially and
requirements to submit proprietary cost or pricing data to
ensure that government contract pricing is fair and reasonable;
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commercial customer price tracking requirements that require
contractors to monitor pricing offered to a specified class of
customers and to extend price reductions offered to that class
of customers to the government;
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reporting and compliance requirements related to, among other
things: conflicts of interest, equal employment opportunity,
affirmative action for veterans and for workers with
disabilities, and accessibility for the disabled;
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broader audit rights than we would usually grant to
non-governmental customers; and
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specialized remedies for breach and default, including setoff
rights, retroactive price adjustments, and civil or criminal
fraud penalties, as well as mandatory administrative dispute
resolution procedures instead of state contract law remedies.
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In addition, certain violations of federal law may subject
government contractors to having their contracts terminated and,
under certain circumstances, suspension
and/or
debarment from future government contracts. We are also subject
to conflict-of-interest rules that may affect our eligibility
for some government contracts, including rules applicable to all
U.S. government contracts as well as rules applicable to
the specific agencies with which we have contracts or with which
we may seek to enter into contracts. Finally, some of our
government contracts are priced based on our cost of providing
products and services. Those contracts are subject to regulatory
cost-allowability standards and a specialized system of cost
accounting standards.
Risks and uncertainties similar to the above apply to EBSs
contractual relationships with governmental entities.
We may
not be successful in protecting our intellectual property and
proprietary rights
Intellectual property and proprietary rights are important to
our businesses. The steps that we take to protect our
intellectual property, proprietary information and trade secrets
may prove to be inadequate and, whether or not adequate, may be
expensive. We rely on a combination of trade secret, patent and
other intellectual property laws and confidentiality procedures
and non-disclosure contractual provisions to protect our
intellectual property. We cannot assure you that we will be able
to detect potential or actual misappropriation or infringement
of our intellectual property, proprietary information or trade
secrets. Even if we detect misappropriation or infringement by a
third party, we cannot assure you that we will be able to
enforce our rights at a reasonable cost, or at all. In addition,
our rights to intellectual property, proprietary information and
trade secrets may not prevent independent third-party
development and commercialization of competing products or
services. EBS is subject to similar risks relating to its
intellectual property and proprietary rights.
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Third
parties may claim that we are infringing their intellectual
property, and we could suffer significant litigation or
licensing expenses or be prevented from selling products or
services
We could be subject to claims that we are misappropriating or
infringing intellectual property or other proprietary rights of
others. These claims, even if not meritorious, could be
expensive to defend and divert managements attention from
our operations. If we become liable to third parties for
infringing these rights, we could be required to pay a
substantial damage award and to develop non-infringing
technology, obtain a license or cease selling the products or
services that use or contain the infringing intellectual
property. We may be unable to develop non-infringing products or
services or obtain a license on commercially reasonable terms,
or at all. We may also be required to indemnify our customers if
they become subject to third-party claims relating to
intellectual property that we license or otherwise provide to
them, which could be costly. EBS is subject to similar risks
relating to claims that it is infringing the intellectual
property of third parties.
We have
incurred losses and may incur losses in the future
We began operations in January 1996 and, until 2004, had
incurred net losses in each year since our inception. As of
June 30, 2007, we had an accumulated deficit of
approximately $9.4 billion. We currently intend to continue
to invest in infrastructure development, applications
development, marketing and acquisitions. Whether we incur losses
in a particular period will depend on, among other things, the
amount of such investments and whether those investments lead to
increased revenues.
Acquisitions,
business combinations and other transactions may be difficult to
complete and, if completed, may have negative consequences for
our business and our securityholders
We may seek to acquire or to engage in business combinations
with companies engaged in complementary businesses. In addition,
we may enter into joint ventures, strategic alliances or similar
arrangements with third parties. These transactions may result
in changes in the nature and scope of our operations and changes
in our financial condition. Our success in completing these
types of transactions will depend on, among other things, our
ability to locate suitable candidates and negotiate mutually
acceptable terms with them, as well as the availability of
financing. Significant competition for these opportunities
exists, which may increase the cost of and decrease the
opportunities for these types of transactions. Similar risks and
uncertainties apply to EBSCos efforts to make acquisitions
or to engage in business combinations.
Financing for these transactions may come from several sources,
including:
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cash and cash equivalents on hand and marketable securities;
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proceeds from the incurrence of indebtedness; and
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proceeds from the issuance of additional common stock, preferred
stock, convertible debt or other securities.
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Our issuance of additional securities could:
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cause substantial dilution of the percentage ownership of our
stockholders at the time of the issuance;
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cause substantial dilution of our earnings per share;
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subject us to the risks associated with increased leverage,
including a reduction in our ability to obtain financing or an
increase in the cost of any financing we obtain;
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subject us to restrictive covenants that could limit our
flexibility in conducting future business activities; and
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adversely affect the prevailing market price for our outstanding
securities.
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We do not intend to seek securityholder approval for any such
acquisition or security issuance unless required by applicable
law or regulation or the terms of existing securities.
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Our
business will suffer if we fail to successfully integrate
acquired businesses and technologies or to assess the risks in
particular transactions
We have in the past acquired, and may in the future acquire,
businesses, technologies, services, product lines and other
assets. The successful integration of the acquired businesses
and assets into our operations, on a cost-effective basis, can
be critical to our future performance. The amount and timing of
the expected benefits of any acquisition, including potential
synergies between HLTH and the acquired business, are subject to
significant risks and uncertainties. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to:
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our ability to maintain relationships with the customers of the
acquired business;
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our ability to cross-sell products and services to customers
with which we have established relationships and those with
which the acquired businesses have established relationships;
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our ability to retain or replace key personnel;
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potential conflicts in payer, provider, strategic partner,
sponsor or advertising relationships;
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our ability to coordinate organizations that are geographically
diverse and may have different business cultures; and
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compliance with regulatory requirements.
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We cannot guarantee that any acquired businesses will be
successfully integrated with our operations in a timely or
cost-effective manner, or at all. Failure to successfully
integrate acquired businesses or to achieve anticipated
operating synergies, revenue enhancements or cost savings could
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
Although our management attempts to evaluate the risks inherent
in each transaction and to value acquisition candidates
appropriately, we cannot assure you that we will properly
ascertain all such risks or that acquired businesses and assets
will perform as we expect or enhance the value of our company as
a whole. In addition, acquired companies or businesses may have
larger than expected liabilities that are not covered by the
indemnification, if any, that we are able to obtain from the
sellers.
Risks and uncertainties similar to the above apply to any
acquisitions that EBSCo may make and may reduce the value of our
investment in EBSCo.
We may
not be able to raise additional funds when needed for our
business or to exploit opportunities
Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend upon
numerous factors, including the success of the integration of
our businesses, our existing and new applications and service
offerings, competing technologies and market developments,
potential future acquisitions and dispositions of companies or
businesses, and additional repurchases of our common stock. We
may need to raise additional funds to support expansion, develop
new or enhanced applications and services, respond to
competitive pressures, acquire complementary businesses or
technologies or take advantage of unanticipated opportunities.
If required, we may raise such additional funds through public
or private debt or equity financing, strategic relationships or
other arrangements. There can be no assurance that such
financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all, or
that such financing will not be dilutive to our stockholders.
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ITEM 3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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Interest
Rate Sensitivity
The primary objective of our investment activities is to
preserve principal and maintain adequate liquidity, while at the
same time maximizing the yield we receive from our investment
portfolio. This objective is accomplished by adherence to our
investment policy, which establishes the list of eligible types
of securities and credit requirements for each investment.
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Changes in prevailing interest rates will cause the principal
amount of the investment to fluctuate. To minimize this risk, we
maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents, short-term
investments and marketable securities in commercial paper,
non-government debt securities, money market funds and highly
liquid United States Treasury notes. We view these high grade
securities within our portfolio as having similar market risk
characteristics. Principal amounts expected to mature in 2007
and 2008 are $227.9 million and $0.9 million,
respectively.
The $350,000 of 1.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
2023 and the $300,000 of
31/8% Convertible
Notes due 2025 that we have issued have fixed interest rates;
changes in interest rates will not impact our financial
condition or results of operations.
We have not utilized derivative financial instruments in our
investment portfolio.
Exchange
Rate Sensitivity
Currently, substantially all of our sales and expenses are
denominated in United States dollars; however, Porex is exposed
to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, primarily
the rate of exchange of the United States dollar against the
Euro. This exposure arises primarily as a result of translating
the results of Porexs foreign operations to the United
States dollar at exchange rates that have fluctuated from the
beginning of the accounting period. Porex is not engaged in
foreign currency hedging activities to date. Foreign currency
translation gains were $0.4 million and $0.8 million,
during the three and six months ended June 30, 2007,
respectively, and foreign currency translation gains were
$1.1 million and $1.4 million, during the three and
six months ended June 30, 2006. We believe that future
exchange rate sensitivity related to Porex will not have a
material effect on our financial condition or results of
operations.
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ITEM 4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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As required by Exchange Act
Rule 13a-15(b),
HLTH management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness
of HLTHs disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in
Exchange Act
Rule 13a-15(e),
as of June 30, 2007. Based on that evaluation, the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that
HLTHs disclosure controls and procedures were effective as
of June 30, 2007.
In connection with the evaluation required by Exchange Act
Rule 13a-15(d),
HLTH management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, concluded that no changes in HLTHs
internal control over financial reporting occurred during the
second quarter of 2007 that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, HLTHs internal
control over financial reporting, except for the previously
disclosed remediation of a material weakness in our internal
control over financial reporting with respect to accounting for
income taxes relating to the treatment of tax deductible
goodwill and certain intangible assets in the determination of
the deferred tax asset valuation allowance. As of May 4,
2007, we implemented new procedures including improved
documentation and analysis regarding the reversal pattern of
taxable temporary differences between financial and tax
reporting. HLTH management believes that these new procedures
enable HLTH to comply with the requirements related to the
accounting for deferred tax asset valuation allowances.
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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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The information relating to legal proceedings contained in
Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included
in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report is
incorporated herein by this reference.
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ITEM 2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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(a) On April 25, 2007, 60 shares of the
Registrants Convertible Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred
Stock were converted by CalPERS/PCG Corporate Partners, LLC, the
sole holder, into an aggregate of 63,829 shares of HLTH
Common Stock. As previously disclosed, on June 29, 2007,
9,940 shares of the Registrants Convertible
Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock (which represented all
of the remaining outstanding shares of Convertible Redeemable
Exchange Preferred Stock) were converted by CalPERS/PCG
Corporate Partners, LLC, into an aggregate of
10,574,468 shares of HLTH Common Stock. Both conversions
were exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(9) of the
Securities Act of 1933. For additional information, see
Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in
Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.
(c) The following table provides information about
purchases by HLTH during the three months ended June 30,
2007 of equity securities that are registered by us pursuant to
Section 12 of the Exchange Act:
Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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Maximum Number
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(or Approximate
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Total Number of
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Dollar Value) of
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Shares Purchased as
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Shares that May Yet
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Total Number of
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Part of Publicly
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Be Purchased Under
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Shares
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Average Price
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Announced Plans or
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the Plans or
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Purchased(1)
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Paid per Share
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Programs(2)
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Programs(2)
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690
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$
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15.90
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$
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797,472
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15.24
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796,867
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$
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65,207,825
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1,358,314
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14.31
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1,358,314
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$
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45,770,096
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Total
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2,156,476
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$
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14.66
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2,155,181
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$
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45,770,096
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(1)
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Includes 690 and 605 shares
withheld from HLTH Restricted Stock that vested during April and
May 2007, respectively, in order to satisfy withholding tax
requirements related to the vesting of the awards. The value of
these shares was determined based on the closing fair market
value of HLTH Common Stock on the date of vesting.
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(2)
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These repurchases were made
pursuant to the repurchase program that we announced in December
2006, at which time HLTH was authorized to use up to
$100 million to purchase shares of its common stock from
time to time. For additional information, see Note 9 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly
Report.
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The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index on
page E-1
are filed or furnished as part of this Quarterly Report.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
HLTH
Corporation
Mark D. Funston
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 9, 2007
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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3
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.1
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Eleventh Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Registrants Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2004)
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3
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.2
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Certificate of Ownership and
Merger Amending the Registrants Eleventh Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Change the
Registrants Name to HLTH Corporation (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrants Current
Report on
Form 8-K
filed on May 21, 2007)
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3
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.4
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Registrant, as currently in effect (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2004)
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31
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.1
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Registrant
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31
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.2
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Registrant
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32
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Section 1350 Certification of
Chief Executive Officer of Registrant
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32
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.2
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Section 1350 Certification of
Chief Financial Officer of Registrant
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