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Cardinal Health • Fedex • United Parcel Service, Inc. - Ordinary Shares • Inogen • Inspire Medical Systems • AdaptHealth • Viemed HealthcareRisks
- We have concentration in and dependence on certain healthcare provider customers, Group Purchasing Organizations, and Payors.
- Our failure to establish and maintain relationships with hospital and physician referral sources may cause our revenue to decline.
- Possible changes in customer and product mix could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, capital resources and liquidity.
- Our business is dependent on certain significant suppliers.
- Our operations depend on the proper functioning of information systems, and our business or results of operations could be adversely affected if we experience a cyberattack or other systems breach or failure.
- An interruption in the ability of our business to manufacture products may have a material adverse effect on our business.
- Our business and operations depend on the proper functioning of critical facilities and distribution networks.
- Our capitation arrangements may prove unprofitable if actual utilization rates exceed our assumptions.
- Our ability to attract and retain talented and qualified teammates is critical to our success and competitiveness.
- Our inability to adequately integrate acquisitions could have a material adverse effect on our operations.
- Our operations involve the storage, transportation and provision of compressed and liquid oxygen, which carries an inherent risk of rupture or other accidents with the potential to cause substantial loss.
- Our goodwill may become impaired, which would require us to record a significant charge to earnings in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
- Industry and Economic Risks
- We face increasing competition, accelerating pricing pressure and changes in technology.
- An inability to obtain key components, raw materials or manufactured products from third parties in a timely and cost-effective manner, or a material disruption in our supply chain, may have a material adverse effect on our business.
- Uncertainty about current and future economic conditions and other adverse changes in general political conditions may adversely affect demand for our products and services and collectability of our accounts receivable.
- Our Products & Healthcare Services segment is exposed to price fluctuations of key commodities, which may negatively impact our results of operations and cash flows.
- Changing conditions in the U.S. healthcare industry may impact our results of operations and cash flows.
- Our profitability and cash flows may vary based on the impacts of rising inflationary pressures.
- Litigation & Regulatory Risks
- We are subject to stringent regulatory and licensing requirements, and we have been, are and could become the subject of federal and state investigations and compliance reviews.
- We must obtain clearance or approval from the appropriate regulatory authorities prior to introducing a new product or a modification to an existing product. The regulatory clearance process may result in substantial costs, delays and limitations on the types and uses of products we can bring to market, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
- Our failure to comply with regulatory requirements or receive regulatory clearances or approvals for our medical gas facilities, products or operations could adversely affect our business.
- Our business may be adversely affected if we are unable to adequately establish, maintain, protect and enforce our intellectual property and proprietary rights or prevent third parties from making unauthorized use of such rights.
- We may become subject to litigation, investigations, claims and other legal proceedings brought by regulatory agencies, third parties, or individuals.
- We may incur product liability losses, litigation liability, product recalls, safety alerts or regulatory action associated with the provision of healthcare services, and the products that we source, assemble, manufacture and sell which can be costly and disruptive to our business.
- We could be subject to adverse changes in the tax laws or challenges to our tax positions.
- Audits by tax authorities could result in additional tax payments for prior periods, and tax legislation could materially adversely affect our financial results and tax liabilities.
- Our aspirations, goals and disclosures related to ESG matters expose us to numerous risks, including risks to our reputation and stock price.
- Risks Related to Our Debt
- We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service our debt and other obligations.
- We may not be able to refinance, extend or repay our substantial indebtedness which would have a material adverse affect on our financial condition.
- Our credit facilities and our existing notes have restrictive covenants that could limit our financial flexibility.
- Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our indebtedness service obligations to increase significantly.
- Despite current indebtedness levels, we may continue to incur indebtedness in the future, and the amount of that additional indebtedness may be substantial, which could further exacerbate the risks described herein.
- Our continued success is substantially dependent on positive perceptions of our reputation.
- We are subject to risks related to public health crises or future outbreaks of health crises or other adverse public health developments.
- The market price for our common stock and debt have been, and may continue to be, highly volatile.
- Our global operations increase the extent of our exposure to the economic, political, currency, regulatory and other risks of international operations.
- We may be adversely affected by global climate change or by legal, regulatory or market responses to such change.
Management Discussion
- Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations within this Annual Report on Form 10-K generally discusses 2023 and 2022 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2023 and 2022. Discussions of year-to-year comparisons between 2022 and 2021 can be found in Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which is incorporated by reference herein.
- Net revenue.
- The increase in net revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023 was driven primarily by $308 million in incremental net revenue due to the inclusion of a full year of Apria results in 2023 and strong organic revenue growth of $187 million in our Patient Direct segment, driven by growth across a number of product categories as compared to the prior year as a result of new patient starts and high retention of customers.