UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 20052006
OR
   
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period fromto
Commission File Number 0-19291
CorVel Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
   
Delaware
33-0282651
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) 33-0282651
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
   
2010 Main Street, Suite 600,
92614
Irvine, California
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices) 92614
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(949) 851-1473
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock
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     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.10-K .o
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrantRegistrant is ana large accelerated filer, an accerlat3ed filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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     State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter:
     As of September 30, 2004,2005, the aggregate market value of the Registrant’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $187,377,000$133,000,000 based on the closing price per share of $29.68$23.96 for the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on such date multiplied by 6,313,2465,540,889 shares (total outstanding shares of 10,455,3249,682,967 less 4,142,078 shares held by affiliates) of the Registrant’s common stock which were outstanding on such date. For the purposes of the foregoing calculation only, all of the Registrant’s directors, executive officers and holders ofpersons known to the Registrant to hold ten percent or greater of the Registrant’s outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.
     Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of June 30, 2005,10, 2006, there were 9,908,7459,416,900 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding.
 
 

 


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CORVEL CORPORATION
20052006 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
     
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PART I
     
Item 1. 
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BusinessItem 1A. 2
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 16
PropertiesItem 1B.  23
Item 2. 
 23
Legal ProceedingsItem 3. 23
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Item 4. 2324
     
PART II
     
 
Purchases of Equity Securities 2425
Item 6. 
 25
Selected Financial DataItem 7. 25
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 25
Item 7A. 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk25
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Item 8.25
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Item 9. 26
25Item 9A. 27
Item 9B.32
     
Controls and Procedures26
     
Other Information10. 29
PART III
Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant 3033
Item 11. 
 33
Executive CompensationItem 12. 34
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters33
Item 13.  33
Stockholder MattersItem 14. 38 34
     
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions40
     
Principal Accountant Fees and Services15. 41
PART IV
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 4235
 EXHIBITExhibit 21.1
 EXHIBITExhibit 23.1
 EXHIBITExhibit 31.1
 EXHIBITExhibit 31.2
 EXHIBITExhibit 32.1
 EXHIBITExhibit 32.2

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
          In this report, the terms “CorVel”, “Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to CorVel Corporation and its subsidiaries.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
          This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Investors should consider these factors before deciding to make or maintain an investment in our securities. This report includes forward-looking statementsamended, including, but not limited to, the statements about our plans, strategies and prospects under the headings “Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”Operations” and elsewhere in this report. Words such as “anticipates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “predicts”, “believes”, “seeks”, “estimates”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “would”, “could”, “potential”, “continue”, “ongoing” and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management’s beliefs, and certain assumptions made by management, and we can give no assurance that we will achieve our plans, intentions or expectations. Certain important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this report. Representative examples of these factors include (without limitation):
  general industry and economic conditions;
 
  cost of capital and capital requirements;
 
  competition from other managed care companies;
 
  the Company’s ability to renew and/or maintain contracts with its customers under existingon favorable terms, or restructure these contracts on terms that would not have a material negative impact on the Company’s results of operations;
 
  the ability to expand certain areas of the Company’s business;
 
  shifts in customer demands;
 
  the ability of the Company to produce market-competitive software;
 
  changesincreases in operating expenses including employee wages benefits and medical inflation;benefits,
 
  changes in regulations affecting the workers’ compensation, insurance and healthcare industries in general;
 
  dependence onthe ability to attract and retain key personnel;personnel,
delays in completing financial and internal control audits,
 
  possible litigation and legal liability in the course of operations; and
 
  the continued availability of financing in the amounts, at the times, and aton the terms necessary to support the Company’s future business.
          The section entitled “Risk Factors” set forth in this report discusses some of thethese and other important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The factors listed above and the factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” and similar discussions in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on our future results. Investors should consider these factors before deciding to make or maintain an investment in our securities. The forward-looking statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K are based on information available to us as of the date of this annual report. We expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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PART I
Item 1. BusinessBusiness.
INTRODUCTION
          CorVel is an independent nationwide provider of medical cost containment and managed care services designed to manage the medical costs of workers’ compensation and other healthcare benefits, primarily for coverage under group health and auto insurance policies. The Company’s services are sold as bundles of solutionsseparate services directed totoward managing claims, care, networks, reimbursements and settlements. They include automated medical fee auditing, preferred provider networks, out-of-network/line itemline-item bill negotiation and repricing, utilization review and management, medical case management, vocational rehabilitation services, early intervention, Medicare Set-Asidesset-asides and life-care planning, and a variety of directed care services including independent medical examinations, diagnostic imaging, transportation and translation, and durable medical equipment and physical therapy.equipment. Some customers purchase just one service, while other customers purchase more than one service. Customers of the Company that do not purchase managed care services generally either purchase such services from other vendors, perform such services using their own resources or elect not to utilize such services for managing their costs.
          Such services are provided to insurance companies, third-party administrators (“TPAs”), and self-administered employers to assist them in managing the medical costs and monitoring the quality of care associated with healthcare claims.
          The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1991, and its principal executive offices are located at 2010 Main Street, Suite 600, Irvine, California, 92614. The Company’s telephone number is 949-851-1473.
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
          Workers’ compensation is a federally mandated, state-legislated, comprehensive insurance program that requires employers to fund medical expenses, lost wages and other costs resulting from work-related injuries and illnesses. Workers’ compensation benefits and arrangements vary extensively on a state-by-state basis and are often highly complex. State statutes and court decisions control many aspects of the compensation process, including claims handling, impairment or disability evaluation, dispute settlement, benefit amount guidelines and cost-control strategies.
          Workers’ compensation plans generally require employers to fund all of an employee’s costs of medical treatment and a significant portion of lost wages, legal fees and other associated costs. In certain jurisdictions, provision of vocational rehabilitation is also mandatory. Typically, work-related injuries are broadly defined and injured or ill employees are entitled to extensive benefits. Employers generally are required to provide first-dollar coverage with no co-payment or deductible due from the injured or ill employee for medical coverage for employees, and are not subject to litigation by employees for benefits in excess of those provided by the relevant state statute(s).statute. In most states, the extensive benefits coverage (for both medical costs and lost wages) is provided to employees through the employer’s purchase of commercial insurance from private insurance companies, participation in state-run insurance funds or self-insurance.
          Healthcare provider reimbursement methods vary on a state-by-state basis. A majority of states (forty asAs of March 1, 2005)2006, forty states have adopted fee schedules pursuant to which all healthcare providers are uniformly reimbursed. The fee schedules are set individually by each state and generally prescribe the maximum amounts that may be reimbursed for a designated procedure. In states without fee schedules, healthcare providers generally are reimbursed based on usual, customary and reasonable fees charged in the particular state in which services are provided.
          Many states do not permit employers to restrict a claimant’s choice of provider, making it more difficult for employers to utilize managed care approaches such as HMOshealth maintenance organizations (“HMOs”) and Preferred Provider Organizationspreferred

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provider organizations (“PPOs”). However, in many other states, employers have the right to direct employees to a specific primary healthcare provider during the onset of a workers’ compensation case, subject to the right of the employee to change physicians after a specific period. In addition, workers’ compensation programs vary from state to state, making it difficult for payors and multi-state employers to adopt uniform policies to administer, manage and control the costs of benefits. As a result, the Company believes that managing the cost of workers’ compensation requires approaches which are

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tailored to the specified regulatory environment(s)environment in which the employer is operating. Because workers’ compensation benefits are mandated by law and are subject to extensive regulation, the Company believes that payors and employers do not have the same flexibility to alter benefits as they might have with other health benefits programs.
          Managed care techniques are intended to control the cost of healthcare services and to measure the performance of providers through intervention and ongoing review of services proposed and those actually provided. Managed care techniques were originally developed to stem the rising costs of group medical care. Historically, employers were slow to apply managed care techniques to workers’ compensation costs primarily because the aggregate costs are relatively small compared to costs associated with group health benefits and because state-by-state regulations related to workers’ compensation are far more complex than those related to group health. However, in recent years, the Company believes that employers and insurance carriers have been increasing their focus on applying managed care techniques to control their workers’ compensation costs.
          An increasing number of states have adopted legislation encouraging the use of workers’ compensation managed care organizations (“MCOs”) in an effort to allow employers to control their worker’s compensation costs. MCO laws generally provide employers an opportunity to channel injured employees into provider networks. In certain states, MCO laws require licensed MCOs to offer certain specified services, such as utilization management, case management, peer review and provider bill review. The Company believes that most of the MCO laws adopted to date establish a framework within which a company such as CorVel can provide its customers a full range of managed care services for greater cost control.
FISCAL 20052006 DEVELOPMENTS
Company Stock Repurchase Program
          During fiscal 2005,2006, the Company continued to repurchase shares of its common stock under a plan originally approved originally by the Company’s Board of Directors in 1996. In March 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the number authorized to be repurchased to 7,100,0007.1 million shares. During fiscal 2005,2006, the Company spent $17.2$18.7 million to repurchase 691,720835,339 shares of its common stock. Since commencing this program in the fall of 1996, the Company has repurchased 6,265,1487.1 million shares of its common sharesstock through March 31, 2005, equal to approximately 38%2006, the full amount authorized by the Company’s Board of its outstanding stock,Directors, at a cost of $113.5 million. $132 million.These repurchases were funded from the Company’s operating cash flows. See “Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities” below for more information onIn June 2006, the Company’s purchaseBoard of Directors authorized an increase in the number of shares of its common stock during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2005.to be repurchased by 1,000,000 shares to 8,100,000 shares.
Launch of MedCheck Enhancements
          With the Company’s continual investment in technology, developments of MedCheck, the Company’s propriety bill review software, are ongoing. The newNew enhancements include bill search, emailthe expert review matrix (ERM), MedCheck operations dashboard (MOD), increased look-up functionality and enhanced reporting capabilities via the Company’s healthcare portal, www.caremc.com.creation of a comprehensive data where house.
  ��       The newdevelopment of the Expert Review Matrix bill search function allows claims professionalscapitalizes on advances in image processing and artificial intelligence (AI) to searchoptimize medical review savings. ERM processing techniques allow specialists in each diagnosis category, regulatory jurisdiction or benefit category access to bills across the country through MedCheck’s secure server. This access permits CorVel specialists to utilize their knowledge and provide optimum review for bills on an individual basis. This functionality will also allow customers to track bills throughout the bill review process. These functions will decrease search time and increase productivity.each bill.
  ��       Claims professionals are now able to access claim information and request for all bill images and documentation to be emailed to them. This request is processed at CorVel, is completed within one business day. This feature allows adjusters to keep files electronically filed and also decreases search time. These new enhanced reporting capabilities allow claims professionals to create interactive reporting and drill into a medical bill at the detailed level. These reports can be directly exported into a spreadsheet, providing an additional way to analyze data.

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          The MOD is an internal MedCheck application used to provide key metrics on behalf of CorVel’s customers to help facilitate timely bill review. These reports can be organized in the form of charts, graphs and spreadsheets. Currently, the MOD is in development for direct access to customer via the CareMC Web portal.
          The Company offers a preferred provider look-up on both Websites: corvel.com and caremc.com. During the year, the Company increased the functionality of the look-up with application enhancements. Customers can now create and develop customized, network specific panels and directories in real time.
          The Company continued the development and design of its Data Warehouse systems capabilities. The Data Warehouse was designed to assist the Company and customers with expedited access to analytical data and reports. The warehouse is updated on a nightly basis and is accessible via the CareMC Website. The Company will continue to invest in this technology in the coming years with focus on the timeliness of information for the Company’s customers.
Medical Review Application Service ProviderDirected Care Network Expansions
          MedCheck Application Service Provider (“ASP”) provides access to the Company’s bill review systems and claims management technology. MedCheck services include PPO (preferred provider organization) management, U&C (usual and customary) and fee schedule analysis and repricing. MedCheck can be delivered through the Company’s network of offices, accessed at the customer site or through the Company’s eCommerce website, CareMC. The Company maintainsaccelerated investments in its directed care networks. CorVel is expanding both the breadth of care covered by its directed care networks, CareIQ, as well as the geographic coverage. Market reception for these second generation networks and their effectiveness are the driving forces for this expansion.
Systems and Technology Enhancements
          CorVel moved from a 32-bit processing system to a 64-bit processing capability within its core production systems, MedCheck software,and CareMC. The new infrastructure integrates network storage and allows the Company to access more data threads simultaneously and at much faster speeds. This investment enhances the overall processing capabilities and will enable CorVel to process more records in a shorter amount time, which can lead to greater efficiencies in productivity. This new system is fully customizablethe foundation for future architectures planned over the next five years. Total processing time is decreased due to meet the customer’s specific needsimproved redundancies, scaled architecture, and requirements.reduced single points of failure.
Network Solutions
          Through its Network Solutionsnetwork solutions services, the Company saved over $1.7$2 billion for its clients during fiscal 2005.2006. The Company generated a greater savings for their customers as a percentage of the medical dollars reviewed than in previous years primarily due to the enhanced rules engine in the Company’s MedCheck software. The Company’sCompany believes its processes are becoming more streamlined and efficient for the reasons discussed as noted below under “Systems and Technology”.Technology.”
ePPO Sales
          The Company had record growth in the ePPO product line stemming primarily from growth with existing large carrier clients, new managed care organizations and employer clients. ePPO is the electronic solution to CorVel’s Preferred Provider Network (PPO)PPO network and provides the electronic intake and transmission of provider bills as well as automated pricing to the CorCare PPO Network. ePPO customers process provider bills to state mandated fee schedule or usual and customary rates, but lease PPO access to gain additional discounts afforded by PPO contracts. The Company’s technological capabilities allow for electronic claim repricing solutions that are attractive to buyers of managed care services and can be integrated with their existing eCommerce products. ePPO provides access to CorVel’s PPO network of more than 400,000 quality healthcare providers through electronic interface solutions. PPO database management expenses, associated with download models are eliminated, whileand to optimize repricing results are optimized.results. Bills reviewed through payor systems can be electronically interfaced to the CorCare PPO database, and automatically adjusted to reflect current PPO pricing. In addition, CorCare can reimburse providers automatically, significantly reducing the expense of generating EOR’s, payment to providers and year endyear-end tax filings.

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Scanning Services
          In June 2003, the Company acquired Portland, Oregon based ScanOne, a provider of scanning, optical character recognition and document management services. This acquisition has expanded the Company’s existing office automation service line. The Company has been developing scanning hubs, called “Capture Centers” in field offices throughout the country.
SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
Infrastructure Changes
          The Company is currently approachingdeveloping a processing system that will be accessible twenty fourtwenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. During the past year, a number of infrastructure improvements were made to reduce the amount of time spent maintaining and backing up the Company’s transactional databases. A yearTwo years ago, these databases were unavailable for processing each weeknight for several hours. Currently, in the case of our Medical Bill Reviewthe Company’s medical bill review application, this has been reduced to a single maintenance window over the weekend time period.each weekend. By providing constantcontinual access, the Company opens the dooris positioned to conduct business within all time zones, therefore increasing our abilitiesthe Company’s ability to processdeliver processed bills faster.

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Adoption of Imaging Technologies and Paperless Workflow
          Utilizing scanning and automated data capture processes allows the Company to process incoming paper and electronic claims documents, including medical bills, with less manual handling and has evolvedimproved the Company’s workflow process.
          Scanning is the process of taking a bill and transferring it to an electronic form. Optical character recognition (“OCR”) involves the automated reading of words from a digital image, such as a scanned document. The characters are translated into a standard text format, which can then be digitally manipulated. Scanning technology, OCR and electronic data interchange (“EDI”) enable the Company to significantly cut back on manual data entry as well as reduce the other traditional costs associated with handling paper. Through the Company’s internet portal, CareMC, customers can review the bills currently being processed and approve a bill for processing, which also helps to avoid the costs of paper-handling as well as expedite the payment process.
Redundancy Center
          The Company’s national data center is located in Portland, Oregon. The Company also has a redundancy center located in Ft. Worth, Texas. The redundancy center is the Company’s backup processing site in the event that the Portland data center is off lineoff-line for any length of time. Currently, all of the Company’s data is continually replicated to Ft. Worth so that in the event the Portland data center is offline, the redundancy center can be activated with current information within several hours. The Ft. Worth data center also hosts duplicates of the Company’s websitesWebsites and is the primary processing site for the Company’s Enterprise Comp service line.
BUSINESS — PRODUCTS
          The Company offers services in two general categories, Network Solutionsnetwork solutions and Patient Managementpatient management services, to assist its customers in managing the increasing medical costs of workers’ compensation, group health and auto insurance, and monitoring the quality of care provided to claimants.
Network Solutions
          The Company’s Network Solutions services are a combination of Medical Bill Review, Enhanced Billmedical bill review, enhanced bill review and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). This program provides additional assurance that customers are only charged and pay for services actually delivered. Bills are evaluated, profiled and directed for the appropriate service based on state regulation, bill type and opportunity for savings and success.
          Proprietary Bill Review System
          Many states have adopted fee schedules, which regulate the maximum allowable fees payable under workers’ compensation for procedures performed by a variety of health treatment providers. Such schedules may

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also include fees for hospital treatment. The purpose of a fee schedule is to standardize the billing process by using uniform procedure descriptions and to set maximum reimbursement levels for each covered service.
          Certain other states permit payors to pay workers’ compensation medical costs limited to usual and customary charges for the relevant community. The Company provides automated medical fee auditing to assist its customers in verifying that the fees charged by workers’ compensation healthcare providers comply with state fee schedules, or are consistent with usual and customary charges.
          The Company offers its fee schedule auditing through an automated medical bill review service called MedCheck, which combines automated data reporting and transmission capabilities. MedCheck consists of an online computer-based information system comprised of a proprietary software program which stores and accesses state-mandated fee schedules and usual and customary charge information.
          MedCheck is also being utilized for the review of medical charges under certain non-workers’ compensation insurance coverages. The MedCheck service provides the following capabilities:

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  checking for provider charges which exceed charges allowable under fee schedules or usual and customary charges, in accordance with the requirements of the relevant jurisdiction;
 
  repricing provider bills to contractual PPO reimbursement levels;
 
  checking for billed services or procedures that are excessive, unnecessary or unrelated to treating the particular medical problem and duplicate billing;
 
  checking for “unbundled” billings where the medical services performed are billed in components, resultingthat result in higher total charges than would be the case if the services were billed in the aggregate;
 
  engaging in on-site processing of claims and Internet-based reporting tools;
 
  sending claims data directly to carriers’ databases, thereby reducing costs due to repetitive or erroneous data entry;
 
  PPO management; and
 
  pharmacy review.
          These systems (MedCheck)The MedCheck system can be accessed by insurers under an ASP agreement through the Company’s website,eCommerce Website, CareMC, and through virtual private networks (“VPNs”). The MedCheck suite can accept electronic bills and bill images, and publish electronic data interfaces (“EDIs”)EDIs to customer claims payment systems. This system integrates into the client’s own workflow, automates the reimbursement of providers, allows for the application of all MedCheck fees to the individual claim file and eliminates the need for manual redundant data entry of MedCheck results by the carriers’ claims personnel. The system is designed for easy access by claims adjusters and includes functionality for such part-time users within the claims payment environment.
          Preferred Provider Organization
          PPOs are groups of hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers that offer services at pre-negotiated rates to employee groups. The Company believes that PPO networks offer the employer an additional means of managing healthcare costs by reducing the per-unit price of medical services provided to employees. The Company launched its CorCare network in 1992 and provides its customers with access to its PPO network, including more than 400,000 healthcare providers nationwide.
          PPO providers are selected based on criteria such as quality, range of services, price and location, and eachlocation. Each one is evaluated and credentialed, and then re-credentialed bi-annually by the Company. Throughout this evaluation process, the CorCare networks are able to provide hospital, physician and special ancillary medical discounts while maintaining quality care.
          CorVel is committed tohas a long-term strategy of network development, providing comprehensive networks to our customers and customization of networks to meet the specific needs of our customers. The Company believes that the combination of its Nationalnational PPO Director’sdirector’s strength and presence and the local PPO Developers’developers’ commitment and community involvement enables CorVel to build, support and strengthen its PPO in size, quality, depth of discount, and commitment to service.

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          Over 80% of the providers in our network are directly contracted. CorVel does maintain some leased network access agreements only to the extent to which they provide broader network access capabilities, such as size, demographics and discounts, and to the extent that they enable CorVel to provide prompt response to network expansion requests while maintaining quality assurance controls.
          In total, the Company has more than 220 national, regional and local personnel supporting the CorCare network. This number includes our Nationalnational PPO Director, Nationaldirector, national PPO Contracting Managercontracting manager and contracting staff, in addition to 70 locally based PPO developers who are responsible for local recruitment, contract negotiations, credentialing and re-credentialing of providers, and working with customers to develop customer specific provider networks. Each Bill Review Unitbill review unit has Provider Relationsprovider relations support staff to address provider grievances and other billing issues.
          Bills submitted from preferred providers are identified through the MedCheck bill review process, and the submitted charges are then audited against the PPO schedule and against any applicable fee schedule or usual and customary charges. The fee approved for payment is the lower of the submitted charges or the lowest allowable fee

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identified. Some of the features of the Company’s PPO network services include: national networks for all coverages, board certified physicians, automated provider credentialing, patient channeling, online provider look-up and printable directories.
          The Company offers online provider look-up on its websiteWebsite where users can locate providers in their area, see a map, get door to doordoor-to-door driving directions or print a directory.
          Enhanced Bill Review — Retrospective Utilization Review
          The Company offers a full line of retrospective utilization services for all medical bills including PPO management, medical bill repricing, line-item bill review, professional nurse review, DRGdiagnosis related group (“DRG”) validation and expert fee negotiation. The service, named MedCheck Select, is designed to maximize savings opportunities and increase efficiencies for customers.
          CorVel offers cost containment by examining medical bills to verify that payors are only charged for services actually delivered and that charges reflect current billing levels for comparable service.
          CorVel uses a combination of industry standard usual and customary databases, as well as a proprietary nationwide database of usual and customary charges for inpatient care. The inpatient database provides usual and customary charges for detailed charges, which are specified on the itemized hospital bill.
MedCheck Select service:service is designed to:
  assuresassure that billed charges are usual and customary;
 
  confirmsconfirm services were medically necessary;
 
  reducesreduce claim costs through negotiated agreements;
 
  substantiates,substantiate, by report, charges over usual and customary;
 
  supportssupport the payor and patient in all appeals;
 
  reviews Out-of-Networkreview out-of-network bills;
 
  providesprovide a proprietary hospital usual and customary database;
 
  reviewsreview professional nurses;
 
  providesprovide expert fee negotiations;
 
  validatesvalidate diagnostic related groups; and
 
  isbe HIPAA, AB1455, California SB 288 and SB899 compliant.
          Provider Reimbursement
          Through MedCheck, the Company has the capability to provide check writing or provider reimbursement services for its customers. The provider payment check can be added to the bill analysis to produce one combined document, which is mailed to the provider. MedCheck reviews bills and providers are reimbursed directly upon completion of customer approval of the EOR. This service helpsis designed to help customers expedite claims closure.

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          Medical Review Application Service Provider (ASP)
          CorVel customers can utilize MedCheck’s capabilities to insource their bill review processing needs, process varying portions of their workload from their own sites, or utilize MedCheck on an ASP basis. Through the ASP model, the customer can access MedCheck software over the Internet and process all, or a portion of their claims, themselves. ASP processing provides payors with MedCheck capabilities without the need for payors to invest heavily in computer systems, software support, and maintenance or the administration of the many information databases critical to proper medical reimbursement adjudication.
          Pharmacy Program – CorCareRX
          CorCareRX is the Company’s national workers’ compensation pharmacy management system. The CorCareRX Average Wholesale Price (“AWP”) pricing model guaranteesprovides clients the amount of savings they will receive below the cost of prescriptions associated with a workers’ compensation claim.

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          CorCareRX has been specifically designed to:
  manage claimants’ prescription expenses;
 
  monitor appropriate utilization; and
 
  ensure prescriptions are related to injury.
          The CorCareRX program offers a patient identification card that limits dispensing of drugs to those specifically authorized by the physician for a specific workers’ compensation injury. The program was designed to ensure that the medication an injured employee receives is appropriate for the injury and is dispensed in the appropriate quantity. CorCareRX utilizes an identification system that incorporates the use of the employee’s social security number along with the date of injury. The combination creates a unique number that is specific to the particular claim. The use of the CorCareRX program eliminates the handling of pharmacy bills by the employee completely. All the processing and repricing occurs electronically, so that the payor need only to approve the payment. The Company’s reporting system allows the claims payor to manage and track prescription drug costs from the onset of the injury.
          Directed Care Networks — CareIQ
          CorVel has expanded its network solutions with a directed care network. CareIQ, CorVel’s directed care service line, offers an automated service ordering and status management system online. The Company’s network service offers timely appointments and preferred pricing. Orders are fulfilled using local, preferred providers and billing and reimbursement for each transaction is automatically processed. Services also include web-basedWeb-based request for service, a call center, and online reporting. CareIQ has a relationship with over 50% of the nation’s credentialed facilities, offering the most extensive network of directed care services in the country.nation.
          The Company’s networks cover directed care needs for: Independent Medical Evaluationsindependent medical evaluations (IME), Medical Imagingmedical imaging (MRI, EMG, CT and Bone Scan) Durable Medical Equipmentdurable medical equipment (DME), Physical Therapy, Chiropractics, Transportationphysical therapy, chiropractics, and Translationtransportation and translation services.
Patient Management Services
          In addition to its Network Solutions,network solutions, the Company offers CorCase, a range of patient management services, which involve working on a one-on-one basis with injured employees and their various healthcare professionals, employers and insurance company claims professionals. Patient management services are designed to monitor the medical necessity and appropriateness of healthcare services provided to workers’ compensation claimants and to expedite their return to work.return-to-work. CorCase offers early intervention, utilization management and vocational rehabilitation through local branch offices and case managers in local communities. The Company’s case managers work side by sideside-by-side with patients to assist them though their episode of care and return to work.return-to-work. CorCase offers early intervention, utilization management and vocational rehabilitation through local branch offices and case managers in local communities. The Company’s case managers work side by sidetogether with patients to assist them though their episode of care and return to work.return-to-work. The Company offers these services on a stand-alone basis or as an integrated component of its medical cost containment services.

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          These services are performed to maximize results and minimize costs. CorCase services are provided by trained and certified professionals in nursing and vocational counseling. The central focus of CorCase is to leverage quality care in order to manage claim costs. With the use of early intervention, nurses are able to gather and analyze medical treatment information and discuss with the employer the current job requirements of the injured worker, accommodations for modified work and gather any further information, which may assist in caring for the injured worker. This service positively impacts patient cases by utilizing proactive measures throughout the episode of care.
          CorCase utilizes CorVel’s proprietary Advocacy software to help determine available indemnity payments from the employer and coordinate case management information and issues. Protocols regarding length of disability are incorporated to guide the management of cases. Management and operations reports, electronic data interchange and billing are additional features of the software.

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          Medical Case Management
          The Company offers medical case management services where the injury is catastrophic or complex in nature or where prolonged recovery is anticipated. The medical management components of CorVel’s program focuses on medical intervention, management and appropriateness. In these cases, the Company’s case managers confer with the attending physician, other providers, the patient and the patient’s family to identify the appropriate rehabilitative treatment and most cost-effective healthcare alternatives. The program is geared towards offering the injured party prompt access to appropriate medical providers who will provide quality cost-effective medical care. Case managers may coordinate the services or care required and may arrange for special pricing of the required services.
          Early Intervention
          The Company believes that the earlier it becomes involved in an episode of care, the greater the impact on the healthcare outcome. The Company’s early intervention program begins a series of steps that are designed to promote an employee’s timely return-to-work including immediate telephonic assessment to ensure that an appropriate course of treatment is established and adhered to through the entire episode of care. CorVel’s early intervention program features: automated, immediate notification, immediate patient assessment, clinical protocols and guidelines, channeling to preferred providers, private labeling options and telephonic case management.
          Telephonic Case Management
          Telephonic case management is designed to facilitate and promote patient care and patient progression through the healthcare system. The case manager, through telephonic contact with the patient and/or family, facilitates communication between the patient, insurer and healthcare providers in order to accelerate return to work.return-to-work.
          Utilization Management
          Utilization Management programs review proposed ambulatory care to determine: appropriateness, frequency, duration and setting. These programs utilize experienced registered nurses, proprietary medical treatment protocols and computer systems technology in an effort to avoid unnecessary treatments and associated costs. Processes in Utilization Management include: review injury, diagnosis and treatment plan; contact and negotiate provider’s treatment requirements; certify appropriateness of treatment parameters and/or additional treatment requests; and respond to provider requests for additional treatment.
          PrecertificationPre-certification of Hospitalization
          The pre-admission certification program verifies the medical necessity of proposed hospital admissions and determines the appropriate length of stay. The CorVel staff of nurses and reviewers, assisted by an automated medical rules/protocols system and backed up by physician consultants, individually evaluates every hospital admissions request. PrecertificationPre-certification objectives include the following: determine appropriateness of proposed or emergent hospitalization; determine the medical necessity for hospital admission/inpatient care; explore alternatives to inpatient treatment; if inpatient care is required, determine the appropriate length of stay and monitor the patient’s

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condition throughout the hospitalization to prevent unnecessary inpatient days; channel the patient to a CorVel PPO provider/facility; and develop and implement a timely discharge plan.
          Inpatient Utilization Review
          The Company offers pre-certification and concurrent utilization review services. The Company’s pre-certification service is designed to be utilized prior to the injured employee’s admission to the hospital. Upon notification by a claims manager or employer, a Company nurse reviews the appropriateness of the proposed plan of care, the need for inpatient hospitalization, and the appropriate length of stay. Under the Company’s concurrent review service the nurse reviewers monitor the medical necessity and appropriateness of the patient’s continued hospitalization through regular contact with the hospital and the patient’s physician and may identify cases that lend themselves to alternate treatment settings or home care.

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          Vocational Rehabilitation
          In certain states, vocational rehabilitation is a legislated benefit of workers’ compensation, which assists the employee’s return to former employment or another job function with similar economic value. The Company offers vocational services to reduce workers’ compensation costs and expedite the injured employee’s return to work.return-to-work.
          CorVel offers vocational services to evaluate the claimant’s education, training and experience. Vocational services include work capacity assessments, job analysis, transferable skill analysis, job modification, vocational testing, job placement assistance, labor market surveys and retraining. By working with the employer, the Company’s case managers can provide job modification or light-duty alternatives until the physician lifts the claimant’s physical restrictions. In addition, CorVel can evaluate partial payment claims if the claimant returns to work in a new position, working for less than their pre-injury wage. Services included by the Company’s vocational case managers include:
  ergonomic Assessments;assessments;
 
  rehabilitation Plans;plans;
 
  transferable Skills Analysis;skills analysis;
 
  labor Market Survey;market survey;
 
  job Seeking Skills Training;seeking skills training;
 
  resume Development;development;
 
  vocational Assessment;assessment;
 
  job Analysis, Developmentanalysis, development and Placement;placement;
 
  expert Testimony;testimony; and
 
  ADA Compliant.compliance.
          Life Care Planning
          Life Care Planning is a tool used to project long-term future needs, services and related costs associated with catastrophic injury. CorVel’s Life Care Plans summarize extensive amounts of medical data and compile it into a comprehensive report for future care requirements, producing improved outcomes and timely resolution of claims.
          Medicare Set-Asides
          A Medicare Set AsideSet-Aside Allocation (MSA) is a process used to demonstrate to Medicare that adequate funds are available to cover the cost of future medical care and Medicare will not be assigned as the primary payor.
          Critical Stress Incident Debrief
          Crisis Counseling is used to minimize the effects of stress on employees following a traumatic event and maintain employees on their jobs following a critically stressful incident. Examples of such events include: experiencing or witnessing a physical assault, observing or suffering a catastrophic injury, and violence in the workplace, etc.workplace.

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CareMC
          In April 2000, the Company launched its CareMC websiteWebsite (http://www.caremc.com). CareMC has become the application platform for all of the Company’s primary services line and delivers immediate access to customers. CareMC offers customers direct access to the Company’s primary services, Network Solutions, Patient Management and Claims Management. CareMC allows for electronic communication and reporting between providers, payors, employers and patients. Features of the websiteWebsite include: request for service, FNOL (first notice of loss), appointment scheduling, online bill review, claims information management, treatment calendar, medical bill adjudication and automated provider reimbursement. Through the CareMC website,Website, users can:
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request services online;
  manage files throughout the life of the claim;
 
  receive and relay case notes from case managers; and
 
  integrate information from multiple claims management sources into one database.
          The CareMC websiteWebsite facilitates healthcare transaction processing. Using artificial intelligence techniques, the websiteWebsite provides situation alerts and event triggers, to facilitate prompt and effective decisions. Users of CareMC can quickly see where event outliers are occurring within the claims management process. If costs exceed pre-determined thresholds or activities fall outside expected timelines, decision-makers can be quickly notified. Large amounts of information are consolidated and summarized to help customers focus on the critical issues.
Scanning Services
          In June 2003, the Company acquired Portland, Oregon based ScanOne, a provider of scanning, optical character recognition and document management services. This acquisition expanded the Company’s existing office automation service line and all offices are selling scanning and document management, the services previously sold by Scan One. The Company has added scanning operations to approximately 40 of the Company’s larger offices around the country calling them “Capture Centers”.Centers.”
          With the scanning capability, the Company is able to store claim documents and organize the information by document type with the documents readily available on-line. The benefits of scanning are threefold: the service reduces costs, saves time and increases productivity. On the front-end of the scanning process, which is scanning technology, optical character recognition and electronic data interchange, can enable organizations to significantly cut back on manual data entry and paper shuffling. It also increases reporting, sorting and indexing capabilities. With scanning, customers are able to electronically view documents and images, obtain information in real-time, reduce overhead, staffing, and paper storage costs.
          Scan One also offers a webWeb interface (www.onlinedocumentcenter.com) providing immediate access to documents and data called the Online Document Center (ODC). Secure document review, approval, transaction workflow and archival storage are available at subscription-based pricing.
          Aside from ScanOne’s services to CorVel, they actively pursue marketing initiatives to customers in the following fields: Accounting Department, Insurance Carrier, Hospital Administration, Clinics and Legal Field.
INDUSTRY, CUSTOMERS AND MARKETING
          The company focuses on four major industries around the country: workers’ compensation, auto insurance, group health and municipalities.
          The Company’s customers primarily are workers’ compensation insurers and, to a lesser extent, TPAs and self-administered employers. Many claims management decisions in workers’ compensation are the responsibility of the local claims office of national or regional insurers. The Company’s national branch office network has been

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established to enable the Company to market and offer its services at both a local and national account level. The Company is placing increasing emphasis on national account marketing. The marketing activities of the Company are conducted by account executives located in key geographic areas. No single customer of the Company represented more than 10% of revenues in fiscal 2003, 2004, 2005 or 2005.2006.
COMPETITION AND MARKET CONDITIONS
          The healthcare cost containment industry is highly fragmented and competitive and is subject to shifting customer requirements, frequent introductions of new products and services, increased marketing activities of other industry participants and legislative reforms. The Company expects intensity of competition to increase in the future as existing competitors continue to develop their products and services and as new companies enter the Company’s market. The Company’s primary competitors in the workers’ compensation market include some large insurance

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carriers which offer one or more services similar to those offered by the Company, HMOs and numerous independent companies, typically on a local or regional basis. The Company also competes with national and local firms specializing in utilization review and with major insurance carriers and TPAs which have implemented their own internal utilization review services. Many of the Company’s competitors are significantly larger and have greater financial and marketing resources than the Company. Moreover, the Company’s customers may establish the in-house capability of performing services offered by the Company. If the Company is unable to compete effectively, it will be difficult for the Company to add and retain customers, and the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations will be seriously harmed.
          Legislative reforms in some states permit employers to designate health plans such as HMOs and PPOs to cover workers’ compensation claimants. Because many health plans have the capacity to manage healthcare for workers’ compensation claimants, such legislation may intensify competition in the market served by the Company.
          The Company believes that declines in workers’ compensation costs in these states are due principally to intensified efforts by payors to manage and control claim costs, to improved risk management by employers and to legislative reforms. If declines in workers’ compensation costs occur in many states and persist over the long-term, they may have an adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
          The Company believes the principal factors that generally determine a company’s competitive advantage in the Company’s market include the following: specialization in workers’ compensation, breadth of services, ability to offer local services on a nationwide basis, information management systems and independence from insurance carriers. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in all or any of these areas that the Company believes contribute to competitive advantage, or that the Company will be able to compete successfully against current or potential competitors, or that competition will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
General
          Managed healthcare programs for workers’ compensation are subject to various laws and regulations. Both the nature and degree of applicable government regulation vary greatly depending upon the specific activities involved. Generally, parties that actually provide or arrange for the provision of healthcare services, assume financial risk related to the provision of those services or undertake direct responsibility for making payment or payment decisions for those services, are subject to a number of complex regulatory schemes that govern many aspects of their conduct and operations.
          In contrast, the management and information services provided by the Company to its customers typically have not been the subject of regulation by the federal government or the states. Since the managed healthcare field is a rapidly expanding and changing industry and the cost of providing healthcare continues to increase, it is possible that the applicable state and federal regulatory frameworks will expand to have a greater impact upon the conduct and operation of the Company’s business.

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          Under the current workers’ compensation system, employer insurance or self-funded coverage is governed by individual laws in each of the 50 states and by certain federal laws. The management and information services that make up the Company’s managed care program serve markets that have developed largely in response to needs of insurers, employers and large TPAs, and generally have not been mandated by legislation or other government action. On the other hand, the vocational rehabilitation case management marketplace within the workers’ compensation system has been dependent upon the laws and regulations within those states that require the availability of specified rehabilitation services for injured workers. Similarly, the Company’s fee schedule auditing services address market needs created by certain states’ enactment of maximum permissible fee schedules for workers’ compensation services. Changes in individual state regulation of workers’ compensation may create a greater or lesser demand for some or all of the Company’s services or require the Company to develop new or modified services in order to meet the needs of the marketplace and compete effectively in that marketplace.

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          California’s Medical Provider Networks
          In California, beginning January 1, 2005, an employer or insurer may establish a Medical Provider Network (“MPN”) to provide care for injured workers. The recent California legislation was designed to allow employers more control over their workers’ compensation claims by providing nearly 100% control over the life of a claim. Senate Bill 899 will allowallows every California employer to require their employees to utilize an MPN. Senate Bill 228 mandates that each California employer conduct Utilization Review per the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (“ACOEM”) guidelines on all claims. Used in conjunction with SB 899 for the MPN, SB 228 will dramatically reduce the amount of medical payments on each individual claim.
          Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996
          The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, requires the adoption of standards for the exchange of health information in an effort to encourage overall administrative simplification and to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the healthcare industry. Pursuant to HIPAA, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has issued final rules concerning the privacy and security of health information, the establishment of standard transactions and code sets. The HIPAA requirements only apply to covered entities, which include health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and healthcare providers that transmit any health information in electronic form. The Company’s network solutions services may be subject to HIPAA obligations through business associate agreements with our customers. We are also indirectly regulated by HIPAA as a plan sponsor of a healthcare benefit plan for our own employees.
          Of the HIPAA requirements, the privacy standards and the security standards have the most significant impact on our business operations. The privacy standards require covered entities to implement certain procedures to govern the use and disclosure of protected health information and to safeguard such information from inappropriate access, use or disclosure. Protected health information includes individually identifiable health information, such as an individual’s medical records, transmitted or maintained in any format, including paper and electronic records. The privacy standards establish the different levels of individual permission that are required before a covered entity may use or disclose an individual’s protected health information, and establish new rights for the individual with respect to his or her protected health information.
          The security standards are designed to protect health information against reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of the information, and to protect the information against unauthorized use or disclosure. The security standards establish a national standard for protecting the security and integrity of medical records when they are kept in electronic form. Compliance with the security standards iswas required byon April 21, 2005.
          Medical Cost Containments Litigation
          Historically, governmental strategies to contain medical costs in the workers’ compensation field have been generally limited to legislation on a state-by-state basis. For example, many states have implemented fee schedules that list maximum reimbursement levels for healthcare procedures. In certain states that have not authorized the use of a fee schedule, the Company adjusts bills to the usual and customary levels authorized by the payor.

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Opportunities for the Company’s services could increase if more states legislate additional cost containment strategies. Conversely, the Company would be adversely affected if states elect to reduce the extent of medical cost containment strategies available to insurance carriers and other payors, or adopt other strategies for cost containment that would not support a demand for the Company’s services.
          Healthcare Reform
          There has been considerable discussion of healthcare reform at both the federal level and in numerous state legislatures in recent years. Due to uncertainties regarding the ultimate features of reform initiatives and the timing of their enactment, the Company cannot predict which, if any, reforms will be adopted, when they may be adopted, or what impact they may have on the Company.

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          Vocational Rehabilitation Legislation
          During the early 1970s, the case management marketplace within workers’ compensation was dominated by the provision of medical management services. Such services were purchased at the option of insurance carriers with little or no support from legislative efforts within any of the states. By the mid-1970s, it became popular for states to legislate either supportive programs for vocational rehabilitation or, in some cases, mandatory vocational rehabilitation statutes.
Shareholder Rights PlanSHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
          During fiscal 1997, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the adoption of a Shareholder Rights Plan. The Shareholder Rights Plan provides for a dividend distribution to CorVel stockholders of one preferred stock purchase right for each outstanding share of CorVel’s common stock under certain circumstances. In April 2002, the Board of Directors of CorVel approved an amendment to the Company’s existing shareholder rights agreement to extend the expiration date of the rights to February 10, 2012, increase the initial exercise price of each right to $118 and enable Fidelity Management & Research Company and its affiliates to purchase up to 18% of the shares of common stock of the Company without triggering the stockholder rights. The limitations under the stockholder rights agreement remain in effect for all other stockholders of the Company. The rights are designed to assure that all shareholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover of the Company and to encourage a potential acquirer to negotiate with the Board of Directors prior to attempting a takeover. The rights have an exercise price of $118 per right, subject to subsequent adjustment. The rights trade with the Company’s common stock and will not be exercisable until the occurrence of certain takeover-related events.
          Generally, the Shareholder Rights Plan provides that if a person or group acquires 15% or more of the Company’s common stock without the approval of the Board, subject to certain exception, the holders of the rights, other than the acquiring person or group, would, under certain circumstances, have the right to purchase additional shares of the Company’s common stock having a market value equal to two times the then-current exercise price of the right.
          In addition, if the Company is thereafter merged into another entity, or if 50% or more of the Company’s consolidated assets or earning power are sold, then the right will entitle its holder to buy common shares of the acquiring entity having a market value equal to two times the then-current exercise price of the right. The Company’s Board of Directors may exchange or redeem the rights under certain conditions.
EmployeesEMPLOYEES
          As of March 31, 2005,2006, CorVel had 2,9802,623 employees, including nurses, therapists, counselors and other employees. No employees are represented by any collective bargaining unit. Management believes the Company’s relationship with its employees to be good.

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Available InformationAVAILABLE INFORMATION
          Copies of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as reports pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, are available free of charge through our websiteWebsite (http://www.corvel.com, under the Investor Relations section) as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with, or furnish itfurnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. The inclusion of our webWeb site address and the address of any of our portals such aswww.caremc.com andwww.onlinedocumentcenter.com, in this report does not include or incorporate by reference into this report any information contained on, or accessible through our web site.Web sites.
DATE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
          The date of our 2006 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2006 Annual Meeting”) will be August 3, 2006, which is more than thirty days before the anniversary date of our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders. The deadlines, relating to stockholders proposals for the 2006 Annual Meeting, set forth in our definitive proxy statement filed on August 17, 2005 have not changed.

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Item 1A.Risk Factors.
Risk Factors
          Past financial performance is not necessarily a reliable indicator of future performance, and investors in the Company’s common stock should not use historical performance to anticipate results or future period trends. Investing in the Company’s common stock involves a high degree of risk. Investors should consider carefully the following risk factors, as well as the other information in this report and the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the related notes, before deciding whether to invest or maintain an investment in shares of the Company’s common stock. If any of the following risks actually occurs, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations would suffer. In this case, the trading price of the Company’s common stock would likely decline. The risks described below are not the only ones the Company faces. Additional risks that the Company currently does not know about or that the Company currently believes to be immaterial also may impair the Company’s business operations.
          Changes in government regulations could increase the Company’s cost of operations and/or reduce the demand for the Company’s services.
          Many states, including a number of those in which the Company transacts business, have licensing and other regulatory requirements applicable to the Company’s business. Approximately half of the states have enacted laws that require licensing of businesses which provide medical review services such as the Company. Some of these laws apply to medical review of care covered by workers’ compensation. These laws typically establish minimum standards for qualifications of personnel, confidentiality, internal quality control and dispute resolution procedures. These regulatory programs may result in increased costs of operation for the Company, which may have an adverse impact upon the Company’s ability to compete with other available alternatives for healthcare cost control. In addition, new laws regulating the operation of managed care provider networks have been adopted by a number of states. These laws may apply to managed care provider networks having contracts with the Company or to provider networks which the Company may organize. To the extent the Company is governed by these regulations, it may be subject to additional licensing requirements, financial and operational oversight and procedural standards for beneficiaries and providers.
          Regulation in the healthcare and workers’ compensation fields is constantly evolving. The Company is unable to predict what additional government initiatives, if any, affecting its business may be promulgated in the future. The Company’s business may be adversely affected by failure to comply with existing laws and regulations, failure to obtain necessary licenses and government approvals or failure to adapt to new or modified regulatory requirements. Proposals for healthcare legislative reforms are regularly considered at the federal and state levels. To the extent that such proposals affect workers’ compensation, such proposals may adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
          In addition, changes in workers’ compensation, auto and managed health care laws or regulations may reduce demand for the Company’s services, require the Company to develop new or modified services to meet the demands of the marketplace or reduce the fees that the Company may charge for its services. One proposal which has been considered by Congress and certain state legislatures is 24-hour health coverage, in which the coverage of traditional employer-sponsored health plans is combined with workers’ compensation coverage to provide a single insurance plan for work-related and non-work-related health problems. Incorporating workers’ compensation coverage into conventional health plans may adversely affect the market for the Company’s services because some employers would purchase 24 hour24-hour coverage from group health plans, which couldwould reduce the demand for CorVel’s workers’ compensation customers.
          The Company’s quarterly sequential revenue may continue to be flat or decrease.not increase and may decline. As a result, the Company may fail to meet or exceed the expectations of investors or securities analysts which could cause the Company’s common stock price to decline.
          The Company’s quarterly sequential revenue growth may continue to be flat or decreasenot increase and may decline in the future as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of the Company’s control. If changes in the Company’s

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Company’s common stock could decline substantially. Fluctuations or declines in quarterly sequential revenue growth may be due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, those listed below and identified throughout this “Risk Factors” sectionsection: the decline in the manufacturing employment, the decline in workers’ compensation claims, the decline in healthcare expenditures, the considerable price competition given thein a flat-to-declining workers’ compensation market, the increase in competition, and the changes and the potential changes in state workers’ compensation and autoautomobile managed care laws which can reduce demand for the Company’s services. These factors create an environment where revenue and margin growth is more difficult to attain and where revenue growth is less certain than historically experienced. Additionally, the Company’s technology and preferred provider network face competition from companies that have more resources available to them than the Company does. Also, some customers may handle their managed care services in-house and may reduce the amount of services which are outsourced to managed care companies such as CorVel Corporation.
CorVel. These factors could cause the market price of the Company’s Common Stockcommon stock to fluctuate substantially. The Company’s decrease in revenues in the most recent fiscal year was partially attributable to a reduction in the growth rate of healthcare expenditures nationally, contributing to a reduction in the growth of claims processed by the Company. There can be no assurance that the Company’s growth rate in the future, if any will be at or near historical levels.
          In addition, the stock market has in the past experienced price and volume fluctuations that have particularly affected companies in the healthcare and managed care markets resulting in changes in the market price of the stock of many companies, which may not have been directly related to the operating performance of those companies.
          Due to the foregoing factors, and the other risks discussed in this report, investors should not rely on quarter-to-quarter comparisons of the Company’s results of operations as an indication of its future performance.
          Exposure to possible litigation and legal liability may adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
          The Company, through its utilization management services, makes recommendations concerning the appropriateness of providers’ medical treatment plans of patients throughout the country, and as a result, could be exposed to claims for adverse medical consequences. The Company does not grant or deny claims for payment of benefits and the Company does not believe that it engages in the practice of medicine or the delivery of medical services. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will not be subject to claims or litigation related to the authorization or denial of claims for payment of benefits or allegations that the Company engages in the practice of medicine or the delivery of medical services.
          In addition, there can be no assurance that the Company will not be subject to other litigation that may adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations, including but not limited to being joined in litigation brought against the Company’s customers in the managed care industry. The Company maintains professional liability insurance and such other coverages as the Company believes are reasonable in light of the Company’s experience to date. There can be no assurance, however, thatIf such insurance will be sufficientis insufficient or availableunavailable in the future at reasonable cost to protect the Company from liability, which might adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.operations could be adversely affected.
          The Company’s failure to compete successfully could make it difficult for the Company to add and retain customers and could reduce or impede the growth of the Company’s business.
          The Company faces competition from PPOs, TPAs and other managed healthcare companies. The Company believes that as managed care techniques continue to gain acceptance in the workers’ compensation marketplace, CorVel’s competitors will increasingly consist of nationally focusednationally-focused workers’ compensation managed care service companies, insurance companies, HMOs and other significant providers of managed care products. Legislative reforms in some states permit employers to designate health plans such as HMOs and PPOs to cover workers’ compensation claimants. Because many health plans have the ability to manage medical costs for workers’ compensation claimants, such legislation may intensify competition in the markets served by the Company. Many of the Company’s current and potential competitors are significantly larger and have greater financial and marketing

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Healthcare providers are becoming increasingly resistant to the application of certain healthcare cost containment techniques, which could cause the Company’s revenue to decrease.
          Healthcare providers have become more active in their efforts to minimize the use of certain cost containment techniques and are engaging in litigation to avoid application of certain cost containment practices. Recent litigation between healthcare providers and insurers has challenged certain insurers’ claims adjudication and reimbursement decisions. Although these lawsuits do not directly involve us or any services that we provide, these cases could affect the use by insurers of certain cost containment services that we provide, and could result in a decline in revenue from our cost containment line of business.
          A change in workers’ compensation market dynamics may harm the Company’s results of operations.
          Within the past few years, several states have experienced a decline in the number of workers’ compensation claims and the average cost per claim which have been reflected in workers’ compensation insurance premium rate reductions in those states. The Company believes that declines in workers’ compensation costs in these states are due principally to intensified efforts by payors to manage and control claim costs, and to a lesser extent, to improved risk management by employers and to legislative reforms. If declines in workers’ compensation costs occur in many states and persist over the long-term, they mayit would have an adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
          The Company provides an outsource service to payors of workers’ compensation and auto healthcare benefits. These payors include insurance companies, TPAs, municipalities, state funds, and self-insured, self- administered employers. If these payors reduce the amount of work they outsource, the Company’s results of operations couldwould be adversely affected.
          If the average annual growth in nationwide employment does not offset declines in the frequency of workplace injuries and illnesses, then the size of our market may decline, andwhich may adversely affect our ability to grow.
          The rate of injuries that occur in the workplace has decreased over time. Although the overall number of people employed in the workplace has generally increased over time, this increase has only partially offset the declining rate of injuries and illnesses. Our business model is based, in part, on our ability to expand our relative share of the market for the treatment and review of claims for workplace injuries and illnesses. If nationwide employment does not increase or experiences periods of decline, or if workplace injuries and illnesses continue to decline at a greater rate than the increase in total employment, our ability to expandincrease our revenue and earnings could be unfavorablyadversely impacted.
          If the utilization by healthcare payors of early intervention services continues to increase, the revenue from our later stage network and healthcare management services could be negatively affected.
          The performance of early intervention services, including injury occupational healthcare, first notice of loss, and telephonic case management services, often result in a decrease in the average length of, and the total costs associated with, a healthcare claim. By successfully intervening at an early stage in a claim, the need for additional cost containment services for that claim often can be reduced or even eliminated. As healthcare payors continue to increase their utilization of early intervention services, the revenue from our later stage network and healthcare management services maywill decrease.
          The Company faces competition for staffing, which may increase its labor costs and reduce profitability.
          The Company competes with other health-care providers in recruiting qualified management and staff personnel for the day-to-day operations of its business, including nurses and other case management professionals.

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In some markets, the scarcity of nurses and other medical support personnel has become a significant operating issue to health-care providers. This shortage may require the Company to enhance wages to recruit and retain qualified nurses and other health-care professionals. The failure of the Company to recruit and retain qualified management, nurses and other health-care professionals, or to control labor costs could have a material adverse effect on profitability.
          The failure to attract and retain qualified or key personnel may prevent the Company from effectively developing, marketing, selling, integrating and supporting its services.
          The Company is dependent to a substantial extent upon the continuing efforts and abilities of certain key management personnel. In addition, the Company faces competition for experienced employees with professional expertise in the workers’ compensation managed care area. The loss of key employees, especially V. Gordon

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Clemons, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Dan Starck, President, or the inability to attract, qualified employees, especially V. Gordon Clemons, Chairman and President, could have a material unfavorable effect on the Company’s business and results of operations.
          If the Company’s revenueCompany fails to increase revenue, it may be unable to execute its business plan, maintain high levels of service or adequately address competitive challenges.
          The Company’s strategy is to continue its internal growth and, as strategic opportunities arise in the workers’ compensation managed care industry, to consider acquisitions of, or relationships with, other companies in related lines of business. As a result, the Company is subject to certain growth-related risks, including the risk that it will be unable to retain personnel or acquire other resources necessary to service such growth adequately. Expenses arising from the Company’s efforts to increase its market penetration may have a negative impact on operating results. In addition, there can be no assurance that any suitable opportunities for strategic acquisitions or relationships will arise or, if they do arise, that the transactions contemplated thereby could be completed. If such a transaction does occur, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to integrate effectively any acquired business into the Company. In addition, any such transaction would be subject to various risks associated with the acquisition of businesses, including, but not limited to, the following:
an acquisition may negatively impact the Company’s results of operations because it may require incurring large one-time charges, substantial debt or liabilities; it may require the amortization or write down of amounts related to deferred compensation, goodwill and other intangible assets; or it may cause adverse tax consequences, substantial depreciation or deferred compensation charges;
the Company may encounter difficulties in assimilating and integrating the business, technologies, products, services, personnel or operations of companies that are acquired, particularly if key personnel of the acquired company decide not to work for the Company;
an acquisition may disrupt ongoing business, divert resources, increase expenses and distract management;
the acquired businesses, products, services or technologies may not generate sufficient revenue to offset acquisition costs;
the Company may have to issue equity securities to complete an acquisition, which would dilute stockholders and could adversely affect the market price of the Company’s common stock; and
an acquisition may negatively impact the Company’s results of operations because it may require incurring large one-time charges, substantial debt or liabilities; it may require the amortization or write down of amounts related to deferred compensation, goodwill and other intangible assets; or it may cause adverse tax consequences, substantial depreciation or deferred compensation charges;
the Company may encounter difficulties in assimilating and integrating the business, technologies, products, services, personnel or operations of companies that are acquired, particularly if key personnel of the acquired company decide not to work for the Company;
an acquisition may disrupt ongoing business, divert resources, increase expenses and distract management;
the acquired businesses, products, services or technologies may not generate sufficient revenue to offset acquisition costs;
the Company may have to issue equity or debt securities to complete an acquisition, which would dilute stockholders and could adversely affect the market price of the Company’s common stock; and
acquisitions may involve the entry into a geographic or business market in which the Company has little or no prior experience.
          There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to identify or consummate any future acquisitions or other strategic relationships on favorable terms, or at all, or that any future acquisition or other strategic relationship will not have an adverse impact on the Company’s business or results of operations. If suitable opportunities arise, the Company anticipates that it wouldmay finance such transactions, as well as its internal growth, through working capital or, in certain instances, through debt or equity financing. There can be no assurance,

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however, that such debt or equity financing would be available to the Company on acceptable terms when, and if, suitable strategic opportunities arise.
          Our Internet-based services are dependent on the development and maintenance of the Internet infrastructure.
          We deploy our CareMC and, to a lesser extent, MedCheck services over the Internet. Our ability to deliver our Internet-based services is dependent on the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of the Internet by third parties. This includes maintenance of a reliable network backbone with the necessary speed, data capacity and security, as well as timely development of complementary products, such as high-speed modems, for providing reliable Internet access and services. The Internet has 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 performance of the Internet may be harmed by increased usage.

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          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. These outages and delays could reduce the level of Internet usage, as well as the availability of the Internet to us for delivery of our Internet-based services. In addition, our customers who use our Web-based services depend on Internet service providers, online service providers and other Web site operators for access to our Web site. 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 our systems. Any significant interruptions in our services or increases in response time could result in a loss of potential or existing users, and, if sustained or repeated, could reduce the attractiveness of our services.
          Demand for our services could be adversely affected if our prospective customers are unable to implement the transaction and security standards required under HIPAA.
          For some of our network services, we routinely implement electronic data interfaces (“EDIs”) to our customers’ locations that enable the exchange of information on a computerized basis. To the extent that our customers do not have sufficient personnel to implement the transactions and security standards required by HIPAA or to work with our information technology personnel in the implementation of our electronic interfaces, the demand for our network services could decline.
          An interruption in the Company’s ability to access critical data may cause customers to cancel their service and/or may reduce the Company’s ability to effectively compete.
          Certain aspects of the Company’s business are dependent upon its ability to store, retrieve, process and manage data and to maintain and upgrade its data processing capabilities. Interruption of data processing capabilities for any extended length of time, loss of stored data, programming errors or other system failures could cause customers to cancel their service and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business and results of operations.
          ��      In addition, the Company expects that a considerable amount of its future growth will depend on its ability to process and manage claims data more efficiently and to provide more meaningful healthcare information to customers and payors of healthcare. There can be no assurance that the Company’s current data processing capabilities will be adequate for its future growth, that it will be able to efficiently upgrade its systems to meet future demands, or that the Company will be able to develop, license or otherwise acquire software to address these market demands as well or as timely as its competitors.
          The introduction of software products incorporating new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards could render the Company’s existing software products less competitive, obsolete or unmarketable.
          There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in developing and marketing new software products that respond to technological changes or evolving industry standards. If the Company is unable, for technological or other reasons, to develop and introduce new software products cost-effectively, in a timely manner

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and in response to changing market conditions or customer requirements, the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.
          Developing or implementing new or updated software products and services may take longer and cost more than expected. The Company relies on a combination of internal development, strategic relationships, licensing and acquisitions to develop its software products and services. The cost of developing new healthcare information services and technology solutions is inherently difficult to estimate. The Company’s development and implementation of proposed software products and services may take longer than originally expected, require more testing than originally anticipated and require the acquisition of additional personnel and other resources. If the Company is unable to develop new or updated software products and services cost-effectively on a timely basis and implement them without significant disruptions to the existing systems and processes of the Company’s customers, the Company may lose potential sales and harm its relationships with current or potential customers.

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          A breach of security may cause the Company’s customers to curtail or stop using the Company’s services.
          The Company relies largely on its own security systems, confidentiality procedures and employee nondisclosure agreements to maintain the privacy and security of its and its customers proprietary information. Accidental or willful security breaches or other unauthorized access by third parties to the Company’s information systems, the existence of computer viruses in the Company’s data or software and misappropriation of the Company’s proprietary information could expose the Company to a risk of information loss, litigation and other possible liabilities which may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. If security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in the Company’s software are exposed and exploited, and, as a result, a third party obtains unauthorized access to any customer data, the Company’s relationships with its customers and its reputation will be damaged, the Company’s business may suffer and the Company could incur significant liability. Because techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until launched against a target, the Company may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures.
          Changes in the accounting treatment of stock options could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations.
          The Financial Accounting Standards Board has recently issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123R,Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, which requires that stock basedstock-based compensation be accounted for at fair value and expensed over the service period for financial reporting purposes, and is effective for the Company starting in the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2006. Such stock option expensing would require the Company to value its employee stock option grants pursuant to a binomial valuation formula,at fair value, and then amortize that valuethe estimated cost against the Company’s reported earnings over the vesting period in effect for those options. The Company currently accounts for stock-based awards to employees using the intrinsic value method in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25,Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and has adopted the disclosure-only alternative of SFAS 123. If the Company is required to expense employee stock options in the future, thisThis change in accounting treatment wouldwill materially and adversely affect the Company’s reported results of operations as the stock-based compensation expense wouldwill be charged directly against the Company’s reported earnings. Participation by the Company’s employees in the Company’s employee stock purchase plan may trigger additional compensation charges if the proposed amendments to SFAS 123 are adopted.
          If we are unable to increase our market share among national and regional insurance carriers and large, self-funded employers, our results may be adversely affected.
          Our business strategy and future success depend in part on our ability to capture market share with our cost containment services as national and regional insurance carriers and large, self-funded employers look for ways to achieve cost savings. We cannot assure you that we will successfully market our services to these insurance carriers and employers or that they will not resort to other means to achieve cost savings. Additionally, our ability to capture additional market share may be adversely affected by the decision of potential customers to perform services internally instead of outsourcing the provision of such services to us. Furthermore, we may not be able to

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demonstrate sufficient cost savings to potential or current customers to induce them not to provide comparable services internally or to accelerate efforts to provide such services internally.
          If we lose several customers in a short period, our results may be adversely affected.
          Our results may decline if we lose several customers during a short period. Most of our customer contracts permit either party to terminate without cause. If several customers terminate, or do not renew or extend their contracts with us, our results could be adversely affected. Many organizations in the insurance industry have consolidated and this could result in the loss of one or more of our significant customers through a merger or acquisition. Additionally, we could lose significant customers due to competitive pricing pressures or other reasons.
          We are subject to risks associated with acquisitions of intangible assets.
          Our acquisition of other businesses may result in significant increases in our intangible assets relating to goodwill. We regularly evaluate whether events and circumstances have occurred indicating that any portion of our goodwill may not be recoverable. When factors indicate that goodwill should be evaluated for possible impairment,

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we may be required to reduce the carrying value of these assets. We cannot currently estimate the timing and amount of any such charges.
          If we are unable to leverage our information systems to enhance our outcome-driven service model, our results may be adversely affected.
          To leverage our knowledge of workplace injuries, treatment protocols, outcomes data, and complex regulatory provisions related to the workers’ compensation market, we must continue to implement and enhance information systems that can analyze our data related to the workers’ compensation industry. We frequently upgrade existing operating systems and are updating other information systems that we rely upon in our operating segments. We have detailed implementation schedules for these projects that require extensive involvement from our operational, technological and financial personnel. Delays or other problems we might encounter in implementing these projects could adversely affect our ability to deliver streamlined patient care and outcome reporting to our customers.
          If competition increases, our growth and profits may decline.
          The markets for our Network Services and Care Management Services segments are also fragmented and competitive. Our competitors include national managed care providers, preferred provider networks, smaller independent providers and insurance companies. Companies that offer one or more workers’ compensation managed care services on a national basis are our primary competitors. We also compete with many smaller vendors who generally provide unbundled services on a local level, particularly companies with an established relationship with a local insurance company adjuster. In addition, several large workers’ compensation insurance carriers offer managed care services for their customers, either by performance of the services in-house or by outsourcing to organizations like ours. If these carriers increase their performance of these services in-house, our business may be adversely affected. In addition, consolidation in the industry may result in carriers performing more of such services in-house.
          If lawsuits against us are successful, we may incur significant liabilities.
          We provide to insurers and other payors of health care costs managed care programs that utilize preferred provider organizations and computerized bill review programs. Health care providers have brought against the Company and its clients individual and class action lawsuits challenging such programs. If such lawsuits are successful, we may incur significant liabilities.
          We make recommendations about the appropriateness of providers’ proposed medical treatment plans for patients throughout the country. As a result, we could be subject to claims arising from any adverse medical consequences. Although plaintiffs have not to date subjected us to any claims or litigation relating to the grant or denial of claims for payment of benefits or allegations that we engage in the practice of medicine or the delivery of medical services, we cannot assure you that plaintiffs will not make such claims in future litigation. We also cannot assure you that our insurance will provide sufficient coverage or that insurance companies will make insurance available at a reasonable cost to protect us from significant future liability.

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          The increased costs of professional and general liability insurance may have an adverse effect on our profitability.
          The cost of commercial professional and general liability insurance coverage has risen significantly in the past several years, and this trend may continue. In addition, if we were to suffer a material loss, our costs may increase over and above the general increases in the industry. If the costs associated with insuring our business continue to increase, it may adversely affect our business. We believe our current level of insurance coverage is adequate for a company of our size engaged in our business
          If the average annual growth in nationwide employment does not offset declines in the frequency of workplace injuries and illnesses, then the size of our market may decline and adversely affect our ability to grow.
          The majority of our revenue in fiscal 2005 was generated from the treatment or review of workers’ compensation claims. The rate of injuries that occur in the workplace has decreased over time. Although the overall number of people employed in the workplace has generally increased, this increase has only partially offset the declining rate of injuries and illnesses. Our business model is based, in part, on our ability to expand our relative share of the market for the review of claims for workplace injuries and illnesses. If nationwide employment does not increase or experiences periods of decline, our ability to expand our revenue and earnings may be adversely affected. Additionally, if workplace injuries and illnesses continue to decline at a greater rate than the increase in total employment, the number of claims in the workers’ compensation market will decrease and may adversely affect our business.
We have experienced a decline in the referrals for our Patient Managementpatient management services.
          We have experienced a general decline in the revenue and operating performance of Patient Management Services.patient management services. We believe that the performance decline has been due to the following factors: the lingering effects of the downturn in the national economy and its corresponding effect on the number of workplace injuries that have

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become longer-term disability cases; increased regional and local competition from providers of managed care services; a possible reduction by insurers on the types of services provided by our Patient Managementpatient management business; the closure of offices and continuing consolidation of our Patient Managementpatient management operations; and employee turnover, including management personnel, in our Patient Managementpatient management business. In the past, these factors have all contributed to the lowering of our long-term outlook for our Patient Management Services.patient management services. If some or all of these conditions continue, we believe that the performance of our Patient Managementpatient management revenues could decrease.
          Healthcare providers are becoming increasingly resistant to the application of certain healthcare cost containment techniques; this may cause revenue from our cost containment operations to decrease.
          Healthcare providers have become more active in their efforts to minimize the use of certain cost containment techniques and are engaging in litigation to avoid application of certain cost containment practices. Recent litigation between healthcare providers and insurers has challenged certain insurers’ claims adjudication and reimbursement decisions. Although these lawsuits do not directly involve us or any services we provide, these cases may affect the use by insurers of certain cost containment services that we provide and may result in a decrease in revenue from our cost containment business.
          Our management has determined that there wasFailure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and delays in completing our internal controls and financial audits, could have a material weaknessadverse effect on our business and stock price.
          Our fiscal 2006 audit revealed material weaknesses in our system of internal controlcontrols over financial reporting related to the size of our accounting staff, lack of an effective control monitoring process and as a result concludedinadequate anti-fraud controls. We are attempting to cure these material weaknesses by taking the steps described in Item 9A of this report, but we have not yet completed such remediation and there can be no assurance that such remediation will be successful. During the course of our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2005. Ifcontinued testing, we are unablealso may identify other significant deficiencies or material weaknesses, in addition to correct the deficiency that resulted in this material weakness,ones already identified, which we may not be able to accurately reportremediate in a timely manner or at all. If we continue to fail to achieve and maintain effective internal controls, we will not be able to conclude that we have effective internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In addition, since 2005, we have experienced delays in completing our futureinternal controls and financial results,audits, which have resulted in the untimely filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 and the filing of several notifications of late filing on Form 12b-25. Failure to achieve and maintain an effective internal control environment, and delays in completing our internal controls and financial audits, could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and result in a decline in the market price of our common stock.
          Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, and this assessment identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. As a result our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2005. For a discussion of this material weakness and our responsive measures, please see “Item 9A. Controls and Procedures” of this report. Although we have planned to take steps to correct the internal control deficiency that resulted in

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this material weakness, the efficacy of the steps we have taken are subject to continuing management review supported by confirmation and testing. We cannot be certain that these measures will ensure that we will be able to implement and maintain adequate internal control over our financial reporting processes in the future. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation could prevent us from accurately reporting our financial results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations in the future. Also, internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. As a result, insufficient internal control over financial reporting could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information,company, which could result in a decline in the market price of our common stock.stock, and cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations in the future, which in turn could impact our ability to raise equity financing if needed in the future.
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments.
          None.
Item 2.Properties.
          The Company’s principal executive office is located in Irvine, California in approximately 6,600 square feet of leased space. The lease expires in September 2007. The Company leases its125 branch offices in 49 states, which range in size from 1,000 square feet up to approximately 16,000 square feet. The lease terms for the branch offices range from monthly to ten years and expire through 2014. The Company believes that its facilities are adequate for its current needs and that suitable additional space will be available as required.

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Item 3.Legal Proceedings.
          The Company is involved in litigation arising in the normal course of business. The CompanyManagement believes that resolution of these matters will not result in any payment that, in the aggregate, would be material to the financial position or financial operations of the Company.
Item 4.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
          There were no matters submitted to a vote of stockholders during the quarter ended March 31, 2005.2006.

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PART II
Item 5.Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and IssuersIssuer Purchases of Equity SecuritiesSecurities.
Market Information
          The Company’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol CRVL. The quarterly high and low per share sales prices for the Company’s Common Stockcommon stock for fiscal years 20042005 and 20052006 as reported by NASDAQ are set forth below for the periods indicated:indicated. These prices represent prices among dealers, do not include retail markups, markdowns or commissions, and may not represent actual transactions.
                
 High Low High Low 
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2004:
 
Quarter Ended June 30, 2003: $36.14 $29.86 
Quarter Ended September 30, 2003: 38.78 34.20 
Quarter Ended December 31, 2003: 38.15 32.63 
Quarter Ended March 31, 2004: 40.80 34.02 
 
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2005:
  
 
Quarter Ended June 30, 2004: $36.75 $22.65  $36.75 $22.65 
Quarter Ended September 30, 2004: 31.50 23.81  31.50 23.81 
Quarter Ended December 31, 2004: 32.35 25.99  32.35 25.99 
Quarter Ended March 31, 2005: 27.85 18.40  27.85 18.40 
 
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2006:
 
 
Quarter Ended June 30, 2005: $28.47 $19.90 
Quarter Ended September 30, 2005: 29.00 22.73 
Quarter Ended December 31, 2005: 23.96 15.90 
Quarter Ended March 31, 2006: 22.02 16.87 
          Holders.As of May 28, 2005,15, 2006, there were approximately 1,2041,161 holders of record of the Company’s common stock according to the information provided by the Company’s transfer agent. In addition, the Company believes that a significant number of beneficial owners of the company’s common stock hold their shares in street name.
          Dividends.The Company has never paid any cash dividends on its Commons Stockcommon stock and has no current plans to do so in the foreseeable future. The Company intends to retain future earnings, if any, for use in the Company’s business. The payment of any future dividends on its Common Stockcommon stock will be determined by the Board of Directors in light of conditions then existing, including the Company’s earnings, financial condition and requirements, restrictions in financing agreements, business conditions and other factors.
          Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. None.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.The following table shows the number ofThere were no shares repurchased by the Company for each of the months during the fourth quarter ofended March 31, 2006. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005:
                 
          Total Number of Maximum Number
  Total Number Average Shares Purchased of Shares That May
  of Shares Price Paid as Part of Publicly Yet Be Purchased
  Purchased Per Share Announced Program Under the Program
January 27 to January 31, 2005  13,600  $22.48   5,973,068   1,126,932 
                 
February 1 to February 28, 2005  143,350   22.05   6,116,418   983,582 
                 
March 1 to March 31, 2005  148,730   22.07   6,265,148   834,852 
         
Quarter ended March 31, 2005  305,680  $22.08   6,265,148   834,852 
         
          In 1996,2006 the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock purchase plan for up to 100,000Company repurchased 835,339 shares of the Company’sits common stock. The Company’s Board of Directors has periodically increased the number of shares authorized for repurchase under the plan. The most recent increase occurred in March 2005 and brought the number of shares authorized for repurchase to 7,100,000 shares. There is no expiration date for the plan. Effective March 15, 2005, the Company entered into a SEC Rule 10b5-1 repurchase program with a broker that allowed open-market purchases of 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock through traditional blackout periods. The 10b5-1 repurchase program terminated on May 12, 2005, upon completion of the purchase of 200,000 shares.

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Item 6.Selected Financial Data.
          The selected consolidated financial data of the Company appears in a separate section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K on page 4639 and is incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
          Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations appears in a separate section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K beginning on page 4740 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

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Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
          As of March 31, 2005,2006, the Company held no market risk sensitive instruments for trading purposes and the Company did not employ any derivative financial instruments, other financial instruments, or derivative commodity instruments to hedge any market risk. The Company had no debt outstanding as of March 31, 2005,2006, and therefore, had no market risk related to debt. The Company has an available $10 million line of credit from a banking institution as of March 31, 2005. Borrowings under this agreement bear interest, at the Company’s option, at a fluctuating LIBOR-based rate plus 1.25% or at the financial institution’s prime lending rate.
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
          The Company’s consolidated financial statements, as listed under Item 15, appear in a separate section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K beginning on page 5751 and are incorporated herein by this reference. The financial statement schedule is included below under Item 15.
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
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Item 9A.Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
          Our management has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b)13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act)(the “Exchange Act”). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective in ensuring that information requireddue to be disclosedthe material weaknesses in our Exchange Act reports is (1) recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner, and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer,internal control over financial reporting as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.of March 31, 2006, described below.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Overover Financial Reporting
          Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management, the Board of Directors and the board of directorsinvestors regarding thereliable preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. Nonetheless, all internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Even systems determined to be effective as of a particular date can only provide only reasonable assurance with respect to reliable financial statement preparation and presentation.
          A material weakness in internal control over financial reporting is a control deficiency (within the meaning of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) Auditing StandardsStandard No. 2), or a combination of control deficiencies, that result in there being more than a remote likelihood that aof material misstatement in the annual or interim financial statements willwould not be prevented or detected.
          Grant Thornton LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, has provided us with an unqualified report on our consolidated financial statements for fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. However, in connection with the audit procedures for the audit of our fiscal 2005 financial statements and internal controls assessment, despite substantial efforts, we were not able to complete fully our testing of a sufficient amount of key controls in our processes to satisfy Grant Thornton on their effectiveness. One of the reasons for our inability to complete such testing was that we did not have adequate resources to perform such testing by March 31, 2005. Accordingly, in consultation with Grant Thornton, we have concluded that we are unable to complete the management assessment of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005 as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and Grant Thornton has issued a “disclaimer” opinion, included herein, indicating that they do not express an opinion as to management’s assessment and as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005.
          Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005.2006. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework.Framework (COSO). Based on our assessment, we believe that, as of March 31, 2005,2006, our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective based on those criteria, solely in consideration of the material weaknesses described below.
Inadequate resources.CorVel did not maintain a sufficient complement of personnel with an appropriate level of accounting knowledge, experience and training to: (i) ensure the preparation of interim and annual financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), (ii) effectively execute the principal control activities noted below, and (iii) remediate previously communicated deficiencies. The testingCompany’s finance and accounting structure also did not support appropriate lines of authority, reporting, and accountability to achieve desired reliable financial reporting controls. In addition, the Company placed substantial reliance on manual procedures and detective controls that lacked adequate management monitoring for compliance.
Control environment.We did not maintain an effective control environment. Specifically, we did not maintain: (i) a documented risk assessment process that adequately addresses COSO objectives, including strategic plans, budgets and clearly defined and communicated goals and objectives aligned with the assessment (ii) sufficient anti-fraud controls, such as the whistleblower program, communications, and training employees and the Board regarding fraud, (iii) adequate monitoring of existing controls over financial reporting and individual and corporate performance against expectations, (iv) appropriate human resource policies, such as background investigations and consistent performance reviews for key personnel, and (v) adequate documentation of actions taken by the Board regarding: fraud oversight, review and approval of external financial statements, actions supporting the Board independence and executive performance and compensation (including stock options, compliance with respective Board charters, and remediation of prior internal control weaknesses).
Revenue and receivables reporting.Effective controls related to revenue and receivables reporting were not maintained. Specifically, controls were not properly designed or operating effectively to ensure: (i) adequate documentation of customer agreements, (ii) proper cutoff of revenue at month end, (iii) consistent evaluation of customer credit worthiness, (iv) complete and timely reviews of revenue entries, write-offs, and sales adjustments, (v) all receivable and allowance accounts are appropriately analyzed, (vi) the Company’s internal controls was nottimely posting of all cash receipts, (vii) completed transactions were appropriately offset or reclassified via journal entries in a timely manner, primarily due to insufficient financial accounting resources, including adequate oversight of the process and expertise associated with the documentation and testing of controls. In addition, many of the Company’s controls are undocumented or are automated controls which could not be adequately tested after March 31, 2005, which limited the ability to provide reasonable assurance that the controls were operating effectively as of March 31, 2005. Further, the Company relies heavily on detective, monitoring and foundational controls, which are generally less effective at preventing errors than operational and preventive controls. Consistent operation and monitoring of these controls at the corporate level is critical to ensure that controls assigned to field personnel operate effectively.

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The Company had inadequate controls related to its financial reporting close process, including timely preparation and resolution of reconciling items on balance sheet account reconciliations and the financial consolidation process. Additionally, there was limited evidence of review of reconciliations by an individual with direct oversight of the process. This deficiency adversely impacts the efficiency, timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting.
The Company had inadequate controls related to the maintenance of sufficient knowledge and expertise for key accounting personnel with respect to the requirements and application of US GAAP, such as capitalization of internally-developed software and accounting for income taxes.
The Company had inadequate controls related to application access and system administrator rights. In certain instances, an improper number of or inappropriate personnel were assigned system administrator rights or had excessive system rights, which impairs the Company’s ability to maintain adequate segregation of duties.
          To remediate the material weaknesses noted above, management will: 1) dedicate staffing to provide for ongoing documentation and testing of controls throughout each fiscal year, 2) increase oversight and training of regional accounting staff who coordinate and oversee field accounting during the year and at the month end closings, 3) implement expanded automated testing of controls for key processes throughout the year, 4) review the assignments of individuals within the corporate finance and accounting organization to maximize the effectiveness of individual personnel, 5) review the controls over computer access and establish processes to restrict unauthorized access, and 6) identify methods to improve the internal controls over the consolidation process.
          The implementation of remediation activities is a high priority to the Company. We believe the actions outlined above should correct the above-listed material weaknesses in our internal controls. However, we cannot give assurance that neither we nor our independent auditors will in the future identify further material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that we have not discovered to date.
          In light of the material weakness, the Company performed additional analyses and other pre and post-closing procedures to ensure that our consolidated financial statements are presented fairly in all material respects in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The Company relied on increased monitoring, foundational and detective controls to compensate for the weakness noted above with respect to some of the preventative controls. These procedures include monthly financial statement reviews by our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and various levels of our management team. Accordingly, management believes that the consolidated financial statements and schedules included in this Form 10-K fairly present in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
          Notwithstanding Grant Thornton’s “disclaimer” opinion, Grant Thornton has indicated its agreement with the above listed weaknesses in our internal controls and has advised our audit committee of our board of directors that the internal control weaknesses do not affect Grant Thornton’s unqualified report on our consolidated financial statements for 2005, which is included in this Report.
          The certifications of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer attached as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this Report include, in paragraph 4 of such certifications, information concerning the Company’s procedures and internal control over financial reporting. These officers believe these certifications to be accurate, despite our inability to have completed fully the assessment required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, because we did have procedures in place during 2005 to detect errors in our systems. Such certifications should be read in conjunction with the information contained in this Item 9A for a more complete understanding of the matters covered by such certifications.
Changes In Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
          Other than as discussed in the preceding paragraphs, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.manner.

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Segregation of duties.Effective controls related to segregation of duties and restrictions on access to systems, financial applications and data were not maintained. The segregation of duties and systems access deficiencies affect financial reporting, payroll master and processing files, expenditure, fixed assets, revenue, and treasury controls. Specifically, management identified instances where various employees are responsible for custody, initiating, recording, and/or approving transactions thereby creating segregation of duties conflicts.
Inadequate controls over accounts payable and other accruals.We did not maintain adequate controls over expense recognition through accounts payable and accrual procedures and systems. Out-of-period invoices were not specifically identified and accrued through accounts payable and accrued expense processes to ensure an accurate cutoff and proper matching of revenues and expenses. Accruals related to salaries and wages, bonuses, workers compensation, rebates, professional fees, and PPO expenses were not properly identified and recorded. Specifically, there was no consistent verification of: (i) completeness of supporting documents, (ii) review and approval of supporting documents by appropriate personnel, and (iii) completeness and accuracy of month-end accruals.
Expenditure review and approval.Effective controls related to expenditure processing were not maintained. Specifically, controls were not properly designed or operating effectively to ensure: (i) payroll and benefit entries are reviewed and approved, (ii) accounts payable entries were reviewed and (iii) capital asset transactions are properly approved and recorded. In addition, controls over vendor master access and change monitoring were inadequate.
Period-end financial reporting processes. Effective controls over period-end financial reporting processes were not maintained to effectively ensure: (i) the security and validity of data transfers between financial applications, including consolidation and associated spreadsheets, (ii) key reconciliations, account analyses, and summaries are performed and approved with appropriate resolution of reconciling items, (iii) journal entries, both recurring and non-recurring, are approved, (iv) the resulting financial information, statements and disclosures are reviewed and appropriate checklists are used for compliance with U.S. GAAP, (v) monthly closing checklists were used consistently and thoroughly to ensure all financial reporting procedures and controls were performed, and (vi) documented reviews of financial results are compared to budgets and expectations. In some cases, inaccurate or incomplete account analyses, account summaries and account reconciliations were prepared during the financial close and reporting process in the areas of cash, accounts receivable, fixed assets, and accruals.
Accounting for income taxes.Effective controls over the accounting for income taxes were not maintained. Specifically, controls were not designed and in place to ensure that: (i) temporary and permanent book to tax differences are properly identified, (ii) deferred tax assets are recoverable, (iii) all tax-related accounts, including the income tax provision rate and pre-tax income, are properly reconciled to the trial balance or tax return, and (iv) all quarterly tax payments are accurately tracked and recorded.
Accounting for fixed assets.Controls to ensure current, accurate and complete accounting for fixed assets were inadequate. The Company had no formal purchasing system or asset disposal system to help manage property and equipment. Additionally, there was insufficient formal, timely review of certain processes associated with the fixed asset management system. Specifically, there was: (i) no documented controls or monitoring of purchase orders for fixed assets, (ii) inadequate processes over the timely and complete receipt of receiving information and invoices for fixed asset additions to ensure timely recording of the fixed asset additions, (iii) limited review of the input of new acquisitions of property and equipment, (iv) no formal documented review of capital pending amounts to determine final categorization as capital or expense items, (v) no review of placed-in service dates, (vi) no review of system-generated depreciation expense, (vii) no documented periodic review of depreciable lives, and (viii) no formal approval of the fixed assets sub ledger reconciliation to the general ledger, with appropriate resolution of reconciling items.
Treasury process.Effective controls related to certain treasury processes were not maintained. Specifically, controls were not properly designed or operating effectively to ensure: (i) proper authorization, monitoring and segregation of duties over wire transfers and other banking activities, (ii) proper authorization of stock option transactions, and (iii) timely bank account reconciliations are performed.

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Review of third party controls.Effective monitoring of third party controls supporting our financial reporting were not maintained. Specifically, controls were not properly designed or operating effectively to ensure adequate review of Independent Auditors’ Reports on Controls Placed in Operation and Tests of Operating Effectiveness (SAS 70 Type II reports) or additional control evaluation of the third party controls that support the accounting of benefit accruals and payroll transactions.
Accounting for leases.Effective controls related to lease accounting were not maintained to ensure that lease transactions are adequately analyzed and the financial accounts properly reflect all lease agreements. Consequently, a restatement for lease activity in prior periods was required for the fiscal year 2004 and 2005 financial statements.
Documentation of accounting policies and procedures.Effective controls over the documentation of accounting policies and procedures were not maintained. Written documentation of accounting policies, procedures and authority limits for approving various transactions were considered inadequate for: (i) fixed asset disposals, impairment analysis and physical inventory of assets, (ii) corporate purchasing policies, including policies covering dollar limits of approval for various levels of management on expenditures, check signing, wire transfers and other banking transactions, (iii) internally developed software costs, (iv) cash receipts processing, (v) income taxes, (vi) various accrual and reserve calculations, (vii) vendor set-up, and (viii) the extension of customer credit.
Payroll.The Company does not maintain effective controls over payroll processing. There was inadequate segregation of duties relating to access to the payroll master files and processing files. In addition, there was insufficient review of the master file data for accuracy and completeness. There was no documented review of the comparison of the amounts paid for payroll, related taxes and payroll tax returns to the amounts recorded in the general ledger.
Security Access over Consolidating Spreadsheets. The Company did not maintain effective controls over spreadsheets used in the Company’s financial reporting process. Specifically, controls were not designed and in place throughout the year to ensure that unauthorized modification of the data or formulas within spreadsheets was prevented.
          These control deficiencies result in a more than remote likelihood of material misstatements to the annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected. Accordingly, management has determined that these control deficiencies constitute material weaknesses in these control activities.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Shareholders and Board of Directors
CorVel Corporation
          We were engaged to audithave audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying CorVel Corporation Management’s Report on Internal Control overOver Financial Reporting, that CorVel Corporation (the Company) maintaineddid not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005,2006, because of the effect of the material weaknesses identified in management’s assessment, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’sCorVel Corporation’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
          Management did not complete their evaluationWe conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as of March 31, 2005. Based uponwe considered necessary in the procedures we performed we noted what we believe to be material weaknesses as discussed below. A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that result in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. The following material weaknesses have been identified and included in management’s assessment:
The testing and evaluation of the Company’s internal controls was not completed in a timely manner, primarily due to insufficient financial accounting resources, including adequate oversight of the process and expertise associated with the documentation and testing of controls. In addition, many of the Company’s controls are undocumented or are automated controls which could not be adequately tested after March 31, 2005, which limited the ability to provide reasonable assurance that the controls were operating effectively as of March 31, 2005. Further, the Company relies heavily on detective, monitoring and foundational controls, which are generally less effective at preventing errors than operational and preventive controls. Consistent operation and monitoring of these controls at the corporate level is critical to ensure that controls assigned to field personnel operate effectively.
The Company had inadequate controls related to its financial reporting close process, including timely preparation and resolution of reconciling items on balance sheet account reconciliations and the financial consolidation process. Additionally, there was limited evidence of review of reconciliations by an individual with direct oversight of the process. This deficiency adversely impacts the efficiency, timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting.
The Company had inadequate controls related to the maintenance of sufficient knowledge and expertise for key accounting personnel with respect to the requirements and application of US GAAP, such as capitalization of internally-developed software and accounting for income taxes.
The Company had inadequate controls related to application access and system administrator rights. In certain instances, an improper number of or inappropriate personnel were assigned system administrator rights or had excessive system rights, which impairs the Company’s ability to maintain adequate segregation of duties.
circumstances. We believe these conditions are material weaknesses in the design or operation of the internal control of the Company in effect at March 31, 2005. These material weaknesses were considered in determining the nature, timing and extent of audit tests applied inthat our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of March 31, 2005 andprovides a reasonable basis for the year then ended, and this report does not affect our report dated July 15, 2005 on those financial statements.opinions.
          A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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          Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
          SinceA material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. The following material weaknesses have been identified and included in management’s assessment:
The Company did not maintain an effective control environment. Specifically, the Company was lacking: (i) a robust risk assessment process that adequately addresses COSO objectives, including strategic plans, budgets and clearly defined and communicated goals and objectives aligned with the assessment, (ii) adequate monitoring of its existing control activities over financial reporting by management and individual and corporate performance against expectations, (iii) adequate anti-fraud controls in areas such as the whistleblower program, communication, and training of employees and the Board regarding fraud, (iv) adequate human resources policies and procedures, and (v) effective Audit Committee oversight, including adequate documentation of actions taken by the Board and remediation of prior internal control weaknesses.

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The Company did not maintain a sufficient number of personnel and appropriate depth of experience for its accounting and finance departments to (i) ensure the preparation of interim and annual financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), (ii) effectively execute the principal control activities noted below, and (iii) remediate previously communicated deficiencies. The Company’s finance and accounting structure also did not support appropriate lines of authority, reporting, and accountability to achieve desired reliable financial reporting controls. In addition, the Company placed heavy reliance on manual procedures and detective controls without quality control review and other monitoring controls in place to adequately identify and assess significant risks that may impact financial statements and related disclosures.
The Company did not maintain effective controls over its period-end financial reporting processes. Specifically, the controls were not designed and in place to ensure that: (i) journal entries, both recurring and non-recurring, were reviewed and approved, (ii) a review of the chart of accounts was performed timely to ensure all accounts and balances were appropriately reconciled, reviewed, and approved, with appropriate resolution of reconciling items, (iii) monthly closing checklists were used consistently and thoroughly to ensure all financial reporting procedures and controls were performed, (iv) disclosure checklists were used to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, (v) internal reporting and analysis were completed in a timely manner, and (vi) data transfer between application systems was complete and accurate.
The Company did not maintain adequate segregation of duties. The inadequate segregation of duties impacted the financial reporting processes, revenue controls, expenditure controls, fixed asset controls, payroll controls, and corporate treasury controls. Management did not provide adequate oversight and monitoring of finance personnel to compensate for the inadequate segregation of duties. We have identified deficiencies where the same individual had authority for activities that should be segregated, such as: (i) approval of vendors and payment processing transactions, (ii) employee master file maintenance and payroll transaction processing, (iii) journal entry creation and review and/or posting, (iv) application of cash receipts and account write-offs, and (v) information technology controls.
The Company did not maintain effective controls over access to systems, financial applications and data. Specifically, users with financial, accounting and reporting responsibilities also had access to financial application programs and data. Such access was not in compliance with appropriate segregation of duties requirements and was not independently monitored.
The Company did not maintain effective controls over the preparation of account analyses, account summaries and account reconciliations. In some cases, inaccurate or incomplete account analyses, account summaries and account reconciliations were prepared during the financial close and reporting process in the areas of cash, accounts receivable, fixed assets, and accruals.
The Company did not maintain effective controls over the documentation of accounting policies and procedures. The following areas had inadequate written documentation of accounting policies, procedures and authority limits for approving various transactions: (i) capitalized software, (ii) income taxes, (iii) various accrual and reserve calculations, (iv) fixed assets, (v) cash receipts, (vi) the extension of customer credit, (vii) vendor set-up, and (viii) corporate purchasing policies, including policies covering dollar limits of approval for various levels of management on expenditures, check signing, wire transfers and other banking transactions,.
The Company did not maintain effective controls over accounts payable and month-end accruals, including salaries and wages, bonuses, workers compensation, rebates, professional fees, and PPO expenses. There was no consistent verification of: (i) completeness of supporting documents, (ii) review and approval of supporting documents by appropriate personnel, and (iii) completeness and accuracy of month-end accruals.
The Company did not maintain effective controls related to expenditure processing. Specifically, controls were not properly designed or operating effectively to ensure that: (i) payroll and benefit entries are reviewed and approved, (ii) accounts payable entries are reviewed and (iii) capital asset transactions are properly approved and recorded. Furthermore, there were inadequate controls over systems access to new vendor set-up files and no independent reviews of changes to the vendor master file.
The Company did not maintain effective controls over the recording of, and accounting for, fixed assets. The Company had no formal purchasing system or asset disposal system to help manage property and equipment. Additionally, there was no formal, timely review of certain processes associated with the fixed asset management system. Specifically, there was: (i) no documented controls or monitoring of purchase orders for fixed assets, (ii) no processes over the timely and complete receipt of receiving information and invoices for fixed asset additions to ensure timely recording of the fixed asset additions, (iii) no review of the input of new acquisitions of property and equipment, (iv) no formal review of capital pending amounts to determine final categorization as capital or expense items, (v) no review of placed-in service dates, (vi) no review of system-generated depreciation expense, (vii) no periodic review of depreciable lives, and (viii) no proper approval of the fixed assets sub ledger reconciliation to the general ledger, with appropriate resolution of reconciling items.
The Company did not maintain effective control over the preparation and review of income taxes. Specifically, controls were not designed and in place to ensure that: (i) temporary and permanent book to

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tax differences are properly identified, (ii) deferred tax assets are recoverable, (iii) all tax-related accounts, including the income tax provision rate and pre-tax income, are properly reconciled to the trial balance or tax return, and (iv) all quarterly tax payments are accurately tracked and recorded.
The Company did not maintain effective controls related to revenue and receivables reporting, including the complete and timely review of revenue entries and the collection and application of payments and credits to accounts receivable. Specifically, there was: (i) no formal process for evaluating and authorizing customer credit, (ii) no control to ensure timely posting of all cash receipts, (iii) no process to ensure completed transactions were appropriately offset or reclassified via journal entries in a timely manner, (iv) no process to ensure adequate documentation of customer agreements, (v) no process to properly analyze accounts receivable, allowances, write-offs and related revenue adjustments, and (vi) no controls to ensure proper cut-off of revenue at month-end.
The Company does not maintain effective controls over payroll processing. There was inadequate segregation of duties relating to access to the payroll master files and processing files. In addition, there was no periodic review of the master file data for accuracy and completeness. There was no documented review of the comparison of the amounts paid for payroll, related taxes and payroll tax returns to the amounts recorded in the general ledger.
The Company did not maintain effective monitoring controls over transaction authorities and limits, including authorized signers for bank accounts and stock option activity. In addition, appropriate month-end cash cutoff procedures were not consistently followed and bank reconciliations were not completed in a timely manner.
The Company did not maintain effective controls over accounting for leases. Specifically, controls were not designed and in place to ensure that a proper and timely analysis of leases was performed. Consequently, the financial accounts did not reflect an accrual for leases with escalation lease clauses and resulted in a restatement to prior annual financial statements.
The Company did not maintain effective controls over spreadsheets used in the Company’s financial reporting process. Specifically, controls were not designed and in place throughout the year to ensure that unauthorized modification of the data or formulas within spreadsheets was prevented.
The Company did not maintain effective monitoring of third party controls supporting financial reporting. Specifically, controls were not properly designed or operating effectively to ensure adequate review of Independent Auditors’ Reports on Controls Placed in Operating and Tests of Operating Effectiveness (SAS 70 Type II reports) or related user control considerations that support the accounting of various accruals and payroll transactions.
          These material weaknesses were considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2006 financial statements, and this report does not able to complete itsaffect our report dated June 28, 2006, which expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.
          In our opinion, management’s assessment onthat CorVel Corporation did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, and we were unable to apply other procedures to satisfy ourselves as to2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the effectivenessCommittee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Company’sTreadway Commission (COSO). Also in our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness described above on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, CorVel Corporation has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting the scope of our work was not sufficient to enable us to express, and we do not express, an opinion either on management’s assessment or on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. We also do not express an opinion or any form of assurance on management’s plan of remediation described above.
          We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of March 31, 2005 and 2004, and2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the related consolidated statementsCommittee of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for eachSponsoring Organizations of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2005, and our report dated July 15, 2005, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.Treadway Commission (COSO).
/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Portland, Oregon
July 15, 2005June 28, 2006
Item 9B.Other Information.
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PART III
Item 10.Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
The following table set forth certain information regarding the directors and executive officers of the Company as of May 31, 2005:
(a) 
NameAgePosition
V. Gordon Clemons61ChairmanIdentification of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
Steven J. Hamerslag (1) (2) (3)49Director
Alan R. Hoops (1) (2)57Director
R. Judd Jessup (1)57Director
Jeffrey J. Michael (2) (3)48Director
Richard J. Schweppe51Chief Financial Officer and SecretaryDirectors.
(1)Member of the Audit Committee.
(2)Member of the Compensation Committee.
(3)Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee.
          Mr. Clemons joined          The information under the Company as Presidentcaptions “Proposal One: Election of Directors” and Chief Executive Officer in January 1988 and became Chairman of the Board in April 1991. Mr. Clemons was President of Caremark, Inc., the then-largest home intravenous therapy company in the United States, from May 1985 to September 1987, at which time the company was purchased by Baxter International, Inc. From 1981 to 1985, Mr. Clemons was President of INTRACORP, a medical management company and subsidiary of CIGNA Corporation. Mr. Clemons has 28 years of experience in the healthcare and insurance industries.
          Mr. Hamerslag has served as a director of the Company since May 1991. Mr. Hamerslag has been Managing Director of Titan Investment Partners, a venture capital firm, since November 2002. Mr. Hamerslag served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of publicly held J2Global Communications, a unified communication services company, from June 1999 until January 2001. Mr. Hamerslag served as the CEO of publicly held MTI Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of enterprise storage solutions, from 1987 to 1996.
          Mr. Hoops has served as a director of the Company since May 2003. Mr. Hoops has been Chairman of Benu, Inc., a regional benefits administration/marketing company since 2000, and Chairman of Enwisen, Inc., a human resources services software company since 2001. Mr. Hoops was Chief Executive Officer and a Director from 1993 to 2000, of Pacificare Health Systems, Inc., a national health consumer services company. Mr. Hoops has 32 years of experience in the healthcare and managed care industries.
          Mr. Jessup has served as a director of the Company since August 1997. Mr. Jessup has been Chief Executive Officer of U.S. LABS since April 2002. U.S. LABS is a national laboratory which provides cancer diagnostic and genetic testing services. Mr. Jessup was President of the HMO Division of FHP International Corporation, a diversified health care services company, from 1994 to 1996. From 1987 to 1994, Mr. Jessup was President of TakeCare, Inc., a publicly traded HMO operating in California, Colorado, Illinois and Ohio, until it was acquired by FHP. Mr. Jessup has 31 years of experience in the healthcare and managed care industries. Mr. Jessup has been a director of Pacific Dental Benefits, a dental HMO, since November 1997, a director of U.S. LABS since May 1998, and a director of NovaMed Eyecare Services since August 1998.
          Mr. Michael has served as a director of the Company since September 1990. Mr. Michael has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Corstar Holdings, Inc., one of the Company’s significant stockholders and a holding company owning businesses engaged in voice and data connectivity and networking products and services, since March 1996. Mr. Michael has been a director of Michael Foods, Inc., a food processing and distribution company formerly affiliated with North Star (predecessor of Corstar Holdings), since April 1990.

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          Mr. Schweppe has been the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since April 1991 and Secretary since June 1995. From March 1988 to April 1991, Mr. Schweppe was the Director of Finance for the Company. From May 1983 to February 1988, Mr. Schweppe was the Manager, Technical Accounting for Caremark, Inc.
          There are no family relationships among any of the Company’s directors or executive officers.
Corporate“Corporate Governance, Board Composition and Board Committees
Independent Directors. The Board has determined that each of the Company’s current directors other than Mr. Clemons qualifies as an independent director in accordance with the published listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”). The Nasdaq independence definition includes a series of objective tests, such as that the director is not also one of the Company’s employees and has not engaged in various types of business dealings with the Company. In addition, as further required by the Nasdaq rules, the Board has made a subjective determination as to each independent director that no relationships exist which, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In making these determinations, the Company’s directors reviewed and discussed information provided by the directors and the Company with regard to each director’s business and personal activities as they may relate to the Company and the Company’s management.
Board Structure and Committees. The Board has established an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nomination and governance committee. The Board and its committees set schedules to meet throughout the year, and also can hold special meetings and act by written consent from time to time as appropriate. The independent directors of the Board also hold separate regularly scheduled executive session meetings at least twice a year at which only independent directors are present. The Board has delegated various responsibilities and authority to its committees as generally described below. The committees will regularly report on their activities and actions to the full Board. Each member of each committee of the Board qualifies as an independent director in accordance with the Nasdaq standards described above. Each committee of the Board has a written charter approved by the Board. A copy of each charter is posted on the Company’s web site at http://www.corvel.com under the Investor Relations section. The inclusion of the Company’s web site address in this Report does not include or incorporate by reference the information on the Company’s web site into this Report or the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, a copy of the charter of the audit committee is included as Appendix A to the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2004 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 7, 2004.
Audit Committee. The audit committee of the Board reviews and monitors the Company’s corporate financial statements and reporting and the Company’s internal and external audits, including, among other things, the Company’s internal controls and audit functions, the results and scope of the annual audit and other services provided by the Company’s independent auditors and the Company’s compliance with legal matters that have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements. The Company’s audit committee also consults with the Company’s management and the Company’s independent auditors prior to the presentation of financial statements to stockholders and, as appropriate, initiates inquiries into aspects of the Company’s financial affairs. The Company’s audit committee has established procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, and for the confidential, anonymous submission by the Company’s employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. In addition, the Company’s audit committee is directly responsible for the appointment, retention, compensation and oversight of the work of the Company’s independent auditors, including approving services and fee arrangements. All related party transactions are approved by the Company’s audit committee before the Company enters into them. The current members of the Company’s audit committee are Messrs. Hamerslag, Hoops and Jessup. Mr. Michael was a member of the audit committee during fiscal year 2005 until his resignation from the audit committee on May 6, 2004. The vacancy created on the audit committee by Mr. Michael’s resignation was filled by Mr. Hoops in May 2004. The audit committee held four meetings during fiscal 2005.
          In addition to qualifying as independent under the Nasdaq rules described above, each member of the Company’s audit committee can read and has an understanding of fundamental financial statements, and each member currently qualifies as independent under special standards established by the SEC for members of audit committees. The Company’s audit committee includes at least one member who has been determined by the Board

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to meet the qualifications of an audit committee financial expert in accordance with SEC rules. Mr. Hamerslag is the independent director who has been determined to be an audit committee financial expert. Stockholders should understand that this designation is a disclosure requirement of the SEC related to Mr. Hamerslag’s experience and understanding with respect to certain accounting and auditing matters. The designation does not impose on Mr. Hamerslag any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than are generally imposed on him as a member of the Company’s audit committee and the Board, and his designation as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this SEC requirement does not affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member of the Company’s audit committee or Board.
Compensation Committee. The compensation committee of the Board reviews and approves the Company’s general compensation policies and all forms of compensation to be provided to the Company’s executive officers and directors, including, among other things, annual salaries, bonuses, and stock option and other incentive compensation arrangements. In addition, the Company’s compensation committee administers the CorVel Corporation 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the CorVel Corporation Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Option Plan”), including reviewing and granting stock options. The Company’s compensation committee also reviews and approves various other of the Company’s compensation policies and matters. The current members of the Company’s compensation committee are Messrs. Hamerslag, Hoops and Michael. The compensation committee held four meetings during fiscal 2005.
Nomination and Governance Committee. The nomination and governance committee of the Board reviews and reports to the Board on a periodic basis with regard to matters of corporate governance, and reviews, assesses and makes recommendations on the effectiveness of the Company’s corporate governance policies. In addition, the nomination and governance committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Board regarding the size and composition of the Board and the appropriate qualities and skills required of the Company’s directors in the context of the then current make-up of the Board. This includes an assessment of each candidate’s independence, personal and professional integrity, financial literacy or other professional or business experience relevant to an understanding of the Company’s business, ability to think and act independently and with sound judgment, and ability to serve the Company’s and the Company’s stockholders’ long-term interests. These factors, and others as considered useful by the Company’s nomination and governance committee, are reviewed in the context of an assessment of the perceived needs of the Board at a particular point in time. As a result, the priorities and emphasis of the nomination and governance committee and of the Board may change from time to time to take into account changes in business and other trends, and the portfolio of skills and experience of current and prospective directors.
          The nomination and governance committee leads the search for and selects, or recommends that the Board select, candidates for election to the Board (subject to legal rights, if any, of third parties to nominate or appoint directors). Consideration of new director candidates typically involves a series of committee discussions, review of information concerning candidates and interviews with selected candidates. Candidates for nomination to the Board typically have been suggested by other members of the Board or by the Company’s executive officers. From time to time, the nomination and governance committee may engage the services of a third-party search firm to identify director candidates. Each of the current nominees is standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. The nomination and governance committee selected these candidates and recommended their nomination to the Board. The current members of the Company’s nomination and governance committee are Messrs. Hamerslag and Michael. The nomination and governance committee held one meeting during fiscal 2005.
          Although the nomination and governance committee does not have a formal policy on stockholder nominations, it will consider candidates proposed by stockholders of any outstanding class of the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors, provided such proposal is in accordance with the procedures set forthCommittees” appearing in the Company’s BylawsDefinitive Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated herein by reference.
(b)Identification of Executive Officers and Certain Significant Employees.
          The information under the caption “Directors and Executive Officers of the Company” appearing in the charterCompany’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated herein by reference.
(c)Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
          The information under the nomination and governance committee. Nominations by such stockholders must be preceded by notificationcaption “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” appearing in writing received by the Company’s Secretary, at 2010 Main Street, Suite 600, Irvine, California 92614, not less than sixty (60) days prior to any meeting of stockholders calledDefinitive Proxy Statement for the election2006 Annual Meeting of directors. Such notification shall contain the written consent of each proposed nominee to serve as a directorStockholders is so elected and the following information as to each proposed nominee and as to each person, acting alone or in conjunction with one or more other persons as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group, who participates or is expected to participate in making such nomination or in organizing, directing or financing such nomination or solicitation of proxies to vote for the nominee: (a) the name, age, residence, address, and business address of each proposed nominee and of each such person; (b) the principal occupation or

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employment, the name, type of business and address of the corporation or other organization in which such employment is carried on of each proposed nominee and of each such person; (c) the amount of the Company’s stock owned beneficially, either directly or indirectly,incorporated herein by each proposed nominee and each such person; and (d) a description of any arrangement or understanding of each proposed nominee and of each such person with each other or any other person regarding future employment or any future transaction to which the Company will or may be a party. All such recommendations will be brought to the attention of the Company’s nomination and governance committee. Candidates proposed by stockholders will be evaluated by the Company’s nomination and governance committee using the same criteria as for all other candidates.reference.
Board and Committee Meetings.
(d)Code of Ethics.
          The Board held four meetings during fiscal 2005. Each director attended or participated in 75% or more of the aggregate of (i) the total number of meetings of the Board and (ii) the total number of meetings held by all committees of the Board on which such director served during fiscal 2005. Although the Company does not have a formal policy regarding attendance by members of the Board at the Company’s annual meetings of stockholders, directors are encouraged and expected to attend each of the Company’s annual meetings of stockholders in addition to each meeting of the Board and of the committees on which he or she serves. All of the Company’s directors attended the Company’s 2004 annual meeting of stockholders.
Code of Ethics and Business Conduct. The BoardDirectors has adopted a code of ethics and business conduct that applies to all of the Company’s employees, officers (including the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions) and directors. The full text of the Company’s code of ethics and business conduct is posted on the Company’s webWeb site at http://www.corvel.com under the Investor Relations“Investor Relations” section. The Company intends to disclose future amendments to certain provisions of the Company’s code of ethics and business conduct, or waivers of such provisions, applicable to the Company’s directors and executive officers (including the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions), at the same location on the Company’s webWeb site identified above. The inclusion of the Company’s webWeb site address in this report does not include or incorporate by reference the information on the Company’s webWeb site into this report.
Communications from Stockholders to the Board.The Board has implemented a process by which stockholders may send written communications to the attention of the Board, and committee of the Board or any individual Board member, care of the Company’s Secretary at 2010 Main Street, Suite 600, Irvine, CA 92614. This centralized process will assist the Board in reviewing and responding to stockholder communications in an appropriate manner. The name of any specific intended Board recipient should be noted in the communication. The Company’s Secretary, with the assistance of the Company’s Director of Legal Services, will be primarily responsible for collecting, organizing and monitoring communications from stockholders and, where appropriate depending on the facts and circumstances outlined in the communication, providing copies of such communications to the intended recipients. Communications will be forwarded to directors if they relate to appropriate and important substantive corporate or board matters. Communications that are of a commercial or frivolous nature or otherwise inappropriate for the Board’s consideration will not be forwarded to the Board. Any communications not forwarded to the Board will be retained for a period of three months and made available to any of the Company’s independent directors upon their general request to view such communications.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
          Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company’s officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
          Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms received by it, or written representations from certain reporting persons that no Forms 5 were required for those persons, the Company believes that, during fiscal year 2005, all transactions required to be reported by its officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were reported in a timely manner, except as described below.

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Item 11.Executive Compensation.
Summary of Cash and Certain Other Compensation
          The following table sets forth the compensation earned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and each of the other executive officers, whose total salary and bonus for fiscal year 2005 exceeded $100,000, for the three fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003. The listed individuals shall be referred to in this Report as the “Named Executive Officers.” No other executive officers who would otherwise have been included in such table on the basis of salary and bonus earned for the 2005 fiscal year has been excluded by reason of termination of employment or change in executive status during fiscal year 2005.
                     
Summary Compensation Table    
  Annual Compensation Long-Term Compensation
Name of Individual Fiscal         Securities Underlying All Other
and Principal Position Year Salary(1) Bonus Options Granted Compensation(3)
V. Gordon Clemons
  2005  $350,000       $546 
Chief Executive Officer  2004  $291,938(2)      $652 
   2003  $350,000       $1,114 
                     
Richard J. Schweppe
  2005  $122,254  $14,697   2,000  $393 
Chief Financial Officer  2004  $120,000  $21,565   1,750  $435 
   2003  $115,000  $19,163   2,250  $593 
                     
Peter E. Flynn (4)
  2005  $137,964     2,600  $161 
V.P., Business Development  2004  $137,500  $40,000   8,500  $566 
   2003  $0       0 
(1)Includes employee contributions to the Company’s Section 401(k) Plan.
(2)In fiscal 2004, Mr. Clemons agreed to reduce his salary due to market conditions. As of April 16, 2004, Mr. Clemons’s salary was restored to its full level.
(3)Represents matching contributions by the Company to the Company’s Section 401(k) Plan and annual premiums paid by the Company for the purchase of group term life insurance in an amount equal to each executive officer’s annual salary as follows:
             
      Company Contributions to Company-Paid Life
  Fiscal Year Section 401(k) Plan Insurance Premiums
V. Gordon Clemons
  2005  0  $546 
   2004  $337  $315 
   2003  $683  $431 
             
Richard J. Schweppe
  2005  0  $393 
   2004  $284  $151 
   2003  $451  $142 
             
Peter E. Flynn
  2005  0  $161 
   2004  $392  $174 
   2003  0  0 
(4)Mr. Flynn resigned as V.P., Business Development, on November 20, 2004.

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Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
     The following table provides information with respect to stock option grants made during fiscal year 2005 to the Named Executive Officers. No options were granted to Mr. Clemons during fiscal year 2005. Except for the limited stock appreciation rights described in footnote 1 below the table, no stock appreciation rights were granted during such fiscal year to the Named Executive Officers.
Option Grants In Last Fiscal Year
                             
                      Potential Realizable
  Number of     Percent of Total         Value at Assumed
  Securities     Options         Annual Rate of Stock Price
  Underlying     Granted to Exercise     Appreciation for Option
  Options Grant Employees in Price Expiration Term
Name Granted (1) Date Fiscal Year(2) ($/Share)(3) Date 5% (4) 10% (4)
Peter E.
  2,000   6/10/04   1.53% 26.02   6/10/09  $14,378  $31,771 
Flynn
  600   8/5/04   0.46% 25.71   8/5/09  $4,262  $9,418 
                             
Richard
  500   6/10/04   0.38% 26.02   6/10/09  $3,594  $7,943 
Schweppe
  500   8/05/04   0.38% 25.71   8/5/09  $3,552  $7,848 
                             
   1,000   3/03/05   0.76% 21.14   3/03/10  $5,841  $12,906 
(1)Each option will become exercisable for 25% of the option shares one year from the grant date and thereafter the remaining shares become exercisable in 36 equal monthly installments. To the extent not already exercisable, the options become exercisable upon (a) a sale of assets, (b) a merger in which the Company does not survive or (c) a reverse merger in which the Company survives but ownership of 50% or more of the voting power of the Company’s stock is transferred, unless the option is assumed or replaced with a comparable option by the successor corporation. The options are also subject to “limited stock appreciation rights” pursuant to which the options, to the extent exercisable at the time a hostile tender offer occurs, will automatically be canceled in return for a cash payment equal to the tender-offer price minus the exercise price multiplied by the number of shares for which the option was exercisable. Each option has a maximum term of five years subject to earlier termination in the event of the optionee’s cessation of employment with the Company.
(2)The Company granted options to employees to purchase a total of 145,750 shares of Common Stock during fiscal year 2005.
(3)The exercise price is equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the grant date and may be paid in cash, in shares of Common Stock valued at fair market value on the exercise date or through a cashless exercise procedure involving a same-day sale of the purchased shares. For employees who are not executive officers or directors, the Company also may finance the option exercise by loaning the optionee sufficient funds to pay the exercise price for the purchased shares and the Federal and state income tax liability incurred by the optionee in connection with such exercise.
(4)The 5% and 10% assumed annual rates of compounded stock price appreciation are mandated by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and do not represent the Company’s estimate or projection of the future trading prices of the Company’s common stock. Amounts represent hypothetical gains that could be achieved for the respective options if exercised at the end of the ten-year option term. These amounts represent assumed rates of appreciation in the value of the Company’s common stock from the fair market value on the date of grant. Actual gains, if any, on stock option exercises are dependent on numerous factors, including the Company’s future performance, the future performance of the Company’s common stock, overall business and stock market conditions, and the option holder’s continued employment with the Company throughout the entire vesting period and option term, which factors are not reflected in this table. The values reflected in this table may not necessarily

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be achieved. Potential realizable values are net of exercise price, but before the payment of taxes associated with exercise.
Stock Option Exercises and Holdings
          The following table provides information with respect to the Named Executive Officer concerning the exercise of options during the 2005 fiscal year and unexercised options held as of the end of such fiscal year. No stock appreciation rights were exercised during the 2005 fiscal year and except for the limited stock appreciation rights described in footnote 1 to the table above, no stock appreciation rights were held by any Named Executive Officer at the end of such fiscal year.
Aggregated Option Exercises In Last Fiscal Year
And Fiscal Year-End Option Values
                         
  No. of        
  Shares     Number of Securities Underlying Net Value of
  acquired     Unexercised Options at Fiscal Unexercised In-the-Money
  on     Year-End 2005 Options at Fiscal Year-End(1)
Name exercise Value Realized(2) Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
V. Gordon Clemons
        28,750   1,250       
                         
Peter E. Flynn
        41,553   15,047  $241,140    
                         
Richard Schweppe
  5,250  $45,875   16,166   4,509  $58,192  $180 
(1)The value of unexercised in-the-money options has been calculated based on multiplying the number of shares underlying the options by the difference between the exercise price per share payable upon exercise of the options and $21.32, the closing sales price of the Company’s common stock on the last trading day of the 2005 fiscal year.
(2)The value realized upon option exercise has been calculated based on multiplying the number of shares acquired on exercise of each respective option by the difference between the respective exercise price per share paid upon exercise and the closing sales price of the Company’s common stock on the respective dates of exercise.
Employment Agreements, Termination of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements
          On January 26, 1988, the Company and North Star entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Clemons. The agreement became effective on February 15, 1988 and has an indefinite term. The agreement initially provided Mr. Clemons with an annual salary of $250,000, payable in semi-monthly installments. Mr. Clemons may terminate the agreement at any time on four months notice and the Company may terminate the agreement at any time with or without cause. If Mr. Clemons is terminated without cause, the Company is required to pay Mr. Clemons his salary for one year after such termination, less any other employment compensation received by Mr. Clemons during such one year period. The Compensation Committee approved an increase in Mr. Clemons’ annual salary to $350,000, effective January 1, 2002.
          The Company does not have any existing employment agreements with any other Named Executive Officer.
          In the event of a Corporate Transaction, each outstanding option granted under the Discretionary Option Grant Program will automatically become exercisable as to allcaptions “Executive Compensation,” “Compensation of the option shares immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction. However, no acceleration will occur ifDirectors” and to the extent: (a) such option is either to be assumed by the successor corporation or parent thereof or replaced by a comparable option to purchase shares of the capital stock of the successor corporation or parent thereof, (b) such option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation designed to preserve the option spread existing at the time of the

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Corporate Transaction and incorporating the same vesting schedule applicable to the option or (c) acceleration of such option is subject to other applicable limitations imposed by the Compensation Committee at the time of grant.
          The Compensation Committee, as the administrator of the Option Plan, has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to any outstanding options held by any of the Named Executive Officers in connection with certain changes in control of the Company or the subsequent termination of the officer’s employment following a change in control.
Compensation“Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
          Messrs. Hamerslag, Hoops and Michael served as members of the Compensation Committee during fiscal year 2005. Mr. Michael is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Corstar Holdings, Inc., a beneficial owner of more than 10% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company. No member of the Compensation Committee was, during fiscal 2005, an employee or officer of the Company or was formerly an officer of the Company.
          During fiscal 2005, no current executive officer of the Company served as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any other entity that has or had one or more executive officers serving as a member ofParticipation” appearing in the Company’s Board or Compensation Committee.Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
          The following table sets forth certain information known to the Company as of May 31, 2005, with respect to beneficial ownership of Common Stock by (i) each person (or group of affiliated persons) who is known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock, (ii) each director and/or nominee for director, (iii) the Named Executive Officers (named under the heading “Executive Compensation” below),caption “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and (iv) all current directorsManagement and executive officers as a group, together with the approximate percentages of outstanding Common Stock beneficially owned by each of them. The following table is based upon information supplied by directors, executive officers and principal stockholders, and Schedules 13D and 13G filed with the SEC. Except as otherwise noted, the persons namedRelated Stockholder Matters” appearing in the following table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially ownedCompany’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated herein by them, subject to community property laws where applicable.reference.
             
        Percentage of    
      Amount of Common    
      Common Stock Stock    
      Beneficially Beneficially    
Name of Beneficial Owner Address City, State, Zip Code Owned Owned (1)    
Jeffrey J. Michael
 10901 Red Circle Drive, Suite 370 Minnetonka, MN 55343 2,963,658 (2) 29.8%    
Corstar Holdings
 10901 Red Circle Drive, Suite 370 Minnetonka, MN 55343 2,890,000 29.0%    
FMR Corporation
 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 1,424,863 (3) 14.4%    
V. Gordon Clemons
 2010 Main Street, Suite 600 Irvine, CA 92614 1,134,679 (4) 11.4%    
Wellington Management Company, LLP
 75 State Street Boston, MA 02109 737,696 (5) 7.4%    
Kestrel Investment Management Corporation, Abbot J. Keller, David J. Steirman
 411 Borel Avenue, Suite 403 San Mateo, CA 94402 597,050 (6) 6.0%    
Babson Capital Management LLP
 One Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142 577,350 (7) 5.8%    
Eaton Vance
 255 State Street Boston, MA 02109 552,050 (8) 5.6%    
Steven J. Hamerslag
     68,250 (9) *    
R. Judd Jessup
     68,050 (10) *    
Peter E. Flynn
     52,525 (11) *    
Richard J. Schweppe
     37,170 (12) *    
Alan R. Hoops
     8,625 (13) *    
All current executive officers and directors as a group (7 individuals)
     4,338,926 (14) 42.3%    
*Less than 1%

(1)Applicable percentage ownership is based on 9,914,003 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 31, 2005, which excludes a total of 6,482,913 shares repurchased by the Company in accordance with the Stock Repurchase Program and held by the Company in its treasury. Any securities not outstanding but which are subject to options exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2005, are deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding Common Stock beneficially owned by any person holding such options but are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned by any other person.
(2)Includes 2,890,000 shares owned by Corstar, 39,908 shares owned directly by Mr. Michael, a director of Corstar and the Company, and 33,750 shares subject to options held by Mr. Michael that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2005. Mr. Michael is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Corstar. In addition, Mr. Michael is the trustee of the Michael Family Grantor Trust (formerly Michael Acquisition Corporation Trust), which is the sole shareholder of Corstar. Based on the foregoing, Mr. Michael may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of the Company held by Corstar. Mr. Michael disclaims such beneficial ownership except to the extent of any indirect pecuniary interest therein.
(3)According to the Schedule 13G of Fidelity Management & Research Company (“Fidelity”) dated February 14, 2005, Fidelity is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp.. Edward C. Johnson, FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity, and the funds each have sole power to dispose the shares, while power to vote the shares resides in the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

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(4)Includes 1,104,679 shares owned by Mr. Clemons directly, and 30,000 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2005.
(5)According to Schedule 13G of Wellington Management Company (“Wellington”) dated February 14, 2005, Wellington shares investment power, along with its clients, with respect to the shares.
(6)According to the Schedule 13G of Kestrel Investment Management Corporation (“Kestrel”) dated February 14, 2005, Abbott J. Keller and David J. Steirman are the sole shareholders of Kestrel, with sole investment power with respect to the shares.
(7)According to Schedule 13G of Babson Capital Management, LLP (“Babson”) dated January 20, 2005, Babson, in its capacity as investment advisor, shares investment power along with its clients with respect to the shares.
(8)According to Schedule 13G of Eaton Vance Corp. (“Eaton”) dated February 14, 2005, Eaton has sole investment power with respect to the shares.
(9)Includes 43,000 shares owned directly by Mr. Hamerslag and 24,750 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2004.
(10)Includes 41,900 shares owned directly by Mr. Jessup and 26,850 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2004.
(11)Includes 14,900 shares owned directly by Mr. Flynn, 14,000 shares owned by Mr. Flynn’s spouse (Mr. Flynn disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any applicable community property laws.) and 900 shares owned indirectly by Mr. Flynn as custodian for his children, and 43,594 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2005.
(12)Includes 22,791 shares owned directly by Mr. Schweppe and 14,379 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2004.
(13)Consists of 8,625 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2005.
(14)Includes the information set forth in notes 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 above.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table provides information as of March 31, 2005, with respect to the shares of Common Stock of the Company that may be issued under the Company’s existing equity compensation plans. The Company has not assumed any equity compensation plans in connection with any mergers or acquisitions.
             
          Number of Securities
          Remaining Available for
  Number of Securities Weighted Average Future Issuance Under
  to be Issued Upon Exercise Price of Equity Compensation
  Exercise of Outstanding Plans (Excluding Securities
Plan Category Outstanding Options Options Reflected in ColumnA)
Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Shareholders (1)
  969,887(2) $25.29   667,134(3)
             
Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Shareholders
  0  $0   0 
   
Total
  969,887  $25.29   667,134 
   
(1)Consists solely of the 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan and the 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(2)Excludes purchase rights accruing under the Company’s 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan which has a stockholder approved reserve of 750,000 shares. Under the Purchase Plan, each eligible employee may purchase up to 1,500 shares of Common Stock of the Company at semi-annual intervals on the last business day of March and September each year at a purchase price per share equal to 85% of the lower of (i) the fair market value of a share of Common Stock of the Company on the date on which the purchase right is granted or (ii) the fair market value of a share of Common Stock of the Company on the date the purchase right is exercised.
(3)Includes shares available for future issuance under the 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. As of March 31, 2005, an aggregate of 34,267 shares of Common Stock of the Company were available for issuance under the 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Share issuances under the 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan will not reduce or otherwise affect the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company available for issuance under the 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and share issuances under 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan will not reduce or otherwise affect the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company available for issuance under the 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan.
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
          During fiscal year 2005, there was not any transaction or seriesThe information under the caption “Certain Transactions” appearing in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of similar transactions to whichStockholders is incorporated herein by reference.
          Mr. Clemons has an adult son, V. Gordon Clemons, Jr., who is currently employed by the Company was or is a party in which the amount involved exceeded or exceeds $60,000 and in which any director, executive officer, holderas its Vice President of more than 5% of any classBusiness Development. V. Gordon Clemons, Jr. became an employee of the Company’s voting securities, or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.Company in 2001 as

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a Product Manager, served as Director of Business Development from June 2002 to March 2006, and was promoted to Vice President of Business Development in March 2006. V. Gordon Clemons, Jr. has received a salary of $64,999, $77,249, $100,417, $106,876 and $120,681 for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively. V. Gordon Clemons, Jr. also received a bonus of $10,725, $20,580, $23,410, and $23,603 for fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively. V. Gordon Clemons, Jr. also received option grants for 3,325 shares, 3,400 shares, 2,400 shares, 2,400 shares, and 2,750 shares for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively. V. Gordon Clemons, Jr. received other compensation of annual premiums and matching 401(k) contributions in the aggregate amounts of $127, $251, $35, $68, and $74 for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively, paid by the Company for the purchase of group term life insurance in an amount equal to his annual salary and as matching contributions by the Company to the Company’s Section 401(k) Plan.
Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services
          The Audit Committee pre-approves and reviews audit and permissible non-audit services performed by Grant Thornton LLP as well as the fees charged by Grant ThorntonLLP for such services. In its pre-approval and review of permissible non-audit service fees, the Audit Committee considers, among other factors, the possible effect of the performance of such services on the auditors’ independence. Under certain de minimis circumstances described in the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the Audit Committee may approve permissible non-audit services prior to the completion of the audit in lieu of pre-approving such services. In recent years, the Company has not obtained any non-audit services from Grant ThorntonLLP that are prohibitedinformation under the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Principalcaption “Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Audit Fees.Audit fees includeServices” and in the auditsecond paragraph under the caption “Ratification of the Company’s annual financial statements, reviewAppointment of financial statements includedIndependent Auditors” appearing in the Company’s Form 10-Q quarterly reports, and services that are normally provided by Grant ThorntonLLP in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagementsDefinitive Proxy Statement for the relevant fiscal years. Audit fees billed2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated herein by Grant ThorntonLLP for services rendered to the Company in the audit of annual financial statements and the reviews of the financial statements included in the Company’s Forms 10-Q were approximately $262,085 for the 2005 fiscal year and $136,000 for the 2004 fiscal year.
Audit-Related Fees.Audit-related fees consist of assurance and related services provided by Grant ThorntonLLP that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements and are not reported above under “Audit Fees.”
Fiscal 2005
Audit of the financial statements of CorVel Incentives Savings Plan$12,500
Fiscal 2004
Audit of the financial statements of CorVel Incentives Savings Plan$10,000
Tax Fees.Tax fees consist of professional services rendered by Grant ThorntonLLP for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. The Company engaged Grant ThorntonLLP to perform the following tax services for the fiscal year 2005 and fiscal year 2004:
       
  Fiscal 2005    
  Preparation of Forms 5500 and tax consulting services $15,505 
       
  Fiscal 2004    
  Preparation of Forms 5500 and tax consulting services $12,154 
All Other Fees.There were no such services rendered by Grant Thornton LLP during the fiscal year 2005 or fiscal year 2004.
          The Audit Committee has determined that the provision of the above non-audit services by Grant Thornton LLP was compatible with their maintenance of accountant independence.reference.

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PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement SchedulesSchedules.
     (a)(1) Financial Statements:
          The Company’s financial statements appear in a separate section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K beginning on the pages referenced below:
     
  Page
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  5751 
     
  5852 
     
  5953 
     
  6054 
     
  6155 
     (2) Financial Statement Schedule:
          The Company’s consolidated financial statements, as listed under Item 15(a)(1), appear in a separate section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K beginning on page 57.51. The Company’s financial statement schedule is as follows:
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
                                
 Additions   Additions  
 Balance at Charged to   Balance at Charged to  
 Beginning of Costs and Balance at Beginning of Costs and Balance at
 Year Expenses Deductions End of Year Year Expenses Deductions End of Year
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
  
 
Year Ended March 31, 2003: $3,635,000 $1,352,000 $(1,514,000) $3,473,000 
 
Year Ended March 31, 2006: $3,487,000 $3,713,000 $(3,713,000) $3,487,000 
Year Ended March 31, 2005: 3,470,000 2,355,000  (2,338,000) 3,487,000 
Year Ended March 31, 2004: 3,473,000 2,100,000  (2,103,000) 3,470,000  3,473,000 2,100,000  (2,103,000) 3,470,000 
 
Year Ended March 31, 2005: 3,470,000 2,355,000  (2,338,000) 3,487,000 

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(3) Exhibits:
EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit    
No. Title Method of Filing
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of the Company Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002.
     
3.2 Bylaws of the Company Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
     
10.1* Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between V. Gordon Clemons, the Company and North Star together with all amendments and addendums thereto Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
     
10.2* Supplementary Agreement between V. Gordon Clemons, the Company and North Star Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
     
10.3* Amendment to Supplementary Agreement between Mr. Clemons, the Company and North Star Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1992.
     
10.4* Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan,
as amended
 Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995.
     
10.5* Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option Under the Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1994.
     
10.6* Form of Stock Option Agreement under the Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1994.
     
10.7* Form of Notice of Exercise under the Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1994.
     
10.8* Employment Agreement of V. Gordon Clemons Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
     
10.9* Restated 1991 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, as amended
 Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995.
     
10.10 Fidelity Master Plan for Savings and Investment, and amendments Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibits 10.16 and 10.16A to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
     
10.15 Shareholder Rights Plan Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on February 28, 1997.
     
10.16 Amended Shareholder Rights Plan Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 24, 2002.
     
10.17Employment Agreement of Dan Starck*Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2006.

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Exhibit
No.TitleMethod of Filing
21.1 Subsidiaries of the Company Filed herewith.
     
23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Filed herewith.

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Exhibit
No.TitleMethod of Filing
31.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
     
31.2 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
     
32.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. FiledFurnished herewith.
     
32.2 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. FiledFurnished herewith.
 
* - Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
(b) Exhibits
The exhibits filed as part of this report are listed under Item 15(a)(3) of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(c) Financial Statement Schedule
The Financial State Schedules required by Regulation S-X and Item 8 of this form are listed under Item 15(a)(2) of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) 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.
     
 Corvel Corporation
 
Corvel Corporation
 By:  /s/V. Gordon Clemons   
  By:/s/ V. Gordon Clemons
Gordon Clemons  
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  V. Gordon Clemons
 Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Date: August 2 , 2005June 29, 2006
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated on August 2, 2005.June 29, 2006.
   
Signature Title
 
/s/V. Gordon Clemons
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
V. Gordon Clemons Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
/s/Richard J. SchweppeSCOTT McCLOUD
Scott McCloud
 Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
Richard J. Schweppe
Accounting Officer)
   
/s/ ALAN HOOPS
Alan Hoops
 Director
   
Alan Hoops
/s/Steven J. Hamerslag
Steven J. Hamerslag
 Director
   
Steven J. Hamerslag
/s/Judd Jessup
Judd Jessup
 Director
   
Judd Jessup
/s/Jeffrey J. Michael
Director
Jeffrey J. Michael Director

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
          The following selected financial data for each of the fiscal year for the five years ended March 31, 2005,2006, have been derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements. The following data should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, the related notes thereto, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” The following amounts are in thousands, except per share data.
                    
                     Year Ended March 31, 
 Year Ended March 31, 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 
 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (Restated) (Restated)     
Statement of Income Data:
  
 
Revenues $209,554 $235,912 $282,776 $305,279 $291,000  $235,912 $282,776 $305,279 $291,000 $266,504 
 
Cost of revenues 172,010 193,225 230,947 253,846 246,341  193,348 230,991 253,846 246,341 221,060 
           
            
Gross profit 37,544 42,687 51,829 51,433 44,659  42,564 51,785 51,433 44,659 45,444 
                      
 
General and administrative 16,389 18,783 25,081 26,067 28,144  18,783 25,081 26,067 28,144 29,590 
                      
 
Income before income taxes 21,155 23,904 26,748 25,366 16,515  23,781 26,704 25,366 16,515 15,854 
 
Income tax provision 7,933 9,083 10,164 9,353 6,358  9,036 10,147 9,353 6,358 6,101 
           
            
Net income $13,222 $14,821 $16,584 $16,013 $10,157  $14,745 $16,557 $16,013 $10,157 $9,753 
                      
 
Net income per share:  
 
Basic $1.16 $1.34 $1.54 $1.51 $0.97 
           
 
Diluted $1.13 $1.30 $1.50 $1.48 $0.97 
           
 
Shares used in computing net income per share: 
 
Basic 11,399 11,043 10,735 10,585 10,419  $1.34 $1.54 $1.51 $0.97 $1.01 
            
Diluted 11,672 11,367 11,057 10,838 10,520  $1.30 $1.50 $1.48 $0.97 $1.00 
            
Shares used in computing net income per share: 
Basic 11,043 10,735 10,585 10,419 9,689 
Diluted 11,367 11,057 10,838 10,520 9,728 
Return on beginning of year equity  23.9%  25.2%  27.2%  23.8%  13.2%  25.3%  27.4%  24.1%  13.2%  13.3%
 
Return on beginning of year assets  18.6%  19.1%  20.7%  16.6%  9.6%  18.9%  20.5%  16.6%  9.5%  9.2%
                    
                     2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (Restated) (Restated) (Restated) (Restated)  
Balance Sheet Data as of March 31,
  
Cash and cash equivalents $9,457 $12,601 $5,913 $8,641 $8,945  $12,601 $5,913 $8,641 $8,945 $14,206 
 
Accounts receivable, net 34,316 33,040 45,394 45,538 45,611  33,040 45,394 45,538 45,611 39,521 
 
Working capital 35,130 35,539 37,513 41,246 39,247  34,918 36,865 40,598 38,599 34,597 
 
Total assets 77,565 80,295 96,240 106,311 105,293  80,683 96,645 106,716 105,698 100,098 
 
Retained earnings 72,475 87,296 103,880 119,893 130,050  86,675 103,232 119,245 129,402 139,155 
 
Treasury stock  (53,903)  (69,140)  (84,127)  (96,281)  (113,481)  (69,140)  (84,127)  (96,281)  (113,481)  (132,205)
 
Total stockholders’ equity 58,718 60,983 67,220 77,622 74,241  60,362 66,572 76,974 73,593 68,036 
          Certain numbers in fiscal 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 were restated. Please see additional discussion in the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Footnote B to the financial statements.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
          This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations may include certain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including (without limitation) statements with respect to anticipated future operating and financial performance, growth and acquisition opportunities and other similar forecasts and statements of expectation. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “may,” “will,” and “should” and variations of these words and similar expressions, are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements made by the Company and its management are based on estimates, projections, beliefs and assumptions of management at the time of such statements and are not guarantees of future performance.
          The Company disclaims any obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statement based on the occurrence of future events, the receipt of new information or otherwise. Actual future performance, outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements made by the Company and its management as a result of a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Representative examples of these factors include (without limitation) general industry and economic conditions; cost of capital and capital requirements; competition from other managed care companies; the ability to expand certain areas of the Company’s business; shifts in customer demands; the ability of the Company to produce market-competitive software; changes in operating expenses including employee wages, benefits and medical inflation; governmental and public policy changes, including but not limited to legislative and administrative law and rule implementation or change; dependence on key personnel; possible litigation and legal liability in the course of operations; and the continued availability of financing in the amounts and at the terms necessary to support the Company’s future business.
          Overview
          CorVel Corporation is an independent nationwide provider of medical cost containment and managed care services designed to address the escalating medical costs of workers’ compensation and auto policies. The Company’s services are provided to insurance companies, third-party administrators (“TPAs”), and self-administered employers to assist them in managing the medical costs and monitoring the quality of care associated with healthcare claims.
          Network Solutions Services
          The Company’s Network Solutions services are designed to reduce the price paid by its customers for medical services rendered in workers’ compensation cases, and auto policies and, to a lesser extent, group health policies. The network solutions services offered by the Company include automated medical fee auditing, preferred provider services, retrospective utilization review, independent medical examinations, MRI examinations, and inpatient bill review.
          Patient Management Services
          In addition to its network solutions services, the Company offers a range of patient management services, which involve working on a one-on-one basis with injured employees and their various healthcare professionals, employers and insurance company adjusters. Patient management services are designed to monitor the medical necessity and appropriateness of healthcare services provided to workers’ compensation and other healthcare claimants and to expedite return to work.return-to-work. The Company offers these services on a stand-alone basis, or as an integrated component of its medical cost containment services.
          Organizational Structure
          The Company’s management is structured geographically with regional vice-presidents who report to the President of the Company. Each of these regional vice-presidents is responsible for all services provided by the Company in his or her particular region and responsible for the operating results of the Company in multiple states.

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These regional vice presidents have area and district managers who are also responsible for all services provided by the Company in their given area and district.
          Business Enterprise Segments
          We operate in one reportable operating segment, managed care. The Company’s services are delivered to its customers through its local offices in each region and financial information for the Company’s operations follows this service delivery model. All regions provide the Company’s patient management and network solutions services. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” establishes standards for the way that public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual consolidated financial statements. The Company’s internal financial reporting is segmented geographically, as discussed above, and managed on a geographic rather than service line basis, with virtually all of the Company’s operating revenue generated within the United States.
          Under SFAS 131, two or more operating segments may be aggregated into a single operating segment for financial reporting purposes if aggregation is consistent with the objective and basic principles of SFAS 131, if the segments have similar economic characteristics, and if the segments are similar in each of the following areas: 1) the nature of products and services; 2) the nature of the production processes; 3) the type or class of customer for their products and services; and 4) the methods used to distribute their products or provide their services. We believe each of the Company’s regions meet these criteria as they provide the similar services to similar customers using similar methods of production and similar methods to distribute their services.
          Because we believe we meet each of the criteria set forth above and each of our regions have similar economic characteristics, we aggregate our results of operations in one reportable operating segment.
          Summary of 2005Fiscal 2006 Annual Results
          The Company reported revenues of $291$267 million for fiscal year ended March 31, 2005,2006, a decrease of $14$24 million, or 8% compared to $291 million in fiscal year ended March 31, 2004.2005. The Company reported sequential declining quarterly revenues for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2005.2006. Sequential revenue decreases for the first three quarters of fiscal 20052006 were .7%3%, 5.4%6%, and 3.3%.5% from the previous quarter. In the quarter ended March 31, 2005,2006, the Company reported revenues of $72.8$66.4 million, an increase in revenue of $3.0$3.3 million, or 4.3%5.2% over the $69.8$63.1 million reported in the previous quarter ended December 31, 2004.2005. The revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 20052006 also benefited from two extra business days in the quarter.quarter compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2005.
          The lingering effects of the downturncontinued decrease in the national economynumber of jobs in the manufacturing sector and its corresponding effect on the number of workplace injuries that have become longer-term disability cases, the considerable price competition given the flat-to-declining overall workers compensation market, the increase in competition from local and regional competition, changes and the potential changes in state workers’ compensation and auto managed care laws, which can reduce demand for the Company’s services, have created an environment where revenue and margin growth is more difficult to attain and where revenue growth is uncertain. Additionally, the Company’s technology and preferred provider network competes against other companies, some of which have more resources available. Also, some customers may handle their managed care services in-house and may reduce the amount of services which are outsourced to managed care companies such as CorVel Corporation.
          Results of Operations
          The Company derives its revenues from providing patient management and network solutions services to payors of workers’ compensation benefits, auto insurance claims and health insurance benefits. Patient management services include utilization review, medical case management and vocational rehabilitation. Network solutions revenues include fee schedule auditing, hospital bill auditing, independent medical examinations, diagnostic imaging review services and preferred provider referral services. In prior fiscal years, the Company included the revenue from utilization review with network solutions revenues. The Company determined it was more appropriate to include these revenues with patient management. The revenue mix percentages shown below have been adjusted to include utilization review with the patient management services revenue. This change did not affect the trend of the

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past few years of slow growth in the patient management services causing this service to represent a lesser portion of the Company’s revenues. The percentages of revenues attributable to patient management and network solutions services for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 20052006 are listed below.

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 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006
Patient management services  49.2%  45.2%  44.4%  45.2%  44.4%  42.7%
Network solutions services  50.8%  54.8%  55.6%  54.8%  55.6%  57.3%
              
  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%
              
          Income Statement Percentages
          The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the percentage of revenues represented by certain items reflected in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. The Company’s past operating results are not necessarily indicative of future operating results.
                        
 Year Ended March 31, Year Ended March 31,
 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006
Revenues  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%
Cost of revenues 81.7 83.2 84.7  83.2 84.6 82.9 
              
Gross profit 18.3 16.8 15.3  16.8 15.4 17.1 
General and administrative 8.9 8.5 9.7  8.5 9.7 11.1 
              
Income before income taxes 9.4 8.3 5.7  8.3 5.7 6.0 
Income tax expense 3.1 2.2 2.3 
       
Net income  5.9%  5.2%  3.5%  5.2%  3.5%  3.7%
              
          Revenue
          The Company derives its revenues from providing patient management and network solutions services to payors of workers’ compensation benefits, auto insurance claims and health insurance benefits. Patient management services include utilization review, medical case management and vocational rehabilitation. Network solutions revenues include fee schedule auditing, hospital bill auditing, independent medical examinations, diagnostic imaging review services and preferred provider referral services.
          Change in Revenue
          20042006 Compared to 20032005
          Revenues fordecreased by 8.2% to $267 million in fiscal year 2004 increased by 8% to $305 million,2006, from $283$291 million in fiscal year 2003, an increase of $22 million. The majority of this growth came from network solutions services, which grew 17% from $144 million in fiscal year 2003 to $167 million in fiscal year 2004. Approximately half of this increase was due to an increase in the CorCareRX services which increased from $3 million to $15 million. The CorCareRX service margins are the lowest amongst the network solutions services which contributed to the decrease in the Company’s gross profit margin.
     Additionally, $2 million of the revenue increase was due to the acquisition of ScanOne, a document imaging company, in June 2003 which is integrated with the bill review services. Revenue from patient management services decreased less than 1% from fiscal 2003 to fiscal 2004.
Change in Revenue
2005, Compared to 2004
     Revenues for fiscal year 2005 decreased by 4.7% to $291 million, from $305 million in fiscal year 2004, a decrease of $14$24 million. Nearly two-thirds of this decrease was attributable to the decrease in revenue from the Company’s patient management services primarily due to a decrease in the patient management referrals received by the Company. The decrease was primarily the result of a continued softness in the national labor market, especially the manufacturing sector of the economy. The Company has been negatively impacted by a reduction in the overall claims volume due to employers implementing workplace safety programs. Employers have also been more aggressive in seeking early intervention services which the Company and the Company’s competitors offer, decreasing the length of a claim and decreasing the need for on-site case management services. The rest of the decrease in revenues was attributable to a decrease in demand for the Company’s network solution services, primarily demand for the IME (independent medical examination) and MRI services.
2005 Compared to 2004
          Revenues for fiscal year 2005 decreased by 4.7% to $291 million, from $305 million in fiscal year 2004, a decrease of $14 million. Nearly two-thirds of this decrease was attributable to the decrease in revenue from the

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Company’s patient management services primarily due to a decrease in the patient management referrals received by the Company. The decrease was primarily the result of a continued softness in the national labor market, especially the manufacturing sector of the economy. The Company has been negatively impacted by a reduction in the overall claims volume due to employers implementing workplace safety programs. Employers have also been more aggressive in seeking early intervention services which the Company and the Company’s competitors offer, decreasing the length of a claim and decreasing the need for on-site case management services. The rest of the decrease in revenues was attributable to a decrease in demand for the Company’s network solution services, primarily demand for the IME and MRI services.
          Cost of Revenue
          The Company’s cost of revenues consist of direct expenses, costs directly attributable to the generation of revenue, and field indirect costs which are incurred in the field to support the operations in the field offices which generate the revenue. Direct costs are primarily case manager salaries, bill review analysts, related payroll taxes and fringe benefits, and costs for IME (independent medical examination), prescription drugs, and MRI providers. Most of the Company’s revenues are generated in offices which provide both patient management services and network solutions services. The largest of the field indirect costs are manager salaries and bonus, account executive base pay and commissions, administrative and clerical support, field systems personnel, PPO network developers, related payroll taxes and fringe benefits, office rent, and telephone expense. Approximately 42.1%40% of the costs incurred in the field are field indirect costs which support both the patient management services and network solutions operations of the Company’s field operations.
          Change in Cost of Revenue
          20042006 Compared to 20032005
          CostThe Company’s cost of revenues increaseddecreased from $231$246 million in fiscal 2005 to $254$221 million an increasein fiscal 2006, a decrease of $23 million10.2% or 10% compared to revenue growth of 8%. Cost of revenues increased by a greater actual dollar and greater percentage than revenue. This increase$25 million. The decrease in cost of revenues exceeded the increase in revenues on a percentage and absolute dollar basis because approximately half of the revenue growth in fiscal 2004 is from CorCareRX which has low gross margins. The largest components of the direct costs are direct salaries for case managers and bill review analysts which increased by $1 million, or 1%, from $73 million to $74 million because of the limited increase in bill volume processed and lack of growth in case management referrals. IME and MRI provider costs increased by $6 million, or 20%, from $30 million to $36 million. CorCareRX provider costs increased by $11 million, from $3 million to $14 million, dueprimarily attributable to the increasedecrease in revenues noted above. The Company reduced their field employee headcount as revenue decreased. Approximately one quarter of the decrease is attributable to a decrease in direct labor costs of $6.3 million. The Company has been working to decrease direct labor costs in response to the reduction in demand for the Company’s services resulting from the soft national labor market. The Company also experienced lower direct costs for MRI, IME and prescription drug patient management services of $2.7 million, $2.8 million and $1.3 million respectively. The decreases in these costs are directly attributable to related decreases in these respective services.
          The largest components of the field indirect costs and the changes from fiscal 20032005 to fiscal 20042006 are: manager salaries, which remained relatively unchanged at approximately $18.5 million for both fiscal 2003 and 2004;experienced a decrease of $1.5 million; and clerical salaries, which increaseddecreased by $1 million, from $18 million to $19$2.5 million. The growthCompany has been working to decrease indirect labor costs in response to the field salary costs was nominal asreduction in demand for the Company’s services and corresponding decrease in direct labor, but there can be no assurance that the Company reduced the field headcount (excluding the acquisition of ScanOne) by over 200 employees from December 2002 to March 2004.
Changewill be successful in Cost of Revenuedoing so.
          2005 Compared to 2004
          The Company’s cost of revenues decreased from $254 million in fiscal 2004 to $246 million in fiscal 2005, a decrease of 3.3% ofor $8 million. The decrease in cost of revenues is primarily attributable to the decrease in revenues noted above. The Company reduced their field employee headcount as revenue decreased. Approximately half of the decrease is attributable to a decrease in direct labor costs of $3.4 million. The Company has been working to decrease direct labor costs in response to the reduction in demand for the Company’s services resulting from the soft national labor market. The Company also experienced lower direct costs for MRI and prescription drug patient management services of $2.4 million and $1.4 million respectively. The decreases in these costs are directly attributable to related decreases in these respective services.

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          General and Administrative Costs
          During fiscals 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2005,2006, approximately 60%62%, 62%, and 62%59%, respectively, of general and administrative costs consisted of corporate systems costs, which include the corporate systems support, implementation and training, amortization of software development costs, depreciation of the hardware costs in the Company’s national systems, the Company’s national wide area network, and other systems related costs. The remaining 38% of the general and administrative costs consist of national marketing, national sales support, corporate legal, corporate insurance, human resources, accounting, product management, new business development, and other general corporate expenses.
          Change in General and Administrative Costs
          20042006 Compared to 20032005
          General and administrative expense increased $2 million from $25$28 million in fiscal 20032005 to $26$30 million in fiscal 2004.2006. General and administrative costs were 9%expense increased as a percentage of revenues for eachrevenue by 1.4% from 9.7% of these two years. Almost allrevenue in fiscal 2005 to 11.1% of thisrevenue in fiscal 2006. The increase was dueprimarily related to increased expenditures in auditing and consulting fees attributable to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Company’s accounting and legal costs increased by $1.7 million. This increase in systems costs from $15was partially offset by a decrease of $0.6 million in fiscal 2003 to $16 millionthe Company’s marketing costs. System costs, included in fiscal 2004, was primarily due to increased staff for field support and for customer needs. Systems costs were approximately 5% of revenues for fiscal 2003 and 2004, respectively. Other general and administrative costs, fell as a percentage of general and administrative costs even though their expense, in absolute dollars, remained unchanged at $10 million from fiscal 2003similar to fiscal 2004.
Change in General and Administrative Costsyear 2005.
          2005 Compared to 2004
          General and administrative expense increased $2 million from $26 million in fiscal 2004 to $28 million in fiscal 2005. General and administrative expense increased as a percentage of revenue, by 1.2%, from 8.5% of revenue in fiscal 2004 to 9.7% of revenue in fiscal 2005. The increase was related to increased expenditures in systems and increases in depreciation and amortization from prior year capital investments in technology. Systems costs included in general and administrative costs increased by $1.7 million, from $15.6 million in fiscal 2004 to $17.3 million in fiscal 2005. This increase was due to the Company’s continued increase in investment in technology. The Company is continuing to invest in and advance its scanning and document management capabilities for their customers as well as for internal use. The Company also continued making improvements to its primary data center and its second data center as part of its business continuity planning.
          Income Tax Provision
          The Company’s income tax expense for fiscal 2003, fiscal 2004, 2005, and fiscal 20052006 were $10$9 million, $9$6 million, and $6 million respectively. The decrease intax expense remained unchanged during fiscal 2004 and2006 from 2005 resulted primarily from a decrease inbecause the income before income taxes from fiscal 2003 to fiscal 2005.and effective tax rate were both relatively unchanged. The effective income tax rates for fiscal 2003, fiscal 2004, 2005, and fiscal 20052006 were 38%37%, 37%38%, and 38% respectively. This rateThese rates differed from the statutory federal tax rate of 35.0% primarily due to state income taxes and certain non-deductible expenses.
Restatement of prior year financial statements
          During fiscal year 2006, the Company determined that it should restate its financial statements as its accounting policy for leased properties was not in accordance with SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases,” as amended, and Financial Accounting Standards Board Technical Bulletin No. 88-1, “Issues Related to Accounting for Leases”; and its then-current method of accounting for rent on an actual basis rather than on a straight-line basis was not in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Technical Bulletin No. 85-3 “Accounting for Operating Leases with Schedule Rent Increases”. The Company determined that the impact on net income for fiscal year 2004 and 2005 was immaterial. The Company restated its consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2005 and its consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
          The above-noted correction resulted in increased rent in the years prior to fiscal 2004 and recognition of a deferred rent liability, including related tax effects. These adjustments had no effect on historical or future cash flows or the timing of payments under the related leases.

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          The following is a summary of the effects of these changes on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2005 and the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
          For the audited financial statements, the adjustment noted above has the following impact:
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2005:
             
  As previously    
  Reported Adjustment As Restated
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005            
Deferred income tax asset $4,152,000  $405,000  $4,557,000 
Total assets  105,293,000   405,000   105,698,000 
Accrued liabilities  11,059,000   1,053,000   12,112,000 
Retained earnings  130,050,000   (648,000)  129,402,000 
Total stockholders’ equity  74,241,000   (648,000)  73,593,000 
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004, and 2005:
             
  As previously    
  reported Adjustment As Restated
Retained earnings as of:            
March 31, 2003 $103,880,000  $(648,000) $103,232,000 
March 31, 2004  119,893,000   (648,000)  119,245,000 
March 31, 2005  130,050,000   (648,000)  129,402,000 
     
Stockholders’ Equity as of:            
March 31, 2003 $67,220,000  $(648,000) $66,572,000 
March 31, 2004  77,622,000   (648,000)  76,974,000 
March 31, 2005  74,241,000   (648,000)  73,593,000 
          The restatement had an insignificant impact on the consolidated statements of income and no impact on the consolidated statements of cash flows for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005 and therefore no changes have been reflected. The Company’s historical income statement for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 properly reflected the Company’s lease expense in accordance with FAS 13.
          Liquidity and Capital Resources
          The Company has historically funded its operations and capital expenditures primarily from cash flow from operations, and to a lesser extent, stock option exercises. The Company’s net accounts receivables have historically averaged below 60 days of average sales. Property, net of accumulated depreciation, has averaged approximately 10% or less of annual revenue. These historical ratios of investments in assets used in the business has allowed the Company to generate sufficient cash flow to repurchase $113$132 million of its common stock during the past nineten fiscal years, without incurring debt, on cumulative net earnings of $130$140 million.
          The Company believes that cash from operations, existing working capital, line of credit, and funds from the exercise of stock options granted to employees are adequate to fund existing obligations, repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock, introduce new services and continue to develop healthcare relatedhealthcare-related businesses. The

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Company regularly evaluates cash requirements for current operations and commitments, and for capital acquisitions and other strategic transactions. The Company may elect to raise additional funds for these purposes, either through debt or additional equity, the sale of investment securities or otherwise, as appropriate. There can be no assurance, however, that such additional funds would be available in the amounts, at the times and on terms favorable to the Company, or at all.
          Net working capital decreased from $41$39 million to $39$35 million, primarily due to a $1 million increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and a $1an $6 million decrease in prepaid expenses. Both the increaseaccounts receivable primarily due to a reduction in liabilitiesrevenue from $291 million in fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 to $267 million in fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 and a decrease in prepaid expenses are due to normal fluctuationsthe net days sales outstanding. The net days sales outstanding in the timing of the Company’s payments for insurance, income taxesaccounts receivable was 57 days at March 31, 2005 and other goods and services.was 54 days at March 31, 2006.

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          As of March 31, 2005,2006, the Company had $9$14 million in cash and cash equivalents, invested primarily in short-term, highly liquid investments with maturities of 90 days or less.
          In April 2003, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a financial institution to provide borrowing capacity of up to $5 million. In March 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an increase in the credit agreement by $5 million, to $10 million. This agreement expiresexpired in April 2006.September 2005. Borrowings under this agreement bearhad bore interest, at the Company’s option, at a fluctuating LIBOR-based rate plus 1.25% or at the financial institution’s prime lending rate. There were no borrowings under the line of credit at March 31, 20042005 or during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.2006. The loan covenants requirehad required the Company to maintain a quick ratio of at least 2:1, a tangible net equity of at least $45 million, and have positive net income. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at all times during fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.2005 and during fiscal 2006 during the periods when the line of credit was in effect.
          The CompanyManagement believes however, that the cash balance at March 31, 20052006 along with anticipated internally generated funds and the available line of credit will be sufficient to meet the Company’s expected cash requirements for at least the next twelve months.
Operating Cash Flows
20042006 Compared to 20032005
          Net cash provided by operating activities was $22increased from $26 million in 2003 comparedfiscal 2005 to $28$29 million in 2004.fiscal 2006. The improvementincrease in cash flow fromprovided by operations of $6 million was primarily due to the improvementdecrease in thenet accounts receivable from $46 million at March 31, 2005 to $40 million at March 31, 2006. This decrease in accounts receivable is primarily due to the decrease in revenues from $291 million in fiscal 2005 to $267 million in fiscal 2006. Additionally, the decrease in net accounts receivable is due to the decrease in net days sales outstanding from 5657 days at March 31, 20032005 to 54 days at March 31, 2004. During the prior fiscal year, an increase in accounts receivable created a $10 million use in cash from operating activities. Because the fiscal year 2004 revenue increase was less than the fiscal year 2003 revenue increase and the days sales outstanding decreased, accounts receivable, excluding the accounts receivable acquired in the ScanOne acquisition decreased from fiscal 2003 to fiscal 2004.2006.
Operating Cash Flows
2005 Compared to 2004
          Net cash provided by operating activities decreased from $28 million in fiscal 2004 to $26 million in fiscal 2005. The decrease in cash provided by operations was primarily due to the decrease in net income from $16 million in fiscal 2004 to $10 million in fiscal 2005. This decrease in cash provided by operating activities due to the decrease in net income was partially offset by decrease of $1 million in prepaid expenses and taxes along with a $2 million increase in accounts and taxes payable.
Investing Activities
20042006 Compared to 20032005
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to $3decreased from $12 million in fiscal 2003. Purchases of property and equipment decreased from $142005 to $8 million in fiscal 2003 to $13 million2006. This decrease in fiscal 2004 partiallyinvesting activity is primarily due to the reduction in the growthvolume of business and the investment in the Company’s revenues.prior years. The Company expects future expenditures for property and equipment to increase if revenues increase.
Investing Activities
2005 Compared to 2004
          Net cash flow used in investing activities decreased from $17 million in fiscal 2004 to $12 million in fiscal 2005. This reduction was due primarily to the reduction in the amount paid for business acquisitions from $4 million in fiscal 2004 to $80,000 in fiscal 2005. Purchases of property and equipment decreased from $13 million in fiscal 2004 to $11.5 million in fiscal 2005 partially due to the reduction in the Company’s business volume. The Company expects future expenditures for property and equipment to increase if revenues increase.

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Financing Activities
20042006 Compared to 20032005
          Net cash flow used in financing activities was $12increased from $14 million in fiscal 2003 compared2005 to $8$16 million in fiscal 2004.2006. The decreaseincrease in cash flow used in financing activities was primarily due to a decrease in the increased amount spent byto repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock. In fiscal 2005, the Company repurchased $17 million of common stock (691,720 shares, at an average price of $24.86 per share). In fiscal 2006, the Company repurchased $19 million of common stock (835,339 shares, at an average price of $22.42 per share). Cash proceeds from the Company’s stock option and employee stock purchase plan were $3 million in both fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2006. If the Company continues to generate cash flow from operating activities, the Company may continue to repurchase shares of its common stock from $15 millionon the open market, if authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors, or seek to identify other businesses to acquire. In June 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase in fiscal 2003the authorized number of shares to $12 million in fiscal 2004. The Company repurchased 461,527repurchase by 1,000,000 shares in fiscal 2003 and 342,121 shares in fiscal 2004.
Financing Activitiesto 8,100,000 shares.
2005 Compared to 2004
          Net cash flow used in financing activities increased from $8 million in 2004 to $14 million in 2005. The increase in cash flow used in financing activities was primarily due to the increased amount spent to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock. In fiscal 2004, the Company purchasedrepurchased $12 million worth of common stock (342,121 shares, at an average price of $35.53 per share). In fiscal 2005, the Company purchasedrepurchased $17 million inof common stock (691,720 shares, at an average price of $24.86 per share). Cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options decreased from $3 million in fiscal 2004 to $2 million in fiscal 2005. If the Company continues to generate cash flow from operating, investing, and financing activities, the Company may continue to repurchase its common shares on the open market or identify other businesses to acquire.
Contractual Obligations
          The following table set forth our contractual obligations at March 31, 2005,2006, which are future minimum lease payments due under noncancelable operating leases:
                     
  Total 2006 2007 - 2008 2009 - 2010 After 2010
Operating Leases $37,758,000  $10,733,000  $17,350,000  $8,101,000  $1,574,000 
                     
                     
  For the fiscal years ended March 31: 
  Total  2007  2008 - 2009  2010 - 2011  After 2011 
Operating Leases $30,465,000  $10,307,000  $14,679,000  $4,867,000  $612,000 
                
Critical Accounting Policies
          The SEC defines critical accounting policies as those that require application of management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods.
          The following is not intended to be a comprehensive list of our accounting policies. Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note A to the Consolidated Financial Statements. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by accounting principles generally accepted

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          We have identified the following accounting policies as critical to us: 1) revenue recognition, 2) allowance for uncollectible accounts, 3) valuation of long-lived assets, 4) accrual for self-insured costs, and 5) accounting for income taxes.
          Revenue Recognition:The Company’s revenues are recognized primarily as services are rendered based on time and expenses incurred. A certain portion of the Company’s revenues are derived from fee schedule auditing which is based on the number of provider charges audited and, to a lesser extent, on a percentage of savings achieved for the Company’s clients.
          Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts:The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable are past due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customers’ current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance for doubtful accounts. There has been no change in the net reserve balance during the past three years. No one customer accounted for 10% or more of accounts receivable at any of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2005.2006.
          Valuation of Long-lived Assets:We assess the impairment of identifiable intangibles, property, plant and equipment, goodwill and investments whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors we consider important which could trigger an impairment review include the following:
  significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results;
 
  significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business;
 
  significant negative industry or economic trends;
 
  significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period; and
 
  our market capitalization relative to net book value.
          When we determine that the carrying value of intangibles, long-lived assets and related goodwill may not be recoverable based upon the existence of one or more of the above indicators of impairment, impairments are recognized when the expected future undiscounted cash flows derived from such assets are less than their carrying value, except for investments. We generally measure any impairment based on a projected discounted cash flow method using a discount rate determined by our management to be commensurate with the risk inherent in our current business model. A loss in the value of an investment will be recognized when it is determined that the decline in value is other than temporary. No impairment of long-lived assets has been recognized in the financial statements.
          Accrual for Self-insurance Costs:The Company self-insures for the group medical costs and workers’ compensation costs of its employees. The Company purchases stop loss insurance for large claims. Management believes that the self-insurance reserves are appropriate; however, actual claims costs may differ from the original estimates requiring adjustments to the reserves. The Company determines its estimated self-insurance reserves based upon historical trends along with outstanding claims information provided by its claims paying agents.
          Accounting for Income Taxes:As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves us estimating our actual current tax expense together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We must then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must

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establish a valuation allowance. If the Company was to establish a valuation allowance or increase this allowance in a period, the Company must include an expense within the tax provision in the consolidated statement of income. Significant management judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes and our deferred tax assets and liabilities.

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards
     In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. (“SFAS”) 153,Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets – an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29(“SFAS 153”), which is based on the principle that nonmonetary asset exchanges should be recorded and measured at the estimated fair value of the assets exchanged, with certain exceptions. SFAS 153 amends Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 29,Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions,to eliminate the fair-value exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replace it with a general exception for nonmonetary exchanges that do not have commercial substance. This statement is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005 (fiscal year beginning April 1, 2006 for the Company). The Company does not anticipate any material impact on its financial statements upon adoption of this statement.
     In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (FAS No. 123(R)Share-Based Payment(“SFAS 123R”), which amends FASB Statement Nos. 123 and 95. FAS No. 123(R) requiring all. This statement requires companies to measurerecognize compensation expense for allin an amount equal to the fair value of share-based payments (including employee stock options) at fair valuegranted to employees. SFAS 123R eliminates the intrinsic value-based method prescribed by APB Opinion No. 25,Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and recognizerelated interpretations, that the expense over the related service period. Additionally, excess tax benefits, as defined in FAS No. 123(R), will be recognized as an addition to paid-in capital and will be reclassified from operating cash flows to financing cash flows in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. In April 2005, theCompany currently uses. This statement is effective date of FAS No. 123(R) was delayed for the Company untilbeginning in the first quarter ending June 30, 2006. We areof fiscal 2007. SFAS 123R offers alternate methods of adopting this standard. The Company plans to adopt SFAS 123R on a modified prospective basis in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and will continue to use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock options granted. Based on current analyses and information, the Company expects that the combination of expensing stock options upon adoption of SFAS 123R and grants of other stock options will result in approximately $900,000 of additional non-cash compensation expense, before income tax benefit, in fiscal 2007. The Company’s actual stock-based compensation expense could differ materially from this estimate depending upon the timing and magnitude of new awards, the number and mix of new awards, changes in the fair market value or volatility of the Company’s common stock, as well as unanticipated changes in the Company’s workforce.
     In March 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 107 (“SAB 107”) that expresses the views of the SEC regarding the interaction between SFAS 123R and certain SEC rules and regulations and provides the SEC’s views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies. In particular, SAB 107 provides guidance related to share-based payment transactions with non-employees, the transition from non-public to public entity status, valuation methods (including assumptions such as expected volatility and expected term), the accounting classification of compensation expense, non-GAAP financial measures, first-time adoption of SFAS 123R in an interim period, capitalization of compensation costs related to share-based payment arrangements, the accounting for income tax effects of share-based payment arrangements upon adoption of SFAS 123R, the modification of employee share options prior to adoption of SFAS 123R, and disclosures in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations subsequent to adoption of SFAS 123R. The Company is currently evaluating the effectimpact that FAS No. 123(R)SAB 107 will have on ourits consolidated financial position, results of operations, and operating cash flows.flows upon its adoption in 2007. The Company does not anticipate any material impact on its financial statements upon adoption of this statement.
     In March 2004,May 2005, the FASB issued EITF IssueSFAS 154,Accounting Changes and Error Corrections – a replacement of APB Opinion No. 03-1 (EITF 03-1), “The Meaning20 and FASB Statement No. 3(“SFAS 154”). SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and its Applicationchanges in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to Certain Investments.” EITF 03-1 includes new guidance for evaluating and recording impairment losses on certain debt and equity investments whendetermine either the fair valueperiod-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the investment securitychange. SFAS 154 is less than its carrying value. In September 2004, the FASB delayed the effective date for the measurementaccounting changes and recognition provisions until the issuancecorrections of additional implementation guidance.errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The delayCompany does not suspend the requirement to recognize impairment losses as required by existing authoritative literature. We will evaluate theanticipate any material impact on its financial statements upon adoption of this new accounting standard on our process for determining other-than-temporary impairments of applicable debt and equity securities upon final issuance.statement.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Shareholders and Board of Directors
CorVel Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CorVel Corporation (the Company) as of March 31, 20052006 and 2004,2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2005.2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the auditaudits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of CorVel Corporation as of March 31, 20052006 and 2004,2005, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 20052006 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
As discussed in Note B, the Company has restated its 2005 and 2004 consolidated financial statements.
Our audit wasaudits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying Schedule II for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 20052006 of CorVel Corporation is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic consolidated financial statements. This schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
Additionally, we were engaged to audit,We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of CorVel Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005,2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Since management was unable to complete its and our report dated June 28, 2006, expressed an unqualified opinion on management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, and we were unable to apply other procedures to satisfy ourselves as to the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting the scope of our work was not sufficient to enable us to express, and we did not express, an adverse opinion on either management’s assessment or on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting in our report dated July 15, 2005.because of material weaknesses.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Portland, Oregon
July 15, 2005June 28, 2006

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                        
 Years Ended March 31, Years Ended March 31, 
 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006 
REVENUES $282,776,000 $305,279,000 $291,000,000  $305,279,000 $291,000,000 $266,504,000 
 
Cost of revenues 230,947,000 253,846,000 246,341,000  253,846,000 246,341,000 221,060,000 
              
Gross profit 51,829,000 51,433,000 44,659,000  51,433,000 44,659,000 45,444,000 
 
General and administrative 25,081,000 26,067,000 28,144,000  26,067,000 28,144,000 29,590,000 
              
  
Income before income tax provision 26,748,000 25,366,000 16,515,000  25,366,000 16,515,000 15,854,000 
Income tax provision 10,164,000 9,353,000 6,358,000  9,353,000 6,358,000 6,101,000 
       
       
NET INCOME $16,584,000 $16,013,000 $10,157,000  $16,013,000 $10,157,000 $9,753,000 
              
 
Net income per share:  
 
Basic $1.54 $1.51 $0.97  $1.51 $0.97 $1.01 
       
       
Diluted $1.50 $1.48 $0.97  $1.48 $0.97 $1.00 
              
 
Weighted average shares outstanding:  
 
Basic 10,735,000 10,585,000 10,419,000  10,585,000 10,419,000 9,689,000 
Diluted 11,057,000 10,838,000 10,520,000  10,838,000 10,520,000 9,728,000 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
        
         March 31, 
 March 31, 2005 2006 
 2004 2005 (Restated) 
ASSETS
 ASSETS
 
Current Assets  
Cash and cash equivalents $8,641,000 $8,945,000  $8,945,000 $14,206,000 
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,470,000 in 2004 and $3,487,000 in 2005) 45,538,000 45,611,000 
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,487,000 in 2005 and $3,487,000 in 2006) 45,611,000 39,521,000 
Prepaid expenses and taxes 5,363,000 3,891,000  3,891,000 2,221,000 
Deferred income taxes 4,316,000 4,152,000  4,557,000 4,521,000 
          
Total current assets 63,858,000 62,599,000  63,004,000 60,469,000 
     
Property and equipment, net 29,387,000 29,649,000  29,649,000 26,459,000 
Goodwill 12,562,000 12,642,000  12,642,000 12,620,000 
Other assets 504,000 403,000 
Non-current deferred income taxes and other assets 403,000 550,000 
          
 $106,311,000 $105,293,000  $105,698,000 $100,098,000 
          
  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  
Current Liabilities  
Accounts and taxes payable $10,765,000 $12,293,000  $12,293,000 $13,712,000 
Accrued liabilities 11,847,000 11,059,000  12,112,000 12,160,000 
          
Total current liabilities 22,612,000 23,352,000  24,405,000 25,872,000 
     
Deferred income taxes 6,077,000 7,700,000  7,700,000 6,190,000 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note H)   
Commitments and Contingencies   
  
Stockholders’ Equity  
  
Common Stock, $.0001 par value: 20,000,000 shares authorized; 16,163,104 (10,589,676, net of Treasury shares) and 16,338,332 shares (10,073,184, net of the Treasury shares) issued and outstanding in 2004 and 2005, respectively 2,000 2,000 
Common Stock, $.0001 par value: 20,000,000 shares authorized; 16,338,332 (10,073,184, net of Treasury shares) and 16,517,387 shares (9,416,900, net of the Treasury shares) issued and outstanding in 2005 and 2006, respectively 2,000 2,000 
Paid-in Capital 54,008,000 57,670,000  57,670,000 61,084,000 
Treasury Stock, at cost (5,573,428 shares in 2004 and 6,265,148 shares in 2005)  (96,281,000)  (113,481,000)
Treasury Stock, at cost (6,265,148 shares in 2005 and 7,100,487 shares in 2006)  (113,481,000)  (132,205,000)
Retained Earnings 119,893,000 130,050,000  129,402,000 139,155,000 
          
Total stockholders’ equity 77,622,000 74,241,000  73,593,000 68,036,000 
          
 $106,311,000 $105,293,000  $105,698,000 $100,098,000 
          
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Years Ended March 31, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 20052006
                                                        
 Total Total 
 Common Stock Paid-In- Treasury Treasury Retained Shareholders’ Common Stock Paid-In- Treasury Treasury Retained Shareholders’ 
 Shares Amount Capital Shares Stock Earnings Equity Shares Amount Capital Shares Stock Earnings (Restated) Equity (Restated) 
Balance — March 31, 2002 15,617,381 $2,000 $42,825,000  (4,769,780) $(69,140,000) $87,296,000 $60,983,000 
Balance – March 31, 2003 as previously reported 15,857,676 $2,000 $47,465,000  (5,231,307) $(84,127,000) $103,880,000 $67,220,000 
Restatement for lease liability       (648,000)  (648,000)
                              
Balance – March 31, 2003, as restated 15,857,676 2,000 47,465,000  (5,231,307)  (84,127,000) 103,232,000 66,572,000 
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 37,147 952,000 952,000  39,295  1,143,000    1,143,000 
 
Stock issued under stock option plan, net of shares repurchased 203,148 2,423,000 2,423,000  266,133  3,365,000    3,365,000 
Income tax benefits from stock option exercises 1,265,000 1,265,000    2,035,000    2,035,000 
Purchase of treasury stock  (461,527)  (14,987,000)  (14,987,000)     (342,121)  (12,154,000)   (12,154,000)
Net income 16,584,000 16,584,000       16,013,000 16,013,000 
                              
Balance — March 31, 2003 15,857,676 2,000 47,465,000  (5,231,307)  (84,127,000) 103,880,000 67,220,000 
Balance – March 31, 2004 16,163,104 2,000 54,008,000  (5,573,428)  (96,281,000) 119,245,000 76,974,000 
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 48,883  1,043,000    1,043,000 
                
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 39,295 1,143,000 1,143,000 
Stock issued under stock option plan, net of shares repurchased 266,133 3,365,000 3,365,000  126,345  1,746,000    1,746,000 
Income tax benefits from stock option exercises 2,035,000 2,035,000    873,000    873,000 
Purchase of treasury stock  (342,121)  (12,154,000)  (12,154,000)     (691,720)  (17,200,000)   (17,200,000)
Net income 16,013,000 16,013,000       10,157,000 10,157,000 
                              
Balance — March 31, 2004 16,163,104 2,000 54,008,000  (5,573,428)  (96,281,000) 119,893,000 77,622,000 
Balance – March 31, 2005 16,338,332 2,000 57,670,000  (6,265,148)  (113,481,000) 129,402,000 73,593,000 
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 35,098  658,000    658,000 
                
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 48,883 1,043,000 1,043,000 
Stock issued under stock option plan, net of shares repurchased 126,345 1,746,000 1,746,000  143,957  2,337,000    2,337,000 
Income tax benefits from stock option exercises 873,000 873,000    419,000    419,000 
Purchase of treasury stock  (691,720)  (17,200,000)  (17,200,000)     (835,339)  (18,724,000)   (18,724,000)
Net income 10,157,000 10,157,000       9,753,000 9,753,000 
                              
Balance — March 31, 2005 16,338,332 $2,000 $57,670,000  (6,265,148) $(113,481,000) $130,050,000 $74,241,000 
Balance – March 31, 2006 16,517,387 $2,000 $61,084,000  (7,100,487) $(132,205,000) $139,155,000 $68,036,000 
                              
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CORVEL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                        
 Years Ended March 31, Years Ended March 31, 
 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES  
Net income $16,584,000 $16,013,000 $10,157,000  $16,013,000 $10,157,000 $9,753,000 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:  
Depreciation and amortization 9,339,000 9,958,000 11,085,000  9,958,000 11,085,000 10,940,000 
Loss on write down or disposal of property or capitalized software 1,500,000  238,000   238,000 26,000 
 
Provision for doubtful accounts 1,352,000 2,100,000 2,355,000  2,100,000 2,355,000 3,713,000 
 
Tax benefits from stock option exercises 1,265,000 2,035,000 873,000  2,035,000 873,000 419,000 
 
Deferred income taxes 999,000 1,323,000 1,787,000 
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes 1,323,000 1,787,000  (1,474,000)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:  
Accounts receivable  (11,130,000)  (1,941,000)  (2,428,000)  (1,941,000)  (2,428,000) 2,377,000 
Prepaid expenses and taxes  (3,431,000)  (536,000) 1,472,000   (536,000) 1,472,000 1,670,000 
Accounts and taxes payable 2,800,000 789,000 1,528,000  789,000 1,528,000 1,419,000 
Accrued liabilities 1,553,000  (1,975,000)  (788,000)  (1,975,000)  (788,000) 48,000 
Other assets 1,417,000  (42,000) 76,000   (42,000) 76,000  (147,000)
              
Net cash provided by operating activities 22,248,000 27,724,000 26,355,000  27,724,000 26,355,000 28,744,000 
              
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES  
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired  (3,395,000)  (4,228,000)  (80,000)  (4,228,000)  (80,000)  
Purchases of property and equipment  (13,929,000)  (13,122,000)  (11,560,000)  (13,122,000)  (11,560,000)  (7,754,000)
              
Net cash used in investing activities  (17,324,000)  (17,350,000)  (11,640,000)  (17,350,000)  (11,640,000)  (7,754,000)
              
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES  
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan 952,000 1,143,000 1,043,000  1,143,000 1,043,000 658,000 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 2,423,000 3,365,000 1,746,000  3,365,000 1,746,000 2,337,000 
Purchase of treasury stock  (14,987,000)  (12,154,000)  (17,200,000)  (12,154,000)  (17,200,000)  (18,724,000)
              
Net cash used in financing activities  (11,612,000)  (7,646,000)  (14,411,000)  (7,646,000)  (14,411,000)  (15,729,000)
              
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  (6,688,000) 2,728,000 304,000 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 2,728,000 304,000 5,261,000 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 12,601,000 5,913,000 8,641,000  5,913,000 8,641,000 8,945,000 
              
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR $5,913,000 $8,641,000 $8,945,000  $8,641,000 $8,945,000 $14,206,000 
              
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CORVEL CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2005 and 2006
Note A �� Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
          Organization:CorVel Corporation (CorVel or the Company) provides services and programs nationwide that are designed to enable insurance carriers, third party administrators and employers with self-insured programs to administer, manage and control the cost of workers’ compensation and other healthcare benefits.
          Basis of Presentation:The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CorVel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
          Use of Estimates:The preparation of financial statements in conforming with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the accompanying financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include the allowance for doubtful accounts, accrual for bonuses,income taxes, and accrualsaccrual for self-insurance reserves.
          Cash and Cash Equivalents:Cash and cash equivalents consists of short-term highly-liquid investments with maturities of 90 days or less when purchased.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments:The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments (i.e. cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, etc.) approximate their fair values at March 31, 20042005 and 2005.2006.
          Revenue Recognition:The Company’s revenues are recognized primarily as services are rendered based on time and expenses incurred. A certain portion of the Company’s revenues are derived from fee schedule auditing which is based on the number of provider charges audited and, to a limited extent, on a percentage of savings achieved for the Company’s clients. The revenue mix percentages shown below have been adjusted to include utilization review with the patient management services revenue. The percentages of revenues attributable to patient management and network solutions services for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2005, and 2006 are listed below.
             
  2004  2005  2006 
Patient management services  45.2%  44.4%  42.7%
             
Network solutions services  54.8%  55.6%  57.3%
          
             
   100.0%  100.0%  100.0%
          
          Accounts Receivable:The majority of the Company’s accounts receivable are due from companies in the property and casualty insurance industries. Credit is extended based on evaluation of a customer’s financial condition and, generally, collateral is not required. Accounts receivable are due within 30 days and are stated at amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due. The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable are past due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to the Company and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. There has been no change in the reserve balance during the past two years. The Company writes off accounts receivable, along with sales adjustments, to cost of sales when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts receivable includes $3,145,000$3,561,000 and $3,561,000$2,883,000 of unbilled receivables at March 31, 20042005 and 2005,2006, respectively. Unbilled receivables represent the revenue for the work performed for which the billing milestone has not occurred.yet been invoiced to the customer. Unbilled receivables are generally invoiced within the following month. No one customer accounted for 10% or more of accounts receivable at any of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004,2005, and 2005.2006.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note A – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
          Property and Equipment:Additions to property and equipment are recorded at cost. DepreciationThe Company provides for depreciation on property and amortization are providedequipment using the straight-line and accelerated methodsmethod by charges to operations in amounts that allocate the cost of depreciable assets over thetheir estimated useful lives of the related assets, which range from three to seven years.as follows:
Asset ClassificationEstimated Useful Life
Leasehold ImprovementsThe shorter of five years or the life of lease
Furniture and equipmentFive to seven years
Computer hardwareThree to five years
Computer softwareThree to five years
          The Company capitalized software development costs intended for internal use. The Company accounts for internally developed software costs in accordance with SOP 98-1,Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. Capitalized software development costs, intended for internal use, totaled $10,306,000 (net of $14,644,000 in accumulated amortization) and $9,956,000 (net of $18,124,000 in accumulated amortization) and $9,057,000, (net of $21,999,000 in accumulated amortization) as of March 31, 20042005 and 2005,2006, respectively. These costs are included in computer software in property and equipment and are amortized over a period of five years.

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CORVEL CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note A — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
          Long-Lived Assets:The carrying amount of all long-lived assets is evaluated periodically to determine if adjustment to the depreciation and amortization period or to the unamortized balance is warranted. Such evaluation is based principally on the expected utilization of the long-lived assets and the projected, undiscounted cash flows of the operations in which the long-lived assets are deployed.
          Goodwill:Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142,Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, became effective beginning in 2003, and, provides that goodwill, as well as identifiable intangible assets with indefinite lives, should not be amortized. Accordingly, with the adoption of SFAS 142 on April 1, 2002, the Company discontinued the amortization of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles. In addition, useful lives of intangible assets with finite lives were reevaluated on adoption of SFAS 142. Impairments are recognized when the expected future undiscounted cash flows derived from such assets are less than their carrying value. We measure any impairment based on a projected discounted cash flow method using a discount rate determined by our management to be commensurate with the risk inherent in our current business model. A loss in the valueThis most recent impairment test was performed as of an investment will be recognized when it is determined that the decline in value is other than temporary.December 31, 2005. No impairment of long-lived assets has been recognized in the financial statements. Goodwill amounted to $12,562,000 (net of accumulated amortization of $2,047,000) at March 31, 2004 and $12,642,000, (net of accumulated amortization of $2,047,000) at March 31, 2005.2005 and $12,620,000, (net of accumulated amortization of $2,069,000) at March 31, 2006.
Accrual for Self-insurance Costs:The Company self-insures for the group medical costs and workers’ compensation costs of its employees. The Company purchases stop loss insurance for large claims. Management believes that the self-insurance reserves are appropriate; however, actual claims costs may differ from the original estimates requiring adjustments to the reserves. The Company determines its estimated self-insurance reserves based upon historical trends along with outstanding claims information provided by its claims paying agents.
          Concentrations of Credit Risk:The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and does not require collateral. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of accounts receivable in 20042005 or 2005.2006. Receivables are generally due within 30 days. Credit losses relating to customers in the workers’ compensation insurance industry consistently have been within management’s expectations. Substantially all of the Company’s cash is invested in financial institutions in amounts which exceed the FDIC insurance levels but the Company has not experienced any losses from such concentrations.
          Income Taxes:The Company provides for income taxes under the liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities as measured by the enacted tax rates which are expected to be in effect when these differences reverse. Income tax expense is the tax payable for the period and the change during the period in net deferred tax assets and liabilities.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note A – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
          Earnings Per Share:Earnings per common share-basic is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Earnings per common shares-diluted isare based on the weighted average number of common shares and common share equivalents outstanding during the period. In calculating earnings per share, earnings are the same for the basic and diluted calculations. Weighted average shares outstanding increased for diluted earnings per share due to the effect of stock options.

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CORVEL CORPORATION          The difference between the basic shares and the diluted shares for each of the three fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2005, and 2006 is as follows:
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
             
  March 31, 2004 March 31, 2005 March 31, 2006
Basic weighted shares  10,585,000   10,419,000   9,689,000 
Treasury stock impact of stock options  253,000   101,000   39,000 
   
Diluted weighted shares  10,838,000   10,520,000   9,728,000 
   
Note A — Summary          734,332 anti-dilutive shares were excluded from the weighted shares calculation during the quarter ending March 31, 2006 because the option prices were below the average fair market value of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)the stock during the quarter.
          Stock Based Compensation Plans:The Company has a stock-based employee compensation plan, which is described more fully in Note E.F. The Company applies the intrinsic value method provided by APB Opinion 25,Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations to account for its plans. TheIn accordance with SFAS 148, the following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123,Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, using the assumptions shown below, to its stock-based employee plans.
                        
 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006 
Net income as reported $16,584,000 $16,013,000 $10,157,000  $16,013,000 $10,157,000 $9,753,000 
Add back: stock-based compensation costs charged to expense    
Deduct: Stock-based employee compensation cost, net of taxes 881,000 861,000 826,000   (1,075,000)  (1,022,000)  (764,000)
              
Pro forma net income $15,703,000 $15,152,000 $9,331,000  $14,938,000 $9,135,000 $8,989,000 
              
Earnings per share — basic 
Earnings per share – basic 
As reported $1.54 $1.51 $0.97  $1.51 $0.97 $1.01 
Pro forma $1.46 $1.43 $0.90  $1.41 $0.88 $0.93 
Earnings per share — diluted 
Earnings per share – diluted 
As reported $1.50 $1.48 $0.97  $1.48 $0.97 $1.00 
Pro forma $1.42 $1.40 $0.89  $1.38 $0.87 $0.92 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note A – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Stock Based Compensation Plans: (continued)
          The weighted average fair values at date of grant for options granted during fiscal 2003, 2004, 2005, and 20052006 were $7.77, $9.77, $7.49, and $7.49,$6.60, respectively.
          The fair value of each grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The following weighted average assumptions were used for fiscal years ending March 31:31, 2004, 2005 and 2006:
                        
 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006
Expected volatility .30 .33 .38   33%  38%  38%
Risk free interest rate  2.4%  3.9%  3.4%  3.9%  3.4%  4.0%
Dividend yield  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%
Weighted average option life 4.6 years 4.6 years 4.7 years 4.6 years 4.7 years 4.7 years
          Reclassifications:Recent Accounting Pronouncements:Certain amountsIn December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. (“SFAS”) 153,Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets – an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29(“SFAS 153”), which is based on the principle that nonmonetary asset exchanges should be recorded and measured at the fair value of the assets exchanged, with certain exceptions. SFAS 153 amends Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 29,Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions,to eliminate the fair-value exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replace it with a general exception for nonmonetary exchanges that do not have commercial substance. This statement is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005 (fiscal year beginning April 1, 2006 for the 2003 and 2004 consolidatedCompany). The Company does not anticipate any material impact on its financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2005 presentation. The reclassifications have no effect on total revenues, total expenses, net income or stockholders’ equity, as previously reported.upon adoption of this statement.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note A Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
          Recently IssuedRecent Accounting Pronouncements:(continued)
In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.SFAS 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (FAS No. 123(R)Share-Based Payment(“SFAS 123R”), which amends FASB Statement Nos. 123 and 95. FAS No. 123(R). This statement requires all companies to measurerecognize compensation expense for allin an amount equal to the fair value of share-based payments (including employee stock options) atgranted to employees. SFAS 123R eliminates the intrinsic value-based method prescribed by APB Opinion No. 25,Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations, that the Company currently uses. This statement is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. SFAS 123R offers alternate methods of adopting this standard. The Company is adopting SFAS 123R on a prospective basis in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and will continue to use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock options granted. Based on current analyses and recognizeinformation, the Company expects that the combination of expensing stock options upon adoption of SFAS 123R and grants of other stock options will result in approximately $900,000 of additional non-cash compensation expense overbefore income tax benefit in fiscal 2007. The Company’s actual stock-based compensation expense could differ materially from this estimate depending upon the related service period. Additionally, excess tax benefits, as defined in FAS No. 123(R), will be recognized as an addition to paid-in capitaltiming and will be reclassified from operating cash flows to financing cash flowsmagnitude of new awards, the number and mix of new awards, changes in the Consolidated Statementsfair market value or volatility of Cash Flows.the Company’s common stock, as well as unanticipated changes in the Company’s workforce.
          In AprilMarch 2005, the effective dateSecurities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 107 (“SAB 107”) that expresses the views of FAS No. 123(R) was delayed until the quarter ending June 2006. We areSEC regarding the interaction between SFAS 123R and certain SEC rules and regulations and provides the SEC’s views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies. In particular, SAB 107 provides guidance related to share-based payment transactions with non-employees, the transition from non-public to public entity status, valuation methods (including assumptions such as expected volatility and expected term), the accounting classification of compensation expense, non-GAAP financial measures, first-time adoption of SFAS 123R in an interim period, capitalization of compensation costs related to share-based payment arrangements, the accounting for income tax effects of share-based payment arrangements upon adoption of SFAS 123R, the modification of employee share options prior to adoption of SFAS 123R, and disclosures in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations subsequent to adoption of SFAS 123R. The Company is currently evaluating the effectimpact that FAS No. 123(R)SAB 107 will have on ourits consolidated financial position, results of operations, and operating cash flows. We have included information regarding the effectflows upon its adoption in 2007. The Company does not anticipate any material impact on net earnings and net earnings per common share had we applied the fair value expense recognition provisionsits financial statements upon adoption of the original FAS No. 123 within Note A above.this statement.
          In March 2004,May 2005, the FASB issued EITF IssueSFAS 154,Accounting Changes and Error Corrections – a replacement of APB Opinion No. 03-1 (EITF 03-1), “The Meaning20 and FASB Statement No. 3(“SFAS 154”). SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and its Applicationchanges in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to Certain Investments.” EITF 03-1 includes new guidance for evaluating and recording impairment losses on certain debt and equity investments whendetermine either the fair valueperiod-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the investment securitychange. SFAS 154 is less than its carrying value. In September 2004, the FASB delayed the effective date for the measurementaccounting changes and recognition provisions until the issuancecorrections of additional implementation guidance.errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The delayCompany does not suspend the requirement to recognize impairment losses as required by existing authoritative literature. We will evaluate theanticipate any material impact on its financial statements upon adoption of this new accounting standard in the Company’s process for determining other-than-temporary impairments of applicable debt and equity securities upon final issuance.
Note B — Property and Equipment
     Property and equipment consists of the following at March 31:
         
  2004 2005
Office equipment and computers $39,916,000  $41,190,000 
Computer software  30,836,000   34,585,000 
Leasehold improvements  3,161,000   3,702,000 
         
   73,913,000   79,477,000 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization  44,526,000   49,828,000 
         
  $29,387,000  $29,649,000 
         
Note C — Accrued Liabilities
     Accrued liabilities consist of the following at March 31:
         
  2004 2005
Payroll and related benefits $7,061,000  $7,038,000 
Self-insurance accruals  3,624,000   3,239,000 
Other  1,162,000   782,000 
         
  $11,847,000  $11,059,000 
         
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Note B – Restatement
          During fiscal year 2006, the Company determined that it should restate its financial statements as its accounting policy for leased properties was not in accordance with SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases,” as amended, and Financial Accounting Standards Board Technical Bulletin No. 88-1, “Issues Related to Accounting for Leases”; and its then-current method of accounting for rent on an actual basis rather than on a straight-line basis was not in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Technical Bulletin No. 85-3 “Accounting for Operating Leases with Schedule Rent Increases“. The Company determined that the impact on net income for fiscal year 2004 and 2005 was immaterial. The Company restated its consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2005 and its consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
          The following is a summary of the effects of these changes on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2005 and the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity as of and for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
          For the audited financial statements, the adjustment noted above has the following impact:
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2005:
             
  As previously    
  Reported Adjustment As Restated
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005            
Deferred income tax asset $4,152,000  $405,000  $4,557,000 
Total assets  105,293,000   405,000   105,698,000 
Accrued liabilities  11,059,000   1,053,000   12,112,000 
Retained earnings  130,050,000   (648,000)  129,402,000 
Total stockholders’ equity  74,241,000   (648,000)  73,593,000 
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004, and 2005:
             
  As previously    
  reported Adjustment As Restated
Retained earnings as of:            
March 31, 2003 $103,880,000  $(648,000) $103,232,000 
March 31, 2004  119,893,000   (648,000)  119,245,000 
March 31, 2005  130,050,000   (648,000)  129,402,000 
             
Stockholders’ Equity as of:            
March 31, 2003 $67,220,000  $(648,000) $66,572,000 
March 31, 2004  77,622,000   (648,000)  76,974,000 
March 31, 2005  74,241,000   (648,000)  73,593,000 
          The restatement had an insignificant impact on the consolidated statements of income and no impact on the consolidated statements of cash flows for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005 and therefore no changes have been reflected. The Company’s historical income statement for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 properly reflected the Company’s lease expense in accordance with FAS 13.

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Note C – Property and Equipment
          Property and equipment consists of the following at March 31, 2005 and 2006:
         
  2005  2006 
Office equipment and computers $41,190,000  $44,466,000 
Computer software  34,585,000   37,565,000 
Leasehold improvements  3,702,000   3,832,000 
       
   79,477,000   85,863,000 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization  (49,828,000)  (59,404,000)
       
  $29,649,000  $26,459,000 
       
Note D – Accrued Liabilities
          Accrued liabilities consist of the following at March 31, 2005 and 2006:
         
  2005  2006 
  (Restated)     
Payroll and related benefits $7,038,000  $6,859,000 
Self-insurance accruals  3,239,000   3,644,000 
Other  1,835,000   1,657,000 
       
  $12,112,000  $12,160,000 
       
          See Footnote B for comments related to the restatement of the March 31, 2005 balance.

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Note E – Income Taxes
          The income tax provision consists of the following for the three years ended March 31:31, 2004, 2005 and 2006:
             
  2003 2004 2005
Current — Federal $8,255,000  $7,548,000  $4,155,000 
Current — State  910,000   482,000   416,000 
             
Subtotal  9,165,000   8,030,000   4,571,000 
             
Deferred — Federal  900,000   1,208,000   1,624,000 
Deferred — State  99,000   115,000   163,000 
             
Subtotal  999,000   1,323,000   1,787,000 
             
  $10,164,000  $9,353,000  $6,358,000 
             
             
  2004  2005  2006 
Current – Federal $7,548,000  $4,155,000  $6,822,000 
Current – State  482,000   416,000   753,000 
          
Subtotal  8,030,000   4,571,000   7,575,000 
          
Deferred – Federal  1,208,000   1,624,000   (1,340,000)
Deferred – State  115,000   163,000   (134,000)
          
Subtotal  1,323,000   1,787,000   (1,474,000)
          
  $9,353,000  $6,358,000  $6,101,000 
          
     The following is a reconciliation of the income tax provision from the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective rate for the three years ended March 31:31, 2004, 2005 and 2006:
                        
 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006 
Income taxes at federal statutory rate $9,362,000 $8,878,000 $5,780,000 
Income taxes at federal statutory rate (35%) $8,878,000 $5,780,000 $5,549,000 
State income taxes, net of federal benefit 1,008,000 809,000 662,000  809,000 662,000 552,000 
Other  (206,000)  (334,000)  (84,000)  (334,000)  (84,000)  
              
 $10,164,000 $9,353,000 $6,358,000  $9,353,000 $6,358,000 $6,101,000 
              
          Income taxes paid totaled $8,812,000, $6,455,000, $2,711,000 and $2,711,000$6,624,000 for the years ended March 31, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2005,2006, respectively.

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Note D —E – Income Taxes (continued)
          Deferred taxes at March 31, 20042005 and 20052006 are:
        
         2005 2006 
 2004 2005 (Restated)   
Deferred tax assets:
  
Accrued liabilities not currently deductible $2,985,000 $2,781,000 
Accrued liabilities not currently deductible. $2,781,000 $2,995,000 
Allowance for doubtful accounts 1,319,000 1,342,000  1,342,000 1,343,000 
Other 12,000 29,000  405,000 183,000 
          
Deferred assets 4,316,000 4,152,000  4,557,000 4,521,000 
     
Deferred tax liabilities:
  
Excess of book over tax basis of fixed assets  (5,363,000)  (6,758,000)  (6,758,000)  (5,362,000)
Other  (714,000)  (942,000)  (942,000)  (828,000)
          
Deferred liabilities  (6,077,000)  (7,700,000)  (7,700,000)  (6,190,000)
          
Net deferred tax liability $(1,761,000) $(3,548,000) $(3,143,000) $(1,669,000)
          
          Prepaid expenses and taxes includes $2,462,000include $1,225,000 and $1,225,000$1,162,000 at March 31, 20042005 and March 31, 2005,2006, respectively, for income taxes due in the first quarter of the succeeding fiscal year.
Note E —F – Stock Options
          Under the Company’s Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan, (“the Plan”) as amended,in effect at March 31, 2006, options for up to 5,955,000 shares (adjusted for the two-for-one stock split in the form of a dividend in MayJune 1999 and the three-for-two stock split in the form of the dividend in August 2001) of the Company’s common stock may be granted to key employees, non-employee directors and consultants at prices not less than 85% of the fair value of the stock at the date of grant as determined by the Board. Options granted under the Plan may be either incentive stock options or non-statutory stock options and options granted generally vest 25% one year from date of grant and the remaining 75% vestsvesting ratably each month for the next 36 months. The options generally expire at the end of five years from date of grant. There are 667,134 options available for grant at March 31, 2005.

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Note E —F – Stock Options (continued)
          Summarized information for all stock options for the past three fiscal year follows:
                        
 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006 
Options outstanding at the beginning of the year 1,218,088 1,197,747 994,475  1,197,747 994,475 969,887 
    
Options granted 198,600 138,871 145,750  138,871 145,750 155,400 
Options exercised  (204,955)  (277,240)  (132,456)  (277,240)  (132,456)  (152,436)
Options forfeited  (13,986)  (64,903)  (37,882)
Options cancelled/forfeited  (64,903)  (37,882)  (126,369)
              
Options outstanding at the end of the year 1,197,747 994,475 969,887  994,475 969,887 846,482 
              
  
During the year, weighted average price of: 
During the year, weighted average exercise price of: 
     
Options granted $32.63 $34.63 $23.40  $34.63 $23.40 $20.48 
Options exercised $12.24 $13.55 $14.80  $13.55 $14.80 $16.97 
Options forfeited $22.37 $14.75 $31.88  $14.75 $31.88 $25.17 
  
At the end of the year:  
Price range of outstanding options $5.67 - $33.91 $6.13 - $38.74 $8.50-$38.74  $6.13 - $38.74 $8.50-$38.74 $10.21-$38.74 
Weighted average price per share $20.20 $24.42 $25.29 
Weighted average exercise price per share $24.42 $25.29 $25.92 
Options available for future grants 805,703 731,735 632,867  731,735 632,867 594,836 
Exercisable options 634,493 585,529 640,351  585,529 640,351 538,204 
          The weighted average exercise price for exercisable options at March 31, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2005,2006, was $12.87, $20.47, $23.57 and $23.57,$26.84, respectively.

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Note E —F – Stock Options (continued)
          The following table summarizes the status of stock options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2005:2006:
                     
      Weighted Outstanding Exercisable Exercisable
      Average Options — Options — Options —
  Number of Remaining Weighted Number of Weighted
Range of Outstanding Contractual Average Exercisable Average
Exercise Prices Options Life Exercise Price Options Exercise Price
$8.50 to $18.99  252,828   1.42  $15.68   252,828  $15.68 
  20.20 to 25.71  279,074   3.13   23.54   160,838   24.19 
  26.00 to 32.99  233,264   3.25   29.45   125,921   29.97 
  33.00 to 38.74  204,721   3.37   34.80   100,764   34.35 
                     
  Total  969,887   2.76  $25.29   640,351  $23.57 
                     
                     
      Weighted  Outstanding  Exercisable  Exercisable 
      Average  Options –  Options –  Options – 
  Number of  Remaining  Weighted  Number of  Weighted 
Range of Outstanding  Contractual  Average  Exercisable  Average 
Exercise Prices Options  Life  Exercise Price  Options  Exercise Price 
$10.21 to $20.20  194,100   3.56  $16.39   97,524  $14.40 
20.21 to 25.00  218,730   2.83   23.64   123,430   24.54 
25.01 to 30.00  209,144   2.65   28.35   155,427   29.04 
30.01 to 38.74  224,508   2.65   34.13   161,823   33.96 
                
Total  846,482   2.92  $25.92   538,204  $26.84 
                
Note F —G – Employee Stock Purchase Plan
          The Company maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) which allowswas amended by approval of the Company’s stockholders in September 2005 to allow employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to purchase shares of common stock on the last day of two six-month purchase periods (i.e. March 31 and September 30) at a purchase price which is 95% of the closing sale price of shares as quoted on NASDAQ on the last day of such purchase period. Prior to the purchase period beginning October 1, 2005, the purchase price was equal to 85% of the closing sale price of shares as quoted on NASDAQ on the first or last day of suchthe purchase period, whichever iswas lower. In September 2005, the shareholders approved to amend the plan to the purchase price formula noted above. Employees are allowed to participatecontribute up to 20% of their gross pay. A maximum of 750,000950,000 shares has been authorized for issuance under the plan,ESPP, as amended. As of March 31, 2005, 715,7332006, 750,831 shares had been issued pursuant to the plan.ESPP. Summarized planESPP information is as follows:
                        
 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006
Employee contributions $952,000 $1,143,000 $1,043,000  $1,143,000 $1,043,000 $658,000 
Shares acquired 37,147 39,295 48,883  39,295 48,883 35,098 
Average purchase price $25.63 $29.09 $21.34  $29.09 $21.34 $18.75 
          In accordance with FASB Technical Bulletin 97-1, the fair value of this stock purchase plan has been included in the pro forma disclosures contained in Note A, Stock Based Compensation Plans.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note G —H – Treasury Stock and Subsequent Event
          During fiscals 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2005,2006, the Company continued to repurchase shares of its common stock under a plan originally approved by the Company’s Board of Directors in 1996. Including an expansion authorized in March 2005, the total number of shares authorized to be repurchased has now been increased tois 7,100,000 shares. Purchases may be made from time to time depending on market conditions and other relevant factors. The share repurchases for fiscal years ending March 31, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 20052006 are as follows:
                 
  2003 2004 2005 Cumulative
Shares repurchased  461,527   342,121   691,720   6,265,148 
Cost $14,987,000  $12,154,000  $17,200,000  $113,481,000 
Average price $32.47  $35.53  $24.86  $18.11 
     Effective March 15, 2005, the Company entered into a SEC Rule 10b5-1 repurchase program with a broker that allowed open-market purchases of 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock through traditional blackout periods. The 10b5-1 repurchase program terminated on May 12, 2005, upon completion of the purchase of 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
                 
  2004 2005 2006 Cumulative
Shares repurchased  342,121   691,720   835,339   7,100,487 
Cost $12,154,000  $17,200,000  $18,724,000  $132,205,000 
Average price $35.53  $24.86  $22.42  $18.62 
          The repurchased shares were recorded as treasury stock, at cost, and are available for general corporate purposes. The repurchases were financed from cash generated from operations.
          In June 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an increase in the number of shares to be repurchased by 1,000,000 shares to 8,100,000 shares.
Note H —I – Commitments and Contingencies
          The Company leases office facilities under noncancelable operating leases. Some of these leases contain escalation clauses. Future minimum rental commitments under operating leases at March 31, 20052006 are $10,733,000 in fiscal 2006, $9,486,000$10,307,000 in fiscal 2007, $7,864,000$8,595,000 in fiscal 2008, $5,336,000$6,084,000 in fiscal 2009, $2,765,000$3,397,000 in fiscal 2010, $1,470,000 in fiscal 2011, and $1,574,000$612,000 thereafter. Total rental expense of $10,368,000, $11,365,000, $12,379,000 and $12,379,000$12,312,000 was charged to operations for the years ended March 31, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2005,2006, respectively. The cost of leasehold improvements are capitalized as incurred and amortized over the life of the lease.
          The Company is involved in litigation arising in the normal course of business. The CompanyManagement believes that resolution of these matters will not result in any payment that, in the aggregate, would be material to the financial position or results of the operations of the Company.

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Note I —J – Savings Plan
          The Company maintains a retirement savings plan for its employees, which is a qualified plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Full-time employees that meet certain requirements are eligible to participate in the plan. Contributions are made annually, primarily at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. Contributions of $283,000 and $150,000 were charged to operations for the years ended March 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively.2004. There was no employer contribution for the fiscal yearyears ended March 31, 2005.
Note J — Business Combinations
     In May 2002, the Company acquired the assets of AnciCare, PPO, Inc., a Florida-based national provider of diagnostic imaging services. The Company paid approximately $3.5 million2005 and recorded approximately $3.3 million for goodwill. If the results of the AnciCare operations attain certain revenue during each of the three years after the date of acquisition, the Company will pay an additional amount for the purchase, which is expected to be funded from future earnings of the Company. Any additional amounts paid will increase the goodwill related to the acquisition. No amounts were paid for attaining certain revenue targets for each of the first three years after the acquisition. There is no remaining exposure relating to these revenue targets which were part of the original acquisition.March 31, 2006.
Note K Shareholder Rights Plan
          During fiscal 1997, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the adoption of a Shareholder Rights Plan. The Shareholder Rights Plan which is similar to rights plans adopted by numerous other public companies, provides for a dividend distribution to CorVel stockholders of one preferred stock purchase “Right”right for each outstanding share of CorVel’s common stock. The Rights are designed to assure that all stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover of the company and to encourage a potential acquirer to negotiate with the Board of Directors prior to attempting a takeover.stock under certain circumstances. In April 2002, the Board of Directors of the CompanyCorVel approved an amendment to the Company’s existing stockholdershareholder rights agreement to extend the expiration date of the rights to February 10, 2012, increase the initial exercise price of each right to $118 and enable Fidelity Management & Research Company and its affiliates to purchase up to 18% of the shares of common stock of the Company without triggering the stockholder rights. The Rightslimitations under the stockholder rights agreement remain in effect for all other stockholders of the Company. The rights are designed to assure that all shareholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover of the Company and to encourage a potential acquirer to negotiate with the Board of Directors prior to attempting a takeover. The rights have an exercise price of $118 per right, subject to subsequent adjustment. The rights trade with the Company’s common stock and will not be exercisable until the occurrence of certain takeover-related events. The issuance
          Generally, the Shareholder Rights Plan provides that if a person or group acquires 15% or more of the Rights has no dilutive effect onCompany’s common stock without the approval of the Board, subject to certain exception, the holders of the rights, other than the acquiring person or group, would, under certain circumstances, have the right to purchase additional shares of the Company’s earnings per share.common stock having a market value equal to two times the then-current exercise price of the right.
          In addition, if the Company is thereafter merged into another entity, or if 50% or more of the Company’s consolidated assets or earning power are sold, then the right will entitle its holder to buy common shares of the acquiring entity having a market value equal to two times the then-current exercise price of the right. The Company’s Board of Directors may exchange or redeem the rights under certain conditions.
Note L Line of Credit
          In April 2003, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a financial institution to provide borrowing capacity of up to $5 million. In March 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an increase in the credit agreement by $5 million, to $10 million. This agreement expiresexpired in April 2006.September 2005. Borrowings under this agreement bearhad bore interest, at the Company’s option, at a fluctuating LIBOR-based rate plus 1.25% or at the financial institution’s prime lending rate. There were no borrowings under the line of credit at March 31, 20042005 or during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.2006. The loan covenants requirehad required the Company to maintain a quick ratio of at least 2:1, a tangible net equity of at least $45 million, and have positive net income. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at all times during fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.2005 and during fiscal 2006 during the periods when the line of credit was in place.

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Note M Quarterly Results (Unaudited)
          The following is a summary of unaudited quarterly results of operations for the two years ended March 31, 20042005 and 2005:2006:
                                        
 Net Income Net Income Net Income Net Income
 per Basic per Diluted per Basic per Diluted
 Common Common Common Common
 Revenues Gross Margin Net Income Share Share Revenues Gross Profit Net Income Share Share
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2004:
 
 
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2005:
 
First Quarter $75,912,000 $13,608,000 $4,357,000 $.41 $.40  $76,256,000 $12,909,000 $3,411,000 $.32 $.32 
Second Quarter 76,978,000 13,430,000 4,458,000 .42 .41  72,156,000 11,694,000 3,037,000 .29 .29 
Third Quarter 75,631,000 12,638,000 4,082,000 .38 .38  69,788,000 8,904,000 1,261,000 .12 .12 
Fourth Quarter 76,758,000 11,757,000 3,116,000 .29 .29  72,800,000 11,152,000 2,448,000 .24 .24 
 
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2005:
 
 
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2006:
 
First Quarter $76,256,000 $12,909,000 $3,411,000 $.32 $.32  $70,667,000 $12,004,000 $2,810,000 $.28 $.28 
Second Quarter 72,156,000 11,694,000 3,037,000 .29 .29  66,343,000 10,873,000 2,211,000 .22 .22 
Third Quarter 69,788,000 8,904,000 1,261,000 .12 .12  63,073,000 10,048,000 1,665,000 .17 .17 
Fourth Quarter 72,800,000 11,152,000 2,448,000 .24 .24  66,421,000 12,519,000 3,067,000 .33 .33 
Note N Segment Reporting
          The Company derives the majority of its revenues from providing patient management and network solutions services to payors of workers’ compensation benefits, autoautomobile insurance claims and health insurance benefits. Patient management services include utilization review, medical case management, and vocational rehabilitation. Network solutions revenues include fee schedule auditing, hospital bill auditing, independent medical examinations, diagnostic imaging review services and preferred provider referral services. In the prior fiscal years, the Company included the revenue from utilization review with network solutions revenues. The revenue mix percentages shown below have been adjusted to include utilization review with the patient management services revenue. The percentages of revenues attributable to patient management and network solutions services for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2004, and 2005 are listed below.
             
  2003 2004 2005
Patient management services  49.2%  45.2%  44.4%
Network solutions services  50.8%  54.8%  55.6%
             
   100.0%  100.0%  100.0%
             

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note N Segment Reporting (continued)
          Under SFAS 131, two or more operating segments may be aggregated into a single operating segment for financial reporting purposes if aggregation is consistent with the objective and basic principles of SFAS 131, if the segments have similar economic characteristics, and if the segments are similar in each of the following areas: 1) the nature of products and services; 2) the nature of the production processes; 3) the type or class of customer for their products and services; and 4) the methods used to distribute their products or provide their services. Each of the Company’s regions meet these criteria as they provide the similar services to similar customers using similar methods of productions and similar methods to distribute their services.
          Because we meetthe Company meets each of the criteria set forth above and each of our regions have similar economic characteristics, we aggregate ourthe Company aggregates its results of operations in one reportable operating segment.

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
No. Title — Method of Filing Page
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of the Company Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
   
3.2 Bylaws of the Company Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
   
10.1* Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between V. Gordon Clemons, the Company and North Star together with all amendments and addendums thereto Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
   
10.2* Supplementary Agreement between V. Gordon Clemons, the Company and North Star Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
   
10.3* Amendment to Supplementary Agreement between Mr. Clemons, the Company and North Star Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1992.
   
10.4* Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan, as amended Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995.
   
10.5* Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option Under the Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1994.
   
10.6* Form of Stock Option Agreement under the Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1994.
   
10.7* Form of Notice of Exercise under the Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1994.
   
10.8* Employment Agreement of V. Gordon Clemons Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.
 
* —Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
*-Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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Exhibit    
No. Title — Method of Filing Page
10.9* Restated 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995.  
     
10.10 Fidelity Master Plan for Savings and Investments, and amendments Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.16 and 10.16A to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 Registration No. 33-40629.  
     
10.12 Shareholder Rights Plan Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s 8-K filed on February 28, 1997.  
     
10.16 Amended Shareholder Rights Plan Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s 8-K filed on May 24, 2002.  
     
10.17Employment Agreement of Dan Starck – Incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2006.
21.1 Subsidiaries of the Company Filed herewith  
     
23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Filed herewith.  
     
31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.  
     
31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.  
     
32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. — Filed– Furnished herewith.  
     
32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. — Filed– Furnished herewith.  
 
* — Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
*- Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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