UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

 
FORM 10-Q

FORM 10-Q

 
xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015

or

oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 For the Transition Period From ________ to _________

Commission File Number 000-50009

PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

UtahPACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Utah87-0285238
(State or other jurisdiction of(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)Identification(I.R.S. Employer I.D. No.)
  
1201 Dove Street, Suite 300 
Newport Beach, California92660
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

(949) 721-8272
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for any shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. 
Yes x   No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Webweb site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files.)      
Yes x   No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer o  
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) o
Smaller reporting company x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.)     
Yes o    No x

As of November 11, 2014May 1, 2015, the registrant had 802,424797,714 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, issued and outstanding.
 
 
 

 
 PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION, INC.
FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
  
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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION 
  
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PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item Item 1. Financial StatementsInformation
 
PacificPacific Health Care Organization, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
ASSETSASSETS 
 
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
  December 31, 2013  
March 31, 2015
(Unaudited)
  December 31, 2014 
ASSETS 
Current Assets            
Cash
 $2,579,435  $1,265,535  $3,216,827  $2,946,025 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $15,533 and $15,860
  2,086,754   1,518,813 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $48,833 and $40,510  2,027,750   1,868,181 
Prepaid income tax  2,703   2,703 
Deferred tax asset
  41,513   41,513   77,059   77,059 
Prepaid income taxes
  -   6,568 
Prepaid expenses
  75,316   68,613   79,776   77,278 
Total current assets
  4,783,018   2,901,042   5,404,115   4,971,246 
                
Property and equipment, net
        
Property and Equipment, net        
Computer equipment
  191,489   130,717   234,379   222,240 
Furniture and fixtures
  92,191   83,708   92,191   92,191 
Office equipment
  27,160   26,560   27,160   27,160 
Office equipment under capital lease
  63,923   63,923   38,380   63,923 
Total property and equipment
  374,763   304,908   392,110   405,514 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
  (212,566)  (177,158)
Less: accumulated depreciation  (213,572)  (226,329)
Net property and equipment
  162,197   127,750   178,538   179,185 
                
Other assets
  13,702   8,158 
Other Assets  -   8,158 
Total assets
 $4,958,917  $3,036,950  $5,582,653  $5,158,589 
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITYLIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 
                
Current Liabilities
                
Accounts payable
 $333,766  $108,496  $170,815  $240,214 
Accrued expenses
  199,153   142,983   221,596   261,510 
Income tax payable
  155,739   2,618   11,534   9,348 
Current obligation under capital lease
  11,537   13,173 
Current obligations under capital lease  4,701   8,151 
Deferred rent expense
  16,250   21,698   11,822   14,332 
Unearned revenue  40,206   - 
Total current liabilities
  716,445   288,968   460,674   533,555 
        
Long term liabilities
        
Noncurrent obligation under capital lease
  -   8,151 
Total liabilities
  716,445   297,119 
                
Commitments and Contingencies
          -   - 
                
Shareholders’ Equity
                
Preferred stock; 5,000,000 shares authorized at $0.001 par value;
zero shares issued and outstanding
  -   -   -   - 
Common stock, 50,000,000 shares authorized at $0.001 par value;
802,424 shares issued and outstanding
  802   802 
Common stock, $0.001 par value 50,000,000 shares authorized at
March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014; 802,424 shares issued,
(800,136 outstanding net of treasury shares) and 802,424 shares issued,
(800,396 outstanding net of treasury shares), respectively
  800   800 
Additional paid-in capital
  623,629   623,629   623,631   623,631 
Treasury stock at cost (2,288 shares and 2,028 shares at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014),
respectively
  (88,011)  (76,715)
Retained earnings
  3,618,041   2,115,400   4,585,559   4,077,318 
Total stockholders' equity
  4,242,472   2,739,831   5,121,979   4,625,034 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 $4,958,917  $3,036,950  $5,582,653  $5,158,589 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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PacificPacific Health Care Organization, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
 
 
For three months ended
September 30,
 
For nine months ended
September 30,
 
 2014 2013 2014 2013  
For three months ended
March 31,
 
          2015 2014 
Revenues:              
HCO fees
 
$
248,640
 
$
259,484
 
MPN fees
 
308,118
 
253,429
 
UR fees
 
$
1,362,283
 
$
577,876
 
$
3,063,833
 
$
1,347,255
  
1,014,290
 
725,855
 
MBR fees
 
526,341
 
345,253
 
1,444,524
 
1,060,519
  
370,414
 
 475,220
 
HCO fees
 
260,069
 
210,039
 
778,869
 
689,575
 
MPN fees
 
285,415
 
223,625
 
797,449
 
638,841
 
NCM fees
 
242,376
 
309,272
 
753,839
 
815,987
  
244,472
 
254,129
 
Other
  
76,032
  
37,505
  
240,882
  
128,111
   
183,164
  
 60,552
 
Total revenues
  
2,752,516
  
1,703,570
  
7,079,396
  
4,680,288
   
2,369,098
  
2,028,669
 
              
Expenses:
              
Depreciation and amortization
 
12,642
 
10,918
 
35,408
 
32,623
 
Depreciation
 
12,786
 
11,155
 
Bad debt provision
 
15,851
 
10,000
 
24,991
 
10,000
  
8,250
 
8,253
 
Consulting fees
 
76,790
 
81,871
 
229,010
 
267,125
  
90,190
 
75,899
 
Salaries and wages
 
699,096
 
517,400
 
1,878,041
 
1,547,197
  
685,811
 
586,827
 
Professional fees
 
109,871
 
131,157
 
338,403
 
324,014
  
120,346
 
105,612
 
Insurance
 
82,155
 
68,858
 
225,035
 
189,455
  
84,757
 
68,648
 
Outsource service fees
 
658,233
 
202,960
 
1,324,248
 
511,374
  
337,747
 
264,568
 
Data maintenance
 
12,953
 
9,355
 
53,685
 
46,178
  
7,285
 
19,171
 
General and administrative
  
133,449
  
108,759
  
396,156
  
359,985
   
151,369
  
123,361
 
Total expenses
  
1,801,040
  
1,141,278
  
4,504,977
  
3,287,951
   
1,498,541
  
1,263,494
 
              
Income from operations
 
951,476
 
562,292
 
2,574,419
 
1,392,337
  
870,557
 
765,175
 
              
Other income (expense):
         
Interest income
 
-
 
 1
 
-
 
460
 
Interest (expense)
  
(258
  
(549
)
  
(956
)
  
(1,909
)
Total other income (expense)
  
(258
  
(548
)
  
(956
)
  
(1,449
)
         
Other expense
     
Interest expense
  
130
  
  379
 
Total other expense
  
130
  
379
 
              
Income before taxes
 
951,218
 
 561,744
 
2,573,463
 
1,390,888
  
870,427
 
  764,796
 
         
Income tax provision
  
395,803
  
  228,702
  
1,070,822
  
565,418
   
362,186
  
318,235
 
              
Net income
 
$
555,415
 
$
333,042
 
$
1,502,641
 
$
825,470
  
508,241
 
  446,561
 
              
Basic and fully diluted earnings per share:
              
Earnings per share amount
 
$
.69
 
$
.42 
 
$
1.87
 
$
1.03
  
0.64
 
$
  0.56
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding
 
802,424
 
802,424
 
802,424
 
802,424
  
800,136
 
802,424
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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PacificPacific Health Care Organization,, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
 
  
Nine months ended
September 30,
 
  2014  2013 
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income
 
$
1,502,641
  
$
825,470
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash:
        
Depreciation and amortization
  
35,408
   
32,623
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
        
(Decrease) in bad debt provision
  
(327
)  
-
 
(Increase) in accounts receivable
  
(567,614
  
(192,665
)
Decrease in receivable – other
  
-
   
7,324
 
(Increase) in other assets
  
(5,544
    - 
(Increase) decrease in prepaid income tax
  
6,568
   
(597,922
)
(Increase) in prepaid expenses
  
(6,703
  
(94,867
)
Increase in accounts payable
  
225,270
   
4,193
 
Increase in accrued expenses
  
56,170
   
175,001
 
Increase in income tax payable
  
153,121
   
316,738
 
(Decrease) in deferred rent expense
  
(5,448
  
(2,629
)
(Decrease) in unearned revenue
  
-
   
(2,443
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
  
1,393,542
   
470,823
 
         
Cash flows from investing activities
        
Purchases of furniture and equipment
  
(69,855
  
(3,050
)
Net cash used by investing activities
  
(69,855
  
(3,050
)
         
Cash flows from financing activities
        
Payment of obligation under capital lease
  
(9,787
  
(14,338
)
Net cash used in financing activities
  
(9,787
  
(14,338
)
Increase in cash
  
1,313,900
   
453,435
 
Cash at beginning of period
  
1,265,535
   
479,674
 
Cash at end of period
 
$
2,579,435
  
$
933,109
 
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
        
Cash paid for:
        
Interest
 
$
959
  
$
2,980
 
Income taxes paid
 
$
911,134
  
$
846,502
 

  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2015  2014 
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income
 
$
508,241
  
$
446,561
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash:
        
Depreciation
  
12,786
   
11,155
 
Changes in operating assets & liabilities
        
Increase in bad debt provision
  
8,323
   
8,253
 
(Increase) in accounts receivable
  
(167,892
)  
(178,671
)
Decrease in prepaid income tax
  
-
   
6,568
 
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses
  
(2,498
)  
10,942
 
Decrease (increase) in other assets
  
8,158
   
(5,545
(Decrease) in accounts payable
  
(69,399
)  
   (17,715
)
(Decrease) in deferred rent expense
  
(2,510
)  
(1,450
)
(Decrease) increase in accrued expenses
  
(39,914
)  
71,437
 
Increase in income tax payable
  
2,186
   
133,668
 
Increase in unearned revenue
  
40,206
   
-
 
Net cash provided in operating activities
  
297,687
   
485,203
 
         
Cash flows from investing activities: 
        
Purchase of furniture and office equipment
  
(12,139
)
  
  (16,148
Net cash used in investing activities
  
(12,139
)
  
(16,148
)
         
Cash flows from financing activities:
        
Purchase of treasury stock
  
(11,296
)  
-
 
Payment of obligation under capital lease
  
(3,450
)  
  (3,202
Net cash used in financing activities
  
(14,746
)  
(3,202
)
Increase in cash
  
270,802
   
465,853
 
         
Cash at beginning of period
  
2,946,025
   
1,265,535
 
Cash at end of period
 
3,216,827
  
  1,731,388
 
         
Supplemental cash flow information
        
Cash paid for: 
        
Interest
 
$
131
  
  383
 
Income taxes paid
 
360,000
  
  178,000
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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Pacific Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
For the NineThree Months Ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015
 
NOTE 1 - BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted in accordance with such rules and regulations.  The information furnished in the interim condensed consolidated financial statements includes normal recurring adjustments and reflects all adjustments, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of such financial statements.  Although management believes the disclosures and information presented are adequate to make the information not misleading, it is suggested that these interim condensed financial statements be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.2014. Operating results for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2014.2015.

Revenue Recognition — In general, the Company recognizes revenue when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured.  Revenues are generated as services are provided to the customer based on the sales price agreed and collected.  The Company recognizes revenue as the time is worked or as units of production are completed, which is when the revenue is earned and realized.  Labor costs are recognized as the costs are incurred.  The Company derives its revenue from the sale of Managed Care Services, Review Services, and Case Management Services and Lien Representation Services.  These services may be sold individually or in combination.  When a sale combines multiple elements, the Company accounts for multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements in accordance with the guidance included in ASC 605-25.605-25, the services, however, are typically billed as separate components in accordance with the customer’s service agreement.

These fees include monthly administration fees, claim network fees, flat rate fees or hourly fees depending on the agreement with the client.  Such revenue is recognized at the end of each month for which services are performed.

Management reviews each agreement in accordance with the provision of the revenue recognition topic ASC 605 that addresses multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements.  The multiple-deliverable arrangements entered into consist of bundled managed care which includedincludes various units of accounting such as network solutions and patient management which includes managed care. Such elements are considered separate units of accounting due to each element having value to the customer on a stand-alone basis.  The selling price for each unit of accounting is determined using the contract price.  When the Company’s customers purchase several products the pricing of the products sold is generally the same as if the products were sold on an individual basis.  Revenue is recognized as the work is performed in accordance with the Company’s customer contracts. Based upon the nature of the Company’s products, bundled managed care elements are generally delivered in the same accounting period.  The Company recognizes revenue for patient management services ratably over the life of the customer contract. Based uponon prior experience in managed care, the Company estimates the deferral amount from when the customer’s claim is received to when the customer contract expires.   Advance payments from subscribers and billings made in advance are recorded on the balance sheet as deferred revenue.

Accounts Receivables and Bad Debt Allowance – In the normal course of business the Company extends credit to its customers on a short-term basis.  Although the credit risk associated with these customers is minimal, the Company routinely reviews its accounts receivable balances and makes provisions for doubtful accounts.  The Company ages its receivables by date of invoice.  Management reviews bad debt reserves quarterly and reserves specific accounts as warranted or sets up a general reserve based on amounts over 90 days past due.  When an account is deemed uncollectible, the Company charges off the receivable against the bad debt reserve.  A considerable amount of judgment is required in assessing the realization of these receivables including the current creditworthiness of each customer and related aging of the past-due balances, including any billing disputes.  In order to assess the collectability of these receivables, the Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition. Through these evaluations, the Company may become aware of a situation where a customer may not be able to meet its financial obligations due to deterioration of its financial viability, credit ratings or bankruptcy.  The allowance for doubtful accounts is based on the best information available to the Company and is reevaluated and adjusted as additional information is received.  The Company evaluates the allowance based on historical write-off experience, the size of the individual customer balances, past-due amounts and the overall national economy.  At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our bad debt reserve of $48,833 and $40,510, respectively as a general reserve for certain balances over 90 days past due and for accounts that are potentially uncollectible.

The percentages of the amounts due from major customers to total accounts receivable as of March 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:
  3/31/15  3/31/14 
Customer A  29%  28%
Customer B  21%  24%
Reclassifications – Certain 20132014 quarterly and year-to-date balances have been reclassified to conform to the 20142015 presentation.  The reclassifications have had no effect on the financial position, operations or cash flows for the three month and nine month periodsquarter ended September 30, 2014.March 31, 2015.

NOTE 2 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

During October 2014In accordance with ASC 855-10 Company management reviewed all material events through the Company was notified by Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Company, who is a significant customer, that subjectdate of issuance and there are no material subsequent events to certain closing conditions including necessary governmental and regulatory approvals, it will be acquired by Enstar Group Limited (“Enstar”).  Upon completion of the acquisition, it is anticipated that Enstar will take in-house all of the business Companion currently outsources to Medex.  If the transaction closes and Companion terminates Medex’s services, the Company anticipates MBR fees and total revenues could be impacted beginning with the first fiscal quarter 2015.  The loss of this customer could also impact the Company’s profitability and liquidity until such time as the Company is able to replace the revenue generated from this customer.  During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 MBR fees generated from this customer represented approximately 67% of total MBR fees and 14% of total revenue.  During the nine month period ended September 30, 2013 MBR fees generated from this customer represented approximately 58% of total MBR fees and 14% of total revenue.report.
 
Based on recent statutory changes made by the Division of Workers’ Compensation, the Company has reinstated its lien representation services through Medex Legal Services during the fourth quarter of 2014.  There are two reasons for the Company’s decision: 1) Lien activation fees have been declared unconstitutional by California courts, so the number of significant lien filings is again increasing; 2) and in November the Company was engaged by a public sector employer to handle its lien representation services.
 
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Item Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial ConditionStatements and Results of Operations

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management.  For this purpose any statement contained in this report that is not a statement of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking, including statements about our revenue, spending, cash flow, products, trends, actions, intentions, plans, strategies and objectives.  Without limiting the foregoing, words such as “may,may,“hope,hope,“will,will,“expect,expect,“believe,believe,“anticipate,anticipate,“estimate,estimate,“project” project” or “continue”continue or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  These statements by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainty, and actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, many of which are not within our control.  These factors include but are not limited to economic conditions generally and in the industry in which we and our customers participate; competition within our industry, including competition from much larger competitors;  merger and acquisition activities; legislative requirements or changes which could render our services less competitive or obsolete; our failure to successfully retain new clients, develop new services and/or products or to anticipate current or prospective customers’ needs; price increases or employee limitations; and completions, delays, reductions, or cancellations of contracts we have previously entered.

Forward-looking statements are predictions and not guarantees of future performance or events.  The forward-looking statements are based on current industry, financial and economic information, which we have assessed but which, by its nature, is dynamic and subject to rapid and possibly abrupt changes.  Our actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties associated with our business.  We hereby qualify all our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to amend this report or revise publicly these forward-looking statements (other than pursuant to reporting obligations imposed on registrants pursuant to the Exchange Act) to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes contained elsewhere in this report and in our other filings with the Commission.

Throughout this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms, “we,” “us,” “our” or “the Company” refer to Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc., (“PHCO”) and our wholly-owned subsidiaries Medex Healthcare, Inc. (“Medex”), Industrial Resolutions Coalition, Inc. (“IRC”), Medex Managed Care, Inc. (“MMC”), Medex Medical Management, Inc. (“MMM”) and Medex Legal Support, Inc., (“MLS”).

Overview

We are a specialty workers’ compensation managed care company providing a range of services for self-administered employers, insurers, third party administrators, municipalities and others.  Our clients are primarily tolocated in the state of California, employers and claims administrators.  Wealthough we have one customer for whom we currently provide MBR servicesprocessed bill reviews in thirteen13 other states including California.from our customers as well.  Workers’ compensation costs continue to increase due to rising medical costs, inflation, fraud and other factors.  Medical and indemnity costs associated with workers’ compensation in the state of California are billions of dollars annually.  Our focus goes beyond the medical cost of claims.  Our goal is to reduce the entire cost of the claim, including medical, legal and administrative costs.  ThroughAs noted above, through our wholly-owned subsidiariessubsidiary companies we provide a range of effective workers’ compensation cost containment services, including but not limited to:

·  Health Care Organizations (“HCOs”)
·  Medical Provider Networks (“MPNs”)
·  HCO + MPN
·  Workers’ Compensation Carve-Outs
·  Utilization Review (“UR”)
·  Medical Bill Review (“MBR”)
·  Nurse Case Management (“NCM”)
·Lien Representation Services

According to recent studies conducted by auditing bodies on behalf of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation, (“DWC”) the two most significant cost drivers for workers’ compensation are claims frequency and medical treatment costs.  It is the latter that our services impact.

As of 2014, California (with the highest claims costs in the nation per claim) costs for workers’ compensation claims are 188% above the median for all states, and 33% higher than the number two state, Connecticut.  Medical costs per claim have risen since 2005 by $30,000 per claim.  The use of the highly administered Company medical control tools listed above greatly diminishes costs for unnecessary and prolonged medical treatment.  In addition, our network of specially selected and overseen providers are competent in returning the injured worker back to modified or full duty in the most expeditious manner, thus saving costs for temporary disability payments.
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While the goal of services performed by the Company is to deliver the highest quality of timely medical care under state guidelines, we also focus on ensuring that the provision of such care significantly reduces the costs associated with payment for claims.

Health Care Organizations

HCOs are networks of health care professionals specializing in the treatment of workplace injuries and in back-to-work rehabilitation and training.  HCOs were created to appeal to employees, while providing substantial savings to the employer clients.  In most cases, the HCO program gives the employer client 180 days of medical control in a provider network within which the employer client has the ability to direct the claim.  The injured worker may change physicians once, but may not leave the network.  The increased length of time during which the employer has control over the claim is designed to decrease the incidence of fraudulent claims and disability awards and is also based upon the notion that if there is more control over medical treatment there will be more control over getting injured workers back on the job and therefore, more control over the cost of claims and workers’ compensation premiums.
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Our subsidiary Medex holds two HCO licenses.  Through these licenses we cover the entire state of California.  We offer injured workers a choice of enrolling in an HCO with a network managed by primary care providers requiring referrals to specialists or a second HCO where injured workers do not need any prior authorization to be seen and treated by specialists.

Our two HCO networks have contracted with over 3,900 individual providers and clinics, as well as hospitals, pharmacies, rehabilitation centers and other ancillary services enabling our HCOs to provide comprehensive medical services throughout California.  We are continually developing these networks based upon the nominations of new clients and the approvals of their claims administrators.  Provider credentialing is performed by Medex.

HCO guidelines impose certain medical oversight, reporting, information delivery and usage fees upon HCOs.  These requirements increase the administrative costs and obligations on HCOs as compared to MPNs, although the obligations and cost differentials are not currently as substantial as they were in the past.

Medical Provider Networks
 
Like an HCO, an MPN is a network of health care professionals, but MPN networks do not require the same level of medical expertise in treating work place injuries.  Under an MPN program the employer client dictates which physician the injured employee will see for the initial visit.  Thereafter, the employee can choose to treat with any physician within the MPN network.  Under the MPN program, however, for as long as the employee seeks treatment for his injury, he can only seek treatment from physicians within the MPN network.

The MPN program substantially allows medical control by the employer client for the life of the claim because the employee must stay within the MPN network for treatment.  However, the employer client has full control of only the initial treatment before the employee can treat with anyone in the network.  In addition, the MPN statute and regulations allow the injured worker to dispute treatment decisions, leading to second and third opinions, and then a review by an independent medical reviewer, whose decision can result in the employer client losing medical control.

Unlike HCOs, MPNs are not assessed annual fees and have no annual enrollment notice delivery requirements.  As a result, there are fewer administrative costs associated with an MPN program, which allows MPNs to market their services at a lower cost than HCOs.  For this reason, many clients opt to use the less complicated MPN even though the employer client has less control over employee claims.

HCO + MPN

As a licensed HCO and MPN, in addition to offering HCO and MPN programs, we are also able to offer our clients a combination of the HCO and MPN programs.  Under this plan model an employer can enroll its employees in the HCO program, and then closeprior to the expiration of the 90-day or 180-day treatment period under the HCO program, the employer can enroll the employee into the MPN program.  This allows employers to take advantage of both programs.  We believe that we are currently the only entity that offers both programs together in a combination program.

Workers’ Compensation Carve-outs
 
Through IRC we seek to create legal agreements for the implementation of Workers’ Compensation Carve-Outs for California employers with collective bargaining units and the administration of such programs within the statutory and regulatory requirements.  The California legislature permits employers and employees to engage in collective bargaining over alternative systems to resolve disputes in the workers’ compensation context.   These systems are called carve-outs because the employers and employees covered by such collective bargaining agreements are carved out from the state workers’ compensation system.  

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Utilization Review
 
Utilization review includes utilization review or utilization management functions that prospectively, retrospectively, or concurrently review and approve, modify, delay, or deny, based in whole or in part on medical necessity to cure and relieve, treatment recommendations by physicians, prior to, retrospectively, or concurrently with the provision of such medical treatment services pursuant to California Workers’ Compensation law, or other jurisdictional statutes.  Starting in March 2014, we began providing professional utilization review services for a third-party partner, in order to assist them with their increasing volume. We were able to assist the third-party partner to reduce their backlog.  At this time we have no means to predict the quantity of overflow business we will continue to receive from this partner in the remaining months of 2014 and for the year 2015. There are no assurances that the overflow business to us will continue at the same level realized during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.
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We provide UR to self-insured clients, insurance companies and public entities.entities through MMC.  UR helps to reduce costs for the payerpayor and determine if the recommended treatment is appropriate.  MMC offers automated review services that can cut the overhead costs of our clients and increase payer savings.  Our UR staff is experienced in the workers’ compensation industry and dedicated to providing a high standard of customer service.
 
Medical Bill Review
 
Medical bill review refers to professional analysis of medical provider, services, or equipment billing to ascertain the proper reimbursement.  Such services include, but are not limited to, coding review and rebundling, customary and reasonableness review, fee schedule analysis, out-of-network bill review, pharmacy review, PPO management, and repricing. 

In connection with our MBR services, we provide bill review (cost containment) services to self-insured employers, insurance companies and the public sector to help reduce medical expenses paid by our customers.customers through MMC.  In providing these services we provide network savings on top of State Fee Schedule savings allowing top provider networks to achieve savings.
 
We offer our clients quick turnaround, state of the art software and the expertise of our bill review staff.  We are committed to service and believe the reputation of our staff sets us apart from our competition.
 
Nurse Case Management

Nurse case management is a collaborative process that assesses plans, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates the options and services required to meet an injured worker’s health needs.  Our nurse case managers use communication and available resources to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes with the goal of returning the injured worker to gainful employment and maximum medical improvement as soon as medically appropriate.

Our credentialed registered nurses have expertise in various clinical areas and extensive backgrounds in workers’ compensation.  This combination allows our nurses the opportunity to facilitate medical treatment while understanding the nuances of workers’ compensation up to and including litigation.  By providing these services through MMM, we contribute to effective delivery of medical treatment assuring the injured worker receives quality treatment in a timely and appropriate manner to return the worker to gainful employment.
We offer our HCO and MPN services through our wholly-owned subsidiary Medex.  IRC participates in our Carve-Outs business.  MMC oversees and manages our UR and MBR business and MMM oversees our NCM services.

Lien Representation Fees

MLSWe commenced offering lien representation services in February 2012, but significantly scaled down itsback our operations in January 2013 as a result of the potentialanticipated negative impact of California Senate Bill 863.  Signed into law on August 31, 2012, Senate Bill 863 reactivated significant lien filing fees.  Any lien filed after January 1, 2013 must be accompanied by an electronic filing fee to the Division of Workers’ Compensation of $150.  Liens filed prior to January 1, 2013 must pay a $100 activation fee prior to any conference or trial.  In addition, SB 863 createdfees and shortened statutes of limitationlimitations for liens: three years for services performed prior to July 1, 2013, and 18 months for services subsequent to that date.  From 2002 to 2004 the DWC instituted a $100 lien filing fee.filings.  The immediate result of this fee reducedSenate Bill 863 was an approximately 40% reduction in the number of liens filed in California by approximately 40%.  This coupled with the restrictionstate of the new statutes of limitation, had led us to believe that this was an unprofitable market for us to pursue which resulted in our discontinuance of offering our lien representation services in January 2013.California. 
           
Based on recent changes made by the Division of Workers’ Compensation, MLSDWC, we reinstated itsour lien representation services through MLS during the fourth quarter of 2014.  There arewere two reasons for this decision: 1) Lienlien activation fees have been declared unconstitutional by California courts, so the number of significant lien filings is again increasing; 2) Inin November 2014 we were retained by a public sector employer to provide lien representation services.  MLS expects to retainWe retained a lien administratordefense unit manager and a hearing representative starting in November 2014January 2015 with plans to expand itsour lien representation operations in this business segment during 2015.

We offer our HCO and MPN services through our wholly-owned subsidiary Medex.  IRC participates in our Carve-Outs business.  MMC oversees and manages our UR and MBR business and MMM oversees our NCM services.
 
 
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Results of Operations

Comparison of the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2015 and 2014 and 2013

Revenue

DuringTotal revenues during the three-month period ended March 31, 2015 increased 17% to $2,369,098 compared to the three-month period ended March 31, 2014.  Although total revenues increased by 17%, the total number of employee enrollees only increased by 13% during the three month period ended September 30, 2014 total revenues increased 62% to $2,752,516 compared to $1,703,570 for the three month period ended September 30, 2013.  For the three month period ended September 30, 2014 UR, MBR, HCO, MPN and other revenues increased by 136%, 52%, 24%, 28% and 103%, respectivelyMarch 31, 2015 when compared to the same period in 2013 while NCM revenue was lower by 22%.

2014.  As of September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 we had approximately 638,000674,000 total enrollees in our HCO and MPN programs.enrollees.  Enrollment consisted of approximately 85,00082,000 HCO enrollees and 553,000592,000 MPN enrollees.  By comparison as of September 30, 2013March 31, 2014 we had approximately 548,000597,000 total enrollees, including approximately 79,00078,000 HCO enrollees and 469,000519,000 MPN enrollees.  Many of ourThe net increase during this period in HCO and MPN clients also useenrollment of approximately 4,000 and 73,000, respectively, was primarily the otherresult of existing major HCO and MPN customers increasing their enrollment together with the addition of new customers.

MPN, UR and Other revenues increased by 22%, 40% and 202%, respectively while HCO, MBR and NCM revenues decreased 4%, 22% and 4%, respectively during the first three months of fiscal 2015.  Other revenues consisted of revenues derived primarily from network access and claims repricing services and lien representation fees.  While we offer, butrealized growth in our total revenue during the three-month period ended March 31, 2015, for reasons discussed in this report there is no assurance that we also have customers that don’t use our HCO or MPN services.will continue to realize comparable growth rates during the remainder of 2015.

Our business generally has a long sales cycle, typically in excess of one year.  Once we have established a customer relationship, our revenue particularly our HCO and MPN revenues adjusts with the growth or retraction of our customers’ managed headcount volume.  New customers are added throughout the year and other customers terminate from the program for a variety of reasons.

BusinessesIn the current economic environment, we anticipate businesses will continue to seek ways to further reduce their workers’ compensation program costs.  Even though the HCO and MPN programs and cost containment measures like UR, MBR and NCM services have been shown to create a favorable return on investment for employers, (as our services are a significant component of the employers’ loss prevention programs), it can beis always a challenge to justify our fees to our customers.customers, especially in this economy.  In order to convince employers that the fees they pay us are well-spent, we must continue to provide a framework for expeditiously returning employees back to work at the lowest cost.  As a result, we may experience some client turnover in the form of existing employer clients seeking to terminate or renegotiate the scope and terms of existing services.  OurWe also anticipate our market may also shrink as some employers seek to reduce their costs by managing their workers’ compensation care services in-house.
HCO Fees

During the past several yearsthree months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 HCO fee revenues were $248,640 and $259,484, respectively.  While HCO enrollment increased 5% during the three-month period ended March 31, 2015, we have seenrealized a trenddecrease of smaller businesses being acquired4% in revenue from HCO fees.  The decrease in HCO revenue of $10,844 was the result of lower levels of HCO claims network fees and re-notification costs, partially offset by larger companies that have their own managed medical care operations.  In many cases this eliminates the needaddition of three new customers.

MPN Fees

MPN fee revenues for outsourcing medical management servicesthe three months ended March 31, 2015 and results2014 were $308,118 and $253,429, respectively, an increase of 22%.  During the same period MPN enrollment increased 14%.  Revenue growth outpaced enrollment growth principally as a result of an increase in reductions inrevenues by one customer and the sizeaddition of the market for our services.three new MPN customers.

UR Fees

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 UR revenues increased by $784,408$288,435 to $1,362,283$1,014,290 when compared to the same period a year earlier. UR service revenue growth of 136% was the result of increased volume from existing customers coupled with an increase in overflow services on behalf of our third-party partner. Starting in March 2014 we began providing overflow utilization review services to a third party partner.third-party partner to assist them in reducing their backlog. During the three-month period ended September 30,March 31, 2015 and 2014 revenue from these overflow servicesrevenue fees contributed $632,136, or 81%, toward$55,955 and $3,040 respectively. This third party partner contributed $1,184,270 towards our overall UR revenues during the year 2014.  As of February 28, 2015 we were notified by our third-party partner that their backlog overflow business was caught up.  While they have not terminated their service agreement with us, we have received no overflow business from this third-party partner since that time.  Currently we have no way to predict whether the third-party partner will build up a backlog in the future, and if it does, whether it will again retain us to help it work through any such backlog.  During the first fiscal quarter 2015 existing customers, other than our third-party partner, accounted for $235,520 of the $288,435 total increase in UR revenues.  We wereUnless we are able to assist the third-party partner to reduce their backlog.  At this time we have no means to predict the quantity of overflow business we will continue to receive from this customer inattract additional new customers over the remaining months of 2014 and for2015, or our third-party partner requires additional overflow services, we can give no assurance that UR revenues in 2015 will exceed the year 2015.  There are no assurances that the overflow business to us will continue at the same levellevels realized during the three-month period ended September 30, 2014.  Subsequent to the quarter end we were successful in signing up a new customer that we believe may help to at least partially offset a potential decrease in the overflow business from our third-party partner.

MBR Fees

For the three month period ended September 30, 2014 MBR revenues increased by $181,088 to $526,341when compared to the same period a year earlier.  MBR service revenues grew largely from the increase in demand from existing customers during the three month period ended September 30, 2014, including an increase in the number of hospital bills processed which typically has a higher average revenue value per bill.

As discussed in the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements, during October 2014 we were notified by Companion Property and Casualty Insurance (“Companion”), which is a significant customer, that subject to certain closing conditions including necessary governmental and regulatory approvals, it will be acquired by Enstar .  Upon completion of the acquisition, it is anticipated that Enstar will take in-house all of the business Companion currently outsources to Medex.  If the transaction closes and Companion terminates our services, we anticipate MBR fees and total revenues will be impacted beginning with the first fiscal quarter 2015.  During the three-month period ended September 30, 2014 MBR fees generated from this customer were approximately $311,000, or 59% of MBR revenue.
 
 
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HCOMBR fees

During the quarter ended March 31, 2015 MBR revenues decreased $104,806 to $370,414 when compared to the same period a year earlier.  During October 2014 Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“Companion”), one of our significant customers, notified us that subject to certain closing conditions, including necessary governmental and regulatory approvals, it would be acquired by Enstar Group Limited (“Enstar”).  Enstar announced the completion of this acquisition on January 27, 2015.  We anticipate Enstar will take in-house all of the business Companion has been outsourcing to MMC.  As a result of this transaction, we anticipate MBR fees and total revenues will be impacted beginning with the second quarter of 2015.  During the three-month period ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 MBR fees generated from Companion were 57% and 71%, of total MBR revenues, respectively.
NCM Fees

During the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2015 and 2014 and 2013 HCO fee revenues were $260,069 and $210,039, respectively.  HCO enrollment increased 8% during the quarter ended September 30, 2014 compared to a 24% increase in revenue from HCO fees when compared to the same period last year.  The percentage increase in revenues outpaced the percentage increase in HCO enrollment by 16%, resulting primarily from an increase in the number of claim network fees received from existing customers and increases in enrollment and mailing costs billed to new customers. 
MPN Fees

MPN fee revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2014 were $285,415 compared to $223,625 for the three months ended September 30, 2013.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2014 we realized an 18% increase in MPN enrollment from approximately 469,000 enrollees to approximately 553,000 enrollees while MPN revenues increased 28%, when compared to the three month period ended September 30, 2013.  The higher MPN revenues were the result of increases in the numbers of claim administration fees processed from existing customers during the three months ended September 30, 2014 compared to the same period a year earlier.

NCM Fees

During the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, NCM revenues were $242,376$244,472 and 309,272,$254,129 respectively. TheThis decrease in revenue of $66,896$9,657 was primarily thea result of fewer numbers of claims filed by our customers’ enrollees which reducedexisting customers reducing the number of cases we processed during the three-month periodquarter ended September 30, 2014 when comparedMarch 31, 2015.  We hope to reverse this downward trend over the third quarterremaining months of 2013.2015 primarily by acquiring new customers and increased referrals from existing customers.

Other Fees

Other fees consist of revenues derived from lien service and network access and claims repricing services.  Revenuesservices provided by Medex and lien representation services provided by MLS. Other fee revenues for the three-month periods ended September 30,March 31, 2015 and 2014 were $183,164 and 2013 were $76,032 and $37,505$60,552, respectively.

Network Access and Repricing Fees

Our network access and claims repricing fees are generated from variouscertain customers who have access to our network and split with Medex the cost savings generated from their PPO.  Revenues forDuring the three-month periodsthree months ended September 30,March 31, 2015 and 2014 network access fee revenues generated were $158,105 and 2013 were $76,032 and $37,505$60,552, respectively. TheThis increase of $38,527$97,553 was primarily the result of one customer having higher savings realized from using our network.  While we anticipate revenue from our network access and claims repricing services will grow in the future, at this time, we cannot accurately predict the rate at which this revenue stream might increase.

Lien Representation Fees

As discussed above,During the quarter ended March 31, 2015 we recorded lien representation fees totaling $25,059 compared to none during the same period a year earlier.  MLS commenced offering lien representation services in February 2012, but scaled downback its operations in January 2013 as a result of the potential negative impact of Senate Bill 863.  Based on recent changes made by the Division of Workers’ Compensation,DWC, MLS reinstated the offering of its lien representation services during the fourth quarter of 2014.  There arewere two reasons for our decision: 1) Lienlien activation fees have been declared unconstitutional by the California courts, so the number of significant lien filings is again increasing; 2) Inin November 2014 a public sector employer retained MLS to provide it lien representation services. MLS expects to retainhired a lien administratordefense manager and a hearing representative startinglien defense administrator in November 2014January 2015 with plans to further expand its lien representation service operations during remaining months of 2015.  We anticipate revenue from our lien representation services will grow moderately in future periods.  

Expenses

Total expenses for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2015 and 2014 were $1,498,541 and 2013 were $1,801,040 and $1,141,278,$1,263,494 respectively.  The increase of $659,762$235,047 was the result of increases in depreciation, bad debt provision,consulting fees, salaries and wages, professional fees, insurance, outsource service fees data maintenance, and general and administrative expense, partially offset by decreases in consulting feesbad debt and professional fees.data maintenance expense.

Bad Debt Provision

During the three-month periods ending March 31, 2015 and 2014 we recorded a bad debt provision of $8,250 and $8,253, respectively, to cover potential uncollectible account receivables.  At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 our allowances for bad debt balances were $48,833 and $40,510, respectively.

Consulting Fees

During the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 we recorded bad debt expense of $15,851 and $10,000, respectively.  TheMarch 31, 2015 consulting fees increased to $90,190 from $75,899 during the three months ended March 31, 2014.  This increase of $5,851 in bad debt expense$14,291 was primarily to cover potential uncollectible receivables fromthe result of increased IT consultant fees, an addition of a temporary administrative consultant in January 2015 who was terminated after one month of service and annual increases in consulting fees for two customers who are no longer conducting business.consultants in January 2015.
 
 
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Consulting Fees

During the three months ended September 30, 2014 consulting fees decreased to $76,790 from $81,871 during the three months ended September 30, 2013.  This decrease of $5,081 was mainly due to the termination of an administrative consultant at the end of September 2013. We expect increases in consulting fees starting the first quarter of 2015.

Salaries and Wages

Salaries and wages increased $181,696$98,984 or 35%17% to $699,096$685,811 during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 compared to $586,827 during the three months ended September 30, 2014 compared to $517,400 during the three months ended September 30, 2013.March 31, 2014. The increase in salaries and wages was primarily due to hiringnew hires and annual salary increases offset by terminations of employees.  Since the end of the first fiscal quarter 2014 Medex has added three new employees as follows:

                Medex added, as new positions,and PHCO’s total employees increased by a senior account executivenet total of 2.  To handle the spike in July 2013 and a client liaison administrator in January 2014.  PHCO added an accounting clerk in May 2013, a controller in February 2014 who replaced the accounting manager and a quality assurance auditor in June 2014. MMC hired a director of workers’ compensation and managed care in August of 2013, an account manager in November 2013 and ademand for utilization review administrator in March 2014.  During Aprilservices, during the second half of 2014, MMC hired four utilization review administrators, and in June 2014 hired seven temporary utilization review administrators and a senior bill review specialist partially offset by termination14 new employees, of those 14, six remain with MMC as of the UR manager in May 2014date of this report.  MMM replaced an employee and an account manager in June 2014. The UR manager who was terminated in May 2014 was replaced June 2014.
MLS hired two new employees.

Professional Fees

For the three months ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 we incurred professional fees of $109,871$120,346, compared to $131,157$105,612 during the three months ended September 30, 2013.March 31, 2014.  This 16% decrease14% increase in fees was primarily the result of lowerincreased professional fees paid for field case management services and directors’ fees partially offset by higher accounting and legal fees.an increase in the monthly retainer fee paid to our medical director.

Insurance

During the three monthsthree-month period ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 we incurred insurance expenses of $82,155,$84,757, a $13,297$16,109 increase over the prior year three-month period.  The increase in 2014 was primarily due to premium increases for our employeemostly the result of increased group health, medical coveragevision and dental insurance costs resulting from the increasehiring new employees at PHCO, Medex, MMC and MMM and increases in our total number of employees, together with premium increases primarily for our directors’ and officers’ liability and workers’ compensation and network security liability insurance. We are currently reviewing our entire company insurance policies and do not expect a material increase in insurance expenses during the remainder of this fiscal year.

Outsource Service Fees

Outsource service fees consist of costs incurred in outsourcing UR and MBR services and certain NCM services.  We do not, at this time, have enough volume to justify creating our own UR and MBR in-house staff.  Instead, we utilize outside vendors to provide specific services for our clients, charging additional fees over and above those paid to our outside vendors for administration and coordination of UR, MBR and NCM services directly to the clients.  Typically our outsource service fees increase and decrease in correspondence with the level of MBR and UR services, and some NCM services, we provide to our customers.  In times when the level of MBR or UR services rendered increases, we typically experience higher outsource service fees, and when the level of services we render decreases, we typically experience lower outsource service fees.  We incurred $658,233$337,747 and $202,960$264,568 in outsource service fees during the three-months periodsquarters ended September 30,March 31, 2015 and 2014, and 2013, respectively.  The increase of $455,273$73,179 was largely the result of the increased number of UR outsource service fees resulting from the overflow from our third-party partner, combined withand increased NCM outsource service fees, partially offset by lower MBR-related outsource service fees.  With the loss of certain customers discussed above, we anticipate outsource service fees will be lower in future periods, although at this time it is difficult to project how much lower.

Data Maintenance

During the three-month periodsthree months ended September 30,March 31, 2015 and 2014 and 2013 data maintenance fees were $12,953$7,285 and $9,355$19,171, respectively.  The increasedecrease of $11,886 in data maintenance fees was primarily attributable to increased levelslower data maintenance costs resulting from fewer numbers of renewals from new and existing customers duringsending out renewal notifications associated with HCO enrollees for the quarterperiod ended September 30, 2014 when compared to the same period a year earlier.March 31, 2015.

General and Administrative
 
General and administrative expenses increased 23% to $133,449$151,369 during the three-month period ended September 30, 2014.March 31, 2015.  This increase of $24,690$28,008 was primarily attributable to increases in bad debt, equipment repairs, equipment rentcharitable contribution expense, auto expense, dues and subscriptions, equipment repairs, IT expense, printing and reproduction, equipment rent, office supplies, postage and delivery, rent, equipment, telephone expense, travel and entertainment, and vacation expense, partially offset by decreases in dues and subscriptions, IT expense, postage and delivery expense and miscellaneous general and administrative expenses. 
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Income from Operations
As a result of the $1,048,946 increase in total revenue during the three-month period ending September 30, 2014, which was partially offset by the $659,762 increase in total expenses during the three-month period ended September 30, 2014, our income from operations increased $389,184 or 69% during the three-month period ended September 30, 2014 when compared to the same period in 2013.

Income Tax Provision

Because we realized income before taxes of $951,218 during the three-month period ended September 30, 2014, compared to $561,744 during the three-month period September 30, 2013, we realized a $167,101, or 73%, increase in our income tax provision.
Net Income

During the three months ended September 30, 2014 total revenues of $2,752,516 were higher by $1,048,946 when compared to the same period in 2013.   This increase in total revenues was partially offset by increases in total expenses of $659,762 resulting in income from operations of $951,476 compared to income from operations of $562,292 during three months ended September 30, 2013.  Although we realized a 69% increase in net income for the three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2013, for the reasons discussed herein, there is no assurance that net income will continue to grow at the same or a similar rate experienced during the third fiscal quarter 2014 for the remainder of fiscal 2014.

Comparison of the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

Revenue

Total revenues increased 51% to $7,079,396 during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 from $4,680,288 for the same period a year earlier.  Compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2013 UR, MBR, HCO, MPN, and other revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 increased by 127%, 36%, 13%, 25% and 88%, respectively, while NCM revenue was lower by 8%.  The net increase of $2,399,108 during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was primarily the result of increased volume of UR services provided to a third party partner during the six months ended September 30, 2014 to help it eliminate its backlog,  MBR fees, and HCO and MPN enrollment increases by existing customers and new customers.  While we realized growth in our total revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 for reasons discussed throughout this report there is no assurance that we will continue to realize comparable growth rates during the remainder of fiscal 2014.

UR Fees

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 UR revenues increased $1,716,578 to $3,063,833 when compared to the same period a year earlier.  UR service revenues grew from increased volume from existing customers and the increase in third-party overflow revenues. Starting in March 2014 we began providing overflow utilization review services to a third party partner. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 these overflow revenue fees contributed $884,925, or 52%, toward the increase in UR revenues.  We generated no revenue from such third-party partner services during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013.  We were able to assist the third-party partner to reduce their backlog.  At this time we have no means to predict the quantity of overflow business we will continue to receive from this partner in the remaining months of 2014 and for the year 2015. There are no assurances that the overflow business to us will continue at the same level realized during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.  Subsequent to the quarter end we were successful in signing up a new customer that we believe may help to at least partially offset a potential decrease in the overflow business from our third-party partner.
MBR fees

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 MBR revenues increased by $384,005 to $1,444,524 when compared to the same period a year earlier.  The growth in MBR service revenues of 36% resulted primarily from an increase in the number of bills processed from existing customers during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, when compared with the comparable period in 2013, we also had an increase in the number of hospital bills processed which provides higher average revenues per bill reviewed.

As discussed in the Notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements, during October 2014 Companion, which is a significant customer, notified us that subject to certain closing conditions, including necessary governmental and regulatory approvals, it will be acquired by Enstar.  Upon completion of the acquisition, it is anticipated that Enstar will take in-house all of the business Companion currently outsources to Medex.  If the transaction closes and Companion terminates Medex’s services, we anticipate MBR fees and total revenues could be impacted beginning with the first fiscal quarter 2015.  During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 MBR fees generated from this customer were approximately $948,000, or 66% of MBR revenue during the period.
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HCO Fees

During the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 HCO fee revenues were $778,869 and $689,575, respectively.  While HCO enrollment increased 8% during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we realized a 13% increase in revenue from HCO fees.  As noted above, the higher growth rate in HCO revenues compared to the growth in employee enrollment was primarily the result of an increase in claim network fees received from existing customers and increases in enrollment and mailing costs billed to new customers.   

MPN Fees

MPN fee revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were $797,449 and $638,841, respectively, an increase of 25%.  During the same period MPN enrollment increased 18%.  Revenue growth outpaced enrollment growth principally as a result of increased volume of claims network fees generated from a number of existing clients and higher network administration fees billed to new and existing customers.

NCM Fees

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 NCM revenues were $753,839 and $815,987, respectively. This decrease of $62,148 was result of fewer claims filed by our customers’ enrollees which reduced the number of cases we processed during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 when compared to the same period a year earlier. We hope to reverse the downward trend starting in the first quarter of 2015 primarily by acquiring new customers and increased referrals from existing customers

Other Fees

Other fees during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 consisted of revenues derived primarily from network access and claims repricing services and lien representation fees.  Other fee revenues for these periods were $240,882 and $128,111, respectively.

Network Access and Repricing Fees

Our network access and claims repricing fees are generated from certain customers who have access to our network and who split with Medex the cost savings generated from their PPOs.  During the nine month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 network access and claims repricing fee revenues generated were $76,032 and $37,505, respectively. This increase of $38,527 was primarily the result of one customer realizing higher savings by using our network.

Lien Representation Fees

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 MLS had no revenues.  During the same period a year earlier MLS recorded $7,894 in lien service revenues.
As mentioned above, MLS commenced offering lien representation services in February 2012, but scaled down its operations in January 2013 as a result of the potential negative impact of Senate Bill 863.  Based on recent changes made by the Division of Workers’ Compensation, MLS reinstated its lien representation services during the fourth quarter 2014.  There are two reasons for our decision: 1) Lien activation fees have been declared unconstitutional by the California courts, so the number of significant lien filings is increasing; 2) In November 2014 a public sector employer retained MLS to provide it lien representation services. MLS expects to retain a lien administrator and a hearing representative starting in November 2014 with plans to further expand its lien representation service operations during 2015.  We hope revenue generated from our lien representation services will help to at least partially offset the anticipated reduction in MBR fees.
Expenses

Total expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were $4,504,977 and $3,287,951, respectively.  The increase of $1,217,026 was the result of increases in depreciation, bad debt provision, consulting fees, salaries and wages, professional fees, insurance, outsource service fees, data maintenance and general and administrative expense, partially offset by decreases in consulting fees.

Bad Debt Provision

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 we recorded a bad debt provision totaling $24,991 to cover potential uncollectible receivables from several customers who were unable to reconcile their outstanding past due receivables with us and two customers who ceased conducting business.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2013 our provision for bad debt was $10,000.
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Consulting Fees

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 consulting fees decreased to $229,010 from $267,125 during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.  The decrease of $38,115 was due mainly to the termination of our lien consultant as of January 31, 2013 and an administrative consultant at the end of September 2013.
Salaries and Wages

Salaries and wages increased $330,844 or 21% to $1,878,041 during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2013.  The increase in salaries and wages was primarily due to hiring new employees as detailed above.

Professional Fees

For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 we incurred professional fees of $338,403 compared to $324,014 during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.  This 4% increase in fees was primarily the result of increased fees paid accounting and legal fees partially offset by lower board of directors’ fees.

Insurance

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 we incurred insurance expenses of $225,035, an increase of $35,580 over the same nine-month period of 2013.  The increase in 2014 was due to premium increases for our employee group health medical coverage resulting from the increase in our total number of employees and annual premium increases starting in May 2014 averaging 12% for our directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, and professional liability and workers’ compensation insurance.  We do not expect a material increase in insurance expenses during the remainder of this fiscal year.

Outsource Service Fees

 As discussed above, outsource service fees consist of costs incurred by our subsidiaries in outsourcing its UR, MBR and NCM services, and typically tend to increase and decrease in correspondence with increases and decreases in UR, MBR and NCM services.  We incurred $1,324,248 and $511,374 in outsource service fees during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  The increase of $812,874 was largely the result of the increased number of UR and MBR reviews conducted by our outsource service providers, together with higher unit outsource fees charged by a new UR outsource service provider.  We anticipate our outsource service fees will continue to move in correspondence with the level of UR, MBR and NCM services we provide in the future.

Data Maintenance

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 we experienced an overall MPN and HCO employee enrollment increase of 17% when compared to the same period a year earlier.  Data maintenance fees increased 16%, in line with the increase in employee enrollment, during the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase of $7,507 in data maintenance fees was primarily attributable to the increased level of renewals from new and existing customers.

General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses increased 10% to $396,156 during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 when compared to the same period in 2013.  The increase in general and administrative expense was primarily attributable to increases in advertising, dues and subscription, telephone, travel and entertainment and other general and administrative expenses partially offset by decreases in employment agency fees, equipment repairs, IT expenseadvertising, office supplies, postage and licensedelivery and permits.shareholder’ expense.  Provided we continue to grow at our current rate, we expect current levels of general and administrative expenses to marginally increase during the remainderfiscal year 2015.
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Income from Operations

As a result of the 51%17% increase in total revenue during the nine-monththree-month period ended September 30, 2014,ending March 31, 2015, which was only partially offset by a 37%the 19% increase in total expenses during the nine-monththree-month period ended September 30, 2014,March 31, 2015, our income from operations increased by 85%14% during the nine-monththree-month period ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015.

Income Tax Provision

We realized income before taxes of $870,427 during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 compared to $764,796 during the quarter ended March 31, 2014.  As a result our income tax provision increased during the 2015 quarter 14% to $362,186.

Net Income

During the three months ended March 31, 2015 total revenues of $2,369,098 were higher by $340,429 when compared to the same period in 2013.

Income Tax Provision

As a result of realizing income before taxes, we made provision for our income tax obligations for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.  Our income tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was 89% greater than during the comparable period 2013 to reflect the 85% increase in income before taxes realized during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to the same period in 2013.
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Net Income

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 total revenues of $7,079,396 were higher by $2,399,108 when compared to the same period in 2013.2014.  This increase in total revenues was partially offset by increases in total expenses of $1,217,026$235,047 resulting in income from operations of $2,574,419$870,557 compared to income from operations of $1,392,337$765,175 during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2013.  As a result,March 31, 2014.  Correspondingly, we realized net income of $1,502,641$508,241 for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2014,March 31, 2015 compared to net income of $825,470,$446,561, during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2013.March 31, 2014.  While we realized an increase of 82%growth in net income during the nine monthsthree month period ended September 30, 2014, when compared to the same period in 2013,March 31, 2015, for the reasons discussed throughout this report, there is no assurance that such increaseswe will continue to realize revenue or net income growth during the remaining months of 2015 at the same rate realized during fiscal 2014 or a similar rate experienced through theduring our first nine monthsfiscal quarter of 2014 during the remainder of fiscal 2014.2015.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 we had cash on hand of $2,579,435$3,216,827 compared to $1,265,535$2,946,025 at December 31, 2013.2014.  The $1,313,900$270,802 increase in cash on hand is primarily the result of increases in our net income,revenue from operations, bad debt provision, depreciation, accounts payable, accrued expense and income tax payable, unearned revenue, with decreases in other assets and the disposal of office equipment under capital lease.  These changes were partially offset by increases ourin accounts receivables, other assetsreceivable and prepaid expenses and decreases in our prepaid income tax,depreciation, accounts payable, accrued expenses, deferred rent expense and purchase of computers, furniture and paymentsfixtures, treasury stock and payment of our obligations under capital lease.

As discussed in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis, ifwith the closing conditions are satisfied andof the Enstar completes the acquisition of Companion, and takes in-housewe anticipate we will lose the MBR business Companion currently outsources to Medex, we expectMMC beginning as early as the loss of Companionsecond fiscal quarter 2015.  This could result in a significant reductiondecrease in MBR fees beginning in the first fiscal quarter 2015revenue until such time as we are able to retain additionalnew MBR work from new and existing clients, if ever.  During the second and third fiscal quarters of 2014, and more particularly during the third fiscal quarter 2014, we assisted a third-party partner with its UR overflow work.  This resulted in a sizeable56% increase in UR fees during fiscal 2014.  On February 28, 2015 we were notified by our third-party partner that their backlog was caught up and we have not received any overflow business from our third-party partner since that time.  During the three-month periods covered by this report.ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 revenues from our third-party partner were $55,955 and $3,040, respectively.  At this time it is unclearwe have no way to predict whether the level of URthird-party partner will send us overflow work we will continue to receive from this third-party partner moving forward.in the future.  As noted herein, due to recent changes, in November 2014 we reinstated our lien representation business and we were successful in retaining a new UR customer.  We are hopeful revenue generated from re-entering the lien representation services business and theincreases in revenues from existing and new UR customercustomers will help to at least partially offset potentialanticipated reductions in MBR and UR revenue from the loss or reduction of business from existing customers.  Even if we experience potential reductions in revenue as a result of the foregoing events, barring a significant downturn in the economy, we believe that cash on hand and anticipated revenues from operations will be sufficient to cover our operating costs over the next twelve months.

We currently have planned certain capital expenditures during the remainder of fiscal 20142015 to accommodate our growth.  We do not anticipate this will require us to seek outside sources of funding.  We do, however, from time to time, investigate potential opportunities to expand our business either through the creation of new business lines or the acquisition of existing businesses.  We have not identified any suitable opportunity at the current time.  An expansion or acquisition of this sort may require greater capital resources than we possess.  Should we need additional capital resources, we most likely would seek to obtain such through debt and/or equity financing.  We do not currently possess an institutional source of financing.  There is no assurance that we could be successful in obtaining equity or debt financing on favorable terms, or at all. 
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Cash Flow

During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 cash was primarily used to fund operations. We had a net increase in cash of $1,313,900$270,802 during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2014.March 31, 2015.  See below for additional discussion and analysis of cash flow.

 For the nine months ended
September 30,
  For the three months ended March 31, 
 2014
(unaudited)
  2013
(unaudited)
  
2015
(unaudited)
 
2014
(unaudited)
 
             
Net cash provided by operating activities
 $1,393,542  $470,823  
$
297,687
 
$
485,203
 
Net cash used in investing activities
  (69,855)  (3,050) 
(12,139
) 
(16,148
)
Net cash used in financing activities
  (9,787)  (14,338)  
(14,746
)  
(3,202
)
             
Net increase in Cash
 $1,313,900  $453,435 
Net increase in cash
 
$
270,802
 
$
465,853
 

During the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2015 and 2014 net cash provided by operating activities was $1,393,542 compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $470,823 during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.were $297,687 and $485,203, respectively.  As discussed herein we realized net income of $1,502,641$508,241 during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 compared to net income of $825,470$446,561 during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2013.
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March 31, 2014.
 
Summary of Material Contractual Commitments
 
The following is a summary of our material contractual commitments as of September 30, 2014:
  Payments Due By Period 
  Total  Less than 1 year  1-3 years  3-5 years  More than 5 years 
Operating Leases:               
Operating Leases – Equipment (1)
 
$
34,899
  
$
13,602
  
$
21,297
  
$
-
  
$
-
 
Office Leases (2)
  
209,001
   
147,126
   
61,875
   
-
   
-
 
Total Operating Leases
 
$
243,900
  
$
160,728
  
$
83,172
  
$
-
  
$
-
 
March 31, 2015:

Capitalized Leases:                    
Capitalized Equipment Leases (3)
 
$
11,937
  
$
11,937
  
$
-
   
-
   
-
 
Total Capitalized Equipment Leases
 
$
11,937
  
$
11,937
  
$
-
   
-
   
-
 
Less amounts representing interest
  
(400
)
  
(400
)
  
-
   
-
   
-
 
Total Principal
 
$
11,537
  
$
11,537
  
$
-
  
$
-
  
$
-
 
  Payments Due By Period 
  Total  Less than 1 year  1-3 years  3-5 years  More than 5 years 
Operating Leases:               
Operating Leases – Equipment (1)
 
$
31,330
  
$
13,811
  
$
17,519
  
$
-
  
$
-
 
Office Leases (2)
  
137,026
   
112,112
   
24,914
   
-
   
-
 
Total Operating Leases
 
$
168,356
  
$
125,923
  
$
42,433
  
$
-
  
$
-
 

Capitalized Leases:
Capitalized Equipment Leases (3)
 
$
4,775
  
$
4,775
  
$
-
  
$
-
  
$
-
 
Total Capitalized Equipment Leases
  
4,775
   
4,775
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Less amounts representing interest
  
(74
)
  
(74
)
  
-
   
-
   
-
 
Total Principal
 
$
4,701
  
$
4,701
  
$
-
  
$
-
  
$
-
 
 
 (1)In October 2013 we entered into a 36 month operating lease for an office copy machine with monthly payments at $160.93. In December 2013 we leased two document scanners with monthly operating lease payments of $206.83$206.93 each for 36 months. In FebruaryApril 2014 we entered into a 36 month operating lease for an office copy machine with monthly payments at $745.20.$960.
 (2)Following is our annual base rent for our office space throughout the remaining term of the lease:

Rent Period Annual Rent Payments 
Apr. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015
 
$
112,112
 
Jan. 1 to Feb. 29, 2016
  
24,914
 
Total
 
$
137,026
 
Rent Period Annual Rent Payments 
Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2014
 
$
36,301
 
Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015
  
147,950
 
Jan. 1 to Feb. 29, 2016
  
24,750
 
Total
 
$
209,001
 

 (3)In January 2010 we entered into a capital lease arrangement whereby we leased an office copy machine for $25,543. The asset was recorded on our balance sheet under office equipment under capital lease and theour liability incurred under the lease was recorded as current and noncurrent obligations under capital lease. During January 2015 this office copy machine under our capital lease arrangement was retired.  The lease arrangement iswas for a term of 48 months at level rents with capital interest rate at 7%.  In August 2012 we entered into a capital lease arrangement whereby we leased an office server equipment for $38,380.  The asset was recorded on our balance sheet under office equipment under capital lease and our liability incurred under the lease was recorded as current and noncurrent obligations under capital lease.  The lease arrangement is for a term of 36 months at level rents with capital interest rate at 7.5%.  

Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements

As of September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 we had no off-balance sheet financing arrangements.

Inflation

We experience pricing pressures in the form of competitive prices.  We are also impacted by rising costs for certain inflation-sensitive operating expenses such as labor and employee benefits and facility leases.  However, we generally do not believe these impacts are material to our revenues or net income.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting standards generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect both the recorded values of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the revenues recognized and expenses incurred during the reporting period. Our estimates and assumptions affect our recognition of deferred expenses, bad debts, income taxes, the carrying value of its long-lived assets and its provision for certain contingencies. We evaluate the reasonableness of these estimates and assumptions continually based on a combination of historical information and other information that comes to its attention that may vary its outlook for the future. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions.
 
We believe the critical accounting policies that most impact our consolidated financial statements are described below.

Basis of Accounting We use the accrual method of accounting.
 
Revenue Recognition — In general, the Company recognizeswe recognize revenue when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured.  Revenues are generated as services are provided to the customer based on the sales price agreed and collected.  The Company recognizesWe recognize revenue as the time is worked or as units of production are completed, which is when the revenue is earned and realized.  Labor costs are recognized as the costs are incurred.  The Company derives itsWe derive our revenue from the sale of Managed Care Services, Review Services and Case Management Services.  These services may be sold individually or combined.  When a sale combines multiple elements, the Company accountswe account for multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements in accordance with the guidance included in ASC 605-25.

These fees include monthly administration fees, claim network fees, flat rate fees or hourly fees depending on the agreement with the client.  Such revenue is recognized at the end of each month for which services are performed.
 
Management reviews each agreement in accordance with the provision of the revenue recognition topic ASC 605 that addresses multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements.  The multiple-deliverable arrangements entered into consist of bundled managed care which includedincludes various units of accounting such as network solutions and patient management which includes managed care. Such elements are considered separate units of accounting due to each element having value to the customer on a stand-alone basis.  The selling price for each unit of accounting is determined using contract price.  When the Company’sour customers purchase several products the pricing of the products sold is generally the same as if the products were sold on an individual basis.  Revenue is recognized as the work is performed in accordance with the Company’sour customer contracts. Based upon the nature of the Company’sour products, bundled managed care elements are generally delivered in the same accounting period.  The Company recognizesWe recognize revenue for patient management services ratably over the life of the customer contract. The Company estimates,We estimate, based upon prior experience in managed care, the deferral amount from when the customers claim is received to when the customer contract expires.   Advance payments from subscribers and billings made in advance are recorded on the balance sheet as deferred revenue.  At March 31, 2015 and 2014 there were no advance payments requiring deferral of revenue.
Accounts Receivables and Bad Debt Allowance – In the normal course of business we extend credit to our customers on a short-term basis.  Although the credit risk associated with these customers is minimal, we routinely review our accounts receivable balances and make provisions for doubtful accounts.  We age our receivables by date of invoice.  Management reviews bad debt reserves quarterly and reserves specific accounts as warranted or sets up a general reserve based on amounts over 90 days past due.  When an account is deemed uncollectible, we charge off the receivable against the bad debt reserve.  A considerable amount of judgment is required in assessing the realization of these receivables including the current creditworthiness of each customer and related aging of the past-due balances, including any billing disputes.  In order to assess the collectability of these receivables, we perform ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition. Through these evaluations, we may become aware of a situation where a customer may not be able to meet its financial obligations due to deterioration of its financial viability, credit ratings or bankruptcy.  The allowance for doubtful accounts is based on the best information available to us and is reevaluated and adjusted as additional information is received.  We evaluate the allowance based on historical write-off experience, the size of the individual customer balances, past-due amounts and the overall national economy.  At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our bad debt reserve of $48,833 and $40,510, respectively as a general reserve for certain balances over 90 days past due and for accounts that are potentially uncollectible.

The percentages of the amounts due from major customers to total accounts receivable as of March 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:
  3/31/15  3/31/14 
Customer A  29%  28%
Customer B  21%  24%
 
Principles of Consolidation — The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.  Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In May 2014, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.   The new revenue recognition standard will supersede existing revenue guidance under US GAAP. The standard’s core principle is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In doing so, companies will need to use more judgment and make more estimates than under today’s guidance. These may include identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. Public entities are required to adopt the revenue recognition standard for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Early adoption is not permitted under US GAAP.  Management has reviewed the ASU and has not, at the current time, quantified the effects of this pronouncement, however it believes that there will be no material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
In June 2014, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-12 Compensation — Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period.  A performance target in a share-based payment that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period should be accounted for as a performance condition under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation. As a result, the target is not reflected in the estimation of the award’s grant date fair value. Compensation cost would be recognized over the required service period, if it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved.  The guidance was issued to resolve diversity in practice.  The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted.  Management has reviewed the ASU and believes that they currently account for these awards in a manner consistent with the new guidance, therefore there is no anticipation of any effect to the consolidated financial statements. 

In August 2014, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40); Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,  The new guidance requires management of a company to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern. This ASU is effective for the annual reporting period ending after December 15, 2016, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter, with early adoption permitted.  Management has reviewed the ASU and does not expect this standard to have an impact on the Company's financial statements upon adoption.
Item em 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

As aThis information is not required for smaller reporting company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, we are electing scaled disclosure reporting obligations and therefore are not required to provide the information requested by this Item.companies.

Item Item 4.   Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officerprincipal executive officer and Chief Financial Officer,principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act),Act.)  We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us to the Commission under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.  Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, on Form 10-Q.  Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officerprincipal executive officer and Chief Financial Officerprincipal financial officer concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that information required by to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.effective.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION

ItemItem 1A.  Risk Factors

As a smaller reporting company as definedThere have been no material changes to the risk factors listed in Rule 12b-2 ofPart I, “Item 1A, Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the Exchange Act, and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, we are electing scaled disclosure reporting obligations and therefore are not required to provideyear ended December 31, 2014.  These risk factors should be carefully considered with the information requested byprovided elsewhere in this Item.report, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Item Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

The following table sets forth information about the Company’s stock purchases on a monthly basis for the quarter ended March 31, 2015:

 
 
 
For the months
 Total number of shares purchased  
 
Average price paid per share(1)
  
Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs(2)
  
Maximum dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs(3)
 
January 1, 2015 to January 31, 2015  260  $37.81   260  $411,990 
February 1, 2015 to February 28, 2015  -  $-   -  $- 
March 1, 2015 to March 31, 2015  -  $-   -  $- 
Total  260  $37.81   260  $411,990 

(1)  Reflects executed price, exclusive of brokers’ commissions and fees.
(2)  
On November 26, 2014, we announced that on November 25, 2014, our board of directors adopted a share repurchase program (“Repurchase Program”) that commenced on December 1, 2014.  Pursuant to the Repurchase Program, we may repurchase up to $500,000 worth of shares of our common stock.  We have and will continue to repurchase shares of our common stock from time to time in either open market or private transactions in accordance with applicable insider trading and other securities laws and regulations at then-prevailing market prices.  The Repurchase Program is for a term of six months, although the Plan may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time by us without prior notice.  In connection with the Repurchase Program, we entered into an agreement pursuant to SEC Rule 10b5-1 authorizing a third-party broker to purchase shares on our behalf from time to time, in accordance with trading instructions included in such agreement.
(3)  Maximum dollar value remaining reflects deduction of brokers’ commission and fees paid in connection with the repurchases shown in the table above.

Subsequent to March 31, 2015, pursuant to the publicly announced plan, we have repurchased an additional 2,422 shares at a weighted average execution price (exclusive of brokers’ commission and fees) of approximately $32.84.

Item 6.   Exhibits

Exhibits.  The following exhibits are filed or furnished, as applicable, as part of this report:
 
 Exhibit Number Title of Document
    
 Exhibit 31.1 
    
 Exhibit 31.2 
    
 Exhibit 32.1 
    
 Exhibit 101 The following materials from Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, and (iv) Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 
SIGNATURESSIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

  PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION, INC.
    
    
Date:November 12, 2014May 13, 2015/s/ Tom Kubota 
  
Tom Kubota
Chief Executive Officer

    
Date:November 12, 2014May 13, 2015/s/ Fred Odaka 
  
Fred Odaka
Chief Financial Officer
 

 
 
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