Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash equivalents. The Company has deposits in banks that exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limits. Management believes that credit risk related to these deposits is minimal. Restricted cash consists of deposits required by certain lenders as collateral pursuant to letters of credit. The deposits must remain so long as the letters of credit are outstanding which are subject to renewal annually. The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash (in thousands): Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 2017 Cash and cash equivalents $ 9,245 $ 9,186 Restricted cash 13,473 13,372 $ 22,718 $ 22,558 Revenue Recognition Resident revenue consists of fees for basic housing and certain support services and fees associated with additional housing and expanded support requirements such as assisted living care, memory care, and ancillary services. Basic housing and certain support services revenue is recorded when services are rendered and amounts billed are Residency agreements are generally short term in nature with durations of one year or less and are typically terminable by either party, under certain circumstances, upon providing 30 days’ notice, unless state law provides otherwise, with resident fees billed monthly in advance. Revenue for certain ancillary services is recognized as services are provided, and includes fees for services such as medication management, daily living activities, beautician/barber, laundry, television, guest meals, pets, and parking which are generally billed monthly in arrears and totaled approximately $1.2 million and $3.6 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, and $1.2 million and $3.8 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, as a component of resident revenue within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. The Company's senior housing communities have residency agreements which generally require the resident to pay a community fee prior to moving into the community and are recorded initially by the Company as deferred revenue. At each of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had contract liabilities for deferred community fees totaling approximately $1.3 million, which are included as a component of deferred income within current liabilities of the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company recognized community fees as a component of resident revenue within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss of approximately $0.7 million and $2.1 million, respectively, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, and $0.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. Lease Accounting The Company determines whether to account for its leases as operating, capital or financing leases depending on the underlying terms of each lease agreement. This determination of classification is complex and requires significant judgment relating to certain information including the estimated fair value and remaining economic life of the community, the Company’s cost of funds, minimum lease payments and other lease terms. As of September 30, 2018, the Company leased 46 senior housing communities, 44 of which the Company classified as operating leases and two of which the Company classified as capital lease and financing obligations. The Company incurs lease acquisition costs and amortizes these costs over the term of the respective lease agreement. Certain leases entered into by the Company qualified as sale/leaseback transactions, and as such, any related gains have been deferred and are being amortized over the respective lease term. Facility lease expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss includes rent expense plus amortization expense relating to leasehold acquisition costs offset by the amortization of deferred gains and lease incentives. There are various financial covenants and other restrictions in the Company’s lease agreements. The Company was in compliance with all of its lease covenants at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Credit Risk and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts The Company’s resident receivables are generally due within 30 days from the date billed. Accounts receivable are reported net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $6.2 million and $4.9 million at September 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, respectively, and represent the Company’s estimate of the amount that ultimately will be collected. The adequacy of the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts is reviewed on an ongoing basis, using historical payment trends, write-off experience, analyses of receivable portfolios by payor source and aging of receivables, as well as a review of specific accounts, and adjustments are made to the allowance as necessary. Credit losses on resident receivables have historically been within management’s estimates, and management believes that the allowance for doubtful accounts adequately provides for expected losses. Employee Health and Dental Benefits, Workers’ Compensation, and Insurance Reserves The Company offers certain full-time employees an option to participate in its health and dental plans. The Company is self-insured up to certain limits and is insured if claims in excess of these limits are incurred. The cost of employee health and dental benefits, net of employee contributions, is shared between the corporate office and the senior housing communities based on the respective number of plan participants. Funds collected are used to pay the actual program costs including estimated annual claims, third-party administrative fees, network provider fees, communication costs, and other related administrative costs incurred by the plans. Claims are paid as they are submitted to the Company’s third-party administrator. The Company records a liability for outstanding claims and claims that have been incurred but not yet reported. This liability is based on the historical claim reporting lag and payment trends of health insurance claims. Management believes that the liability for outstanding losses and expenses is adequate to cover the ultimate cost of losses and expenses incurred at September 30, 2018; however, actual claims and expenses may differ. Any subsequent changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they are determined. The Company uses a combination of insurance and self-insurance for workers’ compensation. Determining the reserve for workers’ compensation losses and costs that the Company has incurred as of the end of a reporting period involves significant judgments based on projected future events including potential settlements for pending claims, known incidents which may result in claims, estimates of incurred but not yet reported claims, changes in insurance premiums, estimated litigation costs and other factors. The Company regularly adjusts these estimates to reflect changes in the foregoing factors. However, since this reserve is based on estimates, the actual expenses incurred may differ from the amounts reserved. Any subsequent changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they are determined. Income Taxes Income taxes are computed using the asset and liability method and current income taxes are recorded based on amounts refundable or payable in the current year. The effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 differ from the statutory tax rates due to state income taxes, permanent tax differences, and changes in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance. The Company is impacted by the Texas Margin Tax (“TMT”), which effectively imposes tax on modified gross revenues for communities within the State of Texas. During each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company consolidated 38 Texas communities, and the TMT increased the overall provision for income taxes. Deferred income taxes are recorded based on the estimated future tax effects of loss carryforwards and temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates that are expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which we expect those carryforwards and temporary differences to be recovered or settled. Management regularly evaluates the future realization of deferred tax assets and provides a valuation allowance, if considered necessary, based on such evaluation. As part of the evaluation, management has evaluated taxable income in carryback years, future reversals of taxable temporary differences, feasible tax planning strategies, and future expectations of income. Based upon this analysis, an adjustment to the valuation allowance of $2.7 million and $3.1 million was recorded during the third quarters of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively. Adjustments to the valuation allowance for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were $6.3 million and $19.1 million, respectively. The valuation allowance reduces the Company’s net deferred tax assets to the amount that is “more likely than not” (i.e., a greater than 50% likelihood) to be realized and resulted in net reductions of $43.0 million and $36.7 million to the Company’s deferred tax assets at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. However, in the event that we were to determine that it would be more likely than not that the Company would realize the benefit of deferred tax assets in the future in excess of their net recorded amounts, adjustments to deferred tax assets would increase net income in the period such determination was made . The Company completed an analysis determining its best estimate for provisional tax adjustments based on the revised tax legislation associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), which was enacted on December 22, 2017. Additionally, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 118 (“SAB 118”), to address the accounting and reporting of the TCJA. SAB 118 allows companies to take a reasonable period, which should not extend beyond one year from enactment of the TCJA, to measure and recognize the effects of the new tax law. The Company is continuing to analyze certain aspects of the TCJA and refine its tax calculations and estimates, which could potentially affect the measurement of these balances or potentially give rise to new deferred tax amounts. The Company evaluates uncertain tax positions through consideration of accounting and reporting guidance on criteria, measurement, derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition that is intended to provide better financial statement comparability among different companies. The Company is required to recognize a tax benefit in its financial statements for an uncertain tax position only if management’s assessment is that such position is “more likely than not” to be upheld on audit based only on the technical merits of the tax position. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest related to unrecognized tax benefits as interest expense and penalties as income tax expense. The Company is generally no longer subject to federal and state income tax audits for tax years prior to 2014. Net Loss Per Share Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Potentially dilutive securities consist of unvested restricted shares and shares that could be issued under outstanding stock options. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of net loss per common share if their effect is antidilutive. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except for per share amounts): Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 2017 2018 2017 Net loss $ (11,089 ) $ (8,132 ) $ (27,305 ) $ (37,809 ) Net loss allocated to unvested restricted shares — — — — Undistributed net loss allocated to common shares $ (11,089 ) $ (8,132 ) $ (27,305 ) $ (37,809 ) Weighted average shares outstanding – basic 29,877 29,512 29,779 29,427 Effects of dilutive securities: Employee equity compensation plans — — — — Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted 29,877 29,512 29,779 29,427 Basic net loss per share – common shareholders $ (0.37 ) $ (0.28 ) $ (0.92 ) $ (1.28 ) Diluted net loss per share – common shareholders $ (0.37 ) $ (0.28 ) $ (0.92 ) $ (1.28 ) Awards of unvested restricted stock representing approximately 1,367,000 and 957,000 shares were outstanding for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and awards of unvested restricted stock representing approximately 1,339,000 and 884,000 shares were outstanding for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and were antidilutive for each period as a result of the net loss reported by the Company for such periods. Accordingly, such shares were not included in the calculation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding. Treasury Stock The Company accounts for treasury stock under the cost method and includes treasury stock as a component of stockholders’ equity. All shares acquired by the Company have been purchased in open-market transactions. There were no repurchases of the Company’s common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 or fiscal 2017. Recently Issued Accounting Guidance In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-01, Business Combinations – Clarifying the Definition of a Business In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force). In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) Reclassifications Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to current period presentation. |