Dave Henry
So, what I mentioned in my remarks, Kyle, was that, given that we have a record number of deliveries, but we don’t control the timing of insurance payments, I said, there was an opportunity for record revenues in the third quarter. The previous record revenue for the company was $1.5 million back, in I think Q4 of last year. So, that’s the opportunity we have. We’re doing what we can to try to grow the revenues as quickly as possible. But we don’t control the timing of insurance payments, which under direct billing is really the criteria that we’re beholden to in order to be able to record revenue.
Kyle Bauser
Okay. Okay. That’s helpful. I mean either way it’s pretty exciting to already have shipped 60 units, and that’s just the first two months of the quarter; you still have September, so really nice to see that update there.
Shifting to direct billing, so this has been a really nice way to be able to kind of control the process and keep really nice way to be able to kind of control the process, and keeping patients in the pipeline, and generating better returns. I’m just kind of curious; if a patient drops out from the time that they are going through this process, what are some of the key reasons for that, and how has this dropout rate changed over maybe the past year or so?
Paul Gudonis
So, a patient might drop out of the pipeline for a number of reasons. For example, they may have another medical issue, another stroke, for example, and they need to postpone their continuation of the process. Some people change insurance; some move. I think we saw a higher churn than usual in the second quarter due to COVID, where people might have become more hesitant about proceeding in the process. Some people or their spouses might have gone on unemployment, which might have reduced their ability to move forward here. So, fortunately, we were able to continue our online digital marketing, people were, obviously, sheltering in place, going to Facebook, going on Google, still searching for solutions. So, we’re able to replace that churn pipeline with new patients coming into the process.
Kyle Bauser
Got it. Got it. And, regarding the Medicare opportunity, I know we’re waiting for this to eventually be material, but do you think that the device compliance rates, and maybe even value proposition is higher in the younger patient population anyways, or no? I mean, I know this is an opportunity that’s coming, but just kind of wondering if maybe the higher value proposition opportunity is already activated.
Paul Gudonis
We got the HCPCS codes issued back in January of 2019 that enabled Medicare Advantage plans to start paying for the device. And Medicare Advantage covers about 35% of seniors. We believe the value proposition for them is to live more safely at home, reduce the potential healthcare costs.
For example, stroke survivors tend to fall more often because with their hemiparesis they often have issues with an arm and a leg, so if they were carrying something, they might trip, fall, and that results in head trauma, perhaps, some type of other injury. They’ve had to go readmitted to the hospital, so there are those type of savings. There may be also savings and reduction in pain medications, other reductions, for example, in Botox usage for spasticity. So these are the types of reported savings we’ve heard from patients.
For the younger patients, because they are still able to work or of working age, they may be able to go back into the workforce. So, certainly, there’s a strong value proposition for them. Now I looked at one of our patient leads that came in the other day was a young mother who had high blood pressure during her delivery, resulted in a stroke, and left her with one side affected. And, she wants to be able to use both arms to interact and care for her children. So, there’s a slightly different value proposition for those younger patients.
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