Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and include the accounts of iRhythm Technologies, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, iRhythm Technologies Ltd., established in March 2016. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The financial statements of iRhythm Technologies Ltd. use the U.S. dollar as the functional currency Use of Estimates The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, contractual allowances for revenue, allowance for doubtful accounts, the useful lives of property and equipment, the recoverability of long-lived assets including the estimated usage of the printed circuit board assemblies (“PCBAs”), accounting for income taxes, the fair value of the Company’s common stock and stock-based compensation. The Company bases these estimates on historical and anticipated results, trends, and various other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances, including assumptions as to future events. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Fair Value of Financial Instruments The carrying amounts of certain of the Company’s financial instruments, which include cash equivalents, short-term investments, long-term investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, approximate fair value due to their short maturities. Cash Equivalents Cash equivalents consist of short-term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase. Investments Short-term investments consist of debt securities classified as available-for-sale and have maturities greater than 90 days, but less than one year as of the balance sheet date. Long-term investments have maturities greater than one year as of the balance sheet date. All investments are carried at fair value based upon quoted market prices. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are excluded from earnings and are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss. The cost of available-for-sale securities sold is based on the specific-identification method. Realized gains and losses are included in earnings, and are derived for specific-identification method for determining the costs of investments sold. Amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts are reported as a component of interest income and interest expense, respectively. Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Contractual Allowance Accounts receivable consists of amounts due to the Company from institutions and third-party government and commercial payors and their related patients, as a result of the Company’s normal business activities. Accounts receivable is reported on the balance sheets net of an estimated allowance for doubtful accounts and contractual allowance. The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated uncollectible receivables based on its historical experience and recognizes the provision as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses. The Company establishes a contractual allowance when it estimates that consideration to be received will be lower than the contracted rate based on its historical experience and recognizes the provision as a reduction to revenue. The following table presents the changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts (in thousands): Year ended December 31, 2018 2017 Balance, beginning of year $ 3,568 $ 1,792 Add: provision for doubtful accounts 5,826 3,640 Less: write-offs, net of recoveries and other adjustments (4,543 ) (1,864 ) Balance, end of year $ 4,851 $ 3,568 The following table presents the changes in the contractual allowance (in thousands): Year ended December 31, 2018 2017 Balance, beginning of year $ 7,444 $ 2,340 Add: allowance for contractual adjustments 9,392 5,763 Less: contractual adjustments (6,235 ) (659 ) Balance, end of year $ 10,601 $ 7,444 The following table presents the impact of allowance for doubtful accounts and contractual allowance on accounts receivable (in thousands): Year ended December 31, 2018 2017 Gross accounts receivable $ 37,429 $ 23,965 Less: allowance for doubtful accounts (4,851 ) (3,568 ) Less: contractual allowance (10,601 ) (7,444 ) Net accounts receivable $ 21,977 $ 12,953 The Company reviews and updates its estimates for the allowances for doubtful accounts and contractual allowance periodically to reflect its experience regarding historical collections. If management were to make different judgments or utilize different estimates in the allowances for doubtful accounts and contractual allowance, differences in the amount of reported selling, general and administrative expenses and revenue could result, respectively. Concentrations of Risk Credit Risk Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, investments and accounts receivable. Cash, cash equivalents, and investments are deposited in financial institutions which, at times, may be in excess of federally insured limits. Cash equivalents are invested in highly rated money market funds. The Company invests in a variety of financial instruments, such as, but not limited to, United States Government securities, corporate notes, commercial paper and, by policy, limits the amount of credit exposure with any one financial institution or commercial issuer. The Company has not experienced any material losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents or investments. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable are limited due to the large number of customers comprising the Company’s customer base and their dispersion across many geographies. The Company does not require collateral. The Company records an allowance for doubtful accounts when it becomes probable that a receivable will not be collected. Federal government agencies, including CMS and the military, accounted for approximately 37%, 37% and 40% of the Company’s revenue for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Accounts receivable related to federal government agencies accounted for 18% and 27% at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Supply Risk While the Company has not experienced manufacturing supply disruptions to date, the Inventory Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, cost being determined on a standard cost basis for material costs and on actual cost basis for labor and overhead, which approximates actual cost on a first in, first out (“FIFO”) basis, and market being determined as the lower of cost or net realizable value. The Company records write-downs of inventory that is obsolete or in excess of anticipated demand. The Company also records market value based write-downs on consideration of product lifecycle stage, technology trends, product development plans and assumptions about future demand and market conditions. Actual demand may differ from forecasted demand, and such differences may have a material effect on recorded inventory values. Inventory write-downs are charged to cost of revenue and establish a new cost basis for the inventory. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from three to five years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful lives of the assets. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred, and improvements and betterments are capitalized. Internal-Use Software The Company capitalizes costs related to internal-use software during the application development stage. Costs related to planning and post implementation activities are expensed as incurred. Capitalized internal-use software is amortized, and recognized as cost of revenue, on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, which is up to five years. The Company evaluates the useful lives of these assets on an annual basis, and tests for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances occur that could impact the recoverability of these assets. Capitalized internal-use software costs are classified as a component of property and equipment. Goodwill Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price paid over the fair value of tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired in business combinations. Goodwill is tested for impairment on an annual basis and at any other time if events occur or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. Such events or circumstances may include significant adverse changes in the general business climate, among other things. The impairment test is performed by determining the enterprise fair value of the Company, which is primarily based on the Company’s market capitalization. If the Company’s carrying value, as a one reporting unit entity, is less than its fair value, then the fair value is allocated to all of its assets and liabilities (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the fair value was the purchase price to acquire the Company. The excess of the fair value over the amounts assigned to the Company’s assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of the goodwill. If the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. The Company performs its annual evaluation of goodwill during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. The Company did not record any charges related to goodwill impairment in any of the periods presented in these consolidated financial statements. Impairment of Long-Lived Assets The Company annually reviews long-lived assets for impairment or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability is measured by comparison of the carrying amount to the future net cash flows which the assets are expected to generate. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the projected discounted future net cash flows arising from the asset. To date, there have been no such impairments of long-lived assets. Other Assets Included in the other assets are printed circuit board assemblies (“PCBAs”) totaling $2.5 million and $3.3 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company uses a PCBA in each wearable Zio XT monitor which is used numerous times and has a useful life beyond one year. Each time the PCBA is used in a wearable Zio XT monitor, a portion of the cost of the PCBA is recorded as a cost of revenue. The Company has based its estimates of how many times a PCBA can be used on testing in research and development, loss rates, product obsolescence, and the amount of time it takes the device to go through the manufacturing, shipping, customer shelf and patient wear time and upload process. The Company periodically evaluates the use estimate. Comprehensive Loss Comprehensive loss represents all changes in stockholders’ equity during the period from non-owner sources. The Company’s unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities represent the only component of other comprehensive income (loss) that are excluded from the reported net loss and that are presented in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Revenue Recognition The Company adopted Accounting Standard Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers Health Care Entities - Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition The Company’s revenue is generated primarily from the provision of its cardiac rhythm monitoring service, the Zio XT service. The Zio XT is a cardiac rhythm monitoring service that has a patient wear period of up to 14 days and is billable when the monitoring reports are delivered to the healthcare provider, which is also when the service is complete and the Company recognizes revenue. The time from when the patient has the Zio XT device applied to the time the report is posted is generally around 20 days. The Company accounts for contract revenue with a customer when there is a legally enforceable contract between the Company and the customer, the rights of the parties are identified, the contract has commercial substance, and collectability of the contract consideration is probable. The Company's revenue is measured based on consideration specified in the contract with each customer. A unique aspect of healthcare is the involvement of multiple parties to the service transaction. In addition to the patient, often a third-party, for example a commercial or governmental payor or healthcare institution, like a hospital or clinic, will pay the Company for some or all of the service on the patient’s behalf. Separate contractual arrangements exist between the Company and third-party payors that establish amounts the third-party payor will pay on behalf of a patient for covered services rendered and should be considered in determining collectability and the transaction price for services provided to a patient covered by that third-party payor. The Company recognizes revenue on an accrual basis based on estimates of the amount that will ultimately be realized. These estimates require significant judgment by management. In determining the amount to recognize for a delivered report, the Company considers factors such as claim payment history from both payors and patient out-of-pocket costs, payor coverage, whether there is a contract between the payor or healthcare institution and the Company, historical amount received for the service, and any current developments or changes that could impact reimbursement and healthcare institution payments. A summary of the payment arrangements with third-party payors and healthcare institutions is as follows: • Contracted third-party payors – The Company has contracts with negotiated prices for services provided for patients with commercial healthcare insurance carriers • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) – The Company has received independent diagnostic testing facility approval from regional Medicare Administrative Contractors and will receive reimbursement per the relevant Current Procedural Terminology (“CPT”) code rate for the services rendered to the patient covered by CMS. • Non-contracted third-party payors – Non-contracted commercial and government payors often reimburse out-of-network rates provided under the relevant CPT codes on a case-by-case basis. The transaction price is based on factors including an average of the Company’s historical collection experience for its non-contracted services. This rate is reviewed at least quarterly. • Healthcare institutions – Healthcare institutions are typically hospitals or physician practices in which the Company has negotiated amounts for its monitoring services, including certain governmental agencies such as the Veteran’s Administration and Department of Defense. The Company is utilizing the portfolio approach practical expedient under ASC 606 for revenue recognition. The Company accounts for the contracts within each portfolio as a collective group, rather than individual contracts. Based on history with these portfolios and the similar nature and characteristics of the patients within each portfolio, the Company has concluded that the financial statement effects are not materially different than if accounting for revenue on a contract-by-contract basis. For the healthcare institution and CMS portfolios, the Company has historical experience of collecting substantially all of the negotiated contractual rates and determined at contract inception that these customers, and or their related third-party payor that pays the Company on their behalf, have the intention and ability to pay the promised consideration. As such, the Company is not providing an implicit price concession but, rather, has chosen to accept the risk of default, and any subsequent impairment of the related receivable are recorded as bad debt expense. For contracted portfolios, the Company is providing an implicit price concession because, while the Company has a contract with the underlying payor, the Company expects to accept a lower amount of consideration when claims are adjudicated and allowable claims are determined by the commercial payor. The implicit price concession is recorded as variable consideration to the transaction price and recorded as an adjustment to revenue as a contractual allowance. Historical cash collection indicates that it is probable that substantially all of the allowable claim amount will be received, and hence this amount is recorded as revenue. Any subsequent impairment of the related receivable is recorded as bad debt expense. For non-contracted portfolios, the Company is providing an implicit price concession because the Company does not have a contract with the underlying payor, the result of which requires the Company to estimate transaction price based on historical cash collections utilizing the expected value method. Subsequent adjustments to the transaction price are recorded as an adjustment to revenue and not as bad debt expense. Disaggregation of Revenue The Company disaggregates revenue from contracts with customers by payor type. The Company believes these categories aggregate the payor types by nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of its revenue streams. Disaggregated revenue by payor type and major service line for the year ended December 31, 2018 was as follows (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, 2018 Commercial Payors $ 69,363 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 40,552 Healthcare Institutions 37,378 Total $ 147,293 Contract Liabilities ASC 606 requires an entity to present a revenue contract as a contract liability when the Company has an obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the Company has received consideration from the customer, or an amount of consideration from the customer is due and unconditional (whichever is earlier). Certain of the Company’s customers pay the Company directly for the Zio XT service upon shipment of devices. Such advance payments, or contract liabilities, are recorded as deferred revenue on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and revenue is recognized when reports are delivered to physicians. During the year ended December 31, 2018, $1.2 million relating to the contract liability balance at the beginning of 2018 was recognized as revenue. Contract Costs Under ASC 340, the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer are recognized as an asset. Incremental costs of obtaining a contract are those costs that an entity incurs to obtain a contract with a customer that it would not have incurred if the contract had not been obtained. The Company’s current commission programs are considered incremental. However, as a practical expedient, ASC 340 permits the Company to immediately expense contract acquisition costs, as the asset that would have resulted from capitalizing these costs will be amortized in one year or less. Cost of Revenue Cost of revenue is expensed as incurred, and includes direct labor, material costs, equipment and infrastructure expenses, amortization of internal-use software, allocated overhead, and shipping and handling. Direct labor includes payroll and personnel-related costs involved in manufacturing, data analysis, and customer service. Material costs include both the disposable costs of the device and amortization of the PCBAs. Each time the PCBA is used in a wearable Zio XT monitor, a portion of the cost of the PCBA is recorded as a cost of revenue. Research and Development The Company’s research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs include, but are not limited to, payroll and personnel-related expenses, laboratory supplies, consulting costs and overhead charges. Income Taxes The Company uses the asset and liability method to account for income taxes in accordance with the authoritative guidance for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, and tax loss and credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates applied to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. On December 22, 2017, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act) was enacted into law and the new legislation contains several key tax provisions that affected the Company, including a one-time mandatory transition tax on accumulated foreign earnings and a reduction of the corporate income tax rate to 21% effective January 1, 2018, among others. The Company was required to recognize the effect of the tax law changes in the period of enactment, such as determining the transition tax and remeasuring U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities. In December 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“SAB 118”), which allowed the Company to record provisional amounts during a measurement period not to extend beyond one year of the enactment date. As a result, the Company previously provided a provisional estimate of the effect of the Tax Act in its financial statements. In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company completed the analysis to determine the effect of the Tax Act and recorded immaterial adjustments as of December 31, 2018. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. The Company records interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. To date, there have been no interest or penalties charged in relation to the unrecognized tax benefits. Stock-based Compensation The Company measures its stock-based awards made to employees based on the estimated fair values of the awards as of the grant date. The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period using the straight-line method and is based on the value of the portion of stock-based payment awards that is ultimately expected to vest. As such, the Company’s stock-based compensation is reduced for the estimated forfeitures at the date of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. For restricted stock, the compensation cost for these awards is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, and recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The Company recognizes compensation expense related to the Employee Stock Purchase Program (“ESPP”) based on the estimated fair value of the options on the date of grant, net of estimated forfeitures. The Company estimates the grant date fair value, and the resulting stock-based compensation expense, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model for each purchase period. The grant date fair value is expensed on a straight-line basis over the offering period. Net Loss per Common Share Basic net loss per common share is calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, without consideration of potentially dilutive securities. Diluted net loss per common share is the same as basic net loss per common share for all periods presented, since the effect of potentially dilutive securities are anti-dilutive. Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018 and used the modified retrospective approach. Upon adoption, the Company recognized the cumulative effect of $1.4 million as an adjustment to decrease the opening balance of the Company’s accumulated deficit. This adjustment did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Prior periods were not retrospectively adjusted. The following table presents the impact of adoption of ASU 2014-09 on the Consolidated Statement of Operations and the Consolidated Balance Sheet (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, 2018 Consolidated Statement of Operations Impact: As Reported Without the adoption of Topic 606 Impact Revenue $ 147,293 $ 145,320 $ 1,973 Sales, General & Administrative Expense $ 131,582 $ 132,603 $ (1,021 ) Net Loss $ (48,280 ) $ (51,274 ) $ 2,994 December 31, 2018 Consolidated Balance Sheet Impact: As Reported Without the adoption of Topic 606 Impact Accounts Receivable, net $ 21,977 $ 17,629 $ 4,348 Accumulated Deficit $ (203,515 ) $ (207,863 ) $ 4,348 In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18 Statement of Cash Flow: Restricted Cash (Topic 230), which provides guidance on the classification of restricted cash to be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts on the statement of cash flows. The amendments of this ASU are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The standard must be applied retrospectively to all periods presented and the Company adopted the standard on January 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (“Topic 842”), which requires lessees to recognize lease liabilities and corresponding right-of-use assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet for all leases. For finance leases, the lessee would recognize interest expense and amortization of the right-of-use asset and, for operating leases, the lessee would recognize a straight-line lease expense. It also changes the definition of a lease and expands the disclosure requirements of lease arrangements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard, and expects that the impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheet will be material as a result of recognizing right of use assets and liabilities for existing real estate leases. The Company has no embedded leases with suppliers. In addition, the standard will require changes to the Company’s current accounting policies, processes, and internal controls. The Company expects to adopt the following practical expedients allowed under Topic 842: • The package of three practical expedients, which allows entities to make an election that allows them not to reassess (1) embedded leases not classified as leases under Topic 842, (2) Lease classification of existing or expiring leases, and (3) indirect costs for existing or expired leases. • Combining lease and non-lease components practical expedient, which allows lessees, as an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset, to choose not to separate non-lease components from lease components and instead to account for each separate lease component and the non-lease components associated with that lease component as a single lease component. • Comparative reporting practical expedient, which allows entities to initially apply Topic 842 at the adoption date and recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company will adopt Topic 842 in the first quarter of fiscal |