Operating Results from Continuing Operations
MEDNAX’s net revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was $868.3 million, compared to $865.0 million for the prior-year period. MEDNAX’s same-unit revenue increased by 1.6 percent, while growth attributable to recent acquisitions was offset by thenon-renewal of certain contracts.
Same-unit revenue attributable to patient volume increased by 1.1 percent for the 2019 second quarter as compared to the prior-year period. Volumes increased across all service lines except for a modest decline in maternal-fetal medicine services. For the quarter, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patient days increased by 2.0 percent compared to the prior-year period, which reflects a modest increase in average rate of admission and a slight increase in total births at the hospitals where MEDNAX-affiliated practices provide neonatology services, partially offset by a slight decline in length of stay.
Same-unit revenue from net reimbursement-related factors increased by 0.5 percent for the 2019 second quarter as compared to the prior-year period. The net increase in revenue was primarily due to modest improvements in managed care contracting across all service lines.
The percentage of services reimbursed under government programs decreased by approximately 30 basis points for the second quarter compared with the prior-year period, reflecting a slightly favorable comparison for neonatology and other pediatric services, offset by a slightly unfavorable comparison for anesthesiology services.
For the 2019 second quarter, practice salaries and benefits expense was $609.0 million, compared to $593.0 million for the prior-year period. Practice salaries and benefits expense as a percentage of net revenue was 70.1 percent for the second quarter of 2019, compared to 68.6 percent for the prior-year period. This increase was primarily attributable to growth in clinician compensation expense at existing practices.
For the 2019 second quarter, general and administrative expenses were $103.5 million, as compared to $100.9 million for the prior-year period. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenue was 11.9 percent for the second quarter of 2019, compared to 11.7 percent for the prior-year period.
As previously disclosed, MEDNAX has incurred and anticipates that it will continue to incur certain expenses related to transformational and restructuring activities. For the second quarter of 2019, these expenses totaled $27.5 million, which includes $15.4 million related to position eliminations and aone-time amortization acceleration specific to the expectednon-renewal of a certain contract as well as $12.1 million related to external consulting costs for various process improvement and transformational activities.
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, which is defined as earnings from continuing operations before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and transformational and restructuring related expenses was $131.0 for the 2019 second quarter, compared to $145.2 million for the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations as a percentage of net revenue was 15.1 percent for the second quarter of 2019, compared to 16.8 percent for the prior-year period. This decline primarily reflects the revenue and cost items detailed above, as well as the loss of the contribution from the previously notednon-renewal of certain contracts.