−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
−Removed: The following discussion
−Removed: and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited Condensed Financial
−Removed: Statements and related notes thereto included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and our audited financial
−Removed: statements and related notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June
−Removed: 30, 2021 (“fiscal 2021”).
−Removed: Electromed, Inc.
−Removed: “our,” “us,” “Electromed” or the “Company”) develops and provides innovative airway
−Removed: clearance products applying High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (“HFCWO”) technologies in pulmonary care for patients
−Removed: We manufacture, market
−Removed: and sell products that provide HFCWO, including the SmartVest® Airway Clearance System (“SmartVest System”) that
−Removed: includes our newest generation SmartVest SQL® and previous generation SV2100, and related products, to patients with compromised
−Removed: pulmonary function.
−Removed: The SmartVest SQL is smaller, quieter and lighter than our previous product, with enhanced programmability
−Removed: and ease of use.
−Removed: Our products are sold in both the home health care market and the institutional market for use by patients in
−Removed: hospitals, which we refer to as “institutional sales.” The SmartVest SQL has been sold in the domestic home care market
+Added: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
+Added: following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our
+Added: unaudited Condensed Financial Statements and related notes thereto included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form
+Added: 10-Q, and our audited financial statements and related notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form
+Added: 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 (“fiscal 2021”).
+Added: (“we,” “our,” “us,” “Electromed” or the “Company”) develops and
+Added: provides innovative airway clearance products applying High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (“HFCWO”) technologies
+Added: in pulmonary care for patients of all ages.
+Added: manufacture, market and sell products that provide HFCWO, including the SmartVest® Airway Clearance System (“SmartVest
+Added: System”) that includes our newest generation SmartVest SQL® and previous generation SV2100, and related products, to
+Added: patients with compromised pulmonary function.
+Added: The SmartVest SQL is smaller, quieter and lighter than our previous product, with
+Added: enhanced programmability and ease of use.
+Added: Our products are sold in both the home health care market and the institutional market
+Added: for use by patients in hospitals, which we refer to as “institutional sales.” The SmartVest SQL has been sold in the
+Added: domestic home care market since 2014.
In 2015, we launched the SmartVest SQL into institutional and certain international markets.
−Removed: In June 2017, we announced
−Removed: the launch of the SmartVest SQL with SmartVest Connect™ wireless technology, which allows data connection between physicians
−Removed: and patients to track therapy performance and collaborate in treatment decisions.
−Removed: SmartVest Connect is currently available to pediatric
−Removed: and cystic fibrosis patients and was made available to certain targeted adult pulmonary clinics starting in November 2017.
−Removed: 2000, we have marketed the SmartVest System and its predecessor products to patients suffering from cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis
−Removed: and repeated episodes of pneumonia.
−Removed: Additionally, we offer our products to a patient population that includes neuromuscular disorders
−Removed: such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (“ALS”), the combination of emphysema and
−Removed: chronic bronchitis commonly known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”), and patients with post-surgical
−Removed: complications or who are ventilator dependent or have other conditions involving excess secretion and impaired mucus transport.
−Removed: The SmartVest System is
−Removed: often eligible for reimbursement from major private insurance providers, health maintenance organizations (“HMOs”),
−Removed: state Medicaid systems and the federal Medicare system, which we believe is an important consideration for patients considering
−Removed: an HFCWO course of therapy.
−Removed: For domestic sales, the SmartVest System may be reimbursed under the Medicare-assigned billing code
−Removed: (E0483) for HFCWO devices if the patient has cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis (including chronic bronchitis or COPD that has resulted
−Removed: in a diagnosis of bronchiectasis) or any one of certain enumerated neuromuscular diseases, and can demonstrate that another less
−Removed: expensive physical or mechanical treatment did not adequately mobilize retained secretions.
−Removed: Private payers consider a variety of
−Removed: sources, including Medicare, as guidelines in setting their coverage policies and payment amounts.
−Removed: Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
−Removed: For a description of our
−Removed: critical accounting policies, estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our financial statements, including the unaudited
−Removed: Condensed Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, see Note 1 to our unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
−Removed: included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part II, Item 7, and Note 1 to our audited financial statements
−Removed: included in Part II, Item 8, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2021.
−Removed: Some of our accounting
−Removed: policies require us to exercise significant judgment in selecting the appropriate assumptions for calculating financial statements.
+Added: In June 2017, we announced the launch of the SmartVest SQL with SmartVest Connect™ wireless technology, which allows data
+Added: connection between physicians and patients to track therapy performance and collaborate in treatment decisions.
+Added: SmartVest Connect
+Added: is currently available to pediatric and cystic fibrosis patients and was made available to certain targeted adult pulmonary clinics
+Added: starting in November 2017.
+Added: Since 2000, we have marketed the SmartVest System and its predecessor products to patients suffering
+Added: from cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis and repeated episodes of pneumonia.
+Added: Additionally, we offer our products to a patient population
+Added: that includes neuromuscular disorders such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (“ALS”),
+Added: the combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis commonly known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”),
+Added: and patients with post-surgical complications or who are ventilator dependent or have other conditions involving excess secretion
+Added: and impaired mucus transport.
+Added: SmartVest System is often eligible for reimbursement from major private insurance providers, health maintenance organizations
+Added: (“HMOs”), state Medicaid systems and the federal Medicare system, which we believe is an important consideration for
+Added: patients considering an HFCWO course of therapy.
+Added: For domestic sales, the SmartVest System may be reimbursed under the Medicare-assigned
+Added: billing code (E0483) for HFCWO devices if the patient has cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis (including chronic bronchitis or COPD
+Added: that has resulted in a diagnosis of bronchiectasis) or any one of certain enumerated neuromuscular diseases, and can demonstrate
+Added: that another less expensive physical or mechanical treatment did not adequately mobilize retained secretions.
+Added: Private payers consider
+Added: a variety of sources, including Medicare, as guidelines in setting their coverage policies and payment amounts.
+Added: Accounting Estimates
+Added: a description of our critical accounting policies, estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our financial statements,
+Added: including the unaudited Condensed Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, see Note 1 to our unaudited Condensed
+Added: Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part II, Item 7, and Note 1 to our audited
+Added: financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2021.
+Added: of our accounting policies require us to exercise significant judgment in selecting the appropriate assumptions for calculating
+Added: financial statements.
Such judgments are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty.
−Removed: Among other factors, these judgments are based upon our historical
−Removed: experience, known trends in our industry, terms of existing contracts and other information from outside sources, as appropriate.
−Removed: We believe the critical accounting policies that require the most significant assumptions and judgments in the preparation of our
−Removed: financial statements, including the unaudited Condensed Financial Statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, include:
−Removed: revenue recognition and the estimation of variable consideration, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory obsolescence, share-based
−Removed: compensation and warranty liability.
−Removed: Impacts of COVID-19
−Removed: on Our Business and Operations
−Removed: In March 2020, the World
−Removed: Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a global pandemic, and the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Health and Human Services designated COVID-19
−Removed: as a public health emergency.
−Removed: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business remains uncertain, and its effects on our operational
−Removed: and financial performance will depend in part on future developments, which cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.
−Removed: developments include, but are not limited to, the duration, scope and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in geographic areas in
−Removed: which we operate or in which our patients live, actions taken to contain or mitigate its impact, the impact on governmental healthcare
−Removed: programs and budgets, the development and distribution of treatments or vaccines, and the resumption of widespread economic activity.
−Removed: Due to the inherent uncertainty of the unprecedented and evolving situation, we are unable to predict with confidence the likely
−Removed: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our future operations.
−Removed: During the second quarter
−Removed: of our fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 (“fiscal 2022”), we continued to experience a reduction in the number of clinics
−Removed: allowing face-to-face access by our sales team as the number of infections relating to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 increased
−Removed: throughout most regions of the United States, and hospitals implemented additional safety protocols.
−Removed: Our sales team continued to
−Removed: utilize a hybrid sales process of virtual and face-to-face clinician interaction with strict adherence to specific clinic and healthcare
−Removed: system safety protocols, which we believe allowed them to drive stronger referral growth compared to the prior-year period.
−Removed: We believe that the impact
−Removed: of the COVID-19 pandemic on our home care and institutional business will likely continue during the remainder of fiscal 2022.
−Removed: Our home care and institutional revenue for the three months ended December 2021 has increased as compared to the three months
−Removed: ended December 2020;
+Added: Among other factors, these judgments are
+Added: based upon our historical experience, known trends in our industry, terms of existing contracts and other information from outside
+Added: sources, as appropriate.
+Added: We believe the critical accounting policies that require the most significant assumptions and judgments
+Added: in the preparation of our financial statements, including the unaudited Condensed Financial Statements contained in this Quarterly
+Added: Report on Form 10-Q, include:
+Added: revenue recognition and the estimation of variable consideration, inventory valuation, share-based
+Added: compensation and warranty reserve.
+Added: of COVID-19 on Our Business and Operations
+Added: March 2020, the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a global pandemic, and the U.S.
+Added: Department of Health and Human
+Added: Services designated COVID-19 as a public health emergency.
+Added: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business remains uncertain,
+Added: and its effects on our operational and financial performance will depend in part on future developments, which cannot be reasonably
+Added: estimated at this time.
+Added: Such future developments include, but are not limited to, the duration, scope and severity of the COVID-19
+Added: pandemic in geographic areas in which we operate or in which our patients live, actions taken to contain or mitigate its impact,
+Added: the impact on governmental healthcare programs and budgets, the development and distribution of treatments or vaccines, and the
+Added: resumption of widespread economic activity.
+Added: Due to the inherent uncertainty of the unprecedented and evolving situation, we are
+Added: unable to predict with confidence the likely impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our future operations.
+Added: the third quarter of our fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 (“fiscal 2022”), we continued to experience a reduction
+Added: in the number of clinics allowing face-to-face access by our sales team as the number of infections relating to the Omicron variant
+Added: of COVID-19 increased throughout most regions of the United States, and hospitals implemented additional safety protocols.
+Added: sales team continued to utilize a hybrid sales process of virtual and face-to-face clinician interaction with strict adherence
+Added: to specific clinic and healthcare system safety protocols, which we believe allowed them to drive stronger referral growth compared
+Added: to the prior year period.
+Added: During March 2022, we observed an improvement in clinic access and patient flow compared to earlier
+Added: in the quarter, which we believe is likely a result of Omicron-related case reductions throughout most of the United States, resulting
+Added: in a record high number of monthly referrals for our company.
+Added: believe that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our home care and institutional business will likely continue during the remainder
+Added: of fiscal 2022.
+Added: Our home care revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 has increased as compared to the three months
+Added: ended March 31,2021;
however, if COVID-19 infection rates increase and federal, state and local restrictions on commerce, stay-at-home
−Removed: orders or other restrictions on businesses are reinstated, then such measures could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: We have observed increased
−Removed: changes to our supply chain timelines and increased raw material and shipping costs during the most recent quarter, but we have
−Removed: not experienced any disruptions that impacted product availability for our customers.
−Removed: We anticipate that raw material costs will
−Removed: increase in future quarters primarily relating to electronic components but may extend to other components.
−Removed: It is possible the
−Removed: COVID-19 pandemic could have a greater adverse impact on our supply chain in the future, including impacts associated with preventative
−Removed: and precautionary measures taken by other businesses and applicable governments.
−Removed: A reduction or interruption in any of our manufacturing
−Removed: processes could have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Any significant increases to our raw material or shipping costs
−Removed: could reduce our gross margins.
−Removed: We have also taken measures to ensure
−Removed: the safety of our employees and to comply with applicable governmental orders.
−Removed: We consider our business to be essential under
−Removed: applicable governmental orders, primarily due to our role in manufacturing and supplying needed medical devices to patients with
−Removed: respiratory-related issues and have therefore continued to operate during the government restrictions put in place in response
−Removed: to the pandemic.
−Removed: In response to the COVID-19
−Removed: pandemic and the U.S.
−Removed: federal government’s declaration of a public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
−Removed: Services (“CMS”) implemented a number of temporary rule changes and waivers to allow prescribers to best treat patients
−Removed: during the period of the public health emergency.
+Added: orders or other restrictions on businesses are reinstated, we believe that such measures could have a material adverse effect
+Added: on our business.
+Added: observed increased changes to our supply chain timelines and increased raw material and shipping costs during the third quarter
+Added: of fiscal 2022, but we have not experienced any disruptions that materially impacted product availability for our customers.
+Added: anticipate that raw material costs will increase in future quarters primarily relating to electronic components but may extend
+Added: to other components as well.
+Added: In certain instances, we have purchased key electronic materials in advance to ensure adequate future
+Added: supply and mitigate the risk of supply chain disruption.
+Added: It is possible that the COVID-19 pandemic could have a greater adverse
+Added: impact on our supply chain in the future, including impacts associated with preventative and precautionary measures taken by other
+Added: businesses and applicable governments.
+Added: A reduction or interruption in any of our manufacturing processes could have a material
+Added: adverse effect on our business.
+Added: Any significant increases to our raw material or shipping costs could reduce our gross margins.
+Added: have also taken measures to ensure the safety of our employees and to comply with applicable governmental orders.
+Added: our business to be essential under applicable governmental orders, primarily due to our role in manufacturing and supplying needed
+Added: medical devices to patients with respiratory-related issues and have therefore continued to operate during the government restrictions
+Added: put in place in response to the pandemic.
+Added: response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S.
+Added: federal government’s declaration of a public health emergency, the Centers
+Added: for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) implemented a number of temporary rule changes and waivers to allow prescribers
+Added: to best treat patients during the period of the public health emergency.
These waivers became effective on March 1, 2020.
−Removed: Clinical indications and documentation
−Removed: typically required will not be enforced for respiratory-related products including the SmartVest System (solely with respect to
−Removed: Medicare patients).
−Removed: The minimum documentation now requires a valid order and documentation of a respiratory-related diagnosis.
−Removed: Face-to-face and in-person requirements for respiratory devices are being waived while the waiver is in place.
−Removed: The CMS waiver was
−Removed: recently extended in conjunction with the extension of the federal public health emergency for an additional 90-day period beginning
−Removed: January 16, 2022.
−Removed: The Company continues to
−Removed: evaluate the scope and application of existing, pending and potential COVID-19 vaccination mandates and their potential impacts
−Removed: on our future financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: In September 2021, President
−Removed: Joe Biden signed an executive order directing executive departments and agencies to include a clause in all covered federal contracts
−Removed: to comply with guidance issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, which requires, among other things, covered federal contractor
−Removed: employees, including employees working remotely related to federal contracts, to be fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021, unless
−Removed: the employee is entitled to an accommodation.
+Added: indications and documentation typically required will not be enforced for respiratory-related products including the SmartVest
+Added: System (solely with respect to Medicare patients).
+Added: The minimum documentation now requires a valid order and documentation of a
+Added: respiratory-related diagnosis.
+Added: Face-to-face and in-person requirements for respiratory devices are being waived while the waiver
+Added: The CMS waiver was recently extended in conjunction with the extension of the federal public health emergency for
+Added: an additional 90-day period beginning April 16, 2022.
+Added: September 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing executive departments and agencies to include a clause
+Added: in all covered federal contracts to comply with guidance issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, which requires, among
+Added: other things, covered federal contractor employees, including employees working remotely related to federal contracts, to be fully
+Added: vaccinated, unless the employee is entitled to an accommodation.
As a federal contractor to the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Supply
−Removed: Schedule (“Veterans Administration”), we are subject to this regulation.
−Removed: In fiscal 2021, $557,000, or 1.6% of our total
−Removed: revenues, were attributable to the Veterans Administration, and we intend to leverage that business as a future growth opportunity;
+Added: Department of Veterans Affairs
+Added: Federal Supply Schedule (“Veterans Administration”), we are subject to this regulation.
+Added: In fiscal 2021, $557,000,
+Added: or 1.6% of our total revenues, were attributable to the Veterans Administration, and we intend to leverage that business as a
+Added: future growth opportunity;
approximately 19 million U.S.
−Removed: veterans were served by the Veterans Administration healthcare system in calendar year 2020.
−Removed: During the three-month period
−Removed: ended December 2021, we conducted a review process to ensure that we fully comply with the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force regulations.
−Removed: Through a concerted effort to increase vaccination rates among our workforce, we were able to achieve compliance with such regulations
−Removed: with minimal disruption.
−Removed: Results of Operations
−Removed: Net revenues for the
−Removed: three and six months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are summarized in the table below.
−Removed: Three Months Ended December 31,
−Removed: Six Months Ended
−Removed: Increase (Decrease)
+Added: veterans were served by the Veterans Administration healthcare system
+Added: in calendar year 2020.
+Added: During the three-month period ended December 31, 2021, we conducted a review process to ensure that we
+Added: fully comply with the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force regulations.
+Added: Through a concerted effort to increase vaccination rates
+Added: among our workforce, we were able to achieve compliance with such regulations with minimal disruption.
+Added: December 7, 2021, President Biden’s executive order was enjoined nationwide, and the federal government is appealing that
+Added: Due to the injunction, the federal government announced on December 9, 2021 that it is taking no action to enforce the
+Added: clause implementing the requirements of the executive order at this time.
+Added: Although it is unclear whether the executive order will
+Added: be upheld, we are well positioned to achieve compliance with the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force regulations if the executive
+Added: order becomes enforceable in the future.
+Added: of Operations
+Added: revenues for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 are summarized in the table below.
Institutional
−Removed: Home care distributor
+Added: care distributor
International
−Removed: Home care revenue .
−Removed: Home care revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $9,404,000, representing an increase of $501,000, or 5.6%,
−Removed: compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: For the six months ended December 31, 2021, home care revenue was $18,688,000, representing
−Removed: an increase of $2,322,000, or 14.2%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: The revenue increases compared to the prior-year
−Removed: periods were primarily due to increases in referrals and approvals.
−Removed: The increases in referrals compared to the prior-year periods
−Removed: were due to the sales team adapting to a hybrid virtual and face-to-face selling model implemented to address clinic access limitations
−Removed: due to the COVID-19 pandemic, benefits of the CMS waiver on the non-commercial Medicare portion of our home care revenue and an
−Removed: increase in direct sales representatives.
−Removed: The CMS waiver benefited
−Removed: the non-commercial Medicare portion of our home care revenue by increasing the number of referrals and the approval percentage
−Removed: for previously non-covered diagnoses.
−Removed: We believe that our ongoing sales team execution, along with the expected return to pre-COVID-19
−Removed: levels of patient face-to-face engagement with physicians and clinic access for our sales team, has the potential to mitigate the
−Removed: impact of a CMS waiver expiration, which is currently set to expire in April 2022.
−Removed: Institutional revenue.
−Removed: Institutional revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $333,000, representing an increase of $24,000, or
−Removed: 7.8%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: For the six months ended December 31, 2021, institutional revenue was $782,000,
−Removed: an increase of $195,000, or 33.2%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: The revenue increase in the current-year periods
−Removed: was due to increased capital purchases and stronger disposable volumes compared to the corresponding prior-year periods, as hospitals
−Removed: resumed utilization of HFCWO protocols after reducing utilization early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Home care distributor
−Removed: Home care distributor revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $387,000, representing an
−Removed: increase of $238,000, or 159.7%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: For the six months ended December 31, 2021, home care
−Removed: distributor revenue was $543,000, an increase of $217,000, or 66.6%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: care revenue .
+Added: Home care revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $9,033,000, representing an increase
+Added: of $870,000, or 10.7%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: For the nine months ended March 31, 2022, home care revenue
+Added: was $27,721,000, representing an increase of $3,192,000, or 13.0%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
The revenue increase
−Removed: in the current-year periods was due to an increase in orders by one home care distribution partner.
−Removed: We began selling to a limited
−Removed: number of home medical equipment distributors during our fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, who in turn sell our SmartVest System
+Added: compared to the prior year periods was primarily due to increases in referrals and approvals.
+Added: The increase in referrals was primarily
+Added: due to increased sales representative productivity driven by increased clinic access and patient flow, our sales team adapting
+Added: to a hybrid virtual and face-to-face selling methodology, and benefits of the CMS waiver on the non-commercial Medicare portion
+Added: of our home care revenue.
+Added: Additionally, we also benefitted from a Medicare allowable rate increase that took effect on January
+Added: Annual Medicare rate increases for our device are linked closely to changes in the Urban Consumer Price Index.
+Added: CMS waiver benefited the non-commercial Medicare portion of our home care revenue by increasing the number of referrals and the
+Added: approval percentage for previously non-covered diagnoses.
+Added: We believe that our ongoing sales team execution, along with the expected
+Added: return to pre-COVID-19 levels of patient face-to-face engagement with physicians and clinic access for our sales team, has the
+Added: potential to mitigate the impact of a CMS waiver expiration, which is currently set to expire in July 2022.
+Added: Institutional
+Added: Institutional revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $392,000, representing a decrease of $51,000,
+Added: or 11.5%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: For the nine months ended March 31, 2022, institutional revenue was $1,174,000,
+Added: an increase of $145,000, or 14.1%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the
+Added: revenue decline was driven by lower capital purchases.
+Added: Consumable volume growth during the period increased by 16.5% compared
+Added: to the prior year period, reflecting increased consumable wrap usage in hospitals.
+Added: The revenue increase for the nine months ended
+Added: March 31, 2022 was due to increased capital purchases and stronger consumable volumes compared to the corresponding prior year
+Added: periods, as hospitals resumed utilization of HFCWO protocols after reducing utilization early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: care distributor revenue .
+Added: Home care distributor revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $520,000,
+Added: representing an increase of $415,000, or 395.2%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: For the nine months ended March 31,
+Added: 2022, home care distributor revenue was $1,063,000, an increase of $631,000, or 146.1%, compared to the same period in fiscal
+Added: The revenue increase in the current year periods was due to increased demand from one of our primary home care distribution
+Added: We began selling to a limited number of home medical equipment distributors during our fiscal year ended June 30, 2020,
+Added: who in turn sell our SmartVest System in the U.S.
home care market.
−Removed: International revenue .
−Removed: International revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $124,000, representing a decrease of $11,000, or 8.1%,
−Removed: compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: For the six months ended December 31, 2021, international revenue was $236,000, an
−Removed: increase of $15,000, or 6.8%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: International sales are affected by the timing of international
−Removed: distributor purchases that can cause significant fluctuations in reported revenue on a quarterly basis.
−Removed: Gross profit increased
−Removed: to $7,880,000, or 76.9% of net revenues, for the three months ended December 31, 2021, from $7,525,000, or 79.2% of net revenues,
−Removed: in the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: Gross profit increased to $15,581,000, or 76.9% of net revenues, for the six months ended December
−Removed: 31, 2021, from $13,673,000, or 78.1% of net revenues, in the same period in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: The decrease in gross profit as a percentage
−Removed: of net revenues compared to the prior-year periods was primarily due to higher raw material and shipping costs.
−Removed: Operating expenses
−Removed: Selling, general and
−Removed: administrative expenses.
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses were $6,475,000 and $13,262,000
−Removed: for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021, respectively, representing increases of $1,040,000 and $2,823,000, or 19.1%
−Removed: and 27.0%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
−Removed: Payroll and compensation-related
−Removed: expenses were $4,025,000 and $8,040,000 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021, respectively, representing increases
−Removed: of $593,000 and $1,308,000, or 17.3% and 19.4%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
−Removed: The increase in the
−Removed: current-year periods was primarily due to a higher average number of sales and marketing personnel, increased reimbursement personnel
−Removed: to process higher patient referrals, increased temporary resources to assist with systems infrastructure investments and increased
−Removed: incentive payments on higher home care revenue .
−Removed: Field sales employees totaled 48, of which
−Removed: 39 were direct sales, as of December 31, 2021, compared to 45 as of December 31, 2020, of which 38 were direct sales.
−Removed: Travel, meals and entertainment
−Removed: expenses were $590,000 and $1,231,000 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021, respectively, representing increases
−Removed: of $124,000 and $401,000, or 26.6% and 48.3%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
−Removed: The increase in the
−Removed: current-year periods was primarily due to our sales representatives resuming closer-to-normal levels of travel compared to the
−Removed: COVID-19 driven travel restrictions in the prior-year periods and a national sales meeting that was held in August 2021 but was
−Removed: not held in the prior fiscal year due to COVID-19.
−Removed: Total discretionary marketing
−Removed: expenses were $211,000 and $365,000 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021, respectively, representing decreases
−Removed: of $106,000 and $141,000, or 33.4% and 27.9%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
−Removed: The decrease in the
−Removed: current-year periods was primarily due to a shift to more cost-effective direct-to-consumer marketing investments.
−Removed: Professional fees were
−Removed: $624,000 and $1,735,000 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021, respectively, representing increases of $91,000 and
+Added: International
+Added: International revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $196,000, representing an increase
+Added: of $120,000, or 157.9%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: For the nine months ended March 31, 2022, international revenue
+Added: was $432,000, an increase of $135,000, or 45.5%, compared to the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: International sales are affected
+Added: by the timing of international distributor purchases that can cause significant fluctuations in reported revenue on a quarterly
+Added: profit increased to $7,743,000, or 76.4% of net revenues, for the three months ended March 31, 2022, from $6,701,000, or 76.3%
+Added: of net revenues, in the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: Gross profit increased to $23,324,000, or 76.7% of net revenues, for the nine
+Added: months ended March 31, 2022, from $20,374,000, or 77.5% of net revenues, in the same period in fiscal 2021.
+Added: For the nine months
+Added: ended March 31, 2022, the decrease in gross profit as a percentage of net revenues compared to the prior year period was primarily
+Added: due to higher raw material and shipping costs, partially offset by a Medicare allowable rate increase that took effect in January
+Added: 2022, increased operational efficiencies and operating leverage on higher revenue.
+Added: general and administrative expenses.
+Added: Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses were $6,544,000
+Added: and $19,806,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, respectively, representing increases of $493,000 and $3,316,000,
or 8.1% and 20.1%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
−Removed: Professional fees include services
−Removed: related to legal costs, shareowner services and reporting requirements, information technology technical support and consulting
−Removed: The increase in professional fees compared to prior periods was primarily due an increase in system infrastructure investments
−Removed: and costs related to a shareholder activism matter, which concluded with a cooperation agreement in September 2021.
−Removed: incur any shareholder activism costs during the three months ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: We continue to make key investments in systems
−Removed: infrastructure including implementing a new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system, enhancing our customer relationship
−Removed: management system and further optimization of the revenue cycle management system that was implemented in June 2021.
−Removed: these system infrastructure investments will result in more efficient and scalable operational processes and provide enhanced analytics
−Removed: to drive business performance.
−Removed: Research and development expenses.
−Removed: Research and development (“R&D”) expenses were $329,000 and $705,000 for the three and six months ended December
−Removed: 31, 2021, respectively, representing decreases of $178,000 and $284,000, or 35.1% and 28.7%, respectively, compared to the same
−Removed: periods in the prior year.
−Removed: The decrease in the current-year periods was primarily due to reduced professional services costs associated
−Removed: with our next generation platform development.
−Removed: R&D expenses were 3.2% and 3.5% of revenue for the three and six months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2021, respectively.
−Removed: Interest income, net
−Removed: interest income for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021 was $6,000 and $15,000, respectively, compared to $10,000
−Removed: and $19,000, respectively, in the comparable prior-year periods.
−Removed: The decrease in the current-year periods was primarily due to
−Removed: lower rates earned on our cash deposits.
−Removed: Income tax expense
−Removed: Income tax expense was estimated
−Removed: at $244,000 and $352,000 and the effective tax rate was 22.6% and 21.6% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
−Removed: Estimated income tax expense for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021 each include a discrete tax benefit of $1,000
−Removed: and $21,000, respectively, related to the exercise of stock options.
−Removed: Income tax expense was estimated
−Removed: at $389,000 and $526,000 and the effective tax rate was 24.4% and 23.2% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2020, respectively.
−Removed: Estimated income tax expense for the three and six months ended December 31, 2020 each include a discrete tax expense of $7,000
−Removed: and a discrete tax benefit of $32,000, respectively, related to the exercise of stock options.
−Removed: Net income for the three
−Removed: and six months ended December 31, 2021 was $838,000 and $1,277,000, respectively, compared to $1,204,000 and $1,738,000 for the
−Removed: same periods in the prior year.
−Removed: The decrease in the current-year periods was driven by increased strategic investments in SG&A
−Removed: and higher shareholder activism costs in the three months ended September 30, 2021 partially offset by stronger home care and distributor
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: Cash Flows and Sources of Liquidity
−Removed: Cash Flows from Operating Activities
−Removed: For the six months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2021, net cash used by operating activities was $106,000.
−Removed: Cash flows provided by operating activities consisted of
−Removed: net income of $1,277,000, non-cash expenses of $863,000, a decrease in inventory of $334,000, a decrease in contract assets of
−Removed: $111,000, and an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $22,000.
−Removed: These cash flows from operating activities were
−Removed: offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $2,082,000, an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of $265,000, and an
−Removed: increase in income tax receivable of $366,000.
−Removed: The increase in accounts receivable was primarily due to continued growth in the
−Removed: Medicare portion of our home care business, which has a 13-month payment cycle.
−Removed: Cash Flows from Investing Activities
−Removed: For the six months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2021, cash used in investing activities was $580,000.
−Removed: Cash used in investing activities consisted of $511,000 in expenditures
−Removed: for property and equipment and $69,000 in expenditures for patent costs.
−Removed: The investment in property and equipment primarily relates
−Removed: to our system infrastructure investments in an ERP system, customer relationship management system and revenue cycle management
−Removed: system, as well as tooling equipment for our next generation product.
−Removed: Cash Flows from Financing Activities
−Removed: For the six months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2021, cash used in financing activities was $733,000, which consisted of $663,000 used to repurchase shares of common
−Removed: stock, and $70,000 of taxes paid on net share settlements of stock option exercises.
−Removed: Adequacy of Capital Resources
−Removed: Our primary working capital
−Removed: requirements relate to adding employees to our sales force and support functions, continuing R&D efforts, IT infrastructure
−Removed: projects, and supporting general corporate needs, including financing equipment purchases and other capital expenditures incurred
−Removed: in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: Based on our current operational performance, we believe our working capital of $27,780,000
−Removed: and available borrowings under our existing credit facility will provide adequate liquidity during fiscal 2022.
−Removed: Effective December 17,
−Removed: 2021, we renewed our credit facility, which provides us with a revolving line of credit.
−Removed: Interest on borrowings on the line of
−Removed: credit accrues at the prime rate (3.25% at December 31, 2021) less 1.00% and is payable monthly.
−Removed: There was no outstanding principal
−Removed: balance on the line of credit as of December 31, 2021 or June 30, 2021.
−Removed: The amount eligible for borrowing on the line of credit
−Removed: is limited to the lesser of $2,500,000 or 57.00% of eligible accounts receivable, and the line of credit expires on December 18,
−Removed: 2023, if not renewed.
−Removed: At December 31, 2021, the maximum $2,500,000 was available under the line of credit.
−Removed: Payment obligations
−Removed: under the line of credit are secured by a security interest in substantially all of our tangible and intangible assets.
−Removed: The documents governing
−Removed: our line of credit contain certain financial and nonfinancial covenants that include a minimum tangible net worth of not less than
−Removed: $10,125,000 and restrictions on our ability to incur certain additional indebtedness or pay dividends.
−Removed: Any failure to comply with
−Removed: these covenants in the future may result in an event of default, which if not cured or waived, could result in the lender accelerating
−Removed: the maturity of our indebtedness, preventing access to additional funds under the line of credit, requiring prepayment of outstanding
−Removed: indebtedness, or refusing to renew the line of credit.
−Removed: If the maturity of the indebtedness is accelerated or the line of credit
−Removed: is not renewed, sufficient cash resources to satisfy the debt obligations may not be available and we may not be able to continue
−Removed: operations as planned.
−Removed: If we are unable to repay such indebtedness, the lender could foreclose on these assets.
−Removed: For the six months ended December
−Removed: 31, 2021 and 2020, we spent $511,000 and $54,000, respectively, on property and equipment.
−Removed: We currently expect to finance planned
−Removed: equipment purchases with available working capital, cash flows from operations or borrowings under our credit facility.
−Removed: need to incur additional debt if we have an unforeseen need for additional capital equipment or if our operating performance does
−Removed: not generate adequate cash flows.
−Removed: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, we had no off-balance sheet
−Removed: arrangements.
−Removed: Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
−Removed: Statements contained in
−Removed: this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not statements of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements within
−Removed: the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
−Removed: Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
−Removed: Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
−Removed: statements regarding:
+Added: and compensation-related expenses were $3,990,000 and $12,013,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, respectively,
+Added: representing increases of $152,000 and $1,444,000, or 4.0% and 13.7%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior
+Added: The increase in the current year periods was primarily due to a higher average number of sales, sales support and marketing
+Added: personnel, increased reimbursement personnel to process higher patient referrals, increased temporary resources to assist with
+Added: systems infrastructure investments and increased incentive payments on higher home care revenue .
+Added: We have also continued to provide regular merit-based increases for our employees and are regularly benchmarking our compensation
+Added: ranges for new and existing employees to ensure we can hire and retain the talent needed to drive growth in our business.
+Added: sales employees totaled 51, of which 42 were direct sales, as of March 31, 2022, compared to 48 as of March 31, 2021, of which
+Added: 39 were direct sales.
+Added: meals and entertainment expenses were $580,000 and $1,810,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, respectively,
+Added: representing increases of $140,000 and $540,000, or 31.8% and 42.5%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
+Added: The increase in the three months ended March 31, 2022 was primarily due to our sales team resuming closer-to-normal levels of
+Added: travel compared to the COVID-19 driven travel restrictions in the prior year periods and an increase in regional sales meetings
+Added: that were cancelled in the prior year due to COVID-19.
+Added: For the nine months ended March 31, 2022, we also held an in-person national
+Added: sales meeting in August 2021 whereas the national sales meeting was held virtually the prior fiscal year due to COVID-19.
+Added: discretionary marketing expenses were $241,000 and $605,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, respectively,
+Added: representing decreases of $107,000 and $248,000, or 30.7% and 29.1%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
+Added: The decrease in the current year periods was primarily due to a shift to more cost-effective direct-to-consumer marketing investments.
+Added: fees were $719,000 and $2,454,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, respectively, representing increases of
+Added: $19,000 and $768,000, or 2.7% and 45.6%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
+Added: Professional fees include
+Added: services related to legal costs, shareowner services and reporting requirements, information technology technical support and
+Added: consulting fees.
+Added: For the nine months ended March 31, 2022, the increase in professional fees was primarily due to a shareholder
+Added: activism matter, increased investment in our system infrastructure and increased clinical study costs.
+Added: Our shareholder activism
+Added: matter concluded with a cooperation agreement in September 2021, and we did not incur any shareholder activism costs during the
+Added: three months ended March 31, 2022.
+Added: We continue to make key investments in systems infrastructure including implementing a new
+Added: enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system, enhancing our customer relationship management system and further optimizing
+Added: of the revenue cycle management system that was implemented in June 2021.
+Added: We expect these system infrastructure investments will
+Added: result in more efficient and scalable operational processes and provide enhanced analytics to drive business performance.
+Added: expect to continue investing in our on-going clinical studies in order to continue building the body of evidence around positive
+Added: outcomes from bronchiectasis patients using HFCWO/SmartVest therapy.
+Added: fees were $207,000 and $569,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, respectively, representing increases of $124,000
+Added: and $358,000, or 149.4% and 169.7%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
+Added: The increase in recruiting fees
+Added: is primarily due to increased recruiting for senior leadership and direct sales representative positions.
+Added: expenses were $337,000 and $972,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, respectively, representing increases of
+Added: $50,000 and $145,000, or 17.4% and 17.5%, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.
+Added: The increase in insurance
+Added: expenses primarily relate to higher health insurance, director and officer insurance costs and cyber insurance costs.
+Added: and development expenses.
+Added: Research and development (“R&D”) expenses were $336,000 and $1,041,000 for the three
+Added: and nine months ended March 31, 2022, respectively, representing decreases of $71,000 and $355,000, or 17.4% and 25.4%, respectively,
+Added: compared to the same periods in the prior year.
+Added: The decrease in the current-year periods was primarily due to reduced professional
+Added: services costs associated with our next generation platform development.
+Added: R&D expenses were 3.3% and 3.4% of revenue for the
+Added: three and nine months ended March 31, 2022, respectively.
+Added: interest income for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 was $6,000 and $21,000, respectively, compared to $10,000 and
+Added: $29,000, respectively, in the comparable prior year periods.
+Added: The decrease in the current year periods was primarily due to lower
+Added: rates earned on our cash deposits and lower cash deposits in the bank compared to prior fiscal periods.
+Added: tax expense was estimated at $224,000 and $576,000 and the effective tax rate was 25.8% and 23.1% for the three and nine months
+Added: ended March 31, 2022, respectively.
+Added: Estimated income tax expense for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 each include
+Added: a discrete tax benefit of $22,000 and $43,000, respectively, related to the exercise of stock options and other items.
+Added: tax expense was estimated at $29,000 and $555,000 and the effective tax rate was 11.5% and 22.0% for the three and nine months
+Added: ended March 31, 2021, respectively.
+Added: Estimated income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 included a discrete
+Added: tax benefit of $37,000 as a result of lower federal and state taxes than what was originally estimated in our fiscal year ended
+Added: June 30, 2020 tax provision.
+Added: Estimated income tax expense for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 included that $37,000 discrete
+Added: tax benefit as well as a $32,000 discrete tax benefit related to the exercise of stock options.
+Added: The net impact of these discrete
+Added: events decreased the estimated effective tax rates by 2.7% during the nine months ended March 31, 2021.
+Added: income for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 was $645,000 and $1,922,000, respectively, compared to $224,000 and
+Added: $1,962,000 for the same periods in the prior year.
+Added: The increase in net income for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was driven
+Added: by home care and distributor revenue growth, partially offset by increased strategic investments in SG&A and higher product
+Added: The decrease in net income for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 was due to increased strategic investments in SG&A,
+Added: shareholder activism costs and higher product costs, partially offset by stronger home care and distributor revenue growth.
+Added: and Capital Resources
+Added: Flows and Sources of Liquidity
+Added: Flows from Operating Activities
+Added: the nine months ended March 31, 2022, net cash provided by operating activities was $53,000.
+Added: Cash flows provided by operating
+Added: activities consisted of net income of $1,922,000, non-cash expenses of $1,191,000, a decrease in inventory of $9,000, a decrease
+Added: in contract assets of $98,000 and an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $550,000.
+Added: These cash flows from operating
+Added: activities were offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $2,582,000, an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of
+Added: $519,000, an increase in income tax receivable of $443,000 and a decrease in accrued compensation of $173,000.
+Added: The increase in
+Added: accounts receivable was primarily due to continued growth in the Medicare portion of our home care business, which has a 13-month
+Added: payment cycle.
+Added: Three distinct items have negatively impacted our operating cash flow for the nine months ended March 31, 2022,
+Added: including tax payments on higher-than-expected fiscal 2021 net income, a one-time payout of accrued vacation balances as part
+Added: of an enhancement to our paid time off policy, and increased prepayments to secure adequate supply of key raw material components.
+Added: Our cash receipt collection remains strong, with the three months ended March 31, 2022 period having the highest cash receipt
+Added: collections in our company’s history, building upon the prior record that was set in the previous quarter.
+Added: Flows from Investing Activities
+Added: the nine months ended March 31, 2022, cash used in investing activities was $1,066,000.
+Added: Cash used in investing activities consisted
+Added: of $980,000 in expenditures for property and equipment and $86,000 in expenditures for patent costs.
+Added: The investment in property
+Added: and equipment primarily relates to our system infrastructure investments in an ERP system, customer relationship management system
+Added: and revenue cycle management system, as well as tooling equipment for our next generation product.
+Added: Flows from Financing Activities
+Added: the nine months ended March 31, 2022, cash used in financing activities was $1,032,000, which consisted of $962,000 used to repurchase
+Added: shares of common stock, and $70,000 of taxes paid on net share settlements of stock option exercises.
+Added: of Capital Resources
+Added: primary working capital requirements relate to adding employees to our sales force and support functions, continuing R&D efforts,
+Added: IT infrastructure projects, and supporting general corporate needs, including financing equipment purchases and other capital
+Added: expenditures incurred in the ordinary course of business.
+Added: Based on our current operational performance, we believe our working
+Added: capital of $28,022,000 and available borrowings under our existing credit facility will provide adequate liquidity during fiscal
+Added: December 17, 2021, we renewed our credit facility, which provides us with a revolving line of credit.
+Added: Interest on borrowings on
+Added: the line of credit accrues at the prime rate (3.5% at March 31, 2022) less 1.0% and is payable monthly.
+Added: There was no outstanding
+Added: principal balance on the line of credit as of March 31, 2022 or June 30, 2021.
+Added: The amount eligible for borrowing on the line of
+Added: credit is limited to the lesser of $2,500,000 or 57.00% of eligible accounts receivable, and the line of credit expires on December
+Added: 18, 2023, if not renewed before such date.
+Added: At March 31, 2022, the maximum $2,500,000 was available under the line of credit.
+Added: obligations under the line of credit are secured by a security interest in substantially all of our tangible and intangible assets.
+Added: documents governing our line of credit contain certain financial and nonfinancial covenants that include a minimum tangible net
+Added: worth of not less than $10,125,000 and restrictions on our ability to incur certain additional indebtedness or pay dividends.
+Added: failure to comply with these covenants in the future may result in an event of default, which if not cured or waived, could result
+Added: in the lender accelerating the maturity of our indebtedness, preventing access to additional funds under the line of credit, requiring
+Added: prepayment of outstanding indebtedness, or refusing to renew the line of credit.
+Added: If the maturity of the indebtedness is accelerated
+Added: or the line of credit is not renewed, sufficient cash resources to satisfy the debt obligations may not be available and we may
+Added: not be able to continue operations as planned.
+Added: If we are unable to repay such indebtedness, the lender could foreclose on these
+Added: the nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, we spent $980,000 and $105,000, respectively, on property and equipment.
+Added: expect to finance planned equipment purchases with available working capital, cash flows from operations or borrowings under our
+Added: credit facility.
+Added: We may need to incur additional debt if we have an unforeseen need for additional capital equipment or if our
+Added: operating performance does not generate adequate cash flows.
+Added: Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
+Added: contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not statements of historical fact should be considered forward-looking
+Added: statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
+Added: 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
+Added: Forward- looking statements include,
+Added: but are not limited to, statements regarding:
the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business;
−Removed: our business strategy, including our intended
−Removed: level of investment in R&D and marketing activities;
−Removed: our expectations with respect to earnings, gross margins and sales growth,
−Removed: industry relationships, marketing strategies and international sales;
−Removed: estimated sizes of markets into which our products are or
+Added: our business strategy,
+Added: including our intended level of investment in R&D and marketing activities;
+Added: our expectations with respect to earnings, gross
+Added: margins and sales growth, industry relationships, marketing strategies and international sales;
+Added: estimated sizes of markets into
+Added: which our products are or may be sold;
our business strengths and competitive advantages;
−Removed: our ability to grow additional sales distribution channels;
−Removed: intent to retain any earnings for use in operations rather than paying dividends;
−Removed: our expectation that our products will continue
−Removed: to qualify for reimbursement and payment under government and private insurance programs;
−Removed: our intellectual property plans and practices;
+Added: our ability to grow additional sales
+Added: distribution channels;
+Added: our intent to retain any earnings for use in operations rather than paying dividends;
+Added: our expectation that
+Added: our products will continue to qualify for reimbursement and payment under government and private insurance programs;
+Added: our intellectual
+Added: property plans and practices;
the expected impact of applicable regulations on our business;
−Removed: our beliefs about our manufacturing processes;
−Removed: our expectations
−Removed: and beliefs with respect to our employees and our relationships with them;
−Removed: our belief that our current facilities are adequate
−Removed: to support our growth plans;
−Removed: our expectations with respect to ongoing compliance with the terms of our credit facility;
−Removed: our expectations
−Removed: regarding the ongoing availability of credit and our ability to renew our line of credit;
−Removed: enhancements to our products and services;
+Added: our beliefs about our manufacturing
+Added: our expectations and beliefs with respect to our employees and our relationships with them;
+Added: our belief that our current
+Added: facilities are adequate to support our growth plans;
+Added: our expectations with respect to ongoing compliance with the terms of our
+Added: credit facility;
+Added: our expectations regarding the ongoing availability of credit and our ability to renew our line of credit;
+Added: to our products and services;
expected excise tax exemption for the SmartVest System;
−Removed: and our anticipated revenues, expenses, capital requirements and liquidity.
−Removed: Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,”
−Removed: “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,”
−Removed: “project,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions, including the negative
−Removed: of these terms, are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.
−Removed: Although we believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
−Removed: results to differ materially from those projected by such statements.
−Removed: Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
−Removed: and other factors that may cause our actual results or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or
−Removed: achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Factors that could cause actual results
−Removed: to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:
−Removed: ● the duration, extent and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its
−Removed: effects on our business, operations and employees as well as its impact on our customers and distribution channels and on economies
−Removed: and markets more generally;
−Removed: ● the competitive nature of our market;
−Removed: ● changes to Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance reimbursement policies;
−Removed: ● supply chain disruptions that limit our ability to produce and deliver our products to patients;
−Removed: ● changes to state and federal health care laws;
−Removed: ● changes affecting the medical device industry;
−Removed: ● our ability to develop new sales channels for our products such as the home care distributor channel;
−Removed: ● our need to maintain regulatory compliance and to gain future regulatory approvals and clearances;
−Removed: ● new drug or pharmaceutical discoveries;
−Removed: ● general economic and business conditions;
−Removed: ● our ability to renew our line of credit or obtain additional credit as necessary;
−Removed: ● our ability to protect and expand our intellectual property portfolio;
−Removed: ● the risks associated with expansion into international markets;
−Removed: ● the risks associated with cyberattacks, data breaches, computer viruses and other similar security threats;
−Removed: ● the risks associated with our planned sales force expansion.
−Removed: This list of factors is
−Removed: not exhaustive, however, and these or other factors, many of which are outside of our control, could have a material adverse effect
−Removed: on us and our results of operations.
−Removed: Therefore, you should consider these risk factors with caution and form your own critical
−Removed: and independent conclusions about the likely effect of these risk factors on our future performance.
−Removed: Forward-looking statements
−Removed: speak only as of the date on which the statements are made, and we undertake no obligation, and expressly disclaim any such obligation,
−Removed: to update any forward-looking statement for any reason other than as required by law, even if new information becomes available
−Removed: or other events occur in the future.
−Removed: You should carefully review the disclosures and the risk factors described in this and other
−Removed: documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our Annual Report
−Removed: on Form 10-K for fiscal 2021.
−Removed: All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified
−Removed: in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth herein.
−Removed: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
−Removed: About Market Risk.
−Removed: As a smaller reporting company, we are not required
−Removed: to provide disclosure pursuant to this Item.
+Added: and our anticipated revenues, expenses,
+Added: capital requirements and liquidity.
+Added: Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,”
+Added: “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “ongoing,” “plan,”
+Added: “potential,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions,
+Added: including the negative of these terms, are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of
+Added: identifying such statements.
+Added: Although we believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they involve risks and uncertainties
+Added: that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected by such statements.
+Added: Such statements involve known and
+Added: unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results or our industry’s actual results, levels
+Added: of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by the forward-looking
+Added: that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited
+Added: to, the following:
+Added: duration, extent and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its effects on our
+Added: business, operations and employees as well as its impact on our customers and distribution
+Added: channels and on economies and markets more generally;
+Added: competitive nature of our market;
+Added: to Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance reimbursement policies;
+Added: chain disruptions that limit our ability to produce and deliver our products to patients;
+Added: to state and federal health care laws;
+Added: affecting the medical device industry;
+Added: ability to develop new sales channels for our products such as the home care distributor
+Added: need to maintain regulatory compliance and to gain future regulatory approvals and clearances;
+Added: drug or pharmaceutical discoveries;
+Added: economic and business conditions;
+Added: ability to renew our line of credit or obtain additional credit as necessary;
+Added: ability to protect and expand our intellectual property portfolio;
+Added: risks associated with expansion into international markets;
+Added: risks associated with cyberattacks, data breaches, computer viruses and other similar
+Added: security threats;
+Added: risks associated with our planned sales force expansion.
+Added: list of factors is not exhaustive, however, and these or other factors, many of which are outside of our control, could have a
+Added: material adverse effect on us and our results of operations.
+Added: Therefore, you should consider these risk factors with caution and
+Added: form your own critical and independent conclusions about the likely effect of these risk factors on our future performance.
+Added: Forward-looking
+Added: statements speak only as of the date on which the statements are made, and we undertake no obligation, and expressly disclaim
+Added: any such obligation, to update any forward-looking statement for any reason other than as required by law, even if new information
+Added: becomes available or other events occur in the future.
+Added: You should carefully review the disclosures and the risk factors described
+Added: in this and other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including
+Added: our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2021.
+Added: All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf
+Added: are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth herein.
+Added: and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
+Added: a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide disclosure pursuant to this Item.
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