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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2016

OR

¨    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     .

Commission file number: 001-14057

 

KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

(502) 596-7300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No   x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

 

 

 

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FORM 10-Q

INDEX

 

 

 

 

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KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

See accompanying notes.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Business

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company that through its subsidiaries operates transitional care (“TC”) hospitals, a home health, hospice and community care business, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals (“IRFs”), a contract rehabilitation services business, nursing centers and assisted living facilities across the United States (collectively, the “Company” or “Kindred”). At March 31, 2016, the Company’s hospital division operated 95 TC hospitals (certified as long-term acute care (“LTAC”) hospitals under the Medicare program) in 22 states. The Company’s Kindred at Home division primarily provided home health, hospice, and community care services from 618 sites of service in 40 states. The Company’s Kindred Rehabilitation Services division operated 19 IRFs and 104 hospital-based acute rehabilitation units (“ARUs”) (certified as IRFs), and provided rehabilitation services primarily in hospitals and long-term care settings in 46 states. The Company’s nursing center division operated 92 nursing centers and seven assisted living facilities in 19 states.

Gentiva merger

On October 9, 2014, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Gentiva Merger Agreement”) with Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (“Gentiva”), providing for the Company’s acquisition of Gentiva (the “Gentiva Merger”). On February 2, 2015, the Company consummated the Gentiva Merger, with Gentiva continuing as the surviving company and the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary.

Discontinued operations

The Company has completed several transactions related to the divestiture or planned divestiture of unprofitable hospitals and nursing centers to improve its future operating results. For accounting purposes, the operating results of these businesses and the gains associated with these transactions were classified as discontinued operations in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for all periods presented in accordance with the authoritative guidance in effect through December 31, 2014. Effective January 1, 2015, the authoritative guidance modified the requirements for reporting discontinued operations. A disposal is now required to be reported in discontinued operations only if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results.

Assets held for sale at March 31, 2016 have been measured at the lower of carrying value or estimated fair value less costs of disposal and have been classified as held for sale in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. See Note 4 for a summary of discontinued operations.

Recently issued accounting requirements

In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued authoritative guidance that requires the tax effects related to share-based payments to be recorded through the income statement at settlement. Under the new guidance, tax benefits in excess of or less than the tax effect of compensation expenses will no longer be recorded in equity for purpose of simplification, which is expected to reduce administrative complexities but could increase the volatility of income tax expense. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is still assessing this guidance.

In March 2016, the FASB finalized its amendments to the guidance in the new revenue standard on assessing whether an entity is a principal or an agent in a revenue transaction. Under the new amendments, the FASB confirmed that a principal in an arrangement controls a good or service before it is transferred to a customer but revised the structure of indicators when an entity is the principal. The amendments have the same effective date and transition requirements as the new revenue standard, which is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted on or after December 15, 2016. The Company is still assessing this guidance.

In March 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that eliminates the requirement to apply the equity method of accounting retrospectively when a reporting entity obtains significant influence over a previously held investment. Under the new guidance, the equity method of accounting should be applied prospectively from the date significant influence is obtained. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Continued)

Recently issued accounting requirements (Continued)

In March 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance clarifying that a change in the counterparty to a derivative contract, in and of itself, does not require the dedesignation of a hedging relationship. Under the new guidance, an entity will still need to evaluate whether it is possible that the counterparty will perform under the contract as part of the assessment for hedge accounting. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

In February 2016, the FASB issued amended authoritative guidance on accounting for leases. The new provisions require that a lessee of operating leases recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. The lease liability will be equal to the present value of lease payments, with the right-of-use asset based upon the lease liability. The classification criteria for distinguishing between finance (or capital) leases and operating leases are substantially similar to the previous lease guidance, but with no explicit bright lines. As such, operating leases will result in straight-line rent expense similar to current practice. For short-term leases (term of 12 months or less), a lessee is permitted to make an accounting election not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities, which would generally result in lease expense being recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and will require application of the new guidance at the beginning of the earliest comparable period presented. Early adoption is permitted. The new standard must be adopted using a modified retrospective transition. The adoption of this standard is expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position. The Company is still evaluating the impact on its results of operations and expects no material impact on liquidity.

In January 2016, the FASB issued amended authoritative guidance which makes targeted improvements for financial instruments. The new provisions impact certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements of financial instruments. Specifically, the guidance will (1) require equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, (2) simplify the impairment assessment of equity investments without readily determinable fair values, (3) eliminate the requirement to disclose the method and assumptions used to estimate fair value for financial instruments measured at amortized cost, and (4) require separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption is not permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

In August 2014, the FASB issued authoritative guidance requiring management to evaluate whether there are conditions and events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide disclosures in certain circumstances. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods ending after December 15, 2016. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued authoritative guidance which changes the requirements for recognizing revenue when entities enter into contracts with customers. Under the new provisions, an entity will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects what it expects in exchange for the goods or services. It also requires more detailed disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. In July 2015, the FASB finalized a one year deferral of the new revenue standard with an updated effective date for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017. Entities are not permitted to adopt the standard earlier than the original effective date, which was on or after December 15, 2016. The Company is still assessing this guidance.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Continued)

Equity

The following table sets forth the changes in equity attributable to noncontrolling interests and equity attributable to Kindred stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Continued)

Derivative financial instruments

In December 2011, the Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements to hedge its floating interest rate on an aggregate of $225 million of debt outstanding under its senior secured term loan facility (the “Prior Term Loan Facility”) entered into in June 2011. The interest rate swaps had an effective date of January 9, 2012, and expired on January 11, 2016. The Company was required to make payments based upon a fixed interest rate of 1.8925% calculated on the notional amount of $225 million. In exchange, the Company received interest on $225 million at a variable interest rate that was based upon the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), subject to a minimum rate of 1.5%. These interest rate swaps were replaced in January 2016 as set forth below.

In March 2014, the Company entered into an additional interest rate swap agreement to hedge its floating interest rate on an aggregate of $400 million of debt outstanding under its Third Amended and Restated Term Loan Facility (as defined below). On April 8, 2014, the Company completed a novation of a portion of its $400 million swap agreement to two new counterparties, each in the amount of $125 million. The original swap contract was not amended, terminated or otherwise modified. The interest rate swap had an effective date of April 9, 2014, will expire on April 9, 2018 and continues to apply to the Term Loan Facility (as defined below). The Company is required to make payments based upon a fixed interest rate of 1.867% calculated on the notional amount of $400 million. In exchange, the Company will receive interest on $400 million at a variable interest rate that is based upon the three-month LIBOR, subject to a minimum rate of 1.0%. The Company determined these interest rate swaps continue to qualify for cash flow hedge accounting treatment at March 31, 2016.

In January 2016, the Company entered into three interest rate swap agreements to hedge its floating interest rate on an aggregate of $325 million of debt outstanding under its Term Loan Facility, which replaced the previous $225 million aggregate swap that expired on January 11, 2016. The interest rate swaps have an effective date of January 11, 2016, and expire on January 9, 2021. The Company is required to make payments based upon a fixed interest rate of 1.862% and 1.855% calculated on the notional amount of $175 million and $150 million, respectively. In exchange, the Company will receive interest on $325 million at a variable interest rate that is based upon the three-month LIBOR rate, subject to a minimum rate of 1.0%. The Company determined these interest rate swaps qualify for cash flow hedge accounting treatment at March 31, 2016.

The Company records the effective portion of the gain or loss on these derivative financial instruments in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a component of stockholders’ equity and records the ineffective portion of the gain or loss on these derivative financial instruments as interest expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the ineffectiveness related to the interest rate swaps was immaterial.

The aggregate fair value of the interest rate swaps recorded in other accrued liabilities was $10.6 million and $4.5 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. See Note 12.

As used herein, the “Third Amended and Restated Term Loan Facility” refers to the Prior Term Loan Facility, as amended as of October 4, 2012, and as further amended and restated as of May 30, 2013, August 21, 2013, and April 9, 2014.

As used herein, the “Term Loan Facility” refers to the Third Amended and Restated Term Loan Facility, as amended and restated as of November 25, 2014, and as further amended on March 10, 2015.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Continued)

Variable interest entities

The Company follows the provisions of the authoritative guidance for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity (“VIE”). In order to determine if the Company is a primary beneficiary of a VIE for financial reporting purposes, it must consider whether it has the power to direct activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the performance of the VIE and whether the Company has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns that would be significant to the VIE. The Company consolidates a VIE when it is the primary beneficiary.    

In January 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of Centerre Healthcare Corporation (“Centerre”), which operated 11 IRFs. The Company opened two IRFs during 2015 and one additional IRF during the first quarter of 2016. Each entity operating an IRF is subject to a partnership and a management services agreement with the Company. Under United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the Company determined that all of the entities acquired or opened qualify as VIEs and that the Company is the primary beneficiary in all but one arrangement. The Company holds an equity interest and acts as manager in each of the entities. Through the management services agreement, the Company is delegated necessary responsibilities to provide management services, administrative services and direction of the day-to-day operations. Based on the Company’s assessment of the most significant activities of the IRFs, the manager has the ability to direct the majority of those activities in 13 of the entities.

The analysis upon which the consolidation determination rests is complex, involves uncertainties, and requires significant judgment on various matters, some of which could be subject to different interpretations.

The carrying amounts and classifications of the assets and liabilities of the consolidated VIEs are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Other information

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of Regulation S-X and do not include all of the disclosures normally required by GAAP or those normally required in annual reports on Form 10-K. Accordingly, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on Form 10-K. The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2015 was derived from audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

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NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Continued)

Other information (Continued)

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Company’s customary accounting practices. Management believes that financial information included herein reflects all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of interim results and, except as otherwise disclosed, all such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and include amounts based upon the estimates and judgments of management. Actual amounts may differ from those estimates.

 

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

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NOTE 2 – GENTIVA MERGER

On October 9, 2014, the Company entered into the Gentiva Merger Agreement, providing for the Company’s acquisition of Gentiva. On February 2, 2015, the Company consummated the Gentiva Merger, with Gentiva continuing as the surviving company and the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary.

At the effective time of the Gentiva Merger, each share of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Gentiva (“Gentiva Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Gentiva Merger (other than shares held by Kindred, Gentiva and any wholly owned subsidiaries (which were cancelled) and shares owned by stockholders who properly exercised and perfected a demand for appraisal rights under Delaware law), including each deferred share unit, were converted into the right to receive (1) $14.50 in cash (the “Cash Consideration”), without interest, and (2) 0.257 of a validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Kindred common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the “Stock Consideration”). The purchase price totaled $722.3 million and was comprised of $544.8 million of Cash Consideration and $177.5 million of Stock Consideration. The Company also assumed $1.2 billion of long-term debt, which was paid off upon consummation of the Gentiva Merger.

The following transactions (collectively, the “Financing Transactions”) occurred in connection with the Gentiva Merger:

• the Company issued $1.35 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes;

• the Company issued approximately 15 million shares of its common stock through two common stock offerings and issued 9.7 million shares of its common stock as the Stock Consideration;

• the Company issued 172,500 tangible equity units (the “Units”); and

• the Company amended its credit facilities.

The Company used the net proceeds from the Financing Transactions to fund the Cash Consideration for the Gentiva Merger, repay Gentiva’s existing debt and pay related transaction fees and expenses.

Operating results in the first quarter of 2016 included transaction and integration costs totaling $1.0 million, and retention and severance costs totaling $0.6 million related to the Gentiva Merger. Operating results in the first quarter of 2015 included transaction and integration costs totaling $32.1 million, retention and severance costs totaling $54.5 million, a lease termination charge of $0.6 million and financing costs totaling $23.4 million related to the Gentiva Merger. Transaction, integration, retention and severance costs were recorded as general and administrative expenses, the lease termination charge was recorded as rent expense and financing costs were recorded as general and administrative expenses ($6.0 million) and as interest expense ($17.4 million).  

Purchase price allocation

The Gentiva Merger purchase price of $722.3 million was allocated based upon the estimated fair value of the tangible and intangible assets, and goodwill.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

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NOTE 2 – GENTIVA MERGER (Continued)

Purchase price allocation (Continued)

The following is the Gentiva Merger purchase price allocation (in thousands):

 

The fair value allocation was measured primarily using a discounted cash flows methodology, which is considered a Level 3 input (as described in Note 12).

The value of gross contractual accounts receivable before determining uncollectable amounts totaled $278.9 million. Accounts estimated to be uncollectable totaled $13.9 million.

The weighted average life of the definite lived intangible assets consisting primarily of a trade name is three years.

The aggregate goodwill arising from the Gentiva Merger is based upon the expected future cash flows of the Gentiva operations, which reflect both growth expectations and cost savings from combining the operations of the Company and Gentiva. Goodwill is not amortized and is not deductible for income tax purposes. Goodwill was assigned to the Company’s home health reporting unit ($612.2 million), hospice reporting unit ($614.0 million) and community care reporting unit ($166.1 million).

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

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NOTE 2 – GENTIVA MERGER (Continued)

Purchase price allocation (Continued)

The unaudited pro forma net effect of the Gentiva Merger assuming the acquisition occurred as of January 1, 2014 is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

The unaudited pro forma financial data have been derived by combining the historical financial results of the Company and the operations acquired in the Gentiva Merger for the period presented. The unaudited pro forma financial data presented excludes transaction, integration, retention and severance costs, a lease termination charge and financing costs totaling $127.6 million incurred by both the Company and Gentiva in connection with the Gentiva Merger. These costs have been eliminated from the results of operations for 2015 and have been reflected as expenses incurred as of January 1, 2014 for purposes of the pro forma financial presentation. Revenues and earnings before interest, income taxes, transaction, integration, retention and severance costs associated with Gentiva aggregated $535.1 million and $61.3 million, respectively, in the first quarter of 2016 and $334.9 million and $36.5 million, respectively, in the first quarter of 2015 since the date of the Gentiva Merger.

NOTE 3 – OTHER ACQUISITIONS

The following is a summary of the Company’s other acquisition activities. The operating results of the acquired businesses have been included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company from the respective acquisition dates. The purchase price of acquired businesses resulted from negotiations with each of the sellers that were based upon both the historical and expected future cash flows of the respective businesses. Each of these acquisitions was financed through operating cash flows and borrowings under the Company’s senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Facility”). Unaudited pro forma financial data related to the acquired businesses have not been presented because the acquisitions are not material, either individually or in the aggregate, to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

During the first quarter of 2016, the Company acquired four home health and hospice businesses for $26.3 million in cash. The Company also acquired a hospice business in exchange for $9.0 million of outstanding accounts receivable owed to the Company.

In February 2016, the Company announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire five LTAC hospitals (233 licensed beds) currently operated by Select Medical Holdings Corporation (“Select”) and sell four of its LTAC hospitals (287 licensed beds) to Select. The Company expects to complete these transactions during the second or third quarter of 2016.

On January 1, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of Centerre for a purchase price of approximately $195 million in cash (the “Centerre Acquisition”). Centerre operated 11 IRFs with 614 beds through partnerships.

During the first quarter of 2015, the Company also acquired a home-based primary care practice for $4.1 million.

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NOTE 4 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

In accordance with the authoritative guidance for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets, the divestitures or planned divestiture of unprofitable businesses discussed in Note 1 has been accounted for as discontinued operations. Accordingly, the results of operations of these businesses for all periods presented and the gains associated with these transactions have been classified as discontinued operations, net of income taxes, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations based upon the authoritative guidance which was in effect through December 31, 2014. Effective January 1, 2015, the authoritative guidance modified the requirements for reporting discontinued operations. A disposal is now required to be reported in discontinued operations only if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. At March 31, 2016, the Company held for sale one nursing center reported as discontinued operations.

On December 27, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with Ventas, Inc. (“Ventas”) to transition the operations under the leases for nine non-strategic nursing centers (the “2014 Expiring Facilities”). Each lease terminates when the operation of such nursing center is transferred to a new operator. Through March 31, 2016, the Company transferred the operations of eight of the 2014 Expiring Facilities. The lease term for eight of the 2014 Expiring Facilities was scheduled to expire on April 30, 2018. The lease term for the ninth of the 2014 Expiring Facilities was scheduled to expire on April 30, 2020. At March 31, 2016, the Company continued to operate the remaining facility and transferred operations on April 1, 2016. For accounting purposes, the 2014 Expiring Facilities qualified as assets held for sale, and the Company reflected the operating results as discontinued operations in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for all historical periods. Under the terms of the agreement to transition the operations of the 2014 Expiring Facilities, the Company incurred a $40 million termination fee in exchange for the early termination of the leases, which was paid to Ventas in January 2015.

A summary of discontinued operations follows (in thousands):

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NOTE 4 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Continued)

The following table sets forth certain discontinued operating data by business segment (in thousands):

 

A summary of the net assets held for sale follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

NOTE 5 – REVENUES

Revenues are recorded based upon estimated amounts due from patients and third party payors for healthcare services provided, including anticipated settlements under reimbursement agreements with Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid Managed and other third party payors. Revenues under third party agreements are subject to examination and retroactive adjustment. Provisions for estimated third party adjustments are provided in the period the related services are rendered. Differences between the amounts accrued and subsequent settlements are recorded in the periods the interim or final settlements are determined.

A summary of revenues by payor type follows (in thousands):

 

 

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NOTE 6 – EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE AND DIVIDENDS

Earnings (loss) per common share are based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the respective periods. Because the Company has reported a loss from continuing operations attributable to the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2015, the diluted calculation of earnings per common share excludes the dilutive impact of stock options and tangible equity units. The Company follows the provisions of the authoritative guidance for determining whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are participating securities, which requires that unvested restricted stock that entitles the holder to receive nonforfeitable dividends before vesting be included as a participating security in the basic and diluted earnings per common share calculation pursuant to the two-class method.

A computation of earnings (loss) per common share follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

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NOTE 6 – EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE AND DIVIDENDS (Continued)

The Company paid a cash dividend of $0.12 per common share on April 1, 2016 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 10, 2016. The Company also paid a cash dividend of $0.12 per common share on April 1, 2015 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 11, 2015. Future declarations of dividends will be subject to the approval of Kindred’s Board of Directors.

The Company made an installment payment on the Company’s Units on March 1, 2016 to holders of record on February 15, 2016, which consisted of a quarterly installment payment of $18.75 per Unit. The Company also made an installment payment on the Company’s Units on March 2, 2015, which consisted of a quarterly installment payment of $18.75 per Unit, plus a one-time incremental payment of $1.25 per Unit for the period between November 25, 2014 and December 1, 2014, for a total payment of $20.00 per Unit. Each Unit is composed of a prepaid stock purchase contract (a “Purchase Contract”) and one share of 7.25% Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock”) having a final preferred stock installment payment date of December 1, 2017 and an initial liquidation preference of $201.58 per share of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock. To the extent that any Unit has been separated into its constituent Purchase Contract and its constituent share of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock, the installment payment is payable only on the constituent share of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock.

 

NOTE 7 – BUSINESS SEGMENT DATA

The Company is organized into four operating divisions: the hospital division, the Kindred at Home division, the Kindred Rehabilitation Services division and the nursing center division. Based upon the authoritative guidance for business segments, the operating divisions represent six reportable operating segments, including (1) hospitals, (2) home health services, (3) hospice services, (4) Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services, (5) RehabCare and (6) nursing centers. These reportable operating segments are consistent with information used by the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Operating Officer to assess performance and allocate resources. The accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.

For segment purposes, the Company defines segment operating income as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and rent. Segment operating income reported for each of the Company’s operating segments excludes litigation contingency expense, impairment charges, transaction costs and the allocation of support center overhead.

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NOTE 7 – BUSINESS SEGMENT DATA (Continued)

The following table sets forth certain data by business segment (in thousands):

 

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NOTE 7 – BUSINESS SEGMENT DATA (Continued)

 

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NOTE 7 – BUSINESS SEGMENT DATA (Continued)

 

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NOTE 7 – BUSINESS SEGMENT DATA (Continued)

 

 

 

NOTE 8 – INSURANCE RISKS

The Company insures a substantial portion of its professional liability risks and workers compensation risks through its wholly owned limited purpose insurance subsidiaries. Provisions for loss for these risks are based upon management’s best available information including actuarially determined estimates. Effective with the Gentiva Merger, the Company cancelled all policies issued by the Gentiva wholly owned limited purpose insurance subsidiary and insures all post-merger risks through its insurance subsidiary.

The allowance for professional liability risks includes an estimate of the expected cost to settle reported claims and an amount, based upon past experiences, for losses incurred but not reported. These risks are necessarily based upon estimates and, while management believes that the provision for loss is adequate, the ultimate liability may be in excess of, or less than, the amounts recorded. To the extent that expected ultimate claims costs vary from historical provisions for loss, future earnings will be charged or credited.

The provision for loss for insurance risks, including the cost of coverage maintained with unaffiliated commercial insurance carriers, follows (in thousands):

 

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NOTE 8 – INSURANCE RISKS (Continued)

A summary of the assets and liabilities related to insurance risks included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet follows (in thousands):

 

Provisions for loss for professional liability risks retained by the Company’s limited purpose insurance subsidiary have been discounted based upon actuarial estimates of claim payment patterns using a discount rate of 1%. The discount rate is based upon the risk-free interest rate for the respective year. Amounts equal to the discounted loss provision are funded annually. The Company does not fund the portion of professional liability risks related to estimated claims that have been incurred but not reported. Accordingly, these liabilities are not discounted. If the Company did not discount any of the allowances for professional liability risks, these balances would have approximated $339.9 million at March 31, 2016 and $329.9 million at December 31, 2015.

Provisions for loss for workers compensation risks retained by the Company’s limited purpose insurance subsidiary are not discounted and amounts equal to the loss provision are funded annually.

 

NOTE 9 – INSURANCE SUBSIDIARY INVESTMENTS

The Company maintains investments, consisting principally of cash and cash equivalents, debt securities, equities and certificates of deposit for the payment of claims and expenses related to professional liability and workers compensation risks. These investments have been categorized as available-for-sale and are reported at fair value.

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NOTE 9 – INSURANCE SUBSIDIARY INVESTMENTS (Continued)

The cost for equities, amortized cost for debt securities and estimated fair value of the Company’s insurance subsidiary investments follows (in thousands):

 

Since the Company’s insurance subsidiary investments are restricted for a limited purpose, they are classified in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet based upon the expected current and long-term cash requirements of the Company’s limited purpose insurance subsidiaries.

The Company’s investment policy governing insurance subsidiary investments precludes the investment portfolio managers from selling any security at a loss without prior authorization from the Company. The investment managers also limit the exposure to any one issue, issuer or type of investment. The Company intends, and has the ability, to hold insurance subsidiary investments for a long duration without the necessity of selling securities to fund the underwriting needs of its insurance subsidiary. This ability to hold securities allows sufficient time for recovery of temporary declines in the market value of equity securities and the par value of debt securities as of their stated maturity date.

The Company considered the severity and duration of its unrealized losses at March 31, 2016 and recognized pretax other-than-temporary-impairments of $0.2 million for various investments held in its insurance subsidiary investment portfolio. These investments were determined to be impaired after considering the duration of the declines in values and the likelihood of near term price recovery of each investment. Because the Company considered the remaining unrealized losses at March 31, 2016 to be temporary, the Company did not record any additional impairment losses related to these investments. The Company considered the severity and duration of its unrealized losses at March 31, 2015 for various investments held in its insurance subsidiary investment portfolio and determined that these unrealized losses were temporary and did not record any impairment losses related to these investments.  

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NOTE 10 – LONG-TERM DEBT

Credit Facilities Amendments

On March 10, 2015, the Company entered into an incremental amendment agreement, which provided for an incremental term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million under its Term Loan Facility. The Company used the net proceeds of the incremental term loan to repay outstanding borrowings under its ABL Facility. The incremental term loan was issued with 50 basis points of original issue discount (“OID”) and has the same terms as, and is fungible with, all other term loans outstanding under the Company’s Term Loan Facility.

Amendment to Notes due 2022

On April 9, 2014, the Company completed a private placement of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.375% senior notes due 2022 (the “Notes due 2022”). The Notes due 2022 were issued pursuant to the indenture dated April 9, 2014 (the “2022 Indenture”) among the Company, the guarantors party thereto (the “2022 Guarantors”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

On January 30, 2015, following the receipt of sufficient consents to approve the proposed amendments (the “Amendments”), the Company, the 2022 Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, entered into the first supplemental indenture (the “2022 Notes Supplemental Indenture”) to the 2022 Indenture. The 2022 Notes Supplemental Indenture conforms certain covenants, definitions and other terms in the 2022 Indenture to the covenants, definitions and terms contained in the indentures governing the Notes (as defined in Note 13). The Amendments became operative following the consummation of the Gentiva Merger.

 

NOTE 11 – CONTINGENCIES

Management continually evaluates contingencies based upon the best available information. In addition, allowances for losses are provided currently for disputed items that have continuing significance, such as certain third party reimbursements and deductions that continue to be claimed in current cost reports and tax returns.

Management believes that allowances for losses have been provided to the extent necessary and that its assessment of contingencies is reasonable.

Principal contingencies are described below.

Revenues – Certain third party payments are subject to examination by agencies administering the various reimbursement programs. The Company is contesting certain issues raised in audits of prior year cost reports and the denial of payment by third parties to the Company’s customers.

Professional liability risks – The Company has provided for losses for professional liability risks based upon management’s best available information including actuarially determined estimates. Ultimate claims costs may differ from the provisions for loss. See Note 8.

Legal and regulatory proceedings – The Company is a party to various legal actions and regulatory and other governmental and internal audits and investigations in the ordinary course of business (including investigations resulting from the Company’s obligation to self-report suspected violations of law). The Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of pending litigation and regulatory and other governmental and internal audits and investigations. The U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) or other federal and state enforcement and regulatory agencies may conduct additional investigations related to the Company’s businesses in the future. These matters could potentially subject the Company to sanctions, damages, recoupments, fines and other penalties (some of which may not be covered by insurance), which may, either individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and liquidity. See Note 14.

Other indemnifications – In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into contracts containing standard indemnification provisions and indemnifications specific to a transaction, such as a disposal of an operating facility. These indemnifications may cover claims related to employment-related matters, governmental regulations, environmental issues and tax matters, as well as patient, third party payor, supplier and contractual relationships. The Company also is subject to indemnity claims under contracts with its Kindred Rehabilitation Services division customers related to the provision of its services. Obligations under these indemnities generally are initiated by a breach of the terms of a contract or by a third party claim or event. These indemnifications could potentially subject the Company to damages and other payments which may, either individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

Income taxes – The Company is subject to various federal and state income tax audits in the ordinary course of business. Such audits could result in increased tax payments, interest and penalties.

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NOTE 12 – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company follows the provisions of the authoritative guidance for fair value measurements, which addresses how companies should measure fair value when they are required to use a fair value measure for recognition or disclosure purposes under GAAP.

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The guidance related to fair value measures establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The guidance describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

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NOTE 12 – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)

The Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and non-recurring basis and any associated losses are summarized below (in thousands):

 

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NOTE 12 – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)

Recurring measurements

The Company’s available-for-sale investments held by its limited purpose insurance subsidiaries consist of debt securities, equities, money market funds and certificates of deposit. These available-for-sale investments and the insurance subsidiaries’ cash and cash equivalents of $162.0 million as of March 31, 2016 and $156.4 million as of December 31, 2015, classified as insurance subsidiary investments, are maintained for the payment of claims and expenses related to professional liability and workers compensation risks.

The Company also has available-for-sale investments totaling $1.7 million as of March 31, 2016 and $1.8 million as of December 31, 2015 related to a deferred compensation plan that is maintained for certain of the Company’s current and former employees.

The fair value of actively traded debt and equity securities and money market funds is based upon quoted market prices and is generally classified as Level 1. The fair value of inactively traded debt securities and certificates of deposit is based upon either quoted market prices of similar securities or observable inputs such as interest rates using either a market or income valuation approach and is generally classified as Level 2. The Company’s investment advisors obtain and review pricing for each security. The Company is responsible for the determination of fair value and as such the Company reviews the pricing information from its advisors in determining reasonable estimates of fair value. Based upon the Company’s internal review procedures, there were no adjustments to the prices during the three months ended March 31, 2016 or March 31, 2015.

The Company’s deposits held in money market funds consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents held for the Company’s insurance programs and for general corporate purposes.

The Company acquired a contingent consideration liability in the Gentiva Merger from a prior acquisition by Gentiva with an initial estimated fair value of $7.9 million. The fair value is determined using a discounted cash flow approach utilizing Level 2 and Level 3 inputs which includes observable market discount rates, fixed payment schedules, and assumptions based on achieving certain predefined performance criteria. As of March 31, 2016, the fair value of the Level 2 and 3 contingent consideration liability was $4.8 million. The change in fair value in the first quarter of 2016 consists of $1.7 million in fixed payments and $0.1 million in accrued interest included in interest expense in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. A one percent change in the discount rate used to calculate the accretion of the present value of the contingent consideration liability would have an impact on the fair value of approximately $0.1 million.

The fair value of the derivative liability associated with the interest rate swaps is estimated using industry-standard valuation models, which are Level 2 measurements. Such models project future cash flows and discount the future amounts to a present value using market-based observable inputs, including interest rate curves.

The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments. The carrying value is equal to fair value for financial instruments that are based upon quoted market prices or current market rates. The Company’s long-term debt is based upon Level 2 inputs.

 

Non-recurring measurements

During the first quarter of 2016, the Company recorded asset impairment charges of $7.8 million related to the planned sale of 12 LTAC hospitals. These charges reflect the amount by which the carrying value of certain property and equipment exceeded its estimated fair value. The fair value of property and equipment was measured using Level 3 inputs, primarily replacement costs. See Note 15.

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NOTE 12 – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)

Non-recurring measurements (Continued)

During the first quarter of 2015, the Company recorded an asset impairment charge of $6.7 million related to previously acquired home health and hospice trade names after the decision in the first quarter of 2015 to rebrand to the Kindred at Home trade name. These charges reflect the amount by which the carrying value exceeded its estimated fair value. The fair value of the trade names was measured using Level 3 unobservable inputs, primarily economic obsolescence.

NOTE 13 – CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The accompanying condensed consolidating financial information has been prepared and presented pursuant to SEC Regulation S-X, Rule 3-10, “Financial Statements of Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities Registered or Being Registered.” The Company’s $750 million aggregate principal amount of 8.00% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes due 2020”), Notes due 2022 and $600 million aggregate principal amount of 8.75% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes due 2023”) (the Notes due 2020 and the Notes due 2023 are collectively referred to as the “Notes”) are all fully and unconditionally guaranteed by substantially all of the Company’s domestic 100% owned subsidiaries. The equity method has been used with respect to the parent company’s investment in subsidiaries.

The following unaudited condensed consolidating financial data present the financial position of the parent company/issuer, the guarantor subsidiaries and the non-guarantor subsidiaries as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and the respective results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015.

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

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NOTE 13 – CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Continued)

 

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NOTE 13 – CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

 

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NOTE 13 – CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Continued)

 

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NOTE 13 – CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

 

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NOTE 13 – CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Continued)

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Continued)

 

 

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NOTE 14 – LEGAL AND REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS

The Company provides services in a highly regulated industry and is subject to various legal actions and regulatory and other governmental and internal audits and investigations in the ordinary course of business (including investigations resulting from the Company’s obligation to self-report suspected violations of law). These matters could (1) require the Company to pay substantial damages, fines, penalties or amounts in judgments or settlements, which individually or in the aggregate could exceed amounts, if any, that may be recovered under the Company’s insurance policies where coverage applies and is available; (2) cause the Company to incur substantial expenses; (3) require significant time and attention from the Company’s management; (4) subject the Company to sanctions, including possible exclusions from the Medicare and Medicaid programs; and (5) cause the Company to close or sell one or more facilities or otherwise modify the way the Company conducts business. The ultimate resolution of these matters, whether as a result of litigation or settlement, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.

In accordance with authoritative accounting guidance related to loss contingencies, the Company records an accrued liability for litigation and regulatory matters that are both probable and reasonably estimable. Additional losses in excess of amounts accrued may be reasonably possible. The Company reviews loss contingencies that are reasonably possible and determines whether an estimate of the possible loss or range of loss, individually or in aggregate, can be disclosed in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. These estimates are based upon currently available information for those legal and regulatory proceedings in which the Company is involved, taking into account the Company’s best estimate of losses for those matters for which such estimate can be made. The Company’s estimates involve significant judgment and a variety of assumptions, given that (1) these legal and regulatory proceedings may be in early stages; (2) discovery may not be completed; (3) damages sought in these legal and regulatory proceedings can be unsubstantiated or indeterminate; (4) the matters often involve legal uncertainties or evolving areas of law; (5) there are often significant facts in dispute; and/or (6) there is a wide range of possible outcomes. Accordingly, the Company’s estimated loss or range of loss may change from time to time, and actual losses may be more or less than the current estimate. At this time, except as otherwise specifically noted, no estimate of the possible loss or range of loss, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of the amounts accrued, if any, can be made regarding the matters described below.

Set forth below are descriptions of the Company’s significant legal proceedings.

Medicare and Medicaid payment reviews, audits and investigations—As a result of the Company’s participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Company faces and is currently subject to various governmental and internal reviews, audits and investigations to verify the Company’s compliance with these programs and applicable laws and regulations. The Company is routinely subject to audits under various government programs, such as the CMS Recovery Audit Contractor program, in which third party firms engaged by CMS conduct extensive reviews of claims data and medical and other records to identify potential improper payments to healthcare providers under the Medicare program. In addition, the Company, like other healthcare providers, is subject to ongoing investigations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”), the DOJ and state attorneys general into the billing of services provided to Medicare and Medicaid patients, including whether such services were properly documented and billed, whether services provided were medically necessary and general compliance with conditions of participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Private pay sources such as third party insurance and managed care entities also often reserve the right to conduct audits. The Company’s costs to respond to and defend any such reviews, audits and investigations are significant and are likely to increase in the current enforcement environment. These audits and investigations may require the Company to refund or retroactively adjust amounts that have been paid under the relevant government program or by other payors. Further, an adverse review, audit or investigation also could result in other adverse consequences, particularly if the underlying conduct is found to be pervasive or systemic. These consequences include (1) state or federal agencies imposing fines, penalties and other sanctions on the Company; (2) loss of the Company’s right to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs or one or more third party payor networks; (3) indemnity claims asserted by customers and others for which the Company provides services; and (4) damage to the Company’s reputation in various markets, which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to attract patients, residents and employees.

On January 12, 2016, the Company entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with the United States of America, acting through the DOJ and on behalf of the OIG (the “United States”), to resolve the pending DOJ investigation concerning the operations of RehabCare Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“RehabCare”), a therapy services company acquired by the Company on June 1, 2011. The DOJ asserted, among other things, that rehabilitation therapy services provided to patients in skilled nursing centers were not delivered or billed in accordance with Medicare requirements (including possible violations of the federal False Claims Act), and that there may have been questionable financial arrangements between RehabCare and a vendor and certain skilled nursing facility customers (including possible violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute) (collectively, the “Covered Conduct”).

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NOTE 14 – LEGAL AND REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS (Continued)

Under the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid $125 million, plus accrued interest from August 31, 2015, at the rate of 1.875% per annum (the “Settlement Payment”) to the United States during the first quarter of 2016. The Company previously recorded a $95 million loss reserve for this matter in the first quarter of 2015 and disclosed an estimated settlement range of $95 million to $125 million. Based on the progress of continuing settlement discussions through October 2015, the Company recorded an additional $30 million loss provision in the third quarter of 2015. The Company recorded an additional loss reserve of approximately $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 related to the Settlement Agreement and associated costs and, in connection with establishing the final terms of the Settlement Agreement, also recorded an income tax benefit of $47 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Under the Settlement Agreement, the United States released the Company from any civil or administrative monetary liability arising from the Covered Conduct. Additionally, under the Settlement Agreement, the United States and the relators agreed to dismiss the civil action filed by the relators under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act, and the OIG, conditioned upon the Company’s full payment of the Settlement Payment and in consideration of the Company’s obligations under the RehabCare CIA (as defined below), released its permissive exclusion rights and refrained from instituting any administrative action seeking to exclude the Company or its subsidiaries from participating in Medicare, Medicaid or other Federal healthcare programs as a result of the Covered Conduct.

In connection with the resolution of this matter, and in exchange for the OIG’s agreement not to exclude the Company or its subsidiaries from participating in the federal healthcare programs, on January 11, 2016, the Company entered into a five-year corporate integrity agreement with the OIG (the “RehabCare CIA”). The RehabCare CIA imposes monitoring, reporting, certification, oversight, screening and training obligations on the Company, certain of which the Company had previously implemented. Among the expanded requirements are the following:

In the event of a breach of the RehabCare CIA, the Company could become liable for payment of certain stipulated penalties, and its RehabCare subsidiaries could be excluded from participation in federal healthcare programs. The costs associated with compliance with the RehabCare CIA could be substantial and may be greater than the Company currently anticipates. Any breach or failure to comply with the RehabCare CIA, the imposition of substantial monetary penalties or any suspension or termination from participation in federal healthcare programs, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.

In connection with the Settlement Agreement, RehabCare has received requests for indemnification from some of its current and former customers related to alleged damages stemming from payments made by these customers to the DOJ and the related legal and other costs. At this time, the Company has recorded an estimated aggregate loss contingency reserve of $6.2 million for these matters. No estimate of the possible loss in excess of the amount accrued can be made regarding these matters at this time. There is no certainty about the timing or likelihood of any definitive resolutions relating to these indemnification claims. The Company disputes the allegations in these indemnification claims and will defend these and any related claims vigorously.  

Whistleblower lawsuits—The Company is also subject to qui tam or “whistleblower” lawsuits under the federal False Claims Act and comparable state laws for allegedly submitting fraudulent bills for services to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These lawsuits can result in monetary damages, fines, attorneys’ fees, and the award of bounties to private qui tam plaintiffs who successfully bring these lawsuits and to the respective government programs. The Company also could be subject to civil penalties (including the loss of the Company’s licenses to operate one or more facilities or healthcare activities), criminal penalties (for violations of certain laws and regulations), and exclusion of one or more facilities or healthcare activities from participation in the Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and state healthcare programs. The lawsuits are in various stages of adjudication or investigation and involve a wide variety of claims and potential outcomes.

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NOTE 14 – LEGAL AND REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS (Continued)

Employment-related lawsuits—The Company’s operations are subject to a variety of federal and state employment-related laws and regulations, including but not limited to the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), Equal Employment Opportunity laws, and enforcement policies of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Civil Rights and state attorneys general, federal and state wage and hour laws, and a variety of laws enacted by the federal and state governments that govern these and other employment-related matters. Accordingly, the Company is currently subject to employee-related claims, class action and other lawsuits and proceedings in connection with the Company’s operations, including but not limited to those related to alleged wrongful discharge, illegal discrimination, and violations of equal employment and federal and state wage and hour laws. Because labor represents such a large portion of the Company’s operating costs, noncompliance with these evolving federal and state laws and regulations could subject the Company to significant back pay awards, fines, and additional lawsuits and proceedings. These claims, lawsuits, and proceedings are in various stages of adjudication or investigation and involve a wide variety of claims and potential outcomes.

As a result of the decertification of a wage and hour class action lawsuit (Rindfleisch v. Gentiva), single-plaintiff lawsuits with identical claims have been filed against the Company. Including Rindfleisch, which has four plaintiffs, there are 154 lawsuits pending in federal district court for the Northern District of Georgia. These lawsuits pertain to a compensation plan that paid Gentiva’s home health employees on both a per visit and an hourly basis, thereby allegedly voiding their FLSA exempt status and entitling them to overtime pay. The plaintiffs in these lawsuits are seeking attorneys’ fees and costs, back wages, and liquidated damages as allowed under the FLSA. The Company recorded an estimated loss contingency reserve of $5.5 million related to these matters. At this time, no estimate of the possible loss or range of loss in excess of the amount accrued can be made regarding these lawsuits. The Company disputes the allegations made in these lawsuits and will defend these and any related claims vigorously.

Minimum staffing lawsuits—Various states in which the Company operates hospitals and nursing centers have established minimum staffing requirements or may establish minimum staffing requirements in the future. While the Company seeks to comply with all applicable staffing requirements, the regulations in this area are complex and the Company may experience compliance issues from time to time. Failure to comply with such minimum staffing requirements may result in one or more facilities failing to meet the conditions of participation under relevant federal and state healthcare programs and the imposition of significant fines, damages, or other sanctions.  

Shareholder actions—The Company is also subject to lawsuits and other shareholder actions brought from time to time.

On March 16, 2016, a shareholder derivative action (the “Complaint”) was filed against certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors in circuit court for Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Complaint also names the Company as a nominal defendant. The Complaint alleges that the named current and former officers and directors of the Company breached their respective duties of good faith, loyalty and candor, and other general fiduciary duties owed to the Company and its shareholders by, among other things, failing to exercise reasonable and prudent supervision over the management, polices and controls of the Company in order to detect practices that existed at RehabCare resulting in the Company having to enter into two separate settlement agreements with the DOJ. The Company disputes the allegations made in the Complaint and will defend this action and any related claims vigorously.

 

 

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NOTE 14 – LEGAL AND REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS (Continued)

Ordinary course matters—In addition to the matters described above, the Company is subject to investigations, claims, and lawsuits in the ordinary course of business, including investigations resulting from the Company’s obligation to self-report suspected violations of law and professional liability claims, particularly in our hospital and nursing center operations. In many of these claims, plaintiffs’ attorneys are seeking significant fines and compensatory and punitive damages in addition to attorneys’ fees. The Company maintains professional and general liability insurance in amounts and coverage that management believes are sufficient for the Company’s operations. However, the Company’s insurance may not cover all claims against the Company or the full extent of the Company’s liability.

NOTE 15 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 3, 2016, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell 12 LTAC hospitals (the “Hospitals”) to Curahealth, LLC (“Curahealth”), an affiliate of a private investment firm sponsored by Nautic Partners, LLC, for $27.5 million. The Hospitals have, in aggregate, 783 licensed beds in Arizona, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.

In connection with the sale of the Hospitals, the Company entered into amendments to certain of its master lease agreements with Ventas on April 3, 2016 to transition the operations of seven of the Hospitals which are leased from Ventas (the “Leased Hospitals”). Six of the Leased Hospitals are leased under master lease agreement No. 5 and one is leased under master lease agreement No. 1. The Leased Hospitals will remain leased under the applicable master lease agreement until the closing of the sale to Curahealth. The Company paid a fee to Ventas of $3.5 million upon signing of the amendments and will pay an additional $2.958 million upon the closing of the sale of the Leased Hospitals. Ventas will pay the Company 50% of the sales proceeds for the real estate (after deduction of Ventas’s closing costs) attributed to the Leased Hospitals in the sale, which is anticipated to be immaterial.

Under separate lease amendments, the annual rent on the Leased Hospitals, which have current annual rent of $7.7 million, will immediately be reallocated to the remaining facilities the Company leases from Ventas under the various master lease agreements. As required under GAAP, the reallocated rents will be recorded as a lease termination fee by the Company upon the cease use date of the Leased Hospitals. Total annual payments on Ventas’s post-acute care portfolio operated by the Company will remain the same as its current level.

If the sale of the Leased Hospitals to Curahealth does not close by July 31, 2016, the Company will be permitted to cease operating the Leased Hospitals, but these Leased Hospitals will otherwise remain subject to the applicable master lease agreement until their scheduled expiration dates. If such sale to Curahealth does not occur, the Company and Ventas will continue to attempt to identify a purchaser for the Leased Hospitals, and share the net proceeds of any such sale.

In connection with these transactions, the Company estimates that it will incur a one-time pretax lease termination fee of approximately $54 million comprised of the $6.5 million of fees paid to Ventas in conjunction with execution of the amendments and approximately $47 million of aggregate reallocated rents attributable to the Leased Hospitals, which will be recorded upon the cease use date of the Leased Hospitals. The lease termination fee will be recorded as a long-term liability discounted at the Company’s credit-adjusted risk-free rate through the end of the original lease term of the Leased Hospitals, or through 2025. The Company does not expect any additional lease termination fees related to the transactions.

The Company estimates that it will recognize a non-cash pretax impairment charge to property and equipment of approximately $25 million to $30 million, of which $7.8 million was recorded during the first quarter of 2016. In addition, the Company estimates that it will recognize a pretax loss on disposal of $20 million to $25 million which includes a non-cash pretax write-off of both goodwill and other intangible assets of $12 million to $17 million allocable to the Hospitals.

 

 

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Cautionary Statement

This Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s expected future financial position, results of operations, cash flows, dividends, financing plans, business strategy, budgets, capital expenditures, competitive positions, growth opportunities, plans and objectives of management, government investigations, regulatory matters, and statements containing words such as “anticipate,” “approximate,” “believe,” “plan,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “will,” “intend,” “may,” “potential,” “upside,” and other similar expressions. Statements in this report concerning the Company’s business outlook or future economic performance, anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses, dividends, or other financial items, and product or services-line growth, and expected outcome of government investigations and other regulatory matters, together with other statements that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements that are estimates reflecting the best judgment of the Company based upon currently available information.

Such forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and stockholders and other potential investors must recognize that actual results may differ materially from the Company’s expectations as a result of a variety of factors, including, without limitation, those discussed below. Such forward-looking statements are based upon management’s current expectations and include known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which the Company is unable to predict or control, that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance, or plans to differ materially from any future results, performance, or plans expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks, uncertainties, and other factors discussed below and detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the SEC.

In addition to the factors set forth above, other factors that may affect the Company’s plans, results, or stock price include, without limitation:  

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Cautionary Statement (Continued)

Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s control. The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements made by the Company are not guarantees of future performance. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or to announce publicly the results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

General

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto, should be read in conjunction with the following discussion and analysis.

The Company is a healthcare services company that through its subsidiaries operates TC hospitals, a home health, hospice and community care business, IRFs, a contract rehabilitation services business, nursing centers and assisted living facilities across the United States. At March 31, 2016, the Company’s hospital division operated 95 TC hospitals (7,089 licensed beds) in 22 states. The Company’s Kindred at Home division primarily provided home health, hospice, and community care services from 618 sites of service in 40 states. The Company’s Kindred Rehabilitation Services division operated 19 IRFs (969 licensed beds) and 104 hospital-based ARUs, and provided rehabilitation services primarily in hospitals and long-term care settings in 46 states. The Company’s nursing center division operated 92 nursing centers (11,815 licensed beds) and seven assisted living facilities (375 licensed beds) in 19 states.

Gentiva merger

On October 9, 2014, the Company entered into the Gentiva Merger Agreement, providing for the Company’s acquisition of Gentiva. On February 2, 2015, the Company consummated the Gentiva Merger, with Gentiva continuing as the surviving company and the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary.

At the effective time of the Gentiva Merger, each share of Gentiva Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Gentiva Merger (other than shares held by Kindred, Gentiva and any wholly owned subsidiaries (which were cancelled) and shares owned by stockholders who properly exercised and perfected a demand for appraisal rights under Delaware law), including each deferred share unit, were converted into the right to receive (1) the Cash Consideration, without interest, and (2) the Stock Consideration.

Operating results in the first quarter of 2016 included transaction costs totaling $1 million and retention and severance costs totaling $1 million related to the Gentiva Merger. Operating results in the first quarter of 2015 included transaction and integration costs totaling $32 million, retention and severance costs totaling $55 million, a lease termination charge of $1 million and financing costs totaling $23 million related to the Gentiva Merger. See note 2 of the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Discontinued operations

The Company has completed several strategic divestitures or planned divestitures to improve its future operating results. For accounting purposes, the operating results of these businesses and the gains associated with these transactions were classified as discontinued operations in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for all periods presented in accordance with the authoritative guidance in effect through December 31, 2014. Effective January 1, 2015, the authoritative guidance modified the requirements for reporting discontinued operations. A disposal is now required to be reported in discontinued operations only if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results.

Assets held for sale at March 31, 2016 have been measured at the lower of carrying value or estimated fair value less costs of disposal and have been classified as held for sale in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

On December 27, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with Ventas to transition the operations under the leases for the 2014 Expiring Facilities. Each lease terminates when the operation of such nursing center is transferred to a new operator. Through March 31, 2016, the Company transferred the operations of eight of the 2014 Expiring Facilities. The lease term for eight of the 2014 Expiring Facilities was scheduled to expire on April 30, 2018. The lease term for the ninth of the 2014 Expiring Facilities was scheduled to expire on April 30, 2020. At March 31, 2016, the Company continued to operate the remaining facility and transferred operations on April 1, 2016. For accounting purposes, the 2014 Expiring Facilities qualified as assets held for sale, and the Company reflected the operating results as discontinued operations in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for all historical periods. Under the terms of the agreement to transition the operations of the 2014 Expiring Facilities, the Company incurred a $40 million termination fee in exchange for the early termination of the leases, which was paid to Ventas in January 2015.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Critical Accounting Policies

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires the use of estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies. The Company relies on historical experience and on various other assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances to make judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates.

The Company believes the following critical accounting policies, among others, affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

Revenue recognition

The Company has agreements with third party payors that provide for payments to each of its operating divisions. These payment arrangements may be based upon prospective rates, reimbursable costs, established charges, discounted charges or per diem payments. Net patient service revenue is recorded at the estimated net realizable amounts from Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid Managed, other third party payors and individual patients for services rendered. Retroactive adjustments that are likely to result from future examinations by third party payors are accrued on an estimated basis in the period the related services are rendered and adjusted as necessary in future periods based upon new information or final settlements.

Collectibility of accounts receivable

Accounts receivable consist primarily of amounts due from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, other government programs, managed care health plans, commercial insurance companies, skilled nursing and hospital customers, individual patients and other customers. Estimated provisions for doubtful accounts are recorded to the extent it is probable that a portion or all of a particular account will not be collected.

In evaluating the collectibility of accounts receivable, the Company considers a number of factors, including the age of the accounts, changes in collection patterns, the composition of patient accounts by payor type, the status of ongoing disputes with third party payors and general industry conditions. Actual collections of accounts receivable in subsequent periods may require changes in the estimated provision for loss. Changes in these estimates are charged or credited to the results of operations in the period of the change.

The provision for doubtful accounts totaled $12 million and $9 million in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Allowances for insurance risks

The Company insures a substantial portion of its professional liability risks and workers compensation risks through its limited purpose insurance subsidiaries. Provisions for loss for these risks are based upon management’s best available information including actuarially determined estimates. Effective with the Gentiva Merger, the Company cancelled all policies issued by the Gentiva limited purpose insurance subsidiary and insures all post-merger risks through its insurance subsidiary.

The allowance for professional liability risks includes an estimate of the expected cost to settle reported claims and an amount, based upon past experiences, for losses incurred but not reported. These risks are necessarily based upon estimates and, while management believes that the provision for loss is adequate, the ultimate liability may be in excess of, or less than, the amounts recorded. To the extent that expected ultimate claims costs vary from historical provisions for loss, future earnings will be charged or credited.

Provisions for loss for professional liability risks retained by the Company’s limited purpose insurance subsidiary have been discounted based upon actuarial estimates of claim payment patterns using a discount rate of 1%. The discount rate is based upon the risk-free interest rate for the respective year. Amounts equal to the discounted loss provision are funded annually. The Company does not fund the portion of professional liability risks related to estimated claims that have been incurred but not reported. Accordingly, these liabilities are not discounted. The allowance for professional liability risks aggregated $337 million at March 31, 2016 and $327 million at December 31, 2015. If the Company did not discount any of the allowances for professional liability risks, these balances would have approximated $340 million at March 31, 2016 and $330 million at December 31, 2015.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Critical Accounting Policies (Continued)

Allowances for insurance risks (Continued)

Changes in the number of professional liability claims and the cost to settle these claims significantly impact the allowance for professional liability risks. A relatively small variance between the Company’s estimated and actual number of claims or average cost per claim could have a material impact, either favorable or unfavorable, on the adequacy of the allowance for professional liability risks. For example, a 1% variance in the allowance for professional liability risks at March 31, 2016 would impact the Company’s operating income by approximately $3 million.

The provision for professional liability risks (continuing operations), including the cost of coverage maintained with unaffiliated commercial insurance carriers, aggregated $21 million and $17 million in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively. The increase in the first quarter of 2016 was primarily attributable to an increase in the frequency and severity of claims in the nursing center division.

Provisions for loss for workers compensation risks retained by the Company’s limited purpose insurance subsidiary are not discounted and amounts equal to the loss provision are funded annually. The allowance for workers compensation risks aggregated $259 million at March 31, 2016 and $255 million at December 31, 2015. The provision for workers compensation risks (continuing operations), including the cost of coverage maintained with unaffiliated commercial insurance carriers, aggregated $17 million and $15 million in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively. Workers compensation cost increased in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 primarily as a result of the Gentiva Merger.

Accounting for income taxes

The provision (benefit) for income taxes is based upon the Company’s estimate of annual taxable income or loss for each respective accounting period. The Company recognizes an asset or liability for the deferred tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements. These temporary differences will result in taxable or deductible amounts in future years when the reported amounts of the assets are recovered or liabilities are settled. The Company also recognizes as deferred tax assets the future tax benefits from net operating losses and capital loss carryforwards.

Management assesses the positive and negative evidence to estimate whether sufficient future taxable income will be generated to permit use of the existing deferred tax assets. Based upon the weight of the evidence, it is more-likely-than-not that all of the federal deferred tax assets will be realized. The amount of deferred tax assets considered realizable, however, could be adjusted if estimates of future taxable income during the carryforward period are reduced or if the weight of the available evidence changes.

The Company’s effective income tax rate was 31.4% and 17.1% in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively. The effective income tax rate in the first quarter of 2015 was negatively impacted by having no tax benefit recorded for a $95 million litigation contingency loss reserve as it was not possible to determine the tax deductibility of the contingency. See note 14 of the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company has recognized deferred tax assets to the extent it is more likely than not they will be realized and a valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets to the extent that it is uncertain that the deferred tax asset will be realized. The Company recognized net deferred tax assets totaling $100 million and $104 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

The Company is subject to various federal and state income tax audits in the ordinary course of business. Such audits could result in increased tax payments, interest and penalties. While the Company believes its tax positions are appropriate, there can be no assurance that the various authorities engaged in the examination of its income tax returns will not challenge the Company’s positions.

Valuation of long-lived assets, goodwill and intangible assets

Long-lived assets and intangible assets with finite lives

The Company reviews the carrying value of certain long-lived assets and finite lived intangible assets with respect to any events or circumstances that indicate an impairment or an adjustment to the amortization period is necessary. If circumstances suggest that the recorded amounts cannot be recovered based upon estimated future undiscounted cash flows, the carrying values of such assets are reduced to fair value.

In assessing the carrying values of long-lived assets, the Company estimates future cash flows at the lowest level for which there are independent, identifiable cash flows. For this purpose, these cash flows are aggregated based upon the contractual agreements underlying the operation of the facility or group of facilities. Generally, an individual facility for hospitals or nursing centers, skilled

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Critical Accounting Policies (Continued)

Valuation of long-lived assets, goodwill and intangible assets (Continued)

Long-lived assets and intangible assets with finite lives (Continued)

nursing rehabilitation services reporting unit, hospital rehabilitation services reporting unit or geographical locations within the Kindred at Home division are considered the lowest level for which there are independent, identifiable cash flows. However, to the extent that groups of facilities are leased under a master lease agreement in which the operations of a facility and compliance with the lease terms are interdependent upon other facilities in the agreement (including the Company’s ability to renew the lease or divest a particular property), the Company defines the group of facilities under a master lease agreement, or a renewal bundle in a master lease, as the lowest level for which there are independent, identifiable cash flows. Accordingly, the estimated cash flows of all facilities within a master lease agreement, or a renewal bundle in a master lease, are aggregated for purposes of evaluating the carrying values of long-lived assets.

The Company’s intangible assets with finite lives, such as customer relationship assets, trade names, leasehold interests and non-compete agreements, are amortized in accordance with the authoritative guidance for goodwill and other intangible assets primarily using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives ranging from one to 20 years.

During the first quarter of 2016, the Company recorded asset impairment charges of $8 million related to the planned sale of the Hospitals to Curahealth. These charges reflect the amount by which the carrying value of certain property and equipment exceeded its estimated fair value. The fair value of property and equipment was measured using Level 3 inputs, primarily replacement costs.

Goodwill

In accordance with the authoritative guidance for goodwill and other intangible assets, the Company is required to perform an impairment test for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets at least annually or more frequently if adverse events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset may be impaired. The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test on October 1 each fiscal year for each of its reporting units.

A reporting unit is either an operating segment or one level below the operating segment, referred to as a component. When the components within the Company’s operating segments have similar economic characteristics, the Company aggregates the components of its operating segments into one reporting unit. Accordingly, the Company has determined that its reporting units are hospitals, home health, hospice, community care, hospital rehabilitation services, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, RehabCare and nursing centers. The hospital rehabilitation services and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals reporting units are both included in the Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services operating segment of the Kindred Rehabilitation Services division. The community care reporting unit is included in the home health operating segment of the Kindred at Home division. The carrying value of goodwill for each of the Company’s reporting units at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 follows (in thousands):

 

The goodwill impairment test involves a two-step process. The first step is a comparison of each reporting unit’s fair value to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the reporting unit is greater than its fair value, there is an indication that impairment may exist and the second step must be performed to measure the amount of impairment loss, if any. Based upon the results of the step one impairment test for goodwill for each of the Company’s reporting units at October 1, 2015, no goodwill impairment charges were recorded in connection with the Company’s annual impairment test.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Critical Accounting Policies (Continued)

Valuation of long-lived assets, goodwill and intangible assets (Continued)

Goodwill (Continued)

Since quoted market prices for the Company’s reporting units are not available, the Company applies judgment in determining the fair value of these reporting units for purposes of performing the goodwill impairment test. The Company relies on widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow and market multiple analyses approaches, which capture both the future income potential of the reporting unit and the market behaviors and actions of market participants in the industry that includes the reporting unit. These types of analyses require the Company to make assumptions and estimates regarding future cash flows, industry-specific economic factors and the profitability of future business strategies. The discounted cash flow approach uses a projection of estimated operating results and cash flows that are discounted using a weighted average cost of capital. Under the discounted cash flow approach, the projection uses management’s best estimates of economic and market conditions over the projected period for each reporting unit including growth rates in the number of admissions, patient days, reimbursement rates, operating costs, rent expense and capital expenditures. Other significant estimates and assumptions include terminal value growth rates, changes in working capital requirements and weighted average cost of capital. The market multiple analysis estimates fair value by applying cash flow multiples to the reporting unit’s operating results. The multiples are derived from comparable publicly traded companies with similar operating and investment characteristics to the reporting units.

The Company has determined that during the three months ended March 31, 2016, there were no events or changes in circumstances since October 1, 2015 requiring an interim impairment test. Although the Company has determined that there were no goodwill or other indefinite-lived intangible asset impairments as of March 31, 2016, adverse changes in the operating environment and related key assumptions used to determine the fair value of the Company’s reporting units and indefinite-lived intangible assets or declines in the value of the Company’s common stock may result in future impairment charges for a portion or all of these assets. Specifically, if the rate of growth of government and commercial revenues earned by the Company’s reporting units were to be less than projected or if healthcare reforms were to negatively impact the Company’s business, an impairment charge of a portion or all of these assets may be required. The Company considered the goodwill impairment indicators related to the planned sale of the Hospitals to Curahealth and determined there was not a triggering event since the Hospitals were not a significant component of the hospital reporting unit and were immaterial to the cash flows of the annual impairment review. See note 15 of the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

An impairment charge could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, and results of operations, but would not be expected to have an impact on the Company’s cash flows or liquidity.

Indefinite-lived intangible assets

The Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of trade names, Medicare certifications and certificates of need. The fair values of the Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets are derived from current market data, including comparable sales or royalty rates, and projections at a facility, geographical location level or reporting unit which include management’s best estimates of economic and market conditions over the projected period. Significant assumptions include growth rates in the number of admissions, patient days, reimbursement rates, operating costs, rent expense, capital expenditures, terminal value growth rates, changes in working capital requirements, weighted average cost of capital and opportunity costs.

The annual impairment tests for certain of the Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets are performed as of May 1 and October 1. No impairment charges were recorded in connection with the annual impairment tests performed at each of the dates in 2015. The Medicare certifications in the Company’s home health, hospice and IRFs reporting units totaling approximately $118 million were within 1% of their fair value at October 1, 2015 after the annual impairment test. The majority of the $118 million Medicare certification value related to the Gentiva Merger and the Centerre Acquisition, which were each appraised during 2015.

During the first quarter of 2015, the Company recorded an asset impairment charge of $7 million related to previously acquired home health and hospice trade names after the decision in the first quarter of 2015 to rebrand to the Kindred at Home trade name. These charges reflect the amount by which the carrying value exceeded its estimated fair value. The fair value of the trade names was measured using Level 3 unobservable inputs, primarily economic obsolescence.  

Recently Issued Accounting Requirements

In March 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that requires the tax effects related to share-based payments to be recorded through the income statement at settlement. Under the new guidance, tax benefits in excess of or less than the tax effect of compensation expenses will no longer be recorded in equity for purpose of simplification, which is expected to reduce administrative complexities but could increase the volatility of income tax expense. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is still assessing this guidance.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Recently Issued Accounting Requirements (Continued)

In March 2016, the FASB finalized its amendments to the guidance in the new revenue standard on assessing whether an entity is a principal or an agent in a revenue transaction. Under the new amendments, the FASB confirmed that a principal in an arrangement controls a good or service before it is transferred to a customer but revised the structure of indicators when an entity is the principal. The amendments have the same effective date and transition requirements as the new revenue standard, which is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted on or after December 15, 2016. The Company is still assessing this guidance.

In March 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that eliminates the requirement to apply the equity method of accounting retrospectively when a reporting entity obtains significant influence over a previously held investment. Under the new guidance, the equity method of accounting should be applied prospectively from the date significant influence is obtained. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity.  

In March 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance clarifying that a change in the counterparty to a derivative contract, in and of itself, does not require the dedesignation of a hedging relationship. Under the new guidance, an entity will still need to evaluate whether it is possible that the counterparty will perform under the contract as part of the assessment for hedge accounting. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

In February 2016, the FASB issued amended authoritative guidance on accounting for leases. The new provisions require that a lessee of operating leases recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. The lease liability will be equal to the present value of lease payments, with the right-of-use asset based upon the lease liability. The classification criteria for distinguishing between finance (or capital) leases and operating leases are substantially similar to the previous lease guidance, but with no explicit bright lines. As such, operating leases will result in straight-line rent expense similar to current practice. For short-term leases (term of 12 months or less), a lessee is permitted to make an accounting election not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities, which would generally result in lease expense being recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and will require application of the new guidance at the beginning of the earliest comparable period presented. Early adoption is permitted. The new standard must be adopted using a modified retrospective transition. The adoption of this standard is expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position. The Company is still evaluating the impact on its results of operations and expects no material impact on liquidity.

In January 2016, the FASB issued amended authoritative guidance which makes targeted improvements for financial instruments. The new provisions impact certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements of financial instruments. Specifically, the guidance will (1) require equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, (2) simplify the impairment assessment of equity investments without readily determinable fair values, (3) eliminate the requirement to disclose the method and assumptions used to estimate fair value for financial instruments measured at amortized cost, and (4) require separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption is not permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

In August 2014, the FASB issued authoritative guidance requiring management to evaluate whether there are conditions and events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide disclosures in certain circumstances. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods ending after December 15, 2016. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued authoritative guidance which changes the requirements for recognizing revenue when entities enter into contracts with customers. Under the new provisions, an entity will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects what it expects in exchange for the goods or services. It also requires more detailed disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. In July 2015, the FASB finalized a one year deferral of the new revenue standard with an updated effective date for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017. Entities are not permitted to adopt the standard earlier than the original effective date, which was on or after December 15, 2016. The Company is still assessing this guidance.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Results of Operations – Continuing Operations

  A summary of the Company’s operating data follows (unaudited):

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Results of Operations – Continuing Operations (Continued)

Operating data:

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Results of Operations – Continuing Operations (Continued)

Operating data (Continued):

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Results of Operations – Continuing Operations (Continued)

Operating data (Continued):

 

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Results of Operations – Continuing Operations (Continued)

Hospital division

Revenues increased slightly to $643 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $641 million for the same period in 2015. The increase in revenues was primarily a result of a 2% increase in same-hospital revenue per patient day, offset partially by an aggregate decline in same-hospital patient days of 1% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015. Same-hospital admissions grew 1% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. Same-hospital average length of stay declined to 28.6 days in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 29.1 days in the first quarter of 2015, which contributed to a 2% decline in same-hospital average daily census.

Operating income for the first quarter of 2016 included $1 million related to severance costs. Operating income for the first quarter of 2015 included $1 million related to a cancelled development project. Excluding these charges, operating margins increased to 21.1% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 21.0% in the first quarter of 2015 as a result of growth in revenues per patient day.

Average hourly wage rates increased 3% for the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015. Employee benefit costs declined 1% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015, primarily as a result of a reduction in compensated absence expense.

Professional liability costs were $11 million and $10 million in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Kindred at Home

Home health

Revenues increased 43% to $430 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $301 million in the first quarter of 2015, primarily as a result of the Gentiva Merger, growth in episodes and revenue per episode. The Gentiva Merger, which added 288 sites of service to the Company’s home health operations beginning February 2, 2015, contributed $371 million and $229 million in revenues for the first quarter of 2016 and the two months of operations in the first quarter of 2015, respectively.

Operating income in the first quarter of 2016 included $1 million of income related to business interruption settlements. Operating income in the first quarter of 2015 included $1 million of costs associated with closing three locations. Excluding these items, operating margins declined to 15.3% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 15.6% in the first quarter of 2015, primarily due to the impact of including three months of Gentiva’s operations in the first quarter of 2016 compared to two months (February and March) in the first quarter of 2015. The month of January is seasonally a weaker operating month than February and March and is negatively impacted by higher payroll taxes.

Hospice

Revenues increased 48% to $177 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $119 million in the first quarter of 2015, primarily as a result of the Gentiva Merger. The Gentiva Merger, which added 163 sites of service to the Company’s hospice operations beginning February 2, 2015, contributed $164 million and $106 million in revenues for the first quarter of 2016 and the two months of operations in the first quarter of 2015, respectively.

Operating income in the first quarter of 2016 included $0.3 million of costs associated with closing one location. Operating income in the first quarter of 2015 included $0.5 million of costs associated with closing two locations. Excluding these charges, operating margins declined to 14.1% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 14.3% in the first quarter of 2015, primarily due to the impact of including three months of Gentiva’s operations in the first quarter of 2016 compared to two months (February and March) in the first quarter of 2015. The month of January is seasonally a weaker operating month than February and March and is negatively impacted by higher payroll taxes.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Results of Operations – Continuing Operations (Continued)

Kindred Rehabilitation Services

Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services

Revenues increased 9% to $166 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $151 million in the first quarter of 2015. The increase in revenues was primarily attributable to three freestanding IRFs that opened since the second half of 2015 and a 5.5% increase in same-hospital discharges for freestanding IRFs.

Operating margins declined to 28.9% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 29.4% in the first quarter of 2015, primarily as a result of start-up costs related to the previously mentioned new IRFs.

Employee benefit costs increased 3% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, primarily as a result of an increase in employee benefit costs related to the previously mentioned new IRFs.

RehabCare

Revenues declined 19% to $204 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $253 million in the first quarter of 2015. The decline in revenues was primarily attributable to a net loss of customer contract sites of service that began in the first half of 2015. The number of RehabCare sites of service at March 31, 2016 was 1,767 compared to 1,829 at March 31, 2015. The loss of customer contract sites of service was primarily attributable to skilled nursing center consolidations, competition and customers moving therapy services in-house. Revenues derived from non-affiliated customers aggregated $175 million and $215 million in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Operating income for the first quarter of 2015 included $1 million related to severance costs. Excluding this charge, operating margins declined to 5.9% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 6.5% in the first quarter of 2015, primarily attributable to the net loss of customer contract sites of service during 2015.

Employee benefit costs decreased 20% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, primarily as a result of the net loss of customer contract sites of service during 2015.

Nursing center division

Revenues declined 1% to $272 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $274 million in the first quarter of 2015. The decline in revenues was primarily a result of a decline in same-nursing center average daily census of 3% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015. Same-nursing center revenues per patient day increased 1% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015.

Nursing center operating margins declined to 11.1% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 13.5% in the first quarter of 2015, primarily as a result of a decline in average daily census, start-up losses at newly opened facilities, higher contract labor costs and an increase in professional liability costs.

Average hourly wage rates increased 4% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015, primarily as a result of pay rate increases and higher contract labor costs. Employee benefit costs were relatively unchanged in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015.

Professional liability costs were $7 million and $5 million in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively, primarily attributable to increases in the frequency and severity of claims.  

Support center

Operating income for the Company’s operating divisions excludes allocations of support center overhead. These costs aggregated $71 million and $66 million in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively. The increase in support center overhead was primarily attributable to the Gentiva Merger, which was completed on February 2, 2015. As a percentage of consolidated revenues, support center overhead totaled 3.9% and 4.0% in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively. The decline was primarily attributable to operating efficiencies associated with the Gentiva Merger.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Results of Operations – Continuing Operations (Continued)

Transaction costs

Operating results included transaction and integration costs associated with the Gentiva Merger totaling $2 million in the first quarter of 2016. Operating results included transaction, integration and financing costs associated with the Gentiva Merger totaling $93 million in the first quarter of 2015. Operating results included transaction costs associated with other acquisition activities of $0.5 million and $2 million in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively. These transaction, integration and financing costs in all periods were included in general and administrative expenses.

Litigation contingency expense

On January 12, 2016, the Company entered into the Settlement Agreement with the United States to resolve the pending DOJ investigation concerning the operations of RehabCare, a therapy services company acquired by the Company on June 1, 2011. The DOJ asserted, among other things, that rehabilitation therapy services provided to patients in skilled nursing centers were not delivered or billed in accordance with Medicare requirements (including possible violations of the federal False Claims Act), and that there may have been questionable financial arrangements between RehabCare and a vendor and certain skilled nursing facility customers (including possible violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute) (previously defined as the “Covered Conduct”).

Under the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid the Settlement Payment to the United States during the first quarter of 2016. The Company previously recorded a $95 million loss reserve for this matter in the first quarter of 2015 and disclosed an estimated settlement range of $95 million to $125 million. Based on the progress of continuing settlement discussions through October 2015, the Company recorded an additional $30 million loss provision in the third quarter of 2015. The Company recorded an additional loss reserve of approximately $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 related to the Settlement Agreement and associated costs and, in connection with establishing the final terms of the Settlement Agreement, also recorded an income tax benefit of $47 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Under the Settlement Agreement, the United States released the Company from any civil or administrative monetary liability arising from the Covered Conduct. Additionally, under the Settlement Agreement, the United States and the relators agreed to dismiss the civil action filed by the relators under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act, and the OIG, conditioned upon the Company’s full payment of the Settlement Payment and in consideration of the Company’s obligations under the RehabCare CIA, released its permissive exclusion rights and refrained from instituting any administrative action seeking to exclude the Company or its subsidiaries from participating in Medicare, Medicaid or other Federal healthcare programs as a result of the Covered Conduct.

In connection with the resolution of this matter, and in exchange for the OIG’s agreement not to exclude the Company or its subsidiaries from participating in the federal healthcare programs, on January 11, 2016, the Company entered into the RehabCare CIA. The RehabCare CIA imposes monitoring, reporting, certification, oversight, screening and training obligations on the Company, certain of which the Company had previously implemented. Among the expanded requirements are the following:

In the event of a breach of the RehabCare CIA, the Company could become liable for payment of certain stipulated penalties, and its RehabCare subsidiaries could be excluded from participation in federal healthcare programs. The costs associated with compliance with the RehabCare CIA could be substantial and may be greater than the Company currently anticipates. Any breach or failure to comply with the RehabCare CIA, the imposition of substantial monetary penalties or any suspension or termination from participation in federal healthcare programs, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.

In connection with the Settlement Agreement, RehabCare has received requests for indemnification from some of its current and former customers related to alleged damages stemming from payments made by these customers to the DOJ and the related legal and other costs. At this time, the Company has recorded an estimated aggregate loss contingency reserve of $6 million for these matters. No estimate of the possible loss in excess of the amount accrued can be made regarding these matters at this time. There is no certainty about the timing or likelihood of any definitive resolutions relating to these indemnification claims. The Company disputes the allegations in these indemnification claims and will defend these and any related claims vigorously.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Results of Operations – Continuing Operations (Continued)

Other expenses

Rent expense increased 6% to $98 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $92 million in the first quarter of 2015. The increase in the first quarter of 2016 was primarily attributable to the Gentiva Merger, which was completed on February 2, 2015. Rent expense for the first quarter of 2016 and 2015 associated with the Gentiva Merger was approximately $11 million and $8 million, respectively.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased 4% to $41 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $39 million in the first quarter of 2015. The increase in the first quarter of 2016 was primarily attributable to assets acquired in conjunction with the Gentiva Merger and integration capital expenditures associated with the Gentiva Merger. Depreciation and amortization expense in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015 associated with the Gentiva Merger was $5 million and $4 million, respectively.

Interest expense decreased 8% to $57 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $63 million in the first quarter of 2015. Interest expense in the first quarter of 2015 included $17 million in pre-closing costs related to financing the Gentiva Merger. Excluding these financing costs, interest expense increased primarily as a result of long-term borrowings associated with the Gentiva Merger. See note 2 of the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Consolidated results

Income from continuing operations before income taxes aggregated $38 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to loss from continuing operations before income taxes of $162 million in the first quarter of 2015. Income from continuing operations attributable to the Company aggregated $13 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to loss from continuing operations attributable to the Company of $143 million in the first quarter of 2015. Transaction and integration costs, litigation contingency expense, retirement and severance costs, business interruption settlements, hospice closing costs, research and development, and impairment charges negatively impacted the consolidated pretax operating results by $14 million ($9 million net of income taxes) in the first quarter of 2016. Transaction and integration costs, pre-closing financing costs, litigation contingency expense, retirement and severance costs, home health and hospice closing costs, write-off costs related to a development project, and impairment charges negatively impacted the consolidated pretax operating results by $222 million ($172 million net of income taxes) in the first quarter of 2015.

Results of Operations – Discontinued Operations

Loss from discontinued operations aggregated $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $3 million in the first quarter of 2015.

On December 27, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with Ventas to transition the operations under the leases for the 2014 Expiring Facilities. Each lease terminates when the operation of such nursing center is transferred to a new operator. Through March 31, 2016, the Company transferred the operations of eight of the 2014 Expiring Facilities. The lease term for eight of the 2014 Expiring Facilities was scheduled to expire on April 30, 2018. The lease term for the ninth of the 2014 Expiring Facilities was scheduled to expire on April 30, 2020. At March 31, 2016, the Company continued to operate the remaining facility and transferred operations on April 1, 2016. For accounting purposes, the 2014 Expiring Facilities qualified as assets held for sale, and the Company reflected the operating results as discontinued operations in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for all historical periods. Under the terms of the agreement to transition the operations of the 2014 Expiring Facilities, the Company incurred a $40 million termination fee in exchange for the early termination of the leases, which was paid to Ventas in January 2015.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Liquidity

Operating cash flows

Cash flows used in operations (including discontinued operations) aggregated $133 million in the first quarter of 2016 compared to $140 million in the first quarter of 2015. Operating cash flows in the first quarter of 2016 were negatively impacted by $133 million for the Settlement Agreement, other litigation, retirement, severance, retention, transaction payments and business interruption settlements. Operating cash flows in the first quarter of 2015 were negatively impacted by $178 million for severance, retirement, Gentiva Merger transaction and pre-closing financing costs, other transaction costs and lease termination payments. Excluding these items, cash flows from operations declined as a result of approximately $93 million of cash flow timing differences related to bonus payments and interest payments on the Notes resulting from the Gentiva Merger, and also growth in accounts receivable.

The Company utilizes its ABL Facility to meet working capital needs and finance its acquisition and development activities. As a result, the Company typically carries minimal amounts of cash on its consolidated balance sheet. Based upon the Company’s expected operating cash flows and the availability of borrowings under the ABL Facility ($412 million at March 31, 2016), management believes that the Company has the necessary financial resources to satisfy its expected short-term and long-term liquidity needs.

Dividends and other payments

The Company paid a cash dividend of $0.12 per common share on April 1, 2016 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 10, 2016. The Company also paid a cash dividend of $0.12 per common share on April 1, 2015 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 11, 2015.

The Company made an installment payment on the Company’s Units on March 1, 2016 to holders of record on February 15, 2016, which consisted of a quarterly installment payment of $18.75 per Unit. The Company also made an installment payment on the Company’s Units on March 2, 2015, which consisted of a quarterly installment payment of $18.75 per Unit, plus a one-time incremental payment of $1.25 per Unit for the period between November 25, 2014 and December 1, 2014, for a total payment of $20.00 per Unit. Each Unit is composed of a Purchase Contract and one share of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock having a final preferred stock installment payment date of December 1, 2017 and an initial liquidation preference of $201.58 per share of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock. To the extent that any Unit has been separated into its constituent Purchase Contract and its constituent share of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock, the installment payment is payable only on the constituent share of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock.

Future declarations of dividends will be subject to the approval of Kindred’s Board of Directors. The current cash dividend funding on the Company’s common stock will require the use of approximately $41 million on an annual basis. The current cash funding of installment payments on the Units will require the use of approximately $13 million on an annual basis through 2017.

Gentiva Merger – Financing Transactions

The following Financing Transactions occurred in connection with the Gentiva Merger:

• the Company issued $1.35 billion aggregate principal amount of Notes;

• the Company issued approximately 15 million shares of its common stock through two common stock offerings and issued 9.7 million shares of its common stock as the Stock Consideration (see note 2 of the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements);

• the Company issued 172,500 Units; and

• the Company amended its credit facilities.

Credit Facilities Amendments

On March 10, 2015, the Company entered into an incremental amendment agreement, which provided for an incremental term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million under its Term Loan Facility. The Company used the net proceeds of the incremental term loan to repay outstanding borrowings under its ABL Facility. The incremental term loan was issued with 50 basis points of OID and has the same terms as, and is fungible with, all other term loans outstanding under the Company’s Term Loan Facility.

 

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Liquidity (Continued)

Amendment to Notes due 2022

On April 9, 2014, the Company completed a private placement of $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes due 2022. The Notes due 2022 were issued pursuant to the 2022 Indenture among the Company, the 2022 Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

On January 30, 2015, following the receipt of sufficient consents to approve the Amendments, the Company, the 2022 Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, entered into the 2022 Notes Supplemental Indenture. The 2022 Notes Supplemental Indenture conforms certain covenants, definitions and other terms in the 2022 Indenture to the covenants, definitions and terms contained in the indentures governing the Notes. The Amendments became operative following the consummation of the Gentiva Merger.

Interest rate swaps

In December 2011, the Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements to hedge its floating interest rate on an aggregate of $225 million of debt outstanding under its Prior Term Loan Facility. The interest rate swaps had an effective date of January 9, 2012, and expired on January 11, 2016. The Company was required to make payments based upon a fixed interest rate of 1.8925% calculated on the notional amount of $225 million. In exchange, the Company received interest on $225 million at a variable interest rate that is based upon the three-month LIBOR, subject to a minimum rate of 1.5%. These interest rate swaps were replaced in January 2016 as set forth below.

In March 2014, the Company entered into an additional interest rate swap agreement to hedge its floating interest rate on an aggregate of $400 million of debt outstanding under its Third Amended and Restated Term Loan Facility. On April 8, 2014, the Company completed a novation of a portion of its $400 million swap agreement to two new counterparties, each in the amount of $125 million. The original swap contract was not amended, terminated or otherwise modified. The interest rate swap had an effective date of April 9, 2014, will expire on April 9, 2018 and continues to apply to the Term Loan Facility. The Company is required to make payments based upon a fixed interest rate of 1.867% calculated on the notional amount of $400 million. In exchange, the Company will receive interest on $400 million at a variable interest rate that is based upon the three-month LIBOR, subject to a minimum rate of 1.0%. The Company determined these interest rate swaps continue to qualify for cash flow hedge accounting treatment at March 31, 2016.

In January 2016, the Company entered into three interest rate swap agreements to hedge its floating interest rate on an aggregate of $325 million of debt outstanding under its Term Loan Facility, which replaced the previous $225 million aggregate swap that expired on January 11, 2016. The interest rate swaps have an effective date of January 11, 2016, and expire on January 9, 2021. The Company is required to make payments based upon a fixed interest rate of 1.862% and 1.855% calculated on the notional amount of $175 million and $150 million, respectively. In exchange, the Company will receive interest on $325 million at a variable interest rate that is based upon the three-month LIBOR rate, subject to a minimum rate of 1.0%. The Company determined these interest rate swaps qualify for cash flow hedge accounting treatment at March 31, 2016.

The Company records the effective portion of the gain or loss on these derivative financial instruments in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a component of stockholders’ equity and records the ineffective portion of the gain or loss on these derivative financial instruments as interest expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the ineffectiveness related to the interest rate swaps was immaterial.

The aggregate fair value of the interest rate swaps recorded in other accrued liabilities was $10 million and $4 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

Divestitures

On April 3, 2016, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Hospitals to Curahealth for $27.5 million. The Company expects to realize cash proceeds upon closing of the transaction with Curahealth of approximately $21 million, subject to closing adjustments, with the remainder of the purchase price to be paid upon satisfaction of financial and other post-closing conditions. The Hospitals have, in aggregate, 783 licensed beds in Arizona, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Liquidity (Continued)

Divestitures (Continued)

In connection with the sale of the Hospitals, the Company entered into amendments to certain of its master lease agreements with Ventas on April 3, 2016 to transition the operations of the Leased Hospitals. Six of the Leased Hospitals are leased under master lease agreement No. 5 and one is leased under master lease agreement No. 1. The Leased Hospitals will remain leased under the applicable master lease agreement until the closing of the sale to Curahealth. The Company paid a fee to Ventas of $3.5 million upon signing of the amendments and will pay an additional $2.958 million upon the closing of the sale of the Leased Hospitals. Ventas will pay the Company 50% of the sales proceeds for the real estate (after deduction of Ventas’s closing costs) attributed to the Leased Hospitals in the sale, which is anticipated to be immaterial.

Under separate lease amendments, the annual rent on the Leased Hospitals, which have current annual rent of $7.7 million, will immediately be reallocated to the remaining facilities the Company leases from Ventas under the various master lease agreements. As required under GAAP, the reallocated rents will be recorded as a lease termination fee by the Company upon the cease use date of the Leased Hospitals. Total annual payments on Ventas’s post-acute care portfolio operated by the Company will remain the same as its current level.

If the sale of the Leased Hospitals to Curahealth does not close by July 31, 2016, the Company will be permitted to cease operating the Leased Hospitals, but these Leased Hospitals will otherwise remain subject to the applicable master lease agreement until their scheduled expiration dates. If such sale to Curahealth does not occur, the Company and Ventas will continue to attempt to identify a purchaser for the Leased Hospitals, and share the net proceeds of any such sale.

In connection with these transactions, the Company estimates that it will incur a one-time pretax lease termination fee of approximately $54 million comprised of the $6.5 million of fees paid to Ventas in conjunction with execution of the amendments and approximately $47 million of aggregate reallocated rents attributable to the Leased Hospitals, which will be recorded upon the cease use date of the Leased Hospitals. The lease termination fee will be recorded as a long-term liability discounted at the Company’s credit-adjusted risk-free rate through the end of the original lease term of the Leased Hospitals, or through 2025. The Company does not expect any additional lease termination fees related to the transactions.

The Company estimates that it will recognize a non-cash pretax impairment charge to property and equipment of approximately $25 million to $30 million, of which $8 million was recorded during the first quarter of 2016. In addition, the Company estimates that it will recognize a pretax loss on disposal of $20 million to $25 million which includes a non-cash pretax write-off of both goodwill and other intangible assets of $12 million to $17 million allocable to the Hospitals.

Capital Resources

Capital expenditures and acquisitions

Excluding acquisitions, routine capital expenditures (expenditures necessary to maintain existing facilities that generally do not increase capacity or add services) totaled $18 million and $21 million in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015. Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services development capital expenditures (primarily new IRF development) totaled $4 million in the first quarter of 2016. Nursing center development capital expenditures (primarily the addition of transitional care services for higher acuity patients) totaled $4 million in the first quarter of 2016 and $6 million in the first quarter of 2015. Support center development capital expenditures totaled $2 million in the first quarter of 2016. Excluding acquisitions, the Company anticipates that routine capital spending for 2016 should approximate $100 million to $120 million and development capital spending should approximate $35 million to $45 million. Management expects that substantially all of these expenditures will be financed through internal sources or borrowings under the ABL Facility. Management believes that its capital expenditure program is adequate to improve and equip existing facilities. At March 31, 2016, the estimated cost to complete and equip construction in progress approximated $57 million.

Acquisition expenditures totaled $26 million in the first quarter of 2016, which were financed with operating cash flows and the Company’s ABL Facility. Acquisition expenditures totaled $659 million in the first quarter of 2015, primarily related to the Gentiva Merger and the Centerre Acquisition. See notes 2 and 3 of the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Other Information

Effects of inflation and changing prices

The Company derives a substantial portion of its revenues from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The Company has been, and could be in the future, materially adversely affected by the continuing efforts of governmental and private third party payors to contain healthcare costs.

The Company cannot provide assurance that reimbursement payments under governmental and private third party payor programs, including Medicare supplemental insurance policies, will remain at levels comparable to present levels or will be sufficient to cover the costs allocable to patients eligible for reimbursement pursuant to these programs. Medicare reimbursement in LTAC hospitals, IRFs, nursing centers, home health, and hospice is subject to fixed payments under the Medicare prospective payment systems. In accordance with Medicare laws, CMS makes annual adjustments to Medicare payment rates in many prospective payment systems under what is commonly known as a “market basket update.” Each year, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (“MedPAC”), a commission chartered by Congress to advise it on Medicare payment issues, makes payment policy recommendations to Congress for a variety of Medicare payment systems. Congress is not obligated to adopt MedPAC recommendations, and, based upon outcomes in previous years, there can be no assurance that Congress will adopt MedPAC’s recommendations in a given year. Medicaid reimbursement rates in many states in which the Company operates nursing centers also are based upon fixed payment systems. Generally, these rates are adjusted annually for inflation. However, these adjustments may not reflect the actual increase in the costs of providing healthcare services. In addition, Medicaid reimbursement can be impacted negatively by state budgetary pressures, which may lead to reduced reimbursement or delays in receiving payments. There can be no assurance that the facilities operated by the Company, or the provision of goods and services offered by the Company, will meet the requirements for participation in such programs.

Various healthcare reform provisions became law upon enactment of the ACA. The reforms contained in the ACA have affected each of the Company’s businesses in some manner and are directed in large part at increased quality and cost reductions. Several of the reforms are very significant and could ultimately change the nature of the Company’s services, the methods of payment for the Company’s services, and the underlying regulatory environment. These reforms include the possible modifications to the conditions of qualification for payment, bundling of payments to cover both acute and post-acute care, and the imposition of enrollment limitations on new providers.

The ACA also provides for: (1) reductions to the annual market basket payment updates for LTAC hospitals, IRFs, home health agencies, and hospice providers that could result in lower reimbursement than in the preceding year; (2) additional annual “productivity adjustment” reductions to the annual market basket payment update as determined by CMS for LTAC hospitals, IRFs, and nursing centers (beginning in federal fiscal year 2012), home health agencies (beginning in federal fiscal year 2015) and hospice providers (beginning in federal fiscal year 2013); (3) new transparency, reporting, and certification requirements for skilled nursing facilities, including disclosures regarding organizational structure, officers, directors, trustees, managing employees, and financial, clinical, and other related data; (4) a quality reporting system for hospitals (including LTAC hospitals and IRFs) beginning in federal fiscal year 2014; and (5) reductions in Medicare payments to hospitals (including LTAC hospitals and IRFs) beginning in federal fiscal year 2014 for failure to meet certain quality reporting standards or to comply with standards in new value-based purchasing demonstration project programs.

Further, the ACA mandates changes to home health and hospice benefits under Medicare. For home health, the ACA mandates creation of a value-based purchasing program, development of quality measures, a decrease in home health reimbursement beginning with federal fiscal year 2014 that will be phased-in over a four-year period, and a reduction in the outlier cap. In addition, the ACA requires the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to test different models for delivery of care, some of which would involve home health services. It also requires the Secretary of HHS to establish a national pilot program for integrated care for patients with certain conditions, bundling payment for acute hospital care, physician services, outpatient hospital services (including emergency department services), and post-acute care services, which would include home health. The ACA further directed the Secretary of HHS to rebase payments for home health that resulted in a decrease in home health reimbursement, which began in 2014 and will be phased-in over a four-year period. The Secretary of HHS is also required to conduct a study to evaluate costs and quality of care among efficient home health agencies regarding access to care and treating Medicare beneficiaries with varying severity levels of illness and provide a report to Congress.

The healthcare reforms and changes resulting from the ACA, as well as other similar healthcare reforms, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.

 

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Other Information (Continued)

Effects of inflation and changing prices (Continued)

Congress, MedPAC, and CMS will continue to address reimbursement rates for a variety of healthcare settings. The Company cannot predict the adjustments to Medicare payment rates that Congress or CMS may make in the future. Any downward adjustment to rates for the types of services the Company provides could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Congress continues to discuss additional deficit reduction measures, leading to a high degree of uncertainty regarding potential reforms to governmental healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. These discussions, along with other continuing efforts to reform governmental healthcare programs, could result in major changes in healthcare delivery and reimbursement systems on a national and state level, including changes directly impacting the government and private reimbursement systems for each of the Company’s businesses. Healthcare reform, future healthcare legislation, or other changes in the administration or interpretation of governmental healthcare programs, whether resulting from deficit reduction measures or otherwise, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.

The Company believes that its operating margins also will continue to be under pressure as the growth in operating expenses, particularly professional liability, labor and employee benefits costs, exceeds payment increases from third party payors. In addition, as a result of competitive pressures, the Company’s ability to maintain operating margins through price increases to private patients is limited.

LTAC Legislation

As part of the SGR Reform Act, Congress adopted various legislative changes impacting LTAC hospitals (the “LTAC Legislation”). The LTAC Legislation creates new Medicare criteria and payment rules for LTAC hospitals.

Medicare payments to LTAC hospitals are based upon a prospective payment system specifically for LTAC hospitals (“LTAC PPS”). LTAC PPS maintains LTAC hospitals as a distinct provider type, separate from short-term acute care hospitals. Only providers certified as LTAC hospitals may be paid under this system. CMS regulations classify LTAC hospital patients into diagnostic categories called Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (“MS-LTC-DRGs”). LTAC PPS is based upon discharged-based MS-LTC-DRGs similar to the prospective payment system used to pay general short-term acute care hospitals (“IPPS”).

Under the new criteria set forth in the LTAC Legislation, LTAC hospitals treating patients with at least a three-day prior stay in an acute care hospital intensive care unit and patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation admitted from an acute care hospital will continue to receive payment under LTAC PPS. Other patients will continue to have access to LTAC care, whether they are admitted to LTAC hospitals from acute care hospitals or directly from other settings or the community, and in such cases, LTAC hospitals will be paid at a “site-neutral” rate for these patients, based on the lesser of per diem Medicare rates paid for patients with the same diagnoses under IPPS or an estimate of cost. The Company expects that the majority of these site-neutral payments will be materially less than the payments currently provided under LTAC PPS.

The effective date of the new patient criteria is October 1, 2015, tied to each individual LTAC hospital’s cost reporting period, followed by a two-year phase-in period. During the phase-in period, payment for patients receiving the site-neutral rate will be based 50% on the current LTAC PPS and 50% on the new site-neutral rate. CMS estimates an overall net reduction in Medicare revenue of 4.6% for those hospitals receiving this 50/50 blended reimbursement. All of the Company’s TC hospitals (which are certified as LTAC hospitals under the Medicare program) have a cost reporting period starting on September 1 of each year, and thus the phase-in of new patient criteria will not begin for the Company’s TC hospitals until September 1, 2016, and full implementation of the new criteria will not begin until September 1, 2018.

The Company continues to analyze Medicare and internal data to estimate the number of its Medicare cases that would, on a static retrospective basis, be paid a full MS-LTC-DRG payment under LTAC PPS upon the implementation of new patient criteria versus receiving a site neutral rate. At present, prior to the implementation of new patient criteria, approximately 70% of the Company’s Medicare LTAC cases are paid a full MS-LTC-DRG payment under LTAC PPS, with the remaining approximately 30% paid under the short-stay or very short-stay outlier payment process. At this time, and based primarily on 2013 data provided in the proposed regulations issued by CMS on April 17, 2015, the Company estimates a 30 percentage point shift in payment category for Medicare LTAC cases once the new patient criteria is fully phased in, resulting in, on a static prospective basis, an estimated 40% of the Company’s Medicare LTAC cases qualifying for the full MS-LTC-DRG payment under LTAC PPS, and the remaining estimated 60% of the Company’s Medicare LTAC cases instead qualifying for either the site neutral rate or payment under the short-stay outlier

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Other Information (Continued)

Effects of inflation and changing prices (Continued)

LTAC Legislation (Continued)

payment process. These percentages do not reflect the significant efforts and actions the Company is and will be undertaking to expand its LTAC patient population and adapt its facility operations, business plans, programs, and other initiatives to reduce and otherwise mitigate the financial and other impacts of the LTAC Legislation and new patient criteria.

The additional patient criteria imposed by the LTAC Legislation will reduce the population of patients eligible for the Company’s hospital services and change the basis upon which the Company is paid for other patients. In addition, the LTAC Legislation will be subject to additional governmental regulations and the interpretation and enforcement of those regulations. The LTAC Legislation, the implementation of new patient criteria, changes in referral patterns, and other associated elements could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.

In addition, certain third parties, known as conveners, offer patient placement and care transition services to managed care companies, Medicare Advantage plans, bundled payment participants, accountable care organizations, and other healthcare providers as part of an effort to manage post-acute care provider (“PAC”) utilization and associated costs. Thus, conveners influence patient decision on which PAC setting to choose, as well as how long to remain in a particular PAC facility. Given their focus on perceived financial savings, conveners customarily suggest that patients avoid higher cost PAC settings altogether or move as soon as practicable to lower cost PAC settings. However, conveners are not healthcare providers and may suggest a PAC setting or duration of care that may not be appropriate from a clinical perspective. Conveners may suggest that patients select alternate care settings to the Company’s TC hospitals, IRFs, nursing centers or home health and hospice locations or otherwise suggest shorter lengths of stay in such settings. Because LTAC hospitals are the highest cost PAC setting due to the intensity of services provided to patients in these facilities, the Company believes that its TC hospitals are the most likely to be adversely affected by the activities of these third party conveners.

For additional information regarding Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and other government regulations impacting the Company, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2015 as filed with the SEC.

Hospital division

LTAC PPS maintains long-term acute care hospitals as a distinct provider type, separate from short-term acute care hospitals. Only providers certified as LTAC hospitals may be paid under this system. As of March 31, 2016, all of the Company’s TC hospitals were certified as LTAC hospitals.

On April 18, 2016, CMS issued proposed regulations regarding Medicare reimbursement for LTAC hospitals for federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2016. Included in the final regulations are: (1) a market basket increase to the standard federal payment rate of 2.7%; (2) offsets to the standard federal payment rate by the ACA of: (a) 0.5% to account for the effect of a productivity adjustment, and (b) 0.75% as required by the statute; (3) a wage level budget neutrality factor of 0.998723 applied to the adjusted standard federal payment rate; (4) adjustments to area wage indexes; and (5) an increase in the high cost outlier threshold per discharge to $22,728. Further, the rule proposes changes to the existing 25% rule criteria, accelerating the effective dates to October 1, 2016.

On July 31, 2015, CMS issued final regulations regarding Medicare reimbursement for LTAC hospitals for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015. Included in the final regulations are: (1) a market basket increase to the standard federal payment rate of 2.4%; (2) offsets to the standard federal payment rate mandated by the ACA of: (a) 0.5% to account for the effect of a productivity adjustment, and (b) 0.2% as required by statute; (3) a wage level budget neutrality factor of 1.000513 applied to the adjusted standard federal payment rate; (4) adjustments to area wage indexes; and (5) an increase in the high cost outlier threshold per discharge to $16,423.

On August 4, 2014, CMS issued final regulations regarding Medicare reimbursement for LTAC hospitals for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014. Included in the final regulations are: (1) a market basket increase to the standard federal payment rate of 2.9%; (2) offsets to the standard federal payment rate mandated by the ACA of: (a) 0.5% to account for the effect of a productivity adjustment, and (b) 0.2% as required by statute; (3) a wage level budget neutrality factor of 1.0016703 applied to the adjusted standard federal payment rate; (4) adjustments to area wage indexes; and (5) an increase in the high cost outlier threshold per discharge to $14,972. In addition, the final regulations also implemented the third year of a three-year phase-in of a 3.75% budget neutrality adjustment which reduced LTAC hospital rates by 1.3% in 2015.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Other Information (Continued)

Effects of inflation and changing prices (Continued)

Hospital division (Continued)

The Company cannot predict the ultimate long-term impact of LTAC PPS. This payment system is subject to significant change. Slight variations in patient acuity or length of stay could significantly change Medicare revenues generated under LTAC PPS. In addition, the Company’s TC hospitals may not be able to appropriately adjust their operating costs to changes in patient acuity and length of stay or to changes in reimbursement rates. In addition, there can be no assurance that LTAC PPS will not have a material adverse effect on revenues from commercial third party payors. Various factors, including a reduction in average length of stay, have negatively impacted revenues from commercial third party payors in recent years.

Kindred at Home

Home health.  On October 29, 2015, CMS issued final regulations regarding Medicare payment rates for home health agencies effective January 1, 2016. These final regulations implement a net 1.4% reduction consisting of a 2.3% market basket inflation increase, less (1) a 0.4% productivity reduction, (2) a 2.4% rebasing adjustment mandated under the ACA, and (3) a 0.9% reduction to account for industry wide case mix growth. The regulations also implement a value-based purchasing demonstration model to be tested in nine states (Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska and Tennessee) through payment year 2022.

On October 30, 2014, CMS issued final regulations regarding Medicare payment rates for home health agencies effective January 1, 2015. These final regulations implement a net 0.3% reduction consisting of a 2.6% market basket inflation increase, less (1) a 0.5% productivity adjustment, and (2) a 2.4% rebasing adjustment mandated under the ACA.

Hospice.  On April 21, 2016, CMS issued proposed regulations for Medicare reimbursement for hospice providers effective October 1, 2016. Included in these proposed regulations are: (1) a market basket increase of 2.8%; (2) a multifactor productivity reduction of 0.5%; and (3) an additional 0.3% reduction as mandated in the ACA.

On July 31, 2015, CMS issued final regulations for Medicare reimbursement for hospice providers for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015. These final regulations implement a net market basket increase of 1.6% consisting of: (1) a market basket inflation increase of 2.4%, less (2) offsets to the standard payment conversion factor mandated by the ACA of: (a) a 0.5% adjustment to account for the effect of a productivity adjustment, and (b) 0.3% as required by statute. In addition, there is a 0.2% increase resulting from the blend of wage index values under the updated core based statistical areas and a 0.7% reduction for the final year of the phase-out of the wage index budget neutrality adjustment. The regulation also implements, effective January 1, 2016: (1) the creation of two different payment rates for routine home care, a higher base payment for the first 60 days and a reduced payment for days 61 and beyond; and (2) a new service intensity add-on which would pay an additional amount during the last seven days of life when a patient has direct care provided by a registered nurse or social worker.

On August 4, 2014, CMS issued final regulations regarding Medicare payment rates for hospice providers effective October 1, 2014. These final regulations implement a net market basket increase of 2.1% consisting of: (1) a 2.9% market basket inflation increase, less (2) offsets to the standard payment conversion factor mandated by the ACA of: (a) a 0.5% adjustment to account for the effect of a productivity adjustment, and (b) 0.3% as required by statute. In addition, CMS continued the phase-out of the wage index budget neutrality adjustment.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Other Information (Continued)

Effects of inflation and changing prices (Continued)

Kindred Rehabilitation Services

Inpatient rehabilitation hospitals.  On April 21, 2016, CMS issued proposed regulations regarding Medicare reimbursement for IRFs for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2016. Included in these proposed regulations are: (1) a market basket increase of 2.7%; (2) a productivity reduction of 0.5%; and (3) additional reduction of 0.75% as required by the ACA.

On July 31, 2015, CMS issued final regulations regarding Medicare reimbursement for IRFs for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015. Included in these final regulations are: (1) a market basket increase of 2.4%; (2) a productivity reduction of 0.5%; (3) an additional reduction of 0.2% as required by the ACA; and (4) a decrease in the high cost outlier threshold per discharge to $8,658.

On July 31, 2014, CMS issued final regulations regarding Medicare reimbursement for IRFs for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014. Included in these final regulations are: (1) a market basket increase to the standard payment conversion factor of 2.9%; (2) offsets to the standard payment conversion factor mandated by the ACA of: (a) 0.5% to account for the effect of a productivity adjustment, and (b) 0.2% as required by statute; (3) adjustments to area wage indexes; and (4) a decrease in the high cost outlier threshold per discharge to $8,848.  

Nursing center division

On April 21, 2016, CMS issued proposed regulations updating Medicare payment rates for nursing centers effective October 1, 2016. These proposed regulations implement a net market basket increase of 2.1% consisting of: (1) a 2.6% market basket increase, less (2) a 0.5% productivity adjustment.

On July 30, 2015, CMS issued final regulations updating Medicare payment rates for nursing centers effective October 1, 2015. These final regulations implement a net market basket increase of 1.2% consisting of: (1) a 2.3% market basket increase, less (2) a 0.6% market basket forecast error adjustment and (3) a 0.5% productivity adjustment.

On July 31, 2014, CMS issued final regulations updating Medicare payment rates for nursing centers effective October 1, 2014. These final regulations implement a net market basket increase of 2.0% consisting of: (1) a 2.5% market basket inflation increase, less (2) a 0.5% adjustment to account for the effect of a productivity adjustment.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Operating Data

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

 

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Operating Data (Continued)

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Operating Data (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Operating Data (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

 

Operating Data (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

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ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The following discussion of the Company’s exposure to market risk contains “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Given the unpredictability of interest rates as well as other factors, actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking information.

The Company’s exposure to market risk relates to changes in the prime rate, federal funds rate and LIBOR, which affect the interest paid on certain borrowings.

The following table provides information as of March 31, 2016 about the Company’s financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. The table presents principal cash flows and related weighted average interest rates by expected maturity date.

Interest Rate Sensitivity

Principal (Notional) Amount by Expected Maturity

Average Interest Rate

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

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ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Company has carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of March 31, 2016, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, are effective.

There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the Company’s quarter ended March 31, 2016, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings  

The Company provides services in a highly regulated industry and is a party to various legal actions and regulatory and other governmental and internal audits and investigations in the ordinary course of business (including investigations resulting from the Company’s obligation to self-report suspected violations of law). The Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of pending litigation and regulatory and other governmental and internal audits and investigations. The DOJ, CMS or other federal and state enforcement and regulatory agencies may conduct additional investigations related to the Company’s businesses in the future. These matters could potentially subject the Company to sanctions, damages, recoupments, fines and other penalties (some of which may not be covered by insurance), which may, either individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and liquidity. See note 14 of the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a description of pending legal proceedings, governmental reviews, audits and investigations to which the Company is subject.

RehabCare investigation by U.S. Department of Justice

On January 12, 2016, the Company entered into the Settlement Agreement with the United States, to resolve the pending DOJ investigation concerning the operations of RehabCare, a therapy services company acquired by the Company on June 1, 2011. Under the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid the Settlement Payment of $125 million, plus accrued interest from August 31, 2015, at the rate of 1.875% per annum to the United States during the first quarter of 2016. Also under the Settlement Agreement, the United States released the Company from any civil or administrative monetary liability arising from the Covered Conduct. In connection with the resolution of this matter, and in exchange for the OIG’s agreement not to exclude the Company or its subsidiaries from participating in the federal healthcare programs, on January 11, 2016, the Company entered into the RehabCare CIA. See note 14 of the notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the Settlement Agreement and the RehabCare CIA.

In connection with the Settlement Agreement, RehabCare has received requests for indemnification from some of its current and former customers related to alleged damages stemming from payments made by these customers to the DOJ and the related legal and other costs. At this time, the Company has recorded an estimated aggregate loss contingency reserve of $6 million for these matters. No estimate of the possible loss in excess of the amount accrued can be made regarding these matters at this time. There is no certainty about the timing or likelihood of any definitive resolutions relating to these indemnification claims. The Company disputes the allegations in these indemnification claims and will defend these and any related claims vigorously.

Shareholder derivative action

On March 16, 2016, a shareholder derivative action (previously defined as the “Complaint”) was filed against certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors in circuit court for Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Complaint also names the Company as a nominal defendant. The Complaint alleges that the named current and former officers and directors of the Company breached their respective duties of good faith, loyalty and candor, and other general fiduciary duties owed to the Company and its shareholders by, among other things, failing to exercise reasonable and prudent supervision over the management, polices and controls of the Company in order to detect practices that existed at RehabCare resulting in the Company having to enter into two separate settlement agreements with the DOJ. The Company disputes the allegations made in the Complaint and will defend this action and any related claims vigorously.

 

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION (Continued)

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

 

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION (Continued)

 

Item 6. Exhibits

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION (Continued)

 

 

 

*  Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

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