Alliance Imaging Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Mar 15, 2012
Alliance Imaging Inc. (AIQ, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-12-31.

Alliance Health has a market cap of $72.2 million; its shares were traded at around $1.73 with and P/S ratio of 0.2.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Revenue increased $14.8 million, or 3.1%, to $493.7 million in 2011 compared to $478.9 million in 2010 due to an increase in radiation oncology revenue and other modalities and other revenue, partially offset by a decrease in PET/CT revenues and MRI revenues. Radiation oncology revenue increased $30.8 million, or 69.2%, to $75.2 million in 2011 compared to $44.4 million in 2010, primarily due to revenue related to the USR and Pine Bluff acquisitions and an increase in treatments performed in our core radiation oncology business. Other modalities and other revenue increased $9.9 million, or 29.1%, to $43.8 million in 2011 compared to $33.9 million in 2010, primarily due to the acquisitions of RAD 24/7 and 24/7 RAD.

Cost of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization, increased $15.1 million, or 5.7%, to $279.8 million in 2011 compared to $264.7 million in 2010. Outside medical services increased $7.1 million, or 40.9%, primarily as a result of an increase in professional services related to the acquisitions of RAD 24/7 and 24/7 RAD, and an increase in professional services in our oncology division, including radiation oncologists and physics costs. Maintenance and related costs increased $4.7 million, or 7.7%, due to an increase in service costs related to an increase in the number of MRI and radiation oncology systems in operation, specifically CyberKnife equipment (which has a high average monthly service contract cost), and an increase in maintenance costs due to an aging imaging division fleet. Compensation and related employee expenses increased $4.1 million, or 3.5%, primarily as a result of an increase in headcount in our oncology division, primarily related to the acquisition of USR and oncology operational management, as well as an increase in headcount to support professional radiology interpretation services. Fuel expenses increased $0.9 million, or 16.4%, primarily due to an increase in the average price per gallon of diesel fuel. Site fees increased $0.9 million, or 12.5%, primarily due to an increase in the number of oncology sites related to the acquisition of USR. Medical supplies decreased $1.9 million, or 7.1%, primarily as a result of a decrease in the number of PET and PET/CT scans, which use a radiopharmaceutical as a component of the PET and PET/CT scan. Equipment rental costs decreased $0.4 million, or 33.1%, primarily due to a lower number of rental systems in use to support current clients as a result of improved system utilization. All other cost of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased $0.3 million, or 1.1%. Cost of revenues, as a percentage of revenue, increased to 56.7% in 2011 from 55.3% in 2010 as a result of the factors described above and the nature of our high fixed cost operating expense.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $10.0 million, or 14.9%, to $77.1 million in 2011 compared to $67.1 million in 2010. The provision for doubtful accounts increased $4.6 million, or 350.1%, primarily due to specific reserves required on a small group of hospital customers during 2011 and the collection of aged accounts receivable during 2010. The provision for doubtful accounts as a percentage of revenue was 1.2% in 2011 compared to 0.3% of revenue in 2010. Professional services expenses increased $3.2 million, or 38.7%, due to an increase in legal and other professional fees related to the significant organizational restructure described previously. Compensation and related employee expenses increased $1.0 million, or 2.5%, primarily as a result of investments in the infrastructure of the oncology division (including the USR executive team) and professional radiology services. License, taxes and fees increased $0.5 million, or 251.8%, due to an increase in business license fees. Bank charges increased $0.5 million, or 40.7%, due to an increase in credit card charges related to payments received from wholesale customers. Office expenses increased $0.3 million, or 3.7%, due to an increase in information technology expenses and other office expenses. Share-based payments decreased $0.9 million, or 16.3%, due to previously issued equity awards becoming fully vested. All other selling, general and administrative expenses increased $0.7 million, or 28.0%. Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue were 15.6% and 14.0% in 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Revenue decreased $26.6 million, or 5.3%, to $478.9 million in 2010 compared to $505.5 million in 2009 due to a decrease in MRI revenues and PET/CT revenues, partially offset by an increase in radiation oncology and other modalities and other revenue. MRI revenue decreased $23.9 million in 2010, or 10.1%. Scan-based MRI revenue decreased $23.5 million, or 10.8%, to $194.2 million in 2010 from $217.7 million in 2009. Scan-based MRI scan volume decreased 10.9% to 505,640 scans in 2010 from 567,624 scans in 2009, primarily due to a decrease in client demand, the increase in the unemployment rate during 2009, which persisted throughout 2010, and the related increase of uninsured and under-insured patients. Scan-based systems in service decreased to 237.8 systems in 2010 from 241.0 systems in 2009. Average scans per system per day decreased by 6.5% to 8.25 in 2010 from 8.82 in 2009. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in the average price per MRI scan. The average price per MRI scan increased to $384.05 per scan in 2010 from $383.58 per scan in 2009. Non scan-based MRI revenue decreased $0.4 million in 2010 compared to 2009 primarily due to a decline in the number of hospital construction projects and a decrease in the number of equipment upgrades occurring in the hospital market, both of which adversely affect the demand for our non scan-based MRI business.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $0.5 million, or 0.7%, to $67.1 million in 2010 compared to $67.6 million in 2009. The provision for doubtful accounts decreased $1.0 million, or 43.7%, primarily due to the collection of aged accounts receivable during 2010. The provision for doubtful accounts as a percentage of revenue was 0.3% in 2010 compared to 0.5% of revenue in 2009. Share-based payments decreased $0.5 million, or 8.3%, due to previously issued equity awards becoming fully vested. Compensation and related employee expenses increased $0.9 million, or 2.3%, primarily as a result of investments in the infrastructure of the oncology division, professional radiology services, and womens breast healthcare services. All other selling, general and administrative expenses increased $0.1 million, or 0.8%. Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue were 14.0% and 13.4% in 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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