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The Company and its Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
The Company and its Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
The Company and its Significant Accounting Policies
Note B - The Company and its Significant Accounting Policies

[1]Basis of presentation and consolidation:

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Holdings and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, USN, USNC and US NeuroSurgical Physics, Inc.. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

[2]Cash and cash equivalents:

The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

[3]Investments in unconsolidated entities:

The Company accounts for its investments in unconsolidated entities by the equity method. The Company records its share of such earnings (loss) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Income (loss) from investments in unconsolidated entities”. The carrying value of the Company’s investments in unconsolidated entities is recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The Company records losses of the unconsolidated entities only to the extent of the Company’s interest in and advances to the entities.  As such, the recorded balance of Corona Gamma Knife, LLC and NeuroPartners, LLC have been taken to zero.
 
[4]Revenue recognition:

The Company’s agreement with NYU is an operating lease, and patient revenue from the use of the gamma knife is lease income.  There are no minimum lease payments from NYU.  The NYU agreement provides for contingent rental income based on a tiered fee schedule related to the number of patient procedures and associated thresholds.  The Company recognizes the contingent rental income on a systematic basis using an average fee per procedure calculated by estimating the expected number of procedures per contract year which runs from November 1, to the following October 31.  Any amounts received in excess of the average fee are considered deferred revenue.  At the end of each reporting period, the Company reviews its estimated revenue for the contract year and adjusts revenue for any material changes in the estimate.  At the end of the contract year, the revenue is adjusted to the actual amount received.

[5]Long-lived assets:

The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

[6]Depreciation and amortization:

The gamma knife is being depreciated on the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 7 years.  Leasehold improvements are being amortized on the straight-line method over 7 years, the shorter of useful life, or the life of the NYU Agreement.  Office furniture and computers are being depreciated on the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives ranging from 3 to 7 years.  Depreciation expense for 2015 and 2014 was $622,000 and $475,000 respectively.  Amortization expense for 2015 and 2014 was $313,000 and $197,000 respectively.

[7]Capital leases:

Capital lease obligations are amortized ratably over the original term of the lease agreement, beginning with the earlier of the date the leased assets are placed in service or the effective date of the lease as defined in the lease agreement.

[8]Guarantees:

The Company recognizes a liability at the fair value of the obligation at the inception of a financial guarantee contract. The initial liability is subsequently reduced as the Company is released from exposure under the guarantee. If it becomes probable that the Company will have to perform on a guarantee, a separate liability is accrued if it is reasonably estimable, based on the facts and circumstances at that time. The Company reverses the fair value liability only when there is no further exposure under the guarantee.

[9]Income taxes:

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on deferred tax assets or liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce tax assets to amounts more likely than not to be realized.

The Company has adopted the accounting provisions for Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.  This accounting provision provides a comprehensive model for how the Company should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that the Company has taken or expects to take on its tax return.  If applicable, the Company records interest and penalties as a component of income tax expense, The Company had no uncertain material tax positions at December 31, 2015 and 2014. Tax years from January 1, 2012 to the current year remain open for examination by federal and state tax authorities.
 

[10]Earnings per share:

Earnings per share are computed by dividing earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average shares outstanding for the period.  There were no common stock equivalents during 2015 and 2014, and therefore, no potential dilution for the periods presented.

[11]Advertising costs:

The Company follows the policy of charging the costs of advertising to expense as incurred.  There were no advertising costs in 2015 and 2014.
 
[12]Allowance for doubtful accounts:

The Company evaluates each of its accounts receivable individually and provides a charge to income that is appropriate, in the opinion of management, to absorb probable credit losses. The Company considers all accounts receivable to be collectible at December 31, 2015 and 2014.

[13]Estimates and assumptions:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

[14]Fair values of financial instruments:

The estimated fair value of financial instruments has been determined based on available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies.  The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets, due from or to related parties, and accounts payable approximate fair value at December 31, 2015 and 2014 because of the short maturity of these financial instruments.  The carrying values of the notes receivable and the obligations under capital leases, approximate fair value because the interest rates on these instruments approximate the market rates at December 31, 2015 and 2014.

[15]Credit risk:

At times, the Company may have cash and cash equivalents at a financial institution in excess of insured limits. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with high credit quality financial institutions whose credit ratings are monitored by management to minimize credit risk. Accounts receivable consist primarily of amounts due from the medical centers.  Historically, credit losses on accounts receivable have not been significant. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, substantially all of the Company’s accounts receivable were due from one customer, NYU.

[16]Asset retirement obligations:

The Company records liabilities for legal obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets based on the estimated future cost of asset retirement obligations discounted to present value, and records a corresponding asset and liability on its consolidated balance sheets. The values ultimately derived are based on many significant estimates, including future decommissioning costs, inflation, cost of capital, and market risk premiums.  The nature of these estimates requires the Company to make judgments based on historical experience and future expectations.  Revisions to the estimates may be required based on such things as changes to cost estimates or the timing of future cash outlays.  Any such changes that result in upward or downward revisions in the estimated obligation will result in an adjustment to the related capitalized asset and corresponding liability on a prospective basis.