Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Accounting Policies

Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, including disclosure of contingencies, at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Financial Instruments

On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Topic 326), which replaced the incurred loss approach for recognizing credit losses on financial instruments with an expected loss approach. The expected loss approach is subject to management judgments using assessments of incurred credit losses, assessments of current conditions, and forecasts using reasonable and supportable assumptions. The standard was required to be applied using the modified retrospective approach with a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings, if any, upon adoption.

The Company’s primary financial instrument subject to the standard is its accounts receivable derived from contracts with patients. Historically, the Company has experienced infrequent, immaterial credit losses related to its accounts receivable and, based on its experience, believes the risk of material defaults is low. The Company experienced credit losses of $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, credit loss recoveries of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, and credit losses of $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The Company’s historical credit losses have been infrequent and immaterial largely because the Company’s accounts receivable are typically paid for by highly-solvent, creditworthy payors such as Medicare, other governmental programs, and highly-regulated commercial insurers, on behalf of the patient. The Company believes it has moderate credit risk related to defaults on self-pay amounts in accounts receivable; however, these amounts represented less than 1.0% of the Company’s accounts receivable at January 1, 2020.

In estimating the Company’s expected credit losses under Topic 326, the Company considers its incurred loss experience and adjusts for known and expected events and other circumstances, identified using periodic assessments implemented by the Company, which management believes are relevant in assessing the collectability of its accounts receivable. Because of the infrequent and insignificant nature of the Company’s historical credit losses, forecasts of expected credit losses are generally unnecessary. Expected credit losses are recognized by the Company through an allowance for credit losses and related credit loss expense.

As of January 1, 2020, the Company completed its expected credit loss assessment for its financial instruments subject to Topic 326. The Company’s estimate of expected credit losses as of January 1, 2020, resulted in no adjustments to the allowance for credit losses and no cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings on the adoption date of the standard.