Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

18. Related Party Transactions

eRx Option Agreement

Prior to the creation of the Joint Venture, we entered into an option agreement to acquire eRx (the “Option Agreement”). Under the terms of the Option Agreement, the option to acquire eRx would only become exercisable at any such time that McKesson owns (directly or indirectly), in the aggregate, less than 5% of the outstanding units of the Joint Venture. Subsequent to the Merger, the Option became exercisable and was exercised on May 1, 2020. See Note 4, Business Combinations, for additional information.

Transition Services Agreements

In connection with the creation of the Joint Venture, we entered into transition services agreements with eRx. Under the agreements, we provided certain transition services to eRx in exchange for specified fees. Prior to the acquisition of eRx, we recognized $283 and $0 in transition fee income during the six months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We recognized $0 in transition fee income during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. The amounts received are included in Other, net in the consolidated statement of operations.

Employer Healthcare Program Agreement with Equity Healthcare

Effective January 1, 2014, we entered into an employer health program agreement with Equity Healthcare LLC (“Equity Healthcare”), an affiliate of Blackstone, whereby Equity Healthcare provides certain negotiating, monitoring and other services in connection with our health benefit plans. In consideration for Equity Healthcare’s services, we pay a fee of $1.00 per participating employee per month.

Term Loans Held by Related Party

Certain investment funds managed by GSO Capital Partners LP (the “GSO-managed funds”) held a portion of the term loans under our Senior Credit Facilities. GSO Advisor Holdings LLC (“GSO Advisor”) is the general partner of GSO Capital Partners LP and Blackstone, indirectly through its subsidiaries, holds all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of GSO Advisor. As of September 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020, the GSO-managed funds held $171,805 and $151,301, respectively, in principal amount of the Senior Credit Facilities (none of which is classified within current portion of long-term debt).

Transactions with Blackstone Portfolio Companies

We provide various services to, and purchase services from, certain Blackstone portfolio companies under contracts that were executed in the normal course of business. The following is a summary of revenue recognized/amounts paid related to service provided to/from Blackstone portfolio companies:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Six Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Revenue recognized related to services provided	$	838	$	—	$	1,881	$	—
Amount paid related to services received	$	4,166	$	—	$	9,458	$	—