10KSB 1 f10ksb33106.htm 10KSB Rockport


UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-KSB


For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006


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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Commission file number 0-23514


ROCKPORT HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)


Delaware

 

33-0601497

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


50 Briar Hollow Lane, Suite 515W, Houston, Texas

 

   77027

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

 

(713) 621-9424



Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  Common Stock


Check whether the Issuer (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 o


Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B is not contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB.    x


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


Issuer’s revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, were $3,067,560.


The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Issuer as of July 13, 2006, based upon the average bid and asked price as of such date on the OTC Bulletin Board, was $231,579.


The Registrant’s common stock outstanding as of July 13, 2006, was 15,239,884.


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:   None


Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (Check One):  Yes ¨   No x





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ROCKPORT HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.




TABLE OF CONTENTS


   

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Part I

 

 
 

Item 1.     Description of Business

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Item 2.     Description of Property

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Item 3.     Legal Proceedings

9

 

Item 4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

9

    

Part II

 

 
 

Item 5.     Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

10

 

Item 6.     Management's Discussion and Analysis and Results of Operations and Financial Condition

11

 

Item 7.     Financial Statements

18

 

Item 8.     Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

33

 

Item 8A.   Controls and Procedures

33

 

Item 8B.   Other Information

33

    

Part III

 

 
 

Item 9.     Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons, Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act

33

 

Item 10.   Executive Compensation

36

 

Item 11.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

38

 

Item 12.   Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

40

 

Item 13.   Exhibits

41

 

Item 14.   Principal Accountant Fees and Services

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Some of the statements contained in this report discuss future expectations, contain projections of results of operations or financial condition, or state other “forward-looking” information.  The words “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project” and similar expressions identify such statement was made.  These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the statements.  The forward-looking information is based on various factors and is derived using numerous assumptions.  Important factors that may cause results to differ from projections include, for example:


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the Company’s ability to forge and maintain contractual relationships with healthcare providers and clients;

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the Company’s ability to convince customers of its current clients to access the Company’s provider network;

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continued efforts to control covered workers’ compensation claims costs;

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potential regulatory intervention, if the Company fails to comply with regulatory requirements;

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proposed future efforts to control administrative costs, and future provider utilization rates;

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future government regulations;

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the ability of the Company to price its services competitively;

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sources for sufficient additional capital to meet the Company’s growth and operations; and

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the failure to properly manage and successfully integrate additional providers and/or clients.


The Company does not promise to update forward-looking information to reflect actual results or changes in assumptions or other factors that could affect those statements.  Future events and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in, contemplated by, or underlying such forward-looking statements.



PART I


ITEM 1.  DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS


Overview


Rockport Healthcare Group, Inc. (“Rockport” or the “Company”) is a management company dedicated to developing, operating and managing networks consisting of healthcare providers and medical suppliers that serve employees with work-related injuries and illnesses.  Rockport offers access to a comprehensive healthcare network at a local, state or national level for its clients and their customers.  Typically, Rockport’s clients are property and casualty insurance companies, employers, bill review/medical cost containment companies, managed care organizations, software/bill review companies and third party administrators.


The Company contracts with physicians, hospitals and ancillary healthcare providers at rates below the maximum allowed by applicable state fee schedules, or if there is no state fee schedule, rates below usual and customary allowables for work-related injuries and illnesses.  The Company generates revenue by receiving as a fee, a percentage of the medical cost savings realized by its clients.  The medical cost savings realized by its clients is the difference between the maximum rate allowed for workers’ compensation medical services in accordance with the state allowed fee schedules or usual and customary allowables and the discounted rates negotiated by the Company with its healthcare providers.


The Company’s mission to its clients and healthcare providers is to: (1) maintain, update and distribute accurate information on each and every healthcare provider that is directly contracted by the Company or is accessed through the Company’s network partner relationship; (2) demonstrate, educate and offer each client and their customer referral products and services that encourage, enable and guide their injured workers to the Company’s healthcare providers; and (3) provide clear, concise and accurate preferred provider organization (“PPO”) repricing information and assistance in facilitating payment to the contracted rates and provide resolution to reimbursement problems in a timely manner.




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The Company’s goals are to: (1) create and maintain profitability within industry standards and create shareholder value; (2) become the national network of choice for work-related injuries and illnesses; (3) market and position its networks, state by state, to increase business to its healthcare providers while offering significant savings to its clients and their customers; (4) continually develop information systems that improve processes, measurements and the integrity of its healthcare provider data and reporting structure; (5) continue its dedication to client and healthcare provider support services; and (6) provide any payor, managed care organization or bill review/software company an alternative national workers’ compensation network in a non-competitive relationship.


The Company has healthcare providers and/or network partners in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.  As of March 31, 2006, the Company has in excess of 300,000 healthcare providers nationwide that serve its clients and their customers for their injured employees’ care.  Should a client or their customer have particular needs in an under-served market, Rockport or its network partner has a skilled team of experienced network development personnel capable of custom building the under-served market for the client.


Organizational History


The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware on May 4, 1992, as Protokopus Corporation.  On December 17, 1997, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock of The Rockport Group of Texas, Inc., a Nevada corporation, in a business combination accounted for as a reverse acquisition.  On January 18, 1998, the Company changed its name from Protokopus Corporation to Rockport Healthcare Group, Inc.


As of March 31, 2006, the Company has three wholly owned subsidiaries: Rockport Community Network, Inc., Rockport Group of Texas, Inc. and Rockport Preferred, Inc.  Rockport Community Network, Inc. (“RCN”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on November 14, 1997.  Rockport Group of Texas, Inc. (“RGT”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on July 23, 1997.  RCN and RGT, for accounting purposes, are solely disbursing entities for the Company and have no business operations.  RCN prepares and issues invoices to the Company’s clients, collects accounts receivable and issues checks to the Company’s network partners for network access fees, to outside sales personnel for sales commissions and for commission overwrites.  RGT processes payroll and pays payroll costs and other selling, general and administrative expenses on behalf of the Company.  Rockport Preferred, Inc. is a dormant subsidiary, which has no ongoing operations.


The Company’s Products and Services


The Company assists its clients in decreasing medical costs associated with workers’ compensation by providing these clients referral products and services to access the Company’s network of healthcare professionals and facilities, which the Company markets as Rockport United Network sm.  The provider network is referred to as a preferred provider organization ("PPO").


The Company contracts with physicians, hospitals and ancillary healthcare providers at rates below the maximum allowed by applicable state fee schedules, or if there is no state fee schedule, at rates below usual and customary allowables for work-related injuries and illnesses.  The Company generates revenue by receiving as a fee, a percentage of the medical cost savings realized by its clients.  The medical cost savings realized by its clients is the difference between the maximum rate allowed for workers’ compensation medical services in accordance with the state allowed fee schedules, or usual and customary allowables, and the discounted rates negotiated by the Company with its healthcare providers.





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The Company continues to expand its PPO network in additional areas of the country in conjunction with the expansion of its client base, either through direct contracting with providers, through strategic network alliances with third party networks, which it refers to as network partners, or through purchases of networks.  The Company utilizes its own network development staff to enhance its PPO network and custom build in a market for a given client.  Effective July 7, 2003, the Company purchased the healthcare provider agreements from Protegrity Services, Inc., (“Protegrity”) which included certified networks in the states of Florida and Kentucky and providers in a variety of other states.  As consideration for the purchase, the Company issued 500,000 shares of restricted common stock to Protegrity which it recorded as an intangible asset valued at $500,000 and granted Protegrity an earnout of a percentage of the revenue the Company receives in the states of Florida, Kentucky and Missouri over the next five years.  If Protegrity has not sold its shares of Rockport by July 2008, the Company agreed to purchase from Protegrity at a price of $1.00 per share all of the remaining outstanding shares then owned by Protegrity.  The Company intends to utilize this purchase to expand its sales and marketing strategies in those states and further strengthen its position in the southeastern United States.  As of March 31, 2006, this purchase brought the total number of providers within the Company’s network to in excess of 300,000 physicians, hospitals and ancillary healthcare facilities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  The healthcare providers selected by the Company for its PPO network are selected on the basis of their clinical qualifications, type of specialty, location and their adherence to industry standards of care and service. The Company ensures that the healthcare providers are geographically appropriate and readily accessible.


Rockport United Network sm is designed to reduce the price paid by the Company’s clients for medical services by offering the Company’s clients the discounts the Company has negotiated with its healthcare providers.  The healthcare providers are willing to accept a discount for medical services because the Company has developed referral tools and resources to assist the Company’s clients in directing an injured employee to the healthcare provider’s place of practice and/or facility.  The client realizes medical cost savings due to the reduced cost of healthcare services provided by the Company’s PPO network.  The discounts obtained by the Company from its network of healthcare provider’s range from as low as a 2% to as high as a 30% reduction from the state fee schedule or usual and customary allowables. Typically, the agreements the Company has with its participating providers are short-term in nature, which is standard within the healthcare industry.  The initial term of the agreement is for a period of one year with automatic one-year renewals, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the terms of the agreement.  The agreements may be terminated by either party upon thirty days prior written notice if certain conditions exist such as: the provider’s inability to continue the practice of medicine, the insolvency of either party or certain unforeseen events.  Absent the previous conditions, either party may, without cause upon 120 days prior written notice, terminate the agreements.  The discounts obtained from the providers, due to the short-term nature of the agreements, are not guaranteed in the long-term.


The Company has entered into agreements with various national, regional and state networks, which the Company considers its “network partners,” that are included in the Company’s network, Rockport United Network sm., to be accessed in those states or geographic areas where the Company requires additional coverage and specialties for its clients.  The Company has network access agreements with the following network partners, which listing is followed by the jurisdictional coverage:


Network Partner

 

Jurisdictional Coverage

Arizona Foundation

 

Arizona

CCO, Inc.

 

Missouri

Companion WorkPlace Health Network

 

Georgia

Consumer Health Network

 

New Jersey

Devon Health Services

 

Pennsylvania

First Choice Network

 

Mississippi

Health’s Finest Network

 

Illinois

Heritage Summit

 

Florida

IHP

 

Regional - multi-state

ppoNext West

 

Regional - multi-state

USAMCO – WIN

 

National – exclusive

Virginia Health Network

 

Virginia





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The Company negotiates various fee reimbursements with its network partners, which are normally a percentage of the revenue the Company receives from its clients.  Due to the sharing nature of its agreements with its network partners, the margins the Company receives on its agreements with its network partners is lower than the margins the Company receives on its agreements within its own network, as it is not required to share its revenue.    Typically, the agreements the Company has with its network partners are short-term in nature, which is typical within the healthcare industry.  The initial term of the agreements are for a one-year period with automatic one-year renewals unless terminated by either party upon thirty days written notice prior to the anniversary date.  Either party may terminate the agreement for cause upon providing the other party 120 days prior written notice.  The Company intends to further develop its healthcare network in markets where it requires additional healthcare providers through the use of its in-house network development staff and by identifying additional network partners to complement the existing PPO network.


Clients


The Company provides its PPO network, Rockport United Network sm., for work-related injuries and illnesses to its clients and their customers.  Typically, Rockport’s clients are property and casualty insurance companies, employers, bill review/medical cost containment companies, managed care organizations, software/bill review companies and third party administrators.  Currently, the Company provides its PPO network exclusively for work-related injuries and illnesses.


The Company negotiates its percentage of medical cost savings fees with each of its clients individually based upon the amount of potential business the Company will realize from the client.  These fees constitute all of the Company’s revenue. Typically, the initial term of the agreement between the Company and its clients is for a period of one year and upon mutual agreement by both parties may be extended for successive one-year periods.  Either party may terminate the agreement with or without cause by giving the other party ninety days prior written notice.  Due to the short-term nature of the agreements with its clients, should a client terminate its agreement with the Company, the resulting loss of revenue could have a material adverse impact on the future earnings of the Company.  The short-term nature of the agreements is typical within the healthcare industry.


The Company has developed a healthcare provider locator program custom designed for identifying a healthcare provider by name, specialty or location.  This product enables a client the ease of quickly locating a choice of healthcare providers within any given zip code and distance from the injured employee.  This program is an aid to the Company’s clients and is provided free of charge.  This product allows the client to offer informed choice and expedient care for the injured employee while referring the injured employee to a healthcare provider within the Company’s PPO network.  This product can be accessed from the Company’s web site or a client may contact the Company’s client services to have a search performed for them.  The Company has not applied for a patent on this product.


The Company maintains a web site at www.rockporthealthcare.com.  Within its web site are details about the Company, its leadership, national position, mission, goals and commitments and a description as to why it is unique when compared to its competition.  Within the web page entitled “Client Services” its clients and customers are able to locate a healthcare provider, review total providers by state, print a provider directory, nominate a provider to become a part of the Company’s PPO network and obtain assistance from the Company’s client services staff in customizing a provider panel that can be located at the employer’s work-site.  The healthcare provider demographics (i.e. name, address, telephone number, specialty, hours, etc.) located on the Company’s web site are in a secure environment with access provided only to the Company’s clients and their customers for locating purposes. The information contained in the Company’s web site is not part of this annual report.


With respect to the source of the Company's revenue, the Company had two clients, each which provided more than 10% of the Company's revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.  Those clients were Intracorp, which contributed 15.2% of total revenue, and Fair Isaac Corporation (“Fair Isaac”) (formerly HNC Insurance Solutions, Inc.) that contributed 26.9% of total revenue.


The effective date of the agreement with Intracorp was August 1, 2001, and the term is for a period of one year with automatic one-year renewals unless terminated as set forth in the agreement.  Intracorp may terminate the agreement for any reason by giving the Company 90 days prior written notice of its intent to terminate.  In the event of a material breach of the agreement, the non-breaching party may terminate the agreement by giving the other party 30 days prior written notice of intent to terminate.  The Company receives as a fee from Intracorp a negotiated percentage of the medical cost savings realized by Intracorp for accessing the Company’s PPO network.




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The effective date of the agreement with Fair Isaac was July 28, 1999, and the term is for a period of one year with automatic one-year renewals unless terminated as set forth in the agreement.  Either party may terminate the agreement for any reason by giving the other party 90 days prior written notice of its intent to terminate.  In the event of a material breach of the agreement, the non-breaching party may terminate the agreement by giving the other party 30 days prior written notice of intent to terminate.  The Company receives as a fee from Fair Isaac a negotiated percentage of the medical cost savings realized by Fair Isaac for accessing the Company’s PPO network.


The agreements the Company has with its clients can be terminated with short-term notice, which is normal within the industry the Company operates.  However, there can be no assurance that a current major client of the Company will continue to be a major client in the future, and the loss of a major client would adversely affect the Company.  The Company is continuing to add new clients and customers of its existing clients and believes revenue will increase as it implements these new clients and customers.


Competition


The Company faces competition on a national basis primarily from three national managed care organizations (“MCOs”).  Whereas, the only product the Company offers to its clients is access to its national PPO network of healthcare providers for workers’ compensation, the Company’s national competitors provide access to their provider networks in addition to other services.  The Company’s competitors provide medical cost containment, managed care and bill review services in addition to access to their national PPO network.  The Company believes that by providing only one product, access to its Rockport United Network sm preferred provider organization, the Company can compete on a national scale with its competitors.   A majority of the Company’s clients are MCOs, third party administrators (“TPAs”) and bill review companies, which provide services identical to the Company’s competitors.  The Company offers access to its provider network to its clients in a non-competitive relationship.


The Company’s competitors are significantly larger and have greater financial strength and marketing resources than the Company.  There can be no assurance that the Company will continue to maintain its existing performance or be successful with any new products.  These competitive factors could adversely affect the Company's financial results.  The Company will be subject to significant competition in any new geographic areas it may enter.


The Company believes that, as managed care techniques continue to gain acceptance in the workers' compensation marketplace, competitors will increasingly consist of nationally directed workers' compensation managed care service companies, insurance companies, HMOs and other significant providers of managed care products.  Legislative reforms in some states permit employers to designate health plans such as HMOs and PPOs to cover workers' compensation claimants.  Because many health plans have the ability to manage medical costs for workers’ compensation claimants, such legislation may intensify competition in the market served by the Company.


Intellectual Property, Proprietary Rights and Licenses


The Company has made significant investments in the development and maintenance of its proprietary data.  The Company does not own any patents or federally registered copyrights relating to its databases.  The Company relies largely on its own security systems, confidentiality procedures and employee nondisclosure agreements to maintain the confidentiality and trade secrecy of its proprietary data.  Misappropriation of the Company's proprietary information or independent development of similar products may have a material adverse effect on the Company's competitive position.





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The Company's management information systems (the "MIS") is a critical component in its operations because the information processed and derived through the MIS enables the Company to reprice discount rates for provider services and monitor and produce management utilization reports.  In addition, the MIS is critical to the timely, efficient processing and/or review of provider bills.  The Company maintains the rate data it has negotiated with its providers within its PPO bill repricing software.  The medical bills received from its clients are then matched against the rates maintained by the Company.  Once there is a match between the medical bill and one of the Company’s providers, a savings is generated.  It is this savings, which provides revenue to the Company, and savings to the Company’s clients.  The MIS also produces reports, which are utilized by the Company, its clients and providers to monitor costs associated with workers’ compensation.  The Company relies on a combination of trade secrets and confidentiality measures to establish and protect its proprietary rights to the MIS.  There can be no assurance, however, that the legal protections and the precautions taken by the Company will be adequate to prevent misappropriation of the Company's technology.  In addition, these protections and precautions will not prevent development by independent third parties of competitive technology or products, and some companies have already developed products, which, to some extent, perform functions similar to those performed by the MIS.


The Company has developed a healthcare provider locator tool custom designed for identifying a healthcare provider by name, specialty or location.  This product enables a client the ease of quickly locating a choice of healthcare providers within any given zip code and distance from the injured employee.  This product is an aid to the Company’s clients and is provided free of charge.  This product allows the client to offer informed choice and expedient care for the injured employee while referring the injured employee to a healthcare provider within the Company’s PPO network.  This product can be accessed from the Company’s web site or the client can contact the Company’s client services to perform a search for a provider.  The Company has not applied for a patent on this product.


Government Regulation


Under the current workers’ compensation system, individual laws in each of the 50 states and certain federal laws govern employer insurance or self-funded coverage.  Although the area of managed healthcare is heavily regulated, the Company is currently subject to any specific licensing requirements for the states of Florida and Kentucky only.  The various network providers that the Company contracts with are regulated, and the Company’s ability to utilize these networks is contingent on the continued eligibility of these network providers to provide services.  The failure of these providers to maintain their eligibility could adversely affect the Company’s breadth of providers.


The Company's activities are regulated principally at the state level, which means the Company may be required to comply with certain regulatory standards, which differ from state to state.  Although the laws affecting the Company's operations vary widely from state to state, these laws fall into four principal categories: (i) laws that require licensing, certification or other approval of businesses that provide managed healthcare services; (ii) laws regulating the operation of managed care provider networks; (iii) laws that restrict the methods and procedures that the Company may employ in its workers' compensation managed care programs; and (iv) proposed laws which, if adopted, would have as their objective the reform of the healthcare system as a whole.


It is impossible to predict if proposals calling for broad insurance market reform will be reintroduced in Congress or in any state legislature in the future, or if any such proposal may be enacted.  At both the federal and state levels, there is also growing interest in legislation to regulate how managed care companies interact with providers and health plan members.  The Company cannot predict what effect federal or state healthcare legislation or private sector initiatives will have on its provider network, although management of the Company believes the Company may benefit from some proposals which favor the growth of managed care.  There can be no assurance that future healthcare reforms or PPO regulations will not be adopted which would have a material adverse affect on the Company.


The Company anticipates that federal and state legislatures will continue to review and assess alternative healthcare systems and payment methodologies.  The Company is unable to determine to what extent PPOs and TPAs will be part of any managed care initiatives of the federal and state governments or private sector initiatives, as there is increasing emphasis on market-driven modifications.  Further, the Company is unable to determine the favorable or unfavorable impact, if any, they would have on the Company's operations.


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As of June 26, 2006, the Company had 19 employees, with 17 employees located in Houston, Texas and two employees located in Florida.  All of the Company’s employees are full-time.  The Company has no collective bargaining agreements with any unions and believes that its overall relations with its employees are good.


Volatility of Stock Market


There have been significant fluctuations in the market price for the Company's common stock.  Factors such as variations in the Company's revenues, earnings and cash flow, general market trends in the workers' compensation managed care market and announcements of innovations or acquisitions by the Company or its competitors could cause the market price of the common stock to fluctuate substantially.  In addition, the stock market has experienced price and volume fluctuations that have particularly affected companies in the healthcare and managed care markets, resulting in changes in the market price of the stock of many companies which may not have been directly related to the operating performance of those companies.  Such broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of the Company’s common stock.


ITEM 2.  DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY


The Company’s executive and administrative offices are located at 50 Briar Hollow Lane, Suite 515W, Houston, Texas 77027, which facilities are leased by the Company from an unaffiliated third party.  The Company’s lease on these premises covers 12,219 square feet and expires on June 30, 2011. The Company’s monthly lease payment on its leased office space as of March 31, 2006 is $17,341. The Company re-negotiated the lease whereby the monthly payments are $13,746 from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, $14,000 from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009 and $14,255 from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011.  


The Company leases an office in Florida with 1,037 square feet from a stockholder of the Company. The lease began August 1, 2003 and expires on July 31, 2005.  Biannual lease payments are in the amount of $8,296.


The Company believes that the current facilities are adequate for its present needs.  Furthermore, the Company believes that suitable additional or replacement space will be available when required on terms acceptable to the Company.  The Company has no present intent to invest in real estate, real estate mortgages or persons primarily engaged in real estate activities, however, the Company may change this policy at any time without a vote of security holders.  


ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS


None.


ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS


No matters were submitted during the fourth quarter of the period covered in this report to a vote of shareholders.




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PART II


ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS


On February 12, 1999, the Company's common stock began trading on the OTC Bulletin Board market under the symbol "RPHL".  The market for the Company’s common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board is limited, sporadic and highly volatile. The following table sets forth the approximate high and low closing sales prices per share as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board for the Company's common stock for the last two fiscal years.  The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail markups, markdowns or commissions and may not represent actual transactions.


 

High

 

Low

Fiscal Year 2006

     

    Quarter Ended March 31, 2006

$

0.07

 

$

0.02

    Quarter Ended December 31, 2005

$

0.06

 

$

0.02

    Quarter Ended September 30, 2005

$

0.06

 

$

0.02

    Quarter Ended June 30, 2005

$

0.05

 

$

0.03

      

Fiscal Year 2005

     

    Quarter Ended March 31, 2005

$

0.06

 

$

0.035

    Quarter Ended December 31, 2004

$

0.08

 

$

0.035

    Quarter Ended September 30, 2004

$

0.14

 

$

0.06

    Quarter Ended June 30, 2004

$

0.39

 

$

0.14


As of July 13, 2006, there were approximately 1,024 stockholders of record of the Company's common stock.  The Company has neither declared nor paid any cash dividends to date.  The Company does not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future until such time as the Company has sufficient cash flow from operations to justify payment of a dividend.


Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities


Set forth below is certain information concerning all issuances of securities by the Company during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 and March 31, 2005 that were not registered under the Securities Act.


On September 30, 2005, under the terms of a written contract executed by the Company, the Company issued 1,811 shares of common stock to Mike Catala in consideration of marketing services valued at $54 pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.


On September 30, 2005, under the terms of a written contract executed by the Company, the Company issued 1,811 shares of common stock to Johnny Fontenot in consideration of marketing services valued at $54 pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.


On June 30, 2005, under the terms of a written contract executed by the Company, the Company issued 5,140 shares of common stock to Mike Catala in consideration of marketing services valued at $247 pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.


On June 30, 2005, under the terms of a written contract executed by the Company, the Company issued 5,140 shares of common stock to Johnny Fontenot in consideration of marketing services valued at $247 pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.


On June 30, 2005, the Company issued 200,000 shares of common stock to Messrs. Fontenot and Catala as settlement of a dispute valued at $9,600.


On March 31, 2005, under the terms of a written contract executed by the Company, the Company issued 10,003 shares of common stock to Mike Catala in consideration of marketing services valued at $501 pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.





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On March 31, 2005, under the terms of a written contract executed by the Company, the Company issued 10,003 shares of common stock to Johnny Fontenot in consideration of marketing services valued at $501 pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.


The above transactions were completed pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.  With respect to issuances made pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, the transactions did not involve any public offering and were sold to a limited group of persons.  Each recipient either received adequate information about the Company or had access, through employment or other relationships, to such information, and the Company determined that each recipient had such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that they were able to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Company.


Officers of the Company who received no commission or other remuneration for the solicitation of any person in connection with the respective sales of securities described above made all sales of the Company’s securities.  The recipients of securities represented their intention to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and appropriate legends were affixed to the share certificates and other instruments issued in such transactions.


Purchase of Equity Securities


During the year ended March 31, 2006, the Company did not make any repurchases of its equity securities.


ITEM 6.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION


The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition as of March 31, 2006, and the Company’s results of operations for the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.


Overview


Rockport Healthcare Group, Inc. (“Rockport” or the “Company”) is a management company dedicated to developing, operating and managing networks consisting of healthcare providers and medical suppliers that serve employees with work-related injuries and illnesses.  Rockport offers access to a comprehensive healthcare network at a local, state or national level for its clients and their customers.  Typically, Rockport’s clients are property and casualty insurance companies, employers, bill review/medical cost containment companies, managed care organizations, software/bill review companies and third party administrators.


The Company contracts with physicians, hospitals and ancillary healthcare providers at rates below the maximum allowed by applicable state fee schedules, or if there is no state fee schedule, rates below usual and customary allowables for work-related injuries and illnesses.  The Company generates revenue by receiving as a fee, a percentage of the medical cost savings realized by its clients.  The medical cost savings realized by its clients is the difference between the maximum rate allowed for workers’ compensation medical services in accordance with the state allowed fee schedules or usual and customary allowables and the discounted rates negotiated by the Company with its healthcare providers.


The Company’s mission to its clients and healthcare providers is to: (1) maintain, update and distribute accurate information on each and every healthcare provider that is directly contracted by the Company or is accessed through the Company’s network partners relationships; (2) demonstrate, educate and offer each client and their customer referral products and services that encourage, enable and guide their injured workers to the Company’s healthcare providers; and (3) provide clear, concise and accurate preferred provider organization (“PPO”) repricing information and assistance in facilitating payment to the contracted rates and provide resolution to reimbursement problems in a timely manner.





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The Company’s goals are to: (1) create and maintain profitability within industry standards and create shareholder value; (2) become the national network of choice for work-related injuries and illnesses; (3) market and position its networks, state by state, to increase business to its healthcare providers while offering significant savings to its clients and their customers; (4) continually develop information systems that improve processes, measurements and the integrity of its healthcare provider data and reporting structure; (5) continue its dedication to client and healthcare provider support services; and (6) provide any payor, managed care organization or bill review/software company an alternative national workers’ compensation network in a non-competitive relationship.


The Company has healthcare providers and/or network partners in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.  As of March 31, 2006, the Company has in excess of 300,000 healthcare providers nationwide that serve its clients and their customers for their injured employees’ care.  Should a client or their customer have particular needs in an under-served market, Rockport or its network partner has a skilled team of experienced network development personnel capable of custom building the under-served market for the client.


Critical Accounting Policies


General


The Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contain information that is pertinent to this management’s discussion and analysis.  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 disclosure of any contingent assets and liabilities.  Management believes these accounting policies involve judgment due to the sensitivity of the methods, assumptions and estimates necessary in determining the related asset and liability amounts.  Management believes it has exercised proper judgment in determining these estimates based on the facts and circumstances available to its management at the time the estimates were made.  The significant accounting policies are described in the Company's financial statements (See Note 2 in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-KSB).


Revenue Recognition


Revenue is recognized when earned.  Revenue is earned at such time as the Company’s contractual discounts with its healthcare providers are applied to its clients’ medical bills which produces a medical cost savings.  The Company’s revenue is a contractual percentage of the medical cost savings realized.  At the time the contractual discounts are applied and collection is reasonably assured, the revenue is realized.


Allowance for Doubtful Accounts


The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts, which reflects the estimate of losses that may result from the inability of some of the Company’s clients to make required payments.  The estimate for the allowance for doubtful accounts is based on known circumstances regarding collectability of client accounts and historical collections experience.  If the financial condition of one or more of the Company’s clients were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.  Material differences between the historical trends used to estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts and actual collection experience could result in a material change to the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial position.




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Intangible Assets


As of March 31, 2006, the Company had $362,500 of unamortized intangible assets resulting from the acquisition of the Protegrity network.  Effective July 7, 2003, the Company purchased all healthcare provider agreements from Protegrity Services, Inc., (“Protegrity”), a third party administrator (“TPA”) and managed care organization.  The Company was acquiring healthcare provider agreements in order to expand the size of its network.  This acquisition did not result in the acquisition of clients or revenue.  This acquisition of provider contracts was funded with the issuance of 500,000 shares of Company common stock valued at $500,000, and because the Company would earn revenue in the future from the acquired provider agreements, the Company recorded the value of the stock issued as an intangible asset.  The value of $500,000 attributed to the acquisition was based on the number of shares issued multiplied by $1.00 per share.  If Protegrity has not sold its shares of Rockport by July 2008, the Company has agreed to purchase from Protegrity at a price of $1.00 per share, all of the remaining outstanding shares then owned by Protegrity.  Amounts paid for provider agreements are being amortized to expense on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the agreements of ten years.  However, intangible assets are subject to an impairment assessment at least annually which may result in a charge to operations if the fair value of the intangible asset is impaired which would have a negative impact on  the Company’s financial condition and results would be negatively affected.


Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation


The Company accounts for stock-based compensation whereby no compensation expense is recorded for stock options or other stock-based awards to employees that are granted with an exercise price equal to or above the estimated fair value per share of the Company’s common stock on the grant date.  The Company adopted the pro forma requirements pursuant to fair value reporting which requires compensation expense to be disclosed based on the fair value of the options granted at the date of the grant.


In December 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued its Statement No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure—an amendment of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123.” This Statement amends Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, to provide alternative methods of transition for an entity that voluntarily changes to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation.  It also amends the disclosure provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 to require prominent disclosure about the effects on reported net income of an entity’s accounting policy decisions with respect to stock-based employee compensation. The transition and annual disclosure provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148 are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2002, and the interim disclosure provisions were effective for the first interim period beginning after December 15, 2002.  The Company did not voluntarily change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation, therefore, the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148 did not have a material impact on its operations and/or financial position.  If the Company had adopted the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation, it would have resulted in an additional $6,513 of compensation expense for the year ended March 31, 2006, and no affect in the Company’s basic and diluted earnings per share.


Results of Operations


Year Ended March 31, 2006 to Year Ended March 31, 2005


The following table sets forth certain operating information regarding the Company for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005:




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2006

 

2005

Revenue

$

3,067,560 

 

$

3,166,825 

Cost of sales

 

914,213 

  

991,893 

Gross profit

 

2,153,347 

  

2,174,932 

    Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

2,397,551 

  

2,264,244 

    Depreciation and amortization

 

63,581 

  

70,073 

Loss from operations

 

(307,785)

  

(159,385)

Interest, net

 

145,514 

  

137,348 

Net loss

$

(453,299)

 

$

(296,733)

Net loss per share – basic and diluted

$

(0.03)

 

$

(0.02)


Revenue.  The Company's source of revenue is fees it receives from its clients and their customers that access and utilize the Company's healthcare provider network for work-related injuries and illnesses.  When an injured employee utilizes a healthcare provider within the Company’s PPO network, the employer realizes medical cost savings, which it would not have realized had the employee utilized a healthcare provider not within the Company’s PPO network.  The Company’s clients and their customers, where permitted by law, direct their injured employees to healthcare providers within the Company’s healthcare provider network, which in turn creates a medical cost savings as a result of the discounts the Company has negotiated with its healthcare providers.  The agreements the Company has with its clients provide the Company with a fee based upon a percentage of the medical cost savings realized by its clients.  The fee percent the Company receives from its clients is negotiated by the Company and usually is determined by the amount of potential business the Company will receive from the client.  Typically, these agreements are short-term in nature, which is standard within the healthcare industry, but which make the predictability of the Company’s future revenues difficult.


The Company continues to expand its PPO network in additional areas of the country in conjunction with the expansion of its client base, either through direct contracting with providers, through strategic network alliances with third party networks, which it refers to as network partners, or through purchases of networks.  The Company utilizes its own network development staff to enhance its PPO network and custom build in a market for a given client.  Effective July 7, 2003, the Company purchased the healthcare provider agreements from Protegrity Services, Inc., (“Protegrity”) which included certified networks in the states of Florida and Kentucky and providers in a variety of other states.  As consideration for the purchase, the Company issued 500,000 shares of restricted common stock to Protegrity which it recorded as an intangible asset valued at $500,000 and granted Protegrity an earnout of a percentage of the revenue the Company receives in the states of Florida, Kentucky and Missouri over the next five years.  The Company intends to utilize this purchase to expand its sales and marketing strategies in those states and further strengthen its position in the southeastern United States.  This purchase brought the total number of providers within the Company’s network to in excess of 300,000 physicians, hospitals and ancillary healthcare facilities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Costs associated with developing the Company’s networks are charged to expense when incurred and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses.


Revenue for the twelve months ended March 31, 2006, was $3,067,560, which was $99,265, or 3%, less than the revenue for the twelve months ended March 31, 2005, of $3,166,825.  The decrease in revenue was primarily attributable to several clients’ significant loss of customers and decreased access to the Company’s network of healthcare providers. These losses were somewhat offset by adding new clients and stronger network utilization by other existing clients.


With respect to the source of the Company's revenue, the Company had two clients, each which provided more than 10% of the Company's revenue for the twelve months ended March 31, 2006.  Those clients were Fair Isaac Corporation which contributed 26.9% of total revenue and Intracorp which contributed 15.2% of total revenue.





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Cost of sales.  The Company's cost of sales consists of fees paid for access to third party provider networks, or network partners, fees paid for sales commissions to non-employee sales personnel and commission overwrites.  Cost of sales decreased by $77,680, or 7.8%, from $991,893 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2005, to $914,213 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2006. As the Company expands its business outside the State of Texas, to states where it does not have its own network, the Company will continue developing strategic network alliances and network access fees will increase, which will in turn increase the Company’s cost of sales and decrease its gross margins.  The purchase of the Protegrity network in Florida and Kentucky will allow the Company to increase its revenue in those states without a corresponding increase in network access fees, however, for a period of five years, Protegrity will receive an earnout fee as a percentage of revenue received by the Company from the states of Florida, Kentucky and Missouri. Total fees incurred for the year ended March 31, 2006 for access to third party provider networks were $699,138 and sales commissions to non-employee sales personnel and commission overwrites totaled $215,075. Access fees to third party provider networks and commissions incurred for the year ended March 31, 2005 totaled $795,531 and $ 196,362, respectively. Fees incurred for access to third party provider networks are based on a percentage of the Company’s revenue from using such network.  Sales commissions and commission overwrites paid by the Company are based on a percentage of revenue billed and collected.  


A marketing and sales agreement with two individuals provides for a quarterly sales commission bonus to be paid in restricted common stock of the Company.  Pursuant to this agreement, the Company issued a total of 213,902 shares of its restricted common stock to these two individuals during the year ended March 31, 2006, which was valued at $10,202. During September 1998, the Company acquired Newton Healthcare Network, LLC from Bannon Energy Incorporated (“Bannon”) of which Robert D. Johnson, a former director of the Company, was sole owner of Bannon.  In accordance with the purchase and sale agreement, Bannon receives a commission overwrite of 2% of the gross revenue attributable to Rockport Community Network, Inc.  For the twelve months ended March 31, 2006, Bannon earned $62,614.


Gross profit.  The Company's gross profit decreased by $21,585 from $2,174,932 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2005, to $2,153,347 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2006.  Gross profit as a percentage of sales was 70.2% for the current year period and 68.7% for the prior year period.  The increase in gross profit was attributable to the decrease in access fees incurred to third party provider networks due to decreased utilization in those networks. The Company expects its gross profit as a percentage of sales will decrease as it expands its business outside the State of Texas and continues to incur access fees to third party networks, however, the Company believes having network partners is the most economical method of building a nationwide network.


Selling, general and administrative expenses.  Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $133,307 from $2,264,244 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2005, to $2,397,551 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2006.


·

Payroll and related expenses increased from $1,703,170 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2005, to $1,765,558 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2006.  The primary reason for the increase was by the addition of an employee in client services, an additional employee in administration and a sales and marketing person to service accounts in the Southeastern United States.


·

Professional services, which are comprised of accounting and audit, legal, investor relations, consulting and other professional fees, increased from $187,537 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2005, to $216,121 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2006.  The primary components of the increase were increases in consulting fees and investor relations’ costs.


·

Total office administration expenses decreased from $337,330 from March 31, 2005 to $285,165 for the year ended March 31, 2006. The primary reason for the $52,165 decrease in administration expenses were the decrease in the office rent which was re-negotiated to lower monthly lease payments.


·

Other expenses increased by $94,500 from $36,207 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2005, to $130,707 during the twelve months ended March 31, 2006. The Company incurred additional expenses in the amount of $39,471 in a settlement of a dispute with 2 of its outside marketing personnel and $50,369 in the write-off of certain receivables that were deemed uncollectible during the 2006 period.





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The Company currently has fully staffed all of its departments with highly qualified personnel to market its provider network to potential clients, develop its provider network, design and develop its management information systems, perform its client services and provide for the administration of the Company.  As a result of this staffing, the Company has increased its sales and processing capabilities and believes the Company is well positioned to experience new growth.  The Company believes there will not be any significant increase in selling, general and administrative expenses as it implements its business plan.


Net loss.  The Company had a net loss for the twelve months ended March 31, 2006, of $453,299, or $0.03 per share (basic and diluted), compared with a net loss of $296,733, or $0.02 per share (basic and diluted), for the twelve months ended March 31, 2005.  As discussed above, the primary components, which resulted in the loss for the twelve months ended March 31, 2006, were a decrease in utilization of the Company’s provider network by the Company’s clients, the loss of selected clients and the loss of customers by some of the Company’s significant clients and an increase in operating expenses.


Liquidity and Capital Resources


The following summary table presents comparative cash flows of the Company for the twelve month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005:


 

2006

 

2005

Net cash used in operating activities

$

(54,321)

 

$

(129,435)

Net cash used in investing activities

$

(15,151)

 

$

(2,287)

Net cash provided by financing activities

$

91,779 

 

$

126,138 


Changes in cash flow.  The Company currently manages the payment of its current liabilities and other obligations on a monthly basis, as cash becomes available.  Net cash used in operating activities for the twelve months ended March 31, 2006, was $54,321 compared with net cash used in operating activities of $129,435 for the twelve months ended March 31, 2005.  This was a decrease of $75,114 when compared to the prior year period. The components of net cash used in operating activities for the 2006 period were a net loss of $453,299 and an increase in accounts payable and an increase in other current liabilities of $112,010 and $53,702, respectively. Accounts receivable balances decreases by $64,464 due to collections exceeding new receivables. Amounts due to officers and directors increased $95,058. Net cash provided by financing activities was $91,779 which was comprised of the transfer of accrued interest on long-term debt from current liabilities of $97,315 offset by repayments on notes payable of $5,536.


Liquidity and capital resources.  The Company has funded its operations through the sale of Company common stock, borrowing funds from outside sources and conversion of employee, director and shareholder debt into restricted common stock.  At March 31, 2006, the Company had available cash in non-restrictive accounts of $89,131 and negative working capital of $338,671.  As of March 31, 2006, the Company had outstanding debt of: (a) $765,000 in principal amount in the form of 10% convertible notes, (b) $227,493 in principal amount in the form of an 8% note, and (c) $194,464 in principal amount in the form of a 15% convertible note.


10% convertible notes.  As of March 31, 2006, the Company had outstanding $765,000 principal amount in the form of 10% convertible notes, all of which was held by Mr. Baldwin, a director of the Company.  The Company had $100,000 in principal and $34,550 in interest due to an individual which was due October 31, 2004.  On November 1, 2004, the Company sold a new 10% convertible note to Mr. Baldwin in the amount of $135,000 due April 2006 convertible at the rate of $.18 per share.  The Company used the proceeds of the new 10% convertible note to retire the maturing note held by an individual which note was due October 31, 2004.  As of the date of this report, the Company has the following 10% convertible notes outstanding: (a) $135,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.18 per share; (b) $300,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.36 per share; (c) $60,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.18 per share; and (d) $270,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.20 per share. During June 2005 the Company obtained an extension on the due date of these notes to April 2007.


Interest on the 10% convertible notes is payable quarterly out of available cash flow from operations as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, or if not paid but accrued, will be paid at the next fiscal quarter or at maturity.  The conversion prices of the notes were calculated based on the average of the high bid and low asked stock quotations on the date of funding.




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8% notes.  In November 2001 and in January 2002, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $100,000 from Mr. Baldwin.  In June 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the notes and added $93,000 of accrued consulting fees due and $34,493 of accrued overwrite fees due to the principal amount of the note.  In December 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the note and extended the due date to April 1, 2005 and in June 2004 extended the due date to April 1, 2006.  During June 2005 the Company renegotiated the due date of the note which is now due April 1, 2007. This debt is accruing interest at 8% payable monthly, however, in accordance with a verbal agreement with the note holder, the Company ceased paying the interest on this note on October 1, 2003.


15% convertible notes.  In 1998, the Company borrowed $200,000 from a shareholder on two separate notes which were convertible into Company common stock with interest payable monthly at 15% per annum.  Two officers of the Company personally guarantee the notes.  In March 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the notes, which were originally convertible into Company common stock at an average conversion price of $1.50 per share and were due April 1, 2003.  The notes have been modified on three occasions and are now convertible into Company common stock at a conversion price of $.36 per share and the due date and the conversion date of the notes is April 1, 2007. The balance of these notes was $194,464 as of March 31, 2006.


For fiscal 2007, the Company is projecting its monthly cash operating expenses, excluding network access fees, commissions and commission overwrites, to be approximately $200,000.  As discussed above, the Company has $1,186,957 and accrued interest due in April 2007.  The Company is currently seeking sources of financing to retire these notes, as it has no current means to pay the notes as they become due, and as it does not expect to be able to retire these notes from its operating cash.  If the Company is unable to refinance these notes, it will be required to raise funds to retire the notes, or it will be in default of the notes.  The Company has no commitments for the needed funds to retire these notes, and the failure to raise such funds or refinance the notes could subject the Company to a claim by the note holders for repayment, which would materially adversely affect the Company’s financial condition.  


Excluding these notes, management believes sufficient cash flow from operations will be available during the next twelve months to satisfy its short-term obligations.  Consumers who are covered by such payors condition the Company’s future growth on the Company signing more employers, insurers and others for access to its provider network and obtaining a greater participation.  The Company will dedicate a significant portion of its cash flow from operations to the continuing development and marketing of its provider network.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements


On July 7, 2003, the Company purchased the healthcare provider contracts from Protegrity services for 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.  The Company committed to repurchase the shares for $1.00 per share if Protegrity has not been able to realize this amount by July 2008.  If Protegrity has not sold its shares of Rockport by July 2008, the Company agreed to purchase from Protegrity at a price of $1.00 per share all of the remaining outstanding shares then owned by Protegrity.  As the conditioned redemption of these shares is not within the control of the Company, the stock issuance has been reflected as Temporary Equity.


New Accounting Pronouncements


New Accounting Standards and Disclosures.  In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R “Shared Based Payment (“SFAS 123R”).  This statement is a revision of SFAS Statement No 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and its related implementation guidance.  SFAS 123R addresses all forms of shared based compensation (“SBP”) awards, including shares issued under employee stock purchase plans, stock options, restricted stock and stock appreciation rights.  Under SFAS 123R, SBP awards result in a cost that will be measured at fair value on the awards’ grant date, based on the estimated number of awards that are expected to vest and will be reflected as compensation cost in the historical financial statements.  This statement is effective for public entities that file as small business issuers as of the beginning of the first interim or annual reporting period of the registrants’ first fiscal year that begins after December 15, 2005.  The Company is in the process of evaluating whether SFAS No. 123R will have a significant impact on the Company’s overall results of operations or financial position.  





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ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM





The Board of Directors

Rockport Healthcare Group, Inc.

Houston, Texas


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Rockport Healthcare Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ deficit and cash flows for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.


We conducted our audits in accordance with the auditing standards of the Public Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Rockport Healthcare Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2006 and 2005 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.


The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.  As discussed in Note 11 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and its total liabilities exceed its total assets.  This raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.  Managements’ plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 11.  The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.


As described in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company restated its March 31, 2004 and 2005 balance sheets, respectively, to reflect 500,000 shares of redeemable common stock, which had previously been reported within stockholders’ equity, as temporary equity.


Hein & Associates LLP



Houston, Texas

June 23, 2006




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ROCKPORT HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


 

March 31,

 

2006

 

2005

ASSETS

   

(Restated

See Note 2)

Current assets:

     

Cash

$

89,131 

 

$

66,824 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $50,000 and $22,000 at

March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively

 


663,279 

  


727,743 

Prepaid expenses

 

1,278 

  

1,239 

Total current assets

 

753,688 

  

795,806 

Property and equipment:

     

Office furniture and equipment

 

43,838 

  

43,644 

Computer equipment and software

 

133,944 

  

118,987 

Telephone equipment

 

15,844 

  

15,844 

  

193,626 

  

178,475 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

(169,630)

  

(156,049)

Net property and equipment

 

23,996 

  

22,426 

Other assets:

     

Deposits

 

8,915 

  

8,915 

Intangible assets, net

 

362,500 

  

412,500 

  

371,415 

  

421,415 

Total assets

$

1,149,099 

 

$

1,239,647 

      

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT

Current liabilities:

     

Current portion of long-term debt

$

-- 

 

$

-- 

Accounts payable, trade

 

490,004 

  

377,994 

Due to directors, officers and employees

 

234,478 

  

139,420 

Other current liabilities

 

367,877 

  

314,175 

Total current liabilities

 

1,092,359 

  

831,589 

Long-term debt

 

1,456,679 

  

1,364,900 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 4)

     

Temporary equity:

     

Redeemable common stock, 500,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2006
and 2005, respectively

 

500,000 

  

500,000 

Shareholders' deficit:

     

Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued

 

-- 

  

-- 

Common stock, $.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 14,739,884 and 14,525,982 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively

 

14,740 

  

14,526 

Additional paid-in capital

 

6,476,041 

  

6,466,053 

Stock subscription receivable

 

-- 

  

-- 

Accumulated deficit

 

(8,390,720)

  

(7,937,421)

Total shareholders’ deficit

 

(1,899,939)

  

(1,456,842)

Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit

$

1,149,099 

 

$

1,239,647 


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.




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ROCKPORT HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2006 AND 2005



 

2006

 

2005

      

Revenue

$

3,067,560 

 

$

3,166,825 

Cost of sales

 

914,213 

  

991,893 

        Gross profit

 

2,153,347 

  

2,174,932 

      

Operating expenses:

     

  Selling, general and administrative expenses:

     

    Payroll and related expenses

 

1,765,558 

  

1,703,170 

    Office administration

 

285,165 

  

337,330 

    Professional services

 

216,121 

  

187,537 

    Other

 

130,707 

  

36,207 

  Total selling, general and administrative expenses

 

2,397,551 

  

2,264,244 

  Depreciation and amortization

 

63,581 

  

70,073 

        Total operating expenses

 

2,461,132 

  

2,334,317 

      

Loss from operations

 

(307,785)

  

(159,385)

Interest, net

 

145,514 

  

137,348 

Net loss

$

(453,299)

 

$

(296,733)

      

Net loss per share:

     

    Basic and diluted

$

(0.03)

 

$

(0.02)

      

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

     

    Basic and diluted

 

15,186,229 

  

15,006,199 



See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.





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ROCKPORT HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2006 AND 2005




     

Additional

 

Stock

   

Total

 

Common Stock

 

Paid-in

 

Subscription

 

Accumulated

 

Shareholders'

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Capital

 

Receivable

 

Deficit

 

Deficit

Balances March 31, 2004 (Restated)

14,454,042 

 

$

14,455 

 

$

6,461,207 

 

$

(9,000)

 

$

(7,640,688)

 

$

(1,174,026)

Stock issued for services

71,940 

  

71 

  

4,846 

  

-- 

  

-- 

  

4,917 

Collection of stock subscription

    receivable


-- 

  


-- 

  


-- 

  


9,000 

  


-- 

  


9,000 

Net loss

-- 

  

-- 

  

-- 

  

-- 

  

(296,733)

  

(296,733)

Balances March 31, 2005 (Restated

14,525,982 

 

$

14,526 

 

$

6,466,053 

 

$

-- 

 

$

(7,937,421)

 

$

(1,456,842)

Stock issued for services

213,902 

  

214 

  

9,989 

  

-- 

  

-- 

  

10,202 

Net loss

-- 

  

-- 

  

-- 

  

-- 

  

(453,299)

  

(453,299)

Balances March 31, 2006

14,739,884 

 

$

14,740 

 

$

6,476,041 

 

$

-- 

 

$

(8,390,720)

 

$

(1,899,939)




See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.





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ROCKPORT HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2006 AND 2005


 

2006

 

2005

Cash flows from operating activities:

     

    Net loss

$

(453,299)

 

$

(296,733)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash
used in operating activities:

     

        Depreciation

 

13,581 

  

20,073 

        Amortization

 

50,000 

  

50,000 

        Issuance of stock for services

 

10,202 

  

4,917 

        Changes in assets and liabilities:

     

            Accounts receivable – trade and other

 

64,464 

  

(24,374)

            Prepaid expenses and other

 

(39)

  

255 

            Accounts payable

 

112,010 

  

66,729 

            Due to directors, officers and employees

 

95,058 

  

74,398 

            Other current liabilities

 

53,702 

  

(24,700)

Cash used in operating activities

 

(54,321)

  

(129,435)

      

Cash flows from investing activities:

     

    Purchase of fixed assets

 

(15,151)

  

(2,410)

    Deposits

 

-- 

  

123 

Cash used in investing activities

 

(15,151)

  

(2,287)

      

Cash flows from financing activities:

     

    Collection of stock subscription receivable

 

-- 

  

9,000 

    Interest accrued on long-term debt

 

97,315 

  

12,138 

    (Repayment) proceeds from notes payable

 

(5,536)

  

105,000 

Cash provided by financing activities

 

91,779 

  

126,138 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

 

22,307 

  

(5,584)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

 

66,824 

  

72,408 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

$

89,131 

 

$

66,824 

      

Supplemental cash flow information:

     

    Interest paid

$

48,119 

 

$

30,000 


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.





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ROCKPORT HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2006


Note 1.

Organization and Nature of Business


Rockport Healthcare Group, Inc. (“Rockport” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on May 4, 1992, as Protokopus Corporation. The Company had no operating history other than organizational matters until December 17, 1997.  On December 17, 1997, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock of The Rockport Group of Texas, Inc. (“Rockport Texas”), a Nevada corporation, in a business combination accounted for as a reverse acquisition.  Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated December 12, 1997, between the Company and Rockport Texas, each outstanding share of common stock of Rockport Texas was converted to the right to receive 961.6212 shares of common stock of the Company.  On January 18, 1998, the Company changed its name from Protokopus Corporation to Rockport Healthcare Group, Inc.


Rockport is a management company dedicated to developing, operating and managing networks consisting of healthcare providers and medical suppliers that serve employees with work-related injuries and illnesses.  Rockport offers access to a comprehensive healthcare network at a local, state or national level for its clients and their customers.  Typically, Rockport’s clients are property and casualty insurance companies, employers, bill review/medical cost containment companies, managed care organizations, software/bill review companies and third party administrators.


The Company contracts with physicians, hospitals and ancillary healthcare providers at rates below the maximum allowed by applicable state fee schedules or if there is no state fee schedule, rates below usual and customary charges for work-related injuries and illnesses.  The Company generates revenue by receiving as a fee, a percentage of the medical cost savings realized by its clients.  The medical cost savings realized by its clients is the difference between the maximum rate allowed for workers’ compensation claims in accordance with the state allowed fee schedules or usual and customary charges and the discounted rates negotiated by the Company with its healthcare providers.


The Company has contracts with healthcare providers and/or network partners in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.  The Company currently has in excess of 315,000 healthcare providers nationwide that serve its clients and their customers for their injured employees’ care.  Should a client or their customer have particular needs in an under-served market, Rockport or its network partner has a skilled team of experienced network development personnel capable of custom building the under-served market for the client.


Note 2.

Restatement


The Company had originally reflected the 500,000 shares of redeemable common stock issued for the acquisition of certain healthcare provider contracts from Protegrity Services, Inc. within stockholders equity. However, as the conditional redemption of these shares is not within the control of the Company, stockholders' equity as previously reported as of the periods included below has been restated to reflect the $500,000 redemption value as Temporary Equity. ( See further discussion regarding the acquisition of the contracts at Note 3.g).





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As of

 

As of

 

As of

   
  

September 30, 2003

 

December 31, 2003

 

March 31, 2004

   
  

As

  

As

  

As

    
  

Previously

As

 

Previously

As

 

Previously

As

   
  

Reported

Restated

 

Reported

Restated

 

Reported

Restated

   

Temporary Equity

 

-

500,000

 

-

500,000

 

-

500,000

   

Stockholders' Equity

 

 (301,758)

 (801,758)

 

 (407,724)

 (907,724)

 

 (674,026)

(1,174,026)

   
             
             
  

As of

 

As of

 

As of

 

As of

  

June 30, 2004

 

September 30, 2004

 

December 31, 2004

 

March 31, 2005

  

As

  

As

  

As

  

As

 
  

Previously

As

 

Previously

As

 

Previously

As

 

Previously

As

  

Reported

Restated

 

Reported

Restated

 

Reported

Restated

 

Reported

Restated

Temporary Equity

 

-

500,000

 

-

500,000

 

-

500,000

 

-

500,000

Stockholders' Equity

 

 (763,674)

(1,263,674)

 

(854,297)

  (1,354,297)

 

 (928,074)

(1,428,074)

 

 (956,842)

(1,456,842)

             
             
  

As of

 

As of

 

As of

   
  

June 30, 2005

 

September 30, 2005

 

December 31, 2005

   
  

As

  

As

  

As

    
  

Previously

As

 

Previously

As

 

Previously

As

   
  

Reported

Restated

 

Reported

Restated

 

Reported

Restated

   

Temporary Equity

 

-

500,000

 

-

500,000

 

-

500,000

   

Stockholders' Equity

 

 (1,089,877)

(1,589,877)

 

 (1,178,818)

  (1,678,818)

 

 (1,292,598)

(1,792,598)

   



Note 3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies


a)

Consolidation


As of March 31, 2006, the Company has three wholly owned subsidiaries: Rockport Community Network, Inc., Rockport Group of Texas, Inc. and Rockport Preferred, Inc.  Rockport Community Network, Inc. (“RCN”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on November 14, 1997.  Rockport Group of Texas, Inc. (“RGT”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on July 23, 1997.  RCN and RGT, for accounting purposes, are solely disbursing entities for the Company and have no business operations.  RCN prepares and issues invoices to the Company’s clients, collects accounts receivable and issues checks to the Company’s network partners for network access fees, to outside sales personnel for sales commissions and for commission overwrites.  RGT processes payroll and pays payroll costs and other selling, general and administrative expenses on behalf of the Company.  Rockport Preferred, Inc. is a dormant subsidiary, which has no ongoing operations.  All material inter-company balances and inter-company transactions have been eliminated for the purpose of presenting the accompanying audited consolidated financial statements.


b)

Cash and Cash Equivalents


Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and held in banks in unrestricted accounts.





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c)

Property and Equipment


Property and equipment are stated at cost.  Depreciation is computed on the straight-line method over the estimated economic lives of the assets, which range from three to seven years.


d)

Income Taxes


The Company accounts for income taxes on the liability method, under which the amount of deferred income taxes is based on the tax effects of the differences between the financial and income tax basis of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operating loss carryforwards at the balance sheet date based upon existing tax laws.  Deferred tax assets are recognized if it is more likely than not that the future income tax benefit will be realized.  Since utilization of net operating loss carryforwards is not assured, no benefit for future offset of taxable income has been recognized in the accompanying financial statements.


e)

Long-lived Assets


The Company reviews for the impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.  An impairment loss would be recognized when estimated future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition are less than its carrying amount.  In March 2004, the Company recorded an impairment expense totaling $71,800 related to the unamortized costs of provider contracts the Company acquired from two entities during 1998 and 1999.  Based upon the projected estimated future cash flows from the provider contracts acquired, management determined a full impairment charge was required.


In March 2005, the Company performed a review of the provider contracts it had acquired from Protegrity and based upon the projected estimated future cash flows from the provider contracts acquired determined an impairment was not required as of such date.


f)

Use of Estimates


The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in these financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.


g)

Provider Contracts


Healthcare provider contracts are contracts between a preferred provider organization (“PPO”) and physicians, hospitals and ancillary healthcare providers which, among other things, provide a discount to a client when an injured employee is treated by the healthcare provider.  The discounts the PPO network obtains from the healthcare providers are normally less than the maximum rate allowed by applicable state fee schedules, or if there is no state fee schedule, at rates below usual and customary allowables for work-related injuries and illnesses.  Effective July 7, 2003, the Company purchased all healthcare provider agreements from Protegrity Services, Inc., (“Protegrity”), a third party administrator (“TPA”) and managed care organization.  The Company was acquiring healthcare provider agreements in order to expand the size of its network.  This acquisition did not result in the acquisition of clients or revenue.  This acquisition of provider contracts was funded with the issuance of 500,000 shares of Company common stock valued at $500,000, and because the Company would earn revenue in the future from the acquired provider agreements, the Company recorded the value of the stock issued as an intangible asset.  Amounts paid for provider agreements are being amortized to expense on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the agreements of ten years.  If Protegrity has not sold its shares of Rockport by July 2008, the Company agreed to purchase from Protegrity at a price of $1.00 per share  all of the remaining outstanding shares then owned by Protegrity.  As the conditioned redemption of these shares is not within the control of the Company, the stock issuance has been reflected as Temporary Equity.  In addition to the stock issuance, Protegrity obtained an earnout fee equal to a percentage of the Company’s gross revenue billed and collected in the states of Florida, Kentucky and Missouri for a period of five years following the effective date of the agreement.  The Company has not capitalized any additional amounts as a result of this earnout fee.  Accumulated amortization aggregated $137,500 at March 31, 2006 pursuant to this acquisition.  The remaining amortization for this intangible asset will be $50,000 per year through fiscal year 2013 and $12,500 in fiscal year 2014.





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h)

Comprehensive Income (Loss)


Comprehensive income is defined as all changes in shareholders’ equity, exclusive of transactions with owners, such as capital instruments.  Comprehensive income includes net income or loss, changes in certain assets and liabilities that are reported directly in equity such as translation adjustments on investments in foreign subsidiaries, changes in market value of certain investments in securities and certain changes in minimum pension liabilities.  The Company’s comprehensive loss was equal to its net loss for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005.


i)

Revenue Recognition


Revenue is recognized when earned.  Revenue is earned at such time as the Company’s contractual discounts with its healthcare providers are applied to its clients’ medical bills, which produces a savings.  The Company’s revenue is a contractual percentage of the savings realized.  At the time the contractual discounts are applied, the revenue is realized and collection is reasonably assured.


j)

Loss Per Share


The Company computes net loss per share by dividing income or loss applicable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding during the period.  Diluted net income per share is determined in the same manner as basic net income per share except that the number of shares is increased assuming exercise of dilutive stock options and warrants using the treasury stock method and dilutive conversion of the Company’s convertible debt.


During the year ended March 31, 2006, 1,568,900 stock options exercisable at prices ranging from $0.19 to $0.50 per share and 1,000,000 warrants exercisable at $0.345 per share were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as their exercise prices were below the average stock price for the year, and the Company’s net loss would make those items anti-dilutive.  At March 31, 2006, the Company had $959,464 principal amount of convertible debt and $269,722 of accrued interest on the convertible debt, which debt and interest is convertible into the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $0.18 to $0.36 per share.  3,828,540 shares were excluded from diluted earnings per share calculation as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.


At March 31, 2005, the closing bid and asked prices for the Company’s common stock were $0.035 and $0.05, respectively, and the fair market value of the Company’s common stock was deemed to be $0.04 per share.  During the year ended March 31, 2005, 1,568,900 stock options exercisable at prices ranging from $0.19 to $0.50 per share and 1,000,000 warrants exercisable at $0.345 per share were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as their exercise prices were below the then fair market value.  At March 31, 2005, the Company had $965,000 principal amount of convertible debt and $172,407 of accrued interest on the convertible debt, which debt and interest is convertible into the Company’s common stock at prices ranging from $0.18 to $0.36 per share.  3,828,540 shares were excluded from diluted earnings per share as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.


k)

Stock-Based Compensation


The Company accounts for compensation costs associated with stock options and warrants issued to employees whereby compensation is recognized to the extent the market price of the underlying stock at the date of grant exceeds the exercise price of the option granted.  (See Note 5, “Stock Options and Warrants”).  Accordingly, no compensation expense has been recognized for grants of options to employees with the exercise prices at or above market price of the Company’s common stock on the measurement dates.


The Company applies the intrinsic value method in accounting for its stock options.  Accordingly, no compensation expense has been recognized for grants of options to employees with the exercise prices at or above market price of the Company’s common stock on the measurement dates.  Had compensation expense been determined based on the estimated fair value at the measurement dates of awards under those plans consistent with the fair value method, the Company’s March 31, 2006 and 2005, net loss would have been changed to the pro forma amounts indicated below.





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March 31, 2006

 

March 31, 2005

Net loss:

     

  As reported

$

(453,299)

 

$

(296,733)

  Deducts stock based compensation under fair value method

 

(6,513)

  

(98,804)

  Pro forma net loss

$

(459,812)

 

$

(395,537)

      

Net loss per share – basic and diluted:

     

  As reported

$

(0.03)

 

$

(0.02)

  Stock based compensation under fair value method

 

(0.00)

  

(0.01)

  Pro forma

$

(0.03)

 

$

(0.03)


l)

Fair Value of Financial Instruments


The fair value of financial instruments, primarily accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities, closely approximate the carrying values of the instruments due to the short-term nature of such instruments.


m)

Reclassifications


Amounts in the prior year’s financial statements have been reclassified as necessary to conform to the current year’s presentation.


n)

New Accounting Pronouncements


New Accounting Standards and Disclosures.  In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R “Shared Based Payment (“SFAS 123R”).  This statement is a revision of SFAS Statement No 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and its related implementation guidance.  SFAS 123R addresses all forms of shared based compensation (“SBP”) awards, including shares issued under employee stock purchase plans, stock options, restricted stock and stock appreciation rights.  Under SFAS 123R, SBP awards result in a cost that will be measured at fair value on the awards’ grant date, based on the estimated number of awards that are expected to vest and will be reflected as compensation cost in the historical financial statements.  This statement is effective for public entities that file as small business issuers as of the beginning of the first interim or annual reporting period of the registrants’ first fiscal year that begins after December 15, 2005.  The Company is unable to determine whether SFAS No. 123R will have a significant impact on the Company’s overall results of operations or financial position as the amount of the future expense will be determine based on the amount of future equity awards and the assumptions used in the valuation model.  However, had SFAs 123R been followed in 2005 and 2004, the results would be similar to those shown in the proforma amounts in paragraph (k) above.  


Note 4.

Notes Payable





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Notes payable consisted of the following at:

  

March 31,

 2006

 

March 31,

 2005

Convertible unsecured notes payable to a shareholder, with interest payable monthly at 15% per annum.  The notes are personally guaranteed by two officers of the Company.  On March 31, 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the notes which were originally convertible into Company common stock at an average conversion price of $1.50 per share and due April 1, 2003.  The notes are now convertible into Company common stock at any time prior to April 1, 2005 at a conversion price of $.36 per share and were due April 1, 2004.  On December 31, 2002, the due date of the notes was extended to April 1, 2006.  During June 2005 the Company obtained an extension on the due date of these notes to April 2007.  The Company issued 150,000 shares of its common stock in connection with these notes, the cost of which was recorded as loan fees and amortized using the interest yield method over the original term of the notes.

 

$

194,464 

 

200,000 

Unsecured note payable due to a director with interest at 8% per annum and principal and interest due April 1, 2004.  During June 2005 the Company renegotiated the due date of the note which is now due April 1, 2007.

  

227,493 

  

227,493 

Three-year 10% convertible subordinated unsecured notes to a director due April 2007.  Interest is either accrued or paid quarterly, as determined by the Board of Directors.  The notes are convertible into Company common stock at conversion prices ranging from $.18 to $.36 per share anytime prior to their maturity in April 2007.  On December 31, 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of $300,000 principal amount of these notes with Mr. Baldwin, a director of the Company, and extended the due date and conversion date to April 1, 2005, which has now been extended to April 2007.  On March 31, 2004, the Company issued $60,000 principal amount to Mr. Baldwin which is due now April 1, 2007 and is convertible into Company common stock at a conversion price of $.18 per share.  In June 2004, the Company retired $200,000 principal amount and accrued interest.  To raise the needed funds for the retirement, the Company issued Mr. Baldwin additional 10% convertible notes in the amount of $270,000 which notes are due April 2007 and which have a conversion price of $.20 per share.  In November 2004, the Company issued Mr. Baldwin additional 10% convertible notes in the amount of $135,000 to retire $100,000 principal amount due October 2004 which notes are due April 2007 and convertible at $.18 per share.

  

765,000 

  

765,000 

Accrued interest due on long-term portion of three-year 10% convertible unsecured notes

  

269,722 

  

172,407 

Total notes payable

  

1,456,679 

  

1,364,900 

Less current maturities of long-term debt

  

-- 

  

-- 

Long-term debt

 

$

1,456,679 

 

1,364,900 


See Note 4 “Commitments and Contingencies” for a discussion of financing provided by related parties.




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Note 5.

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities


One of the Company’s subsidiaries has assumed leases for office space and equipment under operating leases expiring at various dates through 2006.  Management expects that in the normal course of business, leases will be renewed or replaced by similar leases.  Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable leases with terms in excess of one year are as follows:


Years Ending March 31,

  

2006

$

58,090

2007

 

14,209

2008

 

9,771

2009

 

4,886

       Total

$

86,956


One of the Company’s subsidiaries, Rockport Group of Texas, Inc., has issued 1,000 shares of its 8%, cumulative, non-participating preferred stock.  The stock is redeemable at the option of the Company at $200 per share and is redeemable out of future cash flows of the Company.  These shares are owned by a director of the Company and were issued prior to the reverse merger.


Mr. Baldwin, a director of the Company, has an engagement agreement with the Company effective April 1, 2001, whereby he earns a fee for performance of legal services of $250 per hour, with a minimum guaranteed payment of $5,000 per month.  Effective April 1, 2002, the agreement was amended and the minimum guaranteed payment was increased to $6,500 per month.  This agreement has a one-year term and automatically renews for one-year periods thereafter unless either party terminates the agreement within sixty days prior to the end of any annual period.  This agreement automatically renewed effective April 1, 2005.  During the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, Mr. Baldwin earned $78,000 and $78,000, respectively, from this agreement.


Note 6.

Stock Options and Warrants


Stock Option Plans


On August 5, 2002, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the 2002 Stock Option Plan (the “2002 Plan”).  The shareholders of the Company approved the 2002 Plan on October 9, 2002.  The 2002 Plan provides for the granting of awards of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to key employees, directors and other persons who have contributed or are contributing to the Company’s success.  Awards under the 2002 Plan will be granted as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.  The options that may be granted pursuant to the 2002 Plan may be either incentive stock options qualifying for beneficial tax treatment for the recipient or nonqualified stock options.  As of March 31, 2006, incentive stock options to purchase 486,700 shares exercisable at prices ranging from $0.19 to $0.23 per share that vest over a three-year period had been granted.  324,366 of these stock options were exercisable as of March 31, 2006.  As of March 31, 2006, non-qualified stock options to purchase 120,000 shares exercisable at $0.25 per share expiring in February 2009 and immediately exercisable were outstanding.


On December 7, 2000, the directors of the Company adopted the 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2000 Plan”).  The 2000 Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders at its annual shareholder meeting held in September 2001.  The 2000 Plan provides for the granting of awards of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to key employees, directors and other persons who have contributed or are contributing to the Company’s success.  Awards under the 2000 Plan will be granted as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.  The options that may be granted pursuant to the 2000 Plan may be either incentive stock options qualifying for beneficial tax treatment for the recipient or nonqualified stock options.  As of March 31, 2006, incentive stock options to purchase 912,200 shares exercisable at prices ranging from $0.19 to $0.50 per share that vest over a three-year period were outstanding.  Of this amount, 827,767 stock options were exercisable as of March 31, 2006.  As of March 31, 2006, non-qualified stock options to purchase 50,000 shares exercisable at $0.25 per share and immediately exercisable were outstanding.  The Company’s board of directors extended the expiration date for all options originally expiring in December 2004 pursuant to the 2000 Plan to December 2006.


Stock option activity during the periods indicated was as follows:




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Number
of
Shares

 

Weighted
Average Exercise
Price

Outstanding, April 1, 2004

1,610,700

  

0.29

    Granted

120,000

  

0.25

    Exercised

--

  

--  

    Forfeited

(161,800)

  

0.25

    Expired

--

  

--

Outstanding, March 31, 2005

1,568,900

 

$

0.29

    Granted

--

  

--

    Exercised

--

  

--

    Forfeited

--

  

--

    Expired

--

  

--

Outstanding, March 31, 2006

1,568,900

 

$

0.29

Exercisable, March 31, 2006

--

  

--


As of March 31, 2006, the range of exercise prices was from $0.19 to $0.50 per share and the weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding options was two years.  The weighted average grant date fair value of the options issued in 2005 and 2004 amounted to $0.22.


Stock Warrants


On November 26, 2001, in conjunction with a consulting services agreement with an individual, the Company issued warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Company at any time until November 25, 2011, at a price of $.345 per share, the fair market value on the date of grant determined by the mean between the closing bid and asked price.  The consulting services agreement is for a period of ten years, however, the warrants issued pursuant to the consulting agreement vested immediately and are currently exercisable regardless of whether the consulting agreement is terminated prior to the expiration of its ten-year term.  Since the warrants are immediately exercisable, the Company has expensed the full amount of the fair value of the warrants issued as of the date of issuance, which was $345,000.  No warrants have been exercised as of March 31, 2006.  The fair value of the warrants was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free rate of 6%; volatility of 320%; no assumed dividend yield and an estimated life of three years.


Note 7.

Related Party Transactions


See Note 3 “Notes Payable” for a discussion of financing provided by Mr. Baldwin, chairman of the board and a director.


See Note 4 “Commitments and Contingent Liabilities” for a discussion of legal services provided by Mr. Baldwin.


Note 8.

Income Taxes


The tax effect of significant temporary differences representing deferred tax assets and liabilities at March 31, 2006 and 2005, are as follows:





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2006

 

2005

Accrual to cash conversion

$

38,151 

 

$

38,151 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

2,050,363 

  

2,050,363 

Valuation allowance

 

(2,088,515)

  

(2,088,515)

Net deferred tax asset

$

-- 

 

$

-- 


The increase in the valuation allowance during fiscal 2006 of $37,035 is the result of additional net tax losses incurred during the year.


As of March 31, 2006, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $6,142,692 which begin to expire in 2015 through 2025.  Future utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards may be limited by changes in the ownership of the Company under section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.


The difference between the actual income expense or benefit of zero for fiscal years 2006 and 2005 and the expected amount using the statutory income tax rate of 34% results from the 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets at each year end.


Note 9.

Significant Concentration


Two clients accounted for approximately 26.9% and 15.2% of sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. No other clients represented more than 10% of sales of the Company for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.  These two clients represented 27.8% and 21.7%, respectively, of the Company’s accounts receivable balance at March 31, 2005.


Two clients accounted for approximately 27.8% and 21.7% of sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.  No other clients represented more than 10% of sales of the Company for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.  These two clients represented 53.7% and 6.5%, respectively, of the Company’s accounts receivable balance at March 31, 2005.  


Note 10.

Liquidity


The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that Rockport Healthcare Group, Inc. will continue as a going concern.  The Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and its total liabilities exceed its total assets as of March 31, 2006.


The Company has funded its operations through the sale of Company common stock, borrowing funds from outside sources and conversion of employee, director and shareholder debt into restricted common stock.  At March 31, 2006, the Company had available cash in non-restrictive accounts of $89,131 and negative working capital of $338,671.  As of March 31, 2006, the Company had outstanding debt of: (a) $765,000 in principal amount in the form of 10% convertible notes, (b) $227,493 in principal amount in the form of an 8% note, and (c) $194,464 in principal amount in the form of a 15% convertible note.


10% convertible notes.  As of March 31, 2006, the Company had outstanding $765,000 principal amount in the form of 10% convertible notes, all of which was held by Mr. Baldwin, a director of the Company.  As of the date of this report, the Company has the following 10% convertible notes outstanding: (a) $135,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.18 per share; (b) $300,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.36 per share; (c) $60,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.18 per share; and (d) $270,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.20 per share. During June 2005 the Company obtained an extension on the due date of these notes to April 2007.


Interest on the 10% convertible notes is payable quarterly out of available cash flow from operations as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, or if not paid but accrued, will be paid at the next fiscal quarter or at maturity.  The conversion prices of the notes were calculated based on the average of the high bid and low asked stock quotations on the date of funding.





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Accrued debenture interest on the convertible debentures has been added to the principal of the debentures resulting in a reclassification of some of the accrued interest to long-term debt.


8% notes.  In November 2001 and in January 2002, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $100,000 from Mr. Baldwin.  In June 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the notes and added $93,000 of accrued consulting fees due and $34,493 of accrued overwrite fees due to the principal amount of the note.  In December 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the note and extended the due date to April 1, 2005 and in June 2004 extended the due date to April 1, 2006. During June 2005 the Company renegotiated the due date of the note which is now due April 1, 2007. This debt is accruing interest at 8% payable monthly, however, in accordance with a verbal agreement with the note holder, the Company ceased paying the interest on this note on October 1, 2003.


15% convertible notes.  In 1998, the Company borrowed $200,000 from a shareholder on two separate notes which were convertible into Company common stock with interest payable monthly at 15% per annum.  Two officers of the Company personally guarantee the notes.  In March 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the notes which were originally convertible into Company common stock at an average conversion price of $1.50 per share and were due April 1, 2003.  The notes have been modified on three occasions and are now convertible into Company common stock at a conversion price of $.36 per share and the due date and the conversion date of the notes is April 1, 2007. The balance of these notes was $194,464 as of March 31, 2006.


The Company is currently seeking sources of financing to retire these notes, as it has no current means to pay the notes as they become due.  If the Company is unable to refinance these notes, it will be required to raise funds to retire the notes, or it will be in default of the notes.  The Company has no commitments for the needed funds to retire these notes, and the failure to raise such funds or refinance the notes could subject the Company to a claim by the note holders for repayment, which would materially adversely affect the Company’s financial condition.  


Excluding these notes, management believes sufficient cash flow from operations will be available during the next twelve months to satisfy its short-term obligations.  The Company does not anticipate any funding requirements for capital expenditures during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007.  Consumers who are covered by such payors condition the Company’s future growth on the Company signing more employers, insurers and others for access to its provider network and obtaining a greater participation and ultimately achieving profitable operations.  The Company will dedicate a significant portion of its cash flow from operations to the continuing development and marketing of its provider network.


There can be no assurances that management’s plans as described above can be accomplished.




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ITEM 8.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE


None


ITEM 8A.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.


Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in company reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in company reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the “Certifying Officers”), as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.


As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, the Certifying Officers carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2006. Their evaluation was carried out with the participation of other members of the Company’s management.  Based upon their evaluation, the Certifying Officers concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.


The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Certifying Officers and effected by the Company’s Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Company’s financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets; provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that the Company’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with the authorization of the Company’s Board of Directors and management; and provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements. There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred in the quarter ended March 31, 2006, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.


ITEM 8B.  OTHER INFORMATION


 None


PART III


ITEM 9.  DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVER OFFICERS OF REGISTRANT


The Company’s directors and executive officers are as follows:


Name

 

Age

 

Office Held


Harry M. Neer

 

66

 

Director, Chief Executive Officer, President,

    

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


Larry K. Hinson

 

60

 

Director and Treasurer


John K. Baldwin

 

72

 

Chairman of the Board





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Eric H. Kolstad

 

45

 

Director


Gregory H. Neer

 

38

 

Sr. Vice President – Operations


Mark C. Neer

 

42

 

Sr. Vice President – Business Development


Harry M. Neer.  Mr. Neer has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Rockport since 1997. Mr. Neer has a Masters degree in Hospital Administration and his entire career has been in the healthcare delivery and managed healthcare industry.  Mr. Neer’s experience includes serving as President of USA Health Network, as Division Vice President of the Hospital Corporation of America and as President of the Presbyterian Hospital System in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Prior to 1993, Mr. Neer was a consultant for USA Healthcare Network, Inc. and Columbia Hospital Systems.  From January 1993 to October 1994, Mr. Neer was President of USA Health Holding, a holding company for a group of managed healthcare companies.  From November 1994 to November 1997, Mr. Neer provided consulting services to the healthcare industry.  Mr. Neer is the father of Gregory H. Neer and Mark C. Neer.


Larry K. Hinson.  Mr. Hinson was our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and a director of Rockport from 1997 to February 28, 2006. On February 28, 2006, Mr. Hinson resigned his Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer positions. He remains the Company’s Secretary and a director. Mr. Hinson has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in accounting from the University of Texas.  Mr. Hinson has over 30 years’ experience as a CPA in a wide variety of industries, primarily in the insurance and healthcare industries.  He has served as Chief Financial Officer of USA Healthcare Network, Inc., Vice President and Treasurer of Reserve Life Insurance Company of Dallas, Texas, and was formerly with KPMG, LLP in Dallas and Austin, Texas.  From March 1989 to October 1994, Mr. Hinson was Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of USA Health Holding Company and its subsidiaries and also served as President of USA Health Network Company.  From November 1994 to November 1997, Mr. Hinson provided consulting services to the healthcare industry.


John K. Baldwin.  Mr. Baldwin has been Chairman of the Board and a director of Rockport since 1997.  Mr. Baldwin is an attorney and possesses an MBA degree in finance.  During the period 1961 through 1970, Mr. Baldwin served as corporate counsel and held various executive positions with Litton Industries and Dart Industries. Thereafter, as an entrepreneur, he founded businesses that operated profitably in the areas of real estate development, direct sales to consumers and providing marketing and financial services to healthcare providers.  His wholly owned Athena Company, a direct marketing business, was sold to the Gillette Company in 1976.  In 1977, Mr. Baldwin co-founded and served as Vice Chairman of American Sterling Corporation that engaged in providing insurance and data processing services to major financial institutions.  This business was sold to Zurich Insurance Company in 1997.


Eric H. Kolstad.  Mr. Kolstad has been a director of Rockport since March 2000.  Mr. Kolstad is currently an investment advisor with Capstone Investments, Newport Beach, California.  In 1985, Mr. Kolstad joined Merrill Lynch’s Private Client Group in Newport Beach and then in 1997 joined Capstone Investments.  Mr. Kolstad, in addition to his Capstone responsibilities, is currently General Partner of Cristal Investments, LLC, the general partner of a hedge fund for accredited investors.


Gregory H. Neer.  Mr. Neer joined the Company in May 1997 as Director of MIS which ended March 2001 and was promoted to Senior Vice President - Operations effective as of April 2001.  Mr. Neer’s responsibilities include the development and maintenance of the Company’s proprietary repricing software system.  Mr. Neer has in excess of seven years’ experience in information systems, sales and project management.  Through the past five years, Mr. Neer has improved and maximized companies’ resources through development of user-friendly interfaces including: Information System Consultant for Vauter Door Co. from August 1993 to January 1994, where he created and developed an interactive door manufacturing Windows’ based application while working closely with management and staffed employees to tailor the program to specific needs and Sales Engineer/Project Manager for Stewart & Stevenson Services from October 1994 to May 1997, where he created and integrated Microsoft Access applications to track, manage and analyze trends and the status of requests for quotes, business contracted and loss.





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Mark C. Neer.  Mr. Neer joined the Company in January 2000 as Vice President – Business Development which ended March 2001 and was promoted to Senior Vice President - Business Development effective as of April 2001.  Mr. Neer has a Bachelors degree in English Literature with a double minor in Business Administration and Psychology.  Mr. Neer has over thirteen years’ experience in physician practice management and healthcare consulting.  He served as Director of Regional Operations for CareSelect Group, Inc. from October 1996 to February 2000, a national physician practice management company.  Prior to CareSelect, Mr. Neer served as a principal and senior healthcare consultant for Tactical Integration, Inc. from June 1994 to October 1996, representing Baylor College of Medicine, OrNda Health Care Systems, Cigna Health Care, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas.  From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Neer served as the Administrator for a group of occupational medical clinics with responsibility for operating the facilities and developing the marketing programs.


Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance


Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company’s directors, executive officers and persons who own beneficially more than ten percent of the common stock of the Company, to file reports of ownership and changes of ownership with the SEC.  Based solely on the reports received by the Company and on written representations from certain reporting persons, the Company believes that the directors, executive officers and greater than ten percent beneficial owners have complied with all applicable filing requirements during the last fiscal year.


Audit Committee


The Company’s audit committee oversees its corporate accounting and financial reporting process.  Among other duties, it:


·

evaluates its independent auditors’ qualifications, independence and performance;

·

determines the engagement of the independent auditors;

·

approves the retention of its independent auditors to perform any proposed permissible non-audit services;

·

reviews its financial statements;

·

reviews its critical accounting policies and estimates;

·

oversees its internal audit function; and

·

discusses with management and the independent auditors the results of the annual audit and the review of its quarterly financial statements.  


The current members of the Company's audit committee are Mr. Kolstad, who is the committee chair, and Mr. Baldwin.  The Company's Board of Directors has determined that neither Messrs. Kolstad nor Baldwin qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined by the SEC in Item 401(e) of Regulation S-B.  However, the Company believes that each of the members of the Company's Board of Directors and the members of the Company's audit committee are collectively capable of analyzing and evaluating its financial statements and understanding internal controls and procedures for financial reporting.  In addition, the Company believes that retaining an independent director who would qualify as an "audit committee financial expert" would be overly costly and burdensome and is not currently warranted in its financial circumstances.  As the Company grows, the Board of Directors intends to reconsider the retention of a new director that would qualify as an "audit committee financial expert.


Code of Ethics


The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to all of its directors, officers (including its chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer and any person performing similar functions) and employees.


Stockholder Nominations Procedures





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Stockholders, meeting the following requirements, who want to recommend a director candidate may do so in accordance with the Company’s Bylaws and the following procedures established by the Board of Directors.  The Company will consider all director candidates recommended to the Board of Directors by shareholders owning at least 5% of the Company’s outstanding shares at all times during the year preceding the date on which the recommendation is made that meet the qualifications established by the Board.  To make a nomination for director at an annual meeting, a written nomination solicitation notice must be received by the Board of Directors at the Company’s principal executive office not less than 120 days before the date the Company’s proxy statement was mailed to stockholders in connection with the Company’s previous annual meeting.  The written nomination solicitation notice must contain the following material elements, as well as any other information reasonably requested by the Board of Directors:


·

the name and address, as they appear on the Company’s books, of the stockholder giving the notice and of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made;

·

a representation that the stockholder giving the notice is a holder of record of the Company’s stock entitled to vote at the annual meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice;

·

a complete biography of the nominee, as well as consents to permit the Company to complete any due diligence investigations to confirm the nominee’s background, as the Company believes to be appropriate;

·

a description of all litigation to which the nominee or any of his or her affiliates have been a party within the past ten years;

·

the disclosure of all special interests and all political and organizational affiliations of the nominees;

·

a signed, written statement from the director nominee as to why the director nominee wants to serve on the Company’s Board, and why the director nominee believes that he or she is qualified to serve;

·

a description of all arrangements or understandings between or among any of the stockholders giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the notice is given, each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder giving the notice;

·

such other information regarding each nominee proposed by the stockholder giving the notice as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and

·

the signed consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the Company if so elected.


In considering director candidates, the Board of Directors will consider such factors as it deems appropriate to assist in developing a board and committees that are diverse in nature and comprised of experienced and seasoned advisors.  Each director nominee is evaluated in the context of the full Board’s qualifications as a whole, with the objective of establishing a Board that can best perpetuate the success of the Company’s business and represent shareholder interests through the exercise of sound judgment.  Each director nominee will be evaluated considering the relevance to the Company of the director nominee’s respective skills and experience, which must be complimentary to the skills and experience of the other members of the Board.


ITEM 10.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION


The following table sets forth in summary form the compensation received during each of the last three successive completed fiscal years by the Company’s named executive officers:





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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE


    

Annual Compensation

 

Long Term Compensation
Awards


Name and Principal Position

 


Fiscal Year

 



Salary
($)

 



Bonus
($)

 

Restricted
Stock
Awards
($)

 

Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)

Harry M. Neer (2)

President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

2006

2005

2004

 

$200,000

$200,000

$200,000

 

--

--

--

 

--

--

--

 

--

--

--

Larry K. Hinson (1)

Secretary

 

2006

2005

2004

 

$165,000

$180,000

$180,000

 

--

--

--

 

--

--

--

 

--

--

--

Gregory H. Neer

Senior Vice President –

Operations

 

2006

2005

2004

 

$145,000

$145,000

$145,000

 

--

--

--

 

--

--

--

 

--

--

--

Mark C. Neer

Senior Vice President –

Business Development

 

2006

2005

2004

 

$150,000

$150,000

$150,000

 

--

--

--

 

--

--

--

 

--

--

--



(1) On February 28, 2006, Mr. Larry Hinson resigned as chief financial officer and treasurer of the Company. He retained his positions as a director and corporate secretary.

(2) Effective with Mr. Hinson’s resignation, Mr. Harry Neer became Treasurer.

(3) Effective August 1, Mr. Frank Abueg will serve as acting controller. He will be a part-time employee. Mr. Abueg graduated from Baptist University in Business Administration with a major in accounting.


Option Issuances


There were no individual grants of stock options made during the Company’s last fiscal year to its named executive officers.


AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES


Name

 

Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#)

 


Value

Realized ($)

 

Number of Securities
Underlying Unexercised
Options at FY-End (#)

 

Value of Unexercised

In-the-Money

Options at FY-End ($)

      

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

Harry M. Neer

 

--

 

--

 

150,000

 

--

 

--

 

--

Larry K. Hinson (1)

 

--

 

--

 

308,334

 

41,666

 

--

 

--

Gregory H. Neer

 

--

 

--

 

316,833

 

81,667

 

--

 

--

Mark C. Neer

 

--

 

--

 

283,333

 

81,667

 

--

 

--


 (1) Represents Mr. Hinson’s outstanding options as of March 31, 2006. His options expired unexercised on May 29, 2006 (90 days from the date of his resignation on February 28, 2006).  


The fair market value of the Company’s common stock as of the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, was $0.03 per share.  Since the exercise prices of the options listed above range between $0.23 and $.50 per share, the options were not in-the-money as of the end of the Company’s fiscal year, and no value is set forth in the above table under Securities and Exchange Commission rules.





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Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Agreements


The Company has entered into identical employment agreements with Messrs. Harry M. Neer and Larry K. Hinson. The employment agreements have one-year terms initially expiring December 31, 2001, which are automatically renewed for successive one-year periods, unless terminated by either party on three months notice, whereby each individual receives a fixed annual salary.  Effective October 1, 2002, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase of Mr. Neer’s annual salary to $200,000 per year and an increase of Mr. Hinson’s annual salary to $180,000 per year.  If the Company terminates the employment agreements without cause before the expiration of the agreements, the terminated executive will receive a lump-sum payment equal to one-half of his base annual salary.  Mr. Hinson resigned from his positions as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on February 28, 2006. His employment agreement was terminated upon his resignation and no compensation was paid under the terms of his employment agreement. There are no employment agreements with Gregory H. Neer or Mark C. Neer and their annual salaries are $145,000 and $150,000, respectively.


Compensation of Directors


Directors who are employees or consultants of the Company do not receive any compensation for serving as directors.  All directors are reimbursed for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in attending any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or otherwise incurred in their capacities as directors.


Mr. Baldwin has an engagement agreement with the Company effective April 1, 2001, whereby he earns a fee for performance of legal services of $250 per hour, with a minimum guaranteed payment of $5,000 per month.  Effective April 1, 2002, the agreement was amended and the minimum guaranteed payment was increased to $6,500 per month.  This agreement has a one-year term and automatically renews for one-year periods thereafter unless either party terminates the agreement within sixty days prior to the end of any annual period.  This agreement automatically renewed effective April 1, 2005.  During the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, Mr. Baldwin earned $78,000 and $78,000, respectively, from this agreement.


ITEM 11.     SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS


As of July 13, 2006, 15,239,884 shares of common stock were outstanding.  The following table sets forth, as of such date, information with respect to shares beneficially owned by: (a) each person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock, (b) each of the Company’s directors and executive officers and (c) all current directors and executive officers as a group.

Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.  Under this rule, shares may be deemed to be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example, persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the shares).  In addition, shares are deemed to be beneficially owned by a person if the person has the right to acquire shares (for example, upon exercise of an option or warrant or conversion of convertible debt) within sixty days of the date as of which the information is provided.  In computing the percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares is deemed to include the amount of shares beneficially owned by such person by reason of such acquisition rights.  As a result, the percentage of outstanding shares of any person as shown in the following table does not necessarily reflect the person’s actual voting power at any particular date.

To the Company’s knowledge, except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.  Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of the individuals listed is 50 Briar Hollow Lane, Suite 515W, Houston, Texas 77027.




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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

 

Number of Shares

Beneficially Owned (1)

  

Percentage of

Outstanding Shares

 

John K. Baldwin (2)

 

8,245,893

(2)

 

38.0

%

Harry M. Neer

 

1,246,755

(3)

 

5.7

%

Larry K. Hinson

 

266,637

(4)

 

1.2

%

Eric H. Kolstad (5)

 

120,983

  

*

 

Gregory H. Neer

 

341,833

(6)

 

1.6

%

Mark C. Neer

 

333,333

(7)

 

1.6

%

All Executive Officers and Directors as a group (6 persons)

 

10,555,434  

(8)

 

48.7

%

Robert D. Johnson (10)

 

1,135,000

(9)

 

5.2

%

George Bogle (11)

 

1,025,000

(10)

 

4.7

%


*  Less than one percent


(1)

As of June 26, 2006, there were 15,239,884 shares of common stock outstanding.  This does not include any stock options or warrants which are currently exercisable or shares of common stock to be issued upon the conversion of principal and accrued interest of the Company’s convertible notes.

(2)

Mr. Baldwin’s business address is 901 Highland Avenue, Del Mar, California 92014.  Includes 3,828,540 shares of common stock underlying $765,000 principal amount of convertible notes and accrued interest of $269,721 as of March 31, 2006.

(3)

Includes options to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share, expiring December 7, 2004.

(4)

Direct ownership of which Mr. Hinson has complete voting control.

(5)

Mr. Kolstad’s business address is 2600 Michelson Drive, 17th Floor, Irvine, California 92612.

(6)

Includes options to purchase 316,833 shares of common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.23 to $0.50 per share, expiring December 7, 2006, September 1, 2005 and August 5, 2006.

(7)

Includes options to purchase 283,333 shares of common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.23 to $0.50 per share, expiring December 7, 2006, September 1, 2005 and August 5, 2006.

(8)

Includes options to purchase 843,498 shares of common stock and 3,828,540 shares of common stock to be issued upon the conversion of $765,000 principal amount of convertible notes and $172,407 accrued interest on the notes.

(9)

Mr. Johnson’s business address is 13606 Bermuda Dunes Ct., Houston, Texas 77069.  The information set forth is based solely on the Company’s records.

(10)

Mr. Bogle’s business address is 916 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Austin, Texas 78746.  Includes warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.345 per share, expiring November 25, 2011.


Equity Compensation Plans


The following table gives information about the Company’s common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options under its 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 2002 Stock Option Plan as of March 31, 2006, which have been approved by the Company’s stockholders, and under compensation arrangements that were not approved by the Company’s stockholders.





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Plan Category

 


Number of Securities

To be Issued Upon

Exercise of Outstanding

Options, Warrants and

Rights

(A)

 



Weighted Average

Exercise Price of

Outstanding Options,

Warrants and Rights

(B)

 

Number of Securities

Remaining Available for

Future Issuance Under

Equity Compensation

Plans (Excluding Securities

Reflected in Column A)

(C)

Equity Compensation Plans

Approved by Security

Holders

 



1,568,900

 



$  0.29

 



331,100

Equity Compensation Plans

Not Approved by Security

Holders

 



     1,000,000 (1)

 



$0.345

 



--

    Total

 

2,568,900

 

$  0.31

 

331,100


(1)

In conjunction with a consulting services agreement with George Bogle, the Company issued warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock at any time until November 25, 2011, at a price of $.345 per share, the fair market value on the date of grant, which was determined by the mean of the closing bid and asked prices, and are immediately exercisable.


ITEM 12.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS


As of March 31, 2006, the Company had outstanding debt of: (a) $765,000 in principal amount in the form of 10% convertible notes, (b) $227,493 in principal amount in the form of a 8% note, and (c) $194,464 in principal amount in the form of a 15% convertible note.


10% convertible notes.  As of March 31, 2006, the Company had outstanding $765,000 principal amount in the form of 10% convertible notes, all of which was held by Mr. Baldwin, a director of the Company.  As of the date of this report, the Company has the following 10% convertible notes outstanding: (a) $135,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.18 per share; (b) $300,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.36 per share; (c) $60,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.18 per share; and (d) $270,000 in principal amount due April 2006 convertible at a price of $.20 per share. During June 2005 the Company obtained an extension on the due date of these notes to April 2007.


Interest on the 10% convertible notes is payable quarterly out of available cash flow from operations as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, or if not paid but accrued, will be paid at the next fiscal quarter or at maturity.  The conversion prices of the notes were calculated based on the average of the high bid and low asked stock quotations on the date of funding.


Accrued debenture interest on the convertible debentures has been added to the principal of the debentures resulting in a reclassification of some of the accrued interest to long-term debt.


8% notes.  In November 2001 and in January 2002, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $100,000 from Mr. Baldwin.  In June 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the notes and added $93,000 of accrued consulting fees due and $34,493 of accrued overwrite fees due to the principal amount of the note.  In December 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the note and extended the due date to April 1, 2005 and in June 2004 extended the due date to April 1, 2006. During June 2005 the Company renegotiated the due date of the note which is now due April 1, 2007. This debt is accruing interest at 8% payable monthly, however, in accordance with a verbal agreement with the note holder, the Company ceased paying the interest on this note on October 1, 2003.





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15% convertible notes.  In 1998, the Company borrowed $200,000 from a shareholder on two separate notes which were convertible into Company common stock with interest payable monthly at 15% per annum.  The notes are personally guaranteed by two officers of the Company.  In March 2002, the Company renegotiated the terms of the notes which were originally convertible into Company common stock at an average conversion price of $1.50 per share and were due April 1, 2003.  The notes have been modified on three occasions and are now convertible into Company common stock at a conversion price of $.36 per share and the due date and the conversion date of the notes is April 1, 2007. The balance of these notes was $194,464 as of March 31, 2006.


On November 29, 2001, the Company issued to Mr. George Bogle 25,000 shares of common stock in consideration of consulting services valued at $7,500.  On November 26, 2001, in conjunction with a consulting services agreement with Mr. Bogle, the Company issued warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock at any time until November 25, 2011, at a price of $.345 per share, the fair market value on the date of grant, which was determined by the mean of the closing bid and asked price, and are immediately exercisable.  No warrants have been exercised as of March 31, 2006.


See “Item 10. Executive Compensation; Compensation of Directors” for a description of the Company’s engagement agreement with Mr. Baldwin.



PART IV


ITEM 13.  EXHIBITS


(a)

Exhibits.  The following exhibits of the Company are included herein.


Exhibit No.

Description



31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as enacted by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (1)


31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as enacted by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (1)


32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 United States Code Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (1)


_____________________

(1)  Filed herewith


ITEM 14.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES


Audit Fees


The aggregate fees billed by Hein & Associates LLP for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, and for the reviews of the financial statements included in its quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB for that fiscal year were $43,388. Fees for these services for the year ended March 31, 2005 totaled $41,930.


Audit-Related Fees


Hein & Associates LLP did not render any audit-related fees, which represent fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements and are not reported under Audit Fees.


Tax Fees




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Hein & Associates LLP did not receive any fees for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning from the Company during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005.


All Other Fees


Other than the services described above under “Audit Fees” and “Tax Fees” for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, Hein & Associates did not receive any other fees.


Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures


The 2006 and 2005 audit services provided by Hein & Associates were approved by the Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee implemented pre-approval policies and procedures related to the provision of audit and non-audit services.  Under these procedures, the Audit Committee pre-approves both the type of services to be provided by the Company’s independent accountants and the estimated fees related to these services.  During the approval process, the Audit Committee considers the impact of the types of services and related fees on the independence of the auditor.  Throughout the year, the Audit Committee reviews revisions to the estimates of audit and non-audit fees initially approved.





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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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


ROCKPORT HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.


By:  /s/ Harry M. Neer

Harry M. Neer, Chief Executive Officer,

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


Date: August 14, 2006


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



Signature

 

Title

 

Date


/s/ John K. Baldwin

 

Chairman of the Board

 

August 14, 2006

John K. Baldwin

    


 /s/ Harry M. Neer

 

President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Director

 

August 14, 2006

 Harry M. Neer

   


 /s/ Larry K. Hinson

 

 Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director

 

August 14, 2006

 Larry K. Hinson

    


 /s/ Eric H. Kolstad

 

 Director

 

August 14, 2006

 Eric H. Kolstad

    






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Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.

Description

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as enacted by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (1)


31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as enacted by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (1)


32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 United States Code Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (1)


_____________________

(1)  Filed herewith


2.1

 





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