QHC Quorum Health Corporation

First quarter net loss attributable to Quorum Health Corporation was ($39.0) million, or ($1.33) per share

First quarter Adjusted EBITDA was $20.6 million and Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA was $23.5 million

Revenue cycle management partnership with R1 RCM expected to provide $10 million of EBITDA benefit during 2019 growing to $50 million annually by 2021

Quorum Health Corporation (NYSE: QHC) (the “Company”) today announced financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019.

  QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION Unaudited Financial Highlights (In Millions)        

Three Months EndedMarch 31,

2019     2018 Net operating revenues $ 442.8 $ 486.8 Net loss attributable to Quorum Health Corporation ($39.0 ) ($99.0 ) Same-facility net operating revenues $ 445.0 $ 461.6 Cash flows from operating activities $ 8.1 ($2.6 ) Adjusted EBITDA(1) $ 20.6 $ 18.4 Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA(1 & 2) $ 23.5 $ 27.1  

(1) A table providing supplemental information on Adjusted EBITDA, Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA and reconciling net loss to Adjusted EBITDA and Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA is included in this release.

(2) Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA was previously reported by the Company as Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted for Divestitures. There has been no change in how the financial measure is being calculated.

 

Robert Fish, Quorum Health’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “During the first quarter, our team continued to execute on several key strategic goals. We made meaningful progress on our cost management efforts, achieved an important milestone through the establishment of our partnership with R1 RCM for revenue cycle management services and significantly expanded our divestiture efforts. While seasonally soft volumes, as well as certain market specific circumstances dampened our results, this trend has abated and appears confined to the first quarter. Our continued focus on cost management and the revenue cycle improvements from our new R1 partnership give me confidence that we will meet or exceed our previously stated 2019 goals.”

Financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 reflect the following:

• Compared to the first quarter of 2018, same-facility net patient revenues decreased 3.5%, while same-facility net patient revenues per adjusted admission increased 1.4%. The decrease in same-facility net patient revenues relative to the first quarter of 2018 was driven by a 4.9% decline in same-facility adjusted admissions and an 8.6% decline in same-facility surgeries. The decline in volumes relative to the first quarter of 2018 represents approximately $21.8 million of same-facility net operating revenues.

• First quarter Adjusted EBITDA was 4.7% of net operating revenues and Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA was 5.3% of same-facility net operating revenues. Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA reflects a $12.9 million reduction in same-facility operating expenses relative to the first quarter of 2018, primarily as a result of the Company’s margin improvement initiatives, which were implemented in the second quarter of 2018.
• Same-facility net operating revenues in the first quarter included a $4.5 million adverse impact resulting from a decline in self-pay patient collections since the transition of the Company’s secondary collections activities on October 1, 2018. Secondary collections have continued to increase since the transition with April collections reaching pre-transition levels.
• Same-facility surgeries in the first quarter of 2019 were negatively impacted by weak outpatient demand. Of the decline in surgery volumes, 68% is concentrated at four facilities and is related to independent physician turnover and the Company’s efforts to re-syndicate two underperforming outpatient surgery centers in Illinois. Since the end of the quarter, the Company has seen same-facility surgery volumes trend positively compared to the same period in 2018.
• Same-facility admissions for the first quarter are impacted by the Company’s margin improvement initiatives to eliminate certain unprofitable service lines, underperforming physicians and unfavorable managed care contracts, which were implemented in the second quarter of 2018. Same-facility admissions were also negatively impacted by a decline in flu-related admissions, which reduced same-facility admissions by 1.6% compared to the first quarter of 2018.

Divestiture Update

• Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of 2019, the Company completed the sale of Scenic Mountain Medical Center in Big Spring, Texas on April 12, 2019. The Company used $12 million in cash proceeds from the transaction to pay down its Term Loan Facility.
• During the first quarter of 2019, the Company expanded its divestiture efforts by adding additional resources to market hospitals for sale. Since this time, the Company has seen an increase in interest from potential buyers for both individual hospitals and groups of hospitals. As a result, the Company reiterates its previously stated divestiture proceeds target for 2019 of $125 to $175 million.

Partnership with R1 RCM

• The Company announced on May 8, 2019 that it is partnering with R1 RCM to provide end-to-end revenue cycle management services. The Company expects that through its new agreement with R1 it will achieve approximately $5 million of cost savings and $5 million of improved net patient revenues over the last half of 2019. Beyond 2019, the Company expects the annual impact of the R1 partnership to grow to $50 million by 2021.

Alfred Lumsdaine, Quorum Health’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, commented, “We are excited to begin our partnership with R1 RCM and believe they represent an ideal partner for our revenue cycle management efforts. R1’s technology-enabled platform and revenue cycle operations experience will help with a smooth transition, as well as providing near-term visibility to meeting our financial goals. Our partnership represents an exciting opportunity for our hospitals to better serve their patients through an improved overall healthcare experience enabled by R1’s scale and industry leading technology.”

Financial Outlook

The Company is reiterating its previously established financial outlook. The Company’s guidance takes into account the expected financial impact of its partnership with R1 RCM.

  (In Millions)       2018 Actual    

2019 GuidanceRange

Same-facility net operating revenues $1,857.5 $1,825 - $1,875 Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA $150.6 $160 - $180  

These projections are based on the Company’s historical operating performance, current economic, demographic and regulatory trends and other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable at this time. See “Forward-Looking Statements” below for a list of factors that could affect the future financial and operating results of the Company or the healthcare industry generally.

A reconciliation of the Company’s projected 2019 Adjusted EBITDA, a forward-looking non-GAAP financial measure, to net income (loss), the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, is omitted from this press release because the Company is unable to provide such reconciliation without unreasonable effort. This inability results from the inherent difficulty in forecasting generally and in quantifying certain projected amounts that are necessary for such reconciliation. In particular, sufficient information is not available to calculate certain items required for such reconciliation without unreasonable effort, including interest expense, provision for (benefit from) income taxes and other adjustments that would be necessary to prepare a forward-looking statement of net income (loss) in accordance with U.S. GAAP. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information.

About Quorum Health Corporation

The principal business of Quorum Health Corporation is to provide hospital and outpatient healthcare services in its markets across the United States. As of March 31, 2019, the Company owned or leased 27 hospitals in rural and mid-sized markets located across 14 states and licensed for 2,604 beds. Through Quorum Health Resources LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary, the Company provides hospital management advisory and healthcare consulting services to non-affiliated hospitals across the country. Over 95% of the Company’s net operating revenues are attributable to its hospital operations business.

The Company’s headquarters are located in Brentwood, Tennessee, a suburb south of Nashville. Shares in Quorum Health Corporation are traded on the NYSE under the symbol “QHC.” More information about the Company can be found on its website at www.quorumhealth.com.

Quorum Health Corporation will hold a conference call on Friday, May 10, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time, to review its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. To participate, please dial 1-844-761-3024 approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. If calling from outside of the United States, please dial 1-661-378-9914. Please reference Conference ID number 5966658 when prompted by the conference call operator. The conference call will also be webcast live from the Investor Relations portion of the Company’s website. A presentation will be made available during the call and will be found in the Investor Relations portion of the Company’s website at www.quorumhealth.com. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call and will continue to be available for approximately 30 days. Copies of this press release and the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (including this press release) will be available on the Company’s website at www.quorumhealth.com.

  QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS) (In Thousands, Except Earnings per Share and Shares)         Three Months Ended March 31, 2019     2018     % of     % of $ Amount Revenues $ Amount Revenues   Net operating revenues $ 442,805 100.0 % $ 486,820 100.0 % Operating costs and expenses: Salaries and benefits 225,075 50.8 % 247,000 50.7 % Supplies 51,385 11.6 % 58,886 12.1 % Other operating expenses 136,789 30.9 % 152,738 31.3 % Depreciation and amortization 14,639 3.3 % 18,261 3.8 % Lease costs and rent 11,531 2.6 % 12,532 2.6 % Electronic health records incentives 26 — % (141 ) — % Legal, professional and settlement costs 685 0.2 % 3,413 0.7 % Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill 8,860 2.0 % 39,760 8.2 % Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net — — % 7,815 1.6 % Loss on closure of hospitals, net   —   — %   13,746   2.8 % Total operating costs and expenses   448,990   101.4 %   554,010   113.8 % Income (loss) from operations (6,185 ) (1.4 )% (67,190 ) (13.8 )% Interest expense, net   32,266   7.3 %   30,931   6.4 % Income (loss) before income taxes (38,451 ) (8.7 )% (98,121 ) (20.2 )% Provision for (benefit from) income taxes   155   — %   366   — % Net income (loss) (a) (38,606 ) (8.7 )% (98,487 ) (20.2 )%

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

  400   0.1 %   481   0.1 % Net income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation $ (39,006 ) (8.8 )% $ (98,968 ) (20.3 )%   Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Quorum Health Corporation stockholders: Basic and diluted (b) $ (1.33 ) $ (3.48 ) Weighted-average shares outstanding: Basic and diluted   29,438,015     28,454,336       QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED SELECTED OPERATING DATA         Three Months Ended March 31, 2019     2018     Variance     % Variance   Consolidated: Number of licensed beds at end of period (c) 2,604 2,675 (71 ) (2.7 )% Admissions (d) 17,755 20,549 (2,794 ) (13.6 )% Adjusted admissions (e) 43,304 49,226 (5,922 ) (12.0 )% Surgeries (f) 16,723 20,587 (3,864 ) (18.8 )% Emergency room visits (g) 132,125 153,797 (21,672 ) (14.1 )% Medicare case mix index (h) 1.47 1.44 0.03 2.1 %   Same-facility: (i) Number of licensed beds at end of period (c) 2,604 2,630 (26 ) (1.0 )% Admissions (d) 17,755 19,174 (1,419 ) (7.4 )% Adjusted admissions (e) 43,304 45,525 (2,221 ) (4.9 )% Surgeries (f) 16,723 18,301 (1,578 ) (8.6 )% Emergency room visits (g) 132,125 139,226 (7,101 ) (5.1 )% Medicare case mix index (h) 1.47 1.43 0.04 2.8 %         Three Months Ended March 31, 2019     2018     $ Variance     % Variance   Consolidated: Net patient revenues $ 422,182 $ 464,596 $ (42,414 ) (9.1 )% Non-patient revenues   20,623   22,224   (1,601 ) (7.2 )% Total net operating revenues $ 442,805 $ 486,820 $ (44,015 ) (9.0 )% Net patient revenues per adjusted admission $ 9,749 $ 9,438 $ 311   3.3 % Net operating revenues per adjusted admission $ 10,225 $ 9,889 $ 336   3.4 %   Same-facility: Net patient revenues $ 424,408 $ 439,796 $ (15,388 ) (3.5 )% Non-patient revenues   20,620   21,798   (1,178 ) (5.4 )% Total net operating revenues $ 445,028 $ 461,594 $ (16,566 ) (3.6 )% Net patient revenues per adjusted admission $ 9,800 $ 9,661 $ 139   1.4 % Net operating revenues per adjusted admission $ 10,276 $ 10,139 $ 137   1.3 %     QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In Thousands, Except Par Value per Share and Shares)

 

          March 31, December 31, 2019 2018 ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,716 $ 3,203 Patient accounts receivable 326,639 322,608 Inventories 43,593 45,646 Prepaid expenses 17,919 19,683 Due from third-party payors 67,748 63,443 Current assets of hospitals held for sale 2,286 — Other current assets   32,303     36,405   Total current assets 492,204 490,988 Property and equipment, net 537,424 559,438 Goodwill 398,148 401,073 Intangible assets, net 46,577 48,289 Operating lease right-of-use assets 89,638 — Long-term assets of hospitals held for sale 14,504 — Other long-term assets   68,852     74,306   Total assets $ 1,647,347   $ 1,574,094   LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Current liabilities: Current maturities of long-term debt $ 1,721 $ 1,697 Current portion of operating lease liabilities 24,670 — Accounts payable 147,084 143,917 Accrued liabilities: Accrued salaries and benefits 83,308 76,908 Accrued interest 22,061 10,024 Due to third-party payors 45,736 45,852 Current liabilities of hospitals held for sale 1,205 — Other current liabilities   40,272     43,336   Total current liabilities 366,057 321,734 Long-term debt 1,194,321 1,191,777 Long-term operating lease liabilities 65,687 — Deferred income tax liabilities, net 6,947 6,736 Long-term liabilities of hospitals held for sale 2,414 — Other long-term liabilities   123,772     126,499   Total liabilities   1,759,198     1,646,746   Redeemable noncontrolling interests   2,278     2,278   Equity: Quorum Health Corporation stockholders' equity (deficit): Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized, none issued — — Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 300,000,000 shares authorized; 31,294,669 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019, and 31,521,398 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2018 3 3 Additional paid-in capital 558,498 557,309 Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 808 759 Accumulated deficit   (688,198 )   (648,464 ) Total Quorum Health Corporation stockholders' equity (deficit) (128,889 ) (90,393 ) Nonredeemable noncontrolling interests   14,760     15,463   Total equity (deficit)   (114,129 )   (74,930 ) Total liabilities and equity $ 1,647,347   $ 1,574,094       QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In Thousands)         Three Months Ended March 31, 2019     2018   Cash flows from operating activities: Net income (loss) $ (38,606 ) $ (98,487 ) Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 14,639 18,261 Non-cash interest expense, net 1,939 1,811 Provision for (benefit from) deferred income taxes 90 536 Stock-based compensation expense 1,770 2,464 Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill 8,860 39,760 Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net — 7,815 Non-cash portion of loss (gain) on hospital closures (567 ) 5,305 Changes in reserves for self-insurance claims, net of payments 4,160 6,025 Other non-cash expense (income), net (1,372 ) (49 ) Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures: Patient accounts receivable, net (3,986 ) 1,429 Due from and due to third-party payors, net (4,421 ) 1,217 Inventories, prepaid expenses and other current assets 4,911 1,290 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 20,146 9,587 Long-term assets and liabilities, net   515     443   Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   8,078     (2,593 )   Cash flows from investing activities: Capital expenditures for property and equipment (8,292 ) (14,528 ) Capital expenditures for software (1,191 ) (513 ) Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (455 ) (32 ) Proceeds from the sale of hospitals — 38,663 Other investing activities, net   1,729     197   Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities   (8,209 )   23,787     Cash flows from financing activities: Borrowings under revolving credit facilities 152,000 132,000 Repayments under revolving credit facilities (150,000 ) (114,000 ) Borrowings of long-term debt 161 12 Repayments of long-term debt (1,833 ) (627 ) Payments of debt issuance costs — (2,268 ) Cancellation of restricted stock awards for payroll tax withholdings on vested shares (461 ) (634 ) Cash distributions to noncontrolling investors   (1,223 )   (803 ) Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   (1,356 )   13,680     Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (1,487 ) 34,874 Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period   3,203     5,617   Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $ 1,716   $ 40,491    

FOOTNOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SELECTED OPERATING DATA

(a) EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that consists of net income (loss) before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA, also a non-GAAP financial measure, is EBITDA adjusted to add back the effect of certain legal, professional and settlement costs, impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill, net loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net loss on closure of hospitals, transition of transition services agreements (“TSAs”) and post-spin headcount reductions and executive severance. The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA is a key measure used by the Company’s management to assess the operating performance of its hospital operations business and to make decisions on the allocation of resources. Additionally, management utilizes Adjusted EBITDA in assessing the Company’s results of operations and in comparing the Company’s results of operations between periods. Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA, also a non-GAAP financial measure, is further adjusted to exclude the effect of EBITDA of hospitals either sold or closed as of March 31, 2019. The Company has presented Adjusted EBITDA and Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA in this press release because it believes these measures provide investors and other users of the Company’s financial statements with additional information about how the Company’s management assesses its results of operations.

Adjusted EBITDA and Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA are not measurements of financial performance under U.S. GAAP. These calculations should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income, operating income or any other measure calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA and Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA are significant components in understanding and evaluating the Company’s financial performance. The Company believes such adjustments are appropriate, as the magnitude and frequency of such items can vary significantly and are not related to the assessment of the Company’s normal operating performance. Additionally, the Company’s calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA and Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA, each as defined above, to net income (loss), the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, as derived directly from the Company’s consolidated statements of income for the respective periods (in thousands):

      Three Months Ended March 31, 2019     2018   Net income (loss) $ (38,606 ) $ (98,487 ) Interest expense, net 32,266 30,931 Provision for (benefit from) income taxes 155 366 Depreciation and amortization   14,639     18,261   EBITDA 8,454 (48,929 ) Legal, professional and settlement costs 685 3,413 Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill 8,860 39,760 Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net — 7,815 Loss on closure of hospitals, net — 13,746 Transition of transition services agreements 1,142 717 Post-spin headcount reductions and executive severance   1,490     1,898   Adjusted EBITDA 20,631 18,420 Negative EBITDA of divested hospitals   2,874     8,646   Same-facility Adjusted EBITDA $ 23,505   $ 27,066    

(b) The following table reconciles net income (loss) attributable to Quorum Health Corporation, as reported and on a per share basis, with the adjustments described herein:

      Three Months Ended March 31, 2019     2018 (per share - basic and diluted)   Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Quorum Health Corporation stockholders, as reported $ (1.33 ) $ (3.48 ) Adjustments: Legal, professional and settlement costs 0.02 0.12 Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill 0.30 1.40 Loss (gain) on sale of hospitals, net — 0.28 Loss on closure of hospitals, net — 0.48 Transition of transition services agreements 0.04 0.03 Post-spin headcount reductions and executive severance 0.05 0.07 Net operating losses of divested hospitals   0.10     0.30   Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Quorum Health Corporation stockholders, excluding adjustments $ (0.82 ) $ (0.80 )  

(c) Licensed beds are the number of beds for which the appropriate state agency licenses a hospital, regardless of whether the beds are actually available for patient use.

(d) Admissions represent the number of patients admitted for inpatient services.

(e) Adjusted admissions are computed by multiplying admissions by gross patient revenues and then dividing that number by gross inpatient revenues.

(f) Surgeries represent the number of inpatient and outpatient surgeries.

(g) Emergency room visits represent the number of patients registered and treated in the Company’s emergency rooms.

(h) Medicare case mix index is a relative value assigned to a diagnosis-related group of patients that is used in determining the allocation of resources necessary to treat the patients in that group. Medicare case mix index is calculated as the average case mix index for all Medicare admissions during the period.

(i) Same-facility financial and operating data excludes hospitals that were sold or closed prior to and as of the end of the current reporting period. Same-facility operating results have been adjusted to exclude the operating results of Sandhills Regional Medical Center, Barrow Regional Medical Center, Cherokee Medical Center, Trinity Hospital of Augusta, Lock Haven Hospital, Sunbury Community Hospital, L.V. Stabler Memorial Hospital, Affinity Medical Center, Vista Medical Center West, Clearview Regional Medical Center and McKenzie Regional Hospital which were sold or closed on December 1, 2016, December 31, 2016, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017, September 30, 2017, October 31, 2017, February 11, 2018, March 1, 2018, March 31, 2018 and September 30, 2018, respectively.

Forward-Looking Statements

The terms “QHC,” “Quorum Health,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Quorum Health Corporation or one or more of its subsidiaries or affiliates as applicable.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risk and uncertainties. All statements in this press release other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding projections, expected operating results, and other events that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “thinks,” “outlook,” and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and may be beyond the control of the Company. Accordingly, the Company cannot give any assurance that its expectations will in fact occur and cautions that actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. A number of factors could affect the future results of the Company or the healthcare industry generally and could cause the Company’s expected results to differ materially from those expressed in this press release.

These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

• general economic and business conditions, both nationally and in the regions in which we operate;
• risks associated with our substantial indebtedness, leverage and debt service obligations, including our ability to comply with our debt covenants, including our senior credit facility, as amended;
• our ability to successfully complete divestitures and the timing thereof, our ability to complete any such divestitures on desired terms or at all, and our ability to realize the intended benefits from any such divestitures;
• changes in reimbursement methodologies and rates paid by federal or state healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, or commercial payors, and the timeliness of reimbursement payments, including delays in certain states in which we operate;
• the extent to which regulatory and economic changes occur in Illinois, where a material portion of our revenues are concentrated;
• demographic changes;
• the impact of changes made to the Affordable Care Act, the potential for repeal or additional changes to the Affordable Care Act, its implementation or its interpretation, as well as changes in other federal, state or local laws or regulations affecting the healthcare industry;
• increases in the amount and risk of collectability of patient accounts receivable, including lower collectability levels which may result from, among other things, self-pay growth and difficulties in collecting payments for which patients are responsible, including co-pays and deductibles;
• competition;
• changes in medical or other technology;
• any potential impairments in the carrying values of long-lived assets and goodwill or the shortening of the useful lives of long-lived assets;
• the costs associated with the transition of the transition services agreements (“TSAs”) with CHS, as well as the additional costs and risks associated with any operational problems, delays in collections from payors, and errors and control issues during the termination and transition process, and our ability to realize the intended benefits from transitioning the transition services agreements;
• the impact of certain outsourcing functions, and the ability of CHS, as current provider of our billing and collection services pursuant to the SSC TSA, and R1 RCM, as future provider of our revenue cycle management services, to timely and appropriately bill and collect;
• our ability to manage effectively our arrangements with third-party vendors for key non-clinical business functions and services;
• our ability to achieve operating and financial targets and to control the costs of providing services if patient volumes are lower than expected;
• our ability to achieve and realize the operational and financial benefits expected from our margin improvement program;
• the effects related to outbreaks of infectious diseases;

• our ability to attract and retain, at reasonable employment costs, qualified personnel, key management, physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers;
• the impact of seasonal or severe weather conditions or earthquakes;
• increases in wages as a result of inflation or competition for highly technical positions and rising medical supply and drug costs due to market pressure from pharmaceutical companies and new product releases;
• our ongoing ability to maintain and utilize certified EHR technology;
• the efforts of healthcare insurers, providers, large employer groups and others to contain healthcare costs, including the trend toward treatment of patients in less acute or specialty healthcare settings and the increased emphasis on value-based purchasing;
• the failure to comply with governmental regulations;
• our ability, where appropriate, to enter into, maintain and comply with provider arrangements with payors and the terms of these arrangements, which may be impacted by the increasing consolidation of health insurers and managed care companies and vertical integration efforts involving payors and healthcare providers;
• the potential adverse impact of known and unknown government investigations, internal investigations, audits, and federal and state false claims act litigation and other legal proceedings, including the shareholder and creditor litigations against our company and certain of our officers and directors and threats of litigation, as well as the significant costs and attention from management required to address such matters;
• liabilities and other claims asserted against us, including self-insured malpractice claims;
• the impact of cyber-attacks or security breaches, including, but not limited to, the compromise of our facilities and confidential patient data, potential harm to patients, remediation and other expenses, potential liability under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, and consumer protection laws, federal and state governmental inquiries, and damage to our reputation;
• our ability to utilize our income tax loss carryforwards;
• our ability to maintain certain accreditations at our facilities;
• the success and long-term viability of healthcare insurance exchanges and potential changes to the beneficiary enrollment process;
• the extent to which states support or implement changes to Medicaid programs, utilize healthcare insurance exchanges or alter the provision of healthcare to state residents through regulation or otherwise;
• the timing and amount of cash flows related to the California Hospital Quality Assurance Fee (“HQAF”) program, as well as the potential for retroactive adjustments for prior year payments;
• the effects related to the continued implementation of the sequestration spending reductions and the potential for future deficit reduction legislation;
• changes in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, including the impacts of adopting newly issued accounting standards;
• the availability and terms of capital to fund capital expenditures;
• our ability to obtain adequate levels of professional and general liability and workers’ compensation liability insurance; and
• the other risk factors set forth in the Company’s other public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant regulatory, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and may be beyond our control. Accordingly, we cannot give any assurance that our expectations will in fact occur and caution that actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this filing. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Investor Contact:Asher DewhurstWestwicke PartnersQuorumHealth@Westwicke.com(443) 213-0500