SEC Comment Letter for RADIOLOGIX INC (CIK 0001031329) — Jul 14, 2005
RADIOLOGIX INC (CIK 0001031329)
Date: July 14, 2005 · CIK: 0001031329 · Accession: 0000000000-05-036101
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Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail
Mail Stop 6010
July 13, 2005
Mr. Michael N. Murdock
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Radiologix, Inc.
3600 JP Morgan Chase Tower
2200 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201-2776
Re: Radiologix, Inc.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Filed March 15, 2005
File No. 001-15861
Dear Mr. Murdock:
We have limited our review of your filing to those issues we
have addressed in our comments. In our comments, we ask you to
provide us with supplemental information so we may better
understand
your disclosure. Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation. After reviewing this information, we may raise
additional comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Item 6. Selected Financial Data, page 14
1. Please explain to us why you did not include five years of
balance
sheet information in the table on page 15. Refer to Item
301(b)(2)
of Regulation S-K.
Item 7. Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition
and Results of Operations, page 15
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 25
2. It is unclear based on your discussion related to your
operating
cash flows what resulted in the decrease in the current period.
Please explain to us in greater detail the activities that
generate
and use cash in operations. Include which of these activities
specifically caused the significant changes in the current period.
Please note that a reiteration of the cash flow statement is not
sufficient to this end. Also include a discussion of what
resulted
in the significant changes to your days sales outstanding in
accounts
receivable between these periods.
3. Please revise your contractual obligations table to include the
estimated interest payments, since these payments appear to
represent
material future obligations based on your statement of cash flows.
Refer to Financial Reporting Release 72.
Critical Accounting Policies, page 26
Revenue Recognition, Contractual Allowances, and Allowances for
Doubtful Accounts, page 26
4. Please describe to us in greater detail the comprehensive
"retrospective collection analysis of [your] accounts receivable"
that took place in the fourth quarter of 2004. Include a
discussion
of how this allowed you to feel comfortable with the amounts
recorded
as accounts receivable at year-end. Also explain how you
determined
that the $9.1 million charge in the fourth quarter was
appropriate.
5. Please provide to us a discussion of the following items in a
format that represents potential disclosure to be added in these
areas in future Forms 10-K or identify for us in your current
disclosure how these items are addressed:
a. For each period presented, quantify and disclose the amount of
changes in estimates of prior period contractual adjustments that
you
recorded during the current period. For example for 2004, this
amount
would represent the amount of the difference between estimates of
contractual adjustments for services provided in 2003 and the
amount
of the new estimate or settlement amount that was recorded during
2004.
b. Clarify for us why the 1.0% threshold disclosed related to your
sensitivity analysis is appropriate.
c. Quantify and disclose the reasonably possible effects that a
change in estimate of unsettled amounts from 3rd party payors as
of
the latest balance sheet date could have on financial position and
operations.
d. Disclose in a comparative tabular format, the payor mix
concentrations and related aging of accounts receivable. The
aging
schedule may be based on management`s own reporting criteria (i.e.
unbilled, less than 30 days, 30 to 60 days etc.) or some other
reasonable presentation. At a minimum, the disclosure should
indicate the past due amounts and a breakdown by payor
classification
(i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, Managed care and other, and Self-pay).
We
would expect Self-pay to be separately classified from any other
grouping. If your billing system does not have the capacity to
provide an aging schedule of your receivables, disclose that fact
and
clarify how this affects your ability to estimate your allowance
for
bad debts.
e. If you have amounts that are pending approval from third party
payors (i.e. Medicaid Pending), please disclose the balances of
such
amounts, where they have been classified in your aging buckets,
and
what payor classification they have been grouped with. If amounts
are classified outside of self-pay, tell us why this
classification
is appropriate, and disclose the historical percentage of amounts
that get reclassified into self-pay.
f. Disclose the timing of the "system driven" charges that result
after the "communication cycle is completed and the receivable
remains uncollected."
Financial Statements
Note 3. Goodwill and Intangible Assets, page 48
6. Please clarify for us what the "Equipment financing right"
represents. Include how this right that is apparently to finance
equipment with Radiologix represents an asset.
Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies, page 54
Self-insurance, page 54
7. Please tell us the amount of the reserves related to the
potential
obligations under the self-insurance arrangements.
Other Matters, page 55
8. We recognize that you are unable to quantify the potential
impact
of this matter on your operations. Please provide to us a
description of the potential impact that this matter may have such
as
fines including how such fines would be determined, i.e. based on
revenues from those locations.
Note 15. Gain on Sale of Operations, page 58
9. Please explain to us why you chose not to classify the disposal
of
this business as discontinued operations. Also clarify for us why
it
appears that some of the operations related to Questar are
classified
as discontinued while others are not.
Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or
tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please furnish
a
letter that keys your responses to our comments and provide the
requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our
review. Please file your letter on EDGAR under the form type
label
CORRESP. Please understand that we may have additional comments
after reviewing your responses to our comments.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the
filings include all information required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information
investors require for an informed investment decision. Since the
company and its management are in possession of all facts relating
to
a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosures they have made.
In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in your letter, a statement from the company acknowledging that
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; and
* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.
In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in
response to our comments on your filing.
You may contact Keira Ino, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3659 or
Jim
Atkinson, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3674 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and
related
matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3679 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
For Jim B. Rosenberg
Senior Assistant Chief
Accountant
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Michael N. Murdock
Radiologix, Inc.
July 13, 2005
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