Nobilis Health Reports First Quarter 2018 Financial Results

HOUSTON, May 8, 2018 /CNW/ -- Nobilis Health Corp. (NYSE American: HLTH) (NEO: HLTH) ("Nobilis" or the "Company") today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018.

First Quarter Highlights

• First quarter Total Revenues were $64.5 million, a 5.6% decrease over the prior year period of $68.3 million; Ness Loss for the first quarter was $3.9 million, compared to a loss of $2.4 million in the prior corresponding period
• First quarter Adjusted EBITDA¹ increased to $5.1 million, a 152.7% increase compared to the prior year period of $2.0 million
• Gross Margin in the first quarter increased by 2.8% to $4.3 million
• Total case volumes in the first quarter increased by 19.0% to 5,275 cases
• Total Operations Expense per case in the first quarter decreased by 21.2%

"Despite a reduction in top line revenues, we continued to see significant improvements in our margins and key efficiency metrics. Gross Margin edged up by nearly 60 basis points, Loss from Operations improved by 12.3%, and Total Operating Expense per case declined by 21.2%, year-over-year," said Harry Fleming, CEO.

"Total case volume for the first quarter was impacted by lower than anticipated case volumes from our physician partners offset by gains from higher than budgeted case volumes driven by our marketing efforts. The first quarter also marked the first full quarter of operations for our in-network Elite entities, acquired in the fourth quarter of 2017. Integration is nearing completion, and physician activity has remained strong from Q4 into Q1, which we attribute to mutually collaborative attitudes, a strong physician syndication, and the success of our marketing platform among our new physicians. Following full integration of Elite into the Nobilis system, we will begin looking for similar, in-network acquisition opportunities like Elite that can benefit from Nobilis' marketing operations."

First Quarter 2018 Results
Total revenues for the first quarter of 2018 were $64.5 million, a 5.6% decrease from $68.3 million in the prior year period. Total case volume increased by 844 cases to 5,275 cases, or 19.0%, compared to 4,431 cases in the prior corresponding period. The decrease in total revenue was primarily due to the loss of two key physician groups as well as the discontinuation of the Company's Lab Testing ancillary service-line. Lab Testing represented approximately $5.5 million dollars of revenue in Q1 of 2017 which did not re-occur in Q1 of 2018.

Revenue per case dipped to $12,219 in the first quarter due to the discontinuation of the Company's Lab Testing ancillary, as well as a higher proportion of Nobilis' case mix being derived from in-network sources, the growth of which has been a longstanding goal of management.

Net loss attributable to Nobilis for the first quarter of 2018 was $3.9 million, or $0.05 per fully diluted share, compared to a net loss of $2.4 million, or $0.03 per fully diluted share, in the first quarter of 2017.

Adjusted EBITDA¹ for the first quarter of 2018, which adds back certain non-cash and non-recurring expenses, was $5.1 million, an increase of 152.7% over $2.0 million in the same quarter last year.

Total cash was $23.2 million and accounts receivable was $133.4 million as of March 31, 2018, compared to $22.5 million and $144.5 million, respectively, at December 31, 2017.

Full Year 2018 Guidance

• Revenue in the range of $345.0 million to $355.0 million
• Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $57.0 million to $62.0 million

Conference Call Information
Nobilis Health will host a conference call on May 8th, 2018, at 8:00 a.m. CDT (9:00 a.m. EDT) to discuss its financial results for the first quarter 2018. To participate in the conference call, please dial (866) 393-4306 in the U.S. and Canada, and +1 (734) 385-2616 internationally. Please enter conference ID 5275098. There will be a livestream of the conference call available at: http://investors.nobilishealth.com/investors/events-and-presentations/.

About Nobilis Health Corp.
Nobilis Health (www.NobilisHealth.com) is a full-service healthcare development and management company, with more than 30 locations across Texas and Arizona, including hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and multi- specialty clinics. In addition, Nobilis Health partners with more than 30 facilities across the country. Marketing nine independent brands, Nobilis Health deploys a unique patient acquisition strategy driven by proprietary, direct- to-consumer marketing technology, focusing on a specified set of procedures that are performed at its facilities by local physicians. Nobilis Health's business model connects patients with physicians and delivers the highest quality healthcare.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Canadian and United States securities laws, including the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts and may be identified by the use of words such as "may," "believe," "will," "expect," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "plan" or "continue." These forward-looking statements are based on current plans and expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors which could significantly affect current plans and expectations and our future financial condition and results. These factors, which could cause actual results, performance and achievements to differ materially from those anticipated, include, but are not limited to our ability to successfully maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting; our ability to implement our business strategy, manage the growth in our business, and integrate acquired businesses; the risk of litigation and investigations, and liability claims for damages and other expenses not covered by insurance; the risk that payments from third-party payers, including government healthcare programs, may decrease or not increase as costs increase; adverse developments affecting the medical practices of our physician limited partners; our ability to maintain favorable relations with our physician limited partners; our ability to grow revenues by increasing case and procedure volume while maintaining profitability at the Nobilis Facilities; failure to timely or accurately bill for services; our ability to compete for physician partners, patients and strategic relationships; the risk of changes in patient volume and patient mix; the risk that laws and regulations that regulate payments for medical services made by government healthcare programs could cause our revenues to decrease; the risk that contracts are canceled or not renewed or that we are not able to enter into additional contracts under terms that are acceptable to us; and the risk of potential decreases in our reimbursement rates. The foregoing are significant factors we think could cause our actual results to differ materially from expected results. However, there could be additional factors besides those listed herein that also could affect us in an adverse manner.

We have not undertaken any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All of our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the document in which they are made or, if a date is specified, as of such date. Subject to any mandatory requirements of applicable law, we disclaim any obligation or undertaking to provide any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in our expectations or any changes in events, conditions, circumstances or information on which the forward-looking statement is based. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing factors and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed on March 12, 2018, as updated by other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, non-cash compensation expenses, change in fair value of warrant and stock option derivative liabilities, acquisition expenses, and non-recurring expenses. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered a measure of financial performance required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). Items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA is an analytical indicator used by management and the health care industry to evaluate company performance, allocate resources and measure leverage and debt service capacity. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income, cash flows generated by operations, investing or financing activities, or other financial statement data presented in the consolidated financial statements as indicators of financial performance or liquidity. Because Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP and is thus susceptible to varying calculations, Adjusted EBITDA as presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.

Contact Information:
Joel Lehr
Assistant Vice President, Corporate Communications
IR@nobilishealth.com
346-207-6342

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