Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all wholly owned organizations. All intercompany transactions and account balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Segments
The Company operates in two reportable segments, Patient Services and Device Solutions based on management's view of its business for purpose of evaluating performance and making operating decisions.
The Company’s approach is to make operational decisions and assess performance based on delivering products and services that together provide solutions to its customer base utilizing a functional management structure. Based upon this business model, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, whom the Company has determined to be its chief operating decision-maker ("CODM") , reviews segment financial information. See Note 13 for segment disclosures.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates, assumptions and judgements that affect amounts reported therein. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results reported in future periods may differ from those estimates.
Business Combinations
The Company accounts for all business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting, which allocates the fair value of the purchase consideration to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is
recorded as goodwill. When determining the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, management makes significant estimates and assumptions. For intangible assets, the Company typically uses the income approach to determine their estimated fair values. Key estimates and assumptions in that approach include the amount and timing of projected future cash flow, the discount rate selected to measure the risks inherent in those cash flows and the assessment of the asset's useful life. Initial purchase price allocations are subject to revision within the measurement period, not to exceed one year from the date of acquisition. Acquisition-related expenses and transaction costs associated with business combinations are expensed as incurred.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains substantially all of its cash and cash equivalents primarily with two financial institutions that are insured with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). At times throughout the year, cash and cash equivalents balances might exceed FDIC insurance limits. Accounts at banks with an aggregate excess of the amount of outstanding checks over the cash balances are included in accounts payable in current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2023, and 2022, the Company did not have any cash equivalents.
Revenue Recognition
The Company generates revenues from multiple sources including from the sale and rental of our products as well as service contracts. Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC 606") stipulates revenue recognition at the time and in an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be entitled for the performance obligations that have been provided. ASC 606 defines contracts as creating enforceable rights and may be established through written contracts, oral agreements and through customary business practice. Under this definition, the Company considers contracts to be created at the time that the service is authorized or an order to purchase product is agreed upon regardless of whether or not there is a written contract.
The Company has three separate and distinct performance obligations offered to its customers: a rental service performance obligation, a product sale performance obligation and a service performance obligation. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is defined as the unit of account for revenue recognition under ASC 606. The Company's customers include medical facilities or patients, depending on the arrangement, and payments are received from different sources which include commercial payers, government insurance payers, medical facilities and patients.
The Company generates a significant amount of its revenues that are accounted for under ASC 606 from the rental service of infusion pumps to its customers and the remainder of its revenue from product sales and services. For the rental service performance obligation revenue is based on its standalone price, determined using reimbursement rates established by third-party payer or other contracts. Revenue is recognized over the contract term in the period in which the related performance obligation is satisfied. The Company’s revenues related to product sales are recognized at the time that control of the product has been transferred to the customer; either at the time the product is shipped or the time the product has been received by the customer, depending on the delivery terms, or when the customer uses the products in the case of when our products are stored at a customer's location. The Company does not commit to long-term contracts to sell customers a certain minimum quantity of products. The Company's revenues related to services are recognized as the service work is completed.
The Company employs certain significant judgments to estimate the dollar amount of revenue, and related concessions, allocated to the rental service and product performance obligations. These judgments include, among others, the estimation of variable consideration. The Company allocates variable consideration using standalone selling price when appropriate and available. When an appropriate standalone selling price is not available, the Company allocates based on a best estimate approach using the relative fair market value. Variable factors include differences in transaction price and changes in the expected total volume of services during the contract period. In calculating the variable amount of revenue for these performance obligations, variable consideration is estimated as price concessions resulting from differences between the rates charged for services performed and the expected reimbursements for commercial payers and other customer concessions. The contract period starts at contract inception and typically extends 30 days past the end of each reporting period representing the non-cancelable period of each agreement. These estimates for variable consideration are based on historical service volumes with our customers and prices with similar payers, aged accounts receivable by payer class and payer correspondence using the portfolio approach, which provide a reasonable basis for estimating the variable portion of a transaction. The Company doesn’t believe it is probable that a significant reversal of revenue will occur in future periods because (i) there is no significant uncertainty about the amount of considerations that is expected to be collected based on collection history and (ii) the large number of sufficiently similar contracts allows the Company to adequately estimate the components of variable consideration.
Net revenues are adjusted when changes in estimates of variable consideration occur. Changes in estimates typically arise as a result of new information obtained, such as changes in volume and actual payment receipt or denial, or pricing adjustments by payers. Subsequent changes to estimates of transaction prices are recorded as adjustments to net revenue in the period of the change. Subsequent changes that are determined to be the result of an adverse change in the payer’s ability to pay are recorded as an adjustment to the allowance for credit losses.
Lease Arrangements
The Company also generates its revenues from the rental of infusion pumps to its customers as leases. Under ASC 842, Leases ("ASC 842"), leases may be classified as either financing, sales-type, or operating, and the Company is required to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. The classification determines the pattern of revenue recognition and classification within the statement of operations. The Company elected the “combining lease and non-lease components” practical expedient for all qualifying non-lease components. The Company's customers include medical facilities or patients, depending on the arrangement, and payments are received from different sources which include commercial insurance payers, government insurance payers, medical facilities and patients.
The Company primarily participates in operating leases as a lessor, and determined, and will continue to determine, whether an arrangement is a lease at inception. The Company’s operating leases are primarily for medical equipment under operating lease arrangements that expire at various dates over the next twelve months. The Company’s leases do not contain any restrictive covenants. Most of the Company’s equipment leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees. For the agreements that have guarantees, the residual value reflects management's best estimate of the expected sales price for the equipment at lease termination based on sales history adjusted for recent trends in the expected exit markets. The Company’s equipment leases may contain renewal options which range from one week to one year. Lease payments receivable reflect contractual lease payments adjusted for renewal or termination options that the Company believe the customer is reasonably certain to exercise. As of December 31, 2023, the Company did not have any operating leases that contained renewal options with increasing rental amounts. Many of the Company's leases allow the customer to extend the lease at prevailing market terms. The Company's operating leased assets are not protected against casualty loss through third-party insurance.
Due to the nature of the industry and the reimbursement environment in which the Company operates, certain estimates, including management's assessment of probability of collection, are required to record revenue and accounts receivable at their net realizable values, otherwise, if probability of collection is not met, the Company records revenue for such leases on a cash basis. Inherent in these estimates is the risk that they will have to be revised or updated as additional information becomes available. Specifically, the complexity of many arrangements and the uncertainty of reimbursement amounts for certain services from certain payers may result in variable lease payments that require adjustments to amounts originally recorded. Such adjustments are typically identified and recorded at the point of cash application, claim denial or account review. The Company adjusts revenue for historical trends on revenue adjustments due to timely filings, deaths, and other types of analyzable adjustments on a monthly basis to record rental revenue at the expected collectible amounts. Consistent with ASC 450, Contingencies, for contracts where collection is considered probable, accounts receivable is reduced by an allowance for credit losses which provides for those accounts from which payment is not expected to be received although product was delivered and revenue was earned. The Company records an allowance for credit losses based upon an analysis of historical collections. The Company has elected to record the adjustments to accounts receivables in net revenues on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. The determination that an account is uncollectible, and the ultimate write-off of that account occurs once collection is considered to be highly unlikely, and it is written-off and charged to the allowance at that time.
The Company also participates in sales-type leases as a lessor, and determined, and will continue to determine, whether an arrangement is a lease at inception. In a sales-type lease, lessors are required to recognize a lease receivable, selling profit, initial indirect costs, and residual asset values for all of these types of leases, and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. The Company’s sales-type leases are primarily for medical equipment under sales-type lease arrangements that expire at various dates over the next three years. The Company’s leases do not contain any restrictive covenants. The Company’s equipment leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees or renewal options.
Lease revenue for leased assets is recognized in net revenue. The Company further recognizes any variable lease payments that are not included in the net investment in the lease as income in profit or loss in the period when the changes in facts and circumstances on which the variable lease payments are based occur.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses, and Contingencies
Amounts billed that have not yet been collected that also meet the conditions for unconditional right to payment are presented as accounts receivable. Accounts receivable related to rental service and delivery of products are reported at net
realizable value, inclusive of adjustments for variable consideration. These adjustments reflect the amounts expected to be collected from payers based on an analysis of historical collections. The Company writes off accounts receivable once collection efforts have been exhausted and an account is deemed to be uncollectible. An allowance for credit losses, and contingencies, is established as a result of an adverse change in the Company’s payers’ ability to pay outstanding billings. The allowance for credit losses was $0.6 million and $1.1 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Inventories
The Company’s inventories consist of disposable medical supplies, replacement parts and other supplies used in conjunction with medical equipment and are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value. Cost primarily represents the purchase price paid for the items on hand. The Company periodically performs an analysis of slow-moving inventory and records an adjustment to reflect the recoverable amount.
Medical Equipment
Medical Equipment (“Equipment”) consists of equipment that the Company purchases from third-parties and is (1) held for sale or rent, and (2) used in service to generate rental revenue. Equipment, once placed into service, is depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the equipment which is typically seven years. The Company does not depreciate Equipment held for sale or rent. When Equipment in rental service assets are sold, or otherwise disposed, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and a gain or loss is recorded in the current period. The Company periodically performs an analysis to identify potentially missing Equipment and records a reserve equal to the underlying net book value, which was $2.1 million and $2.3 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. This amount approximates the accelerated depreciation the Company would recognize over the remaining useful lives of the assets determined to be missing. The Company performs a similar analysis of slow-moving Equipment for sale or rent and records a reserve, which was less than $0.1 million as of both December 31, 2023 and 2022.
Presentation of Medical Equipment in the Consolidated Statements
The Company purchases medical equipment directly for sale as well as medical equipment that is purchased for either rental or sale and that is unallocated at the time of purchase (“Unallocated Assets”). Management believes that the predominant source of revenues and cash flows from the Unallocated Assets is from rentals and most equipment purchased is likely to be rented prior to being sold. The Company concluded that (i) the assets specifically supporting its two primary revenue streams should be separately disclosed on the balance sheet; (ii) the purchase and sale of Unallocated Assets should be classified solely in investing cash flows based on their predominant source while medical equipment purchased specifically for sales activity should be classified in operating cash flows; and (iii) other activities ancillary to the rental process should be consistently classified.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at acquired cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, ranging from three to seven years. Externally purchased information technology software and hardware are depreciated over three and five years, respectively. Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the life of the asset or the remaining term of the lease, whichever is shorter. Maintenance and minor repairs are expensed to operations as incurred. When assets are sold, or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is recorded in the current period.
Goodwill
Goodwill is tested for impairment annually or more frequently when certain events or circumstances trigger a review. Management has the option to first assess qualitative factors such as current performance and overall economic conditions to determine whether or not it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. If the Company chooses that option, then the Company would not be required to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test unless the Company determines that, based on a qualitative assessment, it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If the Company determines that an impairment is more likely than not, or if the Company chooses not to perform a qualitative assessment, the Company will then proceed with the quantitative assessment. Under the quantitative test, if the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, then goodwill of the reporting unit is considered to not be impaired. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, then an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the excess, up to the value of the goodwill. The Company performed its annual impairment analysis by using a quantitative assessment as of October 31, 2023 and determined that there was no impairment.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist of trade names, physician and customer relationships, unpatented technology, non-competition agreements and software. The Company amortizes the value assigned to the physician and customer relationships on a straight-line basis over the period of expected benefit, which ranges from fifteen to twenty years. The acquired physician and customer relationship base represents a valuable asset of the Company due to the expectation of future business opportunities to be leveraged from the existing relationship with each physician and customer. The Company has long-standing relationships with numerous oncology clinics, physicians, home care and home infusion providers, skilled nursing and acute care facilities, pain centers and others. The useful lives of these relationships are based on the expected attrition rates. Acquired software is amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of expected benefit, which ranges from three to five years. Acquired unpatented technology arose from recent acquisitions and is amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of expected benefit, which is seven years. This asset represents acquired knowledge of repair solutions that will be leveraged into opportunities into the acute care market. The non-competition agreements arose from recent acquisitions and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the agreements, which is five years. Trade names associated with the original acquisition of InfuSystem are not amortized.
Management tests indefinite life trade names for impairment annually or more frequently if deemed necessary. Management has the option of first performing the impairment test for intangible assets with indefinite lives on a qualitative basis, by evaluating factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is more likely than not that an impairment exists, or if the Company chooses not to perform a qualitative assessment, then a quantitative impairment test is performed. Impairment exists when the carrying amount of the intangible asset exceeds its fair value. If the carrying value of the intangible assets exceeds the fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. The Company performed its annual impairment analysis by using a quantitative assessment as of October 31, 2023 and determined that the fair value of the trade names with indefinite lives was greater than their carrying value, resulting in no impairment.
Software Capitalization and Depreciation
The Company capitalizes certain costs incurred in connection with obtaining or developing internal-use software, including payroll and payroll-related costs for employees who are directly associated with the internal-use software project, external direct costs of materials and services and interest costs while developing the software. Capitalized software costs are included in intangible assets, net and are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of three to five years. Capitalization of such costs ceases when the project is substantially complete and ready for its intended purpose. Costs incurred during the preliminary project and post-implementation stages, as well as software maintenance and training costs, are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. The Company did not capitalize any internal-use software for the year ended December 31, 2023, and 2022. Amortization expense for capitalized software was $0.1 million in 2023, $0.1 million in 2022 and $1.6 million in 2021.
The Company assesses impairment indicators related to its internally-developed, internal-use software, specifically looking at the effectiveness and useful lives of each project and sub-project to determine if impairment indicators are present. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company assessed the impairment indicators and found none to be present.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets held for use, which includes medical equipment in rental service, property and equipment and amortizable intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable. If an impairment indicator exists, the Company assesses the asset or asset group for recoverability. Recoverability of these assets is determined based upon the expected undiscounted future net cash flows from the operations to which the assets relate, utilizing management’s best estimates, appropriate assumptions and projections at the time. If the carrying value is determined not to be recoverable from future operating cash flows, the asset is deemed impaired and an impairment loss would be recognized to the extent the carrying value exceeded the estimated fair market value of the asset or asset group. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, the Company assessed the impairment indicators and found none to be present.
Leases
For policies related to the Company acting as a lessor, refer to the "Lease Arrangements" policy section above.
With respect to the policies related to the Company as lessee, under ASC 842, lessees are required to recognize a lease liability and right-of-use asset (“ROU asset”) for all leases and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. Additionally, leases are classified as either financing or operating; the classification determines the pattern of expense
recognition and classification within the statement of operations. The Company elected to apply its lease accounting policy only to leases with a term greater than twelve months.
ASC 842 provides practical expedients for an entity’s ongoing accounting. The Company elected the “combining lease and non-lease components” practical expedient. The company also elected to apply the short-term lease recognition exemption to certain leases; therefore, the Company did not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for these leases.
In adopting ASC 842, the Company determined and will continue to determine whether an arrangement is a lease at inception. The Company’s operating leases are primarily for office space, service facility centers and equipment under operating lease arrangements that expire at various dates over the next eight years. The Company’s leases do not contain any restrictive covenants. The Company’s office leases generally contain renewal options for periods ranging from one to five years. Because the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise these renewal options, the options are not considered in determining the lease term, and payments associated with the option years are excluded from lease payments. The Company’s office leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees. The Company’s equipment leases generally do not contain renewal options. The Company is not reasonably certain to exercise the renewal options for those equipment leases that do contain renewal options, thus, the options are not considered in determining the lease term and payments associated with the option years are excluded from lease payments.
For the Company’s equipment leases, the Company used and will use the implicit rate in the lease as the discount rate, when available. Otherwise, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate. For the Company’s office leases, the implicit rate is typically not available, so the Company used and will use its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate. The incremental borrowing rate is estimated to approximate the interest rate on a collateralized basis with similar terms and payments.
Payments due under the Company’s operating leases include fixed payments as well as variable payments. For the Company’s office leases, variable payments include amounts for the Company’s proportionate share of operating expenses, utilities, property taxes, insurance, common area maintenance and other facility-related expenses. For the Company’s equipment leases, variable payments may consist of sales taxes, property taxes and other fees.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues include the costs of servicing and maintaining pumps, products and services sold, shipping, depreciation of medical equipment, and other direct and indirect costs related to net revenues, and these expenses are expensed as incurred. Shipping and handling costs incurred after control over a product has transferred to a customer are accounted for as a fulfillment cost.
Customer Concentration
As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had contracts with nearly 820 and 800 third-party payer networks, respectively. Material terms of contracts with third-party payer organizations are typically a pre-negotiated fee schedule rate or a then-current proprietary fee schedule rate for equipment and supplies provided. The majority of these contracts generally provide for a term of one year, with automatic one-year renewals, unless the Company or the contracted payer elect not to renew. The Company also contracts with various other third-party payer organizations, Medicaid, commercial Medicare replacement plans, self-insured plans, facilities of its Medicare patients and numerous other insurance carriers. No single payer or customer represented more than 10% of the Company's net revenue in 2023, 2022 or 2021.
Income Taxes
The Company recognizes deferred income tax liabilities and assets based on (i) the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates in effect in the years the differences are expected to reverse and (ii) the tax credit carryforwards. Deferred income tax (expense) benefit results from the change in net deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is more likely than not that some or all of any deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Provisions for federal, state and foreign taxes are calculated based on reported pre-tax earnings based on current tax law and include the cumulative effect of any changes in tax rates from those used previously in determining deferred tax assets and liabilities. Certain items of income and expense are recognized in different time periods for financial reporting than for income tax purposes; thus, such provisions differ from the amounts currently receivable or payable.
The Company follows a two-step approach for recognizing uncertain tax positions. First, it evaluates the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates it is more-likely-than-not that the position will be
sustained upon examination. Second, for positions that are determined are more-likely-than-not to be sustained, it recognizes the tax benefits as the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being sustained. The Company establishes a reserve for uncertain tax positions liability that is comprised of unrecognized tax benefits and related interest and penalties. The Company adjusts this liability in the period in which an uncertain tax position is effectively settled, the statute of limitations expires for the relevant taxing authority to examine the tax position, or more information becomes available.
Treasury Stock
The Company periodically repurchases shares of its common stock. These repurchases take place either as part of a board-authorized program, which may include open market transactions or privately negotiated transactions and may be made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, or in targeted stock purchase agreements approved by the Board. Treasury stock is accounted for using the par value method. In 2021, the Company retired the approximately 3,500,000 shares that were previously held in treasury. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, the Company did not have any shares being held in treasury.
Share-Based Payments
The Company determines the fair value of stock option awards, restricted stock awards and stock appreciation rights (collectively, “Share-Based Awards”) on the date of grant using either the grant date price of the Company's common stock or option-pricing models which are affected by the Company’s stock price, as well as assumptions regarding a number of other inputs using the Black-Scholes pricing model. These variables include the Company’s expected stock price volatility over the expected term of the Share-Based Awards, actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors, risk-free interest rates and expected dividends. The expected volatility is based on the historical volatility. The expected term represents the period over which the Share-Based Awards are expected to be outstanding. The dividend yield is an estimate of the expected dividend yield on the Company’s stock. The risk-free rate is based on U.S. Treasury yields in effect at the time of the grant for the expected term of the Share-Based Awards. Forfeitures are recognized as they occur. All Share-Based Awards are amortized based on their graded vesting over the requisite service period of the awards. Compensation costs are recognized over the requisite service period using the accelerated method and included in general and administrative expenses.
Additionally, the Company also determines the fair value of performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”) based upon the type of performance measure. These awards typically vest after the Company’s achievement of either a specific Company performance metric or when the market value of the Company’s stock meets a specific metric such as when the closing price of the Company's stock reaches a target value for a minimum number of consecutive trading days. Under FASB ASC 718, the provisions of the PSUs that vest upon achievement of a target market value are considered a market condition, and therefore the effect of that market condition is reflected in the grant date fair value for this type of award. A third-party valuation expert was engaged to prepare a “Monte Carlo simulation” to account for the market condition to assist management in its conclusion of fair value. That simulation takes into account the beginning stock price of the Company’s common stock, the expected volatilities for the Company’s stock price and the expected risk-free rate of return. The single grant-date fair value computed by this valuation method is recognized by the Company in accounting for the awards regardless of the actual future outcome of the market condition. Compensation costs are accelerated if the market condition is satisfied prior to the end of the service period derived under the Monte Carlo simulation. The grant date fair value of the other PSUs is calculated as the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date multiplied by the number of shares estimated to be delivered subject to the award terms. Company performance measure goals are considered a performance condition and the timing and amount of compensation cost for those PSUs corresponds with management’s expectation of the probable outcome of the performance conditions as of the grant date and during the vesting period.
Deferred Debt Issuance Costs
Capitalized debt issuance costs as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 relate to the Company’s credit facility. The costs related to the agreement are netted against current and non-current debt and is recognized in Interest expense. The Company amortizes these costs using the interest method through the maturity date of the underlying debt.
Earnings Per Share
The Company reports its earnings per share which includes the presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share on the statements of operations. The diluted weighted average common shares include adjustments for the potential effects of outstanding stock options but only in the periods in which such effect is dilutive under the treasury stock method. Included in our basic and diluted weighted average common shares are those stock options and restricted stock awards due to participants granted from the 2014 and 2021 stock incentive plans. Anti-dilutive stock awards are comprised of stock options and unvested restricted stock awards, which would have been anti-dilutive in the application of the treasury stock method. In periods where the Company records a net loss, the diluted per share amount is the same as the basic per share amount.
In accordance with this topic, the following table reconciles income and share amounts utilized to calculate basic and diluted net income per common share:
Years Ended December 31,
2023 2022 2021
Numerator (in thousands):
Net income: $ 872  $ 18  $ 1,420 
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic 21,024,382  20,648,818  20,519,958 
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents 621,697  898,488  1,529,701 
Diluted 21,646,079  21,547,306  22,049,659 
Stock options of 1,007,394, 1,085,855 and 368,056 shares were not included in the calculation for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, because they would have an anti-dilutive effect.
Derivatives
The Company recognizes all derivative financial instruments as cash flow hedges which are shown as either assets or liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at fair value. For derivative contracts which can be classified as a cash flow hedge, the effective portion of the change in fair value of the derivative is recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) in the consolidated balance sheets. The underlying hedge transaction is realized when the interest payments on debt are accrued; the applicable amount of gain or loss included in AOCI is reclassified into earnings in the consolidated statements of operations on the same line as the gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk. The cash flows from derivatives are classified as operating activities.
The Company maintains a policy of requiring that all derivative instruments be governed by an International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement and settles on a net basis.
The fair values of the Company’s derivative financial instruments are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as the values are derived using the market approach based on observable market inputs including quoted prices of similar instruments and interest rate forward curves.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 for cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments (Level I). The carrying value of the Company’s long-term debt with variable interest rates approximates fair value based on instruments with similar terms (Level II).
The Company has adopted ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for assets and liabilities being measured and reported at fair value and appends disclosures about fair value measurements.
For financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, fair value is the price the Company would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with a market participant at the measurement date. A three-level fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value as follows:
Level I:    quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments;
Level II:    quoted prices in active markets for similar instruments, quoted prices for identical instruments in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the instrument; and
Level III:    significant inputs to the valuation model are unobservable.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Developments
In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments (ASC 326) Credit Losses”. ASC 326 changes the impairment model for most financial assets and certain other instruments. Under the new standard, entities holding financial assets and net investment in leases that are not accounted for at fair value through net income are to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. An allowance for credit losses will be a valuation account that will be deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. The Company's adoption of this standard on January 1, 2023 did not have a material effect on its consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of cash flows or related disclosures.
In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (ASC 280): Improvements To Reportable Segment Disclosures.” ASU 2023-07 expands the disclosure requirements for reportable segments by requiring enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. Under the new standard, entities must disclose an amount for other segment items by reportable segment and a description of its composition. The other segment items category is the difference between segment revenue less the significant expenses disclosed and each reported measure of segment profit or loss. Additionally, entities must disclose at least one measure of assessing segment performance and the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments are to be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2023-07 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (ASC 740): Improvements To Income Tax Disclosures.” ASU 2023-09 which is intended to enhance the transparency, decision usefulness and effectiveness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in this ASU require a public entity to disclose a tabular tax rate reconciliation, using both percentages and currency, with specific categories. A public entity is also required to provide a qualitative description of the states and local jurisdictions that make up the majority of the effect of the state and local income tax category and the net amount of income taxes paid, disaggregated by federal, state and foreign taxes and also disaggregated by individual jurisdictions. The amendments also remove certain disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial. The amendments are effective prospectively for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and early adoption and retrospective application are permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2023-09 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In March 2024, the SEC issued its final rule on the enhancement and standardization of climate-related disclosures for investors. These wide-ranging disclosures require annual disclosure of material greenhouse gas emissions as well as disclosure of governance, risk management and strategy related to material climate-related risks. Within the notes to financial statements, the final rule requires disclosure of expenditures recognized, subject to certain thresholds, attributable to severe weather. Outside of the financial statements, the final rule requires qualitative and quantitative disclosures about material scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions. Also required is disclosure of the risk management process and the oversight practices of the Board of Directors and management related to climate-related risks. The final rule follows a compliance phase-in timeline, with the first requirements required to be adopted for the Company’s fiscal year 2027, followed in later years by greenhouse gas-related requirements. The Company is currently evaluating the rule to determine the impact on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.