AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC (AMN) FY 2023 MD&A

Item 7.     Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto and other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are “forward-looking statements.” See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” under Item 1, “Business.” We intend this MD&A section to provide you with a narrative from the perspective of our management on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and certain other factors that may affect our future results. The following sections comprise this MD&A:

•Overview of Our Business

•Operating Metrics

•Recent Trends

•Results of Operations

•Liquidity and Capital Resources

•Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

•Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Overview of Our Business

We provide healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services to healthcare facilities across the nation. As a tech-centric total talent solutions partner, our managed services programs, or “MSP,” vendor management systems, or “VMS,” workforce consulting services, predictive modeling, staff scheduling, revenue cycle solutions, language interpretation services and the placement of physicians, nurses, allied healthcare professionals and healthcare leaders into temporary and permanent positions enable our clients to successfully reduce staffing complexity, increase efficiency and lead their organizations within the rapidly evolving healthcare environment.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, we recorded revenue of $3,789.3 million, as compared to $5,243.2 million for 2022. We recorded net income of $210.7 million for 2023, as compared to $444.1 million for 2022. Nurse and allied solutions segment revenue comprised 69% and 76% of total consolidated revenue for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Physician and leadership solutions segment revenue comprised 18% and 13% of total consolidated revenue for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Technology and workforce solutions segment revenue comprised 13% and 11% of total consolidated revenue for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. For a description of the services we provide under each of our business segments, please see, “Item 1. Business—Our Services.”

We believe we are recognized as the market-leading innovator in providing healthcare talent solutions in the United States. We seek to advance our market-leading position through a number of strategies that focus on market penetration, expansion of our talent solutions, increasing operational efficiency and scalability and increasing our supply of qualified healthcare professionals. Our market growth strategy continues to focus on broadening and investing, both organically and through strategic acquisitions, in service and technology offerings beyond our traditional temporary staffing and permanent placement services, to include more strategic and recurring revenue sources from innovative talent solutions offerings such as MSP, VMS, workforce optimization service, and other technology-enabled services. We also seek strategic opportunities to expand into complementary service offerings to our staffing businesses that leverage our core capabilities of recruiting and credentialing healthcare professionals.

As part of our long-term growth strategy to add value for our clients, healthcare professionals, and stockholders, we acquired MSI Systems Corp. and DrWanted.com LLC (together “MSDR”) on November 30, 2023 and Connetics on May 13, 2022. See additional information in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note (2), Acquisitions.”

Operationally, our strategic initiatives focus on investing in digitizing and further developing our processes and systems to achieve market leading efficiency and scalability, which we believe will provide operating leverage as our revenue grows. From a healthcare professional supply perspective, we continue to invest in new candidate recruitment and engagement initiatives and technologies to retain and grow our network of qualified healthcare professionals.

Over the last several years, we have worked to execute on our management strategies and intend to continue to do so in the future. Over the past five years, we have grown our business both organically and as a result of a number of acquisitions.

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We typically experience modest seasonal fluctuations during our fiscal year and they tend to vary among our business segments. These fluctuations can vary slightly in intensity from year to year. Over the past five years, these quarterly fluctuations have been muted in our consolidated results.

Operating Metrics

In addition to our consolidated and segment financial results, we monitor the following key metrics to help us evaluate our results of operations and financial condition and make strategic decisions. We believe this information is useful in understanding our operational performance and trends affecting our businesses.

•Average travelers on assignment represents the average number of nurse and allied healthcare professionals on assignment during the period, which is used by management as a measure of volume in our nurse and allied solutions segment;

•Bill rates represent the hourly straight-time rates that we bill to clients, which are an indicator of labor market trends and costs within our nurse and allied solutions segment;

•Billable hours represent hours worked by our healthcare professionals that we are able to bill on client engagements, which are used by management as a measure of volume in our nurse and allied solutions segment;

•Days filled is calculated by dividing total locum tenens hours filled during the period by eight hours, which is used by management as a measure of volume in our locum tenens business within our physician and leadership solutions segment; and

•Revenue per day filled is calculated by dividing revenue of our locum tenens business by days filled for the period, which is an indicator of labor market trends and costs in our locum tenens business within our physician and leadership solutions segment.

•Minutes represent the time-based utilization of interpretation services that we are able to bill our clients, which are used by management as a measure of volume in our language services business within our technology and workforce solutions segment.

Recent Trends

Demand for our temporary and permanent placement staffing services is driven in part by U.S. economic and labor trends, and from early 2020 through 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic and the “Great Resignation” impacted demand. From late 2020 through most of 2022, these conditions resulted in historically high demand for our nurses, allied healthcare professionals and vendor-neutral VMS technologies supporting the placement of these professionals. Since 2022, healthcare organizations have hired permanent staff aggressively, enabling them to reduce what had been historically high utilization of contingent labor. As a result, in 2023, demand in our travel nurse business declined significantly over the course of the first quarter and into the early second quarter. In the third and fourth quarter, demand for our travel nurse business was relatively stable but remained below pre-pandemic levels. Demand in our allied business continues to be above pre-pandemic levels, and certain specialties such as therapy and imaging are up significantly year over year, offsetting the decline in laboratory and other specialties involved in treating COVID-19 patients.

In our nurse and allied solutions segment, we have seen a decrease in overall staffing volume from prior year due to lower travel nurse demand with fourth quarter staffing volume relatively flat to the prior quarter. Overall staffing volume remains above pre-pandemic levels with favorable demand in international nurse staffing and allied staffing. Bill rates decreased slightly in the fourth quarter, at a slower rate than the first three quarters of the year, and remain well above pre-pandemic levels across the nurse and allied solutions segment.

In our physician and leadership solutions segment, demand for our locum tenens business is well above pre-pandemic levels. We have seen several years of growth in certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), the specialty that represents the largest percentage of revenue in this business. Elevated demand levels for locum tenens staffing drove a double digit increase to revenue per day filled in 2023 as compared to the prior year. We experienced a seasonal dip in demand for locum tenens staffing in the fourth quarter but expect it to continue to be above pre-pandemic levels. Demand has been declining in our interim leadership and executive search businesses since the second half of 2022 as some healthcare organizations streamlined leadership roles, deferred hiring decisions, or increased permanent staff hiring.

In our technology and workforce solutions segment, our language services business continued to experience increased utilization and shift to more virtual interpretation. Bill rates and volumes in our VMS business followed similar trends, although to a greater extent, as our nurse and allied solutions segment, declining from historic highs. Bill rates continued to decrease in the fourth quarter but are expected to remain above pre-pandemic levels.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain statements of operations data as a percentage of revenue. Our results of operations include three reportable segments: (1) nurse and allied solutions, (2) physician and leadership solutions, and (3) technology and workforce solutions. The acquisitions during the three years ended December 31, 2023 impact the comparability of the results between the years presented. See additional information in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note (2), Acquisitions.” Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of our results of operations to be expected in the future.

Comparison of Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2023 to the Year Ended December 31, 2022

Revenue. Revenue decreased 28% to $3,789.3 million for 2023 from $5,243.2 million for 2022, attributable to a decline in revenue across our segments with the greatest decline in our nurse and allied solutions segment.

Nurse and allied solutions segment revenue decreased 34% to $2,624.5 million for 2023 from $3,982.5 million for 2022. The $1,357.9 million decrease was primarily attributable to a 17% decrease in the average number of travelers on assignment, an approximately 15% decrease in the average bill rate, a 3% decrease in billable hours during the year ended December 31, 2023, and an approximately $99.0 million decrease in labor disruption revenue.

Physician and leadership solutions segment revenue decreased 4% to $669.7 million for 2023 from $697.9 million for 2022. The $28.2 million decrease was attributable to lower revenue in our interim leadership, physician permanent placement and executive search businesses, which was partially offset by higher revenue in our locum tenens business. Revenue in our locum tenens business grew 9% during 2023 primarily due to a 10% increase in the revenue per day filled on an organic basis and additional revenue of $13.2 million in connection with the MSDR acquisition, partially offset by a 4% decrease in the number of days filled on an organic basis. Our interim leadership business experienced an approximately 26% decline, while our physician permanent placement and executive search businesses declined 20% during 2023.

Technology and workforce solutions segment revenue decreased 12% to $495.0 million for 2023 from $562.8 million for 2022. The $67.8 million decrease was primarily attributable to a decline within our VMS business, partially offset by growth within our language services business. Revenue for our VMS business declined 36% for similar reasons as nurse and allied solutions segment revenue, while our language services business grew 20% primarily due to a 24% increase in minutes during 2023.

For 2023 and 2022, revenue under our MSP arrangements comprised approximately 54% and 64% of our consolidated revenue, 72% and 81% for nurse and allied solutions segment revenue, 20% and 18% for physician and leadership solutions segment revenue, and 2% and 2% of our technology and workforce solutions segment revenue, respectively.

Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased 27% to $1,249.6 million for 2023 from $1,716.7 million for 2022, representing gross margins of 33.0% and 32.7%, respectively. The increase in consolidated gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily due to (1) a change in sales mix resulting from lower revenue in our nurse and allied solutions segment and (2) a higher margin in our nurse and allied solutions segment driven by a revenue mix shift within the segment. The overall increase was partially offset by a lower margin in our technology and workforce solutions segment primarily due to a change in sales mix resulting from lower revenue in our VMS business and its higher margins as compared to our other businesses within the

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segment. Gross margin by reportable segment for 2023 and 2022 was 26.4% and 26.3% for nurse and allied solutions, 34.3% and 34.5% for physician and leadership solutions, and 66.2% and 76.0% for technology and workforce solutions, respectively.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses were $756.2 million, representing 20.0% of revenue, for 2023, as compared to $936.6 million, representing 17.9% of revenue, for 2022. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to $164.5 million of lower employee compensation and benefits (inclusive of share-based compensation) and a $22.1 million decrease in the provision for expected credit losses. SG&A expenses broken down among the reportable segments, unallocated corporate overhead, and share-based compensation are as follows:

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses. Amortization expense increased 8% to $89.8 million for 2023 from $83.1 million for 2022, primarily attributable to (1) the reduction of useful lives of certain staffing database assets and (2) additional amortization expense related to the intangible assets acquired in the MSDR and Connetics acquisitions. Depreciation expense (exclusive of depreciation included in cost of revenue) increased 31% to $65.2 million for 2023 from $49.9 million for 2022, primarily attributable to an increase in purchased and developed hardware and software placed in service for our ongoing information technology investments to support our total talent solutions initiatives and to optimize our internal front and back-office systems. Additionally, $6.0 million and $4.1 million of depreciation expense for our language services business is included in cost of revenue for 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Interest Expense, Net, and Other. Interest expense, net, and other, was $54.1 million for 2023 as compared to $40.4 million for 2022. The increase was primarily due to a higher average debt outstanding balance during 2023.

Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense was $73.6 million for 2023 as compared to $162.7 million for 2022, reflecting effective income tax rates of 26% and 27% for these periods, respectively. The decrease in the effective income tax rate was primarily attributable to the recognition of net discrete tax benefit of $5.4 million during 2023 compared to $1.7 million of net discrete tax expense recognized during 2022, in relation to income before income taxes of $284.3 million and $606.7 million for 2023 and 2022, respectively. See additional information in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note (7), Income Taxes, and Note (1), Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.”

Comparison of Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2022 to the Year Ended December 31, 2021

We describe in detail the comparison of results for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations—Comparison of Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2022 to the Year Ended December 31, 2021” of our 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

In summary, our cash flows were:

Historically, our primary liquidity requirements have been for acquisitions, working capital requirements, and debt service under our credit facilities and senior notes. We have funded these requirements through internally generated cash flow and funds borrowed under our credit facilities and senior notes.

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As of December 31, 2023, (1) $460.0 million was drawn with $269.2 million of available credit under the Senior Credit Facility (as defined below), (2) the aggregate principal amount of our 2027 Notes (as defined below) outstanding was $500.0 million, and (3) the aggregate principal amount of our 2029 Notes (as defined below) outstanding was $350.0 million. We describe in further detail our Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), under which our Senior Credit Facility is governed, the 2027 Notes, and the 2029 Notes in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note (8), Notes Payable and Credit Agreement.”

As of December 31, 2023, the total of our contractual obligations under operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year was $55.1 million. We describe in further detail our operating lease arrangements in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note (5), Leases.” We also have various obligations and working capital requirements, such as certain tax and legal matters, contingent consideration and other liabilities, that are recorded on our consolidated balance sheets. See additional information in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note (3), Fair Value Measurement, Note (6), Balance Sheet Details, Note (7), Income Taxes, and Note (12), Commitments and Contingencies.”

In addition to our cash requirements, we have a share repurchase program authorized by our board of directors, which does not require the purchase of any minimum number of shares and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. See additional information in “Item 5. Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.” Under the repurchase program, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement with a counterparty on May 8, 2023 to repurchase $200.0 million of our outstanding common stock and received an initial delivery of 1.8 million shares. On August 10, 2023, we received an additional 0.3 million shares of our common stock upon settlement of the ASR agreement. The ASR was funded through borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility. See additional information in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note (10)(b), Capital Stock—Treasury Stock.”

We believe that cash generated from operations and available borrowings under our Senior Credit Facility will be sufficient to fund our operations and liquidity requirements, including expected capital expenditures, for the next 12 months and beyond. We intend to finance potential future acquisitions with cash provided from operations, borrowings under our Senior Credit Facility, or other borrowings under our Amended Credit Agreement, bank loans, debt or equity offerings, or some combination of the foregoing. The following discussion provides further details of our liquidity and capital resources.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities for 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $372.2 million, $653.7 million and $305.4 million, respectively. The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities for 2023 from 2022 was primarily attributable to (1) a decrease in net income excluding non-cash expenses of $232.0 million primarily due to a decline in operating results in our nurse and allied solutions and technology and workforce solutions segments, (2) a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses between periods of $232.3 million primarily due to decreased associate vendor usage, and (3) a decrease in accrued compensation and benefits between periods of $69.6 million primarily due to prior year increases in pay rates and the average number of travelers on assignment in our nurse and allied solutions segment and increased employee compensation and benefits in 2022, including accrued bonuses and commissions that were paid during the first quarter of 2023, and (4) increases in prepaid expenses and other current assets between periods of $55.3 million and $13.6 million, respectively, primarily due to prepayments and deposits that were made in 2021 and refunded by third-party vendors in 2022 related to labor disruption services. The overall decrease in net cash provided by operating activities was partially offset by (1) a decrease in accounts receivable and subcontractor receivables between periods of $192.1 million primarily due to a larger decrease in the receivables balance in the current year as compared to the prior year, which was due to decreases in revenue and associate vendor usage along with timing of collections, (2) an increase in other liabilities between periods of $116.3 million primarily due to lower cash paid for income taxes, and (3) a decrease in income taxes receivable between periods of $12.7 million primarily due to an overpayment of estimated taxes during 2022. Our Days Sales Outstanding (“DSO”) was 70 and 55 days at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Our consolidated results for the year ended December 31, 2023 include only one month of MSDR’s revenue, but our consolidated balance sheet includes the full amount of MSDR’s accounts receivable. Excluding the acquisition of MSDR, our DSO was 66 days at December 31, 2023.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $412.5 million, $170.7 million and $107.4 million, respectively. The year-over-year increase from 2022 to 2023 in net cash used in investing activities was primarily attributable to $292.2 million used for acquisitions in 2023 as compared to $69.6 million in 2022. In addition, capital expenditures were $103.7 million, $75.8 million and $53.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Our

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capital expenditures in recent years were primarily related to ongoing information technology investments to support our total talent solutions initiatives and to optimize our internal front and back-office systems.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities for 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $10.7 million, $(591.9) million and $(34.9) million, respectively. Net cash provided by financing activities for 2023 was primarily due to borrowings of $815.0 million under the Senior Credit Facility (as defined below), partially offset by (1) $424.7 million paid in connection with the repurchase of our common stock, (2) repayments of $355.0 million under the Senior Credit Facility, and (3) $13.1 million in cash paid for shares withheld for payroll taxes resulting from the vesting of employee equity awards. Net cash used in financing activities for 2022 was due to $576.8 million paid in connection with the repurchase of our common stock and $15.1 million in cash paid for shares withheld for payroll taxes resulting from the vesting of employee equity awards.

Amended Credit Agreement

On February 10, 2023, we entered into the third amendment to our credit agreement (the “Third Amendment”). The Third Amendment (together with the credit agreement, the first amendment and the second amendment, collectively, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) provides for, among other things, an increase to the secured revolving credit facility (the “Senior Credit Facility”) from $400.0 million to $750.0 million. The Senior Credit Facility includes a $125.0 million sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit and a $75.0 million sublimit for swingline loans. Our obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of our assets. The terms of the Amended Credit Agreement, including maturity dates, payment and interest terms, are described in further detail in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note (8), Notes Payable and Credit Agreement.”

4.625% Senior Notes Due 2027

On August 13, 2020, AMN Healthcare, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, completed the issuance of an additional $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior notes due 2027 (the “New 2027 Notes”), which were issued at a price of 101.000% of the aggregate principal amount. The New 2027 Notes were issued pursuant to the existing indenture, dated as of October 1, 2019, under which we previously issued $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior notes due 2027 (the “Existing 2027 Notes” and together with the New 2027 Notes, the “2027 Notes”). The New 2027 Notes will be treated as a single series with the Existing 2027 Notes and will have the same terms (other than issue price, issue date and the date from which interest accrues) as those of the Existing 2027 Notes. The 2027 Notes will mature on October 1, 2027. Interest on the 2027 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing October 1, 2020 with respect to the New 2027 Notes. The 2027 Notes are fully and unconditionally and jointly guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by us and all of our subsidiaries that guarantee the Amended Credit Agreement.

On and after October 1, 2022, we may redeem all or a portion of the 2027 Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount on the redemption date) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:

Upon the occurrence of specified change of control events as defined in the indenture governing the 2027 Notes, we must offer to repurchase the 2027 Notes at 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the purchase date.

The indenture governing the 2027 Notes contains covenants that, among other things, restrict our ability to:

•sell assets,

•pay dividends or make other distributions on capital stock, make payments in respect of subordinated indebtedness or make other restricted payments,

•make certain investments,

•incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock,

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•create certain liens,

•enter into agreements that restrict dividends or other payments from our restricted subsidiaries,

•consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of our assets,

•engage in transactions with affiliates, and

•create unrestricted subsidiaries.

These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. The indenture governing the 2027 Notes contains affirmative covenants and events of default that are customary for indentures governing high yield securities. The 2027 Notes and the guarantees are not subject to any registration rights agreement.

4.000% Senior Notes Due 2029

On October 20, 2020, AMN Healthcare, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, completed the issuance of $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”). The 2029 Notes will mature on April 15, 2029. Interest on the 2029 Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2021.

At any time and from time to time on and after April 15, 2024, we will be entitled at our option to redeem all or a portion of the 2029 Notes upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount on the redemption date) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record of the 2029 Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the twelve month period commencing on April 15 of the years set forth below:

At any time and from time to time prior to April 15, 2024, we may also redeem 2029 Notes with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2029 Notes issued, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 104.000% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the applicable redemption date.

In addition, we may redeem some or all of the 2029 Notes at any time and from time to time prior to April 15, 2024 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to (but excluding) the applicable redemption date, plus a “make-whole” premium based on the applicable treasury rate plus 50 basis points.

Upon the occurrence of specified change of control events as defined in the indenture governing the 2029 Notes, we must offer to repurchase the 2029 Notes at 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the purchase date.

The indenture governing the 2029 Notes contains covenants that, among other things, restricts our ability to:

•sell assets;

•pay dividends or make other distributions on capital stock, make payments in respect of subordinated indebtedness or make other restricted payments;

•make certain investments;

•incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock;

•create certain liens;

•enter into agreements that restrict dividends or other payments from our restricted subsidiaries to us;

•consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their assets;

•enter into transactions with affiliates; and

•create unrestricted subsidiaries.

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These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. The indenture governing the 2029 Notes contains affirmative covenants and events of default that are customary for indentures governing high yield securities. The 2029 Notes and the guarantees are not subject to any registration rights agreement.

Letters of Credit

As of December 31, 2023, we maintained outstanding standby letters of credit totaling $21.3 million as collateral in relation to our workers’ compensation insurance agreements and a corporate office lease agreement. Of the $21.3 million of outstanding letters of credit, we have collateralized $0.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and the remaining $20.8 million is collateralized by the Senior Credit Facility. Outstanding standby letters of credit at December 31, 2022 totaled $22.0 million.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our critical accounting policies are those that we believe are both important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results and require our most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect our reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and base them on the information that is currently available to us and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could vary from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe that the following critical accounting policies affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:

Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets

Our business acquisitions typically result in the recording of goodwill and other intangible assets. The determination of the fair value of such intangible assets involves the use of appropriate valuation techniques and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect our consolidated financial statements. Significant judgments required to estimate the fair values include estimated future cash flows, growth rates, customer attrition rates, brand awareness and discount rates. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value for each intangible asset. Management may engage independent third-party specialists to assist in determining the fair values. For intangible assets purchased in a business acquisition, the estimated fair values of the assets received are used to establish their recorded values, which may become impaired in the future.

In accordance with accounting guidance on goodwill and other intangible assets, we perform annual impairment analysis to assess the recoverability of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets. We assess the impairment of goodwill of our reporting units and indefinite-lived intangible assets annually, or more often if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. We may first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events and circumstances, we determine that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is greater than its carrying amount, the quantitative impairment test is unnecessary. If the reporting unit does not pass the qualitative assessment, then the reporting unit’s carrying value is compared to its fair value. The fair values of the reporting units are estimated using market and discounted cash flow approaches. Goodwill is considered impaired if the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value. Application of the goodwill impairment test requires judgment, including the identification of reporting units, assignment of assets and liabilities to reporting units, assignment of goodwill to reporting units, and determination of the fair value of each reporting unit. Valuation techniques consistent with the market approach and income approach are used to measure the fair value of each reporting unit. Significant judgments are required to estimate the fair value of reporting units including estimating future cash flows, and determining appropriate discount rates, growth rates, company control premium and other assumptions. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value for each reporting unit. We perform our annual impairment test on October 31 of each year. We last performed a quantitative impairment test of our goodwill in the first quarter of 2020 and the estimated fair value of each reporting unit exceeded the respective carrying value by more than 100 percent. As of December 31, 2023, we do not have any indefinite-lived intangible assets.

Intangible assets with estimable useful lives are required to be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment evaluation is based on an undiscounted cash flow analysis at the lowest level at which cash flows of the long-lived assets are largely independent of other groups of assets and liabilities. We assess potential impairments to intangible assets when there is evidence that events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recovered. Our judgments regarding the existence of impairment indicators and future cash flows related to intangible assets are based on operational performance of our businesses, market conditions and other factors.

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Although there are inherent uncertainties in this assessment process, the estimates and assumptions we use, including estimates of future cash flows, volumes, market penetration and discount rates, are consistent with our internal planning. If these estimates or their related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record an impairment charge on all or a portion of our long-lived intangible assets. Furthermore, we cannot predict the occurrence of future impairment-triggering events nor the impact such events might have on our reported asset values. Future events could cause us to conclude that impairment indicators exist and that long-lived intangible assets associated with our acquired businesses are impaired.

Professional Liability Reserve

We determine the adequacy of our accrual for professional liability by evaluating our historical experience and trends, loss reserves established by our insurance carriers, management and third-party administrators, and our independent actuarial studies. We obtain actuarial studies on a semi-annual basis to assist us in determining the adequacy of our accrual. For periods between the actuarial studies, we record accruals based on loss rates provided in the most recent actuarial study and management’s review of loss history. Expense recognized for accruals (inclusive of actuarial-based decreases) was $5.5 million, $7.2 million and $7.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Our accrual for professional liability includes provisions for estimated incurred but not yet reported (“IBNR”) losses and known claims (“case reserves”), as well as losses covered by excess insurance carriers (“excess liability”). The following table presents the case reserves, IBNR losses and excess liability as estimated by the most recently obtained actuarial study that make up our accrual for professional liability as of December 31, 2023 and 2022:

(1) The provisions for case reserves and estimated IBNR losses are presented net of excess liability.

(2) The accrual for losses recoverable from excess insurance carriers is recorded on the consolidated balance sheets with a corresponding recoverable asset.

We determine estimated IBNR losses by developing our historical loss data to its ultimate level (“ultimate losses”) and subtracting incurred losses to date; the remainder is IBNR losses. We determine ultimate losses through the use of several actuarial methods, including (but not limited to) loss development methods and Bornhuetter Ferguson methods. These methods use our specific historical claims data related to paid losses and loss adjustment expenses, historical and current case reserves, reported and closed claim counts, and industry and other data. The actuarial assumptions used in the aforementioned methods include paid and incurred loss development patterns, our growth and mix of business, inflation, law changes, and claim frequency and severity trends.

We consider the frequency and severity of claims to be significant assumptions in estimating our accrual for professional liability. A 10% change in the expected frequency is within a reasonable range of possibilities and would increase or reduce the accrual estimate by approximately $2.0 million. A 10% change in the expected claim severity is within a reasonable range of possibilities and would increase or reduce the accrual estimate by approximately $4.0 million. Additionally, the average time period between the occurrence and final resolution of our professional liability claims is approximately 5 years; however, the facts and circumstances of individual claims could result in a timeframe that significantly varies from this average. The ultimate settlements of our professional liability claims may vary significantly from our estimates if future changes in claim frequency or severity differ from historical trends and actuarial assumptions, which could have a material effect on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

Contingent Liabilities

We are involved in various lawsuits, claims, investigations, and proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. These matters typically relate to professional liability, tax, compensation, contract, competitor disputes and employee-related matters and include individual and class action lawsuits, as well as inquiries and investigations by governmental agencies regarding the Company’s employment and compensation practices. Additionally, some of our clients may also become subject to claims, governmental inquiries and investigations and legal actions relating to services provided by our healthcare

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professionals. From time to time, and depending upon the particular facts and circumstances, we may be subject to indemnification obligations under our contracts with such clients relating to these matters.

We cannot predict with assurance the outcome of claims brought against us. Certain of the above-referenced matters may include speculative claims for substantial or indeterminate amounts of damages. We record a liability when we believe that it is both probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. In assessing the probability of loss and the estimated amount, we consider the following factors, among others: (a) the nature of the matter and any related facts, circumstances and data; (b) the progress of the case; (c) the opinions or views of legal counsel and other advisers; (d) our experience, and the experience of other entities, in similar cases; (e) how we intend to respond to the matter; and (f) reasonable settlement values based on the foregoing factors. Significant judgment is required to determine both probability and the estimated amount and the final outcome may ultimately be materially different. Where a range of loss can be reasonably estimated with no best estimate in the range, we record the minimum estimated liability. We review these provisions at least quarterly and adjust these provisions accordingly to reflect the impact of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and updated information. We generally record changes in accruals related to legal matters in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The most significant matters for which the Company has established accruals in connection with loss contingencies are class and representative actions related to wage and hour claims under California and Federal law.

We believe that the amount or estimable range of reasonably possible loss beyond the accruals that we have established, will not, either individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows with respect to loss contingencies for legal and other contingencies as of December 31, 2023. However, the outcome of litigation is inherently uncertain. Therefore, if one or more of these legal matters were resolved against us for amounts in excess of management’s expectations, our results of operations and financial condition, including in a particular reporting period, could be materially adversely affected.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures,” which expands the breadth and frequency of reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily though enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The new guidance requires public entities to disclose, on an annual and interim basis, significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), the amount and composition of other segment items by reportable segment, any additional measures of a segment’s profit or loss used by the CODM when assessing performance and deciding how to allocate resources, and the CODM’s title and position. Additionally, public entities will be required to provide in interim periods all disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss that are currently required annually by Topic 280. This standard is effective on a retrospective basis for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on our disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” which is intended to enhance the transparency and decision-usefulness of income tax disclosures. The new guidance addresses investor requests for enhanced income tax information primarily through requiring disclosure of additional information about and further disaggregation of the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. This standard is effective on a prospective basis for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on our disclosures.

There have been no other new accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted that are expected to materially affect our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.