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CareDx, Inc. (CDNA) FY 2023 MD&A

Verbatim Item 7 Management's Discussion and Analysis from CareDx, Inc.'s 10-K for fiscal year 2023. Filing date: 2024-02-28. Report date: 2023-12-31. Accession: 0001217234-24-000033.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those set forth under the Section entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A, and other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of future results.

Overview and Recent Highlights

We are a leading precision medicine company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value diagnostic solutions for transplant patients and caregivers. We offer testing services, products and patient and digital healthcare solutions along the pre- and post-transplant patient journey, and we are a leading provider of genomics-based information for transplant patients.

Testing Services

We develop and provide diagnostic surveillance testing services for solid organ transplant recipients, hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and recipients of engineered cell therapies.

Kidney

AlloSure Kidney, our transplant surveillance solution, was commercially launched in October 2017 and is our dd-cfDNA offering. In transplantation there is well-established literature from studies around the world demonstrating the value of dd-cfDNA in the management of solid organ transplantation. AlloSure Kidney is able to discriminate dd-cfDNA from recipient-cell-free DNA targeting polymorphisms in the DNA with an approach specifically designed for transplantation to differentiate dd-cfDNA.

AlloSure Kidney has been a covered service for Medicare beneficiaries since October 2017 through a Local Coverage Determination, or LCD, first issued by Palmetto MolDX, or MolDX, which was formed to identify and establish coverage and reimbursement for molecular diagnostics tests, and then adopted by Noridian Healthcare Solutions, our Medicare Administrative Contractor, or Noridian. The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloSure Kidney is currently $2,841.

In March and May 2023, MolDX issued new billing articles related to the LCD entitled Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection. The billing articles issued in May 2023, or the Revised Billing Article, and together with the billing article issued in March 2023, the Billing Articles, impacted Medicare coverage for AlloSure Kidney, AlloSure Heart, AlloMap Heart and AlloSure Lung, and required certain companies, including us, to implement new processes to address the requirements related to Medicare claim submissions. Noridian adopted the Revised Billing Article on August 17, 2023, with a retroactive effective date of March 31, 2023.

Although we believe the Billing Articles are inconsistent with the LCDs, Noridian’s and MolDX’s responses to public comments explaining the intended scope of various LCDs, and medical necessity, we determined to pause our Medicare reimbursement submissions for AlloSure Kidney commencing on March 7, 2023 to allow us further time to evaluate the implications of the Billing Article and update our billing processes for AlloSure Kidney tests by educating clinicians and working with centers to update our test order forms to capture the new information required under the Billing Article. Accordingly, we did not submit claims for approximately 3,200 AlloSure Kidney tests for Medicare reimbursement for the period from March 7, 2023 through March 31, 2023 and did not recognize revenue on these claims in the first quarter of 2023 aggregating to approximately $8.9 million, or the Impacted March Tests.

On May 18, 2023, we submitted a letter to Noridian explaining, among other things, (i) our belief that the Billing Articles impose new restrictions on Medicare coverage for the CareDx tests from those contained in the existing LCDs, (ii) that we planned to submit claims for reimbursement for the Impacted March Tests for which we had not obtained additional information from the ordering physicians to be able to specifically determine whether these tests meet the new coverage restrictions contained in the Billing Articles, and (iii) that AlloSure Kidney orders with a date of service on or after March 31, 2023 for other indications outside the parameters of the Revised Billing Article, or where the reason for testing is not specified by the ordering physician, will either not be billed pending the receipt of additional information regarding whether the orders meet the coverage restrictions contained in the Revised Billing Article or be submitted with a test description that is intended to identify those tests as falling outside the parameters of the Revised Billing Article. Following the submission of this letter to Noridian on May 18, 2023, we submitted claims for reimbursement for the Impacted March Tests for which we subsequently received payment from Noridian and recognized revenue totaling approximately $7.8 million in the second quarter of 2023.

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On August 10, 2023, MolDX and Noridian released a draft proposed revision to the LCD (DL38568, Palmetto; DL38629, Noridian) that, if adopted, would revise the existing foundational LCD, MolDX: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection (L38568 and L38629). On August 14, 2023, MolDX released a draft billing article (DA58019) to accompany the proposed draft LCD, which generally reflected the changes in coverage included in the Revised Billing Article. The comment period end date for this proposed LCD was September 23, 2023. We presented at public meetings regarding the proposed draft LCD held on September 18, 2023 and September 20, 2023, with MolDX and Noridian respectively. We also submitted written comments on the proposed draft LCD.

AlloSure Kidney has received positive coverage decisions from several commercial payers, and is reimbursed by other private payers on a case-by-case basis.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that significant allograft injury can occur in the absence of changes in serum creatinine. Thus, clinicians have limited ability to detect injury early and intervene to prevent long-term damage using this marker. While histologic analysis of the allograft biopsy specimen remains the standard method used to assess injury and differentiate rejection from other injury in kidney transplants, as an invasive test with complications, repetitive biopsies are not well tolerated. AlloSure Kidney enables more frequent, quantitative and safer assessment of allograft rejection and injury status. Monitoring of graft injury through AlloSure Kidney allows clinicians to optimize allograft biopsies, identify allograft injury and guide immunosuppression management more accurately.

Since the analytical validation paper in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics in 2016, there has been an increasing body of evidence supporting the use of AlloSure Kidney dd-cfDNA in the assessment and surveillance of kidney transplants. Most recently, its utility in the assessment of clinical and sub-clinical rejection, was evaluated in over 1,000 patients and published in Kidney International.

The prospective multicenter trial K-OAR study, completed with over 1,900 patients enrolled, monitors patients with AlloSure Kidney for 3 years with the objective of providing further evidence of clinical utility of AlloSure Kidney in the surveillance of kidney transplant recipients. Preliminary results from the K-OAR study were presented at the CareDx Symposium at the American Transplant Congress held in June 2021 and demonstrated. Data from the study are being analyzed and data for contemporary control patients are being collected to enable robust final analyses.

KidneyCare

KidneyCare combines the dd-cfDNA analysis of AlloSure Kidney with the gene expression profiling technology of AlloMap Kidney and the predictive artificial intelligence technology of iBox in one surveillance solution. We have not yet made any applications to private payers for reimbursement coverage of AlloMap Kidney or iBox.

In September 2019, we announced the enrollment of the first patient in the OKRA study, which is an extension of the K-OAR study. OKRA is a prospective, multi-center, observational registry of patients receiving KidneyCare for surveillance. Combined with the K-OAR study, more than 3,000 patients have been enrolled into the study.

Heart

AlloMap Heart is a gene expression test that helps clinicians monitor and identify heart transplant recipients with stable graft function who have a low probability of moderate-to-severe acute cellular rejection. Since 2008, we have sought to expand the adoption and utilization of our AlloMap Heart solution through ongoing studies to substantiate the clinical utility and actionability of AlloMap Heart, secure positive reimbursement decisions from large private and public payers, develop and enhance our relationships with key members of the transplant community, including opinion leaders at major transplant centers, and explore opportunities and technologies for the development of additional solutions for post-transplant surveillance.

We believe the use of AlloMap Heart, in conjunction with other clinical indicators, can help healthcare providers and their patients better manage long-term care following a heart transplant, can improve patient care by helping healthcare providers avoid the use of unnecessary, invasive surveillance biopsies and may help to determine the appropriate dosage levels of immunosuppressants. In 2008, AlloMap Heart received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for marketing and sale as a test in heart transplant recipient who have stable graft function at the time of testing, to aid in the identification of those who have a low probability of moderate/severe acute cellular rejection at the time of testing, in conjunction with standard clinical assessment.

AlloMap Heart has been a covered service for Medicare beneficiaries since January 1, 2006. The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloMap Heart is currently $3,240. In October 2020, we received a final MolDX Medicare coverage decision for AlloSure Heart. Noridian issued a parallel coverage policy granting coverage for AlloSure Heart when used in conjunction with AlloMap Heart, which became effective in December 2020. In 2021, Palmetto and Noridian issued coverage policies written by MolDX to replace the former product-specific policies. The common policy LCD is titled “MolDX: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection” and the associated LCD numbers are L38568 (MolDX) and L38629 (Noridian). The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloSure Heart is currently $2,753. The Revised Billing Article requires certain companies, including

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CareDx, to implement new processes to address the requirements related to Medicare claim submissions. MolDX has acknowledged that the Billing Article is a change as to its previous billing article, which provided coverage only where AlloSure Heart was used in conjunction with AlloMap Heart. We continued the Medicare reimbursement submissions for AlloMap Heart following the issuance of the new Billing Articles by MolDX. In addition, we informed Noridian on May 18, 2023 that until Noridian adopts the Revised Billing Article, we would continue to submit AlloMap Heart tests for reimbursement only when used in conjunction with AlloSure Heart as required by the billing article in effect at Noridian. We also informed Noridian on May 18, 2023 of our overall plans to comply with billing articles to the best of our ability. AlloMap Heart has received positive coverage decisions for reimbursement from many of the largest U.S. private payers. On August 28, 2023, we further informed Noridian that beginning on August 17, 2023, when it publicized the adoption of the Revised Billing Article, we would submit AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart testing claims in compliance with the Revised Billing Article, including submitting AlloSure Heart claims when not used in conjunction with AlloMap Heart, and submitting HeartCare (AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart used together in a single patient encounter) claims for surveillance testing in lieu of a biopsy from 55 days to 370 days post-transplant. AlloMap Heart has received positive coverage decisions for reimbursement from many of the largest U.S. private payers.

Clinical validation data from the Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA-Outcomes AlloMap Registry (NCT02178943), or D-OAR, was published in the American Journal of Transplant, or AJT, in 2019. D-OAR was an observational, prospective, multicenter study to characterize the AlloSure Heart dd-cfDNA in a routine, clinical surveillance setting with heart transplant recipients. The D-OAR study validated that plasma levels of AlloSure Heart dd-cfDNA can discriminate acute rejection from no rejection, as determined by endomyocardial biopsy criteria.

We have also successfully completed several landmark clinical trials in the transplant field demonstrating the clinical utility of AlloMap Heart for surveillance of heart transplant recipients. We initially established the analytical and clinical validity of AlloMap Heart based on our Cardiac Allograft Rejection Gene Expression Observational (Deng, M. et al., Am. J. Transplantation 2006) study, which was published in the AJT. A subsequent clinical utility trial, Invasive Monitoring Attenuation through Gene Expression (Pham MX et al., N. Eng. J. Med., 2010), published in The New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrated that clinical outcomes in recipients managed with AlloMap Heart surveillance were equivalent (non-inferior) to outcomes in recipients managed with biopsies. The results of our clinical trials have also been presented at major medical society congresses. AlloMap Heart is now recommended as part of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, or ISHLT, guidelines.

HeartCare

HeartCare includes the gene expression profiling technology of AlloMap Heart with the dd-cfDNA analysis of AlloSure Heart in one surveillance solution. An approach to surveillance using HeartCare provides information from two complementary measures: (i) AlloMap Heart – a measure of immune activation, and (ii) AlloSure Heart – a measure of graft injury.

HeartCare provides robust information about distinct biological processes, such as immune quiescence, active injury, acute cellular rejection and antibody mediated rejection. In September 2018, we initiated the SHORE study, a prospective, multi-center, observational, registry of patients receiving HeartCare for surveillance. Patients enrolled in SHORE will be followed for 5 years with collection of clinical data and assessment of 5-year outcomes.

The ISHLT guidelines published online in 2022 reinforced the use of AlloMap Heart, and referenced the combined use of AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart for surveillance purposes.

Effective April 1, 2023, HeartCare, a multimodality testing service that includes both AlloMap Heart and AlloSure Heart provided in a single patient encounter for heart transplant surveillance is covered for Medicare beneficiaries through the MolDX LCD (Noridian L38629). The Medicare reimbursement rate for HeartCare is $5,993.

Lung

In February 2019, AlloSure Lung became available for lung transplant patients through a compassionate use program while the test was undergoing further studies. One of these studies, launched in April 2020, was the ALARM study, or AlloSure Lung Allograft Remote Monitoring, with Johns Hopkins University, where the impact of AlloSure Lung combined with RemoTraC was measured. AlloSure Lung applies proprietary next generation sequencing, or NGS, technology to measure dd-cfDNA from the donor lung in the recipient bloodstream to monitor graft injury. In October 2021, we launched AlloSure Lung. We have gained early coverage with some commercial payers. Effective May 9, 2023, AlloSure Lung is covered for Medicare beneficiaries through the MolDX LCD (Noridian L38629). The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloSure Lung is $2,753.

Cellular Therapy

In April 2020, we initiated a research partnership for AlloCell, a surveillance solution that monitors the level of engraftment and persistence of allogeneic cells for patients who have received cell therapy. AlloCell is being commercialized through research

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agreements with biopharma companies developing cell therapies. In 2021, we executed multiple additional agreements with biopharma therapeutics companies to use AlloCell in research and clinical studies.

In July 2021, we launched the Assessing Chimerism and Relapse of Bone marrow/ HCT transplant using AlloHeme Testing study, or the ACROBAT study. The ACROBAT study is a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study to evaluate the use of AlloHeme, a microchimerism NGS tool to predict post-transplant relapse in patients with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants, or HCT. This study is currently enrolling patients.

Products

We develop, manufacture, market and sell products that increase the chance of successful transplants by facilitating a better match between a solid organ or stem cell donor and a recipient, and help to provide post-transplant surveillance of these recipients.

Our product portfolio includes AlloSeq Tx, QTYPE, Olerup SSP, AlloSeq HCT, and AlloSeq cfDNA. QTYPE enables Human Leukocyte Antigen, or HLA, typing at a low to intermediate resolution for samples that require a fast turnaround time and uses real-time polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, methodology. Olerup SSP is used to type HLA alleles based on the sequence specific primer, or SSP, technology.

Our NGS products include: AlloSeq Tx, a high-resolution HLA typing solution, AlloSeq cfDNA, our surveillance solution designed to measure dd-cfDNA in blood to detect active rejection in transplant recipients, and AlloSeq HCT, an NGS solution for chimerism testing for stem cell transplant recipients.

We received CE mark authorization for AlloSeq cfDNA in January 2020. Our ability to increase the clinical uptake for AlloSeq cfDNA will be a result of multiple factors, including local clinical education, customer lab technical proficiency and levels of country-specific reimbursement.

In September 2019, we launched AlloSeq Tx, the first of its kind NGS high-resolution HLA typing solution utilizing hybrid capture technology. This technology enables the most comprehensive sequencing, covering more of the HLA genes than other solutions on the market and adding coverage of non-HLA genes that may impact transplant patient matching and management. AlloSeq Tx 17 received CE mark authorization in May 2020.

In June 2020, we launched AlloSeq HCT, an NGS solution for chimerism testing for stem cell transplant recipients. This technology has the potential to provide better sensitivity and data analysis compared to current solutions on the market. AlloSeq HCT received CE mark authorization in May 2022.

In May 2022, we commercially launched AlloSeq Tx9, a high throughput version of AlloSeq Tx17 for HLA typing in high volume laboratories. AlloSeqTx9 received CE mark authorization in August 2022.

In 2023, we continued to improve and progress our NGS product lines and software through exclusive and non-exclusive collaborations.

Patient and Digital Solutions

In 2019, we began providing digital solutions to transplant centers following the acquisitions of Ottr and XynManagement.

In May 2019, we acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of Ottr. Ottr was formed in 1993 and is a leading provider of transplant patient management software, or the Ottr software, which provides comprehensive solutions for transplant patient management. The Ottr software enables integration with electronic medical records, or EMR, systems, including Cerner and Epic, providing patient surveillance management tools and outcomes data to transplant centers.

In August 2019, we acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of XynManagement. XynManagement provides two unique solutions, XynQAPI software, or XynQAPI, and XynCare. XynQAPI simplifies transplant quality tracking and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients reporting. XynCare includes a team of transplant assistants who maintain regular contact with patients on the waitlist to help prepare for their transplant and maintain eligibility.

In September 2020, we launched AlloCare, a mobile app that provides a patient-centric resource for transplant recipients to manage medication adherence, coordinate with Patient Care Managers for AlloSure scheduling, and measure health metrics.

In January 2021, we acquired TransChart. TransChart provides EMR software to hospitals throughout the United States to care for patients who have or may need an organ transplant. As part of our acquisition of TransChart in January 2021, we acquired Tx Access, a cloud-based service that allows nephrologists and dialysis centers to electronically submit referrals to transplant programs and closely follow and assist patients through the transplant waitlist process, and ultimately, through transplantation.

In June 2021, we acquired the Transplant Hero patient application. The application helps patients manage their medications through alarms and interactive logging of medication events.

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In June 2021, we entered into a strategic agreement, which was amended in April 2022, with OrganX to develop clinical decision support tools across the transplant patient journey. Together, we and OrganX, will develop advanced analytics that integrate AlloSure with large transplant databases. This partnership delivers the next level of innovation by incorporating a variety of clinical inputs to create a universal composite scoring system.

In November 2021, we acquired MedActionPlan, a New Jersey-based provider of medication safety, medication adherence and patient education. MedActionPlan is a leader in patient medication management for transplant patients and beyond.

In December 2021, we acquired TTP, a transplant focused pharmacy located in Mississippi. TTP provides individualized transplant pharmacy services for patients at multiple transplant centers located throughout the U.S.

In January 2023, we acquired HLA Data Systems, a Texas-based company that provides software and interoperability solutions for the histocompatibility and immunogenetics community. HLA Data Systems is a leader in the laboratory information management industry for human leukocyte antigen laboratories.

In July 2023, we acquired MediGO, an organ transplant supply chain and logistics company. MediGO provides access to donated organs by digitally transforming donation and transplantation workflows to increase organ utilization.

Financial Operations Overview

Revenue

We derive our revenue from testing services, products sales, patient and digital solutions revenues. Revenue is recorded considering a five-step revenue recognition model that includes identifying the contract with a customer, identifying the performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction price, allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognizing revenue when, or as, an entity satisfies a performance obligation.

Testing Services Revenue

Our testing services revenue is derived from AlloSure Kidney, AlloMap Heart, AlloSure Heart and AlloSure Lung tests, which represented 75%, 82% and 87% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Our testing services revenue depends on a number of factors, including (i) the number of tests performed; (ii) establishment of coverage policies by third-party insurers and government payers; (iii) our ability to collect from payers with whom we do not have positive coverage determination, which often requires that we pursue a case-by-case appeals process; (iv) our ability to recognize revenues on tests billed prior to the establishment of reimbursement policies, contracts or payment histories; and (v) how quickly we can successfully commercialize new product offerings.

Product Revenue

Our product revenue is derived primarily from sales of AlloSeq Tx, Olerup SSP and QTYPE products. Product revenue represented 12%, 9% and 9% of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. We recognize product revenue from the sale of products to end-users, distributors and strategic partners when all revenue recognition criteria are satisfied. We generally have a contract or a purchase order from a customer with the specified required terms of order, including the number of products ordered. Transaction prices are determinable and products are delivered and risk of loss passed to the customer upon either shipping or delivery, as per the terms of the agreement. There are no further performance obligations related to a contract and revenue is recognized at the point of delivery consistent with the terms of the contract or purchase order.

Patient and Digital Solutions Revenue

Our patient and digital solutions revenue is mainly derived from sales of our Ottr software, XynQAPI, MedActionPlan, mTilda (HLA Data Systems), MediGO, TransChart and Tx Access licenses, services and SaaS agreements across the digital portfolio, as well as our pharmacy sales at TTP. Patient and digital solutions revenue represented 13%, 9% and 3% of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported revenue generated and expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that

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are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information. Some of these accounting policies require us to make difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. We believe that the following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue from testing services, product sales and patient and digital solutions in the amount that reflects the consideration which it expects to be entitled in exchange for goods or services as it transfers control to its customers. Revenue is recorded considering a five-step revenue recognition model that includes identifying the contract with a customer, identifying the performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction price, allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognizing revenue when, or as, an entity satisfies a performance obligation.

Testing Services Revenue

AlloSure Kidney, AlloMap Heart, AlloSure Heart and AlloSure Lung patient tests are ordered by healthcare providers. We receive a test requisition form with payer information along with a collected patient blood sample. We consider the patient to be our customer and the test requisition form to be the contract. Testing services are performed in our laboratory. Testing services represent one performance obligation in a contract and are performed when results of the test are provided to the healthcare provider, at a point in time.

The healthcare providers that order the tests and on whose behalf we provide testing services are generally not responsible for the payment of these services. The first and second revenue recognition criteria are satisfied when we receive a test requisition form with payer information from the healthcare provider. Generally, we bill third-party payers upon delivery of an AlloSure Kidney, AlloMap Heart, AlloSure Heart or AlloSure Lung test result to the healthcare provider. Amounts received may vary amongst payers based on coverage practices and policies of the payer.

We have used the portfolio approach, a practical expedient under Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, to identify financial classes of payers. Revenue recognized for Medicare and other contracted payers is based on the agreed current reimbursement rate per test, adjusted for historical collection trends where applicable. We estimate revenue for non-contracted payers and self-payers using transaction prices determined for each financial class of payers using history of reimbursements. This includes analysis of an average reimbursement per test and a percentage of tests reimbursed. This estimate requires significant judgment.

We monitor revenue estimates at each reporting period based on actual cash collections in order to assess whether a revision to the estimate is required. Changes in transaction price estimates are updated quarterly based on actual cash collected or changes made to contracted rates.

In March and May 2023, MolDX issued new billing articles related to the LCD entitled Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection, or the Billing Articles. The Revised Billing Article impacted Medicare coverage for AlloSure Kidney, AlloSure Heart, AlloMap Heart and AlloSure Lung, and required certain companies, including us, to implement new processes to address the requirements related to Medicare claim submissions. Noridian adopted the Revised Billing Article on August 17, 2023, with a retroactive effective date of March 31, 2023.

Although we believe the Billing Articles are inconsistent with the LCDs, Noridian’s and MolDX’s responses to public comments explaining the intended scope of various LCDs, and medical necessity, we determined to pause our Medicare reimbursement submissions for AlloSure Kidney commencing on March 7, 2023 to allow us further time to evaluate the implications of the Billing Article and update our billing processes for AlloSure Kidney tests by educating clinicians and working with centers to update our test order forms to capture the new information required under the Billing Article. Accordingly, we did not submit claims for approximately 3,200 AlloSure Kidney tests for Medicare reimbursement for the period from March 7, 2023 through March 31, 2023 and did not recognize revenue on these claims in the first quarter of 2023 aggregating to approximately $8.9 million, or the Impacted March Tests.

On May 18, 2023, we submitted a letter to Noridian explaining, among other things, (i) our belief that the Billing Articles impose new restrictions on Medicare coverage for the CareDx tests from those contained in the existing LCDs, (ii) that we planned to submit claims for reimbursement for the Impacted March Tests for which we had not obtained additional information from the ordering physicians to be able to specifically determine whether these tests meet the new coverage restrictions contained in the Billing Articles, and (iii) that AlloSure Kidney orders with a date of service on or after March 31, 2023 for other indications outside the parameters of the Revised Billing Article, or where the reason for testing is not specified

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by the ordering physician, will either not be billed pending the receipt of additional information regarding whether the orders meet the coverage restrictions contained in the Revised Billing Article or be submitted with a test description that is intended to identify those tests as falling outside the parameters of the Revised Billing Article. Following the submission of this letter to Noridian on May 18, 2023, we submitted claims for reimbursement for the Impacted March Tests for which we subsequently received payment from Noridian and recognized revenue totaling approximately $7.8 million in the second quarter of 2023.

On August 10, 2023, MolDX and Noridian released a draft proposed revision to the LCD (DL38568, Palmetto; DL38629, Noridian) that, if adopted, would revise the existing foundational LCD, MolDX: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection (L38568 and L38629). On August 14, 2023, MolDX released a draft billing article (DA58019) to accompany the proposed draft LCD, which generally reflected the changes in coverage included in the Revised Billing Article. The comment period end date for this proposed LCD was September 23, 2023. We presented at public meetings regarding the proposed draft LCD held on September 18, 2023 and September 20, 2023, with MolDX and Noridian respectively. We also submitted written comments on the proposed draft LCD.

Product Revenue

Product revenue is recognized from the sale of products to end-users, distributors and strategic partners when all revenue recognition criteria are satisfied. We generally have a contract or a purchase order from a customer with the specified required terms of order, including the number of products ordered. Transaction prices are determinable and products are delivered and risk of loss passed to the customer upon either shipping or delivery, as per the terms of the agreement.

Patient and Digital Solutions Revenue

Patient and digital solutions revenue is mainly derived from a combination of SaaS and perpetual software license agreements entered into with various transplant centers, which are our customers for this class of revenue. The main performance obligations in connection with our SaaS and perpetual software license agreement are the following: (i) implementation services and delivery of the perpetual software license are considered a single performance obligation, (ii) post contract support. We allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation based on relative stand-alone selling prices of each distinct performance obligation. Digital revenue in connection with perpetual software license agreements is recognized over time based on our satisfaction of each distinct performance obligation in each agreement.

Perpetual software license agreements typically require advance payments from customers upon the achievement of certain milestones. We record deferred revenue in relation to these agreements when cash payments are received, or invoices are issued in advance of our performance, and generally recognize revenue over the contractual term, as performance obligations are fulfilled.

In addition, we derive patient and digital solutions revenue from software subscriptions and medication sales. We generally bill software subscription fees in advance. Revenue from software subscriptions is deferred and recognized ratably over the subscription term. The medication sales revenue is recognized based on the negotiated contract price with the governmental, commercial and non-commercial payers with any applicable patient co-pay. We recognize revenue from medication sales when prescriptions are delivered.

Stock-based Compensation

We use the Black-Scholes Model, which requires the use of estimates such as stock price volatility and expected option lives, to value employee stock options. We estimate the expected option lives using historical data, estimate volatility using our own historical stock prices, estimate risk-free rates using the implied yield currently available in the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a remaining term equal to the expected option lives, and estimate dividend yield using our expectations and historical data. The fair value of each restricted stock unit is calculated based upon the closing price of our common stock on the date of the grant.

We use the straight-line attribution method for recognizing compensation expense. Compensation expense is recognized on awards ultimately expected to vest and reduced for forfeitures that are estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. Forfeitures are estimated based on our historical experience.

Compensation expense for stock options issued to nonemployees is calculated using the Black-Scholes Model and is recorded over the service performance period using the straight-line attribution method. Options subject to vesting are required to be periodically re-measured over their service performance period, which is generally the same as the vesting period.

Business Combinations

We determine and allocate the purchase price of an acquired business to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the business combination date, including separately identifiable intangible assets, which are

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separable from goodwill. We base the estimated fair value of identifiable intangible assets acquired in a business combination on independent valuations that use information and assumptions provided by management, which consider management’s best estimates of inputs and assumptions that a market participant would use. We allocate any excess purchase price over the estimated fair value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed to goodwill. The use of alternative valuation assumptions, including estimated revenue projections, growth rates, royalty rates, cash flows, discount rates, estimated useful lives and probabilities surrounding the achievement of contingent milestones, could result in different purchase price allocations and amortization expense in current and future periods.

In those circumstances where an acquisition involves a contingent consideration arrangement that meets the definition of a liability under ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, we recognize a liability equal to the fair value of the contingent payments that we expect to make as of the acquisition date. We re-measure this liability each reporting period and record changes in the fair value as a component of operating expenses. In circumstances where the contingent consideration is classified as equity, we recognize it at fair value at the acquisition date. Contingent consideration classified as equity is not subsequently re-measured.

Transaction costs associated with acquisitions are expensed as incurred in general and administrative expenses. Results of operations and cash flows of acquired companies are included in our operating results from the date of acquisition.

Acquired Intangible Assets

Amortizable intangible assets include customer relationships, developed technology, commercialization rights, trademarks and in-process technology assets acquired as part of a business combination or asset acquisition. Intangible assets subject to amortization are amortized over their estimated useful lives. Acquired in-process technology assets and a favorable license agreement are considered to be indefinite-lived until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development efforts. If and when development is complete, which generally occurs if and when regulatory approval to market a product is obtained, the associated assets would be deemed finite-lived and would then be amortized based on their respective estimated useful lives at that point in time.

Impairment of Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Long-lived Assets

Goodwill

Goodwill recorded in a business combination is not subject to amortization. Instead, it is tested for impairment on an annual basis and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate its carrying amount may not be recoverable.

Our annual impairment test date is December 1st. A qualitative assessment is initially made to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative assessment. A qualitative assessment includes, among others, consideration of: (i) past, current and projected future earnings; (ii) recent trends and market conditions; and (iii) valuation metrics involving similar companies that are publicly-traded and acquisitions of similar companies, if available. If this qualitative assessment indicates that it is more likely than not that an impairment exists, or if we decide to bypass this option, we proceed to perform the quantitative assessment. The quantitative assessment consists of a comparison between the estimated fair value of our reporting unit and its respective carrying amount including goodwill. Where the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, we will record an impairment charge based on that difference. The impairment charge will be limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.

When necessary, to determine the reporting unit’s fair value under the quantitative approach, we use a combination of income and market approaches, such as estimated discounted future cash flows of that reporting unit, multiples of earnings or revenues, and analysis of recent sales or offerings of comparable entities. We also consider our market capitalization on the date of the analysis to ensure the reasonableness of the reporting unit’s fair value.

In connection with our annual goodwill assessment on December 1, 2023, we performed a qualitative assessment taking into consideration past, current and projected future earnings, recent trends and market conditions; and our market capitalization. Based on this analysis, we concluded that it was more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit exceeded its carrying amount. As such, it was not necessary to perform the quantitative goodwill impairment assessment at that time. As of December 31, 2023, no impairment of goodwill has been identified.

Intangible assets not subject to amortization

We evaluate the carrying value of intangible assets not subject to amortization, related to acquired in-process technology assets and a favorable license agreement, which are considered to be indefinite-lived until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development efforts. Accordingly, amortization of the acquired in-process technology assets and favorable license agreement will not occur until the products reach commercialization.

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During the period the assets are considered indefinite-lived, they are tested for impairment on an annual basis, as well as between annual tests if we become aware of any events occurring or changes in circumstances that would indicate that the fair values of the acquired in-process technology assets are less than their carrying amounts. An impairment loss would be recorded when the fair value of an acquired in-process technology asset is less than its carrying value. If and when development is complete, which generally occurs when the products are made commercially available, the associated acquired in-process technology asset will be deemed finite-lived and will then be amortized based on its estimated useful life.

As of December 31, 2023, no impairment of acquired in-process technology assets has been identified.

Intangible assets and long-lived assets subject to amortization

We evaluate our finite-lived intangible assets and our long-lived assets for indicators of possible impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We then compare the carrying amounts of the assets with the future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by such asset. If an impairment exists, we measure the impairment based on the excess carrying value of the asset over the asset’s fair value determined using discounted estimates of future cash flows. We have not identified any material impairment losses to date.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Refer to Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Recent Accounting Pronouncements, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of recently issued accounting pronouncements, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on our results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

Factors Affecting Our Performance

The Number of AlloMap Heart, AlloSure Lung, AlloSure Kidney and AlloSure Heart Tests We Receive and Report

The growth of our testing services business is tied to the number of AlloSure Kidney, AlloSure Lung, AlloMap Heart and AlloSure Heart patient samples we receive and patient results we report. We incur costs in connection with collecting and shipping all samples and a portion of the costs when we cannot ultimately issue a report. As a result, the number of patient samples received largely correlates directly to the number of patient results reported.

AlloSure Kidney has been a covered service for Medicare beneficiaries since October 2017 through a Local Coverage Determination, or LCD, first issued by Palmetto MolDX, or MolDX, which was formed to identify and establish coverage and reimbursement for molecular diagnostics tests, and then adopted by Noridian Healthcare Solutions, our Medicare Administrative Contractor, or Noridian. The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloSure Kidney is currently $2,841.

AlloMap Heart has been a covered service for Medicare beneficiaries since January 2006. The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloMap Heart is currently $3,240. In October 2020, we received a final MolDX Medicare coverage decision for AlloSure Heart. In November 2020, Noridian issued a parallel coverage policy granting coverage for AlloSure Heart when used in conjunction with AlloMap Heart, which became effective in December 2020. In 2021, Palmetto and Noridian issued coverage policies written by MolDX to replace the former product-specific policies. The foundational LCD is titled “MolDX: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection” and the associated LCD numbers are L38568 (MolDX) and L38629 (Noridian).The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloSure Heart is currently $2,753. Effective May 9, 2023, AlloSure Lung is covered for Medicare beneficiaries through the same MolDX LCD (Noridian L38629). The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloSure Lung is $2,753. Effective April 1, 2023, HeartCare, a multimodality testing service that includes both AlloMap Heart and AlloSure Heart provided in a single patient encounter for heart transplant surveillance, is covered, subject to certain limitations, for Medicare beneficiaries through the same MolDX LCD (Noridian L38629). The Medicare reimbursement rate for HeartCare is $5,993.

In March and May 2023, MolDX issued new billing articles related to the LCD entitled Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection, or the Billing Articles. The Revised Billing Article impacted Medicare coverage for AlloSure Kidney, AlloSure Heart, AlloMap Heart and AlloSure Lung, and required certain companies, including us, to implement new processes to address the requirements related to Medicare claim submissions. Noridian adopted the Revised Billing Article on August 17, 2023, with a retroactive effective date of March 31, 2023.

Although we believe the Billing Articles are inconsistent with the LCDs, Noridian’s and MolDX’s responses to public comments explaining the intended scope of various LCDs, and medical necessity, we determined to pause our Medicare reimbursement submissions for AlloSure Kidney commencing on March 7, 2023 to allow us further time to evaluate the implications of the Billing Article and update our billing processes for AlloSure Kidney tests by educating clinicians and working with centers to update our test order forms to capture the new information required under the Billing Article. Accordingly, we did not submit claims for approximately 3,200 AlloSure Kidney tests for Medicare reimbursement for the

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period from March 7, 2023 through March 31, 2023 and did not recognize revenue on these claims in the first quarter of 2023 aggregating to approximately $8.9 million, or the Impacted March Tests.

On May 18, 2023, we submitted a letter to Noridian explaining, among other things, (i) our belief that the Billing Articles impose new restrictions on Medicare coverage for the CareDx tests from those contained in the existing LCDs, (ii) that we planned to submit claims for reimbursement for the Impacted March Tests for which we had not obtained additional information from the ordering physicians to be able to specifically determine whether these tests meet the new coverage restrictions contained in the Billing Articles, and (iii) that AlloSure Kidney orders with a date of service on or after March 31, 2023 for other indications outside the parameters of the Revised Billing Article, or where the reason for testing is not specified by the ordering physician, will either not be billed pending the receipt of additional information regarding whether the orders meet the coverage restrictions contained in the Revised Billing Article or be submitted with a test description that is intended to identify those tests as falling outside the parameters of the Revised Billing Article. Following the submission of this letter to Noridian on May 18, 2023, we submitted claims for reimbursement for the Impacted March Tests for which we subsequently received payment from Noridian and recognized revenue totaling approximately $7.8 million in the second quarter of 2023.

We continued the Medicare reimbursement submissions for AlloMap Heart or AlloSure Heart following the issuance of the Billing Articles. In addition, we informed Noridian on May 18, 2023 that until Noridian adopts the Revised Billing Article, we would continue to submit AlloSure Heart tests for reimbursement only when used in conjunction with AlloMap Heart according to requirements of the Billing Article currently effective at Noridian. We also informed Noridian on May 18, 2023 that (i) until June 30, 2023, we plan to submit claims for reimbursement for AlloMap Heart and AlloSure Heart tests for which we have not obtained additional information from the ordering physicians to be able to specifically determine whether these tests meet the new coverage restrictions contained in the Billing Articles, and (ii) AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart orders placed on or after June 30, 2023 for other indications outside the surveillance and for-cause parameters of the Revised Billing Article, or where the reason for testing is not specified by the ordering physician, will either not be billed pending the receipt of additional information regarding whether the orders meet the coverage restrictions contained in the Revised Billing Article or be submitted with a test description that is intended to identify those tests as falling outside the parameters of the Revised Billing Article.

On August 28, 2023, we submitted a subsequent letter to Noridian regarding its AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart testing submissions, explaining, among other things, that (i) prior to August 17, 2023, we submitted claims as outlined in its prior communications, including submitting AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart claims that were in compliance with the billing article in effect for Noridian (but that were not necessarily in compliance with the Revised Billing Article that had not yet been adopted by Noridian); (ii) for claims with dates of service of August 17, 2023 or later, we are submitting AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart testing claims in compliance with the Revised Billing Article, including submitting AlloSure Heart claims when not used in conjunction with AlloMap Heart, and submitting HeartCare (AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart used together in a single patient encounter) claims for surveillance testing in lieu of a biopsy from 55 days to 370 days post-transplant; and (iii) for AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart tests performed on or after August 17, 2023 that are outside the parameters of the Revised Billing Article, certain billing codes will be used to enable any additional review deemed appropriate by Noridian and potential appeal by us of the denied claims.

On August 10, 2023, MolDX and Noridian released a draft proposed revision to the LCD (DL38568, Palmetto; DL38629, Noridian) that, if adopted, would revise the existing foundational LCD, MolDX: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection (L38568 and L38629). On August 14, 2023, MolDX released a draft billing article (DA58019) to accompany the proposed draft LCD, which generally reflected the changes in coverage included in the Revised Billing Article. The comment period end date for this proposed LCD was September 23, 2023. We presented at public meetings regarding the proposed draft LCD held on September 18, 2023 and September 20, 2023, with MolDX and Noridian respectively. We also submitted written comments on the proposed draft LCD.

AlloSure Kidney has received positive coverage decisions from several commercial payers, and is reimbursed by other private payers on a case-by-case basis.

Reimbursement for AlloMap Heart

AlloMap Heart test volume and the corresponding reimbursement revenue has generally increased over time since the launch of AlloMap Heart, as the ISHLT included AlloMap in its guidelines and payers adopted coverage policies and no longer consider AlloMap Heart to be experimental and investigational. The rate at which our tests are covered and reimbursed has, and is expected to continue to vary by payer. Revenue growth depends on our ability to maintain Medicare and third-party payer reimbursement, and to expand utilization by healthcare providers. See the discussion above under “The Number of AlloMap Heart, AlloSure Lung, AlloSure Kidney and AlloSure Heart Tests We Receive and Report”.

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Medicare revenues from payments made under the CLFS would report initially and then on a subsequent three-year basis thereafter (or annually for advanced diagnostic laboratory tests), private payer payment rates and volumes for their tests. The final PAMA ruling was issued June 17, 2016 indicating that data for reporting for the new PAMA process would begin in 2017 and the new market-based rates took effect on January 1, 2018. Effective January 1, 2018, Medicare reimburses us $3,240 for AlloMap Heart testing of Medicare beneficiaries, an increase from the 2017 reimbursement rate of $2,841. The CARES Act froze then-current (2020) CMS CLFS rates through 2021. Further, the CARES Act delayed the reporting cycle under PAMA to January 1 and March 31, 2022. The next data collection period is January 1 through June 30, 2024.

AlloMap Heart has also received positive coverage decisions for reimbursement from many of the largest U.S. private payers.

Reimbursement for AlloSure Kidney

On September 26, 2017, we received notice that the MolDX Program developed by Palmetto GBA had set AlloSure Kidney reimbursement at $2,841. Effective October 9, 2017, AlloSure Kidney was made available for commercial testing with Medicare coverage and reimbursement. See the discussion above under “The Number of AlloMap Heart, AlloSure Lung, AlloSure Kidney and AlloSure Heart Tests We Receive and Report”. We believe the use of AlloSure Kidney, in conjunction with other clinical indicators, can help healthcare providers and their patients better manage long-term care following a kidney transplant. In particular, we believe AlloSure Kidney can improve patient care by helping healthcare providers to reduce the use of invasive biopsies and determine the appropriate dosage levels of immunosuppressants.

Reimbursement for AlloSure Heart

In October 2020, we received a final Palmetto MolDX Medicare coverage decision for AlloSure Heart. In November 2020, Noridian Healthcare Solutions, our Medicare Administrative Contractor, issued a parallel coverage policy granting coverage when used in conjunction with AlloMap Heart, which became effective in December 2020. The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloSure Heart is currently $2,753. See the discussion above under “The Number of AlloMap Heart, AlloSure Lung, AlloSure Kidney and AlloSure Heart Tests We Receive and Report”.

Reimbursement for AlloSure Lung

Effective May 9, 2023, AlloSure Lung is covered for Medicare beneficiaries through the MolDX LCD (Noridian L38629). The Medicare reimbursement rate for AlloSure Lung is $2,753. See the discussion above under “The Number of AlloMap Heart, AlloSure Lung, AlloSure Kidney and AlloSure Heart Tests We Receive and Report”.

Continued Growth of Product Sales

We develop, manufacture, market and sell products that increase the chance of successful transplants by facilitating a better match between a donor and a recipient of stem cells and solid organs.

Our historical product portfolio includes QTYPE and Olerup SSP. QTYPE enables speed and precision in HLA typing at a low to intermediate resolution for samples that require a fast turnaround time and uses real-time PCR methodology. QTYPE received CE mark certification on April 10, 2018. Olerup SSP is used to type HLA alleles based on the SSP technology.

On May 4, 2018, we entered into a license and collaboration agreement with Illumina, which provides us with worldwide distribution, development and commercialization rights to Illumina’s NGS product line for use in transplantation diagnostic testing. As a result, on June 1, 2018, we became the exclusive worldwide distributor of Illumina’s TruSight HLA product line. TruSight HLA was discontinued in December 2021 and we have progressively converted existing customers to AlloSeq Tx. In addition, we were granted the exclusive right to develop and commercialize other NGS product lines in the field of bone marrow and solid organ transplantation on diagnostic testing. These NGS products include: AlloSeq Tx, a high-resolution HLA typing solution, AlloSeq cfDNA, our surveillance solution designed to measure dd-cfDNA in blood to detect active rejection in transplant recipients, and AlloSeq HCT, an NGS solution for chimerism testing for stem cell transplant recipients.

In September 2019, we launched AlloSeq cfDNA, our surveillance solution designed to measure dd-cfDNA in blood to detect active rejection in transplant recipients, which received CE mark authorization on January 20, 2020. Our ability to increase the clinical uptake for AlloSeq cfDNA will be a result of multiple factors, including local clinical education, customer lab technical proficiency and levels of country-specific reimbursement.

Also in September 2019, we commercially launched AlloSeq Tx, the first of its kind NGS high-resolution HLA typing solution utilizing hybrid capture technology. This technology enables the most comprehensive sequencing, covering more of the HLA genes than current solutions and adding coverage of non-HLA genes that may impact transplant patient matching and management. AlloSeq Tx has a simple NGS workflow that reduces complexity and can reduce errors. AlloSeq Tx 17 received CE mark authorization on May 15, 2020.

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In June 2020, we launched AlloSeq HCT, an NGS solution for chimerism testing for stem cell transplant recipients. This technology has the potential to provide better sensitivity and data analysis compared to current solutions on the market. AlloSeq HCT received CE mark authorization in May 2022.

Continued Growth of Patient and Digital Sales

The growth of our patient and digital revenues is tied to the continued successful implementation of our Ottr, MedActionPlan and XynQAPI software businesses, as well as continued support and maintenance of existing MedActionPlan, Ottr and XynManagement customers. The Ottr software, TransChart, Tx Access and XynQAPI are currently implemented in multiple locations in the U.S. The Ottr software implementation and XynQAPI implementation and support teams are based in Omaha, Nebraska. In addition, patient solutions offered by TTP in Flowood, Mississippi include hospital-affiliated pharmacies located on-site at the transplant center and specialty pharmacies that provide transplant-specific care and dispensing services. With the addition of HLA Data Systems, we are now able to support HLA laboratories in managing their day-to-day workflow. With the addition of MediGO, we are now serving the organ procurement market for organ logistical needs.

Development of Additional Services and Products

Our development pipeline includes other solutions to help clinicians and transplant centers make personalized treatment decisions throughout a transplant patient’s lifetime. We expect to invest in research and development in order to develop additional services and products. Our success in developing new services and products will be important in our efforts to grow our business by expanding our potential market opportunity and diversifying our sources of revenue.

Timing of Research and Development Expenses

Our spending on research and development may vary substantially from quarter to quarter. We conduct clinical studies to validate our new products, as well as on-going clinical and outcome studies to further the published evidence to support our commercialized tests. Spending on research and development for both experiments and studies may vary significantly by quarter depending on the timing of these various expenses.

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Results of Operations

Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,
20232022Change
Revenue:
Testing services revenue$209,685$263,748$(54,063)
Product revenue33,51729,2514,266
Patient and digital solutions37,12228,7948,328
Total revenue280,324321,793(41,469)
Operating expenses:
Cost of testing services57,64272,286(14,644)
Cost of product18,37917,639740
Cost of patient and digital solutions25,97822,2873,691
Research and development81,86690,388(8,522)
Sales and marketing83,33496,027(12,693)
General and administrative117,868100,39717,471
Restructuring cost2,3202,320
Litigation expense96,30096,300
Total operating expenses483,687399,02484,663
Loss from operations(203,363)(77,231)(126,132)
Other income (expense):
Interest income, net11,8673,7628,105
Change in estimated fair value of common stock warrant liability10107(97)
Other income (expense), net1,343(2,872)4,215
Total other income13,22099712,223
Loss before income taxes(190,143)(76,234)(113,909)
Income tax (expense) benefit(141)(379)238
Net loss$(190,284)$(76,613)$(113,671)

Testing services revenue

Testing services revenue decreased by $54.1 million, or (20)%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease is primarily driven by Medicare revenue across AlloSure and AlloMap testing services associated with the implementation of the requirements related to Medicare claim submissions outlined in the Billing Articles. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in AlloSure Lung revenue for Medicare beneficiaries and an increase in the average selling price on non-Medicare testing services, primarily due to improved collection efforts during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Product revenue

Product revenue increased by $4.3 million, or 15%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to growth from NGS typing products.

Patient and digital solutions revenue

Patient and digital solutions revenue increased by $8.3 million, or 29%, during the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to organic growth related to our digital offerings and pharmacy revenue of $2.7 million, with the remaining increase driven by the acquisitions of HLA Data Systems and MediGO.

Cost of testing services

Cost of testing services decreased by $14.6 million, or (20)%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease is attributed to lower testing services volume across AlloMap and AlloSure tests,

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primarily due to the implementation of the revised billing practices to address the requirements related to Medicare claim submissions outlined in the Billing Articles, as well as lower royalty expense and cost saving measures.

Cost of product

Cost of product increased by $0.7 million, or 4%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to an increase in cost of goods from sale of products, partially offset by cost saving measures.

Cost of patient and digital solutions

Cost of patient and digital solutions increased by $3.7 million, or 17%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in the cost of patient and digital solutions is in line with the increase in revenue for patient and digital solutions and is primarily due to an increase in cost of goods from sales in the pharmacy business and our digital offerings.

Research and development

Research and development expenses decreased by $8.5 million, or (9)%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to a decrease in headcount and personnel-related costs of $3.6 million, a decrease in consulting and professional fees of $3.8 million and a decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $0.8 million.

Sales and marketing

Sales and marketing expenses decreased by $12.7 million, or (13)%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to a decrease in headcount and personnel-related costs of $7.0 million, a decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $1.9 million, a decrease in travel costs of $1.1 million and a decrease in tradeshows and events of $2.3 million.

General and administrative

General and administrative expenses increased by $17.5 million, or 17%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to an increase in legal expenses of $6.3 million, an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $4.9 million, an increase in software expense of $2.8 million and an increase in personnel-related costs of $2.6 million.

Restructuring costs

Restructuring costs of $2.3 million were incurred for the year ended December 31, 2023, which relate to employee severance pay and related costs.

Litigation expense

Litigation expense relates to the patent infringement claims filed by Natera against us and alleging that our product, AlloSure, infringes Natera's U.S. Patent 11,111,544. The jury awarded Natera an amount of $96.3 million and we recorded the amount as litigation expense for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Interest income, net

Interest income, net, increased by $8.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to interest income earned on U.S. agency securities and corporate debt securities as a result of rising interest rates.

Other income (expense), net

Other income (expense), net, increased by $4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to a $1.5 million gain from sale of our investment in Miromatrix, a $1.0 million gain from settlement of an obligation and a $1.1 million gain from the recovery of an impaired loan that was already written-off and was included in the purchase price of an asset acquisition of a private entity.

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For the year ended December 31, 2023, we recorded an income tax expense of $0.1 million on a loss before income taxes of $190.1 million. The difference in the effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2023 from the federal statutory tax rate is mainly due to the state income tax expense per the new research and development regulations, whereas in prior years we only recognized the deferred tax assets from foreign losses with the full valuation allowance.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, we recorded an income tax expense of $0.4 million on a loss before income taxes of $76.2 million. The difference in the effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2022 from the federal statutory tax rate is mainly due to the state income tax expense per the new research and development regulations, whereas in prior years we only recognized the deferred tax assets from foreign losses with the full valuation allowance.

Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

For a discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, please refer to the discussion under the heading “Results of Operations—Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021” in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2023.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have incurred significant losses and negative cash flows from operations since our inception and had an accumulated deficit of $678.3 million at December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $235.4 million, and no debt outstanding.

With our continuing growth, we may require additional financing in the future to fund working capital and our development of future products. Additional financing might include issuance of equity securities, including through underwritten public offerings or “at-the-market” offerings, debt offerings or financings or a combination of these financings. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in acquiring additional funding at levels sufficient to fund our operations or on terms favorable to us. We believe our existing cash balance and expected cash from existing operations, including cash from current license agreements and future license and collaboration agreements, or a combination of these, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for the next 12 months.

Shelf Registration Statement

On May 10, 2023, we filed a universal shelf registration statement (File No. 333-271814), or the Registration Statement, whereby we can sell from time to time up to $250.0 million of shares of our common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, units or rights comprised of any combination of these securities, for our own account in one or more offerings under the Registration Statement. The terms of any offering under the Registration Statement will be established at the time of such offering and will be described in a prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement filed with the SEC prior to the completion of any such offering.

Stock Repurchase Program

On December 3, 2022, our Board of Directors approved our Stock Repurchase Program, or the Repurchase Program, whereby we may purchase up to $50 million in shares of our common stock over a period of up to two years, commencing on December 8, 2022. The Repurchase Program may be carried out at the discretion of a committee of our Board of Directors through open market purchases, one or more Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and block trades and in privately negotiated transactions. During the year ended December 31, 2023, we purchased an aggregate of 2,942,997 shares of our common stock under the Repurchase Program for an aggregate purchase price of $27.5 million. As of December 31, 2023, $21.9 million remained available for future repurchases under the Repurchase Program.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021:

Year Ended December 31,
202320222021
(in thousands)
Net cash (used in) provided by:
Operating activities$(18,388)$(25,239)$(19,294)
Investing activities40,446(228,502)47,712
Financing activities(29,606)(4,535)185,642
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash(112)23(303)
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$(7,660)$(258,253)$213,757

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities consists of net loss, adjusted for certain noncash items in the consolidated statements of operations and changes in operating assets and liabilities.

Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $18.4 million. Our net loss of $190.3 million was our primary use of cash in operating activities. Our net loss also included the following noncash items: $49.1 million in stock-based compensation expense, $14.4 million of depreciation and amortization expense, amortization of right-of-use assets of $5.4 million, asset impairments and write-downs of $1.0 million, amortization of premium on short-term marketable securities, net of $4.9 million, gain on settlement of obligation and recovery of written-off investment of $2.1 million and revaluation of contingent consideration to estimated fair value of $2.7 million. Cash used in operating activities was also due to an increase in accounts receivable of $16.0 million. Cash used in operating activities was partially offset by an increase in net operating assets of $90.6 million.

Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $25.2 million. Our net loss of $76.6 million was our primary use of cash in operating activities. Our net loss also included the following noncash items: $46.6 million in

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stock-based compensation expense, $11.6 million of depreciation and amortization expense, amortization of right-of-use assets of $4.4 million, asset impairments and write-downs of $0.8 million, unrealized loss on long-term marketable equity securities of $1.2 million and amortization of premium on short-term marketable securities, net of $0.4 million. Cash used in operating activities was also due to an increase in accounts receivable of $6.7 million. Cash used in operating activities was partially offset by an increase in net operating assets of $7.6 million.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

For the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash provided by investing activities was $40.4 million and primarily related to proceeds from maturities of marketable securities of $256.0 million and sale of corporate equity securities of $2.5 million. These proceeds were partially offset by the purchase of short-term marketable securities of $201.2 million, additions of capital expenditures of $8.3 million, payments for acquired intangibles of $0.9 million, purchase of corporate equity securities of $1.0 million and acquisition of business, net of cash acquired of $6.7 million.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, net cash used in investing activities was $228.5 million and primarily related to the purchase of short-term marketable securities of $315.1 million, additions of capital expenditures, net of $21.2 million, payments for acquired intangibles of $3.1 million, and acquisition of business, net of cash acquired of $0.6 million. These payments were partially offset by the proceeds of $111.6 million for the maturities of short-term marketable securities.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $29.6 million and primarily related to repurchase and retirement of common stock of $27.5 million, taxes paid related to net share settlements of restricted stock units of $3.1 million and payments of contingent consideration of $0.6 million. These payments were partially offset by the proceeds from exercises of stock options of $0.1 million and proceeds from issuances of shares of common stock under our employee stock purchase plan of $1.5 million.

Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $4.5 million and primarily related to taxes paid related to net share settlements of restricted stock units of $5.9 million, payments of contingent consideration of $2.6 million, and repurchase and retirement of common stock of $0.6 million. These payments were partially offset by the proceeds from exercises of stock options of $2.4 million and proceeds from issuances of shares of common stock under our employee stock purchase plan of $2.2 million.

For a discussion regarding our cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021, please refer to the discussion under the heading “Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2023.

Contractual Obligations

For a discussion regarding our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2023 and the effect those obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods, please refer to Note 9 of the consolidated financial statements, and “Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources”, respectively, included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Foreign Operations

The accompanying consolidated balance sheets contain certain recorded assets in foreign countries, namely Stockholm, Sweden and Fremantle, Australia. Although these countries are considered economically stable and we have experienced no notable burden from foreign exchange transactions, export duties or government regulations, unanticipated events in foreign countries could have a material adverse effect on our operations.

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