Selected Consolidated Financial Data Management's Discussion and Analysis Consolidated Statements Income Balance Sheets Cash Flows Stockholder's Equity Notes to Consolidated Financial Services Report of Independent Auditors Printable 2004 Overview Download PDF Printable Financials Download PDF	CorVel Corporation Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements March 31, 2004 Note A - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Organization: CorVel Corporation (CorVel or the Company) provides services and programs nationwide that are designed to enable insurance carriers, third party administrators and employers with self-insured programs to administer, manage and control the cost of workers' compensation and other healthcare benefits. Basis of Presentation: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CorVel and its subsidiaries. Significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conforming with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the accompanying financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Cash and Cash Equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents consists of short-term highly-liquid investments with maturities of 90 days or less when purchased. The carrying amounts of the Company's financial instruments approximate their fair values at March 31, 2003 and 2004. Revenue Recognition: The Company's revenues are recognized primarily as services are rendered based on time and expenses incurred. A certain portion of the Company's revenues are derived from fee schedule auditing which is based on the number of provider charges audited and, to a limited extent, on a percentage of savings achieved for the Company's clients. Accounts receivable includes $3,808,000 and $3,145,000 of unbilled receivables at March 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively. No one customer accounted for more than 10% of consolidated revenues during the years ended March 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Accounts Receivable: The majority of the Company's accounts receivable are due from companies in the property and casualty insurance industries. Credit is extended based on evaluation of a customer's financial condition and, generally, collateral is not required. Accounts receivable are due within 30 days and are stated at amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due. The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable are past due, the Company's previous loss history, the customer's current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance for doubtful accounts. Property and Equipment: Additions to property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation and amortization are provided using the straight-line and accelerated methods over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, which range from three to seven years. The Company capitalized software development costs intended for internal use. The capitalized software was $8,505,000 (net of $12,788,000 in accumulated amortization) as of March 31, 2003, and was $10,306,000, (net of $14,644,000 in accumulated amortization) as of March 31, 2004. These costs are included in computer software in property and equipment and are amortized over a period of five years. Long-Lived Assets: The carrying amount of all long-lived assets is evaluated periodically to determine if adjustment to the depreciation and amortization period or to the unamortized balance is warranted. Such evaluation is based principally on the expected utilization of the long-lived assets and the projected, undiscounted cash flows of the operations in which the long-lived assets are deployed. Goodwill: In contrast to accounting standards in effect during 2002, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which became effective beginning in 2003, provides that goodwill, as well as identifiable intangible assets with indefinite lives, should not be amortized. Accordingly, with the adoption of SFAS 142 on April 1, 2002, the Company discontinued the amortization of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles. In addition, useful lives of intangible assets with finite lives were reevaluated on adoption of SFAS 142. The information presented below reflects adjustments to information reported in 2002 as if SFAS 142 had been applied. The adjustments include the effects of not amortizing goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets and the modification in the estimated useful lives of intangible assets with finite lives. Goodwill amounted to $8,868,000 (net of accumulated amortization of $2,047,000) at March 31, 2003 and $12,562,000 (net of accumulated amortization of $2,047,000) at March 31, 2004. The following table reflects the effect of SFAS 142 on net income and earnings per share as if SFAS 142 had been in effect for fiscal years ending March 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004: Concentrations of Credit Risk: The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers' financial condition and does not require collateral. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of accounts receivable in 2003 or 2004. Receivables are generally due within 30 days. Credit losses relating to customers in the workers' compensation insurance industry consistently have been within management's expectations. Income Taxes: The Company provides for income taxes under the liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities as measured by the enacted tax rates which are expected to be in effect when these differences reverse. Income tax expense is the tax payable for the period and the change during the period in net deferred tax assets and liabilities. Earnings Per Share: Earnings per common share-basic is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Earnings per common shares-diluted is based on the weighted average number of common shares and common share equivalents outstanding during the period. In calculating earnings per share, earnings are the same for the basic and diluted calculations. Weighted average shares outstanding increased for diluted earnings per share due to the effect of stock options. Business Enterprise Segments: The Company operates in one reportable operating segment, managed care. The Company's services are delivered to its customers through its local offices in each region and financial information for the Company's operations follows this service delivery model. All regions provide the Company's patient management and network solutions services. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, establishes standards for the way that public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual consolidated financial statements. The Company's internal financial statements are segmented geographically, as discussed above, and managed on a geographic rather than service line basis, with substantially all of the Company's operating revenue generated within the United States. Under SFAS 131, two or more operating segments may be aggregated into a single operating segment for financial reporting purposes if aggregation is consistent with the objective and basic principles of SFAS 131, if the segments have similar economic characteristics, and if the segments are similar in each of the following areas: 1) the nature of products and services, 2) the nature of the production processes; 3) the type or class of customer for their products and services; and 4) the methods used to distribute their products or provide their services. Each of the Company's regions meet these criteria as they provide the similar services to similar customers using similar methods of productions and similar methods to distribute their services. Because we meet each of the criteria set forth above and each of our regions have similar economic characteristics, we aggregate our results of operations in one reportable operating segment. The Company derives the majority of its revenues from providing patient management and network solutions services to payors of workers' compensation benefits, auto insurance claims and health insurance benefits. Patient management services include utilization review, medical case management, and vocational rehabilitation. Network solutions revenues include fee schedule auditing, hospital bill auditing, independent medical examinations, diagnostic imaging review services and preferred provider referral services. In the prior fiscal years, the Company included the revenue from utilization review with network solutions revenues. The revenue mix percentages shown below have been adjusted to include utilization review with the patient management services revenue. The percentages of revenues attributable to patient management and network solutions services for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004 are listed below. Stock Based Compensation Plans: The Company has a stock-based employee compensation plan, which is described more fully in Note E. The Company applies APB Opinion 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations in accounting for its plans. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, using the assumptions described in Note E, to its stock-based employee plans. Reclassifications: Certain amounts in the 2002 and 2003 consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2004 presentation. The reclassifications have no effect on total revenues, total expenses, net income or stockholders' equity, as previously reported. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements: In May of 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the Board), issued SFAS 150 Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity (SFAS 150). This Statement establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. It requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances). Many of those instruments would previously have been classified as equity. This Statement is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003, except for mandatorily redeemable financial instruments of nonpublic entities. The Company has reviewed the provisions of SFAS 150, and believes that it does not have any financial instruments requiring reclassifications under SFAS 150. In January 2003, the Board issued FASB Interpretation No. 46 (FIN 46), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities - an Interpretation of ARB No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements. The Interpretation addresses how variable interest entities are to be identified and how an enterprise assesses its interests in a variable interest entity to decide whether to consolidate that entity. The Interpretation also requires existing unconsolidated variable interest entities to be consolidated by their primary beneficiaries if the entities do not effectively disperse risks among the parties involved. FIN 46 is effective in the first fiscal year or interim period beginning after June 15, 2003, to variable interest entities in which a company holds a variable interest that is acquired before February 1, 2003. The provisions of FIN 46 have been reviewed, and the Company does not believe that it has any entities requiring consolidation. Note B - Property and Equipment Property and equipment consists of the following at March 31: Note C - Accrued Liabilities Accrued liabilities consist of the following at March 31: Note D - Income Taxes The income tax provision consists of the following for the three years ended March 31: Income tax benefits associated with the exercise of stock options are excluded from the provision, credited directly to equity, and totaled $606,000, $1,265,000 and $2,035,000 for fiscal 2002, 2003, and 2004, respectively. The following is a reconciliation of the income tax provision from the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective rate for the three years ended March 31: Income taxes paid totaled $7,910,000, $8,812,000 and $6,455,000 for the years ended March 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004, respectively. Deferred taxes at March 31, 2003 and 2004 are: Prepaid expenses and taxes includes $2,915,000 and $2,462,000 at March 31, 2003 and March 31, 2004, respectively, for income taxes due in the first quarter of the succeeding fiscal year. Note E - Stock Options Under the Company's Restated 1988 Executive Stock Option Plan, ("the Plan") as amended, options for up to 5,955,000 shares (adjusted for the two-for-one stock split in the form of a dividend in May 1999 and the three-for-two stock split in the form of the dividend in August 2001) of the Company's common stock may be granted to key employees, non-employee directors and consultants at prices not less than 85% of the fair value of the stock at the date of grant as determined by the Board. Options granted under the Plan may be either incentive stock options or non-statutory stock options and options granted generally have a maximum life of five years. Summarized information for all stock options for the past three fiscal year follows: The following table summarizes the status of stock options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2004: The weighted average fair values at date of grant for options granted during fiscal 2002, 2003, and 2004 were $6.38, $7.77, and $9.77, respectively. The fair value of each grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The following weighted average assumptions were used for fiscal years ending March 31: The number of shares to be issued, the weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, and the number of securities remaining available for future issuance under all stock option plans, including the 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan described in Note F below are as follows: Note F - Employee Stock Purchase Plan The Company maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan which allows employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to purchase shares of common stock on the last day of two six-month purchase periods (i.e. March 31 and September 30) at a purchase price which is 85% of the closing sale price of shares as quoted on NASDAQ on the first or last day of such purchase period, whichever is lower. Employees are allowed to participate up to 20% of their gross pay. A maximum of 750,000 shares has been authorized for issuance under the plan, as amended. As of March 31, 2004, 666,850 shares had been issued pursuant to the plan. Summarized plan information is as follows: Note G - Treasury Stock During fiscal 2004, the Company continued to repurchase shares of its common stock under a plan approved by the Company's Board of Directors. Including an expansion authorized in April 2002, the total number of shares authorized to be repurchased has now been increased to 6,100,000 shares. Purchases may be made from time to time depending on market conditions and other relevant factors. The share repurchases for fiscal years ending March 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are as follows: The repurchased shares were recorded as treasury stock, at cost, and are available for general corporate purposes. The repurchases were financed from cash generated from operations. Note H - Commitments and Contingencies The Company leases office facilities under noncancelable operating leases. Future minimum rental commitments under operating leases at March 31, 2004 are $9,803,000 in fiscal 2005, $8,891,000 in fiscal 2006, $7,616,000 in fiscal 2007, $5,695,000 in fiscal 2008, $1,898,000 in fiscal 2009, and $359,000 thereafter. Total rental expense of $9,926,000, $10,368,000 and $11,365,000 was charged to operations for the years ended March 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004, respectively. The Company is involved in litigation arising in the normal course of business. The Company believes that resolution of these matters will not result in any payment that, in the aggregate, would be material to the financial position or results of the operations of the Company. Note I - Savings Plan The Company maintains a retirement savings plan for its employees, which is a qualified plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Full-time employees that meet certain requirements are eligible to participate in the plan. Contributions are made annually, primarily at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors. Contributions of $247,000, $283,000 and $150,000 were charged to operations for the years ended March 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. Note J - Business Combinations In May 2002, the Company acquired the assets of AnciCare, PPO, Inc., a Florida-based national provider of diagnostic imaging services. The Company paid approximately $3.4 million ($2.9 million during fiscal 2003 and $475,000 during fiscal 2004) and recorded approximately $3.3 million for goodwill. If the results of the AnciCare operations attain certain revenue during each of the three years after the date of acquisition, the Company will pay an additional amount for the purchase, which is expected to be funded from future earnings of the Company. Any additional amounts paid will increase the goodwill related to the acquisition. No amounts were paid for attaining certain revenue targets for each of the first two years after the date of the acquisition. The following table summarizes the recorded value of the AnciCare assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition: In June 2003, the Company acquired 100% of the stock of Scan One, a document imaging company which is being integrated in the Company's network solutions operations. The Company paid $3.7 million for the stock and to repay certain outstanding obligations of Scan One and recorded $3.2 million of goodwill. There are no contingent obligations in the price for this acquisition. The following table summarizes the recorded value of the Scan One assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition: The following unaudited pro forma summary presents information as if AnciCare and Scan One had been acquired as of the beginning of the periods presented. The pro forma information does not necessarily reflect the actual results that would have occurred nor is it necessarily indicative of future results of operations of the combined companies. Note K - Shareholder Rights Plan During fiscal 1997, the Company's Board of Directors approved the adoption of a Shareholder Rights Plan. The Rights Plan, which is similar to rights plans adopted by numerous other public companies, provides for a dividend distribution to CorVel stockholders of one preferred stock purchase "Right" for each outstanding share of CorVel's common stock. The Rights are designed to assure that all stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover of the company and to encourage a potential acquirer to negotiate with the Board of Directors prior to attempting a takeover. In April 2002, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment to the Company's existing stockholder rights agreement to extend the expiration date of the rights to February 10, 2012, increase the initial exercise price of each right to $118, and enable Fidelity Management & Research Company and its affiliates to purchase up to 18% of the shares of common stock of the Company without triggering the stockholder rights. The Rights will not be exercisable until the occurrence of certain takeover-related events. The issuance of the Rights has no dilutive effect on the Company's earnings per share. Note L - Line of Credit In April 2003, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a financial institution to provide borrowing capacity of up to $5 million. This agreement expires in September 2004. Borrowings under this agreement bear interest, at the Company's option, at a fluctuating LIBOR-based rate plus 1.25% or at the financial institution's prime lending rate. There were no borrowings under the line of credit at March 31, 2003 or March 31, 2004. The loan covenants require the Company to maintain a quick ratio of at least 2:1, a tangible net equity of at least $45 million, and have positive net income. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at March 31, 2004. Note M - Quarterly Results (Unaudited) The following is a summary of unaudited results of operations for the two years ended March 31, 2003 and 2004: