CareGuide Announces Results for Quarter Ended September 30, 2006.CORAL SPRINGS Coral Springs, city (1990 pop. 79,443), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1963. Largely residential, it is a city that has grown rapidly along with the southern Florida and Fort Lauderdale area. The population of Coral Springs nearly doubled between 1980 and 1990. , Fla. -- CareGuide, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : CGDE CGDE Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis ): Highlights: * Third consecutive quarter of profitability; * Net income and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become increased substantially over prior year; * Increased focus on ASO ASO arteriosclerosis obliterans. ASO 1 Administrative services organization, see there 2 Allele-specific–oligonucleotide hybridization 3 Anti-streptolysin O, see there contracts; * Acquisition of Haelan Corporation; and * Expanded Board. CareGuide, Inc. (OTCBB: CGDE), a national disease and healthcare management company, today announced results for its quarter ended September 30, 2006. For the quarter ended September 30, 2006, the Company reported revenues of $13.8 million, a 13.6% increase compared with $12.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2005. Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, was $524 thousand as compared with a net loss of $1.4 million for the same period in the prior year. Loss from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, was $187 thousand as compared with a loss from continuing operations of $1.5 million for the same quarter in 2005. The Company's earnings before interest and investment gains or losses, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) from continuing operations, which the Company believes provides useful information to management and investors regarding the financial and business trends relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc its results of operations, was $761 thousand compared with a loss of $893 thousand for the same quarter in 2005. The Company recorded a gain from discontinued operations Discontinued operations Divisions of a business that have been sold or written off and that no longer are maintained by the business. in the quarter ended September 30, 2006, of $711 thousand due to a favorable fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. ruling in an arbitration proceeding. During the quarter ended September 30, 2006, the Company began trading on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "CGDE," which followed the change of the Company's legal name to CareGuide, Inc. Previously, the Company had operated under the name Patient Infosystems, Inc., d/b/a CareGuide, and traded under the symbol "PATY PATY Please and Thank You ." The Company also announced during the quarter the addition of William C. Stapleton to the Company's Board of Directors, expanding the number of Board members to six. Mr. Stapleton is also serving as Chairman of the Audit Committee. On November 6, 2006, the Company issued a press release regarding the acquisition of Haelan Corporation, a privately held health improvement solutions company based in Indianapolis, Indiana “Indianapolis” redirects here. For other uses, see Indianapolis (disambiguation). Indianapolis (IPA: [ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs]) is the capital city of the U.S. . The Company also announced in that release that the Company and Aetna had come to an agreement to terminate their risk-based contracts effective as of January 31, 2007, after which time Aetna will fold the services CareGuide provided into its internal operations. However, CareGuide will continue to serve Aetna chronic care management administrative services only (ASO) business. Both the Haelan and Aetna events are consistent with CareGuide's strategy to focus on growing the proportion of its revenue that is ASO, as opposed to business where the Company is at-risk for claims. In commenting on the quarterly results, Chris E. Paterson, president and chief executive officer of CareGuide, said, "We are pleased with our progress and performance in the quarter ended September 30, 2006. The combination of continued profitability and the Haelan acquisition gives us a substantial amount of momentum for achieving our strategic goals. Our earlier decision to focus on ASO contracts, and our acquisition of Haelan, further solidifies CareGuide as a care and disease management organization with a complete and fully integrated set of products. The Haelan transaction, which we believe will close in late November, provides us with a unique predictive modeling tool and coaching intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant. that gives us a competitive advantage. We believe this new product will give us an early mover mover /mov·er/ (moo´ver) that which produces motion. prime mover a muscle that acts directly to bring about a desired movement. advantage in our industry." Mr. Paterson added, "We believe that customers served by the merger of our two companies will benefit from the combination of Haelan's One Care Street[TM], which employs a proprietary survey to identify at-risk individuals before they begin requiring high levels of medical resources, and CareGuide's current care management and disease education offerings. We believe this transaction significantly advances CareGuide's growth strategy and further differentiates us from our competitors. There is an opportunity to set the standard for delivery of care and disease management services in our industry, and we fully accept the challenge." The Company issued full calendar year guidance in a press release on March 8, 2006, where it estimated revenues for the full calendar year of 2006 would be between $60 million to $70 million and EBITDA would be between $3.5 million and $5 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, the Company has reported revenues of $43.2 million and EBITDA of $3.9 million. The Company now believes that revenues will be slightly below the $60 million target due to timing issues, including delays in the ramping up of signed contracts. The Company expects EBITDA to be in the high end of the previously announced range. The Company intends to change its fiscal year-end Fiscal Year-End The completion of a one-year, or 12-month, accounting period. Notes: The reason that a company's fiscal year often differs from the calendar year and does not close on Dec 31, is due to the nature of company's needs. from March 31 to December 31 before the end of the 2006 calendar year. The reconciliations from (loss) income from continuing operations to EBITDA for the three and six months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, and the nine months ended September 30, 2006, are as follows (dollars in thousands): [TABLE OMITTED] The Company's management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the earnings release at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, November 14, 2006. To participate in the call, participants should dial 1-212-896-6061 approximately ten minutes prior to the start time of the call. A telephonic replay of the call may be accessed by dialing 1-800-633-8284 and entering access code 21309329. The replay will be available from 1:30 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, November 14, 2006, until 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. The conference call will also be available for 30 days through the Company's website at www.careguide.com and at www.earnings.com. Headquartered in Coral Springs, Florida Coral Springs, officially chartered July 10, 1963, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to the U.S. , CareGuide is a national disease and care management company serving the health and benefit plans of managed care organizations, employers, unions, third party administrators and government customers. Understanding that health status is dynamic and encompasses physical, mental and social qualities, CareGuide focuses on total population health management. The Company employs a unique approach to identify members of its clients' populations who are at risk for medical destabilization de·sta·bi·lize tr.v. de·sta·bi·lized, de·sta·bi·liz·ing, de·sta·bi·liz·es 1. To upset the stability or smooth functioning of: , loss of productivity and high claims expense. Through flexible, evidence-based and member-centric interventions that are matched to the individual's holistic health holistic health, n a concept in which concern for health requires a perspective of the individual as an integrated system rather than as a collection of parts and functions. needs, hospital admissions are prevented and quality of life is enhanced. CareGuide distinguishes itself by combining high human touch with technology to assist chronically ill members in self-managing their health. Visit www.careguide.com for more information. This release contains information about management's view of the company's future expectations, financial results, plans and prospects, including prospects for success of the acquisition of Haelan and the combination of the two companies, replacing revenues associated with its contracts with Aetna, prospects for growth of its ASO business, and improving its operating results in future periods, that constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. for purposes of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with the company's financial condition, its ability to integrate Haelan into its operations and sell the combined company's products, its ability to successfully transition from risk-based services to administrative service only contracts, its ability to compete with competitors and its ability to increase its business and revenue base, difficulties encountered in closing the Haelan transaction and integrating the business of Haelan, the competitive environment in the healthcare industry and competitive responses to the proposed merger, and the growth of the healthcare market, as well as other factors that are discussed in the Company's filed Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, filed with the SEC on June 29, 2006, and the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form-10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2006, and for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2006, as well as other documents the Company files with the SEC. 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