Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Accrued Expenses

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Accrued Expenses
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Accrued Expenses

Note 5 – Accrued Expenses

 

Accrued expenses at March 31, 2023 (unaudited) and December 31, 2022 consisted of the following:

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2023     2022  
Accrued payroll and related liabilities   $ 8,496,774     $ 8,533,710  
HHS Provider Relief Funds     552,099       552,099  
Accrued interest     6,176,589       5,736,096  
Accrued legal expenses and settlements     534,550       534,550  
Medicare overpayment reserve     1,976,423       2,101,837  
Other accrued expenses     2,277,972       2,105,516  
Accrued expenses   $ 20,014,407     $ 19,563,808  

 

Accrued payroll and related liabilities at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 included approximately $3.1 million and $3.0 million, respectively, for penalties associated with approximately $4.0 million and $4.0 million of accrued past due payroll taxes as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company’s Big South Fork Medical Center received a communication that its final Medicare cost report for the six months ending December 31, 2021 was accepted and that it reflected a retroactive adjustment of $1.6 million as a result of an overpayment. Accordingly, the Company has reflected the $1.6 million cost report adjustment as a liability at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Furthermore, the Company recognized an additional $0.4 million and $0.5 million as a liability (net of recoupments) at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, based on further correspondence with its fiscal intermediary and likely overpayments by Medicare for fiscal 2022.