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HealthStream Acquires The Jackson Organization; Launches HealthStream Research
Robert A. Frist, Jr., president and chief executive officer, HealthStream, commented, "With the launch of HealthStream Research™, we believe HealthStream becomes a more powerful strategic partner for healthcare organizations, offering insight through research and improved performance through learning."
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"TJO and DMR's product strengths and customer bases are highly complementary. As a result, HealthStream Research™ enters the market with a strong, full-service product offering," said J. Edward Pearson, president, HealthStream Research™. "Moreover, the combination of their historical research amassed about hospital employees, physicians, patients, and community perceptions establishes HealthStream as one of the industry's foremost benchmarking resources."
Both TJO and DMR experienced growth during 2006 as a result of adding new customers and expanding relationships with existing customers. Industry-wide, interest is increasing in research, due, in part, to the CAHPS® (Consumer Assessment of Health Plan Survey) Hospital Survey launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in partnership with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). According to the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, hospitals must now submit data for all required quality measures—which includes the CAHPS® Hospital Survey—in order to receive the full market basket increase to their reimbursement payment rates from CMS. Hospitals that fail to submit this survey data, beginning in July 2007, will incur a reduction of 2.0 percentage points in payment rates in 2008. TJO and DMR have both been designated as certified vendors, and will continue to offer CAHPS® Hospital Survey services as HealthStream Research™.
"HealthStream is an ideal fit for The Jackson Organization to grow our customer base and advance our service to the healthcare industry," said David Jackson, president and chief executive officer of The Jackson Organization, who will serve as a consultant to HealthStream. "Our companies share a common vision of improving healthcare and expect an exciting future as HealthStream Research™".
From HealthStream Research™, TJO and DMR customers will continue to receive the same high level of service and quality research they have grown accustomed to receiving. Routine operations at TJO and DMR will remain in their respective offices in
Historical Results and Transaction Terms
For the full year 2006, TJO's unaudited revenues approximated $10.8 million, net income approximated breakeven, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) approximated $0.2 million. Net Income adjusted to exclude certain compensation of $0.7 million, interest expense of $0.1 million and expenses associated with relocation to a new office of $0.2 million, approximated $1.0 million. Adjusted EBITDA, including the further exclusions listed above, approximated $1.3 million for 2006.
HealthStream has purchased all of the shares of TJO for approximately $12.65 million, consisting of approximately $11.65 million of cash consideration and 252,616 shares of HealthStream common stock. A significant portion of both the cash and stock consideration is subject to escrow. Additional payments totaling $650,000 will be made under a consulting agreement and for achieving certain financial objectives.
Updated 2007 Guidance
For the period from March 13, 2007 through December 31, 2007, TJO is expected to increase our 2007 revenue by $9.0 to $10.0 million. We also expect the acquisition to be accretive, increasing our previous range of 2007 earnings guidance by $0.01 per diluted share. With the inclusion of TJO, our full year revenue guidance for FY 2007 is now $44.5 to $45.5 million or 40 to 43 percent growth over 2006 results and increases our range of earnings guidance to $0.13 to $0.15 per diluted share. This guidance reflects the addition of TJO's operations, the impact of our initial estimate of $0.8 million in amortization of definite-lived intangibles, the elimination of interest income on our cash and investment balances which were used as consideration for the acquisition as well as incremental interest expense on $1.5 million of borrowings under our revolving credit facility. Our previous earnings guidance for 2007 indicated break-even results in the first quarter, which we reiterate.
Gross margins for the full year 2007 are expected to approximate our 2006 full year gross margins. Our revised guidance reflects the cost structure associated with TJO's call center and operations teams, which are staffed to support further growth and scale of our integrated operations. We are not anticipating significant changes to product development expenses from our previous guidance, however as a percentage of revenues, this expense component is anticipated to decline. We expect spending in sales, marketing and account management for the full year 2007 will be comparable with 2006 as a percentage of revenue. General and administrative expenses are expected to increase moderately as a percentage of revenues.
We expect that our capital expenditures for the full year 2007 will increase from previous guidance by $0.5 to $5.0 million, due to planned investments and integration. Our post-closing cash, investments and related interest receivable is expected to approximate $3.0 million with $8.5 million available under our existing revolving credit facility.
About HealthStream
HealthStream (NASDAQ: HSTM) is a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry, transforming insight into action to deliver outcomes-based results for healthcare organizations. Through its research products, executives from approximately 1,100 healthcare facilities gain valuable insight about patients' experiences, workforce challenges, physician relations, and community perceptions of their services. Through HealthStream's learning solutions—which are used by approximately 1.4 million hospital-based healthcare professionals—healthcare organizations create safer environments for patients, increase clinical competencies of its workforce, and facilitate the rapid transfer of the latest knowledge and technologies. Based in
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