Assure Exceeds Fourth Quarter 2021 Forecast for Remote Neurology Managed Cases
January 13 2022 - 8:30AM
Assure Holdings Corp. (the “
Company” or
“
Assure”) (NASDAQ: IONM; TSXV: IOM), a provider of
intraoperative neuromonitoring services (“
IONM”),
announced that its remote neurology business, which launched in
2021, performed more than 2,100 remote neurology managed cases
during the year. This included 1,222 in the fourth quarter of 2021,
which exceeded the Company’s forecasted range of 1,000 to 1,200
during the period.
John A. Farlinger, executive chairman and CEO,
said, “The roll-out of Assure’s remote neurology services for IONM
is advancing. We completed over 1,200 remote neurology managed
cases in the fourth quarter. Providing this service enables the
Company to reduce our cost of delivery for providing IONM, thereby
driving higher profit on every case we perform. Further, remote
neurology services create a new revenue stream for Assure.”
Farlinger continued, “Importantly, the patient
volume necessary to accelerate our remote neurology services has
already been established by the managed cases performed by our
technologists. Now, it is simply a matter of transitioning Assure
patients to our remote neurology platform. The potential to scale
our remote neurology offering is substantial with each of our four
providers capable of performing professional oversight on 2,500
cases per year or more once fully ramped.”
Farlinger concluded, “We expect our remote
neurology platform to be a key driver of incremental revenue and
margin in 2022.”
Assure currently has four supervising
practitioners performing remote neurology services. The Company is
actively recruiting to fill additional positions and expects to
continue ramping-up staffing for this function over the course of
2022 and beyond.
About Assure HoldingsAssure Holdings Corp. is a
Colorado-based company that works with neurosurgeons and orthopedic
spine surgeons to provide a turnkey suite of services that support
intraoperative neuromonitoring activities during invasive
surgeries. Assure employs its own staff of technologists and uses
its own state-of-the-art monitoring equipment, handles 100% of
intraoperative neuromonitoring scheduling and setup, and bills for
all technical services provided. Assure Neuromonitoring is
recognized as providing the highest level of patient care in the
industry and has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of
Approval®. For more information, visit the company’s website
at www.assureneuromonitoring.com.
Forward-Looking Statements This news release
may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to comments
with respect to: expectations with respect to the Company’s remote
neurology business, including as a key driver of incremental
revenue and margin in 2022; and recruitment with respect to
additional staffing for the Company’s remote neurology services.
Forward-looking statements may generally be identified by the use
of the words "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans,"
"should," "could," "would," "may," "will," "believes," "estimates,"
"potential," "target," or "continue" and variations or similar
expressions. These statements are based upon the current
expectations and beliefs of management and are subject to certain
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the
Company may not fill additional positions for its remote neurology
services; the Company’s remote neurology platform may not be a key
driver of incremental revenue and margin in 2022; the Company’s
remote neurology platform may not result in reduced costs of
delivery for providing IONM and may not drive higher profits on
every case performed; the Company’s remote neurology providers may
not provide professional oversight on 2,500 cases per year or more
once fully ramped; the uncertainty surrounding the spread of
COVID-19 and the impact it will have on the Company’s operations
and business, including but not limited to its remote neurology
business, and economic activity in general; and risks and
uncertainties discussed in our most recent annual and quarterly
reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K filed on March
30, 2021, and with the Canadian securities regulators and available
on the Company’s profiles on EDGAR at www.sec.gov and
SEDAR at www.sedar.com, which risks and uncertainties are
incorporated herein by reference. Except as required by law, Assure
does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update any
forward-looking statements to reflect, in particular, new
information or future events.
Key Performance MetricsThis
announcement contains key performance metrics, managed cases and
remote neurology managed cases, that management of the Company
utilizes to determine operational performance from period to
period. A managed case is all technical cases Assure performs and
any cases where the professional bill is from a 100% owned Assure
entity and excludes cases when a global bill is presented and we
calculate it based on bills presented during the relevant
measurement period. We define remote neurology managed cases as a
subset of managed cases where Assure’s remote neurology platform is
utilized and billed. Management believes that managed cases and
remote neurology managed cases are important measures of the
Company’s operational performance because it is a consistent
measurement to evaluate patient revenue streams.
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Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
ContactScott Kozak, Investor and Media
RelationsAssure Holdings
Corp.1-720-287-3093Scott.Kozak@assureiom.com
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