Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Business Overview

Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated (the ‘‘Company’’, ‘‘we’’, ‘‘our’’) was organized in the State of Maryland on March 28, 2014. The Company is a fully-integrated healthcare real estate company that owns and acquires real estate properties that are leased to hospitals, doctors, healthcare systems or other healthcare service providers. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had investments of approximately $1.1 billion in 197 real estate properties (including a portion of one property accounted for as a sales-type lease with a gross amount totaling approximately $3.0 million and two properties classified as an asset held for sale with an aggregate amount totaling approximately $7.5 million. See Note 10 – Other Assets, net and Note 4 – Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions, respectively). The properties are located in 35 states, totaling approximately 4.4 million square feet in the aggregate and were approximately 92.3% leased, excluding real estate assets held for sale, at March 31, 2024 with a weighted average remaining lease term of approximately 6.9 years. Any references to square footage, property count, or occupancy percentages, and any amounts derived from these values in these notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, are outside the scope of our independent registered public accounting firm's review.

Basis of Presentation

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. This interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. Management believes that all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. This interim financial information does not necessarily represent or indicate what the operating results will be for the year ending December 31, 2024. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes, including among others, estimates related to impairment assessments, purchase price allocations, valuation of properties held for sale, and valuation of financial instruments. Actual results may materially differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents includes short-term investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased. Restricted cash consists of amounts held by the lender of our mortgage note payable to provide for future real estate tax, insurance expenditures and tenant improvements related to one property. The carrying amounts approximate fair value due to the short term maturity of these investments. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:


	Balance as of March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2024		2023
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,805	$	3,666
Restricted cash	1,141		959
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	4,946	$	4,625

Revenue Recognition

The primary source of revenue for the Company is generated through its leasing arrangements with its tenants which is accounted for under ASC Topic 842, or through notes with its borrowers which is covered under ASC 310. The Company's rental income and interest income are recognized based on contractual arrangements with its tenants and borrowers. From the inception of a lease, if collection of substantially all of the lease payments is probable for a tenant, then rental income is recognized as earned over the life of the lease agreement on a straight-line basis. Recognizing rental revenue on a straight-line basis for leases may result in recognizing revenue in amounts more or less than amounts currently due from tenants. If management determines that collection of substantially all of a lease’s payments is not probable, it will revert to recognizing such lease payments at the lesser of cash collected, lease income reflected on a straight-line basis, or another systematic basis plus variable rent when it becomes accruable and will reverse any recorded receivables related to that lease. In the event that management subsequently determines collection of substantially all of that lease’s receivable is probable, management will reinstate and record all such receivables for the lease in accordance with the lease terms. The Company maintains a general allowance for its lease receivables that the Company has determined are probable of collection. The Company recognizes interest income on an accrual basis unless the Company determines that collectability of contractual amounts is not reasonably assured, at which point the note is placed on non-accrual status and interest income is recognized on a cash basis.

Income Taxes

The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), as defined under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). The Company and two subsidiaries have also elected for those subsidiaries to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries ("TRSs"), which are subject to federal and state income taxes. No provision has been made for federal income taxes for the REIT; however, the Company has recorded income tax expense or benefit for the TRSs to the extent applicable. The Company intends at all times to qualify as a REIT under the Code. The Company must distribute at least 90% per annum of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders (which is computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction or net capital gain and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP) and meet other requirements to continue to qualify as a REIT.