DEFERRED INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
DEFERRED INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT
DEFERRED INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT	(8) DEFERRED INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT During the first quarter of 2016, the Company collected $880,000 from a single insurance company for accounts receivable. The accounts receivable had been previously reduced to zero by the allowance for billing adjustments. Subsequent to March 31, 2016, the insurance company verbally communicated to the Company that this payment was made in error and requested it be refunded to the insurance company. The Company recorded this $880,000 insurance reimbursement as a deferred insurance liability. During the first quarter of 2019, the Company recognized $880,000 as other income and reversed the liability as management’s assessment was that any repayment obligation was deemed remote. The Company has included this amount in other income in order to ensure comparability of the Company’s operating income results for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. Management’s legal determination that any refund obligation is remote was based on the facts and circumstances related to the dispute, which included reviewing the legal statutes within the jurisdictions the Company operates.

DEFERRED INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

(8) DEFERRED INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT

During the first quarter of 2016, the Company collected $880,000 from a single insurance company for accounts receivable. The accounts receivable had been previously reduced to zero by the allowance for billing adjustments. Subsequent to March 31, 2016, the insurance company verbally communicated to the Company that this payment was made in error and requested it be refunded to the insurance company. The Company recorded this $880,000 insurance reimbursement as a deferred insurance liability.

During the first quarter of 2019, the Company recognized $880,000 as other income and reversed the liability as management’s assessment was that any repayment obligation was deemed remote. The Company has included this amount in other income in order to ensure comparability of the Company’s operating income results for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. Management’s legal determination that any refund obligation is remote was based on the facts and circumstances related to the dispute, which included reviewing the legal statutes within the jurisdictions the Company operates.