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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company is involved in legal proceedings related to matters, which are incidental to its business. Also, the Company is delinquent on the payment of outstanding accounts payable for certain vendors and suppliers who have taken or have threatened to take legal action to collect such outstanding amounts. See below for a discussion on these matters.

LITIGATIONS

On February 21, 2017, XIFIN, Inc. (“XIFIN”) filed a lawsuit against us in the District Court for the Southern District of California alleging breach of written contract and seeking recovery of approximately $0.27 million owed by us to XIFIN for damages arising from a breach of our obligations pursuant to a Systems Services Agreement between us and XIFIN, dated as of February 22, 2013, as amended and restated on September 1, 2014. On April 5, 2017, the court clerk entered default against the Company. On May 5, 2017, XIFIN filed an application for entry of default judgment against us. A liability of $0.1 million is reflected in accounts payable within the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. On April 19, 2019, the Company executed a settlement agreement with XIFIN pursuant to which the Company paid to XIFIN an agreed amount as settlement in consideration for total release from all outstanding amounts due and payable by the Company to XIFIN. The settlement amount was paid by the Company on April 19, 2019 and there is no remaining amount due to XIFIN as of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

CPA Global provides us with certain patent management services. On February 6, 2017, CPA Global claimed that we owe approximately $0.2 million for certain patent maintenance services rendered. CPA Global has not filed claims against us in connection with this allegation. A liability of approximately less than $0.1 million has been recorded and is reflected in accounts payable within the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

On February 17, 2017, Jesse Campbell (“Campbell”) filed a lawsuit individually and on behalf of others similarly situated against us in the District Court for the District of Nebraska alleging we had a materially incomplete and misleading proxy relating to a potential merger and that the merger agreement’s deal protection provisions deter superior offers. As a result, Campbell alleges that we have violated Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14a‑9 promulgated thereafter. The Company filed a motion to dismiss all claims, which motion was fully briefed on November 27, 2017. The Court granted the Company’s motion in full on May 3, 2018 and dismissed the lawsuit. The Eighth Circuit reversed the decision of the District Court and remanded the case back to the District Court on March 1, 2019.

On March 21, 2018, Bio-Rad Laboratories filed a lawsuit against us in the Superior Court Judicial Branch of the State of Connecticut for Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint requiring us to pay cash owed to Bio-Rad in the amount of $39,000. A liability of approximately $39,000 has been recorded in accounts payable within the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  On April 2, 2019, the Superior Court issued a subpoena commanding the Company to appear before the Superior Court on May 13, 2019. Subsequent to April 2, 2019, the Company paid Bio-Rad approximately $39,000, plus interest, and there is no remaining amount due to Bio-Rad as of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

OTHER COMMITMENTS

On January 2, 2019, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with a third party service provider pursuant to which we agreed to pay the service provider an aggregate amount of approximately $0.6 million, plus accrued interest at a rate of 8%, pursuant to an agreed upon payment schedule, ending in September 2019, in consideration for the cancellation of an outstanding debt owed by the Company to the service provider in the aggregate amount of approximately $1.5 million (the “Owed Amount”). Upon payment in full of the $0.6 million and compliance with the payment schedule, the service provider has agreed to waive the difference between the settlement amount and the Owed Amount and at that time the Company would record a gain on settlement of approximately $0.9 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company made payments of $0.2 million to the service provider. A liability of approximately $1.3 million and $1.5 million has been recorded and is reflected in accounts payable within the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

LEGAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

The healthcare industry is subject to numerous laws and regulations of federal, state and local governments. These laws and regulations include, but are not limited to, matters such as licensure, accreditation, government healthcare program participation requirement, reimbursement for patient services and Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse. Government activity has increased with respect to investigations and allegations concerning possible violations of fraud and abuse statutes and regulations by healthcare providers.

Violations of these laws and regulations could result in expulsion from government healthcare programs together with the imposition of significant fines and penalties, as well as significant repayments for patient services previously billed. Management believes that the Company is in compliance with fraud and abuse regulations, as well as other applicable government laws and regulations. While no material regulatory inquiries have been made, compliance with such laws and regulations can be subject to future government review and interpretation, as well as regulatory actions unknown or unasserted at this time.