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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Accounting Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities reported and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Management's estimates are based on historical experience, facts and circumstances available at the time, and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.  Significant estimates include best estimate of selling price in multiple element arrangements, valuation allowances related to deferred income taxes, self-insurance loss accruals, allowances for doubtful accounts and notes, income tax accruals, acquisition accounting, asset impairments and facilities realignment accruals.  The Company periodically reviews these matters and reflects changes in estimates as appropriate.  Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Reclassification, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Reclassifications
 
The Commercial Services business in the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 has been reclassified to discontinued operations to conform to the current period presentation.
Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
 
The Company’s accounts receivable are generated using its proprietary tests. The Company’s services are fulfilled upon completion of the test, review and release of the test results. In conjunction with fulfilling these services, the Company bills the third-party payor or hospital. The Company recognizes accounts receivable related to billings for Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and hospitals on an accrual basis, net of contractual adjustment, when collectability is reasonably assured. Contractual adjustments represent the difference between the list prices and the reimbursement rate set by Medicare and Medicare Advantage, or the amounts billed to hospitals. The Company records an Allowance for Doubtful accounts for PancraGen® hospital roster billings based on the collection history of this payor. Since Medicare and Medicare Advantage have fixed reimbursement rates, there is no Allowance for Doubtful Accounts associated with these payors.
 
The Company provides services to commercial insurance carriers or governmental programs that do not have a contract in place for its proprietary tests which may or may not be covered by these entities existing reimbursement policies. In addition, the Company does not enter into direct agreements with patients that commit them to pay any portion of the cost of the tests in the event that their commercial insurance carrier or governmental program does not pay the Company for its services. In the absence of an agreement with the patient, or other clearly enforceable legal right to demand payment from commercial insurance carriers or governmental agencies, no accounts receivable is recognized. The Company does not record an Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for the commercial insurance or governmental programs since the revenue is recorded mainly on a cash basis.
Other Current Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Other Current Assets
 
Other current assets consisted of the following as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
 
 
   
June 30, 2016
    
December 31, 2015
  
Indemnification assets
   $ 1,375     $ 875  
Letters of credit
     409       360  
Other receivables
     784       1,048  
Prepaid expenses
     352       180  
Other
     103       106  
    $ 3,023     $ 2,569  
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Other Intangible Assets
 
The Company allocates the cost of acquired companies to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the remaining amount classified as goodwill, if any. Since the entities the Company has acquired do not have significant tangible assets, a significant portion of the purchase price has been allocated to intangible assets and goodwill. The identification and valuation of these intangible assets and the determination of the estimated useful lives at the time of acquisition, as well as the completion of impairment tests, require significant management judgments and estimates. These estimates are made based on, among other factors, consultations with an accredited independent valuation consultant, reviews of projected future operating results and business plans, economic projections, anticipated highest and best use of future cash flows and the market participant cost of capital. The use of alternative estimates and assumptions could increase or decrease the estimated fair value of other intangible assets, and potentially result in a different impact to the Company's results of operations. Further, changes in business strategy and/or market conditions may significantly impact these judgments thereby impacting the fair value of these assets, which could result in an impairment of the intangible assets.
Discontinued Operations, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Discontinued Operations
 
The Company accounts for business dispositions and its businesses held for sale in accordance with ASC 205-20, Discontinued Operations. ASC 205-20 requires the results of operations of business dispositions to be segregated from continuing operations and reflected as discontinued operations in current and prior periods. See Note 11,
Discontinued Operations
for further information.
Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Share
 
A reconciliation of the number of shares of common stock used in the calculation of basic and diluted loss per share for the three- and six-month-periods ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:
 
 
   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
    
Six Months Ended
June 30,
  
   
2016
    
2015
    
2016
    
2015
  
Basic weighted average number of
of common shares
     18,163       15,204       17,962       15,121  
Potential dilutive effect of stock-based awards
     -       -       -       -  
Diluted weighted average number
of common shares
     18,163       15,204       17,962       15,121  
 
The following outstanding stock-based awards were excluded from the computation of the effect of dilutive securities on loss per share for the following periods because they would have been anti-dilutive:
 
 
   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
    
Six Months Ended
June 30,
  
   
2016
    
2015
    
2016
    
2015
  
Options
     -       10       -       10  
Stock-settled stock appreciation rights (SARs)
     1,027       1,041       1,027       1,041  
Restricted stock and restricted stock units (RSUs)
     1,230       1,747       1,230       1,747  
Performance contingent SARs
     -       188       -       188  
      2,257       2,986       2,257       2,986  
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]
In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance on revenue from contracts with customers that will supersede most current revenue recognition guidance. The underlying principle is that an entity will recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount that the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance permits the use of either a retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. In July 2015, the FASB approved a one-year deferral of the effective date of the guidance to interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted but not before the original effective date of December 15, 2016. The Company has not yet selected a transition method and is currently evaluating the impact of the amended guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.
 
In August 2014, the FASB issued guidance on determining when and how to disclose going-concern uncertainties in the financial statements. The new standard requires management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued. An entity must provide certain disclosures if conditions or events raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. The guidance applies to all entities and is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and interim periods thereafter, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of the new guidance on its quarterly reporting process and its
consolidated financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.
 
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which when effective will require organizations that lease assets (e.g., through "leases") to recognize assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by the leases on balance sheet. A lessee will be required to recognize assets and liabilities for leases with terms that exceed twelve months. The standard will also require disclosures to help investors and financial statement users better understand the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The disclosures include qualitative and quantitative requirements, providing additional information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial position and results of operations.
 
In March 2016, the FASB issued guidance
which clarifies the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations in the revenue recognition standard issued in May 2014. The new standard clarifies how an entity should identify the unit of accounting (i.e. the specified good or service) for the principal versus agent evaluation and how it should apply the control principle to certain types of arrangements. The effective date and transition requirements are the same as the effective date and transition requirements in the May 2014 revenue standard (Accounting Standards Codification 606). The Company is currently assessing the adoption methodology and the impact the adoption of these ASUs will have on its
consolidated financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.