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Viemed Healthcare Announces Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
LAFAYETTE, La., Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company” or “Viemed”) (NASDAQ:VMD and TSX:VMD.TO), a national leader in
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[{"type":"text","content":"LAFAYETTE, La., Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company” or “Viemed”) (NASDAQ:VMD and TSX:VMD.TO), a national leader in respiratory care and technology-enabled home medical equipment services, announced today that it has reported its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. Operational highlights (all dollar amounts are USD): Net revenues attributable to the Company's core business for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 were $33.1 million, a new Company record, and an increase of $6.9 million or 26% over core net revenues reported for the comparable quarter ended June 30, 2021. Including COVID-19 related services, total net revenues for the current quarter were $33.3 million. Through June 30, 2022, the Company has repurchased and cancelled 1,350,567 common shares under the share repurchase program at a cost of $7.0 million, representing an average buyback price of $5.18 per share.As a result of the Qualified Independent Contractor's reconsideration findings, recalculated overpayment requests have been issued by the Medicare Administrative Contractors, reducing the disputed exposure to $1.1 million. The Company has filed its appeals with the Administrative Law Judge, and intends to continue to defend itself vigorously through the remaining appeals processes, as necessary.The Company grew its ventilator patient count to 8,837, a 9% increase over the June 30, 2021 ventilator patient count. This represents the highest sequential quarterly growth since the second quarter of 2019.Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 totaled $6.5 million and Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $13.7 million. A reconciliation of reported non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures can be found in the tables accompanying this press release.The Company had a cash balance of $21.9 million at June 30, 2022 ($28.4 million at December 31, 2021) and an overall working capital balance of $24.0 million at June 30, 2022 ($29.5 million at December 31, 2021). Total long-term debt as of June 30, 2022 was $4.2 million ($4.3 million at December 31, 2021).The Company expects to generate net revenues of approximately $34.5 million to $35.5 million during the third quarter of 2022. “I am extremely proud of the robust growth acro...