UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023

OR

For the transition period from ___________to___________

Commission File Number: 000-28132

STREAMLINE HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

2400 Old Milton Pkwy., Box 1353

Alpharetta, GA 30009

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(888) 997-8732

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed using the closing price as reported by The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. for the Registrant’s Common Stock on July 31, 2022, the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $55,069,915.

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, as of April 24, 2023 was 58,610,540.

Documents incorporated by reference:

Information required by Part III is incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders or an amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of its fiscal year ended January 31, 2023.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We make forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Report”) and in other materials we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or otherwise make public. These statements about future events and expectations are “forward-looking” within the meaning of Sections 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In this Report, both Part I, Item 1, “Business,” and Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” contain forward-looking statements. In addition, our senior management makes forward-looking statements to analysts, investors, the media, and others. Statements with respect to expected revenue, income, receivables, backlog, client attrition, acquisitions and other growth opportunities, sources of funding operations and acquisitions, the integration of our solutions, the performance of our channel partner relationships, the sufficiency of available liquidity, research and development, and other statements of our plans, beliefs or expectations are forward-looking statements. These and other statements using words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “target,” “can,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions also are forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the particular statement. The forward-looking statements we make are not guarantees of future performance, and we have based these statements on our assumptions and analyses in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. Forward-looking statements by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results, and actual future results could differ materially from those described in such statements. Management cautions against putting undue reliance on forward-looking statements or projecting any future results based on such statements or present or historical earnings levels.

Among the factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from our expectations are the risks and uncertainties described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” herein, and the other cautionary statements in other documents we file with the SEC, including the following:

Most of these factors are beyond our ability to predict or control. Any of these factors, or a combination of these factors, could materially affect our future financial condition or results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of our forward-looking statements. There also are other factors that we may not describe (generally because we currently do not perceive them to be material) that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations.

We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

PART I

Item 1. Business

Company Overview

Incorporated in 1989, Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. is a provider of solutions and services in the middle of the revenue cycle for healthcare providers throughout the United States and Canada. Streamline Health’s technology helps hospitals improve their financial performance by optimizing data and coding for every patient encounter prior to bill submission. By performing these activities before billing, providers can drive net revenue through reduced revenue leakage, overbilling, and days in accounts receivable. This enables providers to achieve more predictable revenue streams using technology rather than manual intervention.

The Company provides computer software-based solutions, professional consulting and auditing and coding services, which capture, aggregate, and translate structured and unstructured data to deliver intelligently organized, easily accessible predictive insights to its clients. Hospitals and certain hospital owned and operated physician groups use the knowledge generated by Streamline Health to help them improve their financial performance.

The Company’s software solutions are delivered to clients either by access to the Company’s data center systems through a secure connection in a software as a service (“SaaS”) delivery method or by a fixed-term or perpetual license, where such software is installed locally in the client’s data center.

The Company operates exclusively in one segment as a provider of health information technology solutions and associated services that improve healthcare processes and information flows within a healthcare facility. The Company sells its solutions and services in North America to hospitals and health systems through its direct sales force and its reseller partnerships.

As part of the Company’s strategic expansion into the revenue cycle management, acute-care healthcare space, the Company acquired all of the equity interests of Avelead Consulting, LLC (“Avelead”) on August 16, 2021 on a cash- and debt-free basis. After the third fiscal quarter of 2022, the Company announced a restructuring in order to fully integrate the Avelead business with its other solutions by the end of fiscal 2022. As of that date, the Company’s management was combined under one leader, and the functions of sales and marketing, innovation, support, client success and implementation services were combined under common management.

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “Streamline Health,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” in this Report are intended to mean Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All references to a fiscal year refer to the fiscal year commencing February 1 in that calendar year and ending on January 31 of the following calendar year.

Solutions

The Company offers solutions and services to assist its clients in revenue cycle management including its two flagship technologies RevID™ and eValuator^TM. RevID offers automated, 24-hour reconciliation of clinical activity to patient billing records prior to billing. eValuator provides 100% automated coding analysis prior to billing. In addition, the Company offers an array of professional services, including system implementation. The Company’s solutions and services are designed to improve the flow of critical coding information throughout the enterprise. The solutions and services help to transform the structure of information between disparate information technology systems into actionable data, giving the end user comprehensive access to clinical and business intelligence to enhance billing accuracy and decision-making. Solutions can be accessed securely through SaaS or delivered either by a perpetual license or by a fixed-term license installed locally.

RevID Automated Revenue Reconciliation – RevID is a cloud-based SaaS automated, 24-hour charge reconciliation tool. RevID identifies discrepancies between a provider’s clinical and billing departments and ensures that every medical service is tracked, accounted for, and ultimately accurately billed, thereby reducing revenue leakage. RevID functions on a pre-bill basis, allowing providers to catch mistakes and discrepancies prior to billing.

eValuator Coding Analysis Platform - This technology is a cloud-based SaaS solution that delivers the capability of fully automated analysis on 100% of billing codes entered by a healthcare provider’s coding team. This is done on a pre-bill basis, enabling providers to identify and address their highest-impact cases prior to billing. Rule sets are enabled for inpatient, outpatient and pro-fee cases. With eValuator, providers can add an audit function on a pre-bill basis to all cases, allowing the provider to better optimize reimbursements and mitigate risk on its billing practices.

Data Comparison Engine (“DCE” or “Compare”) – Compare is a cloud-based SaaS system synchronization module that reconciles data in different software used by hospitals within their operations. Compare operates continuously and automates the reconciliation of these systems to identify discrepancies or errors occurring between systems. Additionally, the Compare module can be utilized as a maintenance check when a hospital adds additional disparate software systems or converts to a new software system.

Coding & CDI Solutions – CDI provides an integrated on-premise or cloud-based software suite that enhances the productivity of CDI and Coding staff and enables the seamless sharing of patient data. This suite of solutions includes workflows such as CDI, Abstracting and Physician Query.

Financial Management Solutions (FMBA) – FMBA has been sunset by the Company. FMBA solutions enable financial staff across the healthcare enterprise to drill down quickly into actionable and real-time financial data and key performance indicators to improve revenue realization. This suite of solutions includes individual workflows such as accounts receivable management, denials management, claims processing, spend management and audit management.

Professional Services

Audit and Coding Services — The Company provides technology-enabled audit and coding services to help clients review and optimize their internal clinical documentation and coding functions across the applicable segment of the client’s enterprise. The Company provides these services using experienced coders and auditors through use of its eValuator proprietary software to improve the targeting of records with the highest likelihood of requiring an audit. The audit services are provided for inpatient diagnostic-related group (DRG) code auditing, outpatient ambulatory payment classification (APC) auditing, hierarchical condition categories (HCC) auditing and Physician/Pro-Fee services coding and auditing. The Company has attracted new clients on eValuator utilizing its coding and auditing services as a technology enabled service.

Software Services – Software services relates to implementation of our core software modules, including data collection, configuration of the software based on the clients’ needs, training and support. Support services include non-specified upgrades to the software.

Professional Services – The Company’s professional services are typically associated with hospital revenue cycle assistance and include troubleshooting, staff augmentation and “adhoc” services. Services may include, but are not limited to, review of workflow processes, development and optimization of new workflows, optimization of interfaces, performance of audits and reconciliations, interim resources and project management of system implementations or conversions. The Company has replaced its emphasis on professional services with technology solutions. The Company’s premise is that technology on the front end of the revenue cycle process will reduce waste and errors in the coding and the backend.

Discontinued Operations

Enterprise Content Management (“ECM Assets”) – This legacy technology product has existed since the inception of the Company. This product assists hospitals with workflow on electronic health records. Historically, this has been one of the largest products, in terms of revenue, for the Company. The ECM Assets were sold on February 24, 2020 to Hyland Software in a transaction accounted for as a sale of assets. See Note 13 – Discontinued Operations to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”. For purposes of the financial information that is contained herein, this business is accounted for as Discontinued Operations.

Clients and Strategic Partners

The Company continues to provide transformational data-driven solutions to some of the finest, most well-respected healthcare enterprises in the United States and Canada. Clients are geographically dispersed throughout North America. The Company provides these solutions through a combination of direct sales and relationships with strategic channel partners.

During fiscal 2022, two individual clients accounted for 10% or more of our continuing operations revenue and represented approximately $7.9 million of total continuing operations revenue. During fiscal 2021, one individual client accounted for 10% or more of our continuing operations revenue and represented approximately $2.6 million of total continuing operations revenue. Four clients represented 13%, 12%, 12% and 10%, respectively, of continuing operations accounts receivable as of January 31, 2023, and three clients represented 24%, 16% and 15%, respectively, of continuing operations accounts receivable as of January 31, 2022. Many of our clients are invoiced on an annual basis.

For more information regarding our major clients, please see “Risks Relating to Our Business - Our sales have been concentrated in a small number of clients” in Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” herein.

Acquisitions and Divestitures

The Company regularly evaluates opportunities for acquisitions and divestitures for portions of the Company that may not align with current growth strategies.

The Company acquired all of the equity interests of Avelead as part of the Company’s strategic expansion into the revenue cycle management, acute-care healthcare space. The acquisition was completed on August 16, 2021. The aggregate consideration for the purchase of Avelead was approximately $29.7 million (at fair value) consisting of (i) $12.5 million in cash, net of cash acquired, (ii) $6.5 million in common stock, and (iii) approximately $10.7 million in contingent consideration. The Company issued 5,021,972 shares of its restricted common stock to Avelead equity holders in connection with the acquisition. See Note 3 - Business Combination and Divestiture to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for additional information regarding the acquisition.

The Company divested its legacy ECM Assets, effective February 24, 2020, in a transaction accounted for as a sale of assets. This sale of assets is consistent with the Company’s efforts to offer and invest in products that serve the middle of the revenue cycle, primarily for acute care healthcare organizations. We applied the standard of ASC 205-20-1 to ascertain the timing of accounting for the discontinued operations. Based on ASC 205-20-1, the Company determined that it did not have the authority to sell the assets until the date of the stockholder approval which was February 21, 2020. Accordingly, the Company did not present the ECM Assets as held for sale in its fiscal 2019 financial statements. On February 21, 2020, the Company having the authority and ability to consummate the sale of the ECM Assets, met the criteria to present discontinued operations as described in ASC 205-20-1. Accordingly, the Company is reporting the results of operations and cash flows, and related balance sheet items associated with the ECM Assets in discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and balance sheets for the current and comparative prior periods. See Note 13 – Discontinued Operations to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.

Business Segments

Under ASC 280-10-50-11, two or more operating segments may be aggregated into a single operating segment if they are considered to be similar. Operating segments are considered to be similar if they can be expected to have essentially the same economic characteristics and future prospects. Using the aggregation guidance, the Company determined that it has one operating segment due to the similar economic characteristics of the Company’s products, product development, distribution, regulatory environment and client base as a provider of computer software-based solutions and services for acute-care healthcare organizations.

For fiscal years 2022 and 2021, the Company had two reporting units for evaluation of goodwill; Streamline Solutions and Avelead Solutions. The Company has determined that effective January 1, 2023, it has one reporting unit for purposes of evaluation of goodwill. At the end of fiscal 2022, the Company consolidated and combined its operations for Streamline Solutions and Avelead Solutions. For total assets at January 31, 2023 and 2022 and total revenue and net loss for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2023 and 2022, see our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” herein.

Contracts, License and Services Fees

The Company enters into agreements with its clients that specify the scope of the system to be installed and/or services to be provided by the Company, as well as the agreed-upon pricing, applicable term duration and the timetable for the associated licenses and services.

For clients purchasing software to be installed locally or provided on a SaaS model, these are multiple performance obligations that include either a perpetual or term license and right to access the applicable software functionality (whether installed locally at the client site or the right to use the Company’s solutions as a part of SaaS services), terms regarding maintenance and support services, and professional services for implementation, integration, process engineering, optimization and training, as well as fees and payment terms for each of the foregoing. If the client purchases solutions on a perpetual license model, the client is billed the license fee up front. Maintenance and support is provided on a term basis for separate fees, with an initial term typically from one to five years in length. The maintenance and support fee is charged annually, in advance, commencing either upon contract execution or deployment of the solution in live production. If the client purchases solutions on a term-based model, the client is billed periodically a combined access fee for a specified term, typically from one to seven years in length. The access fee includes the access rights along with all maintenance and support services.

The Company also generally provides software and SaaS clients professional services for implementation, integration, process engineering, optimization and training. These services and the associated fees are separate from the license, maintenance and access fees. Professional services are provided on either a fixed-fee or hourly arrangements billable to clients based on agreed-to payment milestones (fixed fee) or monthly payment structure on hours incurred (hourly). These services can either be included at the time the related locally installed software or SaaS solution is licensed as part of the initial purchase agreement or added as an addendum to the existing agreement for services required after the initial implementation. The Company recognizes revenue for implementation for certain of its eValuator SaaS solution over the contract term, as it has been determined that those implementation services are not a distinct performance obligation, whereas for other SaaS and Software solutions such as CDI, RevID and Compare, it has been determined that its implementation services are a distinct performance obligation and, accordingly, are recognized separately as professional services.

Coding and audit services are provided through a stand-alone services agreement or services addendum to an existing master services agreement with the client. These review services are available as either a one-time service or recurring monthly, quarterly or annual review structure. These services are typically provided on a per reviewed account/chart basis. Monthly minimums are required where material discounts have been offered. Revenue is generally recognized when the chart is reviewed (i.e, service is completed).

The commencement of revenue recognition on software solutions varies depending on the size and complexity of the system and/or services involved, the implementation or performance schedule requested by the client and usage by clients of SaaS for software-based components. The Company’s agreements are generally non-cancellable but provide that the client may terminate its agreement upon a material breach by the Company and/or may delay certain aspects of the installation or associated payments in such events. The Company does allow for termination for convenience in certain situations. Therefore, it is difficult for the Company to accurately predict the revenue it expects to achieve in any particular period, and a termination or installation delay of one or more phases of an agreement, or the failure of the Company to procure additional agreements, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations, as further discussed in Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” herein. Historically, the Company has not experienced a material amount of contract cancellations; however, the Company sometimes experiences delays in the course of contract performance and the Company accounts for them accordingly.

Third-Party License Fees

The Company incorporates software licensed from various third-party vendors into its proprietary software. The Company licenses these software products and pays the required license fees when such software is delivered to clients.

Associates

As of January 31, 2023, the Company had 112 employees, a net decrease of 22 employees during fiscal 2022. All employees are full-time employees. The Company utilizes independent contractors to supplement its staff, as needed. None of the Company’s associates are represented by a labor union or subject to a collective bargaining agreement. The Company has never experienced a work stoppage and believes that its employee relations are good. The Company’s success depends, to a significant degree, on its management, sales and technical personnel.

For more information on contracts, backlog, acquisitions and research and development, see also Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

Competition

The RevID product has competition in charge reconciliation, generally. The Company believes RevID’s automated charge reconciliation technique is unique in the industry as it specifically interacts with desperate clinical systems identifying unbilled services. There are products that purport to provide similar services, including nThrive’s Charge Capture Audit Tool and CloudMed’s ReVint Tool set. The Company anticipates that additional competition may develop as pre-bill, daily charge reconciliation becomes a standard within the industry.

The eValuator product has numerous competitors in the auditing software industry. The Company believes eValuator is unique in that it is designed and has the requisite workflow to perform audits on a pre-bill basis. The Company believes it is an industry leader in pre-bill auditing technology. We have seen competition on similar products that are being utilized by clients as a pre-bill auditing tool, such as PwC Smart and 3M, however, these similar products are intended to be utilized for post-bill auditing which is a different workflow than what is necessary for pre-bill auditing. We expect to have competition in the pre-bill technology industry. Client processes dictates that correcting errors prior to billing is more efficient and effective than having an audit after billing. There will be larger and more sophisticated competitors than our Company. Accordingly, using the time we have to gain market share prior to direct competition is critical to the Company’s success.

The Compare product has little direct competition outside of manual (Microsoft excel) based reconciliations. The Company believes that few systems exist that can accurately compare the various software systems used by hospitals. Examples of potential competitors include Vitalware, Craneware and nThrive’s Chargemaster toolkit. The Company believes Compare is unique in that it can be easily fine-tuned to work with a wide array of hospital systems to create a bespoke offering for specific clients, easing transitions to new platforms or as an ongoing maintenance check tool.

Regarding our Coding and CDI Solutions, eValuator Coding Analysis Platform, and Financial Management Solutions, several companies historically have dominated the clinical information system software market. The industry is undergoing consolidation and realignment as companies position themselves to compete more effectively. Strategic alliances between vendors of other healthcare systems are increasing. Barriers to entry to this market include technological and application sophistication, the ability to offer a proven product, creating and utilizing a well-established client base and distribution channels, brand recognition, the ability to operate on a variety of operating systems and hardware platforms, the ability to integrate with pre-existing systems and capital for sustained development and marketing activities. The Company has many competitors including clinical information system vendors that are larger, more established and have substantially more resources than the Company.

Regarding our Audit Services, there are numerous companies and independent consultants who offer these services. Barriers to entry to this market include creating and utilizing a well-established client base and distribution channels, brand recognition, establishing differentiators for our services and capital for sustained development and marketing activities.

The Company believes that these obstacles taken together represent a moderate to high-level barrier to entry. The Company believes that the principal competitive factors in its market are client recommendations and references, company reputation, system reliability, system features and functionality (including ease of use), technological advancements, client service and support, breadth and quality of the systems, the potential for enhancements and future compatible products, the effectiveness of marketing and sales efforts, price, and the size and perceived financial stability of the vendor. In addition, the Company believes that the speed with which companies in its market can anticipate the evolving healthcare industry structure and identify unmet needs are important competitive factors.

Additional Intellectual Property Rights

In addition to the software licenses described in other sections of this Item 1, “Business”, the Company also holds registered trademarks for its Streamline Health® and other key trademarks used in selling its products. These marks are currently active, with registrations being valid for a period of three years each. The Company actively renews these marks at the end of each registration period.

Regulation

Our clients derive a substantial portion of their revenue from third-party private and governmental payors, including through Medicare, Medicaid and other government-sponsored programs. Our clients also have express handling and retention obligations under information-based laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. There are no material regulatory proposals of which the Company is aware that we believe currently have a high likelihood of passage that we anticipate would have a material impact on the operation or demand of the Company’s products and services. However, the Company acknowledges there is currently great uncertainty in the U.S. healthcare market, generally, from a regulatory perspective. In addition, there is regulatory uncertainty in the data and technology sectors as it relates to information security regulations. Material changes could have unanticipated impact on demand or usability of the Company’s solutions, require the Company to incur additional development and/or operating costs (on a one-time or recurring basis) or cause clients to terminate their agreements or otherwise be unable to pay amounts owed to the Company, as further discussed in Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” herein.

Environmental Matters

We believe we are compliant in all material aspects with all applicable environmental laws. We do not anticipate that such compliance will have a material effect on capital expenditures, earnings or the competitive position of our operations.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We have a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that guides and binds each of our employees, officers and directors which is available on the “Investor Relations” page of our website, www.streamlinehealth.net, under the “Corporate Governance” tab. We use an anonymous compliance hotline for employees and outside parties to report potential instances of noncompliance.

Available Information

Copies of documents filed by the Company with the SEC, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and all amendments to those reports and statements, if any, can be found at the website http://investor.streamlinehealth.net as soon as practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The information contained on the Company’s website is not part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Report. Copies can be downloaded free of charge from the Company’s website or directly from the SEC website, https://www.sec.gov. Also, copies of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K will be made available, free of charge, upon written request to the Company, attention: Corporate Secretary, 2400 Old Milton Pkwy, Box 1353, Alpharetta, GA 30009.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

An investment in our common stock or other securities involves a number of risks. You should carefully consider each of the risks described below before deciding to invest in our common stock or other securities. If any of the following risks develops into actual events, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be negatively affected, the market price of our common stock or other securities could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Relating to Our Business

Our sales have been concentrated in a small number of clients.

Our revenues have been concentrated in a relatively small number of large clients, and we have historically derived a substantial percentage of our total continuing operations revenue from a few clients. For fiscal years ended January 31, 2023 and 2022, our five largest clients accounted for 46% and 40%, respectively, of our total continuing operations revenue. If one or more clients terminate all or any portion of a master agreement, delay installations or if we fail to procure additional agreements, there could be a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. See Note 9 - Major Clients to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”, herein for further information regarding representation of the Company’s largest individual major clients.

Over the last several years, we have completed acquisitions, and may undertake additional acquisitions in the future. Any failure to adequately integrate past and future acquisitions into our business could have a material adverse effect on us.

Acquisitions will require that we integrate into our existing operations separate companies that historically operated independently or as part of another, larger organization, and had different systems, processes and cultures. Acquisitions may require integration of finance and administrative organizations and involve exposure to different legal and regulatory regimes in jurisdictions in which we have not previously operated.

Over the last several years, we have completed acquisitions of businesses through asset and stock purchases. We expect that we will make additional acquisitions in the future.

Acquisitions involve a number of risks, including, but not limited to:

If we fail to successfully integrate acquired businesses or fail to implement our business strategies with respect to acquisitions, we may not be able to achieve projected results or support the amount of consideration paid for such acquired businesses, which could have an adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

Finally, if we finance acquisitions by issuing equity or convertible or other debt securities, our existing stockholders may be diluted, or we could face constraints related to the terms of and repayment obligations related to the incurrence of indebtedness. This could adversely affect the market price of our securities.

We could consume resources in researching acquisitions, business opportunities or financings and capital market transactions that are not ultimately consummated, which could materially adversely affect our financial condition and subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or invest in another business.

We anticipate that the investigation of each specific acquisition or business opportunity and the negotiation, drafting, and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents, and other instruments with respect to such transaction will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for financial advisors, accountants, attorneys and other advisors. If a decision is made not to consummate a specific acquisition, business opportunity or financing and capital market transaction, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable. Furthermore, even if an agreement is reached relating to a specific acquisition, investment target or financing, we may fail to consummate the investment or acquisition for any number of reasons, including those beyond our control. Any such event could consume significant management time and result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred, which could adversely affect our financial position and our ability to consummate other acquisitions and investments.

A significant increase in new SaaS contracts could require a significant cash outlay, which could adversely affect near term cash flow.

If new or existing clients purchase significant amounts of our SaaS services, we may have to expend a significant amount of initial setup costs and time before those new clients are able to begin using such services, and we cannot begin to recognize revenues from those SaaS agreements until the commencement of such services. Accordingly, we anticipate that our near-term cash flow may be adversely affected by significant incremental setup costs from new SaaS clients that would not be offset by revenue until new SaaS clients go into production. While we anticipate long-term growth in profitability through increases in recurring SaaS subscription fees and significantly improved profit visibility, any inability to adequately finance setup costs for new SaaS solutions could result in the failure to put new SaaS solutions into production and could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial position and results of operations. In addition, this near-term cash flow demand could adversely impact our financial flexibility and cause us to forego otherwise attractive business opportunities or investments.

We may not see the anticipated market interest or growth in our software solutions. In addition, coding audit services and associated software and technologies represent a new market for the Company, and we may not see the anticipated market interest or growth due to being a new player in the industry.

The Company is currently investing in the eValuator platform as well as new software-based technologies relating to high automation and machine-based analytics regarding a client’s coding audit process. The return on this investment requires that the product developments continue to be defined and completed in a timely and cost-effective manner, there remains general interest in the marketplace (for both existing and future clients) for this technology, the demand for the product generates sufficient revenue in light of the development costs and that the Company is able to execute a successful product launch for these technologies. If the Company is unable to meet these requirements when launching these technologies, or if there is a delay in the launch process, the Company may not see an increase in revenue to offset the current development costs or otherwise translate to added growth and revenue for the Company.

Clients may exercise termination rights within their contracts, which may cause uncertainty in anticipated and future revenue streams.

The Company generally does not allow for termination of a client’s agreement except at the end of the agreed upon term or for cause. However, certain of the Company’s client contracts provide that the client may terminate the contract without cause prior to the end of the term of the agreement by providing written notice, sometimes with relatively short notice periods. The Company also provides trial or evaluation periods for certain clients, especially for new products and services. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that a client will not cancel all or any portion of an agreement, even without an express early termination right, and the Company may face additional costs or hardships collecting on amounts owed if a client terminates an agreement without such a right. Whether resulting from termination for cause or the limited termination for convenience rights discussed above, the existence of contractual relationships with these clients is not an assurance that we will continue to provide services for our clients through the entire term of their respective agreements. If clients representing a significant portion of our revenue terminated their agreements unexpectedly, we may not, in the short-term, be able to replace the revenue and income from such contracts and this would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, client contract terminations could harm our reputation within the industry, especially any termination for cause, which could negatively impact our ability to obtain new clients.

Changes in healthcare regulations impacting coding, payers and other aspects of the healthcare regulatory cycle could have substantial impact on our financial performance, growth and operating costs.

Our sales and profitability depend, in part, on the extent to which coverage of and reimbursement for medical care provided is available from governmental health programs, private health insurers, managed care plans and other third-party payors. Unanticipated regulatory changes could materially impact the need for and/or value of our solutions. For example, if governmental or other third-party payors materially reduce reimbursement rates or fail to reimburse our clients adequately, our clients may suffer adverse financial consequences. Changes in regulations affecting the healthcare industry, such as any increased regulation by governmental agencies of the purchase and sale of medical products, or restrictions on permissible discounts and other financial arrangements, could also directly impact the capabilities our solutions and services provide and the pricing arrangements we are required to offer to be competitive in the market. Similarly, the U.S. Congress may adopt legislation that may change, override, conflict with or pre-empt the currently existing regulations and which could restrict the ability of clients to obtain, use or disseminate patient health information and/or impact the value of the functionality our products and services provide.

These situations would, in turn, reduce the demand for our solutions or services and/or the ability for a client to purchase our solutions or services. This could have a material impact on our financial performance. In addition, the speed with which the Company can respond to and address any such changes when compared with the response of other companies in the same market (especially companies who may accurately anticipate the evolving healthcare industry structure and identify unmet needs) are important competitive factors. If the Company is not able to address the modifications in a timely manner compared with our competition, that may further reduce demand for our solutions and services.

The potential impact on us of new or changes in existing federal, state and local regulations governing healthcare information could be substantial.

Healthcare regulations issued to date have not had a material adverse effect on our business. However, we cannot predict the potential impact of new or revised regulations that have not yet been released or made final, or any other regulations that might be adopted. The U.S. Congress may adopt legislation that may change, override, conflict with or pre-empt the currently existing regulations and which could restrict the ability of clients to obtain, use or disseminate patient health information. Although the features and architecture of our existing solutions can be modified, it may be difficult to address the changing regulation of healthcare information.

The healthcare industry is highly regulated. Any material changes in the political, economic or regulatory healthcare environment that affect the group purchasing business or the purchasing practices and operations of healthcare organizations, or that lead to consolidation in the healthcare industry, could require us to modify our services or reduce the funds available to providers to purchase our solutions and services.

Our business, financial condition and results of operations depend upon conditions affecting the healthcare industry generally and hospitals and health systems particularly. Our ability to grow will depend upon the economic environment of the healthcare industry, as well as our ability to increase the number of solutions that we sell to our clients. The healthcare industry is highly regulated and is subject to changing political, economic and regulatory influences. Factors such as changes in reimbursement policies for healthcare expenses, consolidation in the healthcare industry, regulation, litigation and general economic conditions affect the purchasing practices, operation and, ultimately, the operating funds of healthcare organizations. In particular, changes in regulations affecting the healthcare industry, such as any increased regulation by governmental agencies of the purchase and sale of medical products, or restrictions on permissible discounts and other financial arrangements, could require us to make unplanned modifications to our solutions and services, or result in delays or cancellations of orders or reduce funds and demand for our solutions and services.

Our clients derive a substantial portion of their revenue from third-party private and governmental payors, including through Medicare, Medicaid and other government-sponsored programs. Our sales and profitability depend, in part, on the extent to which coverage of and reimbursement for medical care provided is available from governmental health programs, private health insurers, managed care plans and other third-party payors. If governmental or other third-party payors materially reduce reimbursement rates or fail to reimburse our clients adequately, our clients may suffer adverse financial consequences, which in turn, may reduce the demand for and ability to purchase our solutions or services.

We face significant competition, including from companies with significantly greater resources.

We currently compete with many other companies for the licensing of similar software solutions and related services. Several companies historically have dominated the clinical information systems software market and several of these companies have either acquired, developed, or are developing their own analytics and coding/clinical documentation improvement solutions, as well as the resultant workflow technologies. The industry is undergoing consolidation and realignment as companies position themselves to compete more effectively. Many of these companies are larger than us and have significantly more resources to invest in their business. In addition, information and document management companies serving other industries may enter the market. Suppliers and companies with whom we may establish strategic alliances also may compete with us. Such companies and vendors may either individually, or by forming alliances excluding us, place bids for large agreements in competition with us. A decision on the part of any of these competitors to focus additional resources in any one of our three solutions stacks (coding audit solutions, analytics and coding/clinical documentation improvement), workflow technologies and other markets addressed by us could have a material adverse effect on us.

The healthcare industry is evolving rapidly, which may make it more difficult for us to be competitive in the future.

The U.S. healthcare system is under intense pressure to improve in many areas, including modernization, universal access and controlling skyrocketing costs of care. We believe that the principal competitive factors in our market are client recommendations and references, company reputation, system reliability, system features and functionality (including ease of use), technological advancements, client service and support, breadth and quality of the systems, the potential for enhancements and future compatible solutions, the effectiveness of marketing and sales efforts, price and the size and perceived financial stability of the vendor. In addition, we believe that the speed with which companies in our market can anticipate the evolving healthcare industry structure and identify unmet needs is an important competitive factor. If we are unable to keep pace with changing conditions and new developments, we will not be able to compete successfully in the future against existing or potential competitors.

Rapid technology changes and short product life cycles could harm our business.

The market for our solutions and services is characterized by rapidly changing technologies, regulatory requirements, evolving industry standards and new product introductions and enhancements that may render existing solutions obsolete or less competitive. As a result, our position in the healthcare information technology market could change rapidly due to unforeseen changes in the features and functions of competing products, as well as the pricing models for such products. Our future success will depend, in part, upon our ability to enhance our existing solutions and services and to develop and introduce new solutions and services to meet changing requirements. Moreover, competitors may develop competitive products that could adversely affect our operating results. We need to maintain an ongoing research and development program to continue to develop new solutions and apply new technologies to our existing solutions but may not have sufficient funds with which to undertake such required research and development. If we are not able to foresee changes or to react in a timely manner to such developments, we may experience a material, adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our intellectual property rights are valuable, and any inability to protect them could reduce the value of our solutions and services.

Our intellectual property, which represents an important asset to us, has some protection against infringement through copyright and trademark law. We generally have little patent protection on our software. We rely upon license agreements, employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, nondisclosure agreements and similar agreements to maintain the confidentiality of our proprietary information and trade secrets. Notwithstanding these precautions, others may copy, reverse engineer or independently design technology similar to our solutions. If we fail to protect adequately our intellectual property through trademarks and copyrights, license agreements, employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, nondisclosure agreements or similar agreements, our intellectual property rights may be misappropriated by others, invalidated or challenged, and our competitors could duplicate our technology or may otherwise limit any competitive technology advantage we may have. It may be necessary to litigate to enforce or defend our proprietary technology or to determine the validity of the intellectual property rights of others. Any litigation, successful or unsuccessful, may result in substantial cost and require significant attention by management and technical personnel.

Due to the rapid pace of technological change, we believe our future success is likely to depend upon continued innovation, technical expertise, marketing skills and client support and services rather than on legal protection of our intellectual property rights. However, we have aggressively asserted our intellectual property rights when necessary and intend to do so in the future.

We could be subjected to claims of intellectual property infringement that could be expensive to defend.

While we do not believe that our solutions and services infringe upon the intellectual property rights of third parties, the potential for intellectual property infringement claims continually increases as the number of software patents and copyrighted and trademarked materials continues to rapidly expand. Any claim for intellectual property right infringement, even if not meritorious, could be expensive to defend. If we were held liable for infringing third party intellectual property rights, we could incur substantial damage awards, and potentially be required to cease using the technology, produce non-infringing technology or obtain a license to use such technology. Such potential liabilities or increased costs could be material to us.

If we are unable to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, we may fail to prevent or detect material misstatements in our financial statements, in which case investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial statements.

In connection with the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for each of our fiscal years, our management conducts a review of our internal control over financial reporting. We are also required to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures. Any failure to maintain adequate controls or to adequately implement required new or improved controls could harm operating results, or cause failure to meet reporting obligations in a timely and accurate manner.

Third party products are essential to our software.

Our software incorporates software licensed from various vendors into our proprietary software. In addition, third-party, stand-alone software is required to operate some of our proprietary software modules. The loss of the ability to use these third-party products, or ability to obtain substitute third-party software at comparable prices, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to license our software.

Our solutions may not be error-free and could result in claims of breach of contract and liabilities.

Our solutions are very complex and may not be error-free, especially when first released. Although we perform extensive testing, failure of any solution to operate in accordance with its specifications and documentation could constitute a breach of the license agreement and require us to correct the deficiency. If such deficiency is not corrected within the agreed-upon contractual limitations on liability and cannot be corrected in a timely manner, it could constitute a material breach of a contract allowing the termination thereof and possibly subjecting us to liability. Also, we sometimes indemnify our clients against third-party infringement claims. If such claims are made, even if they are without merit, they could be expensive to defend. Our license and SaaS agreements generally limit our liability arising from these types of claims, but such limits may not be enforceable in some jurisdictions or under some circumstances. A significant uninsured or under-insured judgment against us could have a material adverse impact on us.

We could be liable to third parties from the use of our solutions.

Our solutions provide access to patient information used by physicians and other medical personnel in providing medical care. The medical care provided by physicians and other medical personnel are subject to numerous medical malpractice and other claims. We attempt to limit any potential liability of ours to clients by limiting the warranties on our solutions in our agreements with our clients (i.e., healthcare providers). However, such agreements do not protect us from third-party claims by patients who may seek damages from any or all persons or entities connected to the process of delivering patient care. We maintain insurance, which provides limited protection from such claims, if such claims result in liability to us. Although no such claims have been brought against us to date regarding injuries related to the use of our solutions, such claims may be made in the future. A significant uninsured or under-insured judgment against us could have a material adverse impact on us.

Our SaaS and support services could experience interruptions.

We provide SaaS for many clients, including the storage of critical patient, financial and administrative data. In addition, we provide support services to clients through our client support organization. We have redundancies, such as backup generators, redundant telecommunications lines and backup facilities built into our operations to prevent disruptions. However, complete failure of all generators, impairment of all telecommunications lines or severe casualty damage to the primary building or equipment inside the primary building housing our hosting center or client support facilities could cause a temporary disruption in operations and adversely affect clients who depend on the application hosting services. Any interruption in operations at our data center or client support facility could cause us to lose existing clients, impede our ability to obtain new clients, result in revenue loss, cause potential liability to our clients, and increase our operating costs.

Our business and operations would suffer in the event of computer system failures, cyber-attacks or a deficiency in our cybersecurity. Our SaaS solutions are provided over an internet connection and any breach of security or confidentiality of protected health information could expose us to significant expense and harm our reputation.

Despite the implementation of security measures, our internal computer systems, and those of third parties on which we rely, are vulnerable to damage from a variety of causes, including computer viruses, malware, intentional or accidental mistakes or errors by users with authorized access to our computer systems, natural disasters, terrorism, war, telecommunication and electrical failures, cyber-attacks or cyber-intrusions over the Internet, or attachments to emails. The risk of a security breach or disruption, particularly through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusions, including by computer hackers, non-U.S. governments, extra-state actors and cyber terrorists, has generally increased as the number, intensity and sophistication of attempted attacks and intrusions from around the world have increased.

We provide remote SaaS solutions for clients, including the storage of critical patient, financial and administrative data. We have security measures in place to prevent or detect misappropriation of protected health information. We must maintain facility and systems security measures to preserve the confidentiality of data belonging to clients, as well as their patients, that resides on computer equipment in our data center, which we handle via application hosting services, or that is otherwise in our possession. Notwithstanding efforts undertaken to protect data, it can be vulnerable to infiltration as well as unintentional lapse. If any disruption or security breach was to result in a loss of or damage to our data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could face claims for contract breach, penalties and other liabilities for violation of applicable laws or regulations, significant costs for remediation and re-engineering to prevent future occurrences and serious harm to our reputation.

In the current environment, there are numerous and evolving risks to cybersecurity and privacy, including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state-sponsored intrusions, industrial espionage, employee malfeasance and human or technological error. High-profile security breaches at other companies and in government agencies have increased in recent years, and security industry experts and government officials have warned about the risks of hackers and cyber-attacks targeting businesses such as ours. Computer hackers and others routinely attempt to breach the security of technology products, services and systems, and to fraudulently induce employees, clients, or others to disclose information or unwittingly provide access to systems or data. We can provide no assurance that our current IT systems, software, or third-party services, or any updates or upgrades thereto will be fully protected against third-party intrusions, viruses, hacker attacks, information or data theft or other similar threats.

Legislative or regulatory action in these areas is also evolving, and we may be unable to adapt our IT systems to accommodate these changes. We have experienced and expect to continue to experience sophisticated attempted cyber-attacks of our IT networks. Although none of these attempted cyber-attacks has had a material adverse impact on our operations or financial condition, we cannot guarantee that any such incidents will not have such an impact in the future.

The loss of key personnel could adversely affect our business.

Our success depends, to a significant degree, on our management, sales force and technical personnel. We must recruit, motivate and retain highly skilled managers, sales, consulting and technical personnel, including solution programmers, database specialists, consultants and system architects who have the requisite expertise in the technical environments in which our solutions operate. Competition for such technical expertise is intense. Our failure to attract and retain qualified personnel could have a material adverse effect on us.

Our future success depends upon our ability to grow, and if we are unable to manage our growth effectively, we may incur unexpected expenses and be unable to meet our clients’ requirements.

We will need to expand our operations if we successfully achieve greater demand for our products and services. We cannot be certain that our systems, procedures, controls and human resources will be adequate to support expansion of our operations. Our future operating results will depend on the ability of our officers and employees to manage changing business conditions and to implement and improve our technical, administrative, financial control and reporting systems. We may not be able to expand and upgrade our systems and infrastructure to accommodate these increases. Difficulties in managing any future growth, including as a result of integrating any prior or future acquisition with our existing businesses, could cause us to incur unexpected expenses or render us unable to meet our clients’ requirements, and consequently have a significant negative impact on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We may not have access to sufficient or cost-efficient capital to support our growth, execute our business plans and remain competitive in our markets.

As our operations grow and as we implement our business strategies, we expect to use both internal and external sources of capital. In addition to cash flow from normal operations, we may need additional capital in the form of debt or equity to operate and support our growth, execute our business plans and remain competitive in our markets. We may have no or limited availability to such external capital, in which case our future prospects may be materially impaired. Furthermore, we may not be able to access external sources of capital on reasonable or favorable terms. Our business operations could be subject to both financial and operational covenants that may limit the activities we may undertake, even if we believe they would benefit the Company.

Unstable market and economic conditions and potential disruptions in the credit markets may adversely affect our business, including the availability and cost of short-term funds for liquidity requirements and our ability to meet long-term commitments, which could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

If internally generated funds are not available from operations, we may be required to rely on the banking and credit markets to meet our financial commitments and short-term liquidity needs. Our access to funds under our revolving credit facility or pursuant to arrangements with other financial institutions is dependent on the financial institution’s ability to meet funding commitments. Financial institutions may not be able to meet their funding commitments if they experience shortages of capital and liquidity or if they experience high volumes of borrowing requests from other borrowers within a short period of time.

In addition, the global credit and financial markets have recently experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, inflationary pressure and interest rate changes and uncertainty about economic stability. More recently, the closures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and their placement into receivership with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created bank-specific and broader financial institution liquidity risk and concerns. Although the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the FDIC jointly released a statement that depositors at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank would have access to their funds, even those in excess of the standard FDIC insurance limits, under a systemic risk exception, future adverse developments with respect to specific financial institutions or the broader financial services industry may lead to market-wide liquidity shortages, impair the ability of companies to access near-term working capital needs, and create additional market and economic uncertainty. There can be no assurance that future credit and financial market instability and a deterioration in confidence in economic conditions will not occur. Our general business strategy may be adversely affected by any such economic downturn, liquidity shortages, volatile business environment or continued unpredictable and unstable market conditions. If the equity and credit markets deteriorate, or if adverse developments are experienced by financial institutions, it may cause short-term liquidity risk and also make any necessary debt or equity financing more difficult, more costly and more dilutive. Failure to secure any necessary financing in a timely manner and on favorable terms could have a material adverse effect on our growth strategy, financial performance and stock price and could require us to delay or abandon clinical development plans. In addition, there is a risk that one or more of our current service providers, financial institutions, manufacturers and other partners may be adversely affected by the foregoing risks, which could directly affect our ability to attain our operating goals on schedule and on budget.

We must maintain compliance with the terms of our existing credit facilities or receive a waiver for any non-compliance. The failure to maintain compliance could have a material adverse effect on our ability to finance our ongoing operations and we may not be able to find an alternative lending source if a default occurs.

On November 29, 2022, the Company executed a Second Modification to the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Second Modification Debt Agreement”). The Second Modification Debt Agreement includes an expansion of the Company’s total borrowing to include a $2,000,000 revolving line of credit. The revolving line of credit will be co-terminus with the term loan and matures on August 26, 2026. There are no requirements to draw on the line of credit. Amounts outstanding under the line of credit portion of the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate (as published in The Wall Street Journal) plus 1.5%, with a Prime “floor” rate of 3.25%. The Second Modification Debt Agreement amended the covenants of the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement. Refer to Note 5 – Debt for information regarding the second Modification Debt Agreement. At January 31, 2023, there was no outstanding balance on the revolving line of credit.

On August 26, 2021, the Company and its subsidiaries entered into the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement with Bridge Bank. Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, Bridge Bank agreed to provide the Company and its subsidiaries with a new term loan facility in the maximum principal amount of $10,000,000. Amounts outstanding under the term loan of the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate (as published in The Wall Street Journal) plus 1.5%, with a Prime “floor” rate of 3.25%. Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, the Company discontinued the existing $3,000,000 revolving credit facility with Bridge Bank. At the time of the discontinuance, there was no outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility.

The Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement has a five-year term, and the maximum principal amount was advanced in a single-cash advance on or about the closing date. Interest accrued under the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement is due monthly, and the Company shall make monthly interest-only payments through the one-year anniversary of the closing date. From the first anniversary of the closing date through the maturity date, the Company shall make monthly payments of principal and interest that increase over the term of the agreement. The Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement requires principal repayments of $500,000 in the second year, $1,000,000 in the third year, $2,000,000 in the fourth year, and $3,000,000 in the fifth year, respectively, with the remaining outstanding principal balance and all accrued but unpaid interest due in full on the maturity date. The Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement may also require early repayments if certain conditions are met. The Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company, its subsidiaries, and certain of its affiliates.

If we do not maintain compliance with all of the continuing covenants and other terms and conditions of our existing credit facilities or secure a waiver for any non-compliance, we could be required to repay outstanding borrowings on an accelerated basis, which could subject us to decreased liquidity and other negative impacts on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Furthermore, if we needed to do so, it may be difficult for us to find an alternative lending source. In addition, because our assets are pledged as a security under our credit facilities, if we are not able to cure any default or repay outstanding borrowings, our assets are subject to the risk of foreclosure by our lenders. Without a sufficient credit facility, we would be adversely affected by a lack of access to liquidity needed to operate our business. Any disruption in access to credit could force us to take measures to conserve cash, such as deferring important research and development expenses, which measures could have a material adverse effect on us.

Economic conditions in the U.S. and globally may have significant effects on our clients and suppliers that could result in material adverse effects on our business, operating results and stock price.

Economic conditions in the U.S. and globally could deteriorate and cause the worldwide economy to enter into a stagnant period that could materially adversely affect our clients’ access to capital or willingness to spend capital on our solutions and services or their levels of cash liquidity with which to pay for solutions that they will order or have already ordered from us. In addition, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine could lead to disruption, instability and volatility in global markets and industries that could negatively impact our operations. The U.S. government, and other governments in jurisdictions in which we operate, have imposed severe sanctions and export controls against Russia and Russian interests and threatened additional sanctions and controls. The impact of these measures, as well as potential responses to them by Russia, is currently unknown and they could adversely affect our business, partners or clients. Challenging economic conditions also would likely negatively impact our business, which could result in: (1) reduced demand for our solutions and services; (2) increased price competition for our solutions and services; (3) increased risk of collectability of cash from our clients; (4) increased risk in potential reserves for doubtful accounts and write-offs of accounts receivable; (5) reduced revenues; and (6) higher operating costs as a percentage of revenues.

All of the foregoing potential consequences of a deterioration of economic conditions are difficult to forecast and mitigate. As a consequence, our operating results for a particular period are difficult to predict, and, therefore, prior results are not necessarily indicative of future results. Any of the foregoing effects could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition and could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and other securities.

The variability of our quarterly operating results can be significant.

Our operating results have fluctuated from quarter-to-quarter in the past, and we may experience continued fluctuations in the future. Future revenues and operating results may vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter as a result of a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control. These factors include: the relatively large size of client agreements; unpredictability in the number and timing of software licenses and sales of application hosting services; length of the sales cycle; delays in installations; changes in clients’ financial conditions or budgets; increased competition; the development and introduction of new products and services; the loss of significant clients or remarketing partners; changes in government regulations, particularly as they relate to the healthcare industry; the size and growth of the overall healthcare information technology markets; any liability and other claims that may be asserted against us; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; national and local general economic and market conditions; and other factors discussed in this Report and our other filings with the SEC.

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting adverse economic conditions has had and will likely continue to have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The COVID-19 pandemic, and its attendant economic damage, has had an adverse impact on our revenue and may continue to adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. These and other potential impacts of COVID-19 could therefore continue to materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Even after the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, we may experience adverse impacts to our business as a result of any economic recession or depression that has occurred or may occur in the future. For instance, changes in the behavior of customers, businesses and their employees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including social distancing practices, even after formal restrictions have been lifted, are unknown. Furthermore, the financial condition of our customers and vendors may be adversely impacted, which may result in a decrease in the demand for our products, the inability and our franchisees’ ability to operate store locations or a disruption to our supply chain. Any of these events may, in turn, have a material adverse impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The preparation of our financial statements requires the use of estimates that may vary from actual results.

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make significant estimates that affect the financial statements. One of our most critical estimates is the capitalization of software development costs. Due to the inherent nature of these estimates, we may be required to significantly increase or decrease such estimates upon determination of the actual results. Any required adjustments could have a material adverse effect on us and our results of operations.

Failure to improve and maintain the quality of internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures or other lapses in compliance could materially and adversely affect our ability to provide timely and accurate financial information about us or subject us to potential liability.

In connection with the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for each of our fiscal years, our management conducts a review of our internal control over financial reporting. We are also required to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures. Any failure to maintain adequate controls or to adequately implement required new or improved controls could harm operating results, or cause failure to meet reporting obligations in a timely and accurate manner.

Risks Relating to our Common Stock

The market price of our common stock is likely to be highly volatile as the stock market in general can be highly volatile.

The public trading of our common stock is based on many factors that could cause fluctuation in the price of our common stock. These factors may include, but are not limited to:

Most of these factors are beyond our control. Further, as a result of our relatively small public float, our common stock may be less liquid, and the trading price for our common stock may be more affected by relatively small volumes of trading than is the case for the common stock of companies with a broader public ownership. These factors may cause the market price of our common stock to decline, regardless of our operating performance or financial condition.

If equity research analysts do not publish research reports about our business or if they issue unfavorable commentary or downgrade our common stock, the price of our common stock could decline.

The trading market for our common stock may rely in part on the research and reports that equity research analysts publish about our business and us. We do not control the opinions of these analysts. The price of our stock could decline if one or more equity analysts downgrade our stock or if those analysts issue other unfavorable commentary or cease publishing reports about our business or us. Furthermore, if no equity research analysts conduct research or publish reports about our business and us, the market price of our common stock could decline.

All of our debt obligations and any preferred stock that we may issue in the future will have priority over our common stock with respect to payment in the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

In any bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, our shares of common stock would rank in right of payment or distribution below all debt claims against us and all of our outstanding shares of preferred stock, if any. As a result, holders of our shares of common stock will not be entitled to receive any payment or other distribution of assets in the event of a bankruptcy or upon a liquidation or dissolution until after all of our obligations to our debt holders and holders of preferred stock have been satisfied. Accordingly, holders of our common stock may lose their entire investment in the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. Similarly, holders of our preferred stock would rank junior to our debt holders and creditors in the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.

There may be future sales or other dilution of our equity, which may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

We are generally not restricted from issuing in public or private offerings additional shares of common stock or preferred stock, and other securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent a right to receive, common stock or preferred stock or any substantially similar securities. Such offerings represent the potential for a significant increase in the number of outstanding shares of our common stock. The market price of our common stock could decline as a result of sales of common stock, preferred stock or similar securities in the market made after an offering or the perception that such sales could occur.

The issuance of preferred stock could adversely affect holders of shares of our common stock, which may negatively impact your investment.

Our Board of Directors is authorized to issue classes or series of preferred stock without any action on the part of the stockholders. The Board of Directors also has the power, without stockholder approval, to set the terms of any such classes or series of preferred stock that may be issued, including rights and preferences over the shares of common stock with respect to dividends or upon our dissolution, winding-up or liquidation, and other terms. If we issue preferred stock in the future that has a preference over the shares of our common stock with respect to the payment of dividends or upon our dissolution, winding up or liquidation, or if we issue preferred stock with voting rights that dilute the voting power of the shares of our common stock, the rights of the holders of shares of our common stock or the market price of our common stock could be adversely affected.

As of January 31, 2023, we had no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock and, consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend solely on appreciation in the price of our common stock.

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not currently intend to do so for the foreseeable future. We currently intend to invest our future earnings, if any, to fund our growth. Therefore, you are not likely to receive any dividends on your common stock for the foreseeable future and the success of an investment in shares of our common stock will depend upon any future appreciation in its value. The trading price of our common stock could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment.

Sales of shares of our common stock or securities convertible into our common stock in the public market may cause the market price of our common stock to fall.

The issuance of shares of our common stock or securities convertible into our common stock in an offering from time to time could have the effect of depressing the market price for shares of our common stock. In addition, because our common stock is thinly traded, resales of shares of our common stock by our largest stockholders or insiders could have the effect of depressing market prices for our common stock.

If we are unable to maintain compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements, our stock could be delisted, and the trading price, volume and marketability of our stock could be adversely affected.

Our common stock is listed on Nasdaq. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s current listing standards, or that Nasdaq will not implement additional listing standards with which we will be unable to comply. Failure to maintain compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements could result in the delisting of our shares from Nasdaq, which could have a material adverse effect on the trading price, volume and marketability of our common stock. Furthermore, a delisting could adversely affect our ability to issue additional securities and obtain additional financing in the future or result in a loss of confidence by investors or employees.

Note Regarding Risk Factors

The risk factors presented above are all of the ones that we currently consider material. However, they are not the only ones facing the Company. Additional risks not presently known to us, or which we currently consider immaterial, may also adversely affect us. There may be risks that a particular investor views differently from us, and our analysis might be wrong. If any of the risks that we face actually occur, our business, financial condition and operating results could be materially adversely affected and could differ materially from any possible results suggested by any forward-looking statements that we have made or might make. In such case, the market price of our common stock or other securities could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2. Properties

In March 2020, the Company moved its principal offices to a subleased office space at 11800 Amber Park Drive, Suite 125, Alpharetta, Georgia 30009. The office space totals 7,409 square feet and the sublease expired on March 31, 2023. In October 2021, we subleased this space to a third party for the remaining lease period.

On August 16, 2021, contemporaneous with the acquisition of Avelead, the Company assumed a lease of office space at 1172 Satellite Boulevard NW, Office Suite 100, Suwannee, Georgia 30024. The lease expired on February 28, 2022. The lease was renewed in February 2022 for one year on substantially the same terms. The tenant of the lease is an entity controlled by the former owner of Avelead and current Chief Strategy Officer of the Company. The lease expired on February 28, 2023 and was not renewed.

Prior to occupying the subleased office space located in Alpharetta, Georgia, the Company occupied shared office space under a membership agreement which provides for membership fees based on the number of contracted seats.

The Company has moved to a virtual office model and does not have a physical office space. Our mailing address is 2400 Old Milton Pkwy, Box 1353, Alpharetta, GA 30009. We believe the virtual environment is adequate for the Company’s current and planned future operations. Suitable alternative space is available to accommodate expansion of the Company’s operations.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

We are, from time to time, a party to various legal proceedings and claims, which arise in the ordinary course of business. We are not aware of any legal matters that could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Company’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol STRM.

According to the Company’s stock transfer agent’s records, the Company had 75 stockholders of record as of April 20, 2023. Because brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders hold many of such shares, the Company is unable to determine with complete accuracy the current total number of stockholders represented by these record holders. The Company estimates that it has approximately 300 stockholders, based on information provided by the Company’s stock transfer agent.

The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends on its common stock and does not currently intend to do so for the foreseeable future. The Company currently intends to invest its future earnings, if any, to fund its growth.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023, we issued an aggregate of 371,231 shares of common stock to 180 Consulting (as defined below) as compensation for services provided pursuant to the Master Services Agreement, effective March 19, 2020, by and between the Company and 180 Consulting and related statements of work. The shares were issued in a series of private placements in reliance on the exemption from registration available under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, including Regulation D promulgated thereunder and the certificates representing such shares have a legend imprinted on them stating that the shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and cannot be transferred until properly registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration.

180 Consulting has earned, cumulatively, through the Master Services Agreement, 915,204 shares of common stock through January 31, 2023. 100,927 shares of common stock were earned but not issued as of the end of our fiscal year ended January 31, 2023. In June 2022, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 to register 272,653 shares of stock that were previously issued to 180 Consulting pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933. See Note 12 – Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.

The following table sets forth information with respect to our repurchases of common stock during the three months ended January 31, 2023:

Item 6. [Reserved]

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Executive Overview

The Company has determined it can best assist healthcare providers in improving their revenue cycle management by providing solutions and services in the middle portion of the revenue cycle, that is, the revenue cycle operations from initial charge capture to bill drop. We continue to make decisions supporting our focus in the middle of the revenue cycle. Our healthcare provider clients are acute-care hospitals and related clinics.

The Company has introduced two flagship software solutions for the middle of the revenue cycle: RevID and eValuator.

With the focus on the middle of the revenue cycle, the Company is committed to leading an industry movement to improve hospitals’ financial performance by moving billing interventions upstream to improve coding accuracy before billing, enabling our clients to reduce revenue leakage, mitigate under-billing and over-billing risk, reduce both denials and limit days in accounts receivable.

By narrowing our focus to the middle of the revenue cycle, we believe there is a distinct and compelling value proposition that can help us attract more clients. By innovating and acquiring new technologies, we have been able to expand our target markets beyond just hospitals and into outpatient centers, clinics and physician practices. Our revenue cycle solutions like eValuator, RevID, and Compare are competitive in the market and enabled us to engage thirteen significant new clients in fiscal 2022. These new clients are some of the most recognizable names in healthcare as we have focused our salesforce on industry-leading clients whose processes are often duplicated by smaller facilities.

Acquisitions and Divestitures:

The Company divested its ECM Assets on February 24, 2020. As discussed above, such divestiture is consistent with the Company’s efforts to focus on the middle of the revenue cycle and its pre-bill technology, eValuator. Management believes that the revenue cycle technology platforms have higher growth opportunities than its legacy products, including the ECM Assets. The Company accounted for the disposal of the ECM Assets as a sale of assets. See Note 13 – Discontinued Operations to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.

On August 16, 2021, the Company completed an acquisition of Avelead, a recognized leader in providing solutions and services to improve revenue integrity for healthcare providers nationwide. The Company believes Avelead’s solutions will complement and extend the value the Company can deliver to its clients. Refer to Note 3 – Business Combination and Divestiture in our consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item I, “Financial Statements” for further information on the Avelead acquisition.

Macro-Economic Conditions:

Regardless of the state of the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare industry continues to face sweeping changes and new standards of care that are putting greater pressure on healthcare providers to be more efficient in every aspect of their operations. We believe these changes represent ongoing opportunities for our Company to work with our direct clients and various resellers to provide information technology solutions to help providers meet these new requirements.

The COVID-19 pandemic, and its attendant economic damage, has had an adverse impact on our revenue.

The Company believes the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may continue to impact our acute care healthcare clients including (i) lower margins in hospitals primarily due to increased cost of personnel and materials, (ii) higher than normal personnel turnover in clinical and administrative departments as the labor force looks outside the acute care healthcare space, and (iii) a backlog of IT projects that were deferred during COVID-19 that places pressure on the hospital system to manage new projects. As events continue to change, the Company is unable to accurately predict the ultimate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the results of operations due to uncertainties including, but not limited to, the severity of the disease, the impact of new subvariants and the public’s response to the outbreak; however, the Company is actively managing the business to respond to the impact.

In addition, the U.S. government, and other governments in jurisdictions in which we operate, have imposed severe sanctions and export controls against Russia and Russian interests and threatened additional sanctions and controls. The impact of these measures, as well as potential responses to them by Russia, is currently unknown and they could adversely affect our business, partners or clients.

Results of Operations

Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended January 31 (in thousands):

The following table sets forth, for each fiscal year indicated, certain operating data as percentages of total revenues:

Statements of Operations (1)

Comparison of Fiscal 2022 with 2021

Revenues

Software as a service (SaaS) — Revenues from SaaS are primarily comprised of the Company’s flagship products; eValuator, RevID and Compare. Revenues from SaaS in fiscal 2022 were $12,326,000, as compared to $8,077,000 in fiscal 2021. The increase in SaaS revenue in fiscal 2022 includes $3,441,000 from Avelead products, primarily due to a full twelve months of revenue recognition compared to partial year revenue in fiscal 2021. Avelead was acquired on August 16, 2021, resulting in a partial year of revenue in fiscal 2021 and a full year of revenue in fiscal 2022. The remaining increase in fiscal 2022 revenue was attributable to growth associated with the Company’s eValuator product. The Company expects substantial growth in its SaaS business, year-over-year, and sequentially, in each quarter of fiscal 2023. At January 31, 2023, the Company had approximately $5.40 million, in SaaS annual contract value for contracts that had not been implemented.

Maintenance and support — Revenues from maintenance and support are derived from our legacy CDI and Abstracting products. Revenues from maintenance and support in fiscal 2022 remained consistent as compared to fiscal 2021. The Company expects a slight decrease for the maintenance and support revenue for fiscal 2023 from pricing pressure and terminations offset with minimal new sales as the Company’s focus continues to be on its SaaS products.

Professional fees and licenses — Revenues from professional fees and licenses include proprietary software, term license, professional services and audit and coding services revenues. Total professional fees and licenses revenues in fiscal 2022 were $8,080,000 compared to $4,979,000 in fiscal 2021 for a total increase of $3,101,000.

Software license revenues recognized in fiscal 2022 were $663,000, as compared to $582,000 in fiscal 2021. The software license sales come primarily from our channel partners. The Company has the ability to influence sales of these products; however, the timing is difficult to manage as sales are essentially the result of these channel partners. Term license revenue for fiscal 2022 increased $81,000 from fiscal 2021, to $556,000 as one client’s multi-year term license renewed during fiscal 2022. Professional services revenues in fiscal 2022 were $4,319,000 as compared to $2,026,000 in fiscal 2021. The increase in professional services included $1,855,000 from professional service contracts from Avelead. Avelead was acquired on August 16, 2021, resulting in a partial year of results for fiscal 2021 as compared to a full year of results for fiscal 2022. We anticipate a decrease in professional services revenue in fiscal 2023 as a result of the termination of a large client’s consulting contract effective January 31, 2023. The large client contract that cancelled accounted for nearly $2,900,000 of revenue in fiscal 2022. The large client professional services contract had low margins compared to our SaaS solutions and the Company does not intend to pursue such professional services contracts in the future.

Audit and coding services revenues recognized in fiscal 2022 were $2,542,000, as compared to $1,896,000 in fiscal 2021. Looking ahead to fiscal 2023, the Company continues to see demand for on-shore, technically proficient coders and auditors in the marketplace. The Company believes it has a competitive advantage utilizing eValuator for these audit and coding services. The Company expects the audit and coding services business to remain stable during fiscal 2023 as it may be sold with our eValuator solution as a technology enabled service.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of software as a service (SaaS) - The cost of SaaS solutions consists of costs associated with (i) amortization of capitalized software, (ii) royalties payable to third-parties for use of their coding related content, and (iii) personnel and network related expenses to provision the application for each client. The increase in cost of SaaS included $2,149,000 related to Avelead. Avelead was acquired on August 16, 2021 resulting in a partial year of results in fiscal 2021 compared to a full year of results in fiscal 2022. The royalty and network related agreements are becoming variable as the cost is derived by attributes of the client’s accessing the system. The remaining year-over-year increase was driven by personnel expenses. The Company continued to invest in additional personnel to support SaaS solutions as the client base has been expanding. The Company expects the costs in these categories will continue to rise, in line with revenue, in fiscal 2023 as the Company continues to invest in RevID, Compare and eValuator.

Certain costs in SaaS solutions are tied to volumes. These costs include coding tools supporting eValuator and a third-party system that is intended to help move data from the hospital system to our systems. Included in the cost of SaaS solutions are non-cash amounts of $2,068,000, including the amortization of capitalized software, which impacts margin by 17%. Current margins are lower than we expect in the future for SaaS solutions as we are implementing several new clients. Certain costs, such as labor and third-party content providers, negatively impact gross margin before a client is fully implemented and revenue is recognized.

Cost of maintenance and support – The cost of maintenance and support includes compensation and benefits for client support personnel. The cost of maintenance in fiscal 2022, compared to fiscal 2021, remained flat and in line with the change in maintenance and support revenue. We expect to see the cost of maintenance and support for fiscal 2023 to remain relatively consistent as our maintenance and support teams focus on serving our SaaS solutions.

Cost of professional fees and licenses – Cost of revenue, professional fees and licenses, includes cost of software licenses, cost of professional services and cost of audit and coding services. The total cost of sales, professional fees and licenses was $6,610,000 and $4,826,000 for fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2021 respectively. The increase in cost of professional fees and licenses includes $1,611,000 from legacy Avelead professional services, primarily due to a full twelve months of expenses compared to a partial year of expenses in fiscal 2021. Avelead was acquired on August 16, 2021, resulting in a partial year of results for fiscal 2021 as compared to a full year of results in fiscal 2022. The implied gross margin on professional fees and licenses revenue increased in fiscal year 2022 as compared to fiscal year 2021 primarily due to (i) higher revenue from software licenses and (ii) improved margin on a large professional services contract as we lowered the cost of personnel used on the project. The large professional services contract that was cancelled by the client, with a cancellation effective date of January 31, 2023, was staffed by employees and contract labor. The employees and contract labor servicing the large contract were terminated consistent with the end of the revenue. There are no operating losses expected to wind down the labor associated with this contract.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation and related benefits, reimbursable travel and entertainment expenses related to our executive and administrative staff, general corporate expenses, amortization of intangible assets, and occupancy costs. Avelead was acquired on August 16, 2021, resulting in a partial year of operations for fiscal 2021 as compared to a full year of operations for fiscal 2022, comprising $1,187,000 of the increase in general and administrative expenses for fiscal 2022. For fiscal 2022, increases of $1,206,000 were also driven by employee related expenses, primarily by salaries, and with increases for performance bonuses and severance expense, accounting for $145,000 and $305,000, respectively. All is considered part of the Company’s strategic plan to simplify the Company’s business in order to drive sustainable growth and improved profitability and cash flows. The Company previously announced an “alignment” bringing the Avelead business together with its eValuator business. The resulting severance expense is included in each of general and administrative expenses and sales and marketing expense.

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation and related benefits and travel and entertainment expenses related to our sales and marketing staff, as well as advertising and marketing expenses, including trade shows. For fiscal 2022, Avelead comprised $1,101,000 of the increase in sales and marketing expenses as compared to fiscal 2021, as Avelead was acquired on August 16, 2021, resulting in a partial year of operations for fiscal 2021 as compared to a full year of operations for fiscal 2022. The Company has also seen an increase in travel to client sites, as well as industry trade shows, resulting in greater travel expenses. The Company expects that face-to-face meetings with hospital systems will result in higher sales bookings.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation and related benefits, the use of independent contractors for specific near-term development projects and an allocated portion of general overhead costs, including occupancy costs, if material. Total costs in each of research and development expense and capitalized research and development cost for fiscal 2022 include $2,612,000 related to Avelead compared to fiscal 2021 which included $978,000 related to Avelead. Avelead was acquired on August 16, 2021, resulting in a partial year of results for fiscal 2021 as compared with a full year of results for fiscal 2022. The remaining fiscal 2022 increased spend was with our development partner (see Commitments and Contingencies). The Company continues to focus on research and development activities on those products with its highest growth prospects, primarily eValuator, RevID and Compare. The Company expects fiscal 2023 total research and development spend to continue at approximately the same level as fiscal 2022. For fiscal 2022, as a percentage of revenue, total research and development costs were 32%. In fiscal 2022, the Company was awarded $56,000 from the State of Georgia for its annual research and development tax credit. At the end of fiscal 2022, the cumulative balance of unused research and development credits was $181,000. These research and development tax credits can be applied to current Georgia payroll taxes due.

Acquisition-related Costs

Refer to Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Other Operating Costs – Acquisition-related costs – in the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for further details with respect to acquisition-related costs. For fiscal 2022, the Company incurred certain acquisition-related costs related to the acquisition of Avelead totaling $149,000, consisting primarily of fees for professional services. For fiscal 2021, the Company incurred acquisition-related costs related to the acquisition of Avelead totaling $2,856,000. Of the total costs related to the acquisition of Avelead in fiscal 2021, $705,000 was related to bonuses paid to certain executives in executing priorities, primarily the acquisition.

Other (Expense) income

Interest expense consists of interest associated with the term loan, deferred financing costs, less interest related to capitalization of software. Interest expense increased for fiscal 2022 from the prior year period primarily due to the $10,000,000 term loan with Bridge Bank (See Note 5 – Debt) and higher interest rates. Further, interest rates have increased at an accelerated pace in fiscal 2022. Federal Reserve has been reacting to inflation through interest rate increases. Recent interest rate increases are expected to continue at a slower pace than that experienced in fiscal 2022. The interest rate increases that have been put into effect to date, are expected to continue to increase interest expense (year-over-year) into fiscal 2023.

Acquisition earnout valuation adjustments for fiscal 2022 include a valuation adjustment of $71,000 compared to an adjustment of $1,851,000 for fiscal 2021. The valuation adjustment is related to the acquisition earnout liabilities associated with the Avelead acquisition (Refer to Note 3 – Business Combination and Divestiture of the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”).

Miscellaneous income for fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2021 primarily includes income related to the sublease of the Alpharetta location (Refer to Note 4 – Operating Leases).

PPP loan forgiveness for fiscal 2021 reflects the financial impact of the forgiveness of the Company’s $2,301,000 PPP loan along with the accrued interest of $26,000.

Provision for Income Taxes

For continuing operations fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2021, we recorded income tax expense of $71,000 and $109,000, respectively, which is comprised of estimated federal, state, and local income tax provisions. The Company has a substantial amount of net operating losses for federal and state income tax purposes. The Company recorded an increase to the federal income tax valuation allowance in each of fiscal 2022 and 2021 of approximately $2.0 million which offset related tax benefits for operating losses.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In order to provide investors with greater insight and allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the information used by management and the Board of Directors in its financial and operational decision-making, the Company has supplemented the Consolidated Financial Statements presented on a GAAP basis in this Report with the following non-GAAP financial measures: EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin.

These non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of Company results as reported under GAAP. The Company compensates for such limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using non-GAAP financial measures only as supplemental data. We also provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP measures used. Investors are encouraged to carefully review this reconciliation. In addition, because these non-GAAP measures are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and are susceptible to varying calculations, these measures, as defined us, may differ from and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

We define: (i) EBITDA as net earnings (loss) before net interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization; (ii) Adjusted EBITDA as net earnings (loss) before net interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation, amortization, share-based compensation expense, transaction related expenses, and other expenses or benefits that do not relate to our core operations such as severance and impairment charges and debt forgiveness; and (iii) Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of GAAP net revenue. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are used to facilitate a comparison of our operating performance on a consistent basis from period to period and provide for a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business than GAAP measures alone. These measures assist management and the board and may be useful to investors in comparing our operating performance consistently over time as they remove the impact of our capital structure (primarily interest charges), asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization), items outside the control of the management team (taxes) and expenses that do not relate to our core operations including: transaction-related expenses (such as professional and advisory services), corporate restructuring expenses (such as severances) and other operating costs that are expected to be non-recurring in nature. Adjusted EBITDA removes the impact of share-based compensation expense, which is another non-cash item.

The Board of Directors and management also use these measures (i) as one of the primary methods for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for evaluating, on at least a quarterly and annual basis, actual results against such expectations; and (ii) as a performance evaluation metric in determining achievement of certain executive and associate incentive compensation programs.

Our lender uses a measurement that is similar to the Adjusted EBITDA measurement described herein to assess our operating performance. The lender under our Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement requires delivery of compliance reports certifying compliance with financial covenants, certain of which are based on a measurement that is similar to the Adjusted EBITDA measurement reviewed by our management and Board of Directors.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are not measures of liquidity under GAAP or otherwise and are not alternatives to cash flow from continuing operating activities, despite the advantages regarding the use and analysis of these measures as mentioned above. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, as disclosed in this Report have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider these measures in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP; nor are these measures intended to be measures of liquidity or free cash flow for our discretionary use. Some of the limitations of EBITDA and its variations are:

Adjusted EBITDA has all the inherent limitations of EBITDA. To properly and prudently evaluate our business, the Company encourages readers to review the GAAP financial statements included elsewhere in this Report, and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business. We also strongly urge readers to review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measure in this section, along with the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.

The following table reconciles EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to net loss from continuing operations for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2023 and 2022 (amounts in thousands). All of the items included in the reconciliation from EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to net loss from continuing operations are either recurring non-cash items, or items that management does not consider in assessing our on-going operating performance. In the case of the non-cash items, management believes that investors may find it useful to assess the Company’s comparative operating performance because the measures without such items are less susceptible to variances in actual performance resulting from depreciation, amortization and other expenses that do not relate to our core operations and are more reflective of other factors that affect operating performance. In the case of items that do not relate to our core operations, management believes that investors may find it useful to assess our operating performance if the measures are presented without these items because their financial impact does not reflect ongoing operating performance.

Application of Critical Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the Company’s most critical accounting policies. Refer to Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for a complete discussion of the significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

The Company derives revenue from the sale of internally developed software, either by licensing for local installation or by a SaaS delivery model, through our direct sales force or through third-party resellers. Licensed, locally installed clients on a perpetual model utilize our support and maintenance services for a separate fee, whereas term-based locally installed license fees and SaaS fees include support and maintenance. The Company also derives revenue from professional services that support the implementation, configuration, training and optimization of the applications, as well as audit and consulting services The Company recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to clients in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.

Performance obligations are the unit of accounting for revenue recognition and generally represent the distinct goods or services that are promised to the client. If we determine that we have not satisfied a performance obligation, we will defer recognition of the revenue until the performance obligation is deemed to be satisfied. Maintenance and support and SaaS agreements are generally non-cancellable or contain significant penalties for early cancellation, although clients typically have the right to terminate their contracts for cause if we fail to perform material obligations. However, if non-standard acceptance periods, non-standard performance criteria, or cancellation or right of refund terms are required, revenue is recognized upon the satisfaction of such criteria. Significant judgment is required to determine the standalone selling price (“SSP”) for each performance obligation, the amount allocated to each performance obligation and whether it depicts the amount that the Company expects to receive in exchange for the related product and/or service. The Company recognizes revenue for implementation for certain of its eValuator SaaS solution over the contract term, as it has been determined that those implementation services are not a distinct performance obligation. Services for other SaaS and Software solutions such as CDI, RevID and Compare, have been determined as a distinct performance obligation. For these agreements, the Company estimates SSP of its software licenses using the residual approach when the software license is sold with other services and observable SSPs exist for the other services. The Company estimates the SSP for maintenance, professional services, software as a service and audit services based on observable standalone sales.

Refer to Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for additional information regarding our revenue recognition policies.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts and contract receivables are comprised of amounts owed the Company for solutions and services provided. Contracts with individual clients and resellers determine when receivables are due and payable. In determining the allowances for doubtful accounts, the unpaid receivables are reviewed periodically to determine the payment status based upon the most currently available information. During these periodic reviews, the Company determines the required allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses to reduce total receivables reported to reflect only the amounts expected to be paid.

Capitalized Software Development Costs

Software development costs for software to be sold, leased, or marketed are accounted for in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 985-20, Software — Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed. Costs associated with the planning and design phase of software development are classified as research and development costs and are expensed as incurred. Once technological feasibility has been established, a portion of the costs incurred in development, including coding, testing and quality assurance, are capitalized until available for general release to clients, and subsequently reported at the lower of unamortized cost or net realizable value. Amortization is calculated on a solution-by-solution basis and is included in cost of professional fees and licenses on the consolidated statements of operations. Annual amortization is measured at the greater of a) the ratio of the software product’s current gross revenues to the total of current and expected gross revenues or b) straight-line over the remaining economic life of the software (typically two years). Unamortized capitalized costs determined to be in excess of the net realizable value of a solution are expensed at the date of such determination.

Internal-use software development costs are accounted for in accordance with ASC 350-40, Internal-Use Software. The costs incurred in the preliminary stages of development are expensed as research and development costs as incurred. Once an application has reached the development stage, internal and external costs incurred to develop internal-use software are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software (typically three to four years). Maintenance and enhancement costs, including those costs in the post-implementation stages, are typically expensed as incurred, unless such costs relate to substantial upgrades and enhancements to the software that result in added functionality, in which case the costs are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software. The Company reviews the carrying value for impairment whenever facts and circumstances exist that would suggest that assets might be impaired or that the useful lives should be modified. Amortization expense related to capitalized internal-use software development costs is included in Cost of software as a service on the consolidated statements of operations.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and other intangible assets were recognized in conjunction with the acquisitions of Interpoint Partners, LLC (“Interpoint”), Meta Health Technology, Inc. (“Meta”), Clinical Looking Glass® (“CLG”), Opportune IT, Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (“Unibased”), and Avelead. Identifiable intangible assets include purchased intangible assets with finite lives, which primarily consist of internally-developed software, client relationships, non-compete agreements and license agreements. Finite-lived purchased intangible assets are amortized over their expected period of benefit, which generally ranges from one month to 15 years, using the straight-line method.

We assess the useful lives and possible impairment of existing recognized goodwill on at least an annual basis, and goodwill and intangible assets when an event occurs that may trigger such a review. Factors considered important which could trigger a review include:

Determining whether a triggering event has occurred involves significant judgment by the Company. Upon its most recent annual review, the Company concluded that the fair value of its goodwill substantially exceeded the carrying value of its goodwill.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and for tax credits and loss carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. In assessing net deferred tax assets, we consider whether it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. We establish a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized. Refer to Note 7 – Income Taxes to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for further details.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company’s liquidity is dependent upon numerous factors including: (i) the timing and amount of revenues and collection of contractual amounts from clients, (ii) amounts invested in research and development and capital expenditures, and (iii) the level of operating expenses, all of which can vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter. The Company’s primary cash requirements include regular payment of payroll and other business expenses, principal and interest payments on debt and minor amounts of capital expenditures. Capital expenditures generally include computer hardware and computer software to support internal development efforts or SaaS data center infrastructure. Operations are funded with cash generated by operations and borrowings under the bank credit facilities. The Company believes that cash flows from operations and available credit facilities are adequate to fund current obligations for twelve months from the date of issuance of the audit report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Cash and cash equivalent balances at January 31, 2023 and 2022 were $6,598,000 and $9,885,000, respectively.

Capital Raise

On October 24, 2022, the Company entered into purchase agreements with certain investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell in a registered direct offering (the “2022 Offering”) an aggregate of 6,299,989 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a purchase price of $1.32 per share. The gross proceeds to the Company from the 2022 Offering were approximately $8,316,000. The Company intends to use the proceeds of the 2022 Offering for general corporate purposes. The 2022 Offering closed on October 26, 2022.

On February 25, 2021, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, as the sole managing underwriter, relating to the underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 10,062,500 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, which included 1,312,500 shares of common stock sold pursuant to the underwriter’s exercise of an option to purchase additional shares of common stock to cover over-allotments (the “2021 Offering”). The price to the public in the 2021 Offering was $1.60 per share of common stock. The gross proceeds to the Company from the 2021 Offering were approximately $16,100,000, before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and estimated offering expenses. The 2021 Offering closed on March 2, 2021.

The Company believes that cash flows from operations, the cash from the 2022 Offering and available credit facilities are adequate to fund current obligations for the next twelve months from issuance of the financial statements included in this report. Continued expansion may require the Company to take on additional debt or raise capital through issuance of equities, or a combination of both. There can be no assurance the Company will be able to raise the capital required to fund further expansion.

Authorized Shares Amendment

On May 24, 2021, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the total number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 45,000,000 shares to 65,000,000 shares (the “Charter Amendment”). The Charter Amendment was initially approved by the board of directors of the Company, subject to stockholder approval, approved by the Company’s stockholders at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, held on May 20, 2021 (the “2021 Annual Meeting”), and ratified by the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on July 29, 2021 (the “2021 Special Meeting).

Also, at the 2021 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 2,000,000 shares, from 6,223,246 shares to 8,223,246 shares (the “Third Amended 2013 Plan Amendment”). The Company’s stockholders ratified the approval and effectiveness of the Third Amended 2023 Plan Amendment at the 2021 Special Meeting.

At the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”) held on June 7, 2022, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the 2013 Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 2,000,000 shares, from 8,223,246 shares to 10,223,246 shares. The Company’s stockholders also approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the total number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 65,000,000 shares to 85,000,000 shares.

Credit Facility

The Company has liquidity through the Second Modification to the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Second Modification Debt Agreement”). On November 29, 2022, the Company executed the Second Modification Debt Agreement. The Second Modification Debt Agreement includes an expansion of the Company’s total borrowing to include a $2,000,000 revolving line of credit. The revolving line of credit will be co-terminus with the term loan and matures on August 26, 2026. There are no requirements to draw on the line of credit. Amounts outstanding under the line of credit portion of the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate (as published in The Wall Street Journal) plus 1.5%, with a Prime “floor” rate of 3.25%. The Second Modification Debt Agreement amended the covenants of the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement. Refer to Note 5 – Debt for information regarding the Second Modification Debt Agreement. At January 31, 2023, there was no outstanding balance on the revolving line of credit.

Under the Second Modification Debt Agreement, the Company has a term loan facility with an initial, maximum, principal amount of $10,000,000. Amounts outstanding under the Second Modification Debt Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate (as published in The Wall Street Journal) plus 1.5%, with a Prime “floor” rate of 3.25%.

The Second Modification Debt Agreement includes customary financial covenants as follows:

The Second Modification Debt Agreement also includes customary negative covenants, subject to exceptions, which limit transfers, capital expenditures, indebtedness, certain liens, investments, acquisitions, dispositions of assets, restricted payments, and the business activities of the Company, as well as customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default, including cross defaults and a change of control default. The line of credit also is subject to customary prepayment requirements. For the period ended January 31, 2023, the Company was in compliance with the Second Modification Debt Agreement covenants.

PPP Loan

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, was signed into law on March 17, 2020. Among other things, the CARES Act provided for a business loan program known as the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). Qualifying companies were able to borrow, through the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”), up to two months of payroll expenses. On April 21, 2020, the Company received approximately $2,301,000 through the SBA under the PPP. These funds were utilized by the Company to fund payroll expenses and avoid staffing reductions during the slowdown resulting from COVID-19. The loan required principal payments, beginning after the seventh monthly anniversary, and was required to be paid in two years. The PPP loan bore an interest rate of 1.0% per annum. In June 2021, the Company received notification that the PPP loan principal amount of $2,301,000 and accrued interest of $26,000 had been forgiven in full.

Significant cash obligations

Operating cash flow activities

The higher use of cash from operating activities for fiscal 2022 is due to the higher net loss from operations compared to fiscal 2021. The Company had a higher net loss from operations and higher non-cash adjustments to net loss primarily due to higher rates of amortization and lower gains than fiscal 2022 on the PPP loan forgiveness and acquisition earnouts associated with the Avelead acquisition. The Company’s accounts receivable was significantly higher in fiscal 2022 as compared with that of fiscal 2021 due to (i) timing of collection on certain annual invoices, (ii) higher term license due to a multi-year term renewal, and (iii) the timing of software license sales. Within non-cash adjustments to net loss for fiscal 2021, the Company reported forgiveness of the PPP loan of $2,301,000 and related interest of $26,000.

Investing cash flow activities

The cash used in investing activities for fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2021 includes capitalized software development costs. The Company expects continued capitalizable projects associated with the Company’s flagship products. The increase in capitalized software development costs is primarily from the acquisition of Avelead in fiscal 2021. The Company experienced a full year of capitalization in fiscal 2022 compared with a partial year in fiscal 2021. Refer to Note 3 – Business Combination and Divestiture for more information on the acquisition of Avelead.  The cash used in investing activities for fiscal 2021 included the cash used to acquire Avelead and capitalized software development costs, offset by the release of escrowed funds in fiscal 2021 from the sale of the ECM Assets. Refer to Note 13– Discontinued Operations for more information on the sale of the ECM Assets.

Financing cash flow activities

The cash provided by financing activities for fiscal 2022 was primarily attributable to the 2022 Offering of the Company’s common stock, which closed on October 26, 2022, offset by earnout payments related to the Avelead acquisition. Refer to Note 8 – Equity for additional information. The cash provided by financing activities for fiscal 2021 was primarily from the public Offering of the Company’s common stock, which closed on March 2, 2021. Additionally, the Company received proceeds of $10,000,000 as a result of the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement entered into on August 26, 2021.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As a “smaller reporting company,” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, we are not required to provide this information.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULE COVERED BY REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

All other financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Stockholders and Board of Directors of

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc.

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of January 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended January 31, 2023, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of January 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended January 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits.

We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Critical Audit Matter - Capitalized Software Development Costs

As described in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company develops software within the scope of both ASC 350-40, Internal-Use Software (“Topic 350”) and ASC 985-20, Software – Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed (“Topic 985”).

Internal-use software development costs are accounted for in accordance with Topic 350. Costs associated with the preliminary stages of development are classified as research and development costs and expensed as incurred. Costs associated with the application development stage are capitalized. Maintenance and enhancement costs, including costs in the post-implementation stages, are typically expensed as incurred, unless such costs relate to substantial upgrades and enhancements that result in added functionality, in which case the costs are capitalized. Capitalized amounts are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software.

Development costs for software to be sold, leased, or marketed are accounted for in accordance with Topic 985. Costs associated with the planning and design phase of software development are classified as research and development costs and expensed as incurred. Once technological feasibility has been established, a portion of the costs incurred in development, including coding, testing and quality assurance, are capitalized until the software is available for general release to clients, and subsequently reported at the lower of unamortized cost or net realizable value. Capitalized amounts are amortized at the greater of amortization derived from either a straight-line basis or the ratio of current revenues to total current and anticipated revenues.

We identified capitalized software development costs as a critical audit matter. Our principal considerations for this determination were the high degree of auditor judgment and subjectivity required in evaluating management’s determination of the activities and costs that qualify for capitalization and the relevant software development guidance to be applied under the applicable accounting standards.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:

Critical Audit Matter - Valuation of Contingent Consideration

As described in Note 3 to the financial statements, on August 16, 2021, the Company acquired Avelead Consulting, LLC, which included a contingent consideration arrangement. The contingent consideration was recorded at fair value on the acquisition date and is revalued each reporting period until final settlement with changes in the fair value recognized within the consolidated statement of operations. The Company estimated the fair value of the contingent consideration using a Monte Carlo simulation. The method required management to make significant estimates and assumptions related to forecasted revenue, discount rates and revenue volatility.

We identified the valuation of contingent consideration as a critical audit matter. Our principal consideration for this determination included the high degree of auditor judgement and subjectivity in evaluating management’s valuation methodologies, particularly as it related to evaluating the inputs and significant assumptions used to develop the fair value measurements.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:

/s/ FORVIS, LLP (Formerly, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP)

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.

Atlanta, Georgia

April 27, 2023

STREAMLINE HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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STREAMLINE HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

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