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1. Reduced Reimbursement Rates. Most of our revenues are derived from our scanning center business conducted by HMCA. Our scanning center clients and the Florida facilities owned by HMCA are experiencing lower reimbursement rates from Medicare, other government programs and private insurance companies. To the extent possible, we counter these reductions by increasing scanning volume and controlling operating expenses. Inflation in the cost of both materials and labor have limited our ability to control our costs, negatively impacting our ability to maintain profitability in this business segment.
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2. Inflation. Inflation has drastically increased our costs for both materials and labor. Diagnostic imaging facilities require significant amounts of capital to operate, particularly in the context of opening new diagnostic imaging centers. These increased costs make it more difficult to achieve organic growth and extend the time that a new center takes to achieve profitability. Continued cost increases, coupled with reduced reimbursement rates may threaten the profitability of our current operations and cause the cost of expansion to become prohibitively high. Continued costs increases, coupled with reduced reimbursement rates, may threaten the profitability of our current operations and cause the cost of expansion to become prohibitively high.
3. Cybersecurity threats. Diagnostic imaging centers have increasingly become a target for threat actors. Our organization relies on information technology systems and computer networks to operate. Our partners, vendors, and business associates are equally reliant on their own computer systems to provide the services that we depend on to perform core functions. Data incidents in the form of breaches, ransomware attacks, denial-of-service attacks, and a variety of other hazards could materially disrupt our operations, or the operations of our partners. In addition, the costs to respond to such incidents related to rebuilding internal systems, restoring data, responding to regulatory investigations and/or litigation could be significant. Our cybersecurity liability insurance may be inadequate to cover these losses. Management has identified a material weakness in our internal controls over our information technology systems during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. While management has enacted a plan for remediation by improving these internal controls and implementing additional controls, there is no guarantee these remediation efforts will be adequate. Further, there is no guarantee that other, unidentified risks could negatively impact our operations in the future. The cost of maintaining and improving our security technologies to protect ourselves from these threats, and to comply with associated regulatory requirements related to cybersecurity, has increased substantially in the most recent fiscal year and will continue to increase in the future. Previous cybersecurity incidents have not materially affected our results of operations or financial condition. However, cybersecurity threats have the potential to significantly impair our operations and the operations of the various third parties upon whom we rely. Risks outside of our control, such as cybersecurity attacks to our partners, vendors and business associates could threaten our ability to operate and reduce operating margins. Risk outside of our control, such as cybersecurity attacks to our partners, vendors and business associates could threaten our ability to operate in the short term and reduce operating margins.
4. Dependence on Referrals. HMCA derives substantially all of its revenue, directly or indirectly, from fees charged for the diagnostic imaging services performed at the facilities. We depend on referrals of patients from unaffiliated physicians and other third parties to the facilities we manage or own for the services we perform. If these physicians and other third parties were to reduce the number of patients they refer or discontinue referring patients, scan volumes could decrease, which would reduce our net revenue and operating margins.
5. Current and future changes in Florida Insurance Law. On March 24, 2023, Florida enacted House Bill 837. Dubbed the Tort Reform Act, the bill made sweeping changes to Florida’s negligence laws that negatively impact our Florida diagnostic imaging facilities (both those we own and those we manage) with more unpaid bills, higher administrative costs, and lower reimbursement rates. Florida legislators continue to propose significant changes to the current structure of Florida’s insurance industry, including an annual proposal to repeal of Florida’s no-fault insurance law and replace it with a fault-based system. Florida legislators continue to propose significant changes to the current structure of Florida’s auto insurance industry, which may impact our future operations in Florida. This proposal was vetoed by Governor Ron DeSantis after passing both houses in 2021, but similar legislation was proposed in 2022, 2023, and again in 2025. The 2025 proposal died unheard in the Florida Senate’s Banking and Insurance committee. A repeal of the no-fault law will result in significant delays in payment for the services we render and will have a negative effect on our operations. The full impact of these proposed changes, including their impact on scan volume, are impossible to estimate at this time. We will continue to monitor this bill as it continues through the legislative process.
6. Scanning Facility Competition. The market for diagnostic imaging services is highly competitive. The facilities we manage or own compete for patients on the basis of reputation, location and the quality of diagnostic imaging services. Groups of radiologists, established hospitals, clinics and other independent organizations that own and operate imaging equipment are the principal competitors. The Florida market in particular is experiencing a high level of competition, which, coupled with recent Tort Reform, has created a challenging landscape for the centers we own and manage in that state, and may deter future expansion.
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7. Pressure to Control Healthcare Costs. One of the principal objectives of health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations is to control the cost of healthcare services. Healthcare providers participating in managed care plans may be required to refer diagnostic imaging tests to certain providers depending on the plan in which a covered patient is enrolled. In addition, managed care contracting has become very competitive. The expansion of health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations and other managed care organizations in New York or Florida could have a negative impact on the utilization and pricing of services performed at the facilities HMCA manages or owns to the extent these organizations exert control over patients’ access to diagnostic imaging services, selections of the provider of such services and reimbursement rates for those services.
8. Eligibility Changes to Insurance Programs. Due to potential decreased availability of healthcare through private employers, the number of patients who are uninsured or participate in governmental programs may increase. Healthcare reform legislation will continue to increase the participation of individuals in the Medicaid program in states that elect to participate in the expanded Medicaid coverage. Healthcare reform legislation will increase the participation of individuals in the Medicaid program in states that elect to participate in the expanded Medicaid coverage. A shift in payor mix from managed care and other private payors to government payors or an increase in the number of uninsured patients may result in a reduction in the rates of reimbursement or an increase in uncollectible receivables or uncompensated care, with a corresponding decrease in net revenue. Policies now being offered under various insurance plans are expected to reduce demand for MRI scans as they become less affordable. Changes in the eligibility requirements for governmental programs such as the Medicaid program and state decisions on whether to participate in the expansion of such programs also could increase the number of patients who participate in such programs and the number of uninsured patients. Even for those patients who remain in private insurance plans, changes to those plans could increase patient financial responsibility, resulting in a greater risk of uncollectible receivables. These factors and events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
9. Federal and state privacy and information security laws. We must comply with numerous federal and state laws and regulations governing the collection, dissemination, access, use, security and privacy of PHI, including HIPAA and its implementing privacy and security regulations, as amended by the federal HITECH Act. If we fail to comply with applicable privacy and security laws, regulations and standards, properly maintain the integrity of our data, or protect our proprietary rights to our systems, our business, reputation, results of operations, financial position and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected. If we fail to comply with applicable privacy and security laws, regulations and standards, properly maintain the integrity of our data, protect our proprietary rights to our systems, or defend against cybersecurity attacks, our business, reputation, results of operations, financial position and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
10. Demand for MRI Scanners. The reduced reimbursement rates have a negative effect on our sales of MRI scanners. The reduced margins have a negative effect on our sales of MRI scanners. With lower revenue projections, prospective customers would demand lower prices for scanners. Although the reduced reimbursements may not affect foreign demand, a lower number of sales in the aggregate could reduce economies of scale and consequently, profit margins.
11. Manufacturing Competition. Many if not most of our competing scanner manufacturers have significantly greater financial resources, production capacity, and other resources than we do. Such competitors would include General Electric, Siemens, Hitachi and Phillips. Although FONAR is the only company which can manufacture and sell the unique Stand-Up® (Upright®) MRI scanner, potential customers must be convinced that the purchase of a FONAR scanner is their best choice. We believe that with time, that objective will be reached, particularly with customers scanning patients having neck, back, knee and various orthopedic issues who would benefit from being scanned in weight-bearing positions.
12. Other changes in Domestic and Worldwide Economic Conditions. We are subject to risk arising from adverse changes in general domestic and global economic and other conditions, including tariffs, recessions or economic slowdowns, disruptions of credit markets and military conflicts. We are subject to risk arising from adverse changes in general domestic and global economic conditions, including recession or economic slowdown and disruption of credit markets. Turbulence and uncertainty in the United States and international markets and economies may adversely affect our workforce, liquidity, financial condition, revenues, profitability and business operations generally. Turbulence and uncertainty in the United States and international markets and economies may adversely affect our liquidity, financial condition, revenues, profitability and business operations generally.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
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ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
Risk Management and Strategy
Our Cybersecurity Risk Management Strategy includes a myriad of tools and resources that are designed to ensure the integrity of our information systems. We place particular emphasis on protecting the privacy of our patient data pursuant to the HIPAA Security Rule. We place a particular emphasis on protecting the privacy of our patient data pursuant to the HIPAA Security Rule. Our cybersecurity risk management process is integrated with our larger risk
Our strategy is based around identification, mitigation, avoidance and response to material cybersecurity risks. We employ physical and electronic safeguards to control access to our systems. We employ additional electronic safeguards to control/limit access to the data contained in those systems. We review and re-assess these processes on a rolling basis with the assistance of both internal staff and outside vendors, including assessors, consultants, auditors, and other third parties. Some steps we take include the use of standard security protocols such as password maintenance, multi-factor identification, and penetration testing. We take other steps as may be situationally appropriate for the specific risk presented.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, management has identified a material weakness in our internal controls over our information technology systems, as described in greater detail in Item 9A. In response, we have taken several steps to enhance our cybersecurity efforts. Those steps include increasing the scope of our Multi-Factor Authentication requirement to include additional tertiary information systems, improving password security, upgrading our anti-virus software, upgrading our threat detection tools, implementing additional threat detection tools, and replacing and/or decommissioning hardware that has known vulnerabilities.
We require all of our employees to receive cybersecurity training as part of their initial onboarding process, and employees are required to complete additional training throughout the year.
We evaluate all of our vendors and
Governance
Our General Counsel oversees and manages our cybersecurity program. Our General Counsel acts as the coordinator of our cybersecurity team, which includes representatives from our Information Technology department and Compliance department. In addition, he regularly interacts with various department heads from both our New York and Florida regions regarding the prevention, detection, mitigation and remediation of cybersecurity risks. Our General Counsel has an educational background in computer science and has relevant work experience in cybersecurity insurance and risk management. Our General Counsel has an educational background in computer science and has relevant work experience in cybersecurity insurance and risk management, in addition to his relevant legal experience.
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