Item7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Overview
Teladoc, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Texas in June 2002 and changed its state of incorporation to the State of Delaware in October 2008. Effective August 10, 2018, Teladoc, Inc. changed its corporate name to Teladoc Health, Inc. Unless the context otherwise requires, Teladoc Health, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is referred to herein as “Teladoc Health,” the “Company,” or “we.” The Company’s principal executive office is located in Purchase, New York. Teladoc Health is the global leader in whole person virtual care focused on forging a new healthcare experience with better convenience, outcomes, and value around the world.
We were founded on a simple, yet revolutionary idea: that everyone should have access to the best healthcare, anywhere in the world on their terms. Today, we have a vision of making virtual care the first step on any healthcare journey, and we are delivering on this mission by providing whole person virtual care that includes primary care, mental health, chronic condition management, and more.
In the fourth quarter of 2022, we adopted a new organizational and reporting structure based on two operating segments, Integrated Care and BetterHelp. As a result of these changes, the segment information for the prior periods has been provided herein summarizing the significant factors affecting our results of operations and financial condition for the year ended December 31, 2022. This presentation reflects how management now allocates resources and assesses performance. See Note 20. “Segment Information,” to the consolidated financial statements for further information about our reportable segments.
We believe that favorable existing secular trends in the healthcare industry were accelerated by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, driving greater consumer awareness and use of virtual care and increased adoption by employers, health plans, hospitals and health systems, healthcare providers, and individuals. In combination with the expansion of our capabilities, we believe that these trends present significant opportunities for virtual healthcare to address the most pressing, universal healthcare challenges through trusted solutions, such as ours, that deliver convenient, affordable, and high-quality care; empower individuals to manage and improve their health; and enable providers to offer their best care for their patients.
Revenue
We have a demonstrated track record of driving growth both organically and through acquisitions. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we increased revenue 18% to $2,406.8 million, reflecting a 21% increase in revenue derived from access fees, primarily from BetterHelp. In 2021, revenue increased 86% to $2,032.7 million, which included an incremental $500.0 million from acquired businesses.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, 87% and 13% of our revenue was derived from access fees and other revenues, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2021, 86% and 14% of our revenue was derived from access fees and other revenues, respectively.
Acquisition History
We have scaled and intend to continue to scale our platform through the pursuit of selective acquisitions. We have completed multiple acquisitions since our inception, which we believe have expanded our distribution capabilities and broadened our service offering.
On October 30, 2020, we completed the merger with Livongo, a leading provider to empower people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives.
On July 1, 2020, we completed the acquisition of InTouch, a leading provider of enterprise telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems.
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Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
We believe that our future performance will depend on many factors, including the following:
As it relates to the Integrated Care segment:
Number of U.S. Integrated Care Members. U.S. Integrated Care members represent the number of unique individuals who have paid access and visit fee only access to our suite of integrated care services in the U.S. at the end of the applicable period. Our revenue growth rate and long-term profitability are affected by our ability to increase cross selling capability among our existing members over time because we derive a substantial portion of our revenue from access and other fees via Client contracts that provide members access to our professional provider network in exchange for a contractual based periodic fee. Therefore, we believe that our ability to add new members and retain existing members, and to increase utilization and penetration further into existing and new health plan Clients is a key indicator of our increasing market adoption, the growth of our business, and our future revenue potential. We further believe that increasing our membership is an integral objective that will provide us with the ability to continually innovate our services and support initiatives that will enhance members’ experiences. U.S. Integrated Care members increased by 5.8 million to 83.3 million at December 31, 2022, compared to the same period in 2021.
Chronic Care Program Enrollment. Chronic care program enrollment represents the total of enrollees across our suite of chronic care programs at the end of a given period. Our chronic care program enrollments are one of the key components of our whole person virtual care platform that we believe positions us to drive greater engagement with our platforms and increased revenue. Chronic care program enrollment increased by 16% to 1.02 million at December 31, 2022, compared to 0.88 million at December 31, 2021.
Average Revenue Per U.S. Integrated Care Member. Average revenue per U.S. Integrated Care member measures the average amount of global revenue that we generate from a U.S. Integrated Care member for a particular period. It is calculated by dividing the total revenue generated from the Integrated Care segment by the average number of U.S. Integrated Care members during the applicable period. Approximately 20% of total Integrated Care revenues relates to international and hospital and health systems for which membership is not considered as a management metric. We believe that our ability to increase the revenue generated from each member over time is also a key indicator of our increasing market adoption, the growth of our business, and future revenue potential. Average revenue per U.S. Integrated Care member decreased to $1.42 in the year ended December 31, 2022, from $1.46 in the same period in 2021, primarily due to the impact of new members onboarded over the course of year.
As it relates to the BetterHelp segment:
BetterHelp Paying Users. BetterHelp paying users represent the global number of paid users who used our BetterHelp mental health services during the applicable period. We believe that our ability to add new paying users and retain existing users is a key indicator of the increasing market adoption of BetterHelp, the growth of that business, and future revenue potential. Our ability to efficiently reach new potential paying users through various advertising channels helped us to increase BetterHelp paying users by 37% to 0.42 million as of December 31, 2022, compared to 0.31 million as of December 31, 2021.
As it relates to the Company:
Seasonality. Our business has historically been subject to seasonality. In our Integrated Care segment, as a result of many Clients’ introduction of new services at the start of each year a concentration of our new Client contracts has an effective date of January 1. Therefore, while membership increases, utilization and enrollment rates are dampened until service delivery ramps up over the course of the year. As a result of seasonal cold and flu trends, we historically have experienced our highest level of visit and other fee revenue during the first and fourth quarters of each year.
Due to the higher cost of customer acquisition during the end-of-year holiday season, our BetterHelp segment has historically reduced marketing activity during the fourth quarter. As a result of this dynamic we have typically experienced fewer new member additions and the strongest operating income performance in the fourth quarter.
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Conversely, as marketing activity typically resumes at the start of the year, we typically experience the weakest operating income performance during the first quarter as new customer acquisition and revenue growth lags marketing spend.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 and 2020, we did not experience the typical seasonality associated with cold and flu outbreaks, nor did we experience the typical seasonality associated with the BetterHelp business. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—Our quarterly results may fluctuate significantly, which could adversely impact the value of our common stock.” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies
Revenue
We follow the revenue accounting requirements of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606 establishes a principle for recognizing revenue upon the transfer of promised goods or services to customers, in an amount that reflects the expected consideration received in exchange for those goods or services. The core principle of ASC 606 is to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to Clients in an amount that reflects the consideration the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This principle is achieved through applying the following five-step approach:
•Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a Client.
•Identification of the performance obligations in the contract.
•Determination of the transaction price.
•Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.
•Recognition of revenue when, or as, we satisfy a performance obligation.
As it relates to the Integrated Care segment, we primarily generate virtual healthcare service revenue from contracts with Clients who purchase access to our professional provider network or medical experts for their employees, dependents and other beneficiaries. Our Client contracts include a per-member-per-month access fee as well as certain contracts that also include additional revenue on a per-virtual healthcare visit basis for general medical or other specialty visits, or expert medical service on a per case basis. We also have certain contracts that generate revenue based solely on a per healthcare visit basis for general medical and other specialty visits. For our BetterHelp product, members purchase access to our professional provider network for an access fee.
Revenues are also generated from contracts with Clients for our chronic care management solutions. Substantially all of this revenue is derived from monthly access fees that are recognized as services are rendered and earned under subscription agreements with Clients that are based on a per-participant-per-month model, using the number of active enrolled members each month for the minimum enrollment period. These solutions integrate devices, supplies, access to our web-based platform, and clinical and data services to provide an overall health management solution. The promises to transfer these goods and services are not separately identifiable and are considered a single continuous service comprised of a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer (i.e., distinct days of service). These services are consumed as they are received, and we recognize revenue each month using the variable consideration allocation exception since the nature of the obligations and the variability of the payment being based on the number of active members are aligned.
Revenue is also generated from contracts with Clients in hospital and health systems for the sale and rental of equipment consisting of virtual healthcare devices which allow physicians to access our hosted virtual healthcare platform. These contracts also include multiple performance obligations, and we determine the standalone selling prices
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based on overall pricing objectives. In some arrangements, our devices are rented to certain qualified Clients that qualify as either sales-type lease or operating lease arrangements and are subject to lease accounting guidance.
We record access fees from Clients accessing our professional provider network or hosted virtual healthcare platform or chronic care management platforms, visit fee revenue for general medical, expert medical service and other specialty visits as well as other revenue primarily associated with virtual healthcare device equipment included with our hosted virtual healthcare platform. Visit and other revenues are reported as “Other” revenue in our consolidated financial statements.
Our Client agreements generally have a term of one to three years. The majority of Clients have a term of one year and renew their contracts following their first year of services. Revenues are recognized when we satisfy our performance obligation to stand ready to provide virtual healthcare services which occurs when our Clients and members have access to and obtain control of the virtual healthcare service or platform.
For contracts where revenue is generated on a per healthcare visit basis, revenues are recognized when the visits are completed as we have delivered on our stand ready obligation to provide access. For other revenue, which primarily includes virtual healthcare devices, our performance obligation is satisfied when the equipment is provided to the Client and revenue is recognized at a point in time upon shipment.
Certain of our contracts include Client performance guarantees and pricing adjustments that are based upon minimum member utilization and guarantees by us for specific service level performance, member satisfaction scores, cost savings guarantees, and health outcome guarantees. Performance guarantees are estimated at each reporting period based on our historical performance of the underlying criteria or the customer’s specific performance as of that reporting date. Any estimated adjustments to the contract price for achieving or not achieving the performance guarantee are recognized as an adjustment to revenue in the period. For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, revenue recognized from performance obligations related to prior periods for the changes in transaction price or Client performance guarantees was $4.4 million, $5.6 million, and $1.9 million, respectively.
As it relates to the BetterHelp segment, users purchase mental health or other wellness services for an access fee.
Goodwill
As of December 31, 2022, our balance of goodwill was $1.1 billion, which all related to the BetterHelp segment. Goodwill represents the excess of the total purchase consideration over the fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level annually on October 1 or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not to be impaired. These events include: (i) severe adverse industry or economic trends; (ii) significant company-specific actions, including exiting an activity in conjunction with restructuring of operations; (iii) current, historical or projected deterioration of our financial performance; or (iv) a sustained decrease in our market capitalization, as indicated by our publicly quoted share price, below our net book value.
When testing goodwill for impairment, we have the option of first performing a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If we elect to bypass the qualitative assessment, or if a qualitative assessment indicates it is more likely than not that carrying value exceeds its fair value, we perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. Under the quantitative goodwill impairment test, if our reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value, we will record an impairment charge based on that difference.
To determine reporting unit fair value as part of the quantitative test, we use a weighting of fair values derived from the income approach and the market approach. Under the income approach, we project our future cash flows and discount these cash flows to reflect their relative risk. The cash flows used are consistent with those we use in our internal planning, which reflects actual business trends experienced and our long-term business strategy. As such, key estimates and factors used in this method include, but are not limited to, revenue, margin, and operating expense growth
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rates, capital expenditure estimates as well as a discount rate, and a terminal growth rate. Under the market approach, we use the guideline company method to develop valuation multiples and compare our reporting unit to similar publicly traded companies.
In order to further validate the reasonableness of fair value as determined by the income and market approaches described above, a reconciliation to market capitalization is then performed by estimating a reasonable control premium and other market factors. Future changes in the judgments, assumptions and estimates that are used in the impairment testing for goodwill could result in significantly different estimates of fair value.
We experienced triggering events in 2022 due to sustained decreases in our share price, prompting impairment assessments of goodwill and long-lived assets including definite-lived intangibles as of March 31, 2022 and again as of June 30, 2022.
Both impairment assessments in 2022 reflected a 75%/25% allocation between the income and market approaches. We believe the 75% weighting to the income approach continues to be appropriate as it more directly reflects our future growth and profitability expectations. The table below indicates changes in the most significant inputs to our impairment analysis on each testing date related to those triggering events as well as our annual impairment test.
October 1, 2022 BetterHelp 13.5% 1.6x/1.3x Significant amount
In March 2022, we updated the projected long-range cash flows used in the impairment assessment, including revenues, margin, and capital expenditures to reflect current conditions. Other changes in valuation assumptions included increases in interest rates and market volatility, resulting in a higher discount rate, and selection of lower revenue multiples based upon an assessment of a relevant peer group. As a result of this review, we did not identify an impairment to our definite-lived intangible assets or other long-lived assets, but we recorded a $6.6 billion non-deductible goodwill impairment charge (or $40.88 per basic and diluted share) in the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The non-cash charges had no impact on the provision for income taxes.
As of June 30, 2022, we updated valuation assumptions. The discount rate was increased for a company risk premium to reflect the current perception of risks of achieving projected cash flows and, to a lesser extent, to reflect further increases in interest rates and market volatility. Additionally, revenue market multiples were lowered based upon an updated analysis of a consistent peer group. The assessment did not result in an impairment of definite-lived intangible assets or other long-lived assets but resulted in an additional $3.0 billion non-deductible goodwill impairment charge (or $18.77 per basic and diluted share). The non-cash charges had no impact on the provision for income taxes.
On October 1, 2022, we reorganized our reporting structure to include two reportable segments, Teladoc Health Integrated Care and BetterHelp, which also represent reporting units for purposes of assessing goodwill. We performed our annual impairment test consistent with the rules set forth under ASC 350, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other,” performing an initial test on our then-existing reporting unit. The impairment test utilized our latest estimates of projected cash flows, including revenues, margin, and capital expenditures, as well as current market assumptions for the discount rate and revenue multiples, to reflect current market conditions and risk assessments. Based on the result of the impairment test, we recognized an additional $2.6 billion non-deductible goodwill impairment charge, driven significantly by a decline in projected cash flows. Following this impairment, we reassigned the remaining $2.2 billion to our new reporting units using a relative fair value allocation approach. We performed tests of the asset groups identified for the purposes of testing the recoverability of each reporting unit’s definite-lived intangibles and other long-lived assets, which was passed by a significant margin. Lastly, a post allocation goodwill impairment test on each of the
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reporting units was performed, the result of which was the recognition of an additional $1.1 billion of impairment on the goodwill assigned to our Teladoc Health Integrated Care reporting unit. The $3.8 billion (or $23.37 per basic and diluted share) non-cash charges had no impact on the provision for income taxes.
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, a $13.4 billion non-deductible goodwill impairment charge (or $83.01 per basic and diluted share) was recognized. There were no impairment charges recorded for goodwill or definite-lived intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2021 or 2020.
Other Intangible Assets
Other intangible assets include customer relationships, non-compete agreements, acquired technology, and trademarks resulting from business acquisitions, as well as capitalized software development costs. As of December 31, 2022, the aggregate balance of these assets was $1,836.8 million. We amortize these definite-lived intangible assets over their estimated useful lives as disclosed in Note 9. “Intangible Assets, Net and Certain Cloud Computing Costs” to the consolidated financial statements. We also review the useful lives on a quarterly basis to determine if the period of economic benefit has changed. Potential changes in useful lives, whether due to strategic decisions involving our brands, competitive forces, or other factors could result in additional amortization expense taking effect prospectively in the period of the change and could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Customer relationships are amortized over a period of two to 20 years in relation to expected future cash flows. The useful lives of the customer relationships are subject to risks and uncertainties including future attrition rates. These considerations include, but are not limited to, the emergence of new competitor offerings, relative competitor pricing and scale, our ability to successfully integrate and manage the acquired customers, our level of success in delivering future innovation, and overall changes in economic and regulatory conditions. Significant changes in any one or a combination of considerations could lead us to update our weighted average attrition rate, which, in turn would impact the assigned useful life and the level of amortization expense recorded for our customer relationship intangibles. For example, a sustained increase in the customer attrition rate related to customers acquired in the Livongo transaction could prompt us to reduce our estimate of the remaining useful life of the customer relationships. Should this occur, a one-year reduction to the estimated life would result in an annual increase in amortization expense of approximately $5 million. Technology is amortized over four to seven years using the straight-line method. Capitalized software development costs are amortized over three to five years using the straight-line method.
Through December 31, 2021, trademarks were amortized over three to 15 years using the straight-line method. Effective January 1, 2022, the useful lives for certain trademarks related to our strategy to integrate and move certain consumer brands under the Teladoc Health brand resulted in decreasing the weighted average useful life of all trademarks at the date of the change from 9.5 years to 7.5 years. This change increased annual amortization by approximately $23.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Definite-lived intangible assets are re-evaluated whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their estimated useful lives may require revision and/or the carrying value of the related asset group may not be recoverable by its projected undiscounted cash flows. If the carrying value of the asset group is determined to be unrecoverable, an impairment charge would be recognized in an amount equal to the amount by which the carrying value of the asset group exceeds its fair value. As a result of the introduction of segments in the fourth quarter of 2022, a recoverability test for the definite-lived intangible assets was performed and no impairment was identified.
Provision for Income Taxes
Our provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits reflect management's best assessment of estimated current and future taxes to be paid. The objectives for accounting for income taxes, as prescribed by the relevant accounting guidance, are to recognize the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred tax assets and liabilities for future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the financial statements. Deferred income taxes reflect the tax effect of temporary differences between asset and liability amounts that are recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amounts that are recognized for income tax purposes. These deferred taxes are measured by applying currently enacted tax laws. Deferred tax assets and
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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. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
We recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The assumptions about future tax consequences require significant judgment and variations in the actual outcome of these consequences could materially impact our results of operations. We recognize tax liabilities based on estimates of whether additional taxes and interest will be due. We adjust these liabilities when our judgment changes as a result of the evaluation of new information not previously available. Because of the complexity of some of these uncertainties, the ultimate resolution may result in a payment that is materially different from our current estimate of the tax liabilities. Interest and penalties, if any, related to accrued liabilities for potential tax assessments are included in income tax expense.
Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Determination of valuation allowances recorded against deferred tax assets requires significant judgment and use of assumptions, including past operating results, estimates of future taxable income and the feasibility of tax planning strategies. To the extent that new information becomes available which causes us to change our judgment regarding the adequacy of existing valuation allowances, such changes to tax liabilities will impact income tax expense in the period in which such determination is made.
Components of Results of Operations
Cost of Revenue(exclusive of depreciation and amortization, which is shown separately)
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization, which is shown separately) primarily consists of fees paid to the physicians and other health professionals in our provider network; product cost; costs incurred in connection with our provider network operations and data center activities, which include employee-related expenses (including salaries and benefits, incentive compensation, and stock-based compensation), costs related to Client support; provider network, medical records, magnetic resonance imaging, medical lab tests, translation, postage, medical malpractice insurance, and deferred device costs. Cost of revenue includes costs of technology enabling multiple modes of real-time communication, including via web browser, mobile application, voice / telephony, and text. These expenses increase or decrease as the level of revenue changes. Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization, which is shown separately) is driven primarily by the number of general medical visits, expert medical services, and other specialty visits completed in each period and are closely correlated or directly related to delivery of our solutions and monthly access fees. Many of the elements of the cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization, which is shown separately) are relatively variable, and can be reduced in the near-term to offset any decline in our revenue. Our business and operational models are designed to be highly scalable and leverage variable costs to support revenue-generating activities. Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization, which is shown separately) does not include an allocation of depreciation and amortization.
Advertising and Marketing Expenses
Advertising and marketing expenses consist primarily of costs of digital and media advertisements, personnel and related expenses (including salaries and benefits, incentive compensation, and stock-based compensation) for our marketing staff and communications materials that are produced for member acquisition and to generate greater awareness and utilization among our Clients and members. Marketing costs also include third-party independent research, trade shows and brand messages, public relations costs, and stock-based compensation for our advertising and marketing employees. Our advertising and marketing expenses exclude certain allocations of occupancy expense as well as depreciation and amortization.
We expect our advertising and marketing expenses to increase as we continue to increase the size of our digital and media advertising and marketing operations including member acquisition and engagement activities and expand into new products and markets. Our advertising and marketing expenses will fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period due to the seasonality of our total revenue and the timing and extent of our advertising
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campaigns and marketing expenses. We will continue to invest in advertising and marketing by promoting our brands through a variety of marketing and public relations activities.
Sales Expenses
Sales expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, including salaries, benefits, commissions, and incentive-based awards, employment taxes, travel and stock-based compensation costs for our employees engaged in sales, account management and sales support in addition to commissions paid to external brokers. Our sales expenses exclude certain allocations of occupancy expense as well as depreciation and amortization. We expect our sales expenses to continue to increase in the short-to-medium-term as we strategically invest to expand our business and to capture an increasing amount of our market opportunity.
Technology and Development Expenses
Technology and development expenses include the costs of operating our on-demand technology infrastructure that are not directly related to changes in revenue or volume of visits, including certain licensed applications, information technology infrastructure, security, and compliance. The technology and development line item also contains amounts charged to expense for research and development, which include costs of new product development, costs to add new features or improve reliability or scalability of existing applications, and other software development and engineering costs to the extent that they are not capitalized. The research and development expenses may enable future revenue growth but are not directly related to current revenues.
Technology and development expenses include personnel and related expenses (including salaries and benefits, incentive compensation, and stock-based compensation) for software engineering, information technology infrastructure, security and compliance, product development, and support for our efforts to add new features and ensure the reliability or scalability of our existing solutions. Technology and development expenses also include outsourced software engineering services, the costs of operating our on-demand technology infrastructure (whereas costs directly associated with revenue are presented separately in cost of revenues), and certain licensed applications. Our technology and development expenses exclude capitalized software development costs and depreciation and amortization.
We expect our technology and development expenses to increase as we continue to invest in the development of our technology platform. Our technology and development expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period due to the seasonality of our total revenue and the timing and extent of our technology and development expenses, including the ability to capitalize software development costs.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses include personnel and related expenses (including salaries and benefits, incentive compensation, and stock-based compensation) of, and professional fees incurred by our finance, legal and compliance, operations, human resources, clinical, corporate strategy, business development, strategies, quality and executive departments. They also include bank charges, most of the facilities costs including rent, utilities, and facilities maintenance, except for amounts allocated to cost of revenues, as well as therapists recruiting costs, related to BetterHelp, indirect taxes and certain licensed corporate applications. Our general and administrative expenses exclude any allocation of depreciation and amortization.
We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase as we continue to grow our business. Our general and administrative expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period due to the seasonality of our total revenue and the timing and extent of our general and administrative expenses.
Acquisition, Integration, and Transformation Costs
Acquisition, integration, and transformation costs include investment banking, financing, legal, accounting, consultancy, integration, fair value changes related to contingent consideration, and certain other transaction costs related to mergers and acquisitions. It also includes costs related to certain business transformation initiatives focused on integrating and optimizing various operations and systems, including upgrading our CRM and ERP systems, incurred in connection with our acquisition and integration activities.
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Restructuring Costs
Restructuring costs consist primarily of certain lease impairment costs, certain losses related to early lease terminations, and severance.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization consist primarily of depreciation of fixed assets, amortization of capitalized software development costs, and amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets.
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
Loss on extinguishment of debt consists of costs associated with debt refinancing including the write-off of origination and termination financing fees and the redemption/conversion of convertible senior notes.
Other Expense (Income), Net
Other expense (income), net includes the impact of foreign currency remeasurement, realized and unrealized gains on investment securities, and all other non-operating items not included in other financial statement lines.
Interest Expense, Net
Interest expense, net consists of interest costs associated with convertible senior notes and advances from financing companies, net of interest earned on cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments.
Provision for Income Taxes
Provision for income taxes reflects management’s best assessment of estimated current and future taxes to be paid. The objectives for accounting for income taxes, as prescribed by the relevant accounting guidance, are to recognize the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred tax assets and liabilities for future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the financial statements. See above for Critical Estimates and Policies.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Free Cash Flow
To supplement our financial information presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”), we use earnings before interest, provision for income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”), Adjusted EBITDA, and free cash flow which are non-U.S. GAAP financial measures, to clarify and enhance an understanding of past performance. We believe that the presentation of these financial measures enhances an investor’s understanding of our financial performance. We further believe that these financial measures are useful financial metrics to assess our operating performance and financial and business trends from period-to-period by excluding certain items that we believe are not representative of our core business. We use certain financial measures for business planning purposes and in measuring our performance relative to that of our competitors. We utilize Adjusted EBITDA as a key measure of our performance.
EBITDA consists of net loss before interest expense, net; other expense (income), net, including foreign exchange gain or loss; provision for income taxes; depreciation and amortization; goodwill impairment; and loss on extinguishment of debt. Adjusted EBITDA consists of net loss before interest expense, net; other expense (income), net, including foreign exchange gain or loss; provision for income taxes; depreciation and amortization; goodwill impairment; loss on extinguishment of debt; stock-based compensation; restructuring costs; and acquisition, integration, and transformation costs.
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Free cash flow is net cash (used in) provided by operating activities less capital expenditures and capitalized software. Free cash flow reflects an additional way of viewing liquidity that, we believe, when viewed with U.S. GAAP results, provides management, investors and other users of our financial information with a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our cash flows.
We believe the above financial measures are commonly used by investors to evaluate our performance and that of our competitors. However, our use of the terms EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and free cash flow may vary from that of others in our industry. Neither EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA nor free cash flow should be considered as an alternative to net loss before provision for income taxes, net loss, net loss per share, net cash provided by operating activities or any other performance measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and free cash flow have important limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
● EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect goodwill impairment;
● EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the interest expense on our debt;
● EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the loss on extinguishment of debt;
● EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect other expense (income), net;
In addition, although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and both EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any expenditures for such replacements.
We compensate for these limitations by using EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and free cash flow along with other comparative tools, together with U.S. GAAP measurements, to assist in the evaluation of operating performance. Such U.S. GAAP measurements include net loss, net loss per share, net cash provided by operating activities, and other performance measures.
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In evaluating these financial measures, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses similar to those eliminated in this presentation. Our presentation of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and free cash flow should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or nonrecurring items.
Consolidated Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the dollar and percentage change between the respective periods (dollars in thousands).
Year Ended December 31,
Expenses:
Operating expenses:
Restructuring costs 7,416 0 7,416 n/a
Net loss per share, basic and diluted $ (84.60) $ (2.73) $ (81.87) N/M
(1) Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures.
NM – not meaningful
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The following table reconciles net loss, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Add:
Loss on extinguishment of debt 0 43,748
Other expense (income), net 859 (5,088)
Provision for income taxes (3,812) 44,137
Acquisition, integration, and transformation costs 15,620 26,643
Restructuring costs 7,416 0
Revenue. Total revenue was $2,406.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $2,032.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $374.1 million, or 18%. Total access fees increased $363.6 million, or 21%. By geography, total revenue for the U.S. was $2,101.0 million and for International was $305.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, reflecting increases of 18% and 18%, respectively, compared to the year ended December 31, 2021.
Other revenue, which predominately includes visit fees, and to a lesser extent, revenues from the sales of our telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems. Other revenue totaled $303.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $292.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $10.5 million, or 4%, driven by an increase in visits that was largely offset by lower revenues from our telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems due to the roll-off of a legacy development contract.
Cost of Revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization, which is shown separately below). Cost of revenue was $744.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $650.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $93.7 million, or 14%, reflecting increased provider fees and physician network operation costs in line with revenue growth, partially offset by various optimization efforts.
Advertising and Marketing Expenses. Advertising and marketing expenses were $623.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $416.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $206.8 million, or 50%. This increase was substantially driven by higher digital and media advertising in support of BetterHelp, as well as higher engagement member marketing in the Integrated Care segment.
Sales Expenses. Sales expenses were $227.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $250.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $23.4 million, or 9%. This decrease substantially reflects the impact from a reduction in stock-based compensation driven primarily by the roll-off of stock-based awards expense related to the Livongo merger, partially offset by higher commission due to higher revenues.
Technology and Development Expenses. Technology and development expenses were $333.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $311.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $21.7 million, or 7%. The increase was driven by the hiring of additional personnel as well as higher professional fees,
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staff augmentation costs, software license and hosting costs, and ongoing projects to operate and to continuously improve and optimize our technology portfolio, partially offset by the roll-off of stock-based awards expense related to the Livongo merger.
General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses were $449.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $438.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $11.8 million, or 3%. The increase was primarily driven by the overall growth of the business including personnel costs, bank charges, therapist recruiting, certain corporate software license costs, and other professional fees, partially offset by a year-over-year reduction in stock-based compensation driven primarily by the roll-off of stock-based awards expense related to the Livongo merger as well as lower indirect taxes and bad debt expenses.
Acquisition, Integration, and Transformation Costs. Acquisition, integration, and transformation costs were $15.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily consisting of costs to continue to integrate and upgrade our CRM and ERP ecosystem, compared to $26.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $11.0 million. The 2021 costs included residual acquisition-related costs associated with the Livongo merger as well as costs associated with integrating and optimizing various operations and systems, including enhancing our CRM and ERP systems.
Restructuring Costs. Restructuring costs were $7.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 primarily consisting of losses related to early lease terminations and severance. See Note 14. ‘Restructuring” to the financial statements for additional information related to expected future costs to be incurred in 2023.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization was $256.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to $204.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $51.8 million, or 25%. The higher expense was primarily due to higher amortization associated with higher capitalized software development costs, and to a lesser extent, additional amortization expense related to the acceleration of the amortization of certain trademarks. As it relates to the acceleration of the useful lives for certain trademarks, this change made effective January, 1, 2022, related to our strategy to integrate and move certain consumer brands under the Teladoc Health brand. This acceleration of amortization resulted in decreasing the weighted average useful life of all trademarks at the date of the change from 9.5 years to 7.5 years. This change increased annual amortization by approximately $23.2 million in 2022.
Goodwill Impairment. We recorded non-cash goodwill impairment charges of $13,402.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, following goodwill impairment testings performed as a result of sustained decreases in our publicly quoted share price and our annual testing requirement. The non-cash charges had no impact on the provision for income taxes. Refer to Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies: Goodwill Impairment Charge and Note 7. “Goodwill,” to our consolidated financial statements.
Other Expense (Income), Net. Other expense (income), net was $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to an income of ($5.1) million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The change consisted primarily of a $5.9 million gain on the sale of a non-marketable equity security in 2021 and foreign exchange remeasurements.
Interest Expense, Net. Interest expense, net consists of interest costs and amortization of debt discount associated with our convertible senior notes, offset by interest income from cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Interest expense, net was $9.3 million and $80.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease in interest expense, net substantially reflects the adoption of ASU 2020-06, “Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity,” which resulted in the elimination of non-cash interest expense associated with the accretion of the recorded debt value to stated value and, to a lesser extent, an increase in interest income of $12.7 million from cash and cash equivalents. Refer to Note 11. “Convertible Senior Notes,” to the consolidated financial statements. The associated non-cash expense was $57.4 million, or $0.37 per share, for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Provision for Income Taxes. We recorded an income tax benefit of $3.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to an income tax expense of $44.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The income tax
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provision for the year ended December 31, 2022 reflects the benefit of the current period operational losses, partially offset by lower tax deductions for stock-based awards that vested in the year due to the declining share price. The goodwill impairment of $13,402.8 million resulted in a non-cash charge, which is not deductible for tax purposes. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we recognized a non-cash income tax expense of $44.1 million substantially all related to additional valuation allowance on excess stock compensation benefits associated with the Livongo merger.
Segment Information
The following tables set forth the results of operations for the relevant segments for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (dollars in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Teladoc Health Integrated Care 2022 2021 Variance %
Adjusted EBITDA Margin % 9.8 % 11.1 % (123) bps
Integrated Care total revenues increased by $73.0 million, or 6%, to $1,373.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in net revenues was primarily driven by higher chronic care enrollment and adoption, as well as higher telemedicine product revenue.
Integrated Care Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $8.9 million, or 6%, to $135.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily reflecting higher operating expenses, namely technology and development expenses and, to a lesser extent, higher advertising and engagement marketing costs.
Year Ended December 31,
BetterHelp 2022 2021 Variance %
Adjusted EBITDA Margin % 11.2 % 16.9 % (568) bps
BetterHelp total revenues increased by $298.4 million, or 41%, to $1,019.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, driven by a 37% increase in average monthly paying users.
BetterHelp Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $7.6 million, or 6%, to $114.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily reflecting higher operating expenses, most significantly higher advertising and marketing expenses.
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Consolidated Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the dollar and percentage change between the respective periods (dollars in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Expenses:
Operating expenses:
Other (income) expense, net (5,088) 545 (5,633) NM %
Net loss per share, basic and diluted $ (2.73) $ (5.36) $ 2.63 (49) %
We completed our acquisitions of Livongo on October 30, 2020, and InTouch on July 1, 2020. The results of operations of the aforementioned acquisitions have been included in our audited consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K from their respective acquisition dates.
(1) Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures.
NM – not meaningful
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The following table reconciles net loss, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Add:
Loss on extinguishment of debt 43,748 9,077
Other expense (income), net (5,088) 545
Acquisition, integration, and transformation costs 26,643 88,236
Teladoc Health Integrated Care Segment $ 144,021 $ 65,836
Revenue. Total revenue was $2,032.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $1,094.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $938.7 million, or 86%. Excluding the impact from acquisitions, revenue increased 40%, driven primarily by BetterHelp. Total access fees increased $892.9 million, or 105%. Also contributing to the increase in total revenue was other revenue, which totaled $292.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $246.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $45.8 million, or 19%, primarily reflecting visit revenues and a full year’s sales of our telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems.
Cost of Revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization, which is shown separately below). Cost of revenue was $650.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $390.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $259.5 million, or 66%. Excluding the impact of acquisitions, cost of revenue increased by 42%, reflecting increased provider fees and physician network operation costs in line with revenue growth.
Advertising and Marketing Expenses. Advertising and marketing expenses were $416.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $226.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $190.5 million, or 84%. This increase was primarily driven by higher digital and media advertising in support of BetterHelp, as well as higher engagement member marketing in the Integrated Care segment. In addition, the increase included the impact of acquisitions, and an increase in personnel costs due to increased hiring.
Sales Expenses. Sales expenses were $250.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $154.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $96.5 million, or 63%. This increase substantially reflects the impact from acquisitions.
Technology and Development Expenses. Technology and development expenses were $311.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $164.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $147.0 million, or 89%. In addition to substantially reflecting the impact of acquisitions, the increase was driven by hiring of additional personnel, professional fees, and ongoing projects to continuously improve and optimize our technology portfolio.
General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses were $438.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $506.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $68.7 million, or 14%. The decrease was primarily driven by a $211.2 million year-over-year reduction in stock-based
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compensation driven primarily by the acceleration of stock-based awards expense related to the Livongo merger. Partially offsetting the decrease was the full year impact of acquisitions, as well as increases reflecting the overall growth of the business including personnel costs, indirect taxes, bank charges, therapist recruiting, and legal and other professional costs.
Acquisition, Integration, and Transformation Costs. Acquisition, integration, and transformation costs were $26.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $88.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $61.6 million. The higher level of costs incurred in 2020 was driven by non-recurring transaction costs and charges associated with the InTouch and Livongo acquisitions, including investment banking, financing, legal, accounting, and consultancy costs. In contrast, the 2021 costs included residual acquisition-related costs associated with the Livongo merger as well as costs associated with integrating and optimizing various operations and systems, including enhancing our CRM and ERP systems.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization was $204.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $69.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $134.7 million, or 194%. The year-over-year increase was driven primarily by the impact of acquisitions, which resulted in an increase of $130.6 million in amortization of finite-lived intangibles and an increase of $4.2 million in depreciation of property and equipment.
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt. Loss on extinguishment of debt was $43.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $9.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase of $34.6 million driven primarily by exchanges, redemptions and conversions of convertible senior notes due in 2022 and 2025 as discussed in Note 11. “Convertible Senior Notes” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Other (Income) Expense, Net. Other (income) expense, net was ($5.1) million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The change consisted primarily of a $5.9 million gain on the sale of a non-marketable equity security and foreign exchange remeasurements.
Interest Expense, Net. Interest expense, net consists of interest costs and amortization of debt discount associated with our convertible senior notes, offset by interest income from cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Interest expense, net was $80.4 million and $60.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase in interest expense, net primarily is associated with the full year impact of the 2027 Notes issued in May 2020 and the Livongo Notes that we agreed to guarantee in October 2020 as part of the Livongo merger.
Provision for Income Taxes. We recorded an income tax expense of $44.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to a ($90.9) million benefit for the year ended December 31, 2020. The income tax expense in 2021 largely reflects an increase in the valuation allowances needed to reflect our ability to utilize future net operating losses, primarily associated with stock compensation benefits associated with the purchase of Livongo and partially offset by the impact of current period losses. The tax benefit in 2020 largely reflects the recognition of current period losses due to the partial release of the U.S. valuation allowance due to acquired intangibles from the purchases of InTouch and Livongo, as well as increased excess stock-based compensation deductions.
Segment Information
The following tables set forth the results of operations for the relevant segments for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (dollars in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Teladoc Health Integrated Care 2021 2020 Variance %
Adjusted EBITDA Margin % 11.1 % 8.8 % 223 bps
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Integrated Care total revenues increased by $556.6 million, or 75%, to $1,300.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily driven by the full year impact in 2021 of the acquisitions of Livongo and InTouch in 2020.
Integrated Care Adjusted EBITDA increased by $78.2 million, or 119%, to $144.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily driven by the full year impact in 2021 of the acquisitions of Livongo and InTouch in 2020.
Year Ended December 31,
BetterHelp 2021 2020 Variance %
Other Wellness Services 968 0 968 n/a
Adjusted EBITDA Margin % 16.9 % 19.0 % (212) bps
BetterHelp total revenues increased by $376.1 million, or 109%, to $721.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, driven by a 76% increase in average monthly paying users.
BetterHelp Adjusted EBITDA increased by $56.2 million, or 86%, to $121.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 primarily driven by higher growth in revenues.
Selected Quarterly Results of Operations
The following table sets forth the quarterly consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands):
Expenses:
Operating expenses:
Restructuring costs 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,678 3,738
(1)Reflects the reclass from technology and development to general and administrative of $2.1 million and $3.2 million of expenses for the quarters ended June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022, respectively, to align with the current management presentation.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following table presents a summary of our cash flow activity for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Summary 2022 2021
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 189,292 $ 193,990
Net cash used in investing activities (167,743) (72,981)
Net cash provided by financing activities 6,497 40,947
Foreign exchange difference (3,344) (1,800)
Total increase in cash and cash equivalents $ 24,702 $ 160,156
Our principal sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents, totaling $918.2 million as of December 31, 2022. During 2022, we experienced positive operating cash flow and we continue to anticipate increasing positive operating cash flow results for 2023.
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our working capital, capital expenditure, and contractual obligation needs for at least the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors including our growth rate, contract renewal activity, number of visits, the timing and extent of spending to support product development efforts, our expansion of sales and marketing activities, the introduction of new and enhanced services offerings, the continuing market acceptance of telehealth, and our debt service obligations. We may in the future enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, services, technologies, and intellectual property rights. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing to fund working capital, capital expenditures and acquisitions, and to settle debt obligations. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us or at all, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Historically, we have financed our operations primarily through sales of equity securities, debt issuance, and bank borrowings.
See Note 11. “Convertible Senior Notes” to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on our convertible senior notes.
We were in compliance with all debt covenants at December 31, 2022 and 2021.
We routinely enter into contractual obligations with third parties to provide professional services, licensing, and other products and services in support of our ongoing business. The current estimated cost of these contracts is not expected to be significant to our liquidity and capital resources based on contracts in place as of December 31, 2022.
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Cash flows provided by operating activities consist of net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items and the cash effect of changes in assets and liabilities. Cash provided by operating activities was $189.3 million and $194.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Cash provided by operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 included approximately $19.1 million and $2.6 million, respectively, related to investments in and implementation of cloud computing applications, which are deferred and amortized over multiple years based on expected contract life. The year-over-year decrease was driven by expenditures for cloud computing assets as well as higher operating expenses, namely higher advertising and engagement marketing costs and, to a lesser extent, higher technology and development expenses.
Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for the payment of cash compensation, provider fees, engagement marketing, D2C digital and media advertising, inventory, insurance, technology costs, interest costs, and
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acquisition, integration, and transformation costs. Historically, our cash compensation payments are at the highest level in the first quarter when we pay discretionary employee compensation related to the previous fiscal year.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities was $167.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 and primarily consisted of capitalized software development costs of $156.3 million and capital expenditures of $16.5 million. Cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 of $73.0 million consisted primarily of net cash paid for acquisitions of $78.7 million and capitalized software development of $55.4 million, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of marketable securities and the sale of an investment of $50.0 million and $10.9 million, respectively. The increase in capitalized software development costs of $100.9 million from 2021 relates to our ongoing investments to build out and optimize our products and platforms, including integrating consumer applications and new products and services including Primary360.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $6.5 million and primarily consisted of $5.9 million of proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options and $6.5 million of proceeds from participants in our employee stock purchase plan, partially offset by payment against advances from financing companies. Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $40.9 million and primarily consisted of $25.8 million of proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options and $16.8 million of proceeds from participants in our employee stock purchase plan.
The following is a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow (in thousands, unaudited):
Year Ended December 31,
Free cash flow was $16.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, as compared to $130.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The year-over-year decline was substantially driven by higher capitalized software development costs.
Recently Issued Pronouncements
In June 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-03, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820)—Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions” to clarify that an equity security subject to a contractual sale restriction does not take that restriction into consideration when measuring its fair value and to require specific disclosures related to such an equity security. ASU 2022-03 is effective for annual reporting periods, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2023, with early adoption permitted. The provisions of ASU 2022-03 are to be applied prospectively with any adjustments made to earnings on the date of adoption. The adoption of ASU 2022-03 is not expected to have a material impact on our financial statements.
In September 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-04, “Liabilities – Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50) – Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations,” to provide guidance on disclosure requirements for supplier finance programs and improve information transparency by requiring the disclosure of key terms of the program, amounts outstanding that remain unpaid, a description of where those amounts are presented in the balance sheet, and a rollforward of any outstanding obligations. ASU 2022-04 is effective for annual reporting periods, including interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2022, except for the amendment on roll forward information, which is
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effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating what the impact of adopting ASU 2022-04 may have on our financial statements.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk and Foreign Exchange Risk
Cash equivalents that are subject to interest rate volatility represent our principal market risk. We do not expect cash flows to be affected to any significant degree by a sudden change in market interest rates as our Notes and Livongo Notes bear fixed interest rates. We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes.
We operate our business primarily within the U.S. which accounts for approximately 87% of our revenues. We have not utilized hedging strategies with respect to our foreign exchange exposure as we believe it is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Our Consolidated Financial Statements are listed in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Data filed as part of this Form 10-K.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated, as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-K, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of December 31, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During 2022, we implemented a new ERP system for selected entities and transaction types included within our consolidated financial statements. As a result of this ERP system implementation, we revised certain existing internal controls, processes, and procedures. There are inherent risks in implementing an ERP system and, accordingly, we will continue to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of these controls.
Other than this ERP system implementation, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended December 31, 2022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013 framework). Based on this assessment, management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, concluded that we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting at the reasonable assurance level as of December 31, 2022.
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, is appointed by the Board of Directors and ratified by our Company’s stockholders. They were engaged to render an opinion regarding the fair presentation of our consolidated financial statements as well as conducting an audit of internal control over financial reporting. Their accompanying reports are based upon audits conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Teladoc Health, Inc.
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited Teladoc Health, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Teladoc Health, Inc. (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations and other comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”) and our report dated March 1, 2023 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the 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 audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
New York, New York
March 1, 2023
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Item 9B. Other Information
None.
Item 9C Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Not applicable.
PART III
Information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III is omitted from this Annual Report and will be filed in a definitive proxy statement or by an amendment to this Annual Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
We will provide information that is responsive to this Item 10 in our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the caption “Corporate Governance and Board Matters,” and possibly elsewhere therein. That information is incorporated in this Item 10 by reference.
Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors. The full text of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is posted on the Investors section of our website, www.teladochealth.com. We intend to disclose any amendments to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or waivers of its requirements, on our website.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
We will provide information that is responsive to this Item 11 in our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the captions “Executive Compensation” and “Director Compensation,” and possibly elsewhere therein. That information is incorporated in this Item 11 by reference.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
We will provide information that is responsive to this Item 12 in our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the captions “Securities Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information,” and possibly elsewhere therein. That information is incorporated in this Item 12 by reference.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
We will provide information that is responsive to this Item 13 in our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the caption “Related-Party Transactions,” and possibly elsewhere therein. That information is incorporated in this Item 13 by reference.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
We will provide information that is responsive to this Item 14 in our definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the caption “Audit Matters,” and possibly elsewhere therein. That information is incorporated in this Item 14 by reference.
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)(1)Our Consolidated Financial Statements are listed in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Data filed as part of this Form 10-K.
(2) Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable (in thousands):
Balance at Balance at
Beginning End
of Period Provision Write-offs Other of Period
Income Taxes Valuation Allowance (in thousands):
Balance at Balance at
Beginning End
of Period Provision Write-offs Other of Period
All other schedules are omitted as the required information is inapplicable or the information is presented in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in Item 8 above.
(3)A list of exhibits is set forth on the Exhibit Index immediately prior to the signature page of this Form 10-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.