MEDNAX Provides COVID-19-Related Business Update
Withdraws Prior First-Quarter and Preliminary Full Year Outlook for 2020 Due to COVID-19 Impact
Amends Credit Facility
Due to the rapidly evolving environment and continued uncertainties surrounding the impact of COVID-19 and the likelihood that this impact may materially affect the Company’s near-term financial performance,
The Company’s January and February operating results were in line with the outlook provided in MEDNAX’s fourth quarter earnings announcement on
Within its American Anesthesiology medical group,
Within MEDNAX Radiology Solutions, orders for radiological studies have declined by a meaningful amount from historically normal levels, with much of this reduction focused in non-urgent studies.
MEDNAX’s office-based practices, which specialize in maternal-fetal medicine, pediatric cardiology, and numerous pediatric subspecialties, have seen a significant elevation of appointment cancellations compared to historical normal levels.
At this time, the Company has not experienced, nor does the Company currently anticipate, any significant impact to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patient volumes as a result of the COVID-19 situation.
Across its medical groups, the Company believes that these patient volume declines primarily reflect a deferral of healthcare services utilization to a later period, rather than a permanent reduction in demand for its services. Given the general necessity and critical nature of the services the Company’s affiliated clinicians provide,
Clinical Response
“As a clinician-centric and clinician-led organization, it is in our DNA to run to the fire in times of crisis. Our clinicians are on the front lines of this pandemic, working tirelessly to help provide critical, life-saving care,” said
Amendments to Credit Facility
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