Apollo Medical Holdings Reports 56% Revenue Growth Year Over Year For The First Quarter Of Fiscal Year 2015

GLENDALE, Calif., Aug. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. ("ApolloMed") (OTC-QB: AMEH), an integrated physician-centric healthcare delivery company announced its fiscal 2015 first quarter results for the three months ended June 30, 2014.

It should be noted that the Company changed its year-end and now reports financial results on calendar quarters.  FY 2015 now covers the reporting period from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015.

Financial Highlights for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2013:

• Net revenues increased 56% to a record $4.09 million from $2.61 million.  The increase can be attributed to new hospitalist contracts, the continued growth of  Maverick Medical Group and the acquisition of AKM Medical Group.
• Loss from operations decreased 33% from $1.77 million to $1.19 million.
• On June 30, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $6.2 million.

Select Operational Highlights for Calendar Year 2014 YTD included:

• ApolloMed announced the launch of ApolloMed Care Clinics, which serve as both primary care medicine and post-discharge centers of excellence.
• ApolloMed ACO increased its number of assigned patients from 8,900 to 30,000 and number of physicians from 160 to over 700, and extended its geographic presence to Orange County, Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mississippi and Ohio.
• ApolloMed ACO announced interim financial results released from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") which indicated that ApolloMed ACO, in its first 12 months, had $3.1 million less in expenditures for its patient population than its benchmark.
• Entered into an equity and debt investment for up to $12 million with NNA of Nevada, Inc., an affiliate of Fresenius Medical Care North America, that included a $2 million investment in Company common stock issued at $1.00 per share.
• Announced the appointment of Mitchell Creem as CFO.   Mr. Creem has more than 30 years of healthcare experience, including CEO for Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Center,  CFO of UCLA Medical Center,  CFO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and CFO of Tufts Medical Center.
• Changed auditors to BDO USA, LLP to position the Company for further potential growth and investment.
• Announced the acquisition of AKM Medical Group, an IPA founded in 1990 which represents 16 primary care physicians and 87 specialists which serves more than 2100 patients in Los Angeles.
• Announced that it has entered into an agreement to provide hospitalist services for Blue Shield of California PPO patients in hospitals at which the Company has hospitalists.  This included extending hospitalist services for Blue Shield PPO, Exchange and Out Of Network patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Commenting on the results, Warren Hosseinion, M.D., CEO of ApolloMed, stated, "We continue to successfully execute on our multi-channel growth strategies, leveraging our strong reputation as a trusted partner to all stakeholders in the care continuum.  By consistently delivering excellent inpatient and outpatient services for our patients and our hospital, health plan and IPA partners, ApolloMed continues to achieve record revenue growth on a quarter-over-quarter basis – an accomplishment in which we take immense pride and which we target to continue for the remainder of FY 2015."

For more details on ApolloMed's fiscal year 2015 first quarter results, please refer to the Company's 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission and accessible at www.sec.gov. 

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About Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (ApolloMed)

Headquartered in Glendale, California and dedicated to putting the 'Patient First,' ApolloMed is a leading provider of physician-centric integrated healthcare management services, fueled by its commitment to provide exceptional multi-disciplinary care in the communities it serves in California, Mississippi and Ohio.  ApolloMed is addressing the healthcare needs of the nation's largest population center by leveraging its integrated healthcare delivery platform comprised of three affiliated and complementary physician groups:  ApolloMed Hospitalists, ApolloMed ACO (Accountable Care Organization), Maverick Medical Group (Independent Physician Association), AKM Medical Group (IPA) and ApolloMed Care Clinics.  This platform combines hospitalist medicine, critical care medicine, case management and transition management that enable healthcare organizations to engage in performance payments for utilization efficiency, quality of care objectives and shared accountability arrangements.  ApolloMed strives to improve medical outcomes with high quality, cost efficient care.  For more information, please visit www.apollomed.net.

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