MELBOURNE, FL — (Marketwired) — 05/17/13 — (OTCQB: FCHS) (OTCBB: FCHS) announced today the 2013 first quarter financial and operational results.
“We are extremely pleased with our 2013 first quarter financial and operational results,” stated Chris Romandetti, CEO of First Choice Healthcare. “Unlike many other healthcare business models, ours is designed to offer a more synergistic and profitable medical service mix. While we have increased this quarter-s revenue by $187,207, or 15 percent, our EBITDA demonstrated a significant gain of $233,178, or 475 percent. These continued gains point to our ability to increase margins as our revenues continue to grow.”
Additional accomplishments include the signing of two additional Orthopedic Surgeons and two Physician Assistants. “Signing four Clinicians continues to validate the FCMG model and Center of Excellence retail platform,” stated Romandetti. “We remain cautiously optimistic that by year-end we will complement our Center of Excellence with two additional Orthopedic Surgeons and one Neurosurgeon. As we move forward with our expansion plan, we-re investigating potential locations for our next Multi-Specialty Center of Excellence. Our focus is to identify geographic areas with high patient and physician benefit and the greatest leverage for our unique business model.”
Revenues increased to $1,401,681 for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to revenues of $330,216 for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase in revenue of $1,071,465 or 324 percent is primarily attributable to the acquisition of First Choice Medical Group of Brevard, LLC, completed in April 2012, which added $1,135,012 in medical revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 compared to $0 for the same period last year.
Total revenue increased to $1,401,681 or 15 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to revenues of $1,214,474 for the period ended December 31, 2012.
Operating expenses increased to $1,302,873 or 1 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $1,288.673 for the period ended December 31, 2012.
Net income from operations increased to $98,808 an increase of $173,007 for the three month period ended March 31, 2013 compared to a net loss from operations of $74,199 for the period ended December 31, 2012.
Net loss decreased to $255,069 or 8.59 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to a net loss of $279,649 for the period ended December 31, 2012.
EBITDA increased to $282,178 or 475 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $49,030 for the period ended December 31, 2012.
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First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary FCID Medical, Inc., is developing and acquiring multi-specialty medical centers. The Company is carving a new niche in the multibillion-dollar medical clinical service industry with specialized multi-specialty medical centers of excellence that offer an optimal mix of synergistic multi-specialty physicians combined with an array of diagnostic capabilities. More information is available at .
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