Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies) |
6 Months Ended |
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Jan. 31, 2018 | |
Accounting Policies [Abstract] | |
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block] |
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which requires all excess tax benefits or deficiencies to be recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement. In addition, excess tax benefits should be classified along with other income tax cash flows as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. We adopted this standard as of August 1, 2017. |
Pronouncements Issued but Not Yet Adopted [Policy Text Block] |
Pronouncements Issued but Not Yet Adopted In May 2014, FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606. ASU 2014-09 and its amendments supersede the current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The new standard introduces a five-step model to achieve its core principle of the entity recognizing revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services, and on transfer of control, as opposed to transfer of risk and rewards. The standard also expands the required financial statement disclosures regarding revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 will be effective for our interim periods and the fiscal year beginning August 1, 2018, and we are not early adopting. An entity can apply the revenue standard retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented (full retrospective method) or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard recognized at the date of initial application in retained earnings. We expect to use the full retrospective method upon adoption. Based on our preliminary assessment, the adoption of this ASU may result in partially or substantially all of the amounts that have historically been classified as bad debt expense, primarily related to patient responsibility, could be considered an implicit price concession in determining net revenues. Accordingly, we may report the estimate of uncollectible balances associated with patient responsibility as a reduction of the transaction price and therefore as a reduction in net revenues when historically these amounts were classified as bad debt expense within operating costs and expenses. In addition, the adoption of this ASU will result in increased disclosure, including qualitative and quantitative disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts from customers. However, the adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position or cash flows. In February 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 – Leases (Topic 842). The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. The new standard is effective for our fiscal year beginning August 1, 2019 including interim periods within that fiscal year. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. We believe the adoption of this standard will materially impact our consolidated financial statements by significantly increasing our non-current assets and non-current liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets in order to record the right of use assets and related lease liabilities for our existing operating leases. We will recognize expense in the consolidated statement of operations similar to current lease accounting, in the cost of sales and selling, general and administrative. In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 708) Scope of Modification Accounting which provides guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in Topic 718. Adoption of the Standard is required for our annual and interim periods beginning August 1, 2018 with the amendments in the update applied prospectively to an award modified on or after the adoption date. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this new standard will have on the consolidated financial statements. |
Concentration Risk, Credit Risk, Policy [Policy Text Block] |
Concentration Risk One provider whose programs are included in the “Third-party payer” and “Health Maintenance Organizations” (“HMO’s”) categories represents approximately 38% and 39% of the Clinical Labs segment laboratory services revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 39% and 37% for the six months ended January 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. |