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Revenue and Accounts Receivable

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Revenue and Accounts Receivable
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Receivables [Abstract]  
Revenue and Accounts Receivable
Revenue and Accounts Receivable

Revenue by service type for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 is comprised of the following (in thousands): 

 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
Biopharma Services
3,658

 
$
3,719

Clinical Services
2,342

 
2,954

Discovery Services
1,667

 
293

 
$
7,667

 
$
6,966


The table above includes approximately $1,428,000 of Discovery Services revenue from our acquisition of vivoPharm for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Accounts receivable by service type at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 consists of the following (in thousands): 


March 31,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Biopharma Services
$
3,847

 
$
3,746

Clinical Services
12,572

 
12,205

Discovery Services
1,238

 
1,546

Allowance for doubtful accounts
(7,003
)
 
(6,539
)

$
10,654

 
$
10,958



The table above includes $319,000 of net accounts receivables relating to Discovery Services that are included in assets held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2018.

Revenue for Biopharma Services are customized solutions for patient stratification and treatment selection through an extensive suite of DNA-based testing services. Biopharma Services are billed to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Clinical Services are tests performed to provide information on diagnosis of cancers to guide patient management. Clinical Services tests can be billed to Medicare, another third party insurer or the referring community hospital or other healthcare facility, or directly to patients. Discovery Services are services that provide the tools and testing methods for companies and researchers seeking to identify new DNA-based biomarkers for disease. The breakdown of our Clinical Services revenue (as a percent of total revenue) is as follows:

 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
Medicare
9%
 
14%
Other insurers
16%
 
23%
Other healthcare facilities
5%
 
6%
 
30%
 
43%
We have historically derived a significant portion of our revenue from a limited number of test ordering sites. Test ordering sites account for all of our Clinical Services revenue. Our test ordering sites are largely hospitals, cancer centers, reference laboratories, physician offices and biopharmaceutical companies. Oncologists and pathologists at these sites order the tests on behalf of the needs of their oncology patients or as part of a clinical trial sponsored by a biopharmaceutical company in which the patient is being enrolled. We generally do not have formal, long-term written agreements with such test ordering sites, and, as a result, we may lose a significant test ordering site at any time, except with biopharmaceutical companies.

The top five test ordering sites during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 accounted for approximately 17% and 35% of our testing volumes, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, there were no customers that accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, there was one biopharmaceutical company which accounted for approximately 11% of our total revenue.

We record deferred revenues (contract liabilities) when cash payments are received or due in advance of our performance, including amounts which are refundable.

Performance Obligations:

 
Biopharma Services
 
Clinical Services
 
Discovery Services
Performance Obligation Satisfaction and Revenue Recognition:
Performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time as the Company processes samples delivered by the customer. Project level activities, including study setup and project management, are satisfied over the life of the contract. Revenues are recognized at a point in time when the test results or other deliverables are reported to the customer. Project level fee revenue is recognized ratably over the life of the contract.
 
Performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time when the tests are reported to the customer. Revenues are recognized at a point in time when the test results are reported to the ordering site.
 
Performance obligations are satisfied over time and revenue is recognized using the time elapsed method as the Company delivers study results to the customers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Significant Payment Terms:
Monthly invoices at a contractual rate are generated as services are delivered for work completed during the prior month. Some contracts have prepayments prior to services being rendered that are recorded as deferred revenue.
 
The Company invoices at its list price or contractually negotiated price. Payments realized vary from amounts invoiced. Accordingly, the Company estimates the variable consideration it expects to collect.
 
As results are delivered, the invoices are generated based on contractual rates. Some contracts have prepayments prior to services being rendered that are recorded as deferred revenue.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nature of Services:
Biopharma testing services, study setup and study management
 
Clinical testing services
 
Discovery services

Remaining Performance Obligations:

Services offered under the Biopharma and Discovery Services frequently take time to complete under their respective contacts. These times vary depending on specific contract arrangements like the length of the study in the case of Discovery Services and how samples are delivered to us for processing in the case of Biopharma Services. In the case of Clinical Services and Discovery Services, the duration of performance obligation is less than one year. As of March 31, 2018 the Company had $27.4 million in remaining performance obligations in the Biopharma Services area. We expect to recognize the remaining performance obligations over the next two years.

Practical Expedients:

Our customer arrangements in Biopharma Services and Discovery Services do not contain any significant financing component (interest). We have not recognized the financing component in the case of Clinical Services, as the payment plans we may grant to our self-pay customers do not to exceed six months.
We do not incur any incremental costs to obtain or fulfill our customer contracts that require capitalization under the new revenue standard and have elected the practical expedient afforded by the new revenue standard to expense such costs as incurred.
We exclude from the measurement of the transaction price all taxes that we collect from customers that are assessed by governmental authorities and are both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transactions.