UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

Commission file number 001-34435

EMDEON INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		20-5799664
(State or Other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)		Identification No.)
3055 Lebanon Pike, Suite 1000
Nashville, TN		37214
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(615) 932-3000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer þ		Non-accelerated filer o		Smaller reporting company o
				(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ

     Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

Class		Outstanding as of May 6, 2011
Class A common stock, $0.00001 par value		91,127,779
Class B common stock, $0.00001 par value		24,689,142

 

 

Emdeon Inc.

Table of Contents

Part I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements			2
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			22
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			36
Item 4. Controls and Procedures			36
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings			37
Item 1A. Risk Factors			37
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds			37
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities			37
Item 4. Removed and Reserved			37
Item 5. Other Information			37
Item 6. Exhibits			37
Signatures			38
Exhibit Index			39
EX-10.1
EX-31.1
EX-31.2
EX-32.1
EX-32.2

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.		FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Emdeon Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

		March 31,				December 31,
		2011				2010
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	135,084			$	99,188
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $5,756 and $5,394 at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively			175,709				174,191
Deferred income tax assets			7,171				7,913
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			25,895				25,020
Total current assets			343,859				306,312
Property and equipment, net			229,879				231,307
Goodwill			908,008				908,310
Intangible assets, net			1,013,053				1,035,886
Other assets, net			9,298				9,750
Total assets		$	2,504,097			$	2,491,565
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	8,232			$	4,732
Accrued expenses			111,239				112,245
Deferred revenues			13,161				12,130
Current portion of long-term debt			12,493				12,494
Total current liabilities			145,125				141,601
Long-term debt, excluding current portion			934,969				933,749
Deferred income tax liabilities			199,595				200,357
Tax receivable agreement obligations to related parties			137,964				138,533
Other long-term liabilities			17,514				22,037
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Preferred stock (par value, $0.00001), 25,000,000 shares authorized and 0 shares issued and outstanding			—				—
Class A common stock (par value, $0.00001), 400,000,000 shares authorized and 91,127,779 and 91,064,486 shares outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively			1				1
Class B common stock, exchangeable (par value, $0.00001), 52,000,000 shares authorized and 24,689,142 shares outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010			—				—
Additional paid-in capital			743,458				738,888
Contingent consideration			1,955				1,955
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(1,937	)			(2,569	)
Retained earnings			57,644				53,250
Emdeon Inc. equity			801,121				791,525
Noncontrolling interest			267,809				263,763
Total equity			1,068,930				1,055,288
Total liabilities and equity		$	2,504,097			$	2,491,565

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Emdeon Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

		For the Three Months
		Ended March 31,
		2011				2010
Revenue		$	271,499			$	237,279
Costs and expenses:
Cost of operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization below)			169,254				143,986
Development and engineering			8,904				8,554
Sales, marketing, general and administrative			31,647				26,119
Depreciation and amortization			38,022				27,775
Operating income			23,672				30,845
Interest income			(3	)			(3	)
Interest expense			12,629				15,665
Other			(1,403	)			290
Income before income tax provision			12,449				14,893
Income tax provision			5,174				10,630
Net income			7,275				4,263
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			2,881				2,374
Net income attributable to Emdeon Inc.		$	4,394			$	1,889
Net income per share Class A common stock:
Basic		$	0.05			$	0.02
Diluted		$	0.05			$	0.02
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic			90,987,352				90,461,968
Diluted			91,246,531				90,468,057

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Emdeon Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share amounts)

		Class A								Class B								Additional												Other				Non-
		Common Stock								Common Stock								Paid-in				Contingent				Retained				Comprehensive				Controlling				Total
		Shares				Amount				Shares				Amount				Capital				Consideration				Earnings				Income (Loss)				Interest				Equity
Balance at January 1, 2010			90,423,941			$	1				24,752,955			$	—			$	730,941			$	—			$	33,704			$	(11,198	)		$	226,421			$	979,869
Equity-based compensation expense			—				—				—				—				2,927				—				—				—				748				3,675
Issuance of shares in connection with equity compensation plans, net of taxes			5,592				—				—				—				16				—				—				—				(11	)			5
Exchange of units of EBS Master for Class A common stock, net of taxes			36,829				—				(36,829	)			—				425				—				—				(4	)			(339	)			82
Cancellation of Class B common stock, net of taxes			—				—				(26,984	)			—				127				—				—				(2	)			(197	)			(72	)
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with acquisitions, net of taxes			152,532				—				—				—				2,391				—				—				(4	)			239				2,626
Tax receivable agreement with related parties, net of taxes			—				—				—				—				(89	)			—				—				—				—				(89	)
Other			—				—				—				—				100				—				—				—				—				100
Comprehensive income:
Net income			—				—				—				—				—				—				1,889				—				2,374				4,263
Change in the fair value of interest rate swap, net of taxes			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				822				225				1,047
Foreign currency translation adjustment							—				—				—				—				—				—				58				18				76
Other comprehensive income amortization, net of taxes			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				994				271				1,265
Total comprehensive income																																							6,651
Balance at March 31, 2010			90,618,894			$	1				24,689,142			$	—			$	736,838			$	—			$	35,593			$	(9,334	)		$	229,749			$	992,847
Balance at January 1, 2011			91,064,486			$	1				24,689,142			$	—			$	738,888			$	1,955				53,250			$	(2,569	)		$	263,763			$	1,055,288
Equity-based compensation expense			—				—				—				—				4,433				—				—				—				1,140				5,573
Issuance of shares in connection with equity compensation plans, net of taxes			63,293				—				—				—				194				—				—				—				(146	)			48
Tax receivable agreements with related parties, net of taxes			—				—				—				—				(57	)			—				—				—				—				(57	)
Comprehensive income:
Net income			—				—				—				—				—				—				4,394				—				2,881				7,275
Foreign currency translation adjustment			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				(6	)			(2	)			(8	)
Other comprehensive income amortization, net of taxes			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				638				173				811
Total comprehensive income																																							8,078
Balance at March 31, 2011			91,127,779			$	1				24,689,142			$	—			$	743,458			$	1,955			$	57,644			$	(1,937	)		$	267,809			$	1,068,930

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Emdeon Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited and amounts in thousands)

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2011				2010
Operating activities
Net income		$	7,275			$	4,263
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			38,022				27,775
Equity compensation expense			5,573				3,675
Deferred income tax expense			—				4,666
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs			3,455				3,135
Amortization of discontinued cash flow hedge from other comprehensive loss			922				1,453
Change in contingent consideration			(1,403	)			290
Change in fair value of interest rate swap (not subject to hedge accounting)			(2,556	)			—
Other			5				281
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable			(1,519	)			3,347
Prepaid expenses and other			1,209				1,646
Accounts payable			4,766				(2,434	)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			5,104				3,173
Deferred revenues			1,031				14
Tax receivable agreement obligations to related parties			(2,913	)			(1,480	)
Net cash provided by operating activities			58,971				49,804
Investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment			(19,654	)			(12,949	)
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired			—				(26,444	)
Net cash used in investing activities			(19,654	)			(39,393	)
Financing activities
Debt principal payments			(2,138	)			(1,888	)
Other			(1,283	)			(104	)
Net cash used in financing activities			(3,421	)			(1,992	)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents			35,896				8,419
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			99,188				211,999
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		$	135,084			$	220,418

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

1. Nature of Business and Organization

Nature of Business

     Emdeon Inc. (the “Company”), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a provider of revenue and payment cycle management and clinical exchange solutions, connecting payers, providers and patients of the U.S. healthcare system. The Company’s product and service offerings integrate and automate key business and administrative functions for payers and providers throughout the patient encounter, including pre-care patient eligibility and benefits verification and enrollment, clinical exchange capabilities, claims management and adjudication, payment integrity, payment distribution, payment posting and denial management, and patient billing and payment processing.

Organizational Structure

     Prior to November 2006, the group of companies that comprised Emdeon Business Services (“EBS”) was owned by HLTH Corporation, currently known as WebMD Health Corp. (“WebMD”). EBS Master LLC (“EBS Master”) was formed by WebMD to act as a holding company for EBS. EBS Master, through its 100% owned subsidiary, Emdeon Business Services LLC (“EBS LLC”), owns EBS.

     In September 2006, EBS Acquisition LLC (“EBS Acquisition”) was formed as a Delaware limited liability company by affiliates of General Atlantic LLC (“General Atlantic”). In November 2006, EBS Acquisition acquired a 52% interest in EBS Master from WebMD (the “2006 Transaction”).

     In February 2008, WebMD sold its 48% noncontrolling interest in EBS Master to affiliates of General Atlantic and Hellman & Friedman LLC (“H&F”) (the “2008 Transaction”). As a result, following the 2008 Transaction, EBS Master was owned 65.77% by affiliates of General Atlantic (including EBS Acquisition) and 34.23% by affiliates of H&F.

     In connection with the Company’s August 2009 initial public offering (“IPO”), EBS Acquisition was converted into a Delaware corporation, changed its name to Emdeon Inc. and completed a corporate restructuring.

2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant New Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

     The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and, in the opinion of management, reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for the unaudited interim periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for the full fiscal year. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Reclassifications

     Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period financial statements to conform to the current period presentation.

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

     On December 31, 2010, the Company early adopted the clarification and additional disclosure provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-29, an update to FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Business Combination Topic. This update, which is applicable to public entities, clarifies that required pro forma financial information should be presented with an assumption that any current period acquisition occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. Additionally, the update expands the supplemental pro forma disclosures to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. The adoption of this update had no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

     On January 1, 2010, the Company adopted the clarification and additional disclosure provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06, an update to FASB ASC Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic. On January 1, 2011, the Company adopted the remaining provisions of this update with respect to the separate disclosure of purchases, sales, issuances and settlements relating to Level 3 fair value measurements. This update clarifies that companies must provide fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and liabilities and expands the requirements to include disclosure of amounts and reasons for transfers among different levels within the fair value hierarchy and information within a reconciliation about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis. The adoption of this update had no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The disclosures required by this update are presented within Note 8 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

     On January 1, 2011, the Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-13, an update to FASB ASC Revenue Recognition Topic, which amends existing accounting standards for revenue recognition for multiple-element arrangements. To the extent a deliverable within a multiple-element arrangement is not accounted for pursuant to other accounting standards, the update establishes a selling price hierarchy that allows for the use of an estimated selling price to determine the allocation of arrangement consideration to a deliverable in a multiple-element arrangement where neither vendor-specific objective evidence nor third-party evidence is available for that deliverable. The adoption of this update had no material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

3. Concentration of Credit Risk

     The Company’s revenue is primarily generated in the United States. Changes in economic conditions, government regulations or demographic trends, among other matters, in the United States could adversely affect the Company’s revenue and results of operations.

     The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalent balances in either insured depository accounts or money market mutual funds. The money market mutual funds are limited to investments in low-risk securities such as United States or government agency obligations, or repurchase agreements secured by such securities.

4. Business Combinations

     2010 Acquisitions

     In January 2010, the Company acquired all of the voting interest of FutureVision Investment Group, L.L.C. and substantially all of the assets of two related companies, FVTech, Inc. and FVTech Arizona, Inc. (collectively, “FVTech”). FVTech is a provider of outsourced services specializing in electronic data conversion and information management solutions.

     In March 2010, the Company acquired Healthcare Technology Management Services, Inc. (“HTMS”), a management consulting company focused primarily on the healthcare payer market.

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

     In June 2010, the Company acquired all of the equity interests of Chapin Revenue Cycle Management, LLC (“Chapin”), a technology-enabled provider of accounts receivable denial and recovery services.

     In October 2010, the Company acquired all of the equity interests of Chamberlin Edmonds Holdings Inc. and Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates, Inc. (collectively, “CEA”), a technology-enabled provider of government program eligibility and enrollment services.

     The following table summarizes certain information related to these acquisitions:

		FVTech				HTMS				Chapin				CEA
Total Consideration Fair Value at Acquisition Date:
Cash paid at closing		$	20,005			$	7,841			$	16,096			$	209,520
Class A common stock fair value			—				2,263				2,554				—
Estimated contingent consideration			13,850				8,230				3,885				2,364
Other			303				409				398				85
		$	34,158			$	18,743			$	22,933			$	211,969
Other Information:
Total consideraton Class A common stock (in shares)			—				152,532				209,026				—
Gross contractual accounts receivable		$	1,774			$	3,286			$	1,720			$	15,873
Amount not expected to be collected		$	38			$	16			$	398			$	1,461
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes		$	18,700			$	9,100			$	17,400			$	—
Contingent Consideration Information:
Contingent consideration range		$	0 - 40,000			$	0 - 14,000			Maximum of 627,080 shares of Class A common stock					—
Remaining performance period applicable			2010-2012				2011-2012				2011-2012				N/A
Type of measurement		Level 3				Level 3				Level 3					N/A
Key assumptions at the acquisition date:
Discount rate			11.60	%			20.50	%			N/A				N/A
Expected performance		$	1,500 - 27,000			90% probability				20% to 70% probability					N/A
Class A common stock price			N/A				N/A			$	13.28				N/A
Marketability discount			N/A				N/A				8	%			N/A
Increase (decrease) to net income:
Three months ended March 31, 2011		$	(250	)		$	1,690			$	—			$	(20	)
Three months ended March 31, 2010		$	(290	)		$	—			$	—			$	—

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

     During the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Company received additional information related to the CEA acquisition regarding the value of the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and contingent consideration transferred as of the acquisition date. As a result, the Company recognized increases as of the acquisition date in contingent consideration transferred of $1,470, prepaid expense and other current assets of $2,554 and deferred income tax liabilities of $782, with a corresponding decrease in goodwill of $302. The valuation of the consideration transferred related to the CEA acquisition is subject to further change once preacquisition period tax returns have been completed and evaluated by the Company.

5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

     Goodwill activity during the three months ended March 31, 2011 was as follows:

		Payer				Provider				Pharmacy				Total
Balance at December 31, 2010		$	322,101			$	502,227			$	83,982			$	908,310
Changes in preliminary purchase price allocation			—				(302	)			—				(302	)
Balance at March 31, 2011		$	322,101			$	501,925			$	83,982			$	908,008

     Intangible assets subject to amortization as of March 31, 2011 consist of the following:

		Weighted				Gross
		Average				Carrying				Accumulated
		Remaining Life				Amount				Amortization				Net
Customer relationships			14.6			$	1,048,433			$	(191,265	)		$	857,168
Trade names			14.9				121,518				(22,224	)			99,294
Non-compete agreements			4.0				19,556				(12,427	)			7,129
Data sublicense agreement			6.8				49,600				(8,548	)			41,052
Backlog			0.5				18,450				(10,040	)			8,410
Total						$	1,257,557			$	(244,504	)		$	1,013,053

Amortization expense was $22,833 and $16,408 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Aggregate future amortization expense for intangible assets is estimated to be:

2011 (remainder)		$	63,176
2012			73,004
2013			72,792
2014			72,519
2015			70,899
Thereafter			660,663
		$	1,013,053

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

6. Long-Term Debt

As of March 31, 2011, long-term debt consisted of the following:

		March 31,				December 31,
		2011				2010
Credit Facilities
$50 million Revolving Line of Credit facility, expiring on November 16, 2012 and bearing interest payable quarterly at a variable base rate plus a spread rate		$	—			$	—
$755 million First Lien Term Loan facility, expiring on November 16, 2013, bearing interest payable quarterly at a variable base rate (LIBOR) plus a spread rate (total rate 2.27% for both periods) and net of unamortized discount of $26,260 and $28,628 at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively (effective interest rate of 3.92% at March 31, 2011)			650,653				650,172
$170 million Second Lien Term Loan facility, expiring on May 16, 2014, bearing interest at a variable base rate (LIBOR) plus a spread rate (total rate 5.27% for both periods) and net of unamortized discount of $11,301 and $12,136 at March 31, 2011 and December 31,2010, respectively (effective interest rate of 7.86% at March 31, 2011)			158,699				157,864
$100 million Incremental Borrowing on First Lien Term Loan facility, expiring on November 16, 2013, bearing interest at a variable base rate (LIBOR), subject to a floor, plus a spread rate (total rate 4.5% for both periods) and net of unamortized discount of $1,713 and $1,866 at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively (effective interest rate of 5.44% at March 31, 2011)			97,787				97,884
Obligation under data sublicense agreement			40,323				40,323
Less current portion			(12,493	)			(12,494	)
Long-term debt		$	934,969			$	933,749

     In November 2006, EBS LLC entered into two credit agreements with several lenders that provided a $755,000 term loan (“First Lien Term Loan”), a $50,000 revolving line of credit (“Revolver”) and a $170,000 term loan (“Second Lien Term Loan”). In October 2010, EBS LLC borrowed an additional $100,000 under an incremental term loan facility (“Incremental First Lien Term Loan”) through an amendment to the First Lien Term Loan.

     In connection with these credit agreements, EBS LLC paid fees of approximately $19,900 to the lenders of which the unamortized portion is classified as a reduction of the carrying value of the credit agreements in each period. Additionally, in connection with the 2008 Transaction, 48% of the carrying value of these credit agreements was adjusted to fair value which resulted in a discount of $66,395, the unamortized portion of which has similarly been classified as a reduction of the carrying value of the credit agreements.

     The Revolver expires November 2012 and provides for revolving loans not to exceed $50,000, of which $12,000 may be used for letters of credit in support of payment obligations of the Company. As of March 31, 2011, the Company had no borrowings outstanding and $50,000 available for future borrowings under the Revolver. The Company pays a quarterly commitment fee on the unused portion of the Revolver that fluctuates, based upon certain leverage ratios, between 0.375% and 0.5% per annum.

     The First Lien Term Loan and Incremental First Lien Term Loan are each payable in quarterly principal installments of approximately $1,800 and $250, respectively, plus accrued interest, through September 2013, with a balloon payment of the remaining

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

principal amount outstanding due upon maturity in November 2013. These installment payments are subject to adjustment based upon optional and mandatory prepayment activity. Mandatory prepayments of principal related to excess cash flow, as defined, and other circumstances are also required.

     The Second Lien Term Loan is subordinate to the First Lien Term Loan and Incremental First Lien Term Loan, and matures in May 2014.

     The credit agreements require EBS LLC to maintain certain financial covenants, including a maximum total leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio. The credit agreements also impose restrictions related to capital expenditures, investments, additional debt or liens, asset sales, transactions with affiliates and equity interests, among other items. Additionally, the credit agreements include restrictions on the payment of dividends or distributions (other than to fund income tax liabilities) to or advances or loans to parties that are not party to the credit agreements. In the case of dividends, the credit agreements generally limit payments to non-loan parties (including the Company) with such limitations increasing based on achievement of certain leverage ratios. Transactions with affiliates are limited to those which are approved by a majority of the noninterested members of the EBS LLC board of directors and whose terms are no less favorable than those available to an unrelated person. Substantially all of the Company’s net assets are subject to the restrictions of these credit agreements. EBS LLC believes it was in compliance with all debt covenants at March 31, 2011. This debt is secured by substantially all of the assets of EBS LLC.

Obligation Under Data Sublicense Agreement

     In October 2009 and April 2010, the Company acquired certain additional rights to specified uses of its data from WebMD in order to broaden the Company’s ability to pursue business intelligence and data analytics solutions for payers and providers. The Company previously licensed exclusive rights to this data to WebMD pursuant to an Amended and Restated Data License Agreement in connection with the 2008 Transaction. In connection with these data rights acquisitions, the Company recorded amortizable intangible assets with an estimated life of approximately eight years and corresponding obligations at inception of approximately $37,606 (net of the initial required payment of $5,663 at contract execution) and $6,341 for the October 2009 and April 2010 data acquisitions, respectively, based on the present value of the scheduled annual payments through 2018, which totaled $65,000 in the aggregate (of which $52,486 remains payable at March 31, 2011).

7. Interest Rate Swap

     Derivative financial instruments are used to manage the Company’s interest rate exposure. The Company does not enter into financial instruments for speculative purposes. Derivative financial instruments are accounted for in accordance with FASB ASC Derivatives and Hedging Topic and are measured at fair value and recorded on the balance sheet. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as a cash flow hedge, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same line item associated with the forecasted transaction in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings (for example, in “interest expense” when the hedged transactions are interest cash flows associated with floating-rate debt). The remaining gain or loss on the derivative instrument in excess of the cumulative change in the present value of future cash flows of the hedged item, if any, is recognized in interest expense in current earnings during the period of change.

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

     The following table summarizes the fair value of the Company’s derivative instrument at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:

		Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
		Asset (Liability) Derivatives
						March 31,				December 31,
		Balance Sheet Location				2011				2010
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swap		Accrued expenses				$	(8,183	)		$	(10,738	)

Cash Flow Hedging Relationships

     In December 2006, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement, which matures in December 2011, to reduce the variability of interest payments associated with its total long-term debt. The notional amount of the swap was $239,965 and $240,720 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Changes in the cash flows of the interest rate swap are intended to offset the changes in cash flows attributable to fluctuations in the variable base rates underlying the Company’s long-term debt obligations.

     The 2008 Transaction represented a redesignation event. As the Company’s interest rate swap did not meet all the criteria for hedge accounting at that time, changes in the fair value subsequent to the 2008 Transaction but prior to its redesignation as a cash flow hedge on September 30, 2008 were recorded within interest expense during the period from February 8, 2008 to September 30, 2008. In October 2010, the Company removed the designation of its interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge such that subsequent changes in fair value are similarly recorded within interest expense.

     The amortization of the amounts reflected in other comprehensive income related to the discontinued cash flow hedges are and continue to be reflected within interest expense in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. Amortization of amounts included in other comprehensive income related to discontinued hedges is expected to total approximately $2,882 over the next twelve months.

     The effect of the derivative instrument on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, is summarized in the following table:

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2011				2010
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships
Gain related to effective portion of derivative recognized in other comprehensive loss		$	—			$	1,202
Loss related to effective portion of derivative reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense		$	(3,715	)		$	(5,620	)
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Gain recognized in interest expense		$	2,556			$	—

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

8. Fair Value Measurements

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

     The Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis consist of the Company’s derivative financial instrument and contingent consideration associated with business combinations. The table below summarizes these items as of March 31, 2011, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall.

														Significant
						Quoted in				Significant Other				Unobservable
		Balance at				Markets				Observable Inputs				Inputs
Description		March 31, 2011				Identical (Level 1)				(Level 2)				(Level 3)
Interest rate swap		$	(8,183	)		$	—			$	(8,183	)		$	—
Contingent consideration obligations			(13,529	)			—				—				(13,529	)
Total		$	(21,712	)		$	—			$	(8,183	)		$	(13,529	)

     The valuation of the Company’s derivative financial instrument is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivative, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves. The fair value of the interest rate swap is determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments (or receipts) and the discounted expected variable cash receipts (or payments). The variable cash receipts (or payments) are based on an expectation of future interest rates derived from observable market interest rate curves.

     The Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements.

     Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs to evaluate the likelihood of default by itself and by its counterparties. As of March 31, 2011, the has determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of its derivatives. As a result, the Company has determined that its derivative valuations in their entirety are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

     The valuation of the Company’s contingent consideration obligations is determined using a probability weighted discounted cash flow method. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the purchase agreements and utilizes assumptions with regard to future cash flows, probabilities of achieving such future cash flows and a discount rate.

     The table below presents a reconciliation of the fair value of the liabilities that use significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

		Three Months
		Ended March 31,
		2011
Balance at beginning of period		$	(16,046	)
Issuance of contingent consideration			249
Settlement of contingent consideration			865
Total changes included in other income (loss)			1,403
Balance at end of period		$	(13,529	)

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value upon Initial Recognition

     The carrying amount and the estimated fair value of financial instruments held by the Company as of March 31, 2011 were:

		Carrying
		Amount				Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents		$	135,084			$	135,084
Accounts receivable		$	175,709			$	175,709
Long-term debt (credit facilities)		$	907,139			$	946,242
Cost method investment		$	3,000			$	3,600

     The carrying amounts of cash equivalents and accounts receivable approximate fair value because of their short-term maturities. The fair value of long-term debt is based upon market trades by investors in partial interests of these instruments. The fair value of the cost method investment is estimated using a probability-weighted discounted cash flow model.

9. Legal Proceedings

     In the normal course of business, the Company is involved in various claims and legal proceedings. While the ultimate resolution of these matters has yet to be determined, the Company does not believe that their outcomes will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

10. Capital Stock

Common Stock

     Under the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue 400,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 52,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, each with a par value of $0.00001 per share. The Class A common stock and Class B common stock each provide holders with one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders; however, the holders of Class B common stock do not have any of the economic rights (including rights to dividends and distributions upon liquidation) provided to the holders of the Class A common stock. Shares of Class B common stock, together with corresponding EBS Master Units, may be exchanged with the Company for shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications. All shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock generally vote together, as a single class, on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders.

Preferred Stock

     Under the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.00001 per share.

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Noncontrolling Interests

     The Company has executed transactions that both increased and decreased its ownership interest in EBS Master. These changes are summarized in the following table:

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2011				2010
Net income attributable to Emdeon Inc.		$	4,394			$	1,889
Transfers from the noncontrolling interest:
Increase in Emdeon Inc. paid-in capital for the issuance of EBS Master Units in connection with acquisitions			—				2,391
Increase in Emdeon Inc. paid-in capital for issuance of EBS Master Units in connection with equity compensation plans			194				16
Increase in Emdeon Inc. paid-in capital for exchange of EBS Master Units to Class A common stock of Emdeon Inc.			—				425
Increase in Emdeon Inc. paid-in capital for cancellation of EBS Master Units			—				127
Net transfers from noncontrolling interest			194				2,959
Change from net income attributable to Emdeon Inc. and transfers from noncontrolling interest		$	4,588			$	4,848

11. Equity-Based Compensation Plans

     During the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Company issued 271,460 restricted Class A common stock units and 1,306,800 options to purchase Class A common stock under the Company’s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, with an aggregate grant date fair value of $12,968. These restricted Class A common stock units and options to purchase Class A common stock generally vest ratably over a four-year period.

     During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized equity-based compensation expense of $5,573 and $3,675, respectively.

12. Income Taxes

     Income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to an expense of $5,174 and $10,630, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate was 41.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with 71.4% during the same period in 2010. The Company’s effective tax rate is affected by deferred tax expense resulting from differences between the book and income tax basis of its investment in EBS Master, as well by changes in the Company’s valuation allowances. Changes in these valuation allowances resulted in $624 and $4,363 of additional income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

     A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

Unrecognized benefit January 1, 2011		$	1,368
Decrease in three months ended March 31, 2011			(27	)
Unrecognized benefit March 31, 2011		$	1,341

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

     The Company decreased its liability for uncertain tax positions during the three months ended March 31, 2011 following the lapse of the statute of limitations on an open year.

     The Company does not currently anticipate that the total amount of unrecognized tax positions will significantly increase or decrease in the next twelve months.

     The Company recognizes interest income and expense (if any) related to income taxes as a component of income tax expense. Interest of $17 has been included in the tax provision for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

     The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various states and foreign jurisdictions. The Company’s U.S. federal and state income tax returns for the tax years 2007 and beyond remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. With respect to state and local jurisdictions and countries outside of the United States, the Company and its subsidiaries are typically subject to examination for a number of years after the income tax returns have been filed. Although the outcome of tax audits is always uncertain, the Company believes that adequate amounts of tax, interest and penalties have been provided for in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for any adjustments that may be incurred due to state, local or foreign audits.

13. Tax Receivable Agreement Obligation to Related Parties

     In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into tax receivable agreements which obligate the Company to make payments to certain entities affiliated with General Atlantic and H&F and certain senior management team members and directors who held profits interests in EBS Master, called Grant Units, prior to the IPO (“Former EBS Master Grant Unit Holders”) generally equal to 85% of the applicable cash savings that the Company realizes as a result of tax attributes arising from the 2006 Transaction, the 2008 Transaction and the Former EBS Master Grant Unit Holders’ exchange of EBS Master Units (along with corresponding shares of Class B common stock) for cash or shares of Class A common stock. The Company will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these tax savings.

     All future exchanges of EBS Master Units for cash or shares of Class A common stock related to the affiliates of General Atlantic, H&F and the Former EBS Master Grant Unit Holders who are parties to the tax receivable agreements are expected to result in an additional tax receivable obligation for the Company, with a corresponding offset to the Company’s additional paid in capital account. Subsequent adjustments of the tax receivable obligations due to certain events (e.g., realization of net operating losses, tax rate changes or the timing of cash settlement obligations) are expected to result in a corresponding adjustment of the Company’s net income. The Company recognized changes in estimate related to this obligation of approximately $226 (decrease to pretax income) for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

     The timing and/or amount of aggregate payments due may vary based on a number of factors, including the amount and timing of the taxable income the Company generates in the future and the tax rate then applicable, the use of loss carryovers and the portion of the payments under the tax receivable agreements constituting imputed interest or amortizable basis.

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

14. Net Income Per Share

     The following tables sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share of Class A common stock:

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2011				2010
Basic net income per share:
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Emdeon Inc.		$	4,394			$	1,889
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares outstanding			90,987,352				90,461,968
Basic net income per share		$	0.05			$	0.02
Diluted net income per share:
Numerator:
Net loss excluding EBS Master		$	(6,235	)		$	(6,728	)
Weighted average effect of dilutive securities
Add:
Emdeon Inc. allocation of EBS Master net income			10,666				8,681
		$	4,431			$	1,953
Denominator:
Number of shares used in basic computation			90,987,352				90,461,968
Weighted average effect of dilutive securities
Add:
Restricted Class A common stock units and other			161,337				6,089
Options to purchase Class A common stock			6,322				—
Contingently issuable Class A common stock			91,520				—
			91,246,531				90,468,057
Diluted net income per share		$	0.05			$	0.02
Due to their antidilutive effect, the following securities have been excluded from diluted net income per share for the respective periods:
		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2011				2010
Class B common stock			23,866,068				23,398,027
Options to purchase Class A common stock			6,669,271				4,892,809
Restricted Class A common stock units			354,394				—

     Additionally, 376,248 contingently issuable shares of Class A common stock have been excluded from diluted net income per share for the three months ended March 31, 2011 because the contingencies have not been resolved.

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

15. Segment Reporting

     Management views the Company’s operating results in three reportable segments: (a) payer services, (b) provider services and (c) pharmacy services. Listed below are the results of operations for each of the reportable segments. This information is reflected in the manner utilized by management to make operating decisions, assess performance and allocate resources. Segment assets are not presented to management for purposes of operational decision making, and therefore are not included in the accompanying tables. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in the notes to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Payer Services Segment

     The payer services segment provides payment cycle solutions to healthcare payers, both directly and through the Company’s channel partners, that simplify the administration of healthcare related to insurance eligibility and benefit verification, claims filing, payment integrity and claims and payment distribution. Additionally, the payer services segment provides consulting services primarily to healthcare payers.

Provider Services Segment

     The provider services segment provides revenue cycle management solutions, patient billing and payment services, government program eligibility and enrollment services and clinical exchange capabilities, both directly and through the Company’s channel partners, that simplify providers’ revenue cycle and workflow, reduce related costs and improve cash flow.

Pharmacy Services Segment

     The pharmacy services segment provides electronic prescribing services and other electronic solutions to pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management companies and government agencies related to prescription benefit claim filing, adjudication and management.

Other

     Inter-segment revenue and expenses primarily represent claims management and patient statement services provided between segments.

     Corporate and eliminations includes personnel and other costs associated with the Company’s management, administrative and other corporate services functions and eliminations to remove inter-segment revenues and expenses.

     The revenue and total segment contribution for the reportable segments are as follows:

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2011

														Corporate &
		Payer				Provider				Pharmacy				Eliminations				Consolidated
Revenue from external customers
Claims management		$	47,554			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	47,554
Payment services			62,236				—				—				—				62,236
Patient statements			—				63,517				—				—				63,517
Revenue cycle management			—				69,854				—				—				69,854
Dental			—				7,733				—				—				7,733
Pharmacy services			—				—				20,605				—				20,605
Inter-segment revenues			856				116				—				(972	)			—
Net revenue			110,646				141,220				20,605				(972	)			271,499
Costs and expenses:
Cost of operations			75,328				86,170				8,663				(907	)			169,254
Development and engineering			2,858				4,320				1,726				—				8,904
Sales, marketing, general and administrative			6,813				10,516				1,301				13,017				31,647
Segment contribution		$	25,647			$	40,214			$	8,915			$	(13,082	)			61,694
Depreciation and amortization																			38,022
Interest income																			(3	)
Interest expense																			12,629
Other																			(1,403	)
Income before income tax provision																			$12,449

Three Months Ended March 31, 2010

														Corporate &
		Payer				Provider				Pharmacy				Eliminations				Consolidated
Revenue from external customers
Claims management		$	45,148			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	45,148
Payment services			56,820				—				—				—				56,820
Patient statements			—				66,589				—				—				66,589
Revenue cycle management			—				41,089				—				—				41,089
Dental			—				7,937				—				—				7,937
Pharmacy services			—				—				19,696				—				19,696
Inter-segment revenue			873				87				—				(960	)			—
Net revenue			102,841				115,702				19,696				(960	)			237,279
Costs and expenses:
Cost of operations			66,631				71,558				6,725				(928	)			143,986
Development and engineering			2,975				3,864				1,715				—				8,554
Sales, marketing, general and administrative			6,959				6,890				1,558				10,712				26,119
Segment contribution		$	26,276			$	33,390			$	9,698			$	(10,744	)			58,620
Depreciation and amortization																			27,775
Interest income																			(3	)
Interest expense																			15,665
Other																			290
Income before income tax provision																			$14,893

Emdeon Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited and amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

16. Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income

     The following is a summary of the accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income balances, net of taxes and noncontrolling interest, as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

		Foreign								Accumulated
		Currency				Discontinued				Other
		Translation				Cash Flow				Comprehensive
		Adjustment				Hedge				Income
Balance at January 1, 2011		$	34			$	(2,603	)		$	(2,569	)
Change associated with foreign currency translation			(6	)			—				(6	)
Reclassification into earnings			—				638				638
Balance at March 31, 2011		$	28			$	(1,965	)		$	(1,937	)

17. Subsequent Events

     On May 3, 2011, the Company acquired all of the equity interests of EquiClaim LLC (“EquiClaim”), a technology-enabled provider of payment integrity solutions, and entered into certain other related agreements with Multiplan, Inc., the parent of EquiClaim, for cash of approximately $41,000.

     Due to the timing of the acquisition, the initial accounting for this acquisition is incomplete. As such, the disclosures for business combinations occurring after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued have not been included.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Quarterly Report”), together with the risk factors contained in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (“Form 10-K”) on file with the Securities & Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references in this Quarterly Report to “we”, “us”, “our”, “Emdeon” and “the Company” refer to Emdeon Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Forward-Looking Statements

     This Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they are subject to numerous uncertainties and factors relating to our operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business strategy. These statements often include words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate” or similar expressions. These statements are based upon assumptions that we have made in light of our experience in the industry, as well as our perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. As you read this Quarterly Report, you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results. They involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect our actual financial results or results of operations and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. For further information about these and other factors that could affect our future results, please see the risk factors contained in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K.

     Our forward looking statements made herein speak only as of the date on which made. We expressly disclaim any intent, obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this Quarterly Report.

Overview

     We are a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions connecting payers, providers and patients in the U.S. healthcare system. Our product and service offerings integrate and automate key business and administrative functions of our payer and provider customers throughout the patient encounter, including pre-care patient eligibility and benefits verification and enrollment, clinical information exchange capabilities, claims management and adjudication, payment integrity, payment distribution, payment posting and denial management and patient billing and payment processing. Our customers are able to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase cash flow and more efficiently manage the complex revenue and payment cycle and clinical information exchange processes by using our comprehensive suite of products and services.

     We deliver our solutions and operate our business in three business segments: (i) payer services, which provides solutions to commercial insurance companies, third party administrators and governmental payers; (ii) provider services, which provides services to hospitals, physicians, dentists and other healthcare providers, such as labs and home healthcare providers; and (iii) pharmacy services, which provides services to pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management companies, government agencies and other payers. Through our payer services segment, we provide payment cycle solutions, both directly and through our network of channel partners that help simplify the administration of healthcare related to insurance eligibility and benefit verification, claims filing, payment integrity and claims and payment distribution. Additionally, we provide consulting services through our payer services segment. Through our provider services segment, we provide revenue cycle management solutions, patient billing and payment services, government program eligibility and enrollment services and clinical information exchange capabilities, both directly and through our channel partners, that simplify providers’ revenue cycle and workflow, reduce related costs and improve cash flow. Through our

pharmacy services segment, we provide electronic prescribing services and other electronic solutions to pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management companies and government agencies related to prescription benefit claim filing, adjudication and management.

     There are a number of company-specific initiatives and industry trends that may affect our transaction volumes, revenues, cost of operations and margins. As part of our strategy, we encourage our customers to migrate from paper-based claim, patient statement, payment and other transaction processing to electronic, automated processing in order to improve efficiency. Our business is aligned with our customers to support this transition, and as they migrate from paper-based transaction processing to electronic processing, even though our revenues for an applicable customer generally will decline, our margins and profitability will typically increase. For example, because the cost of postage is included in our revenues for patient statement and payment services (which is then also deducted as a cost of operations), when our customers transition to electronic processing, our revenues and costs of operations are expected to decrease as we will no longer incur or be required to charge for postage. As another example, as our payer customers migrate to exclusive or other comprehensive management services agreements with us, our electronic transaction volume usually increases while the rebates we pay and the per transaction rates we charge under these agreements are typically reduced.

     Part of our strategy also includes the development and introduction of new products and services. Our new and updated products and services are likely to require us to incur development and engineering expenditures at levels similar to, and possibly greater than, recent years’ expenditures in order to successfully develop and achieve market acceptance of such products and services. We also may acquire, or enter into agreements with third parties to assist us in providing, new products and services. For example, we offer our electronic payment solutions through banks or vendors who contract with banks and other financial service firms. The costs of these initiatives or the failure to achieve broad penetration in target markets with respect to new or updated products and services may negatively affect our results of operations and margins. Because newly introduced products and services generally will have lower margins initially as compared to our existing and more mature products and services, our margins may be adversely affected on a percentage basis until these new products achieve scale and maturity. Though the revenue and expenditures from these newly introduced products and services was not significant enough to have a material effect on our margins in 2010, if the revenue or expenditures from these or future new products and services increase significantly during 2011 or future years, our margin growth could be negatively impacted until such time as these new products and services reach scale and maturity.

     In addition to our internal development efforts, we actively evaluate opportunities to improve and expand our solutions through strategic acquisitions. Our acquisition strategy focuses on identifying acquisitions that improve and streamline the business and administrative functions of healthcare. We believe our broad customer footprint allows us to deploy acquired products and services into our installed base, which, in turn, can help to accelerate growth of our acquired businesses. We also believe our management team’s ability to identify acquisition opportunities that are complementary and synergistic to our business, and to integrate them into our existing operations with minimal disruption, will continue to play an important role in the expansion of our business and in our growth. Our success in acquiring and integrating acquired businesses into our existing operations, the associated costs of such acquisitions, including integration costs, and the operating characteristics of the acquired businesses also may impact our results of operations and margins. Because the products and services of the businesses we have acquired recently generally have lower margins than our existing products and services, primarily as a result of their lack of scale and maturity, our margins on a percentage basis may be adversely affected in the periods subsequent to an acquisition from revenue mix changes and integration activities associated with these acquisitions. For example, the acquisitions we completed during 2010 negatively impacted our percentage margin growth during 2010. We currently expect a similar, and possibly greater, impact during 2011 as the revenues from these 2010 acquisitions increase relative to our overall revenues.

     We also expect to continue to be affected by general economic, regulatory and demographic factors affecting the healthcare industry. For several years, there has been pricing pressure in our industry, which has led and is expected to continue to lead to reduced prices for the same services. We have sought in the past and will continue to seek to mitigate pricing pressure by (i) providing additional value-added products and services, (ii) increasing the volume of services we provide and (iii) managing our costs. In addition, significant changes in regulatory schemes, such as the updated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Version 5010 standard electronic transaction code set requirements for ICD-10, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) and other federal healthcare policy initiatives, could impact our customers’ healthcare activities. For example, because the HIPAA Version 5010 transaction code formats become

mandatory on January 1, 2012, we expect to incur increased operating costs and capital expenditures related to compliance with HIPAA Version 5010 testing and conversion efforts throughout 2011.

     Demographic trends affecting the healthcare industry, such as population growth and aging or continued high unemployment rates as a result of recent adverse economic conditions, also could affect the frequency and nature of our customers’ healthcare transactional activity. The impact of such changes could impact our revenues, cost of operations and infrastructure expenses and thereby affect our results of operations and the way we operate our business. For example, an increase in the U.S. population, if such increase is accompanied by an increase in the U.S. population that has health benefits, or the aging of the U.S. population, which requires an overall increased need for healthcare services, may result in an increase in our transaction volumes which, in turn, may increase our revenues and cost of operations. Alternatively, a continuation of the recent general economic downturn, which reduces the number of discretionary health procedures by patients, or a persistent high unemployment rate, if such unemployment rate is accompanied by a decrease in the U.S. population that has health benefits, may lessen healthcare utilization which may decrease or offset other growth in our transaction volumes, which, in turn, may adversely impact our revenues and cost of operations. For example, for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the three months ended March 31, 2011, revenues for each of our payer services, provider services and pharmacy services segments were adversely affected by the impact of lower healthcare utilization trends driven by continued high unemployment and other economic factors.

Organizational Structure

     The Company is a Delaware corporation. A brief history of our organizational structure is as follows:

	•		Prior to November 2006, the group of companies that comprised Emdeon Business Services (“EBS”) was owned by HLTH Corporation, currently known as WebMD Health Corp. (“WebMD”). EBS Master LLC (“EBS Master”) was formed by WebMD to act as a holding company for EBS. EBS Master, through its 100% owned subsidiary, Emdeon Business Services LLC (“EBS LLC”), owns EBS.
	•		In September 2006, we were formed by General Atlantic LLC (“General Atlantic”) as a Delaware limited liability company for the purpose of making an investment in EBS Master. In November 2006, we acquired a 52% interest in EBS Master from WebMD (the “2006 Transaction”).
	•		In February 2008, WebMD sold its remaining 48% interest in EBS Master (the “2008 Transaction”) to affiliates of General Atlantic and Hellman & Friedman LLC (“H&F”). As a result, following the 2008 Transaction, EBS Master was owned 65.77% by affiliates of General Atlantic (including us) and 34.23% by affiliates of H&F. General Atlantic and H&F are sometimes referred to herein as the “Principal Equityholders.”
	•		In connection with our August 2009 initial public offering (“IPO”), we were converted into a Delaware corporation, changed our name to Emdeon Inc. and completed a corporate restructuring.

Recent Developments

     On May 3, 2011, the Company acquired all of the equity interests of EquiClaim LLC (“EquiClaim”), a technology-enabled provider of payment integrity solutions, and entered into certain other related agreements with Multilplan, Inc., the parent of EquiClaim, for cash of approximately $41.0 million.

Our Revenues and Expenses

     We generate virtually all of our revenue by providing products and services that automate and simplify business and administrative functions for payers, providers and pharmacies, generally on either a per transaction, per document, per communication or per member per month basis, or, in some cases, on a monthly flat-fee, contingent fee or hourly basis. For certain services, we may charge an implementation fee in conjunction with related setup and connection to our network and other systems.

     Cost of operations consists primarily of costs related to products and services we provide to customers and costs associated with the operation and maintenance of our networks. These costs include (i) postage and materials costs related to our patient statement and payment services, (ii) rebates paid to our channel partners and (iii) data communications costs, all of which generally vary with our revenues and/or volumes. Cost of operations also includes (i) personnel costs associated with production, network operations,

customer support and other personnel, (ii) facilities expenses and (iii) equipment maintenance, all of which vary less directly with our revenue and/or volumes due to the fixed or semi-fixed nature of these expenses.

     The largest component of our cost of operations is currently postage which is primarily incurred in our patient statements and payment services and which is also a component of our revenue in those businesses. Our postage costs increase as our patient statements and payment services volumes increase and also when the U.S. Postal Service increases postage rates. U.S. postage rate increases, while generally billed as pass-through costs to our customers, affect our cost of operations as a percentage of revenue. In prior years, we have offset the impact of postage rate increases through cost reductions from efficiency measures, including data communication expense reductions and production efficiencies. Though we plan to continue our efficiency measures, we may not be able to offset the impact of postage rate increases in the future and, as a result, cost of operations as a percentage of revenue may rise if postage rate increases continue. Although the U.S. Postal Service increased postage rates annually from 2006 to 2009, such annual increases may not occur as regularly in the future. For example, no postage rate increase occurred in 2010, and increases for 2011 will be limited to only certain categories of mailings.

     Rebates are paid to channel partners for electronic and other volumes delivered through our network to certain payers and can be impacted by the number of exclusive or other comprehensive management services agreements we execute with payers, the associated rate structure with our payer customers, the success of our direct sales efforts for provider revenue cycle management products and services and the extent to which direct connections to payers are developed by channel partners.

     Our data communication expense consists of telecommunication and transaction processing charges. Over the last several years, we have been able to reduce our data communication expense due to efficiency measures and contract pricing changes. Due to the significance of these past reductions in recent years, further reductions may have a lesser impact in future periods.

     Our material costs relate primarily to our patient statements and payment services volumes, and consist primarily of paper and printing costs.

     Development and engineering expense consists primarily of personnel costs related to the development, management and maintenance of our current and future products and services. We plan to invest more in this area in the future as we develop new products and enhance existing products.

     Sales, marketing, general and administrative expense (excluding corporate expense described in the next paragraph) consists primarily of personnel costs associated with our sales, account management and marketing functions and management and administrative services related to the operations of our business segments.

     Our corporate expense relates to personnel and other costs associated with management, administrative, finance, human resources, legal, marketing, public and investor relations, compliance and other corporate service functions, as well as professional services, costs incurred in connection with acquisitions, certain facilities costs, insurance, regulatory compliance and other expenses related to our overall business operations.

     Our development and engineering expense, sales, marketing, general and administrative expense and our corporate expense, while related to our current operations, are also affected and influenced by our future plans including the development of new products and services, business strategies and enhancement and maintenance of our infrastructure.

     Our depreciation and amortization expense is related to depreciation of our property and equipment, including technology assets and amortization of intangible assets acquired and recorded in conjunction with acquisition method accounting. During 2010, we made increased investments in property and equipment primarily related to our new data center, print equipment upgrades in our patient statements facility, product development, efficiency measures and system upgrades related to regulatory requirements, such as HIPAA Version 5010. In addition, our increased acquisition activity in 2010 resulted in an increase in acquired technology and intangible assets, as well as increased capital expenditure requirements due to the inclusion of product development infrastructures of the acquired businesses. As a result of these investments, we expect our depreciation and amortization expense to increase in 2011 and future years.

     Our interest expense consists principally of cash interest associated with our long-term debt obligations and our interest rate swap agreement. Interest expense also includes non-cash interest associated with the amortization of the debt discount recorded in

connection with the 2008 Transaction, borrowing costs and discounts related to debt issuance, amortization of our discontinued cash flow hedges and changes in the fair value of our interest rate swap agreement during periods when the interest rate swap agreement has not been subject to hedge accounting. Due to the unusually low interest rates on the variable portion of our long-term debt during the past few years, our interest expense has been less than otherwise would have been expected. If market interest rates on the variable portion of our long-term debt increase in the future, our interest expense would increase. The amount of our interest expense also could increase if and when we refinance our current long-term debt facilities.

     Our income taxes consist of federal and state income taxes. These amounts include current income taxes payable as well as income taxes for which the payment is deferred to future periods and dependent on the occurrence of future events. Our income tax expense currently exceeds the expense that would be expected based on statutory rates due principally to our organizational structure and differences in the book and tax basis of our investment in EBS Master. The recognition of valuation allowances related to certain net operating loss carryovers can also affect our income tax expense. For additional information see the discussion of income taxes in the section “Significant Items Affecting Comparability-Income Taxes”.

Significant Items Affecting Comparability

     Certain significant items or events should be considered to better understand differences in our results of operations from period to period. We believe that the following items or events have had a significant impact on our results of operations for the periods discussed below or may have a significant impact on our results of operations in future periods:

Acquisitions and Divestitures

     We actively evaluate opportunities to improve and expand our business through targeted acquisitions that are consistent with our strategy. On occasion, we also may dispose of certain components of our business that no longer fit within our overall strategy. Because of our acquisition and divestiture activity, our results of operations may not be directly comparable among periods. The following summarizes our acquisition transactions since January 1, 2010 and affected segments:

Date		Business		Description		Affected Segment
January 2010		Future Vision Investment Group, L.L.C. (“FVTech”)		Electronic data conversion and management solutions		Provider; Payer
March 2010		Healthcare Technology Management Services, Inc. (“HTMS”)		Consulting solutions		Payer
April 2010		Data Rights		Acquired certain additional rights to specified uses of data from WebMD		N/A
June 2010		Chapin Revenue Cycle Management, LLC (“Chapin”)		Accounts receivable denial and recovery services		Provider
October 2010		Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates, Inc. (“CEA”)		Government program eligibility and enrollment services		Provider

     For certain of our 2010 acquisitions, we agreed to transfer additional consideration to the sellers of the acquired businesses in the event that specified performance measures are achieved. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require us to recognize the initial fair value of the expected amount to be paid under such contingent consideration arrangements as a component of the total consideration transferred. Subsequent changes in the fair value of the amounts expected to be paid, however, are generally required to be recognized as a component of net income. Such changes in fair value may occur based on changes in the expected timing or amount of payments or the effect of discounting the liability for the time value of money. During the three months ended March 31, 2011, we recognized a net increase in pretax income of $1.4 million related to changes in fair value of contingent consideration related to acquisitions.

Efficiency Measures

     We evaluate and implement efficiency measures and other cost savings initiatives on an ongoing basis to improve our financial and operating performance through reorganization, cost savings, productivity improvements and other process improvements. For instance, we are consolidating our data centers, consolidating our networks and outsourcing certain information technology and

operations functions. The implementation of these measures often involve upfront costs related to severance, professional fees, contractor costs and/or capital expenditures, with the cost savings or other improvements not realized until the measures are successfully completed.

Income Taxes

     Our statutory federal and state income tax rate ranges from 38% to 40%. Our effective income tax rate, however, is affected by several factors. The following table and subsequent commentary reconciles our federal statutory rate to our effective income tax rate and the subsequent commentary describes the more significant of the reconciling factors:

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2011				2010
Statutory U.S. federal tax rate			35.0	%			35.0	%
State income taxes (net of federal benefit)			5.6				5.2
Meals and entertainment			0.6				1.0
Other			1.5				(2.0	)
Tax credits			(0.6	)			—
Equity-based compensation			3.4				3.5
Non-timing basis differences			5.0				15.1
Noncontrolling interest			(8.1	)			(5.6	)
Foreign loss not benefited			(0.8	)			0.6
Change in valuation allowance			—				18.6
Effective income tax rate			41.6	%			71.4	%

     Equity-based compensation — Prior to the IPO, certain members of our senior management team and board of directors held profits interest in EBS Master which had only a nominal, if any, value at the date they were originally granted. Because of this nominal value, each of the profits interest holders had made an election to pay income taxes based on the fair value of the profits interest on the grant date. As a result, while the Company continues to recognize compensation expense related to these awards as they vest, the Company receives no tax deduction related to these awards.

     Non-timing basis differences— Due to our organizational structure, certain items, including a portion of our equity-based compensation, other comprehensive income and income of corporate consolidated subsidiaries of EBS Master, affect our book basis in EBS Master without similarly affecting our tax basis in EBS Master. In the case of our corporate consolidated subsidiaries, the Company recognizes income tax expense both at the subsidiary and the parent company level for the same income (once as it is earned at the subsidiary level and once as a result of the tax effect of the difference in tax and book basis of the limited liability company which controls those corporate subsidiaries). As a result, our effective income tax rates may be impacted by these matters.

     Noncontrolling interest — We conduct substantially all of our operations through the direct and indirect subsidiaries of EBS Master, a portion of the interests of which are held by entities controlled by the Principal Equityholders. Accordingly, we recognize income tax expense only for the portion of the income generated by EBS Master that is attributable to us.

     Change in valuation allowance — We record valuation allowances or reverse existing valuation allowances related to assumed future income tax benefits depending on circumstances and factors related to our business. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we recognized a capital loss for tax purposes. Because we do not anticipate being able to recognize the benefit of this capital loss in the foreseeable future, we increased our valuation allowance by approximately $2.9 million related to this matter. Additionally, we increased our valuation allowance in the three months ended March 31, 2010 related to state net operating losses by approximately $1.5 million as a result of incremental losses of a corporate consolidated subsidiary. During the three months ended March 31, 2011, we recognized an increase in our valuation allowance of $0.6 million.

Interest Rate Swap

     In order to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, we maintain an interest rate swap agreement which has the effect of converting a portion of our obligations under our credit agreements to a fixed rate of interest. Beginning in September 2008, we

designated this interest rate swap agreement as a hedge of variability in our cash flows such that changes in the value of this instrument were reflected within accumulated comprehensive income. Effective October 1, 2010, we removed the hedge designation for this interest rate swap to take advantage of lower variable interest rates under our credit agreements such that changes in the fair value of this swap agreement are once again reflected within interest expense for all periods following October 1, 2010. Interest expense was reduced by $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, due to changes in the fair value of this interest rate swap agreement.

Critical Accounting Estimates

     The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures. We consider an accounting estimate to be critical if:

	•		it requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made; and
	•		changes in the estimate or different estimates that could have been made could have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition

     We believe the current assumptions and other considerations used to estimate amounts reflected in our consolidated financial statements are appropriate. However, if actual experience differs from the assumptions and other considerations used in estimating amounts reflected in our consolidated financial statements, the resulting changes could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

     We believe there have been no significant changes during the three months ended March 31, 2011 to the items we disclosed as our critical accounting estimates in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Form 10-K.

Results of Operations

The following table summarizes our consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

		Three Months Ended								Three Months Ended
		March 31, 2011								March 31, 2010
						% of								% of
		Amount				Revenue (1)				Amount				Revenue (1)
Revenues (2)
Payer Services		$	110,646				40.8	%		$	102,841				43.3	%
Provider Services			141,220				52.0				115,702				48.8
Pharmacy Services			20,605				7.6				19,696				8.3
Eliminations			(972	)			(0.4	)			(960	)			(0.4	)
Total revenues			271,499				100.0				237,279				100.0
Costs of operations
Payer Services			75,328				68.1				66,631				64.8
Provider Services			86,170				61.0				71,558				61.8
Pharmacy Services			8,663				42.0				6,725				34.1
Eliminations			(907	)							(928	)
Total costs of operations			169,254				62.3				143,986				60.7
Development and engineering
Payer Services			2,858				2.6				2,975				2.9
Provider Services			4,320				3.1				3,864				3.3
Pharmacy Services			1,726				8.4				1,715				8.7
Total development and engineering			8,904				3.3				8,554				3.6
Sales, marketing, general and admin
Payer Services			6,813				6.2				6,959				6.8
Provider Services			10,516				7.4				6,890				6.0
Pharmacy Services			1,301				6.3				1,558				7.9
Eliminations			(65	)							(32	)
Total sales, marketing, general and admin excluding corporate			18,565				6.8				15,375				6.5
Income from segment operations			74,776				27.5				69,364				29.2
Corporate expense			13,082				4.8				10,744				4.5
Depreciation and amortization			38,022				14.0				27,775				11.7
Operating income			23,672				8.7				30,845				13.0
Interest income			(3	)			(0.0	)			(3	)			(0.0	)
Interest expense			12,629				4.7				15,665				6.6
Other (gain) loss			(1,403	)			(0.5	)			290				0.1
Income before income tax provision			12,449				4.6				14,893				6.3
Income tax provision			5,174				1.9				10,631				4.5
Net income (loss)			7,275				2.7	%			4,262				1.8	%
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest interest			2,881								2,373
Net income (loss) attributable to Emdeon Inc.		$	4,394							$	1,889