Q1 2025 Ontrak Inc Earnings Call
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Operator: Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Ontrak Health's first quarter 2025 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you'll need to press star 11 on your telephone. If your question has been answered and you'd like to remove yourself from the queue, simply press star 11 again. As a reminder, today's program is being recorded.
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Speaker Change: As a reminder, today's program is being recorded and now I'd like to introduce your host for today's program Ryan Halsted Investor Relations. Please go ahead Sir.
Ryan Halsted: And now I'd like to introduce your host for today's program, Ryan Halsted, Investor Relations.
Ryan Halsted: Please go ahead, sir. Thank you, operator, and thank you all for participating in today's call.
Ryan Halsted: Thank you operator, and thank you all for participating in today's call.
Ryan Halsted: Joining the call are Brandon LaVerne, Chief Executive Officer, Mary Lou Osborne, President and Chief Commercial Officer, and James Park, Chief Financial Officer.
Brandon LaVerne: Joining the call or Brandon Laverne, Chief Executive Officer, Mary Lou Osborne, President and Chief Commercial Officer, and James part Chief Financial Officer.
Ryan Halsted: Earlier today, Ontrak released financial results for the quarter ended March 31st, 2025. A copy of the press release is available on the company's website.
Brandon LaVerne: Earlier today on track released financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, a copy of the press release is available on the company's website.
Ryan Halsted: Before we begin, I would like to make the following remarks concerning forward-looking statements. All statements in this conference call, other than historical facts, are forward-looking statements. The words anticipate, believes, estimates, expects, intends, guidance, confidence, targets, projects, and some other expressions typically are used to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance but may involve and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, other factors that may affect Ontrak's business, financial condition, and other operating results, which include but are not limited to the risk factors described in the risk factors section of the Form 10-K and Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC.
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Brandon LaVerne: With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Brandon. Thank you, Ryan. And thank you, everyone, for joining our call today. As we begin 2025, I'm pleased to report that Ontrak continues to build on the significant momentum we established throughout 2024. Our progress with customers is clearly demonstrated by the growth in our outreach pool, which has expanded substantially over the past year. This includes implementation with new customers, Intermountain Health for our Whole Health Plus solution in the Medicare Advantage space, and with a Northeast regional plan across multiple lines of business, as well as the expansion of our Engage solution with existing partners.
Brendan: With that I'd like to turn the call over to Brendan.
Brendan: Thank you Ryan and thank you everyone for joining our call today as we begin 2025 I'm pleased to report that on track continues to build on the significant momentum we established throughout 2024.
Brendan: Our progress with customers is clearly demonstrated by the growth in our outreach pool, which has expanded substantially over the past year. This includes implementation, but new customers Intermountain health for a whole house solution in the Medicare advantage space and with the North East regional plan across multiple lines of business as well as the expansion of our engage solution with existing partners.
Brandon LaVerne: Looking ahead, we remain optimistic about the conversion of prospective customers at the bottom of our sales funnel, particularly the large Midwestern Medicaid plan. We have achieved state Medicaid provider approval in order to serve this plan's members if we sign an agreement with the plan. The successful conversion of this opportunity, along with successful conversions of other active opportunities, provides us a path to doubling our run rate revenue in 2025 as compared to 2024. The enrollment numbers for these new implementations are already exceeding our expectations. At the end of Q1, we reached a significant milestone with over 3,165 total enrolled members, including more than 1,150 members in our ENGAGE program.
Brendan: Looking ahead, we remain optimistic about the conversion of prospective customers at the bottom of our sales funnel, particularly the large Midwestern Medicaid plan.
Brendan: We have achieved state Medicaid provider approval in order to serve this plant's members. If we signed an agreement with the blend.
Brendan: The successful conversion of this opportunity along with successful conversions of other active opportunities provides us a path to doubling our run rate revenue in 2025 as compared to 2024.
Brendan: The enrollment numbers for these new implementations are already exceeding our expectations at the end of Q1, we reached a significant milestone with over 3165 total enrolled members.
Brendan: Including more than 1150 members and are engaged program.
Brandon LaVerne: Total enrolled members nearly doubled year-over-year, serving as validation for the effectiveness of our enhanced multi-solution approach. The success of our ENGAGE program highlights our ability to tailor solutions that address a larger percentage of our customer's member population. This solution has significantly expanded our market reach by enabling us to serve members who may not require our Full Health Plus program, but still benefit from structured behavioral health services. The substantial growth in our enrolled member base since the launch of our Engage program in the second quarter last year, paired with consistently high enrollment conversion rates among new customers since the launch, provides compelling validation that our expanded solution portfolio is addressing critical gaps in the behavioral healthcare landscape.
Brendan: Total enrolled members nearly doubled year over year, serving as validation for the effectiveness of our enhanced multi solution approach.
Brendan: The success of our engaged program highlights our ability to tailor solutions that address a larger percentage of our customers member populations.
Brendan: This solution has significantly expanded our market reach by enabling us to serve members who may not require our full health plus program, but still benefit from structured behavior helps support.
Brendan: The substantial growth in our enrolled member base since the launch of our engage program in the second quarter last year.
Brendan: With consistently high enrollment conversion rates among new customers since the launch provides compelling validation that our expanded solution portfolio is addressing critical gaps in the behavioral health care landscape.
Brandon LaVerne: I'm particularly pleased with the continued evolution of our business model supporting health plans. We've made significant progress with our provider model strategy, which offers greater flexibility to support health plans across multiple lines of business. As previously announced, we are enrolled as a Medicaid provider in two states, registered in several others, and working to increase our footprint to optimize our opportunities with prospects in the middle and bottom of our sales funnel. The structure gives us access to medical spend budgets rather than more restricted administrative cost pools of our payer process. Our recent certification by the National Committee of Quality Assurance as a Credentials Verification Organization through April 2027 serves as a key market differentiator.
Brendan: I am, particularly pleased with the continued evolution of our business model supporting health plans, we've made significant progress with our provider model strategy, which offers greater flexibility to support health plans across multiple lines of business.
Brendan: As previously announced we are enrolled as a Medicaid provider in two states registered and several others and working to increase our footprint to optimize our opportunities with prospects in the middle and bottom of our sales funnel.
Brendan: This structure gives us access to medical spend budgets, rather than more restricted administrative cost pools of our payer prospects.
Brendan: Our recent certification by the National Committee of quality assurance as a credentials verification organization through April 2027 serves as a key market differentiator.
Brandon LaVerne: This prestigious recognition, achieved through a rigorous voluntary review process, embodies Ontrak's commitment to trust, transparency, and operational excellence, which is particularly crucial for government programs with stringent quality standards. We are currently working towards an additional NCQA accreditation in case management, which we are targeting achievement in early 2026. Today, our teams are more than twice as productive as they were in 2021, the last time we reached this 3,000 plus member enrollment milestone. Our strategic investments in technology infrastructure, particularly in our AI driven advanced engagement system, has fundamentally transformed how our care teams operate by automating routine tasks, prioritizing high impact interventions through our next best action engine, and leveraging AI to summarize completed calls.
Brendan: This prestigious recognition achieved through a rigorous voluntary review process and bodies <unk> commitment to trust transparency and operational excellence, which is particularly crucial for government programs with stringent quality standards.
Brendan: We are currently working towards an additional NCQA accreditation and case management, which we are targeting achievement in early 2026.
Brendan: Today, our teams are more than twice as productive as they were in 2021. The last time, we reached the 3000 plus member enrollment milestone.
Brendan: Our strategic investments in technology infrastructure, particularly in our AI driven advanced engagement system has fundamentally transformed how our care teams operate by automating routine tasks prioritizing high impact intervention is through our next best action engine.
Brendan: Leveraging AI to summarize completed calls.
Brandon LaVerne: The result is a workforce operating at unprecedented productivity levels while maintaining our focus on the human elements of care delivery that drive meaningful outcome.
Brendan: The result is a workforce operating at unprecedented productivity levels, while maintaining our focus on the human elements of care delivery that drives meaningful outcomes.
Mary Osborne: I would now like to turn the call over to our President and Chief Commercial Officer, Mary Osborne. Thank you, Brandon. I'm pleased to provide an update on our pipeline progress, starting with our bottom of funnel opportunities. As Brandon mentioned, we continue to work toward executing a statement of work with a large Midwestern Medicaid plan for their 300,000 Medicaid members. This represents a significant revenue opportunity and would strengthen our presence in a key regional market. We are working diligently to advance this opportunity through what we believe are the final stages of the sales process. In addition, we are awaiting feedback on four other health plan financial proposals currently being reviewed who are located in various states in the Midwest and Southeast region.
Mary: Now I'd like to turn the call over to our President and Chief Commercial Officer, Mary otherwise for it.
Mary: Thank you Brandon.
Speaker Change: I'm pleased to provide an update on our pipeline progress.
Mary: With our bottom of funnel opportunities as Brandon mentioned, we continue to work towards executing a statement of work with a large Midwestern Medicaid plan for their 300000 Medicaid members.
Mary: This represents a significant revenue opportunity and with strengthen our presence in a key regional market we.
Mary: We are working diligently to advance this opportunity through what we believe are the final stages of the sales process.
Mary: In addition, we are awaiting feedback on for other health plan financial proposals currently being reviewed who are located in various states in the Midwest and southeast regions.
Mary Osborne: All of these health plans have been engaged in strategic discussions and have acknowledged the critical need for more intensive behavioral health support. for their Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial populations.
Mary: All of these health plans have been engaged in strategic discussions and have acknowledged the critical need for more intensive behavioral health support.
Mary: For their Medicare advantage, Medicaid and commercial populations.
Mary Osborne: Moving to the mid-funnel, we continue to see positive momentum with several prospects. were encouraged by the level of interest from these potential partners. And we look forward to providing more details in the coming months as these discussions progress. The overall reaction from prospects to our enhanced solution suite has been extremely positive. Health Plans are responding favorably to our AI-powered advanced engagement system and the comprehensive approach we take to address behavioral, physical, and social health needs. Our ability to demonstrate ROI in improved health outcomes is resonating strongly. Particularly in today's challenging market environment, where plans are seeking proven solutions that can deliver measurable value.
Mary: Moving to the mid funnel, we continue to see positive momentum with several prospects.
Mary: We're encouraged by the level of interest from new potential partners.
Mary: And we look forward to providing more details in the coming months as these discussions progress.
Mary: The overall reaction from prospects to our enhanced solutions suite has been extremely positive.
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Mary: And the comprehensive approach, we take to address behavioral physical and social health needs.
Mary: Our ability to demonstrate ROI and improved health outcome is resonating strongly.
Mary: Particularly in today's challenging market environment, where plans are seeking proven solutions that can deliver measurable value.
Mary Osborne: Our partnerships with Intermountain Health for Medicare Advantage members and our Northeast Regional Plan for Medicaid, HARP, and commercial populations provide powerful reference points for prospective customers. These relationships highlight the versatility of our platform across different plan types and member populations. and the early success we're seeing with these customers strengthens our value proposition. The ENGAGE solution, which we launched last year, is proving to be an effective complement to Whole Health Plus and is allowing us to serve a broader segment of our customer's member population. By offering a targeted approach to intervention based on member needs, we're helping plans address the full spectrum of behavioral health challenges within their population.
Mary: Our partnerships with Intermountain health for Medicare advantage members and our northeast regional plan for Medicaid harp, and commercial populations provide powerful reference points for prospective customers.
Mary: These relationships highlight the versatility of our platform across different plan pipes and member populations.
Mary: And the early success, we're seeing with these customers strengthen our value proposition.
Mary: They engage solution, which we launched last year is proving to be an effective complement to home health plus and is allowing us to serve a broader segment of our customers member populations.
Mary: By offering a targeted approach to intervention based on member needs or helping plans address the full spectrum of behavioral health challenges within their populations.
Mary Osborne: As we move forward, we remain focused on converting our strong pipeline into signed contracts while continuing to nurture relationships with existing customers to drive expansion. The market need for effective behavioral health solutions that can reduce medical costs and improve health outcomes has never been greater, and Ontrak is uniquely positioned to address this need.
Mary: As we move forward, we remain focused on converting our strong pipeline into signed contracts, while continuing to nurture relationships with existing customers to drive expansion.
Mary: The market need for effective behavioral health solutions that can reduce medical costs and improve health outcomes has never been greater and on track is uniquely positioned to address this need.
James Park: With that, I'll turn the call over to our Chief Financial Officer, James Park. Thanks, Mary Lou. In Q1, our revenue was $2 million, reflecting a 25% decrease compared to the same period last year. The decrease was due to the loss of a customer whose members disenrolled at the end of 2024, partially offset by new customers and expansions of existing customers during the year. We began the quarter with 2,125 members and concluded with 3,165, resulting in a simple average of 2,645, which average includes 1,152 members that are part of our ENGAGE program. The 3,165 members at the end of the quarter is the most enrolled members since Q4 of 2021.
Mary: With that.
Mary: I'll turn the call over to our Chief Financial Officer James Park.
James Park: Thanks, Mary Lou.
James Park: In Q1, our revenue was $2 million, reflecting a 25% decrease compared to the same period last year.
James Park: The decrease was due to the loss of a customer who is a member of the syndrome as at the end of 2024, partially offset by new customers and expansions of existing customers during the year.
James Park: We began the quarter with 2125 members and concluded with 3165, resulting in a simple average of 2000 and 645.
James Park: Which average includes 1152 members that are part of our engaged program.
James Park: The 3165 members at the end of the quarter is the most enrolled members since Q4 of 2021.
James Park: We're able to serve these members with less than half the employees we had in Q4 of 2021, which speaks to the significant efficiencies and operational improvements we have achieved as an organization. Our quarterly revenue per health plan enrollment per month averages approximately $254. This represents a decrease from $500 in Q4 of 2024 and a decrease from $504 in Q1 of 2024. The decrease in Q1 of 2025 compared to Q4 of 2024 primarily reflects the lost customer and shift in the mix of members with a larger percentage of members enrolled in our engaged program compared to the prior period.
James Park: To serve these members were less than half the employees. We had in Q4 of 2021 which speaks to a significant efficiencies and operational improvements we have achieved as an organization.
James Park: Our quarterly revenue per health plan enrolled member per month covers approximately $254.
James Park: This represents a decrease from $500 in Q4 of 2024 and a decrease from $504 in Q1 of 2024.
The decrease in Q1 of 2024 as compared to Q4 of 2024, primarily reflects the loss of customer mix.
James Park: Mix of members with a larger percentage of members enrolled in our engage program compared to the prior period.
James Park: The revenue per member in our ENGAGE program is lower than our WHOLE Health Plus program. Although our revenue per enrolled member was lower in the current period, members in our ENGAGE program represent members that did not provide revenue in the past, significantly expanding our market opportunity. Regarding our Q1 membership data, we added 2,039 new members during the quarter, which is the highest new members enrolled since Q3 of 2021. This figure contrasts with 1,641 new enrollments in Q4 of 2024 and 925 in Q1 of 2020. Dividing Q4 gross enrollments by our outreach pool, which averaged 27,204 for the quarter, annualizes to a 30% enrollment rate, compared to 50% enrollment rate in Q4 of 2024 and 108% in Q1 of 2024.
James Park: The revenue per member in our R&D program is lower than our plus program.
James Park: Although our revenue per annual number was lower in the current period.
James Park: Members that are engaged program represent members did not provide revenue in the past significantly expanding our market opportunity.
James Park: Regarding our Q1 membership Dario we added 2039, new members during the quarter, which is the highest scheme members enroll since Q3 of 2021.
James Park: This figure contrasts with 1641, new enrollments in Q4 of 2024 and 925 in Q1 of 2024.
James Park: Regarding Q4, gross enrolments borrowers for which averaged 27200, a quarter for the quarter annualize us to a 30% enrollment rate compared to 50% enrollment rate in Q4 of 2024 and 108% in Q1 of 2024.
James Park: The decrease in enrollment rate is due to the increase in our outreach goal during Q1 2025, primarily driven by the Engage Outreach Goal. In the current quarter, our average monthly disenrollment rate stood at 10 percent compared to 19 percent in Q4 of 2024 and 22 percent in Q1 of 2024. The disenrollment rate was lower in the current quarter compared to prior periods due to the disenrollment of members in each of those periods of the customers who gave notice not to continue our service at the end of December 2024 and February 2024. Additionally, we saw 184 members graduate from our program this quarter.
James Park: The decrease in enrollment rate is due to the increase in our outreach pool. During Q1, 2025, primarily driven by the engage outreach pool.
James Park: In the current quarter, our average monthly this enrollment rates stood at 10% compared to 19% in Q4 of 2024 and 22% in Q1 of 2024.
James Park: This enrollment rate was lower in the current quarter compared to prior periods due to this enrollment of members and each of those periods of the customers who gave notice not to continue our service at the end of December 2024, and February 2024.
James Park: Additionally, we saw 184 members graduated from our program this quarter with.
James Park: This graduation rate represents approximately 9% of the members enrolled at the quarter start, slightly lower than previous periods. Taking into account the enrollments, disenrollments, and graduations, we achieved a net increase of 1,040 members during the quarter. For Q1, we reported a gross margin of 37%. This represents a decrease from 61% in Q4 of 2024 and 63.6% in Q1 of last year, primarily driven by the decrease in revenue from the lost customer and its members at the end of 2024, as well as the mixed shift of members in our engaged program. Looking ahead, we anticipate our gross margin to maintain at its current level and increase as a percentage of our members in order to whole health program increases from our prospects in our pipeline.
This graduation rate represents approximately 9% of our members enrolled the quarter start slightly lower than previous periods.
James Park: Going into account enrollments DISA enrollments at graduations, we would achieve a net increase of 1040 members during the quarter.
James Park: For Q1, we reported gross margin of 37%. This represents a decrease from 61% in Q4 of 2024 and 63, 6% in Q1 of last year, primarily driven by the decrease in revenue from loss customer and its members at the end of 2024.
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James Park: Looking ahead, we anticipate our gross margin maintained at its current level and increase as a percentage of our members and ordering a whole program to increases from our prospects in our pipeline.
James Park: Additionally, in periods when we have new customers launching, we could see decreases in margin during that period. This is due to our practice of proactively hiring member-facing employees in preparation for these expansions. Turning to the balance sheet and cash flow statement, our cash flow from operation for Q1 was negative $2.7 million. This compares to negative $3.3 million in the same period last year and a negative $4.3 million in Q4 of 2024. As of quarter end, our cash reserves stood at $4.1 million. This represents a decrease from the $5.7 million we had on hand at the end of 2024.
James Park: Additionally in periods, when we have new customers launching we could see decreases in margin during that period.
James Park: This was due to our practice of proactively hiring member facing employees in preparation for these expansions.
James Park: Turning to the balance sheet and cash flow statement, our cash flow from operations for Q1 was negative $2 7 million, which compares to negative $3 $3 million in the same period last year and a negative $4 $3 million in Q4 of 'twenty 'twenty four.
James Park: As of quarter end, our cash reserves stood at $4 1 million.
James Park: A decrease from the $5 $7 million, we had on hand at the end of 2024.
James Park: During the quarter, we borrowed $1.5 million into our Keep Well agreement. And subsequently, we borrowed another half a million dollars, leaving five million dollars available for future draws subject to discretion of the lender. this remaining $5 million as well as an additional $5 million. has been committed in a financing agreement we announced earlier today. In aggregate, this agreement provides for up to $10 million of additional financing available to the company as needed in the short term. Thinking about revenues ahead, our current customers on the contract now account for approximately $14 to $16 million of annual revenue.
James Park: During the quarter, we borrowed $1 5 billion under our keep whole agreement.
James Park: And subsequent to quarter end, we brought another half a million dollars, leaving $5 million available for future draws subject to discretion of the lender.
James Park: This remaining $5 million as well as an additional $5 million.
James Park: Has been committed in a financing agreement, we announced earlier today.
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James Park: Thinking about revenues ahead of our current customers on their current short now account for approximately $14 million to $16 million of annual revenue.
James Park: The opportunities at the bottom of the funnel that Mary Lee mentioned are significant, and if all are successfully converted, would represent approximately $15 million of additional revenue, or approximately double the revenue for our current customers.
James Park: The opportunities at the bottom of the funnel that mirror image of our service.
James Park: All are successfully converted wood represented approximately $52 million of dish.
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Operator: Specifically for Q2 2025, we anticipate revenues in the range of $2.2M and $2.6M, or an 8% to 22% sequential Now we will open it up for questions. Certainly, ladies and gentlemen, if you do have a question at this time, please press star 1 1 on your telephone. If your question has been answered and you'd like to remove yourself from the queue, simply press star 1 1 again.
James Park: Specifically for Q2 2025, we anticipate revenues in the range of $2 $2 million, and $2 6 million or 8% to 22% sequential increase.
James Park: Now we will open it up for questions.
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James Park: Yes.
Operator: And this does conclude the question and answer session of today's program.
Brandon LaVerne: And this does conclude the question and answer session of today's program I'd like to hand, the program back to Brandon for any further remarks.
Brandon LaVerne: I'd like to hand the program back to Brandon for any further remarks. Thank you, Jonathan. And thank you, everyone, for joining in our call today. Hope you have a great afternoon. Take care.
Thank you Jonathan and thank you everyone for joining us on our call today Hope you have a great afternoon.
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