our original budget was adding 30 to 40 FTEs a month. We've increased that to closer to 60 per month for the remainder of the year.

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the entire change in the EBITDA margin in the guidance is us adding a million dollars per quarter of marketing costs for the next three quarters.

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This is primarily due to elevated marketing costs now expected to persist above our original guidance for the remainder of the year.

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But good tight expense management, we continue to outperform on margin. But I would say it's really just a more realistic second half of the year outlook, given the fact that there is very much potential consumer spending pressure. And we have seen most of our business, the vast majority of our business is really non-discretionary. But we have seen a little bit of softness on discretionary jobs that's just giving us a little cause for pause.

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The biggest barometer that we are looking at on a day-in and day-out basis is really growing our net headcount as it relates to our licensed clinical resources and more and more hoping as we bring those resources in that they're coming in in a full-time capacity versus a part-time capacity or a per diem capacity, which adds a degree of complexity towards some of that labor management on a go-forward basis.

Apr 27, 2022 / receipt, needs a key / Executive, other | earnings call 2022-04-27 | transcript e05e6666-aa17-4aa4-8901-c6ed09ffda6a | chars 28426-28835 | segment 27

there was one of these measures that was like penalizing the large providers because it was essentially, you know, capturing just the total number, not per patient. | The company faces challenges with

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and I guess you had this new uh SEO partner, | The company recently switched SEO partners, indicating a willingness to change vendors to solve critical performance issues in digital marketing.

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we anticipate opening Manatee County in late second quarter or early third quarter. | The company is opening a new location in Manatee County, FL, creating an immediate need for operational software,

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there is in place a higher degree of evaluation on new locations and the review of their claims um on a regular basis to ensure that these new providers are legitimate and providing actual care. | The

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we want to make sure that the criteria and the algorithms used to evaluate the scoring with SSVI makes sense uh and is accurate and does not include um data that is um been infiltrated by fraudulent c

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increase marketing spend by almost $3 million in the quarter | Target marketing leadership with lead generation and ad spend optimization tools, as they have a newly increased budget to support paid a

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initially, gross margins, EBITDA margins, pricing and mix of service offerings tend to be below the average of our existing Roto-Rooter portfolio. | Offer analytics, pricing optimization, or operation

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Roto-Rooter purchased the territory and assets of the franchises operating in San Francisco, California and Fort Worth, Texas | Target IT and operations with solutions for integrating newly acquired f

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The centralization of water restoration billing and collections continues, and it has resulted in improved collections. | Pitch finance and operations automation tools that support centralized billing

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unusual ice and snow storms across large parts parts of the country led to significant service disruptions due to road conditions. | Propose field service management or logistics software that can hel

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Admissions at Vitas during the quarter totaled 19,394, which equates to a 6.9% improvement from the same period of 2025. | The Vitas healthcare division is growing admissions by nearly 7%, suggesting

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Over the past two years, we have talked about the many headwinds that have persisted at Roto-Rooter, which has made for a difficult operating environment. | The Roto-Rooter division has faced a prolon

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