The increase was primarily driven from higher accrued incentive compensation, an increase in travel and entertainment, and a non-recurring insurance expense, partially offset by savings tied to restructuring actions taken in the prior year, along with Ascend initiatives.

Dec 21, 2022 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Tony Colucci, CFO | earnings call 2022-12-21 | transcript d63b1aa6-b563-41be-ac36-e699b0e277d3 | chars 16392-16663 | segment 16

The increase was primarily driven from higher short-term incentive compensation, incremental travel and entertainment, which was linked primarily to our commercial leadership teams, and increased advertising costs.

Sep 29, 2022 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Tony Colucci, CFO | earnings call 2022-09-29 | transcript ab82f85e-7aa1-4e60-b862-03cea7ee4fb0 | chars 16277-16491 | segment 16

The increase was primarily driven by higher-than-normal employee medical costs due to several significant employee claims hitting in the quarter, along with incremental travel from our commercial and leadership teams, which were higher than the COVID-impacted travel levels of Q3 fiscal 2021.

Jun 28, 2022 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Tony Colucci, CFO | earnings call 2022-06-28 | transcript 9f1428d2-32d6-4b3a-b2c1-0ad79c8953c4 | chars 19096-19388 | segment 19