04/25/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/25/2025 15:28
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
(a) | Resignation of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
On November 1, 2024, CBIZ CPAs P.C. ("CBIZ") acquired the attest business of Marcum LLP ("Marcum"). On April 25, 2025, Nutex Health Inc. (the "Company") was notified by Marcum that Marcum resigned as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm as a result of such acquisition, and the Company's Audit Committee approved the resignation.
The audit report of Marcum on the Company's consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and through April 25, 2025, there were no (1) "disagreements" (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused Marcum to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in their reports on the financial statements for such years, or (2) "reportable events" (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), except for the following material weaknesses in the Company's internal control over financial reporting:
● | The Company had ineffective design, implementation and operation of controls over logical access, program change management and vendor management: |
o | appropriate restrictions that would adequately prevent users from gaining inappropriate access to the financially relevant systems. |
o | IT programs and data changes affecting the Company's financial IT applications and underlying accounting records, are identified, tested, authorized and implemented appropriately to validate that data produced by its relevant IT systems were complete and accurate. Automated process-level and manual controls that are dependent upon the information derived from such financially relevant systems were also determined to be ineffective as a result of such deficiency. |
o | key third party service provider SOC reports were obtained and reviewed. |
● | Business process controls across all financial reporting processes were not effectively designed and implemented to properly address the risk of material misstatement, including controls without proper segregation of duties between preparer and reviewer and key management review controls. |
● | Ineffective design and implementation of controls over the completeness and accuracy of information included in key spreadsheets supporting the financial statements. |
The Company has provided Marcum with a copy of the foregoing disclosures it is making in this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing and requested, in accordance with applicable practices, that Marcum furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the statements made herein. Attached as Exhibit 16.1 is a copy of Marcum's letter, dated April 25, 2025, stating that it agrees with such statements.
(b) | Engagement of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
On April 25, 2025, with the approval of the Company's Audit Committee, CBIZ was engaged as the Company's new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and through April 25, 2025, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with CBIZ regarding (1) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that CBIZ concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (2) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).