CPSI 2017 Annual Report

68 maintenance revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the maintenance contract, which is generally three to five years. • SaaS services – The Company accounts for SaaS arrangements in accordance with the requirements of the Hosting Arrangement section under the Software topic and Revenue Recognition subtopic of the FASB Codification. The FASB Codification states that the software elements of SaaS services should not be accounted for as a hosting arrangement "if the customer has the contractual right to take possession of the software at any time during the hosting period without significant penalty and it is feasible for the customer to either run the software on its own hardware or contract with another party unrelated to the vendor to host the software." Each SaaS contract entered into by the Company includes a system purchase and buyout clause, and this clause specifies the total amount of the system buyout. In addition, a clause is included in the contract which states that should the system be bought out by the customer, the customer would be required to enter into a general support agreement (for post-contract support services) for the remainder of the original SaaS term. Accordingly, the Company has concluded that SaaS customers do not have the right to take possession of the system without significant penalty (i.e., the purchase price of the system), resulting in the determination that these contracts are service contracts for which revenue is recognized when the services are performed. TruBridge TruBridge consists of electronic billing, statement processing, payroll processing, accounts receivable management, contract management, and insurance services. While TruBridge arrangements are contracts separate from the system sale and support contracts, these contracts are often executed within a short time frame of each other. The amount of the total arrangement consideration allocated to these services is based on VSOE of fair value by reference to the rate at which our customers renew, as well as the rate at which the services are sold to customers when the TruBridge agreement is not executed within a short time frame of the system sale and support contracts. If VSOE of fair value does not exist for these services, we allocate the arrangement consideration based on third-party evidence ("TPE") of selling price or, if neither VSOE nor TPE is available, estimated selling price. Because the pricing is transaction-based (per unit pricing), customers are billed and revenue is recognized as services are performed. The Company will occasionally provide ISP and other professional IT services. Depending on the nature of the services provided, these services may be considered software elements or non-software elements. The selling price of services considered to be software elements is based on VSOE of the fair value of the services by reference to the price our customers are required to pay for the services when sold separately. The selling price of services considered to be non- software elements is based on TPE of the selling price of similar services. Revenue from these elements is recognized as the services are performed. Stock-Based Compensation The Company accounts for stock-based compensation according to the provisions of FASB Codification topic, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which establishes accounting for stock-based awards exchanged for employee services. Accordingly, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense over the employee’s or non-employee director’s requisite service period. Product Development Costs Product development costs are expensed as incurred. Product development costs totaled approximately $37.8 million, $32.6 million, and $14.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Advertising Costs Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense was approximately $0.3 million, $0.2 million, and $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and is recorded in sales and marketing expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Shipping and Handling Costs Shipping and handling costs are expensed as incurred and included in general and administrative expenses and costs of TruBridge. Shipping and handling costs totaled approximately $0.5 million, $0.4 million, and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.