UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2020  

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Item 8.01        Other Events

Pacific Health Care Organization, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to avail itself of the extension of time to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 provided pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Order Under Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Modifying Exemptions From The Reporting And Proxy Delivery Requirements For Public Companies dated March 25, 2020, (Release No. 34-88465) (the “Order”).

The current outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting federal, state and local governmental responses to COVID-19, including quarantines, office closures and travel restrictions have affected the Company’s accounting and financial staff, as well as the professional service providers who assist the Company in the preparation of its financial statements and the reports it files with the SEC.  As a result of these measures to “flatten the curve”, including quarantines and office closures, the Company’s office staff has been required to work remotely, which has slowed the work required to compile, disseminate and review its financial statements and the other information required to be presented in the quarterly reports it files with the Commission.  As a result, consistent with the Order, the Company plans to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 no later than 45 days after the original due date of May 15, 2020.

On March 26, 2020, the Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, which disclosed, and updated the Company’s risk factors to reflect the impact of circumstances related to COVID-19 on the Company’s business.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.