Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
11.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
 
In April 2014, the Company adopted the Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”), reserving a total of 1,351,000 shares of common stock for grants to employees, officers, directors and consultants. As of June 30, 2015, 737,625 shares are available for grant. Permissible awards include incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”),  performance stock and cash-settled awards and other stock-based awards in the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors including unrestricted stock grants.
 
The following table summarizes the components of share-based compensation expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
 
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2015
 
Stock-based compensation included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Direct operating costs
 
$
7,364
 
$
12,113
 
General and administrative
 
 
177,178
 
 
298,298
 
Research and development
 
 
12,592
 
 
13,847
 
Total stock-based compensation expense
 
$
197,134
 
$
324,258
 
 
The stock-based compensation included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 was $62,514 and is included in general and administrative expense.
 
The following table summarizes the RSU transactions under the 2014 Plan for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the six months ended June 30, 2015:
 
RSUs outstanding and unvested at January 1, 2014
 
-
 
RSUs granted
 
513,500
 
RSUs vested
 
-
 
RSUs forfeited
 
(31,250)
 
RSUs outstanding and unvested at December 31, 2014
 
482,250
 
RSUs granted
 
221,600
 
RSUs vested
 
(72,500)
 
RSUs forfeited
 
(90,475)
 
RSUs outstanding and unvested at June 30, 2015
 
540,875