PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):



	March 31,			December 31,
	2012			2011
Computer and office equipment, including equipment acquired under capital leases	$	16,020		$	15,684
Software capitalized for internal use	15,511			15,520
Vehicles, including equipment acquired under capital leases	1,725			1,701
Medical equipment	13,945			14,698
Work in progress	2,841			2,813
Furniture and fixtures	3,763			3,626
Leasehold improvements	6,969			6,507
	60,774			60,549
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(34,545		)	(33,598		)
Property and equipment, net	$	26,229		$	26,951

The Company had an insignificant amount of vehicles under capital lease as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

Depreciation expense, including expense related to assets under capital lease, for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was $1.9 million and $1.3 million, respectively. Depreciation expense for both the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 included $0.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively, for costs related to software capitalized for internal use.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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