SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Discontinued Operations
Revenue	$ 253,678,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 243,959,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 247,125,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 239,293,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 225,484,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 190,631,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 172,323,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 181,020,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 984,055,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 769,458,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue	$ 593,447,000us-gaap_HealthCareOrganizationRevenue
Gross profit	65,608,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	65,002,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	65,356,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	65,100,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	68,196,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	61,655,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	57,775,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	55,987,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	261,066,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	243,613,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	195,902,000us-gaap_GrossProfit
Loss from continuing operations, before income taxes	(59,033,000)	(35,645,000)	(15,548,000)	(21,765,000)	(13,011,000)	(23,769,000)	(9,150,000)	(8,538,000)	(131,991,000)	(54,468,000)	(19,392,000)
Loss from continuing operations, net of income taxes									(143,382,000)	(56,991,000)	(12,275,000)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(1,686,000)	(1,135,000)	(1,207,000)	(58,000)	(2,983,000)	(10,331,000)	416,000	235,000	(4,086,000)	(12,663,000)	76,982,000
Net loss	(63,626,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(38,710,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(19,818,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(25,314,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(18,559,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(34,087,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(8,880,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(8,128,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(147,468,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(69,654,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	64,707,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Loss per share from continuing operations, basic and diluted	$ (0.90)	$ (0.55)	$ (0.27)	$ (0.37)	$ (0.23)	$ (0.37)	$ (0.14)	$ (0.15)	$ (2.09)	$ (0.89)	$ (0.22)
Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations, basic and diluted	$ (0.02)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.00	$ (0.04)	$ (0.16)	$ 0.00	$ 0.01	$ (0.06)	$ (0.19)	$ 1.37
Income (loss), basic and diluted	$ (0.92)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.57)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.29)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.37)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.27)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.53)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.14)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.14)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (2.15)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (1.08)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ 1.15us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted
Write off of deferred financing costs	2,373,000								2,373,000	3,501,000
Income tax expense related to prior years	1,100,000
Home Health Services
Discontinued Operations
Revenue				239,300,000
Loss from continuing operations, net of income taxes				(25,300,000)
Discontinued operation reclassification reduction to total revenue				(400,000)
Discontinued operation reclassification to loss from continuing operations, net of income taxes				$ 200,000

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