Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

8. Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

The Company is a party to various legal actions, proceedings and claims (some of which are not insured), and regulatory and other governmental audits and investigations in the ordinary course of its business. The Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of pending litigation, proceedings and regulatory and other governmental audits and investigations. These matters could potentially subject the Company to sanctions, damages, recoupments, fines and other penalties. The Department of Justice, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) or other federal and state enforcement and regulatory agencies may conduct additional investigations related to the Company’s businesses in the future that may, either individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

To address claims arising out of the operations of the Company’s specialty hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation facilities, the Company maintains professional malpractice liability insurance and general liability insurance, subject to self-insured retention of $2.0 million per medical incident for professional liability claims and $2.0 million per occurrence for general liability claims. The Company also maintains umbrella liability insurance covering claims which, due to their nature or amount, are not covered by or not fully covered by the Company’s other insurance policies. These insurance policies also do not generally cover punitive damages and are subject to various deductibles and policy limits. Significant legal actions, as well as the cost and possible lack of available insurance, could subject the Company to substantial uninsured liabilities. In the Company’s opinion, the outcome of these actions, individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Healthcare providers are subject to lawsuits under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act. Qui tam lawsuits typically remain under seal (hence, usually unknown to the defendant) for some time while the government decides whether or not to intervene on behalf of a private qui tam plaintiff (known as a relator) and take the lead in the litigation. These lawsuits can involve significant monetary damages and penalties and award bounties to private plaintiffs who successfully bring the suits. The Company has been a defendant in these cases in the past, and may be named as a defendant in similar cases from time to time in the future.

During April 2012, the Company’s long term acute care hospital in Evansville, Indiana (“SSH - Evansville”) received two subpoenas from the Office of Attorney General for the State of Indiana. One subpoena demanded certain patient medical records of SSH - Evansville. The second subpoena demanded reports and documents related to SSH - Evansville for various periods beginning in 2006, including certain financial, statistical, billing and quality reports; certain policies and procedures, joint venture board meeting minutes, and documents related to certain complaints and internal investigations. SSH — Evansville subsequently received a Request for Information or Assistance from the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Indianapolis, Indiana Field Office) covering the period beginning in 2007 seeking substantially the same records demanded by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office, additional patient medical records of SSH - Evansville and additional documents and information of SSH - Evansville, including documents concerning SSH - Evansville’s relationships with its joint venture partner and seven other identified persons and entities. During May 2012, the Evansville (Indiana) Police Department executed a search warrant at SSH - Evansville purporting to seek evidence pertaining to the crime of theft. At the Company’s request, the Vanderburgh (Indiana) Superior Court ordered the release of the probable cause affidavit supporting that search warrant. According to the affidavit, confidential informants, some of whom are purportedly current or former employees of SSH-Evansville, alleged, among other things, that a physician on the medical staff at SSH-Evansville improperly manipulated patient diagnoses to raise the diagnosis related group (DRG) and lengths-of-stay to enhance reimbursement and, on one occasion, discontinued treatments to a patient based on financial motivation and without regard to the patient’s end of life instructions resulting in the patient’s death, and that a second physician on the medical staff at SSH-Evansville performed bronchoscopes that were medically unnecessary and resulted in at least two patient deaths. The affidavit also makes allegations that imply that the Company may not have provided complete or accurate documents called for in the Indiana Attorney General’s Office subpoenas which were received during April 2012. In August 2012, the Company received a subpoena from the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Chicago Regional Office) demanding additional documents covering the period beginning in March 2007 relating to the Company and SSH - Evansville, including contracts with SSH - Evansville’s joint venture partner, contracts and other documents relating to financial relationships with physicians practicing at SSH - Evansville, records of payments to and hours worked by physicians practicing at SSH - Evansville, documents relating to actual or expected physician referrals and admissions to SSH - Evansville, documents relating to billing for services furnished by the Company’s long term acute care hospitals (“LTCHs”), such as government program guidance and staff training materials, information relating to case manager duties and responsibilities at the Company’s LTCHs, reports on patient admissions, discharges, DRG, length-of-stay and transfers at SSH - Evansville, and documents relating to criteria used by the Company or SSH - Evansville for patient admissions, discharges and eligibility for service.  The Company has produced and will continue to produce documents in response to, and intends to fully cooperate with, these governmental investigations. At this time, the Company is unable to predict the timing and outcome of this matter.

Construction Commitments

At June 30, 2012, the Company had outstanding commitments under construction contracts related to new construction, improvements and renovations at the Company’s long term acute care properties and inpatient rehabilitation facilities totaling approximately $9.3 million.