Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Odyssey Health Care Inc [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of recognized identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed

The following table summarizes the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in thousands):

	August 17, 2010
Cash	$	148,269
Accounts receivable	123,281
Deferred tax assets	11,390
Fixed assets	18,119
Identifiable intangible assets	126,500
Goodwill	780,986
Other assets	18,354
Total assets acquired	1,226,899
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(112,228		)
Short-term and long-term debt	(108,822		)
Deferred tax liabilities	(25,246		)
Total liabilities assumed	(246,296		)
Noncontrolling interest	(2,410		)
Net assets acquired	$	978,193

Schedule of acquired finite-lived intangible assets

The valuation of the intangible assets by component and their respective useful life are as follows (in thousands):

	Hospice		Useful Life
Intangible assets:
Tradenames	$	16,600	5-10 Years
Covenants not to compete	15,400		2-3 Years
Medicare licenses and certificates of need	94,500		Indefinite
Total	$	126,500

Business acquisition, pro forma information

The pro forma results for the year ended December 31, 2010 combine the results of the Company for such period and the historical results of Odyssey from January 1 through August 16, 2010 (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the Year Ended
	December 31, 2010
Net revenues	$	1,853,244
Net income attributable to Gentiva shareholders	$	62,767
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	2.11
Diluted	$	2.06
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic	29,724
Diluted	30,468

Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of acquired finite-lived intangible assets

The valuation of the intangible assets by component and their respective useful lives are as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year				Useful life
	2012		2010
Covenants not to compete	$	203	$	150	5 years
Customer relationships	—		430		10 years
Certificates of need	9,002		3,250		indefinite
Total	$	9,205	$	3,830

Schedule of purchase price allocation

The allocation of the purchase prices relating to acquisitions consummated is as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2010
Fixed assets, net	$	509		$	269
Identifiable intangible assets	9,205			3,830
Goodwill	14,695			4,546
Other assets	66			12
Total assets acquired	24,475			8,657
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(1,955		)	—
Other liabilities	—			(157		)
Total liabilities assumed	(1,955		)	(157		)
Net assets acquired	$	22,520		$	8,500

Home Health and Hospice [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

A summary of the Company's operations which were sold during 2012, 2011 and 2010 is as follows (in millions):

Dispositions:	Date	Consideration
Phoenix area hospice operations	November 30, 2012	$	3.5
Gentiva Consulting	May 31, 2012	0.3
Louisiana home health and hospice operations	Second Quarter 2012	6.4
Certain home health branches-Utah, Michigan, Nevada and Brooklyn, New York	Fourth Quarter 2011	1.6
Iowa home health branch	January 30, 2010	0.3

The major classes of assets of the Home Health and Hospice branch operations that were sold were as follows (in thousands):

	2012						2011
	As of Date of Sale			December 31, 2011			As of Date of Sale
Assets:
Accounts receivable, net	$	561		$	526		$	—
Fixed assets, net	271			338			199
Intangible assets	1,356			1,356			703
Other assets	485			640			1
Total assets	2,673			2,860			903
Liabilities:
Medicare liabilities	(86		)	(18		)	—
Payroll liabilities	—			—			(22		)
Other accrued Expenses	(405		)	(41		)	—
Total liabilities	(491		)	(59		)	(22		)
Total	$	2,182		$	2,801		$	881

Discontinued Operations [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Net revenues and operating results for the year 2011 and 2010 for IDOA, Rehab Without Walls^® and HME and IV businesses were (in thousands):

	For the Year Ended
	December 31, 2011			December 31, 2010
Net revenues	$	22,819		$	36,526
Income before income taxes	$	2,430		$	(2,991	)
Gain on sale of business	11,475			(2,134		)
Income tax expense	(5,590		)	1,990
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	8,315		$	(3,135	)

Discontinued Operations [Member] | Rehab Without Walls and Homemaker Services Agency [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The major classes of assets of the Rehab Without Walls^® and the IDOA businesses that were sold were as follows (in thousands):

	As of Date of Sale
Non-current assets:
Fixed assets, net	$	183
Other assets	109
Total non-current assets	292
Total	$	292