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SEGMENT DATA
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT DATA
SEGMENT DATA

In accordance with the Segment Reporting Topic of the FASB ASC, the Company reports three business segments – Nurse and Allied Staffing, Physician Staffing, and Other Human Capital Management Services. The Company manages and segments its business based on the services it offers to its customers as described below:

Nurse and Allied Staffing – Nurse and Allied Staffing provides traditional staffing, including temporary and permanent placement of travel nurses and allied professionals and branch-based local nurses and allied staffing. Its clients include: public and private acute-care and non-acute care hospitals, government facilities, public schools and charter schools, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care facilities, physician practice groups, retailers, and many other healthcare providers throughout the U.S. The results of the Mediscan acquisition have been aggregated with the Company's Nurse and Allied Staffing business segment. See Note 3 - Acquisitions.

Physician Staffing – Physician Staffing provides physicians in many specialties, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs) under the Company's MDA and Saber-Salisbury brands as independent contractors on temporary assignments throughout the U.S. at various healthcare facilities, such as acute and non-acute care facilities, medical group practices, government facilities, and managed care organizations.

Other Human Capital Management Services – Subsequent to the sale of CCE on August 31, 2015, Other Human Capital Management Services includes retained and contingent search services for physicians and healthcare executives within the U.S.

The Company’s management evaluates performance of each segment primarily based on revenue and contribution income. The Company’s management does not evaluate, manage or measure performance of segments using asset information; accordingly, total asset information by segment is not prepared or disclosed. The information in the following table is derived from the segments’ internal financial information as used for corporate management purposes. Certain corporate expenses are not allocated to and/or among the operating segments.

Information on operating segments and a reconciliation to income (loss) from operations for the periods indicated are as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
(amounts in thousands)
Revenues:
 

 
 
Nurse and Allied Staffing
$
168,765

 
$
149,112

Physician Staffing
24,453

 
27,347

Other Human Capital Management Services
3,365

 
9,505

 
$
196,583

 
$
185,964

 
 
 
 
Contribution income: (a)
 
 
 
Nurse and Allied Staffing (b)
$
16,790

 
$
10,902

Physician Staffing
1,553

 
2,116

Other Human Capital Management Services
(111
)
 
602

 
18,232

 
13,620

 
 
 
 
Unallocated corporate overhead (b)
10,368

 
7,840

Depreciation
1,005

 
960

Amortization
1,407

 
982

Acquisition and integration costs

 
118

Acquisition-related contingent consideration
287

 

Income from operations
$
5,165

 
$
3,720

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(a)
The Company defines contribution income as income or loss from operations before depreciation, amortization, acquisition and integration costs, acquisition-related contingent consideration and corporate expenses not specifically identified to a reporting segment. Contribution income is a financial measure used by management when assessing segment performance and is provided in accordance with ASC 280, Segment Reporting Topic of the FASB ASC. 

(b)
For the three months ended March 31, 2015, $0.3 million of expenses was reclassified from Nurse and Allied Staffing to unallocated corporate overhead to conform to the current period presentation.