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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Liability, Period Liability Is Due

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Business Combination, Escrow Deposit Related To Tax Liabilities

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Business Combination, Escrow Deposit Release

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Payments To Acquire Businesses, Escrow, Portion Related To Post-Close Liabilities

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Payments To Acquire Businesses, Escrow, Portion Related To Tax Liabilities

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS - Acquisition (Details) - USD ($)				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS - Acquisition (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2017	Jul. 05, 2017	Jul. 01, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
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Acquisitions related fees and expenses				$ 587,000	$ 0	$ 587,000	$ 0
Borrowings on debt						$ 0	$ 97,200,000
Advantage RN, LLC [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total purchase price		$ 88,000,000
Payment for acquisition, net of cash acquired		86,800,000
Acquisitions related fees and expenses		600,000
Escrow payment related to tax liabilities		14,500,000
Escrow payment related to post-close liabilities		7,500,000
Release of escrow to seller	$ 7,300,000
Escrow deposit related to tax liabilities	$ 7,200,000
Net working capital adjustment		600,000
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Borrowings on debt		67,500,000
Term Loan [Member] \| Incremental Term Loan [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Borrowings on debt		40,000,000
Face amount			$ 40,000,000.0
Deferred Consideration Transferred [Member] \| Advantage RN, LLC [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Contingent liability		$ 600,000
Number of months contingent liability due to seller (in months)		20 months
Eurodollar Loans [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Incremental Term Loan [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
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Interest margin		2.25%
LIBOR Index Rate Loans [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Incremental Term Loan [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
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Interest margin		2.25%
Base Rate Loans [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Incremental Term Loan [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
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Interest margin		1.25%
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Periodic payment, percentage of principal			1.875%
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Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Periodic payment, percentage of principal			2.50%