Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration Received, Related Party Notes Receivable

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Gain (Loss) On Notes Receivable

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Notes Receivable, Related Party, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage

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Gain (loss) from sale or disposal of an organization or integrated set of activities (for example, but not limited to, a partnership or corporation) engaged in providing a product or service in a commercial, industrial, or professional environment.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, amounts due from parties associated with the reporting entity as evidenced by a written promise to pay.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Related Parties
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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS AND OTHER SALE TRANSACTIONS - The Palisades Group Sale Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 05, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	10.00%
Note receivable	$ 5,000,000
Gain on sale of The Palisades Group			$ 0	$ 163,000	$ 456,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| The Palisades Group
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on sale of The Palisades Group	$ 3,700,000		3,694,000
The Note		$ 2,400,000	$ 2,370,000
Gain on repayment of notes receivable		$ 2,800,000