Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Other Current Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

AtDecember 31, 2015 and 2014, prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following:

		2015		2014
Available for sale financial assets(1)	$	271.952	$	168.062
Insurance recoveries		220.000		-
Income taxes receivable		131.396		238.317
Cost report receivable from Medicare and Medicaid		109.311		137.543
Other taxes receivable		69.684		80.163
Other deferred charges		63.210		58.315
Leases receivable		53.117		55.503
Prepaid rent		51.651		53.015
Receivables for supplier rebates		48.625		85.548
Payments on account		37.016		30.680
Derivatives		27.021		28.241
Prepaid insurance		21.848		21.290
Amounts due from managed locations		20.468		34.054
Deposit / Guarantee / Security		15.276		19.447
Other		234.140		316.391
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	1.374.715	$	1.326.569
(1) The impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income and the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity is not material.

The item “Insurance recoveries” includes the recognized amount in relation to the NaturaLyte^® and GranuFlo^® agreement in principle, which partially offsets the accrued settlement amount recorded in Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities (see Note 8). For further information, see Note 19 “Commitments and Contingencies – Commercial Litigation”.

The item “Other” in the table above primarily includes loans to customers