Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	12. Subsequent Events On April 26, 2023, the Company entered into a Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Third Amendment”), by and among Addus HealthCare, Inc., as the borrower, the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Capital One, National Association, as a lender and as administrative agent for all lenders, which amended the Company’s existing Credit Agreement. The Third Amendment (i) replaces LIBOR with a forward-looking term SOFR-based rate as the applicable benchmark reference rate for loans under the credit facility and (ii) adds a 10-basis point credit spread adjustment for loans bearing interest based on SOFR. The Third Amendment does not change the interest rate margins applicable to the credit facility.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6842918&loc=SL6314017-165662

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