Restructuring (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of restructuring reserve by type of cost

The following table provides the operating results of HealthTronics Discontinued operations, net of tax for the year ended December 31, 2014 (in thousands).

	2014
Revenue	$	14,443
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes	$	6,434
Income tax expense	$	757
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	5,677

Changes to this accrual during the year ended December 31, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):

	Employee Separation, Retention and Other Benefit-Related Costs			Contract Termination Charges			Other Restructuring Costs			Total
Liability balance as of January 1, 2016	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Expenses	20,476			8,074			5,798			34,348
Cash distributions	(16,621		)	(6,413		)	(5,798		)	(28,832		)
Liability balance as of December 31, 2016	$	3,855		$	1,661		$	—		$	5,516

Changes to this accrual during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands):

	Total
Liability balance as of January 1, 2015	$	—
Expenses	23,591
Cash distributions	(5,677		)
Liability balance as of January 1, 2016	$	17,914
Expenses	5,010
Cash distributions	(19,655		)
Liability balance as of December 31, 2016	$	3,269

Changes to this accrual during the year ended December 31, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):

	Employee Separation and Other Benefit-Related Costs			Other Restructuring Costs			Total
Liability balance as of January 1, 2015	$	—		$	—		$	—
Expenses	26,696			8,215			34,911
Cash distributions	(21,343		)	(1,305		)	(22,648		)
Liability balance as of January 1, 2016	$	5,353		$	6,910		$	12,263
Cash distributions	(5,353		)	(1,406		)	(6,759		)
Liability balance as of December 31, 2016	$	—		$	5,504		$	5,504

Changes to the accrual during the year ended December 31, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):

	Total
Liability balance as of January 1, 2016	$	—
Expenses	16,983
Cash distributions	(7,044		)
Liability balance as of December 31, 2016	$	9,939

Changes to the accrual during the year ended December 31, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):

	Employee Separation and Other Benefit-Related Costs		Contract Termination Charges		Total
Liability balance as of January 1, 2016	$	—	$	—	$	—
Expenses	16,544		5,224		21,768
Cash distributions	—		—		—
Liability balance as of December 31, 2016	$	16,544	$	5,224	$	21,768

Restructuring and related costs

A summary of expenses related to the Astora restructuring initiative is included below for the year ended December 31, 2016 (in thousands):

	2016
Employee separation, retention and other benefit-related costs	$	20,476
Asset impairment charges	21,328
Contract termination charges	8,074
Other wind down costs	10,972
Total	$	60,850

A summary of expenses related to the Auxilium restructuring initiatives is included below for the year ended December 31, 2015 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2015
Employee Separation and Other Benefit-Related Costs	$	26,696
Asset Impairment Charges	7,000
Other Restructuring Costs	8,215
Total	$	41,911