Long-Term Debt And Lines of Credit (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Long-Term Debt And Lines of Credit [Abstract]

Debt Outstanding

		December 31,
		2017		2016
Revolver	$	26,200	$	25,000
Term loan		75,000		83,750
Total		101,200		108,750
Current portion of term loan		(10,000)		(8,750)
Long-term debt	$	91,200	$	100,000

Schedule of Principal Payments of the Term Loan

2018	$	10,000
2019		65,000
	$	75,000

Interest Paid During Period

2017	$	3,626
2016		3,047
2015		2,988

Financial Debt Covenants

Description	Requirement	Chemed
Leverage Ratio (Consolidated Indebtedness/Consolidated  Adj. EBITDA)	<  3.50 to 1.00	0.62 to 1.00
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (Consolidated Free Cash Flow/Consolidated
Fixed Charges)	>  1.50 to 1.00	2.10 to 1.00
Annual Operating Lease Commitment	<  $50.0 million	$23.5 million