Discontinued operations (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Discontinued operations [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

In the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company’s end-of-life hospice pharmacy business (“Hospice”) as well as certain retail operations (“Retail”) qualified for discontinued operations treatment. In the second quarter of 2014, the Company finalized the sale of Retail for net proceeds of approximately $6 million and in the third quarter of 2014, the Company finalized the sale of Hospice for net proceeds of approximately $65 million. There was no activity related to Hospice or Retail in the three months ended March 31, 2015.

Selected financial information related to the discontinued operations follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended   March 31,
		2014
Net Sales
Hospice		$	48,357
Retail		10,170
Net sales - total discontinued		58,527
Income (loss) from operations, pretax
Hospice		1,214
Retail		(474		)
Income from operations - total discontinued, pretax		740
Income tax (benefit) expense
Hospice		776
Retail		(172		)
Income tax expense - total discontinued		604
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
Hospice		438
Retail		(302		)
Income from discontinued operations - total		$	136