Discontinued operations (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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. In July 2014, the Company entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of the Hospice business, and recorded an impairment loss of $40 million to reduce the carrying value of Hospice to fair value. In the third quarter of 2014, the Company finalized the sale of Hospice for net proceeds of approximately $65 million.

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

	Three Months Ended   June 30,			Six Months Ended   June 30,
	2014				2014
Net Sales
Hospice	$	49,551			$	97,908
Retail	528				10,698
Net sales - total discontinued	50,079				108,606
Income (loss) from operations, pretax
Hospice	1,900				3,114
Retail	(1,176		)		(1,650		)
Income from operations - total discontinued, pretax	724				1,464
Income tax (benefit) expense
Hospice	904				1,680
Retail	(709		)		(881		)
Income tax expense - total discontinued	195				799
Income (loss) from operations of discontinued operations
Hospice	996				1,434
Retail	(467		)		(769		)
Income (loss) from operations - total discontinued, after tax	529				665
Impairment loss
Hospice	39,804				39,804
Retail	—				—
Impairment loss on discontinued operations - total	39,804				$	39,804
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
Hospice	(38,808		)		(38,370		)
Retail	(467		)		(769		)
Loss from discontinued operations - total	$	(39,275	)		$	(39,139	)