ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounts Receivable Additional Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of components of accounts receivable

The principal components of accounts receivable are shown in the table below: 

	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Continuing operations:
Patient accounts receivable	$	2,521	$	2,567
Estimated future recoveries	163		162
Net cost reports and settlements receivable and valuation allowances	37		12
	2,721		2,741
Discontinued operations	1		2
Accounts receivable, net	$	2,722	$	2,743

Schedule of estimated costs for charity care and self-pay patients

The following table shows our estimated costs (based on selected operating expenses, which include salaries, wages and benefits, supplies and other operating expenses) of caring for our uninsured and charity patients in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Estimated costs for:
Uninsured patients	$	156	$	158
Charity care patients	40		34
Total	$	196	$	192