ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Schedule Of Components Of Accounts Receivable

	December 31,		December 31,
	2016		2015
Continuing operations:
Patient accounts receivable	$	3,799	$	3,486
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(1,031)		(887)
Estimated future recoveries		141		144
Net cost reports and settlements payable and valuation allowances		(14)		(42)
		2,895		2,701
Discontinued operations		2		3
Accounts receivable, net	$	2,897	$	2,704

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

	Years Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
Estimated costs for:
Self-pay patients	$	644	$	678	$	620
Charity care patients	$	146	$	191	$	180
Medicaid DSH and other supplemental revenues	$	906	$	888	$	817