Line of Credit Facility, Number of Financial Covenants

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Line of Credit Facility, Increase (Decrease) Remaining Borrowing Capacity

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Percentage Of Reduction Of Medicare Payments To Plans And Providers

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Percentage Of Reduction To Medicare Payments To Nursing Centers.

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Pledge, Percentage of Current Assets

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Pledge, Percentage of Total Assets

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 20, 22
-Article 5

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
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The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Other Contingencies (Details)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Other Contingencies (Details)	Jan. 31, 2013	Jul. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) financial_covenant state	Jan. 01, 2016 USD ($)
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Bank line of credit			$ 200,000,000
Borrowings under line of credit			0
Change in bank line of credit			$ 78,259,000
Number of financial covenants \| financial_covenant			1
Pledge percentage of current assets (less than)			6.00%
Pledge percentage of total assets (less than)			5.00%
Number of states in which entity operates \| state			48
Percentage of reduction to Medicare payments to nursing centers		11.10%
Percentage of reduction of Medicare payments to plans and providers (up to)	2.00%
Standby Letter of Credit
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Irrevocable standby letter of credit, outstanding			$ 78,259,000
Standby Letter of Credit \| Subsequent Event
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Irrevocable standby letter of credit, outstanding				$ 68,778,000