Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	Basis of Presentation Hooper Holmes, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Hooper Holmes” or the "Company”) provides on-site screenings, laboratory testing, risk assessment, and sample collection services to individuals as part of comprehensive health and wellness programs offered through corporate and government employers. The acquisition of Accountable Health Services, Inc ("AHS") ("the Acquisition"), which is discussed further in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, allows Hooper Holmes to also deliver telephonic health coaching, wellness portals, and data analytics and reporting services. Hooper Holmes is engaged by the organizations sponsoring such programs, including health and care management companies, broker and wellness companies, disease management organizations, reward administrators, third party administrators, clinical research organizations, and health plans. Hooper Holmes provides these services through a national network of health professionals. The Company's business is subject to some seasonality, with the second quarter sales typically dropping below other quarters and the third and fourth quarter sales typically the strongest quarters due to increased demand for screenings from mid-August through November related to annual benefit renewal cycles. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with instructions for Form 10-Q and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2016. Financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and other disclosures. The financial information included herein is unaudited; however, such information reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of the Company's management, necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the three month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or the full year. See “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for additional information. On September 30, 2013, the Company completed the sale of certain assets comprising its Portamedic service line. The Portamedic service line is accounted for as a discontinued operation in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the "Report"). During 2014, the Company sold certain assets comprising the Heritage Labs and Hooper Holmes Services businesses. The operating results of these businesses are also segregated and reported as discontinued operations in this Report. New Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers", which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. This new guidance is effective for the Company in the first quarter of 2018, with early adoption permitted as of the original effective date or first quarter of 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, "Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs", which requires that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the debt liability. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2015-03 in the first quarter of 2016. The retrospective application of the new standard resulted in a $0.2 million reduction to both noncurrent assets and current liabilities as of December 31, 2015. The debt issuance costs associated with the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement remain classified in noncurrent assets in accordance with ASU 2015-15. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases", which is intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions. This standard requires a lessee to record on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by lease terms of more than 12 months. This standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, "Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting ", which is intended to simplify the accounting for share-based compensation. This standard simplifies the accounting for income taxes in relation to share-based compensation, modifies the accounting for forfeitures, and modifies the statutory tax withholding requirements. This standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2016-09 will have on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Basis of Presentation

Hooper Holmes, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Hooper Holmes” or the "Company”) provides on-site screenings, laboratory testing, risk assessment, and sample collection services to individuals as part of comprehensive health and wellness programs offered through corporate and government employers. The acquisition of Accountable Health Services, Inc ("AHS") ("the Acquisition"), which is discussed further in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, allows Hooper Holmes to also deliver telephonic health coaching, wellness portals, and data analytics and reporting services. Hooper Holmes is engaged by the organizations sponsoring such programs, including health and care management companies, broker and wellness companies, disease management organizations, reward administrators, third party administrators, clinical research organizations, and health plans. Hooper Holmes provides these services through a national network of health professionals.

The Company's business is subject to some seasonality, with the second quarter sales typically dropping below other quarters and the third and fourth quarter sales typically the strongest quarters due to increased demand for screenings from mid-August through November related to annual benefit renewal cycles.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with instructions for Form 10-Q and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2016.

Financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and other disclosures. The financial information included herein is unaudited; however, such information reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of the Company's management, necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods presented.

The results of operations for the three month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or the full year. See “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for additional information.

On September 30, 2013, the Company completed the sale of certain assets comprising its Portamedic service line. The Portamedic service line is accounted for as a discontinued operation in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the "Report"). During 2014, the Company sold certain assets comprising the Heritage Labs and Hooper Holmes Services businesses. The operating results of these businesses are also segregated and reported as discontinued operations in this Report.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers", which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. This new guidance is effective for the Company in the first quarter of 2018, with early adoption permitted as of the original effective date or first quarter of 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, "Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs", which requires that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the debt liability. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2015-03 in the first quarter of 2016. The retrospective application of the new standard resulted in a $0.2 million reduction to both noncurrent assets and current liabilities as of December 31, 2015. The debt issuance costs associated with the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement remain classified in noncurrent assets in accordance with ASU 2015-15.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases", which is intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions. This standard requires a lessee to record on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by lease terms of more than 12 months. This standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, "Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting ", which is intended to simplify the accounting for share-based compensation. This standard simplifies the accounting for income taxes in relation to share-based compensation, modifies the accounting for forfeitures, and modifies the statutory tax withholding requirements. This standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2016-09 will have on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.