Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
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”) provide on-site screenings and flu shots, laboratory testing, risk assessment, and sample collection services to individuals as part of comprehensive health and wellness programs offered through organizations sponsoring such programs including corporate and government employers, health plans, hospital systems, health care management companies, wellness companies, brokers and consultants, disease management organizations, reward administrators, third party administrators, clinical research organizations and academic institutions. Through its comprehensive health and wellness services, the Company also provides telephonic health coaching, access to a wellness portal with individual and team challenges, data analytics, and reporting services. The Company contracts with health professionals to deliver these services nationwide, all of whom are trained and certified to deliver quality service. The Company operates under one reporting segment. The Company's screening services are subject to some seasonality, with the third and fourth quarters typically being the strongest quarters due to increased demand for screenings from mid-August through November related to annual benefit renewal cycles. The Company's health and wellness service operations are more constant, though there are some variations due to the timing of the health coaching programs, which are billed per participant and typically start shortly after the conclusion of onsite screening events. In addition to its screening and health and wellness services, the Company generates ancillary revenue through the assembly of medical kits for sale to third parties. 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 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 9, 2017, and the Company's 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on May 1, 2017 . 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, 2017 and 2016 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. Prior to 2015, the Company completed the sale of certain assets comprising its Portamedic, Heritage Labs, and Hooper Holmes Services businesses. The operating results of these businesses have been segregated and reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. On June 15, 2016, the Company completed a one-for-fifteen reverse stock split. As a result, the share and per share information for all periods presented in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the impact of the reverse stock split. The reverse stock split did not affect the total number of authorized shares of common stock of 240,000,000 shares or the par value of the Company’s common stock at $0.04. Accordingly, an adjustment was made between additional paid-in-capital and common stock in the condensed consolidated balance sheet to reflect the new values after the reverse stock split. New Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)", 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 impact the adoption of ASU 2014-09 will have on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, "Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory", which changes the measurement basis for inventory from the lower of cost or market to lower of cost and net realizable value and also eliminates the requirement for companies to consider replacement cost or net realizable value less an approximate normal profit margin when determining the recorded value of inventory. The standard was effective for public companies in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The implementation of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)", 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 (Topic 718)", 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 was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The implementation of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, "Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment", which is intended to simplify goodwill impairment testing by eliminating the second step of the analysis under which the implied fair value of goodwill is determined as if the reporting unit were being acquired in a business combination. The update instead requires entities to compare the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognize an impairment charge for any amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, to the extent that the loss recognized does not exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The standard is effective, prospectively, for public companies in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2017-04 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”) provide on-site screenings and flu shots, laboratory testing, risk assessment, and sample collection services to individuals as part of comprehensive health and wellness programs offered through organizations sponsoring such programs including corporate and government employers, health plans, hospital systems, health care management companies, wellness companies, brokers and consultants, disease management organizations, reward administrators, third party administrators, clinical research organizations and academic institutions. Through its comprehensive health and wellness services, the Company also provides telephonic health coaching, access to a wellness portal with individual and team challenges, data analytics, and reporting services. The Company contracts with health professionals to deliver these services nationwide, all of whom are trained and certified to deliver quality service.

The Company operates under one reporting segment. The Company's screening services are subject to some seasonality, with the third and fourth quarters typically being the strongest quarters due to increased demand for screenings from mid-August through November related to annual benefit renewal cycles. The Company's health and wellness service operations are more constant, though there are some variations due to the timing of the health coaching programs, which are billed per participant and typically start shortly after the conclusion of onsite screening events. In addition to its screening and health and wellness services, the Company generates ancillary revenue through the assembly of medical kits for sale to third parties.

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 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 9, 2017, and the Company's 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on May 1, 2017 .

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, 2017 and 2016 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.

Prior to 2015, the Company completed the sale of certain assets comprising its Portamedic, Heritage Labs, and Hooper Holmes Services businesses. The operating results of these businesses have been segregated and reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

On June 15, 2016, the Company completed a one-for-fifteen reverse stock split. As a result, the share and per share information for all periods presented in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the impact of the reverse stock split. The reverse stock split did not affect the total number of authorized shares of common stock of 240,000,000 shares or the par value of the Company’s common stock at $0.04. Accordingly, an adjustment was made between additional paid-in-capital and common stock in the condensed consolidated balance sheet to reflect the new values after the reverse stock split.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)", 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 impact the adoption of ASU 2014-09 will have on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, "Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory", which changes the measurement basis for inventory from the lower of cost or market to lower of cost and net realizable value and also eliminates the requirement for companies to consider replacement cost or net realizable value less an approximate normal profit margin when determining the recorded value of inventory. The standard was effective for public companies in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The implementation of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)", 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 (Topic 718)", 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 was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The implementation of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, "Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment", which is intended to simplify goodwill impairment testing by eliminating the second step of the analysis under which the implied fair value of goodwill is determined as if the reporting unit were being acquired in a business combination. The update instead requires entities to compare the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognize an impairment charge for any amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, to the extent that the loss recognized does not exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The standard is effective, prospectively, for public companies in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2017-04 will have on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.