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	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014 division segment	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
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Number of reportable segments									3us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Segment data
Net service revenues	$ 124,756us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 125,540us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 125,193us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 120,340us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 96,588us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 88,471us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 86,400us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 85,453us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 495,829us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 356,912us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 340,620us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Operating income									24,642us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	14,793us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	27,953us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Identifiable assets	357,488us-gaap_Assets								357,488us-gaap_Assets	348,784us-gaap_Assets
Identifiable liabilities	124,296us-gaap_Liabilities								124,296us-gaap_Liabilities	131,074us-gaap_Liabilities
Noncontrolling Interest - Redeemable	3,639								3,639	3,639
Capital expenditures									1,232	2,502	2,427
Depreciation and amortization									4,103	2,862	2,552
Corporate expenses
Segment data
Operating income									(34,537)	(25,857)	(20,909)
Identifiable assets	21,442								21,442	24,942
Identifiable liabilities	76,438								76,438	89,936
Capital expenditures									618	1,471	1,099
Depreciation and amortization									2,582	1,634	1,392
Visiting Nurse
Segment data
Net service revenues									380,788	263,789	251,645
Operating income before corporate expenses									46,224	29,533	37,104
Identifiable assets	259,521								259,521	257,315
Identifiable liabilities	28,180								28,180	34,973
Capital expenditures									465	764	680
Depreciation and amortization									1,250	1,004	1,004
Personal Care
Segment data
Net service revenues									112,497	92,927	88,975
Operating income before corporate expenses									12,968	11,599	11,758
Identifiable assets	67,238								67,238	56,885
Identifiable liabilities	19,498								19,498	5,520
Capital expenditures									149	267	648
Depreciation and amortization									271	224	156
Healthcare Innovations Segment
Segment data
Net service revenues									2,544	196
Operating income before corporate expenses									(13)	(482)
Identifiable assets	9,287								9,287	9,642
Identifiable liabilities	180								180	645
Noncontrolling Interest - Redeemable	3,639								3,639	3,639
Medicare program
Segment data
Segment revenues (as a percent)	72.00%								72.00%
Medicare program \| Visiting Nurse
Segment data
Segment revenues (as a percent)	94.00%								94.00%
Medicaid and other government programs \| Personal Care
Segment data
Segment revenues (as a percent)	79.00%								79.00%
Medicare shared savings program
Segment data
Net service revenues									$ 1,600