SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2016

Accounting Policies

Summary of the activity and segment-wise information related to goodwill and other intangible assets

			Other Intangible Assets
			Certificates
			of Need and		Trade		Non-compete
	Goodwill		Licenses		Names		Agreements		Total
Balances at December 31, 2013	$	192,489	$	38,321	$	14,781	$	72	$	53,174
Acquisitions		—		1,290		—		—		1,290
Changes		34		—		—		—		—
Amortization		—		—		(10)		(52)		(62)
Balances at December 31, 2014	$	192,523	$	39,611	$	14,771	$	20	$	54,402
Acquisitions		84,538		6,433		3,640		180		10,253
Amortization		—		—		(10)		(16)		(26)
Balances at January 1, 2016	$	277,061	$	46,044	$	18,401	$	184	$	64,629

			Other Intangible Assets
			Certificates
			of Need and		Trade		Non-compete
	Goodwill		Licenses		Names		Agreements		Total
Visiting Nurse	$	147,368	$	38,831	$	11,391	$	10	$	50,232
Personal Care		37,571		780		3,380		10		4,170
Healthcare Innovations		7,584		—		—		—		—
December 31, 2014 balance	$	192,523	$	39,611	$	14,771	$	20	$	54,402
Visiting Nurse	$	186,384	$	42,884	$	13,206	$	92	$	56,182
Personal Care		72,773		3,160		5,195		92		8,447
Healthcare Innovations		17,904		—		—		—		—
January 1, 2016 balance	$	277,061	$	46,044	$	18,401	$	184	$	64,629

Schedule of the Company's revenues generated from Medicare, state Medicaid programs and other payors

	January 1, 2016		December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Medicare	71.4	%	72.4	%	71.2	%
Medicaid & other government programs:
Ohio	9.1	%	8.8	%	11.7	%
Connecticut	5.5	%	5.5	%	7.1	%
Tennessee	3.2	%	2.5	%	0.2	%
Kentucky	1.7	%	1.8	%	2.3	%
New York	1.7	%	—	%	—	%
Florida	0.9	%	0.6	%	0.7	%
Others	0.4	%	0.4	%	0.5	%
Subtotal	22.5	%	19.6	%	22.5	%
All other payors	6.1	%	8.0	%	6.3	%
Total	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%

Schedule of Concentrations in the Company's accounts receivable

	January 1, 2016				December 31, 2014
	Amount		Percent		Amount		Percent
Medicare	$	50,369	45.9	%	$	46,342	55.5	%
Medicaid & other government programs:
Ohio		8,627	7.9	%		9,239	11.1	%
Tennessee		8,038	7.3	%		5,617	6.7	%
New York		3,207	2.9	%		—	—	%
Kentucky		3,055	2.8	%		3,686	4.4	%
Florida		2,702	2.5	%		1,804	2.2	%
Connecticut		2,693	2.5	%		3,982	4.8	%
Others		1,156	1.1	%		1,031	1.2	%
Subtotal		29,478	26.9	%		25,359	30.4	%
All other payors		29,937	27.3	%		11,781	14.1	%
Subtotal		109,784	100.0	%		83,482	100.0	%
Allowances		(17,514)				(8,880)
Total	$	92,270			$	74,602

Schedule of approximate breakdown by payor classification as a percent of total accounts receivable, net of contractual allowances

	January 1, 2016
Payor	0-90		91-180		181-365		>1 yr.		Total
Medicare	26	%	10	%	7	%	3	%	46	%
Medicaid & Government	12	%	4	%	8	%	3	%	27	%
Self Pay	6	%	1	%	1	%	1	%	9	%
Insurance	7	%	2	%	5	%	4	%	18	%
Total	51	%	17	%	21	%	11	%	100	%

	December 31, 2014
Payor	0-90		91-180		181-365		>1 yr.		Total
Medicare	36	%	13	%	7	%	0	%	56	%
Medicaid & Government	19	%	6	%	4	%	1	%	30	%
Self Pay	1	%	0	%	2	%	0	%	3	%
Insurance	6	%	3	%	2	%	0	%	11	%
Total	62	%	22	%	15	%	1	%	100	%

Schedule of the Company's effective allowances for uncollectible accounts as a percent of accounts receivable

	January 1, 2016
Payor	0-90		91-180		181-365		>1 yr.		>2 yrs.
Medicare	3	%	6	%	36	%	55	%	100	%
Medicaid & Government	4	%	5	%	44	%	46	%	100	%
Self Pay	4	%	3	%	34	%	59	%	100	%
Insurance	3	%	5	%	36	%	56	%	100	%
Total	3	%	5	%	38	%	53	%	100	%

	December 31, 2014
Payor	0-90		91-180		181-365		>1 yr.		>2 yrs.
Medicare	0	%	0	%	8	%	75	%	100	%
Medicaid & Government	1	%	8	%	31	%	66	%	100	%
Self Pay	1	%	12	%	51	%	74	%	100	%
Insurance	5	%	22	%	46	%	83	%	100	%
Total	1	%	6	%	23	%	74	%	100	%

Schedule of reconciliation of basic to diluted shares used in the earnings per share calculation

	January 1, 2016	December 31, 2014	December 31, 2013
Basic weighted average outstanding shares	9,505	9,333	9,279
Dilutive effect of outstanding compensation awards	240	129	95
Diluted weighted average outstanding shares	9,745	9,462	9,374