Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies.The Company leases its facilities and certain office equipment under operating leases, which expire at various dates through 2021. Certain leases contain rent escalations and/or renewal options. Rent expense for all significant leases is recognized on a straight-line basis. The current portion of the deferred rent liability, which is included in other current liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets was $0.3 million at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and the non-current portion, which is included in other long-term liabilities was $3.9 million at September 30, 2012 and $2.1 million at December 31, 2011. The following is a summary of specified contractual cash obligation payments by the Company as of September 30, 2012 (in thousands):

	Long-term Debt		Operating Leases		Related Party Leases		Total
2012	$	2,500	$	3,489	$	309	$	6,298
2013	10,000		12,024		1,266		23,290
2014	10,000		9,790		1,299		21,089
2015	10,000		8,010		1,168		19,178
2016	10,000		5,216		694		15,910
Thereafter	396,588		9,338		175		406,101
Total	$	439,088	$	47,867	$	4,911	$	491,866

The Company is partially self-insured for its workers’ compensation liability and its medical malpractice liability. The Company accounts for claims incurred but not reported based on estimates derived from historical claims experience and current trends of industry data. Changes or differences in estimates and actual payments for claims are recognized in the period that the estimates changed or the payments were made. The self-insurance claim liability was approximately $10.6 million and $10.4 million as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The Company also has outstanding letters of credit securing obligations for workers’ compensation claims with various insurance carriers. The letters of credit outstanding were $2.6 million as of September 30, 2012 and $2.4 million as of December 31, 2011.

The Company is involved in various legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. Based on the facts currently available, the Company does not believe that the disposition of matters that are pending or asserted will have a material effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The Company is subject to earn-out obligations entered into in connection with certain of its acquisitions. If the acquired businessesmeet predetermined targets, the Company is obligated to make additional cash payments in accordance with the terms of such earn-out obligations. As of September 30, 2012, the Company has potential future earn-out obligations of approximately $10.1 million through 2013.

The Company has entered into various non-cancelable operating leases, primarily related to its facilities and certain office equipment used in the ordinary course of business. As a result of the Apex acquisition, the Company leases two properties owned by related parties, as more fully described in our Proxy Statement, filed with the SEC on April 13, 2012.