2.2.0.25falsefalse10101 - Disclosure - Generaltruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010 USD ($) USD ($) / shares $Duration_1_1_2010_To_12_31_2010http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000893949duration2010-01-01T00:00:002010-12-31T00:00:00Unit12Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170Unit13Dividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0Unit1Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0md_GeneralAbstractmdfalsenadurationGeneral [Abstract]falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringGeneral [Abstract]falsefalseGeneral3false0us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterselabel1falsefalsefalse00<div> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="top" width="4%" align="left"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>1.</b></font></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>General: </b></font></td></tr></table> <p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">The principal business activity of MEDNAX, Inc. ("MEDNAX" or the "Company") and its subsidiaries is to provide neonatal, maternal-fetal, other pediatric subspecialty and anesthesia physician services. The Company has contracts with affiliated professional associations, corporations and partnerships ("affiliated professional contractors"), which are separate legal entities that provide physician services in certain states and Puerto Rico. The Company and its affiliated professional contractors also have contracts with hospitals to provide physician services (generally for neonatal or anesthesia care), which include (i)&nbsp;fee-for-service contracts, whereby hospitals agree, in exchange for the Company's services, to authorize the Company and its healthcare professionals to bill and collect the charges for medical services rendered by the Company's affiliated healthcare professionals, and (ii)&nbsp;administrative fee contracts, whereby the Company is assured a minimum revenue level.</font></p> </div>1. General: The principal business activity of MEDNAX, Inc. ("MEDNAX" or the "Company") and its subsidiaries is to provide neonatal, maternal-fetal, otherfalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDescribes the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings). Disclosures about the nature of operations need not be quantified; relative importance could be conveyed by use of terms such as "predominately", "about equally", or "major and other". This element is also referred to as "Business Description".Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 94-6 -Paragraph 10 falsefalseGeneral12GeneralUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue