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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract] 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

(13) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2011-07, which requires healthcare organizations that perform services for patients for which the ultimate collection of all or a portion of the amounts billed or billable cannot be determined at the time services are rendered to present all bad debt expense associated with patient service revenue as an offset to the patient service revenue line item in the statement of operations. The ASU also requires qualitative disclosures about the Company's policy for recognizing revenue and bad debt expense for patient service transactions and quantitative information about the effects of changes in the assessment of collectability of patient service revenue. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company is currently evaluating ASU 2011-07 and has not yet determined the impact of adoption on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, which simplifies how entities test goodwill for impairment. Previous guidance required an entity to perform a two-step goodwill impairment test at least annually by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill, and recording an impairment loss if the fair value is less than the carrying amount. This ASU allows an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If an entity determines after that assessment that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is not required. This ASU is required to be applied to interim and annual goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, and will be adopted by the Company effective January 1, 2012. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to impact the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.