Guarantor (Balance Sheets) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 47,116,000	$ 50,840,000	$ 42,413,000	$ 46,398,000
Accounts receivable, net	106,209,000	105,072,000
Supplies inventory	18,433,000	18,414,000
Deferred income taxes	1,026,000	3,097,000
Prepaid and other current assets	37,151,000	33,602,000
Total current assets	209,935,000	211,025,000
Property and equipment, net	169,006,000	169,895,000
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates and other	19,484,000	16,392,000
Total assets	2,184,141,000	2,177,944,000
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt	20,285,000	20,844,000
Total current liabilities	84,249,000	89,870,000
Long-term debt	564,937,000	583,298,000
Deferred income taxes	185,882,000	176,020,000
Other long-term liabilities	25,753,000	25,503,000
Noncontrolling interests - redeemable	177,683,000	177,697,000
Equity:
Total AmSurg Corp. equity	782,413,000	764,197,000
Noncontrolling interests - non-redeemable	363,224,000	361,359,000
Total equity	1,145,637,000	1,125,556,000
Total liabilities and equity	2,184,141,000	2,177,944,000
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Supplies inventory	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	(4,817,000)	(4,362,000)
Total current assets	(4,817,000)	(4,362,000)
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates and other	(2,928,336,000)	(2,922,178,000)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	1,764,622,000	1,758,970,000
Total assets	(1,168,531,000)	(1,167,570,000)
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	(4,627,000)	(3,958,000)
Other accrued liabilities	(190,000)	(404,000)
Total current liabilities	(4,817,000)	(4,362,000)
Long-term debt	(30,822,000)	(31,377,000)
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Other long-term liabilities	0	0
Noncontrolling interests - redeemable	113,992,000	113,993,000
Equity:
Total AmSurg Corp. equity	(1,571,633,000)	(1,568,267,000)
Noncontrolling interests - non-redeemable	324,749,000	322,443,000
Total equity	(1,246,884,000)	(1,245,824,000)
Total liabilities and equity	(1,168,531,000)	(1,167,570,000)
Parent Company [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	5,562,000	6,710,000	4,763,000	7,259,000
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Supplies inventory	52,000	33,000
Deferred income taxes	1,026,000	3,097,000
Prepaid and other current assets	28,618,000	23,993,000
Total current assets	35,258,000	33,833,000
Property and equipment, net	10,129,000	9,829,000
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates and other	1,489,635,000	1,484,974,000
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	20,185,000	20,684,000
Total assets	1,555,207,000	1,549,320,000
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt	10,714,000	10,714,000
Accounts payable	1,014,000	1,972,000
Other accrued liabilities	24,092,000	27,419,000
Total current liabilities	35,820,000	40,105,000
Long-term debt	543,750,000	561,429,000
Deferred income taxes	185,882,000	176,020,000
Other long-term liabilities	7,342,000	7,569,000
Noncontrolling interests - redeemable	0	0
Equity:
Total AmSurg Corp. equity	782,413,000	764,197,000
Noncontrolling interests - non-redeemable	0	0
Total equity	782,413,000	764,197,000
Total liabilities and equity	1,555,207,000	1,549,320,000
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Supplies inventory	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates and other	1,458,185,000	1,453,596,000
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	0	0
Total assets	1,458,185,000	1,453,596,000
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Other accrued liabilities	0	0
Total current liabilities	0	0
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Other long-term liabilities	0	0
Noncontrolling interests - redeemable	0	0
Equity:
Total AmSurg Corp. equity	1,458,185,000	1,453,596,000
Noncontrolling interests - non-redeemable	0	0
Total equity	1,458,185,000	1,453,596,000
Total liabilities and equity	1,458,185,000	1,453,596,000
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	41,554,000	44,130,000	37,650,000	39,139,000
Accounts receivable, net	106,209,000	105,072,000
Supplies inventory	18,381,000	18,381,000
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	13,350,000	13,971,000
Total current assets	179,494,000	181,554,000
Property and equipment, net	158,877,000	160,066,000
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates and other	0	0
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	909,000	978,000
Total assets	339,280,000	342,598,000
Liabilities and Equity
Current portion of long-term debt	9,571,000	10,130,000
Accounts payable	28,972,000	29,487,000
Other accrued liabilities	14,703,000	14,510,000
Total current liabilities	53,246,000	54,127,000
Long-term debt	52,009,000	53,246,000
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Other long-term liabilities	18,411,000	17,934,000
Noncontrolling interests - redeemable	63,691,000	63,704,000
Equity:
Total AmSurg Corp. equity	113,448,000	114,671,000
Noncontrolling interests - non-redeemable	38,475,000	38,916,000
Total equity	151,923,000	153,587,000
Total liabilities and equity	339,280,000	342,598,000
Consolidated Entities [Member]
Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	1,785,716,000	1,780,632,000
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable	25,359,000	27,501,000
Other accrued liabilities	$ 38,605,000	$ 41,525,000