SEGMENT INFORMATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

7. Segment Information

Our operations involve servicing patients through our two reportable business segments: home health and hospice. Our home health segment delivers a wide range of services in the homes of individuals who may be recovering from surgery, have a chronic disability or terminal illness or need assistance with the essential activities of daily living. Our hospice segment provides palliative care and comfort to terminally ill patients and their families. The “other” column in the following tables consists of costs relating to corporate support functions that are not directly attributable to a specific segment.

Managementevaluates performance and allocates resources based on the operating income of the reportable segments, which includes an allocation of corporate expenses directly attributable to the specific segment and includes revenues and all other costs directly attributable to the specific segment. Segment assets are not reviewed by the company's chief operating decision maker and therefore are not disclosed below (amounts in millions).

	For the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2015
			Home Health		Hospice		Other		Total
Net service revenue		$	253.4	$	73.0	$	0.0	$	326.4
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization			150.0		36.8		0.0		186.8
General and administrative expenses			65.7		16.1		30.8		112.6
Provision for doubtful accounts			3.1		0.5		0.0		3.6
Depreciation and amortization			1.2		0.3		3.1		4.6
Asset impairment charge			0.0		0.0		2.1		2.1
Operating expenses			220.0		53.7		36.0		309.7
Operating income (loss)		$	33.4	$	19.3	$	(36.0)	$	16.7
	For the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2014
			Home Health		Hospice		Other		Total
Net service revenue		$	237.2	$	63.1	$	0.0	$	300.3
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization			137.4		32.8		0.0		170.2
General and administrative expenses			63.1		14.1		26.0		103.2
Provision for doubtful accounts			4.1		0.1		0.0		4.2
Depreciation and amortization			2.1		0.5		3.9		6.5
Operating expenses			206.7		47.5		29.9		284.1
Operating income (loss)		$	30.5	$	15.6	$	(29.9)	$	16.2
	For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2015
			Home Health		Hospice		Other		Total
Net service revenue		$	742.6	$	199.6	$	0.0	$	942.2
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization			431.0		102.4		0.0		533.4
General and administrative expenses			192.0		45.8		94.3		332.1
Provision for doubtful accounts			8.0		1.4		0.0		9.4
Depreciation and amortization			4.0		1.0		10.8		15.8
Asset impairment charge			0.0		0.0		77.3		77.3
Operating expenses			635.0		150.6		182.4		968.0
Operating income (loss)		$	107.6	$	49.0	$	(182.4)	$	(25.8)
	For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2014
			Home Health		Hospice		Other		Total
Net service revenue		$	717.4	$	186.6	$	0.0	$	904.0
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization			420.7		99.0		0.0		519.7
General and administrative expenses			206.4		44.3		86.8		337.5
Provision for doubtful accounts			11.8		1.5		0.0		13.3
Depreciation and amortization			7.0		1.6		13.5		22.1
Asset impairment charge			1.2		1.0		0.0		2.2
Operating expenses			647.1		147.4		100.3		894.8
Operating income (loss)		$	70.3	$	39.2	$	(100.3)	$	9.2