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Debt instrument floor rate.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Borrowings - Schedule of Line of Credit Facility Debt and Key Terms (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Apr. 10, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Due	$ 122.6
MidCap Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Due	$ 40.0		$ 40.0
Maturity date	2024-08
MidCap Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual interest rate	6.75%
Interest rate floor	2.00%
5.75% 2024 Convertible Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Due	$ 5.0		5.0
Annual interest rate	5.75%
Maturity date	2024-11
Conversion price	$ 3.00
June 2020 Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Due			2.6
Maturity date	2020-06
December 2020 Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Due	$ 2.6		2.6
Maturity date	2020-12
PPP Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Due	$ 4.9
Annual interest rate	0.98%	0.98%
Maturity date	2022-04
The Mann Group L L C \| Convertible Promissory Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Due	$ 35.0		35.0
Accrued interest paid-in-kind	$ 2.3		1.0
Annual interest rate	7.00%
Maturity date	2024-11
Conversion price	$ 2.50
The Mann Group L L C \| Non Convertible Promissory Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Due	$ 35.1		35.1
Accrued interest paid-in-kind	$ 2.3		$ 1.0
Annual interest rate	7.00%
Maturity date	2024-11