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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] 
Subsequent Events
(9)  Subsequent Event

On October 1, 2011, we acquired the operating assets of Harbinger Hospice, Inc., a privately-held, Medicare-certified hospice company that provides services to patients in Ohio, for $1.1 million in cash, excluding transaction costs of $0.1 million, consisting primarily of broker success fees, that we will expense during the fourth quarter of 2011 in accordance with GAAP.