ACQUISITIONS AND PRO FORMA RESULTS (Narrative) (Details)								3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 15, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 17, 2015 USD ($) acquisition	Dec. 05, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 15, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 24, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) intangible_asset	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, bargain purchase, gain recognized, amount													$ 1,111,000	$ 0	$ 0
Number of businesses acquired | acquisition			2
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired													328,888,000	320,921,000	$ 2,980,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability								$ 21,831,000					21,831,000	22,008,000
Tekmed
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	$ 14,200,000
Revenue since acquisition date													300,000
Net assets acquired								14,152,000					14,152,000
Salto and Futura
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenue since acquisition date													3,600,000
Payments to acquire business		$ 6,000,000
Net assets acquired								7,111,000					7,111,000
TEI
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred			$ 312,400,000
Revenue since acquisition date													27,000,000
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired			312,400,000
Business combination, recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, cash and equivalents			1,241,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, asset			400,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, asset, revenue threshold to realize asset			$ 6,000,000
Discount rate			11.00%
TEI | Deferred Tax Liability
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill adjustments								1,100,000
TEI Biosciences Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred			$ 210,400,000
TEI Medical Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred			$ 102,000,000
Metasurg
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred				$ 27,200,000
Payments to acquire business				26,500,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability				700,000				0					0
Contingent consideration arrangements, maximum payout				$ 38,500,000
Discount rate				19.90%
Adjustment on consideration transferred									$ 400,000
Net assets acquired								27,558,000					27,558,000
Goodwill adjustments													263,000
Medtronic MicroFrance
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business					$ 61,600,000
Business combination, recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, cash and equivalents														2,195,000
Adjustment on consideration transferred												$ 1,500,000
Net assets acquired														60,067,000
Goodwill adjustments													(1,069,000)
Confluent Surgical, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenue since acquisition date														$ 69,000,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability						$ 20,900,000
Contingent consideration arrangements, maximum payout						$ 30,000,000
Discount rate						2.20%
Net assets acquired						$ 255,900,000		255,895,000					255,895,000
Payment for business interest						231,000,000
Payments for transitional supply agreement						$ 4,000,000
Arrangement extension period						2 years
Required number of days for extension						180 days
Period of contingent consideration arrangement						5 years
Period of transitional supply price increases						3 years
Number of assets impaired | intangible_asset										1
Impairment of finite-lived assets										$ 600,000			600,000
Probability of event						95.00%
Incremental increase in liability						$ 300,000
Incremental decrease in liability						400,000
Confluent Surgical, Inc. | Deferred Tax Liability
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill adjustments											$ 12,400,000
Confluent Surgical, Inc. | Cash Consideration One
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration arrangements, maximum payout						25,000,000
Confluent Surgical, Inc. | Cash Consideration Two
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration arrangements, maximum payout						$ 5,000,000
Tarsus Medical, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business							$ 4,700,000
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired							3,100,000
Business combination, recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, cash and equivalents							85,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability							1,600,000	0					0
Contingent consideration arrangements, maximum payout							11,500,000.0
Adjustment on consideration transferred							200,000
Net assets acquired							4,665,000
Contingent consideration, low estimate							$ 1,500,000.0
Tarsus Medical, Inc. | Cash Consideration One
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Discount rate							4.30%
Tarsus Medical, Inc. | Cash Consideration Two
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Discount rate							16.50%
Other Income | Salto and Futura
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, bargain purchase, gain recognized, amount													$ 1,100,000
Selling, general and administrative | Metasurg
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangements, change in amount of contingent consideration, liability								$ 700,000