Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Activity in Goodwill by reporting units, which are the same as our operating segments, for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 consists of the following (in thousands):

	Goodwill at December 31, 2011		Goodwill acquired		Goodwill at September 30, 2012
Reporting units:
Acute Care	$	28,543	$	—	$	28,543
Non-Acute Care	—		84,140		84,140
Total	$	28,543	$	84,140	$	112,683

The goodwill acquired reflects the May 21, 2012 acquisition of MedPak by Omnicell. MedPak is the parent company of MTS, a worldwide provider of medication adherence packaging systems. The acquired goodwill was assigned to the new reporting unit called Non-Acute Care, created as a result of the MTS acquisition.

There were no indefini

Schedule of Intangible Assets and Goodwill [Table Text Block]

There were no indefinite-life intangibles at either September 30, 2012 or December 31, 2011. Finite-life intangible assets at these dates consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2012						December 31, 2011
	Gross				Net		Gross				Net
	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Carrying Amount		Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Carrying Amount		Amortization Life
Finite-lived intangibles:
Customer relationships	$	54,330	$	2,539	$	51,791	$	4,230	$	1,591	$	2,639	5-30 years
Acquired technology	27,580		760		26,820		980		175		805		3-20 years
Patents	1,192		214		978		889		190		699		20 years
Trade name	6,890		265		6,625		90		37		53		3-12 years
Non-compete agreements	60		40		20		60		25		35		3 years
Total finite-lived intangibles	$	90,052	$	3,818	$	86,234	$	6,249	$	2,018	$	4,231

Amortization expense totaled $1.1 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Amortization expense totaled $1.8 million and $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The amortization of acquired technology is included within product cost of sales; other acquired intangibles are usually amortized within selling, general and administrative expenses.

Estim

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Estimated annual expected amortization expense of the finite-lived intangible assets at September 30, 2012 was as follows (in thousands):

2012 (remaining three months)	$	1,062
2013	4,235
2014	4,195
2015	4,172
2016	3,821
2017	3,786
Thereafter	64,963
Total	$	86,234