Business Operations	9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Business Operations	Note 2. – Business Operations Business Operations SunLink Health Systems, Inc., through subsidiaries, owns businesses which provide healthcare products and services in certain markets in the southeastern United States. Our business is composed of two segments, the Healthcare Services segment and the Pharmacy segment. Our Healthcare Services segment subsidiaries own and operate an 84-bed community hospital and a 66-bed nursing home in Mississippi, a 100-bed nursing home in Georgia, an IT service company, and healthcare facilities which are leased to third parties. Our Pharmacy segment subsidiary operates a pharmacy business in Louisiana with four service lines. The business strategy of SunLink is to focus its efforts on expanding the services and improving the operations and profitability of its existing Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses. The Company is investing in upgrades and improvements to certain of its Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses, while seeking to sell certain of its subsidiaries’ underperforming assets. The Company has used a portion of the cash proceeds from recent dispositions of assets to pay down debt and certain other liabilities, and to repurchase common shares in tender offers completed in February and December 2017. The Company may also use existing cash, as well as any net proceeds from future dispositions, if any, to improve its existing businesses, make acquisitions of Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses, prepay debts, return capital to shareholders including through potential public or private purchases of shares, and for other general corporate purposes. There is no assurance that any further dispositions will be authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors or, if authorized, that any such transactions will be completed or, if completed, will result in net cash proceeds to the Company on a before or after tax basis. The Company considers the disposition of business segments, facilities and operations based on a variety of factors in addition to under-performance, including asset values, return on investments, competition from existing and potential competitors, capital improvement needs, the prevailing reimbursement environment under various Federal and state programs (e.g., Medicare and Medicaid) and private payors, and other corporate objectives. The Company believes certain facilities in its Healthcare Services segment as well as its Pharmacy segment continue to under-perform, and the Company has engaged advisors to assist it in evaluating the possible sale of its Pharmacy business lines. On January 11, 2018, Carmichael’s Cashway Pharmacy, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, sold the assets of a retail pharmacy operation for approximately $410. A pre-tax gain of $183 on the sale of these assets is included in the results for the three months ended March 31, 2018. Throughout these notes to the consolidated financial statements, all references to “SunLink,” “we,” “our,” “ours,” “us” and the “Company” refer to SunLink Health Systems, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries. References to our specific operations refer to operations conducted through our subsidiaries and references to “we,” “our,” “ours,” and “us” in such context refer to the operations.

Note 2. – Business Operations

Business Operations

SunLink Health Systems, Inc., through subsidiaries, owns businesses which provide healthcare products and services in certain markets in the southeastern United States. Our business is composed of two segments, the Healthcare Services segment and the Pharmacy segment. Our Healthcare Services segment subsidiaries own and operate an 84-bed community hospital and a 66-bed nursing home in Mississippi, a 100-bed nursing home in Georgia, an IT service company, and healthcare facilities which are leased to third parties. Our Pharmacy segment subsidiary operates a pharmacy business in Louisiana with four service lines.

The business strategy of SunLink is to focus its efforts on expanding the services and improving the operations and profitability of its existing Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses. The Company is investing in upgrades and improvements to certain of its Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses, while seeking to sell certain of its subsidiaries’ underperforming assets.

The Company has used a portion of the cash proceeds from recent dispositions of assets to pay down debt and certain other liabilities, and to repurchase common shares in tender offers completed in February and December 2017. The Company may also use existing cash, as well as any net proceeds from future dispositions, if any, to improve its existing businesses, make acquisitions of Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses, prepay debts, return capital to shareholders including through potential public or private purchases of shares, and for other general corporate purposes. There is no assurance that any further dispositions will be authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors or, if authorized, that any such transactions will be completed or, if completed, will result in net cash proceeds to the Company on a before or after tax basis.

The Company considers the disposition of business segments, facilities and operations based on a variety of factors in addition to under-performance, including asset values, return on investments, competition from existing and potential competitors, capital improvement needs, the prevailing reimbursement environment under various Federal and state programs (e.g., Medicare and Medicaid) and private payors, and other corporate objectives. The Company believes certain facilities in its Healthcare Services segment as well as its Pharmacy segment continue to under-perform, and the Company has engaged advisors to assist it in evaluating the possible sale of its Pharmacy business lines.

On January 11, 2018, Carmichael’s Cashway Pharmacy, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, sold the assets of a retail pharmacy operation for approximately $410. A pre-tax gain of $183 on the sale of these assets is included in the results for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Throughout these notes to the consolidated financial statements, all references to “SunLink,” “we,” “our,” “ours,” “us” and the “Company” refer to SunLink Health Systems, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries. References to our specific operations refer to operations conducted through our subsidiaries and references to “we,” “our,” “ours,” and “us” in such context refer to the operations.