Business Operations	3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 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. Unless the context indicates otherwise, 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 of our subsidiaries. Our business is composed of two business 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 based in Georgia, 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 business while seeking to sell certain of its subsidiaries’ underperforming assets. The Company is investing in upgrades and improvements to certain of its Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses. The Company has used a portion of the cash proceeds from dispositions of assets to pay down debt and certain other liabilities, to repurchase common shares in tender offers completed in February and December 2017, and to make improvements to its Healthcare Services businesses. The Company may also use existing cash, as well as any net proceeds from future dispositions, if any, to prepay debts, return capital to shareholders including through potential public or private purchases of shares, improve its existing businesses, make selective acquisitions of Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses 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 assets in its Healthcare Services and its Pharmacy business lines. On October 11, 2018, the Company sold a vacant medical office building and approximately two adjacent acres of undeveloped land. After expenses, the Company received net proceeds from the sale of approximately $935 which will be retained for working capital and general corporate purposes. The pre-tax gain on the sale of property is estimated to be approximately $452 and will be reported in the Company’s fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2018.

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. Unless the context indicates otherwise, 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 of our subsidiaries. Our business is composed of two business 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 based in Georgia, 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 business while seeking to sell certain of its subsidiaries’ underperforming assets. The Company is investing in upgrades and improvements to certain of its Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses.

The Company has used a portion of the cash proceeds from dispositions of assets to pay down debt and certain other liabilities, to repurchase common shares in tender offers completed in February and December 2017, and to make improvements to its Healthcare Services businesses.

The Company may also use existing cash, as well as any net proceeds from future dispositions, if any, to prepay debts, return capital to shareholders including through potential public or private purchases of shares, improve its existing businesses, make selective acquisitions of Healthcare Services and Pharmacy businesses 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 assets in its Healthcare Services and its Pharmacy business lines.

On October 11, 2018, the Company sold a vacant medical office building and approximately two adjacent acres of undeveloped land. After expenses, the Company received net proceeds from the sale of approximately $935 which will be retained for working capital and general corporate purposes. The pre-tax gain on the sale of property is estimated to be approximately $452 and will be reported in the Company’s fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2018.