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REVENUE RECOGNITION AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The approximate percentage of net revenue by type of customer was as follows:

			Three Months Ended June 30,																		Six Months Ended June 30,
			2020						2019						2020						2019
Healthcare insurers:
Fee-for-service			32		%				32		%				32		%				33		%
Capitated			3						3						3						3
Total healthcare insurers			35						35						35						36
Government payers			12						15						13						15
Client payers			39						32						36						32
Patients			11						14						12						13
Total DIS			97						96						96						96
DS			3						4						4						4
Net revenues			100		%				100		%				100		%				100		%

Accounts Receivable Disaggregation

The approximate percentage of net accounts receivable by type of customer was as follows:

			June 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
Healthcare Insurers			31		%				22		%
Government Payers			8						11
Client Payers			42						42
Patients (including coinsurance and deductible responsibilities)			15						20
Total DIS			96						95
DS			4						5
Net accounts receivable			100		%				100		%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
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