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REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue | The approximate percentage of net revenue by type of payer customer was as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  |
Healthcare insurers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fee-for-service | 37 | % |  | 38 | % |  | 36 | % |  | 37 | % |  |
Capitated | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  |
Total healthcare insurers | 39 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 40 |  |  |
Government payers (principally fee-for-service) | 16 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 12 |  |  |
Client payers | 31 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 33 |  |  |
Patients (including coinsurance and deductible responsibilities) | 12 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 12 |  |  |
Total DIS | 98 |  |  | 97 |  |  | 98 |  |  | 97 |  |  |
DS | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  |
Net revenues | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  |
Accounts Receivable Disaggregation | The approximate percentage of net accounts receivable by type of payer customer was as follows:
| September 30, 2025 |  | December 31, 2024
Healthcare Insurers | 29 | % |  | 26 | %
Government Payers | 9 |  |  | 7 |
Client Payers | 41 |  |  | 45 |
Patients (including coinsurance and deductible responsibilities) | 19 |  |  | 20 |
Total DIS | 98 |  |  | 98 |
DS | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Net accounts receivable | 100 | % |  | 100 | %

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