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Goodwill And Intangible Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure | Goodwill and Intangible Assets During the second quarter of 2012, the Company's subsidiary, Celtic Insurance Company, experienced a high level of medical costs for individual health policies, especially for recently issued policies related to members converted from another insurer during the first quarter of 2012. Additionally, in June 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which limits the profitability of the individual health insurance business because of minimum medical loss ratios, guaranteed issue policies, and increased competition in the exchange market. As a result of these factors, the Company conducted an impairment analysis of the identifiable intangible assets and goodwill of the Celtic reporting unit. The impairment analysis resulted in goodwill and intangible asset impairments of $28,033, recorded as an impairment loss in the consolidated statement of operations. The impaired identifiable intangible assets of $2,340 and goodwill of $25,693 were reported under the Specialty Services segment; $26,589 of the impairment loss is not deductible for income tax purposes. The following table summarizes the changes in goodwill by operating segment:
| Managed Care |  | Specialty Services |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2011 | $ | 151,402 |  |  | $ | 130,579 |  |  | $ | 281,981 |
Impairment | — |  |  | (25,693 | ) |  | (25,693 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2012 | 151,402 |  |  | 104,886 |  |  | 256,288 |
Acquisition | — |  |  | 92,144 |  |  | 92,144 |
Balance as of December 31, 2013 | $ | 151,402 |  |  | $ | 197,030 |  |  | $ | 348,432 |
Goodwill acquisitions and other adjustments were related to the acquisitions and finalization of fair value allocations discussed in Note 3, Noncontrolling Interest and Acquisitions. Intangible assets at December 31, consist of the following:
|  |  |  |  | Weighted Average Life in Years
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Purchased contract rights | $ | 21,988 |  |  | $ | 21,988 |  |  | 7.5 |  | 7.5
Provider contracts | 35,537 |  |  | 2,737 |  |  | 13.2 |  | 9.8
Customer relationships | 13,396 |  |  | 13,396 |  |  | 8.0 |  | 8.0
Trade names | 8,695 |  |  | 6,495 |  |  | 18.9 |  | 16.3
Intangible assets | 79,616 |  |  | 44,616 |  |  | 11.1 |  | 9.1
Less accumulated amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchased contract rights | (13,459 | ) |  | (11,010 | ) |  |  |  |
Provider contracts | (3,767 | ) |  | (1,241 | ) |  |  |  |
Customer relationships | (11,425 | ) |  | (10,214 | ) |  |  |  |
Trade names | (2,185 | ) |  | (1,883 | ) |  |  |  |
Total accumulated amortization | (30,836 | ) |  | (24,348 | ) |  |  |  |
Intangible assets, net | $ | 48,780 |  |  | $ | 20,268 |  |  |  |  |
Amortization expense was $6,489, $4,822 and $5,561 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 respectively. Estimated total amortization expense related to intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is as follows:
Year |  | Expense
2014 |  | $ | 6,800 |
2015 |  | 5,900 |
2016 |  | 5,900 |
2017 |  | 4,400 |
2018 |  | 2,600 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16373-109275 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16265-109275 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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