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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Consolidated Income Tax Expense

The consolidated income tax expense consists of the following for the years ended December 31:

	2013				2012				2011
Current provision:
Federal	$	120,858			$	47,528			$	63,388
State and local	5,857				(4,368		)		5,157
Total current provision	126,715				43,160				68,545
Deferred provision	(19,635		)		4,252				2,142
Total provision for income taxes	$	107,080			$	47,412			$	70,687

Reconciliation Of The Tax Provision At The U.S. Federal Statutory Rate To The Provision For Income Taxes

The reconciliation of the tax provision at the U.S. Federal Statutory Rate to the provision for income taxes is as follows:

	2013				2012				2011
Earnings from continuing operations, before income tax expense	$	268,917			$	122,791			$	188,350
Less flow through noncontrolling interest	960				(2,539		)		(2,855		)
Earnings from continuing operations, less noncontrolling interest, before income tax expense	267,957				125,330				191,205
Tax provision at the U.S. federal statutory rate	93,785				43,866				66,922
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	2,871				(2,288		)		3,381
Nondeductible goodwill impairment	—				8,487				—
Nondeductible compensation	12,519				1,108				2,705
Other, net	(2,095		)		(3,761		)		(2,321		)
Income tax expense	$	107,080			$	47,412			$	70,687

Tax Effects Of Temporary Differences Which Give Rise To Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented below for the years ended December 31:

	2013				2012
Deferred tax assets:
Medical claims liability and other accruals	$	53,943			$	37,413
State net operating loss carry forward	9,530				9,055
Stock compensation	14,223				12,615
Other	30,199				20,573
Deferred tax assets	107,895				79,656
Valuation allowance	(8,119		)		(8,180		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	99,776			$	71,476
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	$	18,278			$	12,441
Prepaid assets	5,621				4,767
Depreciation and amortization	30,411				31,741
Other	1,615				5,624
Deferred tax liabilities	$	55,925			$	54,573
Net deferred tax assets	$	43,851			$	16,903

Reserve For Uncertain Tax Positions

The Company maintains a reserve for uncertain tax positions that may be challenged by a tax authority. A roll-forward of the reserve is as follows:

	2013				2012
Gross unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of period	$	7,870			$	13,552
Gross increases:
Current year tax positions	338				4,107
Prior year tax positions	164				451
Gross decreases:
Prior year tax positions	—				(9,925		)
Settlements	(4,390		)		(53		)
Statute of limitation lapses	(708		)		(262		)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits, end of period	$	3,274			$	7,870

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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