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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Business Combinations - Textual (Details) - Home Health and Hospice Segment [Member] $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) location	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) location	Mar. 01, 2019 location
Alacare [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross \| $	$ 217.5
Tidewater and Care Resource Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount \| $	$ 10.8	$ 10.8
Noncompete agreements [Member] \| Tidewater and Care Resource Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		5 years
Certificates of need [Member] \| Tidewater and Care Resource Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		10 years
License [Member] \| Tidewater and Care Resource Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		10 years
Home health [Member] \| Alacare [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Locations of an Acquired Entity	23	23
Home health [Member] \| Care Resource Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Locations of an Acquired Entity			2
Hospice [Member] \| Alacare [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Locations of an Acquired Entity	23	23