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Medical payables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Components of Changes in Health Care Costs Payable | The following table shows the components of changes in the health care costs payable for the year ended December 31, 2013:
|  | Year ended December 31, 2013 |
Health care costs payable, beginning of the year |  | $ | 119,512 |
Acquisitions and other adjustments |  |  | 26,575 |
Add: Components of incurred health care costs |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 1,329,887 |
Prior years |  |  | (16,587 | )
Total incurred health care costs |  |  | 1,313,300 |
Less: Claims paid |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 1,169,455 |
Prior years |  |  | 117,622 |
Total claims paid |  |  | 1,287,077 |
Health care costs payable, end of the year |  | $ | 172,310 |

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