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Health care costs payable (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Health Care Organizations [Abstract] |
Components of Changes in Health Care Costs Payable | The following table shows the components of changes in health care costs payable for the nine months ended September 30, 2016:
|  | Nine months ended |
|  | September 30, 2016 |
Health care costs payable, beginning of the period |  | $ | 212,641 |
Add: Components of incurred health care costs |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 1,261,046 |
Prior years |  |  | 2,142 |
Total incurred health care costs |  |  | 1,263,188 |
Less: Claims paid |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 1,061,880 |
Prior years |  |  | 199,015 |
Total claims paid |  |  | 1,260,895 |
Health care costs payable, end of the period |  | $ | 214,934 |

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