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Medical payables (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
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 six months ended June 30, 2017:
| Six months ended
| June 30, 2017
Healthcare costs payable, beginning of the period | $ | 214,275 |
Add: Components of incurred health care costs |  |
Current year | 991,818 |
Prior years | (6,838 | )
Total incurred health care costs | 984,980 |
Less: Claims paid |  |
Current year | 727,814 |
Prior years | 186,623 |
Total claims paid | 914,437 |
Healthcare costs payable, end of the period | $ | 284,818 |

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