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Medical payables (Tables)

6 Months Ended

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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