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Basis Of Presentation (Narrative) (Details) | 3 Months Ended | 8 Months Ended |  |  |
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Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) item | Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Apr. 10, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)
Standby letters of credit | $ 37,900,000 |  |  |  |  |
Expected credit losses from COVID-19 | 594,000 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred income taxes | 2,290,000 | $ (3,489,000) |  |  |  |
Revenue | 515,798,000 | $ 462,034,000 |  |  |  |
Lease right of use assets | 112,302,000 |  |  |  | $ 111,652,000 |
Lease liabilities | $ 124,530,000 |  |  |  | 125,936,000 |
Weighted average rate | 3.24% |  |  |  |  |
Number of cloud computing arrangements | item | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Effective tax rate | 18.90% | 12.10% |  |  |  |
Excess tax benefit on stock options reduced income tax expense | $ 4,600,000 | $ 6,700,000 |  |  |  |
Capitalized property and equipment | 1,700,000 |  |  |  | $ 1,800,000 |
CARES Act [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred income taxes | 8,800,000 |  |  |  |  |
Relief Fund | 100,000,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
CARES Act - 2019 Medicare Fee-For-Service [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Relief Fund | 30,000,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
ASU 2016-02 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Lease right of use assets |  |  |  |  |  | $ 93,100,000
Lease liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | $ 104,300,000
Weighted average rate |  |  |  |  |  | 3.47%
Cloud Computing [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Capitalized contract cost | 6,000,000.0 |  |  |  |  |
VITAS [Member] | CARES Act [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Relief Fund |  |  |  | $ 30,000,000,000 |  |
VITAS [Member] | CARES Act - 2019 Medicare Fee-For-Service [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Relief Fund |  |  |  | $ 80,200,000 |  |
VITAS [Member] | Forecast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of Medicare sequestration reimbursement |  |  | 2.00% |  |  |
VITAS [Member] | Forecast [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | $ 15,000,000 |  |  |
VITAS [Member] | Forecast [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | $ 20,000,000 |  |  |
VITAS [Member] | Cloud Computing [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Capitalized contract cost, amortization expense | $ 262,000 |  |  |  |  |
Capitalized contract cost, amortization period | 5 years |  |  |  |  |
Roto-Rooter [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected credit losses from COVID-19 | $ 524,000 |  |  |  |  |
Roto-Rooter [Member] | Cloud Computing [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Capitalized contract cost, amortization expense | $ 0 |  |  |  |  |

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