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Estimated Billing Adjustments For Remittance Payment

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Percentage Of Equity Ownership Sold

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Percent, after disposal, of ownership interest of a discontinued operation in which an equity method investment is retained.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4B
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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in liability to reflect the estimated ultimate cost of settling claims relating to insured events that have occurred on or before the balance sheet date, whether or not reported to the insurer at that date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
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Discontinued Operations (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 30, 2013
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Reduction of indemnification reserve accrual			$ 0.2
LHC Group, Inc. [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Amount voluntarily remitted to government		$ 1.8
Estimated billing adjustments for remittance payment			0.4
Reduction of indemnification reserve accrual			$ 0.2	$ 0.4	$ 0.5
Home Health Segment [Member] \| Pennsylvania [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Discontinued operation, cash consideration from sale of assets						$ 0.2
Home Health Segment [Member] \| LHC Group, Inc. [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Equity ownership percentage sold	90.00%
Discontinued operation, percentage of ownership retained	10.00%
Discontinued operation, cash consideration from sale of assets	$ 20.0