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Leverage Ratio

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) - Credit Agreement [Member] - USD ($)		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit outstanding amount		$ 375,500,000
Capital One, National Association [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate loan amount available		200,500,000
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jul. 30, 2026
Debt instrument total net leverage ratio	4.25%
Line of credit outstanding amount		8,100,000
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit outstanding amount		$ 166,900,000
Debt instrument stated interest rate		5.11%
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument total net leverage ratio	3.75%
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Federal Funds Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate margin	0.50%
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate margin	1.00%
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate margin	0.00%
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Based On Applicable Senior Leverage Ratio [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate margin	0.75%
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Based On Applicable Senior Leverage Ratio [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate margin	1.50%
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Based On Applicable Leverage Ratio [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate margin	1.75%
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Based On Applicable Leverage Ratio [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate margin	2.50%
Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Restriction on Dividends [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate amount of dividends and distributions		$ 7,500,000
Revolving Credit Loan [Member] \| Capital One, National Association [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate loan amount available	$ 600,000,000.0
Proceeds from line of credit			$ 29,000,000.0
Line of credit outstanding amount		$ 166,900,000		$ 224,900,000
Debt instrument stated interest rate		5.11%		2.10%
Revolving Credit Loan [Member] \| Capital One, National Association [Member] \| JourneyCare and Apple Home [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from line of credit		$ 47,000,000.0
Repayments of line of credit		$ 105,000,000.0
Revolving Credit Loan [Member] \| Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fee charged on unused portion of revolving credit facility		0.20%
Revolving Credit Loan [Member] \| Capital One, National Association [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fee charged on unused portion of revolving credit facility		0.35%
Incremental Loan Facility [Member] \| Capital One, National Association [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate loan amount available	$ 125,000,000.0