Accounts Payable And Accrued Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Accounts Payable And Accrued Expenses [Abstract]

6.	Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):


	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011

Accounts payable	$	11,640	$	12,264
Accrued salaries and bonuses		46,100		147,613
Accrued payroll taxes and benefits		23,582		29,443
Accrued contingent consideration		14,876		12,089
Accrued professional liabilities		13,742		13,218
Accrual for uncertain tax positions		3,242		3,242
Other accrued expenses		9,778		16,666

	$	122,960	$	234,535

The net decrease in accrued salaries and bonuses of $101.5 million, from $147.6 million at December 31, 2011 to $46.1 million at March 31, 2012, is primarily due to the payment of performance-based incentive compensation, principally to the Company's physicians. A majority of the Company's payments for performance-based incentive compensation is paid annually in the first quarter.