Accounts Payable And Accrued Expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:

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


	June 30, 2012		December 31, 2011

Accounts payable	$	12,104	$	12,264
Accrued salaries and bonuses		91,235		147,613
Accrued payroll taxes and benefits		30,596		29,443
Accrued contingent consideration		14,234		12,089
Accrued professional liabilities		14,087		13,218
Accrual for uncertain tax positions		3,242		3,242
Other accrued expenses		14,910		16,666

	$	180,408	$	234,535

The net decrease in accrued salaries and bonuses of $56.4 million, from $147.6 million at December 31, 2011 to $91.2 million at June 30, 2012, is primarily due to the payment of performance-based incentive compensation, principally to the Company’s physicians, partially offset by performance-based incentive compensation accrued during the six months ended June 30, 2012. A majority of the Company’s payments for performance-based incentive compensation is paid annually in the first quarter.