Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

6.	Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:

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


	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Accounts payable	$	25,191	$	32,783
Accrued salaries and bonuses		141,633		231,390
Accrued payroll taxes and benefits		49,236		49,858
Accrued professional liabilities		25,943		19,718
Accrued contingent consideration		15,789		17,010
Other accrued expenses		28,927		29,899

	$	286,719	$	380,658

The net decrease in accrued salaries and bonuses of $89.8 million, from December 31, 2014 to June 30, 2015, 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, 2015. A majority of the Company’s payments for performance-based incentive compensation is paid annually in the first quarter.