Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

6.	Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:

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


	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014

Accounts payable	$	22,340	$	32,783
Accrued salaries and bonuses		188,800		231,390
Accrued payroll taxes and benefits		57,775		49,858
Accrued professional liabilities		28,431		19,718
Accrued contingent consideration		13,312		17,010
Accrual for uncertain tax positions		7,000		—
Other accrued expenses		33,986		29,899

	$	351,644	$	380,658

The net decrease in accrued salaries and bonuses of $42.6 million, from December 31, 2014 to September 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 nine months ended September 30, 2015. A majority of the Company’s payments for performance-based incentive compensation is paid annually in the first quarter.