Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

6.	Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:

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


	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Accounts payable	$	30,637	$	21,969
Accrued salaries and bonuses		93,015		233,499
Accrued payroll taxes and benefits		43,699		58,979
Accrued professional liabilities		27,488		25,995
Accrued contingent consideration		13,484		13,565
Accrued uncertain tax positions		7,000		7,000
Other accrued expenses		45,047		34,800

	$	260,370	$	395,807

The net decrease in accrued salaries and bonuses of $140.5 million, from December 31, 2015 to March 31, 2016, 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 three months ended March 31, 2016. A majority of the Company’s payments for performance-based incentive compensation is paid annually in the first quarter.