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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

7.	Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:

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


	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Accounts payable	$	32,386	$	31,059
Accrued salaries and bonuses		151,982		242,888
Accrued payroll taxes and benefits		64,197		78,415
Accrued professional liabilities		44,837		34,931
Accrued contingent consideration		8,299		18,760
Accrued interest		34,183		9,477
Other accrued expenses		50,524		33,037

	$	386,408	$	448,567

The net decrease in accrued salaries and bonuses of $90.9 million, from December 31, 2018 to June 30, 2019, is primarily due to the payment of performance-based incentive compensation, principally to the Company’s affiliated physicians, partially offset by performance-based incentive compensation accrued during the six months ended June 30, 2019. A majority of the Company’s payments for performance-based incentive compensation is paid annually during the first quarter.