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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

8.	Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:

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


	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Accounts payable	$	38,329	$	31,059
Accrued salaries and bonuses		206,047		242,888
Accrued payroll taxes and benefits		67,406		78,415
Accrued professional liabilities		43,723		34,931
Accrued contingent consideration		4,475		18,760
Accrued interest		27,986		9,477
Other accrued expenses		54,006		33,037

	$	441,972	$	448,567

The net decrease in accrued salaries and bonuses of $36.8 million, from December 31, 2018 to September 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 nine months ended September 30, 2019. A majority of the Company’s payments for performance-based incentive compensation is paid annually during the first quarter.