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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

7.	Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:

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


	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Accounts payable	$	47,519	$	39,610
Accrued salaries and bonuses		108,079		268,619
Accrued payroll taxes and benefits		47,791		67,268
Accrued professional liabilities		48,149		44,869
Accrued contingent consideration		1,288		2,696
Accrued interest		27,422		32,910
Other accrued expenses		43,115		55,894

	$	323,363	$	511,866

The net decrease in accrued salaries and bonuses of $160.5 million, from December 31, 2019 to March 31, 2020, 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 three months ended March 31, 2020. A majority of the Company’s payments for performance-based incentive compensation is paid annually during the first quarter.