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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

7.	Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:

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


	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Accounts payable	$	48,982	$	38,598
Accrued salaries and bonuses		131,739		223,815
Accrued payroll taxes and benefits		43,087		61,130
Accrued professional liabilities		57,466		44,869
Accrued interest		32,679		32,910
Other accrued expenses		46,956		51,788

	$	360,909	$	453,110

The net decrease in accrued salaries and bonuses of $92.1 million, from December 31, 2019 to June 30, 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 six months ended June 30, 2020. A majority of the Company’s payments for performance-based incentive compensation is paid annually during the first quarter.