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Commitments and Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
14. Commitments and Contingencies
 
Operating Leases
The Company has entered into operating leases for its executive offices and clinic facilities. In connection with these agreements, the Company incurred rent expense of $25.6 million, $22.0 million and $20.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Several of the leases provide for an annual increase in the rental payment based upon the Consumer Price Index. The majority of the leases provide for renewal periods ranging from one to five years. The agreements to extend the leases specify that rental rates would be adjusted to market rates as of each renewal date.

The future minimum operating lease commitments for each of the next five years and thereafter and in the aggregate as of December 31, 2014 are as follows (in thousands):

 
 
December 31, 2014
 
2015
 
$
24,418
 
2016
  
18,545
 
2017
  
12,661
 
2018
  
7,845
 
2019
  
4,225
 
Thereafter
  
5,731
 
 Total
 
$
73,425
 

Employment Agreements
At December 31, 2014, the Company had outstanding employment agreements with three of its executive officers. These agreements, which presently expire on December 31, 2016, provide for automatic one year renewals if not terminated on at least 12 month notice. All of the agreements contain a provision for annual adjustment of salaries.
In addition, the Company has outstanding employment agreements with most of the managing physical therapist partners of the Company’s physical therapy clinics and with certain other clinic employees which obligate subsidiaries of the Company to pay compensation of $24.3 million in 2015 and $8.9 million in the aggregate from 2016 through 2019. In addition, most of the employment agreements with the managing physical therapists provide for monthly bonus payments calculated as a percentage of each clinic’s net revenues (not in excess of operating profits) or operating profits.