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ACQUISITIONS OF NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014 Partnership	Dec. 31, 2014 Partnership
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of separate transactions to purchase partnership interest		4usph_NumberOfSeparateTransactionsToPurchasePartnershipInterest	4usph_NumberOfSeparateTransactionsToPurchasePartnershipInterest
Number of partnership in which interest acquired		2usph_NumberOfPartnershipInWhichInterestAcquired
Purchase price for additional non controlling interest	$ 400,000us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesPurchaseOfInterestByParent	$ 4,900,000us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesPurchaseOfInterestByParent	$ 600,000us-gaap_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesPurchaseOfInterestByParent
Book value of purchase price	20,000usph_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationNetBookValue	3,000,000usph_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationNetBookValue	100,000usph_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationNetBookValue
Remaining purchase price	300,000usph_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityChargeFromAdditionalPaidUpCapital	1,900,000usph_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityChargeFromAdditionalPaidUpCapital	500,000usph_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityChargeFromAdditionalPaidUpCapital
Future tax benefits	$ 100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	$ 800,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	$ 200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of interest acquired (in hundredths)	10.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember	10.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember	1.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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