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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Receivables [Abstract] |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts is established as losses are estimated to have occurred through a provision for bad debts charged to cost of services provided in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. The allowance for doubtful accounts is evaluated based on the Company’s ongoing review of accounts and notes receivable and is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. The Company has had varying collections experience with respect to its accounts and notes receivable. The Company has sometimes extended the period of payment for certain clients beyond contractual terms. Such clients include those who have terminated service agreements and slow payers experiencing financial difficulties. In order to provide for these collection problems and the general risk associated with the granting of credit terms, the Company recorded the following bad debt provisions (in an Allowance for Doubtful Accounts):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
Bad debt provision | $ | 6,250 |  |  | $ | 4,629 |  |  | $ | 4,335 |
As a percentage of total revenues, these provisions represent approximately 0.3% for each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. In making the Company’s credit evaluations, in addition to analyzing and anticipating, where possible, the specific cases described above, management considered the general collection risk associated with trends in the long-term care industry. The Company establishes credit limits, performs ongoing credit evaluations and monitors accounts to minimize the risk of loss. Despite the Company’s efforts to minimize credit risk exposure, clients could be adversely affected if future industry trends change in such a manner as to negatively impact their cash flows. If the Company’s clients experience a negative impact on their cash flows, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. Impaired Notes Receivable The Company evaluates its notes receivable for impairment quarterly and on an individual client basis. Notes receivable are generally evaluated for impairment when the respective clients are either in bankruptcy, are subject to collections activity or are slow payers that are experiencing financial difficulties. In the event that the evaluation results in a determination that a note receivable is impaired, it is valued at the present value of expected future cash flows or at the market value of related collateral. Summary schedules of impaired notes receivable, and the related reserve, for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:
|  | Impaired Notes Receivable
Year Ended December 31, |  | Balance Beginning of Year |  | Additions |  | Deductions |  | Balance End of Year |  | Average Outstanding Balance
|  | (in thousands)
2017 |  | $ | 5,685 |  |  | $ | 1,169 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,854 |  |  | $ | 6,270 |
2016 |  | $ | 6,471 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 786 |  |  | $ | 5,685 |  |  | $ | 6,078 |
2015 |  | $ | 10,208 |  |  | $ | 395 |  |  | $ | 4,132 |  |  | $ | 6,471 |  |  | $ | 8,340 |
|  | Reserve for Impaired Notes Receivable
Year Ended December 31, |  | Balance Beginning of Year |  | Additions |  | Deductions |  | Balance End of Year
|  | (in thousands)
2017 |  | $ | 2,419 |  |  | $ | 465 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,884 |
2016 |  | $ | 2,139 |  |  | $ | 280 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,419 |
2015 |  | $ | 3,031 |  |  | $ | 99 |  |  | $ | 991 |  |  | $ | 2,139 |
For impaired notes receivable, interest income is recognized on a cost recovery basis only. As a result, no interest income was recognized on impaired notes receivable. The Company follows an income recognition policy on all other notes receivable that do not recognize interest income until cash payments are received. This policy was established, recognizing the environment of the long-term care industry, and not because such notes receivable are necessarily impaired. The difference between income recognition on a full accrual basis and cash basis, for notes receivable that are not considered impaired, is not material.

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