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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - 2014 MIP (Details) - 2014 MIP Plan			12 Months Ended
	Aug. 07, 2014 USD ($) tranche $ / shares shares	Jul. 09, 2014 item shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards \| shares		966,806
Percentage of Common Stock outstanding ( In percent)		1.80%
Vesting period of awards	3 years
Number of Shares
Balance at the beginning of the period (in shares) \| shares			9,255	74,040	111,060
Vested (in shares) \| shares			(9,255)	(64,785)	(37,020)
Balance at the end of the period (in shares) \| shares				9,255	74,040
Weighted Average Fair Value
Balance at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share)			$ 200.00	$ 200.00	$ 200.00
Vested (in dollars per share)			$ 200.00	200.00	200.00
Balance at the end of the period (in dollars per share)				$ 200.00	$ 200.00
Additional disclosures
Total fair value of shares vested \| $			$ 106,000	$ 336,000	$ 2,662,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Unrecognized compensation cost \| $			0
General and Administrative Expense
Stock Awards
Amortization expense \| $			$ 368,000	$ 5,795,000	$ 10,585,000
Peter C. Georgiopoulos, Chairman of Board
Number of Shares
Vested (in shares) \| shares				(27,765)
Warrants
Stock Awards
Number of tranches \| tranche	3
Number of tiers of MIP Warrants \| item		3
Volatility rate ( as a percent)	43.91%
Volatility rate term	6 years
Risk-free interest rate ( as a percent)	1.85%
Dividend rate ( as a percent)	0.00%
Total fair value of outstanding awards upon emergence from bankruptcy \| $	$ 54,436,000
Percentage of warrant vest for anniversaries of the grant date	33.33%
Vesting period of awards	3 years
Number of Shares
Balance at the beginning of the period (in shares) \| shares			713,122	5,704,974	8,557,461
Exercisable (in shares) \| shares			(713,122)	(4,991,852)	(2,852,487)
Balance at the end of the period (in shares) \| shares				713,122	5,704,974
Weighted Average Exercise price
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share)			$ 303.12	$ 303.12	$ 303.12
Exercisable (in dollars per share)			303.12	303.12	303.12
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share)				303.12	303.12
Weighted Average Fair Value
Balance at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share)			6.36	6.36	6.36
Exercisable (in dollars per share)			$ 6.36	6.36	6.36
Balance at the end of the period (in dollars per share)				$ 6.36	$ 6.36
Number of warrants \| shares			8,557,461
Exercisable (in dollars per share)			$ 303.12
Weighted average remaining contractual life, exercisable			2 years 7 months 6 days
Additional disclosures
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares			8,557,461	8,557,461
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Unrecognized compensation cost \| $			$ 0
Warrants \| General and Administrative Expense
Stock Awards
Amortization expense \| $			$ 902,000	$ 14,203,000	$ 25,941,000
Warrants \| $259.10 Warrants
Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards \| shares	238,066
Exercise price per share	$ 259.10
Fair value of warrant (in dollars per share)	$ 7.22
Warrants \| $287.30 Warrants
Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards \| shares	246,701
Exercise price per share	$ 287.30
Fair value of warrant (in dollars per share)	$ 6.63
Warrants \| $341.90 Warrants
Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards \| shares	370,979
Exercise price per share	$ 341.90
Fair value of warrant (in dollars per share)	$ 5.63