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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Total Capacity

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the noncurrent portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Shareholders' Equity and Debt (Debt) (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended
	Aug. 14, 2020	Apr. 20, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Oct. 07, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Revolving line of credit			$ 15,000,000	$ 15,000,000
WinHealth
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Initial investment in joint ventures						$ 200,000
Convertible Debt \| WinHealth
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Convertible note						$ 200,000
LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable rate	0.90%
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Revolving line of credit			$ 15,000,000.0
Pinnacle Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Aggregate amount		$ 2,187,140
Pinnacle Bank \| Fourth Amendment \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 15,000,000
Increase amount (up to)					5,000,000
Total capacity					$ 20,000,000
Pinnacle Bank \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate spread			3.65%
Line of credit, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage			0.25%
Pinnacle Bank \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable rate	1.75%
Pinnacle Bank \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable rate	2.75%