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Segment Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Provisions for Contractual Discounts and Estimated Uncompensated Care as a Percentage of Gross Segment Billings | Provisions for contractual discounts and estimated uncompensated care for our Air Medical segment (expressed as a percentage of gross segment billings) were as follows:
|  | Revenue |
|  | Quarter Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Provision for contractual discounts |  |  | 65 | % |  |  | 63 | % |  |  | 67 | % |  |  | 65 | %
Provision for uncompensated care |  |  | 9 | % |  |  | 11 | % |  |  | 6 | % |  |  | 9 | %
Schedule of Net Revenue Attributable to Medicaid, Medicare, Insurance, and Self-Pay as a Percentage of Net Air Medical Revenues | Net revenue attributable to Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and Self-Pay (expressed as a percentage of net Air Medical revenues) were as follows:
|  | Quarter Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Insurance |  |  | 75 | % |  |  | 74 | % |  |  | 72 | % |  |  | 74 | %
Medicare |  |  | 17 | % |  |  | 17 | % |  |  | 18 | % |  |  | 17 | %
Medicaid |  |  | 8 | % |  |  | 8 | % |  |  | 9 | % |  |  | 8 | %
Self-Pay |  |  | 0 | % |  |  | 1 | % |  |  | 1 | % |  |  | 1 | %
Schedule of Financial Information Concerning Reportable Operating Segments | Summarized financial information concerning our reportable operating segments for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:
|  | Quarter Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (Thousands of dollars) |  |  | (Thousands of dollars) |
Segment operating revenues, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oil and Gas |  | $ | 77,551 |  |  | $ | 121,190 |  |  | $ | 249,173 |  |  | $ | 354,425 |
Air Medical |  |  | 74,482 |  |  |  | 85,516 |  |  |  | 220,089 |  |  |  | 239,543 |
Technical Services |  |  | 6,060 |  |  |  | 8,027 |  |  |  | 19,983 |  |  |  | 23,509 |
Total operating revenues, net |  |  | 158,093 |  |  |  | 214,733 |  |  |  | 489,245 |  |  |  | 617,477 |
Segment direct expenses (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oil and Gas (2) |  |  | 82,832 |  |  |  | 109,500 |  |  |  | 262,148 |  |  |  | 310,093 |
Air Medical |  |  | 56,562 |  |  |  | 65,474 |  |  |  | 172,603 |  |  |  | 189,089 |
Technical Services |  |  | 5,742 |  |  |  | 7,165 |  |  |  | 15,432 |  |  |  | 21,166 |
Total direct expenses |  |  | 145,136 |  |  |  | 182,139 |  |  |  | 450,183 |  |  |  | 520,348 |
Segment selling, general and administrative expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oil and Gas |  |  | 1,705 |  |  |  | 1,397 |  |  |  | 4,838 |  |  |  | 3,831 |
Air Medical |  |  | 3,056 |  |  |  | 2,302 |  |  |  | 8,293 |  |  |  | 7,458 |
Technical Services |  |  | 266 |  |  |  | 230 |  |  |  | 763 |  |  |  | 552 |
Total segment selling, general and administrative expenses |  |  | 5,027 |  |  |  | 3,929 |  |  |  | 13,894 |  |  |  | 11,841 |
Total segment expenses |  |  | 150,163 |  |  |  | 186,068 |  |  |  | 464,077 |  |  |  | 532,189 |
Net segment (loss) profit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oil and Gas |  |  | (6,986 | ) |  |  | 10,293 |  |  |  | (17,813 | ) |  |  | 40,501 |
Air Medical |  |  | 14,864 |  |  |  | 17,740 |  |  |  | 39,193 |  |  |  | 42,996 |
Technical Services |  |  | 52 |  |  |  | 632 |  |  |  | 3,788 |  |  |  | 1,791 |
Total |  |  | 7,930 |  |  |  | 28,665 |  |  |  | 25,168 |  |  |  | 85,288 |
Other, net (3) |  |  | 377 |  |  |  | 637 |  |  |  | 5,425 |  |  |  | 1,739 |
Unallocated selling, general and administrative costs (1) |  |  | (8,354 | ) |  |  | (7,646 | ) |  |  | (22,938 | ) |  |  | (23,018 | )
Interest expense |  |  | (7,719 | ) |  |  | (7,366 | ) |  |  | (22,792 | ) |  |  | (21,691 | )
(Loss) earnings before income taxes |  | $ | (7,766 | ) |  | $ | 14,290 |  |  | $ | (15,137 | ) |  | $ | 42,318 |
Depreciation and Amortization Expense Included in Direct Expenses and Unallocated Selling, General, and Administrative Costs |
|  | Depreciation and Amortization Expense |
|  | Quarter Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Segment Direct Expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Oil and Gas |  | $ | 10,616 |  |  | $ | 11,194 |  |  | $ | 30,558 |  |  | $ | 32,797 |
Air Medical |  |  | 5,267 |  |  |  | 4,100 |  |  |  | 14,654 |  |  |  | 12,948 |
Technical Services |  |  | 141 |  |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 426 |  |  |  | 390 |
Total |  | $ | 16,024 |  |  | $ | 15,424 |  |  | $ | 45,638 |  |  | $ | 46,135 |
Unallocated SG&A |  | $ | 2,269 |  |  | $ | 2,376 |  |  | $ | 7,416 |  |  | $ | 8,177 |

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