ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 4)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Employment Agreement Award [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	11.00%	11.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Long-term Growth Rate	2.50%	2.50%
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	10.50%	10.50%
Fair Value Inputs, Long-term Growth Rate	1.00%	1.00%

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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