Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Harden Healthcare Holdings Inc. [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of recognized identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed

The following table summarizes the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (inthousands):

	October 18, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,203
Accounts receivable, net	46,195
Deferred tax asset	13,589
Prepaids and other current assets	1,890
Fixed assets, net	9,476
Identifiable intangible assets, net	70,706
Goodwill	331,482
Other assets	2,889
Total assets acquired	486,430
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	58,563
Other current liabilities	8,720
Deferred tax liabilities, noncurrent	396
Total liabilities, assumed	67,679
Net assets acquired	$	418,751

Schedule of acquired finite-lived intangible assets

The valuation of the intangible assets by component and their respective useful life are as follows (in thousands):

	Home Health		Hospice		Community Care		Total		Useful Life
Intangible assets:
Tradenames	$	1,052	$	798	$	11,922	$	13,772	5-10 Years
Covenants not to compete	490		499		1,029		2,018		2-3 Years
Medicare licenses and certificates of need	17,746		11,159		26,011		54,916		Indefinite
Total	$	19,288	$	12,456	$	38,962	$	70,706

Business acquisition, pro forma information

The pro forma results for the year ended December 31, 2013 combine the results of the Company for such period and the historical results of Harden from January 1 through October 17, 2013. The pro forma results presented below for the year ended December 31, 2012 combine the results of the Company and the historical results of Harden (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the Year Ended			For the Year Ended
	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Net revenues	$	2,105,562		$	2,188,915
Net (loss) income attributable to Gentiva shareholders	$	(612,525	)	$	40,748
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	(17.12	)	$	1.15
Diluted	$	(17.12	)	$	1.15
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic	35,786			35,321
Diluted	35,786			35,499

Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of recognized identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed

The allocation of the purchase prices relating to the Company's other acquisitions consummated is as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2013		2012
Fixed assets, net	$	21	$	509
Identifiable intangible assets	3,062		9,205
Goodwill	2,871		14,695
Other assets	128		66
Total assets acquired	6,082		24,475
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	1,444		1,955
Total liabilities assumed	1,444		1,955
Net assets acquired	$	4,638	$	22,520

Schedule of acquired finite-lived intangible assets

The valuation of the intangible assets by component and their respective useful lives are as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year				Useful life
	2013		2012
Covenants not to compete	$	—	$	203	5 years
Certificates of need	3,062		9,002		indefinite
Total	$	3,062	$	9,205

Home Health and Hospice [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

A summary of the Company's operations which were sold during 2012 and 2011 are as follows (in millions):

Dispositions:	Date	Consideration
Phoenix area hospice operations	November 30, 2012	$	3.5
Gentiva Consulting	May 31, 2012	0.3
Louisiana home health and hospice operations	Second Quarter 2012	6.4
Certain home health branches-Utah, Michigan, Nevada and Brooklyn, New York	Fourth Quarter 2011	1.6

The major classes of assets sold and liabilities assumed of the Home Health and Hospice branch operations that were sold were as follows (in thousands):

	2012
	As of Date of Sale			December 31, 2011
Assets:
Accounts receivable, net	$	561		$	526
Fixed assets, net	271			338
Intangible assets	1,356			1,356
Other assets	485			640
Total assets	2,673			2,860
Liabilities:
Medicare liabilities	(86		)	(18		)
Other accrued Expenses	(405		)	(41		)
Total liabilities	(491		)	(59		)
Total	$	2,182		$	2,801

Discontinued Operations [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Net revenues and operating results for the year 2011 for Rehab Without Walls^® and the IDOA businesses were (in thousands):

	For the Year Ended
	December 31, 2011
Net revenues	$	22,819
Income before income taxes	$	2,430
Gain on sale of business	11,475
Income tax expense	(5,590		)
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	8,315

Discontinued Operations [Member] | Rehab Without Walls and Homemaker Services Agency [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2011
Non-current assets:
Fixed assets, net	$	183
Other assets	109
Total non-current assets	292
Total	$	292