Fair Value Measurements - Changes in Fair Value of Level 3 Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Contingent earn-out
Change in Fair Value of Level 3 Liabilities
Additions in the period	$ 45,017	$ 29,830
Ending balance		29,830
Contingent earn-out \| ebot-7
Change in Fair Value of Level 3 Liabilities
Payments	0	(132)
Contingent earn-out \| Tenfold [Member]
Change in Fair Value of Level 3 Liabilities
Ending balance	65,125	29,830
Contingent Consideration
Change in Fair Value of Level 3 Liabilities
Change in fair value of liability awards	(8,568)	0
Contingent Compensation \| WildHealth
Change in Fair Value of Level 3 Liabilities
Change in fair value of liability awards	$ (1,154)	$ 132

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of purchases of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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