Contingencies	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Contingencies	14. Contingencies In addition to commitments and obligations in the ordinary course of business, we are currently subject to various legal proceedings and claims that have not been fully adjudicated. We intend to vigorously defend ourselves, as appropriate, in these matters. No less than quarterly, we review the status of each significant matter and assess our potential financial exposure. We accrue a liability for an estimated loss if the potential loss from any legal proceeding or claim is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Significant judgment is required in both the determination of probability and the determination as to whether the amount of an exposure is reasonably estimable, and accruals are based only on the information available to our management at the time the judgment is made. The outcome of legal proceedings is inherently uncertain, and we may incur substantial defense costs and expenses defending any of these matters. In the opinion of our management, the ultimate disposition of pending legal proceedings or claims will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, liquidity or results of operations. However, if one or more of these legal proceedings were resolved against or settled by us in a reporting period for amounts in excess of our management’s expectations, our consolidated financial statements for that and subsequent reporting periods could be materially adversely affected. Additionally, the resolution of a legal proceeding against us could prevent us from offering our products and services to current or prospective clients or cause us to incur increased compliance costs, either of which could further adversely affect our operating results. The Enterprise Information Solutions business (the “EIS Business”) acquired from McKesson Corporation (“McKesson”) on October 2, 2017 is subject to a May 2017 civil investigative demand (“CID”) related to the Horizon Clinicals software from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. In August 2018, McKesson received an additional CID (together with the May 2017 CID, the “McKesson CIDs”), which relates to the Paragon software. The McKesson CIDs request documents and information related to the certification McKesson obtained in connection with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. McKesson has agreed, with respect to the CIDs, to indemnify Allscripts for amounts paid or payable to the government (or any private relator) involving any products or services marketed, sold or licensed by the EIS Business as of or prior to the closing of the acquisition. In October 2021, Allscripts received a CID seeking information about its acquisition of the EIS Business from McKesson and the Horizon Clinicals software. McKesson has agreed to assume defense of this CID. Practice Fusion, acquired by Allscripts on February 13, 2018, received in March 2017 a request for documents and information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont pursuant to a CID. Between April 2018 and June 2019, Practice Fusion received from the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) seven additional requests for documents and information through four additional CIDs and three Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) subpoenas. The document and information requests received by Practice Fusion related to both the certification Practice Fusion obtained in connection with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Electronic Health Record Incentive Program and Practice Fusion’s compliance with the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) and HIPAA as it relates to certain business practices engaged in by Practice Fusion. In March 2019, Practice Fusion received a grand jury subpoena in connection with a criminal investigation related to Practice Fusion’s compliance with the AKS. On August 6, 2019, Practice Fusion reached an agreement in principle with the DOJ to resolve all of the DOJ’s outstanding civil and criminal investigations, including the investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont, and we announced that on January 27, 2020, Practice Fusion entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (the “Deferred Prosecution Agreement”) and various civil settlement agreements, including with the Medicaid programs for each U.S. state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (collectively, the “Settlement Agreements”) resolving the investigations conducted by the DOJ and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The Settlement Agreements required Practice Fusion to, among other matters, pay a criminal fine of $25.3 million, a forfeiture payment of $959,700 and a civil settlement of $118.6 million, which includes $5.2 million designated for the state Medicaid program expenditures, all of which, as of December 31, 2020, have been paid in full. The Deferred Prosecution Agreement required Practice Fusion to retain an Oversight Organization to oversee the Practice Fusion’s implementation of certain compliance measures and ongoing compliance efforts. On August 17, 2021, Practice Fusion’s initial Oversight Organization resigned, and on August 25, 2021, Practice Fusion received a notice from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stating Practice Fusion was in breach of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement due to such resignation. On September 17, 2021, Practice Fusion engaged a new Oversight Organization, and it continues to engage in discussions with the U.S. Attorney’s Office concerning the claim that a breach of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement occurred.

Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

14. Contingencies

In addition to commitments and obligations in the ordinary course of business, we are currently subject to various legal proceedings and claims that have not been fully adjudicated. We intend to vigorously defend ourselves, as appropriate, in these matters.

No less than quarterly, we review the status of each significant matter and assess our potential financial exposure. We accrue a liability for an estimated loss if the potential loss from any legal proceeding or claim is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Significant judgment is required in both the determination of probability and the determination as to whether the amount of an exposure is reasonably estimable, and accruals are based only on the information available to our management at the time the judgment is made.

The outcome of legal proceedings is inherently uncertain, and we may incur substantial defense costs and expenses defending any of these matters. In the opinion of our management, the ultimate disposition of pending legal proceedings or claims will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, liquidity or results of operations. However, if one or more of these legal proceedings were resolved against or settled by us in a reporting period for amounts in excess of our management’s expectations, our consolidated financial statements for that and subsequent reporting periods could be materially adversely affected. Additionally, the resolution of a legal proceeding against us could prevent us from offering our products and services to current or prospective clients or cause us to incur increased compliance costs, either of which could further adversely affect our operating results.

The Enterprise Information Solutions business (the “EIS Business”) acquired from McKesson Corporation (“McKesson”) on October 2, 2017 is subject to a May 2017 civil investigative demand (“CID”) related to the Horizon Clinicals software from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. In August 2018, McKesson received an additional CID (together with the May 2017 CID, the “McKesson CIDs”), which relates to the Paragon software. The McKesson CIDs request documents and information related to the certification McKesson obtained in connection with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. McKesson has agreed, with respect to the CIDs, to indemnify Allscripts for amounts paid or payable to the government (or any private relator) involving any products or services marketed, sold or licensed by the EIS Business as of or prior to the closing of the acquisition. In October 2021, Allscripts received a CID seeking information about its acquisition of the EIS Business from McKesson and the Horizon Clinicals software. McKesson has agreed to assume defense of this CID.

Practice Fusion, acquired by Allscripts on February 13, 2018, received in March 2017 a request for documents and information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont pursuant to a CID. Between April 2018 and June 2019, Practice Fusion received from the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) seven additional requests for documents and information through four additional CIDs and three Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) subpoenas. The document and information requests received by Practice Fusion related to both the certification Practice Fusion obtained in connection with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Electronic Health Record Incentive Program and Practice Fusion’s compliance with the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) and HIPAA as it relates to certain business practices engaged in by Practice Fusion. In March 2019, Practice Fusion received a grand jury subpoena in connection with a criminal investigation related to Practice Fusion’s compliance with the AKS. On August 6, 2019, Practice Fusion reached an agreement in principle with the DOJ to resolve all of the DOJ’s outstanding civil and criminal investigations, including the investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont, and we announced that on January 27, 2020, Practice Fusion entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (the “Deferred Prosecution Agreement”) and various civil settlement agreements, including with the Medicaid programs for each U.S. state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (collectively, the “Settlement Agreements”) resolving the investigations conducted by the DOJ and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The Settlement Agreements required Practice Fusion to, among other matters, pay a criminal fine of $25.3 million, a forfeiture payment of $959,700 and a civil settlement of $118.6 million, which includes $5.2 million designated for the state Medicaid program expenditures, all of which, as of December 31, 2020, have been paid in full. The Deferred Prosecution Agreement required Practice Fusion to retain an Oversight Organization to oversee the Practice Fusion’s implementation of certain compliance measures and ongoing compliance efforts. On August 17, 2021, Practice Fusion’s initial Oversight Organization resigned, and on August 25, 2021, Practice Fusion received a notice from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stating Practice Fusion was in breach of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement due to such resignation. On September 17, 2021, Practice Fusion engaged a new Oversight Organization, and it continues to engage in discussions with the U.S. Attorney’s Office concerning the claim that a breach of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement occurred.