Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segments [Abstract]

Service Revenues And Sales And After-Tax Earnings By Business Segment

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Service Revenues and Sales
VITAS	$	285,008	$	265,384	$	831,081	$	789,822
Roto-Rooter		101,218		93,005		313,718		287,049
Total	$	386,226	$	358,389	$	1,144,799	$	1,076,871
After-tax Earnings
VITAS	$	25,723	$	21,593	$	66,839	$	60,645
Roto-Rooter		10,961		9,848		35,122		30,599
Total		36,684		31,441		101,961		91,244
Corporate		(7,851)		(6,856)		(21,616)		(21,722)
Net income	$	28,833	$	24,585	$	80,345	$	69,522