Other Current Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Other Current Liabilities [Abstract]
Medicare cap	$ 6,097	$ 8,901
Healthcare worker retention bonus	8,855	13,245
Accrued advertising	3,700	4,641
All other	21,447	22,401
Total other current liabilities	$ 40,099	$ 49,188
Percentage of individual amounts of total current liabilities	5.00%

The amount by which revenues exceed the annual per-beneficiary Medicare cap.

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Other Current Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

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Percentage of individual amounts of total current liabilities

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Retention bonus.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for advertising of the entity's goods and services. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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Amount of liabilities classified as other, due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Obligations not otherwise itemized or categorized in the footnotes to the financial statements that are due within one year or operating cycle, if longer, from the balance sheet date.

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