Transactions with Affiliates

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

We enter into certain transactions in the normal course of business with affiliated entities including direct cost reimbursement for shared phone and administrative services. In addition, we lease our corporate office space from an affiliated entity.

We utilize our former affiliate, Bencap LLC (“Bencap”), to administer certain of our employee medical benefit programs including a detail audit of individual medical claims. Bencap earns a fee from us for providing such services at a discounted amount from its standard charge to non-affiliates. We had an equity method investment in Bencap, which was forfeited during the first quarter of 2017. As a result, we have no further ownership interest in Bencap.

Activities with affiliates were as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2018		2017

Affiliate billings to us	$	15	$	12
Billings to affiliates	2		1
Rentals paid to affiliate	122		167
Fees paid to Bencap ⁽¹⁾	—		108

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(1)	Amount represents fees paid to Bencap through the date of the forfeiture of our investment during the first quarter of 2017. As a result of the investment forfeiture, Bencap is no longer an affiliate.