Segment Reporting Segment Reporting - Textuals (Details)	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015 facilities
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Home Health Locations Before Encompass Acquisition	25
Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Inpatient Rehabilitation Units Under Management Contracts		3
Number of States in which Entity Operates		29
Number of Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals		107
Number of Joint Venture Hospitals Accounted for Using the Equity Method		1
Home Health and Hospice [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Hospital Based Home Health and Hospice Agencies		164
Number of States in which Entity Operates		16

Total number of home health agencies owned and operated before an acquisition.

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Number of hospital based home health and hospice agencies the Company owns and operates as of the balance sheet date.

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Total number of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals owned and operated as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of inpatient rehabilitation units under management contracts with the Company as of the balance sheet date.

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Total number of joint venture hospitals accounted for using the equity method.

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The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date.

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