Shareholder's Equity (Schedule Of Reconciliation Of Numerator And Denominators Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to AmSurg Corp. common shareholders (Numerator)	$ 31,411	$ 18,771	$ 50,185	$ 36,163
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to AmSurg Corp. common shareholders (basic), shares (Denominator)	47,678	31,825	47,625	31,770
Effect of dilutive securities, options and non-vested shares	421	408	377	407
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to AmSurg Corp. (diluted), shares (Denominator)	48,099	32,233	48,002	32,177
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to AmSurg Corp. common shareholders (basic), (usd per share)	$ 0.66	$ 0.59	$ 1.05	$ 1.14
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to AmSurg Corp. common shareholders (diluted), (usd per share)	$ 0.65	$ 0.58	$ 1.05	$ 1.12
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Number of anti-dilutive shares	3,100		3,100