SEGMENT INFORMATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

5. Segment Information

Our operations involve servicing patients through our two reportable business segments: home health and hospice. Our home health segment delivers a wide range of services in the homes of individuals who may be recovering from surgery, have a chronic disability or terminal illness or need assistance with the essential activities of daily living. Our hospice segment provides palliative care and comfort to terminally ill patients and their families. The “other” column in the following tables consists of costs relating to corporate support functions that are not directly attributable to a specific segment.

Management evaluates performance and allocates resources based on the operating income of the reportable segments, which includes an allocation of corporate expenses directly attributable to the specific segment and includes revenues and all other costs directly attributable to the specific segment. Segment assets are not reviewed by the company's chief operating decision maker and therefore are not disclosed below (amounts in millions).

		For the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,2013
		Home Health		Hospice		Other		Total
Net service revenue	$	272.3	$	66.9	$	0.0	$	339.2
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization		157.1		35.4		0.0		192.5
General and administrative expenses		84.7		17.4		26.3		128.4
Provision for doubtful accounts		2.1		1.9		0.0		4.0
Depreciation and amortization		2.9		0.5		6.7		10.1
Operating expenses		246.8		55.2		33.0		335.0
Operating income (loss)	$	25.5	$	11.7	$	(33.0)	$	4.2
		For the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,2012
		Home Health		Hospice		Other		Total
Net service revenue	$	301.4	$	69.4	$	0.0	$	370.8
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization		172.0		36.5		0.0		208.5
General and administrative expenses		89.3		16.6		28.0		133.9
Provision for doubtful accounts		5.0		0.8		0.0		5.8
Depreciation and amortization		3.5		0.3		6.3		10.1
Operating expenses		269.8		54.2		34.3		358.3
Operating income (loss)	$	31.6	$	15.2	$	(34.3)	$	12.5