SEGMENT INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

15. 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 executive management and administrative support functions, primarily information services, accounting, finance, billing and collections, legal, compliance, risk management, procurement, marketing, clinical administration, training, human resources and administration.

Managementevaluates 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 Year Ended December 31, 2015
		Home Health		Hospice		Other		Total
Net service revenue	$	1,005.1	$	275.4	$	0.0	$	1,280.5
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization		584.2		141.7		0.0		725.9
General and administrative expenses		263.2		62.7		126.5		452.4
Provision for doubtful accounts		12.2		1.9		0.0		14.1
Depreciation and amortization		5.2		1.4		13.4		20.0
Goodwill and other intangibles impairment charge		0.0		0.0		77.3		77.3
Operating expenses		864.8		207.7		217.2		1,289.7
Operating income (loss)	$	140.3	$	67.7	$	(217.2)	$	(9.2)
		For the Year Ended December 31, 2014
		Home Health		Hospice		Other		Total
Net service revenue	$	956.9	$	247.6	$	0.0	$	1,204.5
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization		559.4		131.7		0.0		691.1
General and administrative expenses		269.0		58.3		114.4		441.7
Provision for doubtful accounts		14.8		1.5		0.0		16.3
Depreciation and amortization		9.0		2.1		17.2		28.3
Goodwill and other intangibles impairment charge		1.6		1.5		0.0		3.1
Operating expenses		853.8		195.1		131.6		1,180.5
Operating income (loss)	$	103.1	$	52.5	$	(131.6)	$	24.0
		For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
		Home Health		Hospice		Other		Total
Net service revenue	$	987.7	$	261.6	$	0.0	$	1,249.3
Cost of service, excluding depreciation and amortization		578.9		139.1		0.0		718.0
General and administrative expenses		304.8		64.7		104.5		474.0
Provision for doubtful accounts		10.2		5.7		0.0		15.9
Depreciation and amortization		10.3		2.1		24.5		36.9
U.S. Department of Justice settlement		0.0		0.0		150.0		150.0
Goodwill and other intangibles impairment charge		8.5		1.0		0.0		9.5
Operating expenses		912.7		212.6		279.0		1,404.3
Operating income (loss)	$	75.0	$	49.0	$	(279.0)	$	(155.0)