Discontinued operations (Notes)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Discontinued operations [Abstract]  
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]
In the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company’s end-of-life hospice pharmacy business (“Hospice”) as well as certain retail operations (“Retail”) qualified for discontinued operations treatment. In the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company finalized the sale of Retail for net proceeds of approximately $6 million. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company finalized the sale of Hospice for net proceeds of approximately $65 million and recorded an after-tax loss of $4 million. Additionally, in the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recorded an impairment loss, which was nondeductible for tax purposes, of $40 million to reduce the carrying value of Hospice to fair value. The results of operations for all periods presented reflect the results of Hospice and Retail as discontinued operations.
Selected financial information related to the discontinued operations follows (in thousands):
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Net Sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hospice
$
25,163

 
$
52,774

 
$
123,071

 
$
158,240

Retail
—

 
13,059

 
10,698

 
40,432

Net sales - total discontinued
25,163

 
65,833

 
133,769

 
198,672

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) from operations, pretax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hospice
(2,566
)
 
5,155

 
548

 
23,149

Retail
104

 
(234
)
 
(1,546
)
 
(498
)
Income (loss) from operations - total discontinued, pretax
(2,462
)
 
4,921

 
(998
)
 
22,651

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax (benefit) expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hospice
664

 
1,972

 
2,344

 
8,856

Retail
120

 
(93
)
 
(761
)
 
(204
)
Income tax (benefit) expense - total discontinued
784

 
1,879

 
1,583

 
8,652

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) from operations of discontinued operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hospice
(3,230
)
 
3,183

 
(1,796
)
 
14,293

Retail
(16
)
 
(141
)
 
(785
)
 
(294
)
Income (loss) from operations - total discontinued, after tax
(3,246
)
 
3,042

 
(2,581
)
 
13,999

Impairment loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hospice
—

 
—

 
39,804

 
—

Retail
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Impairment loss on discontinued operations - total
—

 
—

 
39,804

 
$
—

Income (loss) from discontinued operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hospice
(3,230
)
 
3,183

 
(41,600
)
 
14,293

Retail
(16
)
 
(141
)
 
(785
)
 
(294
)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations - total
$
(3,246
)
 
$
3,042

 
$
(42,385
)
 
$
13,999