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2414404 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Unrecognized Tax Benefits Table (Details)
(http://www.accretivehealth.com/role/IncomeTaxesUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsTableDetails)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0001472595 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Income Taxes [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31
2009-01-01 - 2009-12-31
Income Taxes [Abstract]
 
 
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]
 
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
630,000  
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increases Resulting from Current Period Tax Positions
190,000  
325,000  
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increases Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions
0  
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Reductions Resulting from Lapse of Applicable Statute of Limitations
(10,000) 
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
810,000  
 
305,000