Supplemental Guarantor Information - Consolidating Cash Flows (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Operating activities
Net (loss) income	$ (14,459)	$ (7,517)	$ (29,847)	$ (9,663)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	1,630	1,706	3,386	3,348
Amortization of loan origination fees and debt discount			1,652	1,466
Purchased debt valuation allowance reversals	(229)	(318)	(2,648)	(523)
Stock option expense	9	25	20	49
Amortization of prepaid and other non-cash expenses			3,045	2,084
Deferred tax provision, net of valuation allowance			211	1,092
Loss from subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Income tax payable/receivable			(120)	(396)
Restricted cash			(936)	(822)
Other assets			(3,314)	(2,798)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			(2,535)	(3,840)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			(31,086)	(10,003)
Investing activities
Investment in purchased debt			(53,713)	(67,816)
Proceeds applied to purchased debt principal			88,534	88,900
Payments to branch offices related to asset purchase program			(259)	0
Net investment in notes receivable			0	(193)
Proceeds from Equity Method Investment, Dividends or Distributions, Return of Capital			0	0
Investment in property and equipment, including internally developed software			(2,548)	(2,063)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			32,014	18,828
Financing activities
Repayments of investment by Parent, net			0	(150)
Payments on notes payable			(396)	(377)
Proceeds from line of credit			190,314	229,236
Payments on line of credit			(180,744)	(229,720)
Origination fees on line of credit			(200)	(244)
Payments on capital lease obligations			(843)	(742)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			8,131	(1,997)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents			9,059	6,828
Impact of foreign currency translation on cash			(1,254)	321
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			15,677	9,379
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	23,482	16,528	23,482	16,528
Supplemental cash flow information
Cash paid for interest			20,642	20,673
Cash paid for income taxes			2,296	2,431
Property and equipment financed with capital leases and notes payable			715	1,282
Parent Company
Operating activities
Net (loss) income	(14,878)	(7,916)	(30,653)	(10,403)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	656	546	1,316	1,102
Amortization of loan origination fees and debt discount			1,652	1,466
Purchased debt valuation allowance reversals			0	0
Stock option expense			20	32
Amortization of prepaid and other non-cash expenses			2,414	1,734
Deferred tax provision, net of valuation allowance			211	1,092
Loss from subsidiaries	8,940	4,595	19,826	4,858
Income tax payable/receivable			(112)	(748)
Restricted cash			(249)	482
Other assets			(2,540)	(2,253)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			(4,292)	(4,025)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			(12,407)	(6,663)
Investing activities
Investment in purchased debt			0	0
Proceeds applied to purchased debt principal			0	0
Payments to branch offices related to asset purchase program			0
Net investment in notes receivable				(193)
Proceeds from Equity Method Investment, Dividends or Distributions, Return of Capital			6,900	10,943
Investment in property and equipment, including internally developed software			(2,519)	(2,048)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			4,381	8,702
Financing activities
Repayments of investment by Parent, net			0	(150)
Payments on notes payable			(396)	(377)
Proceeds from line of credit			190,314	229,236
Payments on line of credit			(180,744)	(229,720)
Origination fees on line of credit			(200)	(244)
Payments on capital lease obligations			(843)	(742)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			8,131	(1,997)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents			105	42
Impact of foreign currency translation on cash			0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	105	42	105	42
Supplemental cash flow information
Cash paid for interest			20,642	20,673
Cash paid for income taxes			184	861
Property and equipment financed with capital leases and notes payable			715	1,282
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Operating activities
Net (loss) income	(11,125)	(6,512)	(23,879)	(8,149)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	965	1,149	2,052	2,224
Amortization of loan origination fees and debt discount			0	0
Purchased debt valuation allowance reversals			(2,648)	(523)
Stock option expense			0	17
Amortization of prepaid and other non-cash expenses			605	311
Deferred tax provision, net of valuation allowance			0	0
Loss from subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Income tax payable/receivable			0	0
Restricted cash			(687)	(1,304)
Other assets			(1,175)	(1,657)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			1,223	105
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			(24,509)	(8,976)
Investing activities
Investment in purchased debt			(46,970)	(60,268)
Proceeds applied to purchased debt principal			79,339	80,306
Payments to branch offices related to asset purchase program			(259)
Net investment in notes receivable				0
Proceeds from Equity Method Investment, Dividends or Distributions, Return of Capital			0	0
Investment in property and equipment, including internally developed software			(29)	(15)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			32,081	20,023
Financing activities
Repayments of investment by Parent, net			(6,900)	(10,943)
Payments on notes payable			0	0
Proceeds from line of credit			0	0
Payments on line of credit			0	0
Origination fees on line of credit			0	0
Payments on capital lease obligations			0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			(6,900)	(10,943)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents			672	104
Impact of foreign currency translation on cash			0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	672	104	672	104
Supplemental cash flow information
Cash paid for interest			0	0
Cash paid for income taxes			0	0
Property and equipment financed with capital leases and notes payable			0	0
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Operating activities
Net (loss) income	2,604	2,316	4,859	4,031
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	9	11	18	22
Amortization of loan origination fees and debt discount			0	0
Purchased debt valuation allowance reversals			0	0
Stock option expense			0	0
Amortization of prepaid and other non-cash expenses			26	39
Deferred tax provision, net of valuation allowance			0	0
Loss from subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Income tax payable/receivable			(8)	352
Restricted cash			0	0
Other assets			401	1,112
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			534	80
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			5,830	5,636
Investing activities
Investment in purchased debt			(6,743)	(7,548)
Proceeds applied to purchased debt principal			9,195	8,594
Payments to branch offices related to asset purchase program			0
Net investment in notes receivable				0
Proceeds from Equity Method Investment, Dividends or Distributions, Return of Capital			0	0
Investment in property and equipment, including internally developed software			0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			2,452	1,046
Financing activities
Repayments of investment by Parent, net			0	0
Payments on notes payable			0	0
Proceeds from line of credit			0	0
Payments on line of credit			0	0
Origination fees on line of credit			0	0
Payments on capital lease obligations			0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			0	0
Increase in cash and cash equivalents			8,282	6,682
Impact of foreign currency translation on cash			(1,254)	321
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			15,677	9,379
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	22,705	16,382	22,705	16,382
Supplemental cash flow information
Cash paid for interest			0	0
Cash paid for income taxes			2,112	1,570
Property and equipment financed with capital leases and notes payable			0	0
Eliminations
Operating activities
Net (loss) income	8,940	4,595	19,826	4,858
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0
Amortization of loan origination fees and debt discount			0	0
Purchased debt valuation allowance reversals			0	0
Stock option expense			0	0
Amortization of prepaid and other non-cash expenses			0	0
Deferred tax provision, net of valuation allowance			0	0
Loss from subsidiaries	(8,940)	(4,595)	(19,826)	(4,858)
Income tax payable/receivable			0	0
Restricted cash			0	0
Other assets			0	0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities			0	0
Investing activities
Investment in purchased debt			0	0
Proceeds applied to purchased debt principal			0	0
Payments to branch offices related to asset purchase program			0
Net investment in notes receivable				0
Proceeds from Equity Method Investment, Dividends or Distributions, Return of Capital			(6,900)	(10,943)
Investment in property and equipment, including internally developed software			0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			(6,900)	(10,943)
Financing activities
Repayments of investment by Parent, net			6,900	10,943
Payments on notes payable			0	0
Proceeds from line of credit			0	0
Payments on line of credit			0	0
Origination fees on line of credit			0	0
Payments on capital lease obligations			0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities			6,900	10,943
Increase in cash and cash equivalents			0	0
Impact of foreign currency translation on cash			0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 0	$ 0	0	0
Supplemental cash flow information
Cash paid for interest			0	0
Cash paid for income taxes			0	0
Property and equipment financed with capital leases and notes payable			$ 0	$ 0

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