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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio, Maximum

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Debt Instrument, Discount Rate

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Debt market price, per $1,000 principal amount.

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Represents the percentage of principal amount used in computation of the redemption price to be paid on conversion of convertible notes.

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Debt Instrument, Variable Rate

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The number of trading days in a settlement period for convertible debt conversion requests.

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Amount of other increase (decrease) in additional paid in capital (APIC).

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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DEBT - Narrative (Details)					1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
DEBT - Narrative (Details)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2022 USD ($) shares	May 02, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Jan. 06, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) d payment $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) payment d segment $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 07, 2026 USD ($)	Jan. 07, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 06, 2021 $ / shares shares
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Settlement period - convertible debt conversion request											40 days
Closing sale price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares									$ 53.19		$ 53.19
Amortization of debt discount (premium)									$ 695,000	$ 5,844,000	$ 2,107,000	$ 17,245,000
Common Stock
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Conversion of convertible securities (in shares) \| shares			101,521								102,000
Adjustments to additional paid in capital, other			$ 3,000,000
Term Loan B Facility Due 2026
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Leverage ratio, maximum									1.75		1.75
Leverage ratio, maximum, value									$ 150,000,000		$ 150,000,000
Weighted average interest rate, at point in time									9.21%		9.21%
Term Loan B Facility Due 2026 \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Basis spread two on variable rate											7.00%
Basis spread one on variable rate											1.00%
Term Loan B Facility Due 2026 \| Base Rate
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Basis spread on variable rate											6.00%
Term Loan B Facility Due 2026 \| Minimum \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Variable rate											0.75%
Term Loan B Facility Due 2026 \| Minimum \| Base Rate
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Variable rate											1.75%
Term Loan B Facility Due 2026 \| Minimum \| Federal Reserve Bank Of NY, Rate
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Basis spread on variable rate											0.50%
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Stated interest rate (as a percent)									0.75%		0.75%
Initial conversion rate of common stock per $1,000 of principal amount of Notes											0.0139324
Initial conversion price of notes into common stock (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares							$ 71.78		$ 71.78		$ 71.78
Market price of principal amount of notes									0.993		0.993
Convertible debt, premium on common stock							32.50%
Closing sale price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares							$ 54.17
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025 \| Debt Redemption Terms Prior to February 3, 2023
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Threshold percentage stock price trigger									130.00%
Threshold trading days \| d									20
Threshold consecutive trading days \| d									30
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025 \| Debt Redemption Terms on or after August 1, 2023
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Threshold percentage stock price trigger											130.00%
Threshold trading days \| segment											20
Threshold consecutive trading days \| d											30
Debt instrument, percentage of principal amount for computation of redemption price											100.00%
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2022
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Stated interest rate (as a percent)									2.375%		2.375%
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2024
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Debt instrument, percentage of principal amount for computation of redemption price					100.00%
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2024 \| Flexion
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Initial conversion rate of common stock per $1,000 of principal amount of Notes				0.0373413
Initial conversion price of notes into common stock (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 26.78													$ 317.40
Debt conversion, converted instrument, warrants or rights issued, per principal amount (in shares) \| shares																	37.3413
Convertible Senior Notes Due May 2024
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Stated interest rate (as a percent)									3.375%		3.375%
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Facility Due 2026
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Discount rate						3.00%
Debt instrument, face amount						$ 375,000,000
Proceeds from lines of credit						363,800,000
Debt instrument, unamortized discount						11,060,000			$ 8,953,000		$ 8,953,000					$ 11,200,000
Periodic payment, principal		$ 9,400,000									$ 18,800,000
Number of payments in next fiscal year \| payment									3		3
Prepayment penalty, percent, year 1									2.00%		2.00%
Prepayment penalty, percent, year 2									2.00%		2.00%
Prepayment penalty, percent, year 3 and thereafter									1.00%		1.00%
Long-term debt						359,497,000			$ 343,719,000		$ 343,719,000
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Facility Due 2026 \| Scenario, Forecast
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Periodic payment, principal	$ 14,100,000												$ 28,100,000
Balloon payment to be paid														$ 188,000,000
Unsecured Debt
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Long-term debt						1,049,230,000			747,870,000		747,870,000
Unsecured Debt \| Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Debt instrument, face amount							$ 402,500,000
Debt instrument, unamortized discount						64,718,000			$ 0		$ 0
Stated interest rate (as a percent)							0.75%		0.75%		0.75%
Debt issued in private placement							$ 390,000,000				$ 402,500,000
Long-term debt						330,627,000			$ 395,510,000		395,510,000
Unsecured Debt \| Convertible Senior Notes Due 2022
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Debt instrument, unamortized discount						1,920,000			$ 0		$ 0
Stated interest rate (as a percent)							2.375%	2.375%	2.375%		2.375%
Debt issued in private placement								$ 345,000,000
Debt instrument, repurchased face amount							$ 185,000,000
Repayments of debt			156,900,000				$ 211,100,000
Long-term debt						157,857,000			$ 0		$ 0
Extinguishment of debt, amount			160,000,000
Amortization of debt discount (premium)			$ (4,800,000)
Unsecured Debt \| Convertible Senior Notes Due 2024
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Stated interest rate (as a percent)									3.375%		3.375%
Repurchase amount															$ 192,600,000
Unsecured Debt \| Convertible Senior Notes Due 2024 \| Flexion
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Debt instrument, face amount				$ 201,300,000
Stated interest rate (as a percent)				3.375%
Unsecured Debt \| Convertible Senior Notes Due May 2024
DEBT AND FINANCING OBLIGATIONS
Long-term debt						$ 201,249,000			$ 8,641,000		$ 8,641,000