GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

The changes in goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2018 were as follows:



	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Balance, beginning of period	$	6,563	$	6,335
Goodwill acquired during the period	42		228
Balance, end of period	$	6,605	$	6,563

Principally all of the Company’s goodwill as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 was associated with its DIS business.

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, goodwill acquired during the period was primarily associated with the acquisition of certain assets of the clinical laboratory services business of Boyce & Bynum (see Note 5). For the year ended December 31, 2018, goodwill acquired was principally associated with the acquisitions of the U.S. laboratory service business of Oxford Immunotec, Inc., Mobile Medical Examination Services, LLC., ReproSource, Inc. and the outreach laboratory service business of Cape Cod Healthcare, Inc. For details regarding the Company's 2018 acquisitions, see Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company's 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Intangible assets at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 consisted of the following:



	Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)	March 31, 2019							December 31, 2018
	Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)	Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Net		Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Amortizing intangible assets:
Customer-related	18	$	1,371	$	(497	)	$	874	$	1,355	$	(478	)	$	877
Non-compete agreements	9	3		(2		)	1		3		(2		)	1
Technology	17	104		(51		)	53		104		(50		)	54
Other	9	114		(78		)	36		114		(75		)	39
Total	17	1,592		(628		)	964		1,576		(605		)	971

Intangible assets not subject to amortization:
Trade names		235		—			235		235		—			235
Other		1		—			1		1		—			1
Total intangible assets		$	1,828	$	(628	)	$	1,200	$	1,812	$	(605	)	$	1,207

The estimated amortization expense related to amortizable intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years and thereafter as of March 31, 2019 is as follows:



Year Ending December 31,
Remainder of 2019	$	74
2020	97
2021	97
2022	91
2023	88
2024	86
Thereafter	431
Total	$	964

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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