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Schedule II - Qualifying and Valuation Accounts
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Schedule II - Qualifying and Valuation Accounts [Abstract]  
Schedule II - Qualifying and Valuation Accounts Disclosure





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Health Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at

 

Acquisitions

 

Charged to

 

 

 

 

Balance

 

 

Beginning

 

and

 

Costs and

 

 

 

 

at End

Description

 

of Year

 

Dispositions

 

Expenses

 

Write-offs

 

of Year



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

(In millions)

Year ended December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

allowance for doubtful accounts (1)

 

$

 -

 

$

 -

 

$

 -

 

$

 -

 

$

 -

Year ended December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

allowance for doubtful accounts

 

$

 3,773 

 

$

 (21)

 

$

 3,054 

 

$

 (2,936)

 

$

 3,870 

Year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

allowance for doubtful accounts

 

$

 4,110 

 

$

 (365)

 

$

 2,849 

 

$

 (2,821)

 

$

 3,773 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





(1) As discussed at Note 1 of the Notes of the Consolidated Financial Statements, on January 1, 2018, the Company adopted the new revenue recognition standard codified in ASC 606. Upon adoption of ASC 606, the allowance for doubtful accounts of approximately $3.9 billion was reclassified as a component of the net patient accounts receivable.