Goodwill and Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

6. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and intangible assets consist of the following:

	September 30, 2017							December 31, 2016
	Gross							Gross
	Carrying		Accumulated			Intangible		Carrying		Accumulated			Intangible
(In thousands)	Amount		Amortization			Assets, Net		Amount		Amortization			Assets, Net
Intangibles subject to amortization:
Proprietary technology	$	638,118	$	(388,913	)	$	249,205	$	627,819	$	(347,477	)	$	280,342
Customer contracts and relationships		843,458		(454,430	)		389,028		813,021		(430,960	)		382,061
Total	$	1,481,576	$	(843,343	)	$	638,233	$	1,440,840	$	(778,437	)	$	662,403

Intangibles not subject to amortization:
Registered trademarks						$	79,000						$	79,000
Goodwill							1,971,950							1,924,052
Total						$	2,050,950						$	2,003,052

Changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill by reportable segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were as follows:

	Clinical and		Population
(In thousands)	Financial Solutions		Health		Netsmart		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2016	$	843,837	$	404,875	$	675,340	$	1,924,052
DeVero acquisition		0		0		32,943		32,943
Nanthealth provider/patient solutions business		0		9,058		0		9,058
Other additions		405		47		4,503		4,955
Foreign exchange translation		942		0		0		942
Balance as of September 30, 2017	$	845,184	$	413,980	$	712,786	$	1,971,950

There were no accumulated impairment losses associated with our goodwill as of September 30, 2017 or December 31, 2016.

Additions during the third quarter of 2017 include goodwill of $9.1 million arising from Allscripts’ purchase of NantHealth’s provider/patient engagement solutions business and $32.9 million arising from Netsmart’s acquisition of DeVero. Other additions during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 include additions arising from Netsmart’s Asset Purchase Agreement with a third party and measurement period adjustments against goodwill related to the Company’s acquisitions of third parties in late 2016. Refer to Note 2, “Business Combinations,” for additional information regarding these transactions.

- 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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