Segment and Geographic Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment and Geographic Information

NOTE 10 — SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

We operate in one line of business, which is operating hospitals and related health care entities. We operate in two geographically organized groups: the National and American Groups. The National Group includes 96 hospitals located in Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, northern Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia, and the American Group includes 79 hospitals located in Colorado, Kansas, southern Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. We also operate seven hospitals in England, and these facilities are included in the Corporate and other group.

Adjusted segment EBITDA is defined as income before depreciation and amortization, interest expense, gains and losses on sales of facilities, losses on retirement of debt, income taxes and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. We use adjusted segment EBITDA as an analytical indicator for purposes of allocating resources to geographic areas and assessing their performance. Adjusted segment EBITDA is commonly used as an analytical indicator within the health care industry, and also serves as a measure of leverage capacity and debt service ability. Adjusted segment EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles, and the items excluded from adjusted segment EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance. Because adjusted segment EBITDA is not a measurement determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and is thus susceptible to varying calculations, adjusted segment EBITDA, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. The geographic distributions of our revenues, equity in earnings of affiliates, adjusted segment EBITDA and depreciation and amortization for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	Quarter						Six Months
	2022			2021			2022			2021
Revenues:
National Group	$	7,349		$	7,300		$	14,855		$	14,356
American Group		6,657			6,504			13,273			12,795
Corporate and other		814			631			1,637			1,261
	$	14,820		$	14,435		$	29,765		$	28,412
Equity in earnings of affiliates:
National Group	$	(1	)	$	(9	)	$	(2	)	$	(16	)
American Group		(9	)		(12	)		(18	)		(24	)
Corporate and other		2			(1	)		1			(3	)
	$	(8	)	$	(22	)	$	(19	)	$	(43	)
Adjusted segment EBITDA:
National Group	$	1,540		$	1,845		$	3,106		$	3,550
American Group		1,542			1,593			3,028			3,094
Corporate and other		(40	)		(219	)		(148	)		(373	)
	$	3,042		$	3,219		$	5,986		$	6,271
Depreciation and amortization:
National Group	$	364		$	339		$	719		$	662
American Group		304			296			605			589
Corporate and other		70			77			146			158
	$	738		$	712		$	1,470		$	1,409
Adjusted segment EBITDA	$	3,042		$	3,219		$	5,986		$	6,271
Depreciation and amortization		738			712			1,470			1,409
Interest expense		434			386			842			770
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities		32			(8	)		22			(10	)
Losses on retirement of debt		78			12			78			12
Income before income taxes	$	1,760		$	2,117		$	3,574		$	4,090