Acquisitions and Dispositions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions and Dispositions

NOTE 2 — ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we paid $278 million and recorded goodwill and identifiable intangible assets of $180 million and $113 million, respectively, related to the acquisition of The Outsource Group, which was acquired by our Parallon Business Solutions affiliate and is included in the Corporate and other Group. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we also paid $39 million to acquire nonhospital health care entities and $146 million related to the acquisition of three hospitals which became effective October 1, 2013. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we paid $58 million, assumed liabilities of $33 million and recorded goodwill of $53 million related to the acquisition of a hospital facility in the American Group, and we paid $109 million to acquire nonhospital health care entities.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we received proceeds of $31 million and recognized a net pretax loss of $13 million related to the sale of a hospital facility and other real estate investments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we received proceeds of $17 million and recognized a net pretax gain of $4 million related to sales of real estate investments.