Segments of Business (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Schedule of financial information relating to reportable operating segments and reconciliations to the condensed consolidated totals

Financial information relating to the Company’s reportable operating segments and reconciliations to the condensed consolidated totals is as follows:


	Three Months Ended December 31,				Nine Months Ended December 31,
(In millions)	2020		2019		2020		2019
Segment revenues (1)
U.S. Pharmaceutical	$	49,495	$	46,453	$	142,232	$	135,855
International	9,273		9,864		27,365		28,592
Medical-Surgical Solutions	3,054		2,141		7,388		6,100
Prescription Technology Solutions	777		714		2,101		1,969

Total revenues	$	62,599	$	59,172	$	179,086	$	172,516

Segment operating profit (loss) (2)
U.S. Pharmaceutical (3)	$	635	$	677	$	1,871	$	1,894
International (4)	(71)		(290)		(113)		(229)
Medical-Surgical Solutions (5)	260		124		536		378
Prescription Technology Solutions	114		82		270		280
Other (6)	—		(33)		—		(1,483)
Subtotal	938		560		2,564		840
Corporate expenses, net (7)	(8,246)		(202)		(8,462)		(713)
Interest expense	(55)		(64)		(165)		(184)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(7,363)	$	294	$	(6,063)	$	(57)

(1)Revenues from services on a disaggregated basis represent less than 1% of the U.S. Pharmaceutical segment’s total revenues, less than 7% of the International segment’s total revenues, less than 2% of the Medical-Surgical Solutions segment’s total revenues, and approximately 38% of the RxTS segment’s total revenues. The International segment reflects foreign revenues. Revenues for the remaining three reportable segments are domestic.

(2)Segment operating profit (loss) includes gross profit, net of operating expenses, as well as other income (expense), net, for the Company’s reportable segments. For retrospective periods presented, Operating loss for Other reflects equity earnings and charges from the Company’s equity method investment in the Change Healthcare JV, which was split-off from McKesson in the fourth quarter of 2020.

(3)The Company’s U.S. Pharmaceutical segment’s operating profit for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2020 includes $11 million and $115 million, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2019 includes $66 million and $114 million, respectively, of pre-tax credits related to the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method of accounting for inventories. The nine months ended December 31, 2020 also includes a charge of $50 million recorded in connection with the Company’s estimated liability under the State of New York’s OSA, as further discussed in Note 13, “Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.”

(4)The Company’s International segment’s operating loss for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2020 includes restructuring, impairment, and related charges of $131 million and $189 million, respectively, driven largely by long-lived asset impairment charges of $115 million primarily related to retail pharmacy businesses in Canada and Europe as well as costs associated with the closure of retail pharmacy stores within the U.K. business, as discussed in more detail in Financial Note 4, “Restructuring, Impairment, and Related Charges,” and a second quarter goodwill impairment charge of $69 million (pre-tax and after-tax) related to one of the Company’s reporting units in Europe, as discussed in more detail in Financial Note 8, “Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net.” Restructuring, impairment, and related charges of $100 million and $116 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2019, respectively, reflects long-lived asset impairment charges of $94 million primarily related to retail pharmacy businesses in the U.K. and Canada. The segment’s operating loss also includes charges of $47 million and $57 million for three and nine months ended December 31, 2020, respectively, to remeasure to fair value the assets and liabilities of the Company’s German pharmaceutical wholesale business which was contributed to a joint venture as further discussed in Note 3, “Held for Sale.” The Company recognized a fair value remeasurement charge related to the joint venture of $282 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2019.

(5)The Company’s Medical-Surgical Solutions segment’s operating profit for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2020 includes charges totaling $35 million and $49 million, respectively, on certain personal protective equipment and other related products due to inventory impairments and excess inventory.

(6)Operating loss for Other for the nine months ended December 31, 2019 includes a pre-tax impairment charge of $1.2 billion and a pre-tax dilution loss of $246 million associated with the Company’s investment in Change Healthcare JV. Operating loss for Other also includes the Company’s proportionate share of loss from Change Healthcare JV of $28 million and $75 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2019, respectively.

(7)Corporate expenses, net for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2020 includes a pre-tax charge of $8.1 billion ($6.7 billion after-tax) related to the estimated liability for opioid-related claims, as discussed in more detail in Financial Note 13, “Commitments and Contingent Liabilities." The nine months ended December 31, 2020 includes a net gain of $131 million recorded in connection with insurance proceeds received during the first quarter of 2021 from the settlement of the shareholder derivative action related to the Company’s controlled substances monitoring program. Corporate expenses, net, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2020 include net gains of $30 million and $89 million, respectively, associated with certain of the Company’s equity investments and, for the nine months ended December 31, 2019, include settlement charges of $122 million from the termination of the Company’s defined benefit pension plan and a settlement charge of $82 million related to opioid claims. The three and nine months ended December 31, 2020 includes $34 million and $118 million, respectively, and the three and nine months ended December 31, 2019 includes $36 million and $108 million, respectively, of pre-tax charges opioid-related costs, primarily litigation expenses.