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Acquisitions and Dispositions | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Acquisitions and Dispositions | NOTE 2 — ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS During the six months ended June 30, 2017, we paid $189 million to acquire three hospital facilities (two of the hospital facilities have effective acquisition dates of July 1, 2017) and $106 million to acquire other nonhospital health care entities. During the six months ended June 30, 2016, we paid $343 million to acquire three hospital facilities and $87 million to acquire other nonhospital health care entities. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, we received proceeds of $14 million and recognized a net pretax gain of $3 million related to sales of real estate and other investments. During the six months ended June 30, 2016, we received proceeds of $14 million and recognized a net pretax gain of $5 million related to sales of real estate and other investments.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for business combinations, including leverage buyout transactions (as applicable), and divestitures. This may include a description of a business combination or divestiture (or series of individually immaterial business combinations or divestitures) completed during the period, including background, timing, and assets and liabilities recognized and reclassified or sold. This element does not include fixed asset sales and plant closings. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2122178 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2303972 + Details
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