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INCOME TAXES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Valuation allowance | $ 401 | $ 454 |
Net asset basis step-up |  |  | $ 863
Swiss tax reform net asset basis step-up | 161 | 174 |
Deferred tax asset, swiss tax reform net asset basis step-up, valuation allowance | 59 | 72 |
One time transitional tax expense | 286 |  |
Expense (benefit), would be incurred if earnings remitted | 29 |  |
Tax-deductible foreign statutory loss on an investment in a foreign subsidiary | 58 | 0 | 0
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance | 1,462 | 1,367 |
Unrecognized interest and penalties expense | 19 | 17 |
Deferred tax assets |  | 605 |
Increase (decrease) due to notional interest deduction |  |  | 57
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact effective tax rate | 39 | 48 | 70
Gross unrecognized tax benefit liability | 39 | 47 |
Expected reduction in gross unrecognized tax benefits | 30 |  |
Hillrom |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred tax liabilities | 1,300 |  |
Tax Year No Expiration |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 334 |  |
State and Local Jurisdiction |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 1,100 |  |
Domestic Tax Authority |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 455 |  |
Tax credit carryforwards | 411 |  |
Foreign tax credit carryforward | 339 |  |
Foreign Tax Authority |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 1,400 |  |
Tax credit carryforwards | 15 |  |
Valuation allowance | $ 98 | $ 157 |
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance |  |  | 90
Valuation allowance, deferred tax asset, increase (decrease), amount |  |  | 5
Deferred tax assets |  |  | $ 24
Impact on earnings from continuing operations per diluted shares | $ 0.38 | $ 0.33 | $ 0.27
Foreign Tax Authority | Tax Year No Expiration |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | $ 798 |  |

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