Restructuring and Separation Costs

Following a management-initiated, broad operational assessment in early 2017, designed to improve our profitability and expand our core Medicaid business, in June 2017, we accelerated the implementation of a comprehensive restructuring and profitability improvement plan (the Restructuring Plan). Under the Restructuring Plan, we are taking the following actions:


1.	We have streamlined our organizational structure, including the elimination of redundant layers of management, the consolidation of regional support services, and other reductions to our workforce, to improve efficiency as well as the speed and quality of our decision-making.


2.	We are re-designing core operating processes such as provider payment, utilization management, quality monitoring and improvement, and information technology to achieve more effective and cost efficient outcomes.


3.	We are remediating high cost provider contracts and building around high quality, cost-effective networks.


4.	We are restructuring our existing direct delivery operations.


5.	We are reviewing our vendor base to ensure that we are partnering with the lowest-cost, most-effective vendors.


6.	Throughout this process, we are taking precautions to ensure that our actions do not impede our ability to continue to deliver quality health care, retain existing managed care contracts, and to secure new managed care contracts.

In addition to costs incurred under the Restructuring Plan, we have recorded costs associated with the separation of our former CEO and former CFO, described in further detail below.

Expected Costs

We estimate that total pre-tax costs associated with the restructuring plan will be approximately $70 million to $90 million in the fourth quarter of 2017, with an additional $20 million to $40 million to be incurred in 2018. Since the initiation of our Restructuring Plan in the second quarter of 2017, the range of total estimated costs have increased by approximately $50 million due primarily to non-cash write-offs of certain capitalized software in connection with the re-design of core processes. Such write-offs were not included in our initial total cost estimates, but as our evaluation of core operating processes proceeded in the third quarter, we determined that certain projects were inconsistent with our future operating goals and were therefore written off.

In addition, in the second quarter of 2017, we reported that we expected restructuring costs to relate only to the Health Plans and Other segments. In the third quarter of 2017, however, we wrote off certain costs capitalized at our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment that supported our Health Plans segment provider information management processes to be re-designed. In addition, we now expect to incur consulting fees in connection with the review of Molina Medicaid Solutions’ core operating processes.

The following table illustrates our estimates of the total costs, by segment and major type of cost, that we expect to incur under the Restructuring Plan, and includes costs incurred through September 30, 2017. We expect the Restructuring Plan to be completed by the end of 2018.



Estimated Costs Expected to be Incurred by Reportable Segment	Health Plans	Molina Medicaid Solutions	Other	Total
	(In millions)
Termination benefits	$30 to $35	—	$30 to $35	$60 to $70
Other restructuring costs	$40 to $45	$10	$110 to $115	$160 to $170
	$70 to $80	$10	$140 to $150	$220 to $240

Costs Incurred

Restructuring Plan

Restructuring costs incurred to date consist primarily of termination benefits, write-offs of capitalized software due to the re-design of our core operating processes, restructuring of our direct delivery operations, and consulting fees.

Separation Costs

On May 2, 2017, we terminated the employment of our former CEO and CFO without cause. Under their amended and restated employment agreements, they were each entitled to receive 400% of their base salary, a prorated termination bonus (150% of base salary for the former CEO and 125% of base salary for the former CFO), full vesting of equity compensation, and a cash payment for health and welfare benefits. We recorded separation costs of $35 million primarily related to these former executives under FASB ASC Topic 712, Nonretirement and Postemployment Benefits. Of this total, $23 million related to the acceleration of their share-based compensation, as further discussed in Note 9, “Stockholders' Equity.” Employee separation costs were insignificant in 2016.

Restructuring and separation costs are reported in “Restructuring and separation costs” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The following tables present the major types of such costs by segment. Long-lived assets include capitalized software, intangible assets and furniture, fixtures and equipment.



	Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
	Separation Costs - Former Executives		One-Time Termination Benefits		Other Restructuring Costs						Total
	Separation Costs - Former Executives		One-Time Termination Benefits		Write-offs of Long-lived Assets		Consulting Fees		Contract Termination Costs		Total
	(In millions)
Health Plans	$	—	$	27	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	33
Molina Medicaid Solutions	—		—		8		—		—		8
Other	—		23		35		16		3		77
	$	—	$	50	$	49	$	16	$	3	$	118



	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
	Separation Costs - Former Executives		One-Time Termination Benefits		Other Restructuring Costs						Total
	Separation Costs - Former Executives		One-Time Termination Benefits		Write-offs of Long-lived Assets		Consulting Fees		Contract Termination Costs		Total
	(In millions)
Health Plans	$	—	$	27	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	33
Molina Medicaid Solutions	—		—		8		—		—		8
Other	35		23		35		24		3		120
	$	35	$	50	$	49	$	24	$	3	$	161

Reconciliation of Liability

For those restructuring and separation costs that require cash settlement (primarily separation costs, termination benefits and consulting fees), the following table presents a roll-forward of the accrued liability, which is reported in “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets:



	Separation Costs - Former Executives			One-Time Termination Benefits			Other Restructuring Costs			Total
	(In millions)
Accrued as of December 31, 2016	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Charges	12			50			27			89
Cash payments	(1		)	(9		)	(14		)	(24		)
Accrued as of September 30, 2017	$	11		$	41		$	13		$	65