Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net

Goodwill

The following table presents the changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill, by segment, for the year ended December 31, 2018. The 2017 goodwill impairment losses were reported as “Impairment losses” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. See Note 18, “Segments,” for a discussion of the change in our reportable segments in 2018.



	Health Plans			Other			Total
	(In millions)
Historical goodwill, gross	$	445		$	233		$	678
Accumulated impairment losses at December 31, 2017	(302		)	(190		)	(492		)
Balance, December 31, 2017	143			43			186
Sale of subsidiary	—			(43		)	(43		)
Balance, December 31, 2018	$	143		$	—		$	143

Accumulated impairment losses at December 31, 2018	$	302		$	190		$	492

Impairment Analysis Results

2018. We performed a qualitative goodwill assessment of our reporting units, which resulted in no goodwill impairment losses in the year ended December 31, 2018.

2017 – Health Plans Segment. We performed quantitative goodwill assessments using the discounted cash flows and asset liquidation methods, which resulted in Health Plans segment goodwill impairment losses of $244 million in the year ended December 31, 2017, primarily due to the following:


•	Medicaid contract terminations announced in early 2018 at our Florida and New Mexico health plans; and


•	Future cash flow projections insufficient to produce an estimated fair value in excess of the Illinois health plan’s carrying amount.

2017 – Other Segment. Our recently divested Molina Medicaid Solutions and Pathways businesses are reported in the Other segment. The quantitative goodwill assessments of these reporting units, using the discounted cash flows method, resulted in goodwill impairment losses of $190 million in the year ended December 31, 2017, primarily due to the following:


•	Management’s conclusion that Molina Medicaid Solutions would provide fewer future benefits for its support of the Health Plans segment; and


•	Management’s conclusion that Pathways would not provide future benefits relating to the integration of its operations with the Health Plans segment to the extent previously expected.

2016. We performed a quantitative goodwill assessment of our reporting units using the discounted cash flows method, which resulted in no impairment losses in the year ended December 31, 2016.

Intangible Assets, Net

The following table provides the details of identified intangible assets, by major class, for the periods indicated:



	Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Carrying Amount
	(In millions)
Intangible assets:
Contract rights and licenses	$	201	$	162	$	39
Provider networks	20		12		8
Balance at December 31, 2018	$	221	$	174	$	47
Intangible assets:
Contract rights and licenses	$	201	$	141	$	60
Provider networks	20		11		9
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	221	$	152	$	69

Based on the balances of our identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2018, we estimate that our intangible asset amortization will be approximately $18 million in 2019, $14 million in 2020, $5 million in 2021, and $3 million in 2022 and 2023. For a presentation of our intangible assets by reportable segment, refer to Note 18, “Segments.”

Impairment Analysis Results

2018. No impairment charges relating to intangible assets were recorded in the year ended December 31, 2018. See Note 15, “Restructuring and Separation Costs,” for a description of certain long-lived assets written off in 2018, in connection with our 2017 Restructuring Plan.

2017 – Health Plans Segment. As a result of the impairment indicators described above for the Florida and New Mexico reporting units of the Health Plans segment in 2017, we performed undiscounted cash flows analyses of the reporting units, which resulted in Health Plans segment intangible asset impairment losses of $25 million in the year ended December 31, 2017.

2017 – Other Segment. As a result of management’s conclusion that Pathways would not provide future benefits relating to the integration of its operations with the Health Plans segment to the extent previously expected, we computed an undiscounted cash flows analysis of reporting units, which resulted in Other segment intangible asset impairment losses of $11 million.

2016. No significant impairment charges relating to long-lived assets, including intangible assets, were recorded in the year ended December 31, 2016.