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CVS HEALTH Corp - Quarter Report: 2022 September (Form 10-Q)


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
    
FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022
or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _________ to_________

Commission File Number: 001-01011

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CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware05-0494040
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One CVS Drive,Woonsocket, Rhode Island02895
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:     
(401)765-1500
Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report:
N/A
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareCVSNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).      Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

As of October 26, 2022, the registrant had 1,313,966,912 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.




TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part IFinancial Information
 
Item 1.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
   
Part IIOther Information 
   
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 2.
Item 3
Item 4.
Item 5.
Item 6.
   



Form 10-Q Table of Contents
Part I.Financial Information

Item 1.Financial Statements

Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Page
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited) for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 and the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


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Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions, except per share amounts2022202120222021
Revenues:
Products$57,643 $51,853 $166,959 $149,765 
Premiums21,003 18,984 63,894 56,927 
Services2,312 2,711 7,253 7,983 
Net investment income201 246 515 832 
Total revenues81,159 73,794 238,621 215,507 
Operating costs:
Cost of products sold50,365 45,011 145,164 129,425 
Benefit costs17,419 16,081 52,976 47,686 
Opioid litigation charges5,220 — 5,704 — 
Loss on assets held for sale2,480 — 2,521 — 
Goodwill impairment— 431 — 431 
Operating expenses9,606 9,210 28,128 27,001 
Total operating costs85,090 70,733 234,493 204,543 
Operating income (loss)(3,931)3,061 4,128 10,964 
Interest expense566 602 1,735 1,895 
Loss on early extinguishment of debt— 363 — 363 
Other income(41)(49)(126)(144)
Income (loss) before income tax provision(4,456)2,145 2,519 8,850 
Income tax provision (benefit)(1,047)558 654 2,248 
Net income (loss)(3,409)1,587 1,865 6,602 
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests(7)11 (18)
Net income (loss) attributable to CVS Health$(3,416)$1,598 $1,847 $6,604 
Net income (loss) per share attributable to CVS Health:
Basic$(2.60)$1.21 $1.41 $5.01 
Diluted$(2.60)$1.20 $1.40 $4.98 
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic1,315 1,321 1,313 1,318 
Diluted1,315 1,329 1,324 1,326 
Dividends declared per share$0.55 $0.50 $1.65 $1.50 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions2022202120222021
Net income (loss)$(3,409)$1,587 $1,865 $6,602 
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Net unrealized investment losses(623)(73)(2,591)(310)
Foreign currency translation adjustments(7)(5)(5)(6)
Net cash flow hedges(15)20 (22)
Pension and other postretirement benefits— 
Other comprehensive loss(621)(93)(2,574)(337)
Comprehensive income (loss)(4,030)1,494 (709)6,265 
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests(7)11 (18)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to CVS Health$(4,037)$1,505 $(727)$6,267 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
In millions, except per share amountsSeptember 30,
2022
December 31,
2021
Assets: 
Cash and cash equivalents$17,197 $9,408 
Investments2,792 3,117 
Accounts receivable, net26,317 24,431 
Inventories18,058 17,760 
Assets held for sale1,498 — 
Other current assets2,479 5,292 
Total current assets68,341 60,008 
Long-term investments20,565 23,025 
Property and equipment, net12,626 12,896 
Operating lease right-of-use assets18,270 19,122 
Goodwill78,086 79,121 
Intangible assets, net25,157 29,026 
Separate accounts assets3,318 5,087 
Other assets4,849 4,714 
Total assets$231,212 $232,999 
Liabilities:
Accounts payable$13,925 $12,544 
Pharmacy claims and discounts payable19,161 17,330 
Health care costs payable 10,351 8,808 
Policyholders’ funds1,642 4,301 
Accrued expenses19,423 17,670 
Other insurance liabilities4,561 1,303 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities1,687 1,646 
Current portion of long-term debt1,363 4,205 
Liabilities held for sale 296 — 
Total current liabilities72,409 67,807 
Long-term operating lease liabilities17,174 18,177 
Long-term debt50,848 51,971 
Deferred income taxes3,508 6,270 
Separate accounts liabilities3,318 5,087 
Other long-term insurance liabilities6,175 6,402 
Other long-term liabilities6,769 1,904 
Total liabilities160,201 157,618 
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, par value $0.01: 0.1 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
— — 
Common stock, par value $0.01: 3,200 shares authorized; 1,757 shares issued and 1,315 shares outstanding at September 30, 2022 and 1,744 shares issued and 1,322 shares outstanding at December 31, 2021 and capital surplus
48,047 47,377 
Treasury stock, at cost: 442 shares at September 30, 2022 and 422 shares at December 31, 2021
(30,326)(28,173)
Retained earnings54,571 54,906 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(1,609)965 
Total CVS Health shareholders’ equity70,683 75,075 
Noncontrolling interests328 306 
Total shareholders’ equity71,011 75,381 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$231,212 $232,999 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Cash receipts from customers$235,395 $209,104 
Cash paid for inventory and prescriptions dispensed by retail network pharmacies(138,785)(122,129)
Insurance benefits paid (51,434)(46,965)
Cash paid to other suppliers and employees(22,368)(21,840)
Interest and investment income received327 582 
Interest paid(1,936)(2,095)
Income taxes paid(3,070)(2,397)
Net cash provided by operating activities18,129 14,260 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments5,535 5,559 
Purchases of investments(6,439)(7,417)
Purchases of property and equipment(2,039)(1,923)
Acquisitions (net of cash acquired)(131)(135)
Proceeds from sale of subsidiaries (net of cash and restricted cash sold of $2,808 and $0)
(1,928)— 
Other74 95 
Net cash used in investing activities(4,928)(3,821)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt— 987 
Repayments of long-term debt(4,195)(7,823)
Repurchase of common stock(2,000)— 
Dividends paid(2,188)(1,965)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options510 440 
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards(337)(161)
Other(119)80 
Net cash used in financing activities(8,329)(8,442)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash4,872 1,997 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period12,691 11,043 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period$17,563 $13,040 

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Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions20222021
Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Net income$1,865 $6,602 
Adjustments required to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization3,198 3,397 
Loss on assets held for sale 2,521 — 
Goodwill impairment— 431 
Stock-based compensation341 346 
Gain on sale of subsidiary(225)— 
Loss on early extinguishment of debt— 363 
Deferred income taxes and other noncash items(2,250)(645)
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
Accounts receivable, net(2,009)(3,504)
Inventories(415)1,097 
Other assets(311)(88)
Accounts payable and pharmacy claims and discounts payable3,350 3,973 
Health care costs payable and other insurance liabilities4,687 348 
Other liabilities7,377 1,940 
Net cash provided by operating activities$18,129 $14,260 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
Attributable to CVS Health
Number of shares
outstanding
Common
Stock and
Capital
Surplus (2)
Treasury
Stock (1)
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Total
CVS Health
Shareholders’
 Equity
Noncontrolling
Interests
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Common
Shares
Treasury
Shares (1)
In millions
Balance at December 31, 20211,744 (422)$47,377 $(28,173)$54,906 $965 $75,075 $306 $75,381 
Net income— — — — 2,312 — 2,312 2,313 
Other comprehensive loss— — — — — (1,155)(1,155)— (1,155)
Stock option activity, stock awards and other— 300 — — — 300 — 300 
Purchase of treasury shares, net of ESPP issuances— (19)— (1,972)— — (1,972)— (1,972)
Common stock dividends— — — — (730)— (730)— (730)
Other increases in noncontrolling interests— — — — — — — 
Balance at March 31, 20221,747 (441)47,677 (30,145)56,488 (190)73,830 310 74,140 
Net income— — — — 2,951 — 2,951 10 2,961 
Other comprehensive loss — — — — — (798)(798)— (798)
Stock option activity, stock awards and other— 197 — — — 197 — 197 
Purchase of treasury shares, net of ESPP issuances— (2)— (267)— — (267)— (267)
Common stock dividends— — — — (729)— (729)— (729)
Other increases in noncontrolling interests— — — — — — — 
Balance at June 30, 20221,755 (443)47,874 (30,412)58,710 (988)75,184 322 75,506 
Net income (loss)— — — — (3,416)— (3,416)(3,409)
Other comprehensive loss (Note 8)— — — — — (621)(621)— (621)
Stock option activity, stock awards and other— 173 — — — 173 — 173 
ESPP issuances, net of purchase of treasury shares— — 86 — — 86 — 86 
Common stock dividends— — — — (723)— (723)— (723)
Other decreases in noncontrolling interests— — — — — — — (1)(1)
Balance at September 30, 20221,757 (442)$48,047 $(30,326)$54,571 $(1,609)$70,683 $328 $71,011 
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(1)Treasury shares include 1 million shares held in trust and treasury stock includes $29 million related to shares held in trust as of September 30, 2022, June 30, 2022, March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
(2)Common stock and capital surplus includes the par value of common stock of $18 million as of September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022 and $17 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
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Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Attributable to CVS Health
Number of shares
outstanding
Common
Stock and
Capital
Surplus (2)
Treasury
Stock (1)
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Total
CVS Health
Shareholders’
 Equity
Noncontrolling
Interests
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Common
Shares
Treasury
Shares (1)
In millions
Balance at December 31, 20201,733 (423)$46,513 $(28,178)$49,640 $1,414 $69,389 $312 $69,701 
Net income— — — — 2,223 — 2,223 2,224 
Other comprehensive loss— — — — — (392)(392)— (392)
Stock option activity, stock awards and other— 214 — — — 214 — 214 
ESPP issuances, net of purchase of treasury shares— — 76 — — 76 — 76 
Common stock dividends— — — — (660)— (660)— (660)
Other increases in noncontrolling interests— — — — — — — 
Balance at March 31, 20211,735 (422)46,727 (28,102)51,203 1,022 70,850 314 71,164 
Net income— — — — 2,783 — 2,783 2,791 
Other comprehensive income— — — — — 148 148 — 148 
Stock option activity, stock awards and other— 268 — — — 268 — 268 
Purchase of treasury shares, net of ESPP issuances— (2)— (150)— — (150)— (150)
Common stock dividends— — — — (655)— (655)— (655)
Other decreases in noncontrolling interests— — — — — — — (1)(1)
Balance at June 30, 20211,742 (424)46,995 (28,252)53,331 1,170 73,244 321 73,565 
Net income— — — — 1,598 — 1,598 (11)1,587 
Other comprehensive loss (Note 8)— — — — — (93)(93)— (93)
Stock option activity, stock awards and other138 — — — 138 — 138 
ESPP issuances, net of purchase of treasury shares— — 86 — — 86 — 86 
Common stock dividends— — — — (665)— (665)— (665)
Balance at September 30, 20211,743 (422)$47,133 $(28,166)$54,264 $1,077 $74,308 $310 $74,618 
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(1)Treasury shares include 1 million shares held in trust and treasury stock includes $29 million related to shares held in trust as of September 30, 2021, June 30, 2021, March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
(2)Common stock and capital surplus includes the par value of common stock of $17 million as of September 30, 2021, June 30, 2021, March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

1.Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business 

CVS Health Corporation, together with its subsidiaries (collectively, “CVS Health” or the “Company”), has more than 9,000 retail locations, more than 1,100 walk-in medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with over 110 million plan members with expanding specialty pharmacy solutions and a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year. The Company also serves an estimated 35 million people through traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including expanding Medicare Advantage offerings and a leading standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (“PDP”). The Company believes its innovative health care model increases access to quality care, delivers better health outcomes and lowers overall health care costs.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) and its emerging new variants continue to impact the economies of the U.S. and other countries around the world. The impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s businesses, operating results, cash flows and financial condition, as well as information regarding certain expected impacts of COVID-19 on the Company, is discussed throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The Company has four reportable segments: Health Care Benefits, Pharmacy Services, Retail/LTC and Corporate/Other, which are described below.

Health Care Benefits Segment
The Health Care Benefits segment operates as one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits providers. The Health Care Benefits segment has the information and resources to help members, in consultation with their health care professionals, make more informed decisions about their health care. The Health Care Benefits segment offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental and behavioral health plans, medical management capabilities, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans, PDPs, Medicaid health care management services and health information technology products and services. The Health Care Benefits segment’s customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers (“providers”), governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. The Company refers to insurance products (where it assumes all or a majority of the risk for medical and dental care costs) as “Insured” and administrative services contract products (where the plan sponsor assumes all or a majority of the risk for medical and dental care costs) as “ASC.” In addition, effective January 2022, the Company entered the individual public health insurance exchanges (“Public Exchanges”) in eight states through which it sells Insured plans directly to individual consumers. The Company will enter Public Exchanges in four additional states effective January 2023. Open enrollment for the 2023 calendar year has begun in each of these twelve states.

Pharmacy Services Segment
The Pharmacy Services segment provides a full range of pharmacy benefit management (“PBM”) solutions, including plan design offerings and administration, formulary management, retail pharmacy network management services and mail order pharmacy. In addition, through the Pharmacy Services segment, the Company provides specialty pharmacy and infusion services, clinical services, disease management services, medical spend management and pharmacy and/or other administrative services for providers and federal 340B drug pricing program covered entities (“Covered Entities”). The Company operates a group purchasing organization that negotiates pricing for the purchase of pharmaceuticals and rebates with pharmaceutical manufacturers on behalf of its participants. The Company also provides various administrative, management and reporting services to pharmaceutical manufacturers. The Pharmacy Services segment’s clients are primarily employers, insurance companies, unions, government employee groups, health plans, PDPs, Medicaid managed care plans, plans offered on Public Exchanges and private health insurance exchanges, other sponsors of health benefit plans throughout the United States and Covered Entities. The Pharmacy Services segment operates retail specialty pharmacy stores, specialty mail order pharmacies, mail order dispensing pharmacies, compounding pharmacies and branches for infusion and enteral nutrition services.

Retail/LTC Segment
The Retail/LTC segment sells prescription drugs and a wide assortment of health and wellness products and general merchandise, provides health care services through its MinuteClinic® walk-in medical clinics, provides medical diagnostic testing, administers vaccinations for illnesses such as influenza, COVID-19 and shingles and conducts long-term care pharmacy (“LTC”) operations, which distribute prescription drugs and provide related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services to long-term care facilities and other care settings. As of September 30, 2022, the Retail/LTC segment operated more than 9,000
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retail locations, more than 1,100 MinuteClinic locations as well as online retail pharmacy websites, LTC pharmacies and on-site pharmacies.

Corporate/Other Segment
The Company presents the remainder of its financial results in the Corporate/Other segment, which primarily consists of:

Management and administrative expenses to support the Company’s overall operations, which include certain aspects of executive management and the corporate relations, legal, compliance, human resources, information technology and finance departments, expenses associated with the Company’s investments in its transformation and enterprise modernization programs and acquisition-related integration costs; and
Products for which the Company no longer solicits or accepts new customers such as its large case pensions and long-term care insurance products.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of CVS Health and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. In accordance with such rules and regulations, certain information and accompanying note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been omitted, although the Company believes the disclosures included herein are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “2021 Form 10-K”).
 
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. Because of the influence of various factors on the Company’s operations, including business combinations, certain holidays and other seasonal influences, net income for any interim period may not be comparable to the same interim period in previous years or necessarily indicative of income for the full year.

Principles of Consolidation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities (“VIEs”) for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
 
The Company continually evaluates its investments to determine if they represent variable interests in a VIE. If the Company determines that it has a variable interest in a VIE, the Company then evaluates if it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The evaluation is a qualitative assessment as to whether the Company has the ability to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance. The Company consolidates a VIE if it is considered to be the primary beneficiary.

Assets and liabilities of VIEs for which the Company is the primary beneficiary were not significant to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. VIE creditors do not have recourse against the general credit of the Company.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.

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Restricted Cash

Restricted cash included in other current assets on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets represents funds held on behalf of members, including health savings account funds associated with high deductible health plans. Restricted cash included in other assets on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets represents amounts held in a trust in one of the Company’s captive insurance companies to satisfy collateral requirements associated with the assignment of certain insurance policies. All restricted cash is invested in time deposits and money market funds.

The following is a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets to total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows:
In millionsSeptember 30,
2022
December 31,
2021
September 30,
2021
Cash and cash equivalents$17,197 $9,408 $9,826 
Restricted cash (included in other current assets)151 3,065 2,996 
Restricted cash (included in other assets)215 218 218 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the statements of cash flows$17,563 $12,691 $13,040 

The decrease in restricted cash included in other current assets as of September 30, 2022 compared to December 31, 2021 was primarily due to a decrease in health savings account funds held on behalf of customers as a result of the sale of PayFlex Holdings, Inc. (“PayFlex”). See Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ for additional information on the Company’s sale of PayFlex.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are stated net of allowances for credit losses, customer credit allowances, contractual allowances and estimated terminations. Accounts receivable, net is composed of the following:
In millionsSeptember 30,
2022
December 31,
2021
Trade receivables$8,016 $7,932 
Vendor and manufacturer receivables13,534 10,573 
Premium receivables2,368 2,537 
Other receivables2,647 3,389 
   Total accounts receivable, net (1)
$26,565 $24,431 
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(1)Includes accounts receivable of $248 million which have been accounted for as assets held for sale and are included in assets held for sale on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2022. See Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ for additional information.

The Company’s allowance for credit losses was $344 million and $339 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. When developing an estimate of the Company’s expected credit losses, the Company considers all available relevant information regarding the collectability of cash flows, including historical information, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions over the contractual life of the receivable. The Company’s accounts receivable are short duration in nature and typically settle in less than 30 days.
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Revenue Recognition

Disaggregation of Revenue
The following tables disaggregate the Company’s revenue by major source in each segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:
In millionsHealth Care
Benefits
Pharmacy
Services
Retail/
LTC
Corporate/
Other
Intersegment
Eliminations
Consolidated
Totals
Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
Major goods/services lines:
Pharmacy$— $42,947 $20,759 $— $(11,331)$52,375 
Front Store— — 5,581 — — 5,581 
Premiums20,989 — — 14 — 21,003 
Net investment income (loss)101 — (10)110 — 201 
Other1,421 269 376 18 (85)1,999 
Total$22,511 $43,216 $26,706 $142 $(11,416)$81,159 
Pharmacy Services distribution channel:
Pharmacy network (1)
$25,012 
Mail choice (2)
17,935 
Other269 
Total$43,216 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
Major goods/services lines:
Pharmacy$— $38,867 $19,023 $— $(10,857)$47,033 
Front Store— — 5,359 — — 5,359 
Premiums18,959 — — 25 — 18,984 
Net investment income (loss)147 — (33)132 — 246 
Other1,373 179 643 14 (37)2,172 
Total$20,479 $39,046 $24,992 $171 $(10,894)$73,794 
Pharmacy Services distribution channel:
Pharmacy network (1)
$23,665 
Mail choice (2)
15,202 
Other179 
Total$39,046 










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In millionsHealth Care
Benefits
Pharmacy
Services
Retail/
LTC
Corporate/
Other
Intersegment
Eliminations
Consolidated
Totals
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Major goods/services lines:
Pharmacy$— $124,712 $60,308 $— $(33,829)$151,191 
Front Store— — 16,630 — — 16,630 
Premiums63,848 — — 46 — 63,894 
Net investment income (loss)278 — (44)281 — 515 
Other4,250 777 1,516 51 (203)6,391 
Total$68,376 $125,489 $78,410 $378 $(34,032)$238,621 
Pharmacy Services distribution channel:
Pharmacy network (1)
$72,373 
Mail choice (2)
52,339 
Other777 
Total$125,489 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
Major goods/services lines:
Pharmacy$— $113,161 $55,781 $— $(33,025)$135,917 
Front Store— — 15,255 — — 15,255 
Premiums56,869 — — 58 — 56,927 
Net investment income432 — 13 387 — 832 
Other4,186 520 1,945 43 (118)6,576 
Total$61,487 $113,681 $72,994 $488 $(33,143)$215,507 
Pharmacy Services distribution channel:
Pharmacy network (1)
$68,476 
Mail choice (2)
44,685 
Other520 
Total$113,681 
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(1)Pharmacy Services pharmacy network is defined as claims filled at retail and specialty retail pharmacies, including the Company’s retail pharmacies and LTC pharmacies, but excluding Maintenance Choice® activity, which is included within the mail choice category. Maintenance Choice permits eligible client plan members to fill their maintenance prescriptions through mail order delivery or at a CVS pharmacy retail store for the same price as mail order.
(2)Pharmacy Services mail choice is defined as claims filled at a Pharmacy Services mail order facility, which includes specialty mail claims inclusive of Specialty Connect® claims picked up at a retail pharmacy, as well as prescriptions filled at the Company’s retail pharmacies under the Maintenance Choice program.

Contract Balances
Contract liabilities primarily represent the Company’s obligation to transfer additional goods or services to a customer for which the Company has received consideration, and include ExtraBucks® Rewards and unredeemed Company gift cards. The consideration received remains a contract liability until goods or services have been provided to the customer. In addition, the Company recognizes breakage on Company gift cards based on historical redemption patterns.

The following table provides information about receivables and contract liabilities from contracts with customers:
In millionsSeptember 30,
2022
December 31,
2021
Trade receivables (included in accounts receivable, net)$8,016 $7,932 
Contract liabilities (included in accrued expenses)74 87 

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the contract liabilities balance includes increases related to customers’ earnings in ExtraBucks Rewards or issuances of Company gift cards and decreases for revenues recognized during the period as a result of the redemption of ExtraBucks Rewards or Company gift cards and breakage of Company gift cards. Below is a summary of such changes:
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions20222021
Contract liabilities, beginning of the period$87 $71 
Rewards earnings and gift card issuances250 286 
Redemption and breakage(263)(279)
Contract liabilities, end of the period$74 $78 

Related Party Transactions

The Company has an equity method investment in SureScripts, LLC (“SureScripts”), which operates a clinical health information network. The Company utilizes this clinical health information network in providing services to its client plan members and retail customers. The Company expensed fees for the use of this network of $16 million in each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and expensed fees for the use of this network of approximately $47 million and $35 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Company’s investment in and equity in the earnings of SureScripts for all periods presented is immaterial.

The Company has an equity method investment in Heartland Healthcare Services, LLC (“Heartland”). Heartland operates several LTC pharmacies in four states. Heartland paid the Company $22 million and $20 million for pharmaceutical inventory purchases during the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $66 million and $57 million for pharmaceutical inventory purchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Additionally, the Company performs certain collection functions for Heartland and then transfers those customer cash collections to Heartland. The Company’s investment in and equity in the earnings of Heartland for all periods presented is immaterial.

New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Insurance Contracts
In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-12, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts (Topic 944). This standard requires the Company to review cash flow assumptions for its long-duration insurance contracts at least annually and recognize the effect of changes in future cash flow assumptions in net income. This standard also requires the Company to update discount rate assumptions quarterly and recognize the effect of changes in these assumptions in other comprehensive income. The rate used to discount the Company’s liability for future policy benefits will be based on an estimate of the yield for an upper-medium grade fixed-income instrument with a duration profile matching that of the Company’s liabilities. In addition, this standard changes the amortization method for deferred acquisition costs and requires additional disclosures regarding the long duration insurance contract liabilities in the Company’s interim and annual financial statements. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company will adopt the new standard on January 1, 2023, using the modified retrospective transition method as of the earliest period presented, January 1, 2021, also referred to as the transition date, for changes to the liability for future policy benefits and deferred acquisition costs. While the Company is still evaluating the impact of the new standard on its financial statements, the Company anticipates an increase to its liability for future policy benefits with a corresponding change in accumulated other comprehensive income on the transition date of approximately $1 billion as a result of updating the rate used to discount the liabilities to reflect the yield for an upper-medium grade fixed-income instrument compared to the Company’s expected investment yield under the existing guidance.

2.Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales

Proposed Signify Health Acquisition

On September 2, 2022, the Company entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Signify Health, Inc. (“Signify Health”) for cash. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Signify Health stockholders will receive $30.50 per share in cash. The total value of the transaction is approximately $8 billion.

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The proposed acquisition was approved by the Board of Directors at each of the respective companies and the Signify Health stockholders and remains subject to receipt of regulatory approval and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. On October 19, 2022, Signify Health and CVS Health each received a request for additional information (also known as a “second request”) from the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) in connection with the review of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by the DOJ under the federal Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2023.

If the merger agreement is terminated under certain specified circumstances and receipt of regulatory approval has not been obtained by such time, the Company will be required to pay Signify Health a termination fee in an amount equal to $380 million. If the merger agreement is terminated under other certain specified circumstances, including due to Signify Health accepting a superior proposal, Signify Health will be required to pay the Company a termination fee in an amount equal to $228 million.

Assets Held For Sale

Long-Term Care Business
The Company continually evaluates its portfolio for nonstrategic assets. The Company determined that its Omnicare® long-term care business (“LTC business”), which is included within the Retail/LTC segment, was no longer a strategic asset and during the third quarter of 2022 committed to a plan to sell the LTC business. The carrying value of the LTC business was determined to be greater than its fair value and, accordingly, the Company recorded a loss on assets held for sale of $2.5 billion in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations within the Retail/LTC segment. The LTC business income before income tax provision was not material for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

bswift Business
In October 2022, the Company reached an agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary bswift LLC (“bswift business”) which is included in the Health Care Benefits segment. bswift offers software and services that streamline benefits and human resource administration. The sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The bswift business income before income tax provision was not material for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

Held-For-Sale Classification
The LTC and bswift businesses met the criteria to be classified as held for sale at September 30, 2022, but did not meet the criteria to be classified as discontinued operations. As a result, the related assets and liabilities were included in the separate held-for-sale line items of the asset and liability sections of the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities held for sale at September 30, 2022:
In millionsSeptember 30,
2022
Assets:
Accounts receivable, net$248 
Inventories201 
Property and equipment, net254 
Goodwill (1)
475 
Deferred income taxes130 
Other190 
Total assets held for sale$1,498 
Liabilities:
Accounts payable $98 
Accrued expenses94 
Other104 
Total liabilities held for sale$296 
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(1) $475 million of goodwill within the Commercial Business reporting unit was specifically allocated to the bswift business at September 30, 2022.




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Divestiture of PayFlex

In June 2022, the Company sold PayFlex for approximately $775 million. PayFlex provides services to employers, their employees, and their former employees in the areas of tax-advantaged account reimbursement administration (flexible spending, health reimbursement, health savings, transit and parking), Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”) administration and special-member billing administration. The results of this business have historically been reported within the Health Care Benefits segment. The Company recorded a pre-tax gain on the divestiture of $225 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, which is reflected as a reduction in operating expenses in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations within the Health Care Benefits segment.

Divestiture of Thailand Health Care Business

In March 2022, the Company reached an agreement to sell its international health care business domiciled in Thailand (“Thailand business”), comprised of approximately 266,000 medical members, which was included in the Commercial Business reporting unit within the Health Care Benefits segment. At that time, a portion of the Commercial Business goodwill was specifically allocated to the Thailand business. The net assets of the Thailand business were accounted for as assets held for sale at March 31, 2022. The carrying value of the Thailand business was determined to be greater than its fair value and, accordingly, the Company recorded a $41 million loss on assets held for sale within the Health Care Benefits segment during the first quarter of 2022. The sale closed in the second quarter of 2022, and the consideration received and ultimate loss on the sale were not material.

International Health Care Benefits Renewal Rights Asset Sale

In May 2022, the Company sold the renewal rights of approximately 200,000 international medical members outside of the Americas, Thailand and India in connection with an Asset Purchase Agreement. As part of this agreement, the Company will introduce and help migrate these existing international medical members to the purchaser upon renewal. The Company expects the migration process to occur over a 16-month period between July 2022 and October 2023. The Company expects to cease writing any new or renewal business for international medical members outside of the Americas after October 31, 2022. The consideration received related to this agreement was not material.

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3.Investments

Total investments at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were as follows:
 September 30, 2022December 31, 2021
In millionsCurrentLong-termTotalCurrentLong-termTotal
Debt securities available for sale$2,729 $17,311 $20,040 $3,009 $20,231 $23,240 
Mortgage loans58 989 1,047 58 844 902 
Other investments2,283 2,288 50 1,950 2,000 
Total investments (1)
$2,792 $20,583 $23,375 $3,117 $23,025 $26,142 
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(1)Includes long-term investments of $18 million which have been accounted for as assets held for sale and are included in assets held for sale on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2022. See Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ for additional information.

Debt Securities

Debt securities available for sale at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were as follows:
In millionsGross
Amortized
Cost
Allowance
for Credit
Losses
Net
Amortized
 Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
September 30, 2022
Debt securities:    
U.S. government securities$2,172 $— $2,172 $— $(191)$1,981 
States, municipalities and political subdivisions2,455 — 2,455 (182)2,274 
U.S. corporate securities9,923 — 9,923 13 (1,080)8,856 
Foreign securities2,820 (9)2,811 (324)2,494 
Residential mortgage-backed securities859 — 859 — (109)750 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities1,203 — 1,203 — (166)1,037 
Other asset-backed securities2,791 — 2,791 (171)2,625 
Redeemable preferred securities25 — 25 — (2)23 
Total debt securities (1)
$22,248 $(9)$22,239 $26 $(2,225)$20,040 
December 31, 2021
Debt securities:
U.S. government securities$2,349 $— $2,349 $70 $(3)$2,416 
States, municipalities and political subdivisions2,947 — 2,947 148 (4)3,091 
U.S. corporate securities9,093 — 9,093 682 (40)9,735 
Foreign securities2,821 — 2,821 196 (24)2,993 
Residential mortgage-backed securities870 — 870 15 (10)875 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities1,278 — 1,278 44 (12)1,310 
Other asset-backed securities2,791 — 2,791 14 (13)2,792 
Redeemable preferred securities25 — 25 — 28 
Total debt securities (1)
$22,174 $— $22,174 $1,172 $(106)$23,240 
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(1)Investment risks associated with the Company’s experience-rated products generally do not impact the Company’s consolidated operating results. At September 30, 2022, debt securities with a fair value of $612 million, gross unrealized capital gains of $2 million and gross unrealized capital losses of $73 million and at December 31, 2021, debt securities with a fair value of $864 million, gross unrealized capital gains of $94 million and gross unrealized capital losses of $2 million were included in total debt securities, but support experience-rated products. Changes in net unrealized capital gains (losses) on these securities are not reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

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The net amortized cost and fair value of debt securities at September 30, 2022 are shown below by contractual maturity. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because securities may be restructured, called or prepaid, or the Company intends to sell a security prior to maturity.
In millionsNet
Amortized
Cost
Fair
Value
Due to mature: 
Less than one year$1,299 $1,288 
One year through five years6,704 6,260 
After five years through ten years4,980 4,347 
Greater than ten years4,403 3,733 
Residential mortgage-backed securities859 750 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities1,203 1,037 
Other asset-backed securities2,791 2,625 
Total$22,239 $20,040 

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Summarized below are the debt securities the Company held at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 that were in an unrealized capital loss position, aggregated by the length of time the investments have been in that position:
Less than 12 monthsGreater than 12 monthsTotal
In millions, except number of securitiesNumber
of
Securities
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Number
of
Securities
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Number
of
Securities
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
September 30, 2022  
Debt securities:  
U.S. government securities570 $1,845 $179 25 $125 $12 595 $1,970 $191 
States, municipalities and political subdivisions1,129 1,949 153 122 207 29 1,251 2,156 182 
U.S. corporate securities6,083 7,503 889 848 1,027 191 6,931 8,530 1,080 
Foreign securities1,443 2,005 246 254 383 78 1,697 2,388 324 
Residential mortgage-backed securities489 562 68 69 187 41 558 749 109 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities368 772 101 127 265 65 495 1,037 166 
Other asset-backed securities1,266 2,311 148 163 292 23 1,429 2,603 171 
Redeemable preferred securities14 20 — 15 23 
Total debt securities 11,362 $16,967 $1,786 1,609 $2,489 $439 12,971 $19,456 $2,225 
December 31, 2021  
Debt securities:  
U.S. government securities43 $242 $10 $40 $53 $282 $
States, municipalities and political subdivisions233 428 13 33 246 461 
U.S. corporate securities1,610 2,296 31 165 238 1,775 2,534 40 
Foreign securities449 747 20 57 91 506 838 24 
Residential mortgage-backed securities165 593 10 36 175 629 10 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities188 462 35 112 223 574 12 
Other asset-backed securities1,011 2,030 12 26 31 1,037 2,061 13 
Redeemable preferred securities— — — 
Total debt securities 3,700 $6,800 $84 317 $584 $22 4,017 $7,384 $106 

The Company reviewed the securities in the table above and concluded that they are performing assets generating investment income to support the needs of the Company’s business. In performing this review, the Company considered factors such as the quality of the investment security based on research performed by the Company’s internal credit analysts and external rating agencies and the prospects of realizing the carrying value of the security based on the investment’s current prospects for recovery. Unrealized capital losses at September 30, 2022 were generally caused by interest rate increases and not by unfavorable changes in the credit quality associated with these securities. As of September 30, 2022, the Company did not intend to sell these securities, and did not believe it was more likely than not that it would be required to sell these securities prior to the anticipated recovery of their amortized cost basis.






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The maturity dates for debt securities in an unrealized capital loss position at September 30, 2022 were as follows:
 Supporting
experience-rated products
Supporting
remaining products
Total
In millionsFair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Due to mature:      
Less than one year$35 $— $1,176 $14 $1,211 $14 
One year through five years128 5,890 445 6,018 451 
After five years through ten years154 22 4,113 615 4,267 637 
Greater than ten years213 39 3,358 638 3,571 677 
Residential mortgage-backed securities11 738 108 749 109 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities32 1,005 163 1,037 166 
Other asset-backed securities17 2,586 169 2,603 171 
Total$590 $73 $18,866 $2,152 $19,456 $2,225 

Mortgage Loans

The Company’s mortgage loans are collateralized by commercial real estate. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company had the following activity in its mortgage loan portfolio:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions2022202120222021
New mortgage loans$125 $53 $305 $173 
Mortgage loans fully repaid62 88 136 260 
Mortgage loans foreclosed— — — — 

The Company assesses mortgage loans on a regular basis for credit impairments, and assigns a credit quality indicator to each loan. The Company’s credit quality indicator is internally developed and categorizes each loan in its portfolio on a scale from 1 to 7. These indicators are based upon several factors, including current loan-to-value ratios, current and future property cash flow, property condition, market trends, creditworthiness of the borrower and deal structure.

Category 1 - Represents loans of superior quality.
Categories 2 to 4 - Represent loans where credit risk is minimal to acceptable; however, these loans may display some susceptibility to economic changes.
Categories 5 and 6 - Represent loans where credit risk is not substantial, but these loans warrant management’s close attention.
Category 7 - Represents loans where collections are potentially at risk; if necessary, an impairment is recorded.

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Based on the Company’s assessments at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the amortized cost basis of the Company's mortgage loans within each credit quality indicator by year of origination was as follows:
Amortized Cost Basis by Year of Origination
In millions, except credit quality indicator20222021202020192018PriorTotal
September 30, 2022
1$— $— $— $— $— $16 $16 
2 to 4279 247 48 11 54 379 1,018 
5 and 6— — — — 10 13 
7— — — — — — — 
Total$279 $247 $48 $11 $57 $405 $1,047 
December 31, 2021
1$— $— $— $— $28 $28 
2 to 4255 48 40 72 446 861 
5 and 6— — — 10 13 
7— — — — — — 
Total$255 $48 $40 $75 $484 $902 

Net Investment Income

Sources of net investment income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions2022202120222021
Debt securities$174 $157 $510 $474 
Mortgage loans14 13 38 41 
Other investments134 109 279 307 
Gross investment income322 279 827 822 
Investment expenses(11)(11)(29)(28)
Net investment income (excluding net realized capital gains or losses)311 268 798 794 
Net realized capital gains (losses) (1)
(110)(22)(283)38 
Net investment income (2)
$201 $246 $515 $832 
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(1)Net realized capital losses include credit-related losses on debt securities of $1 million and yield-related impairment losses on debt securities of $73 million in the three months ended September 30, 2022. Net realized capital losses include credit-related losses on debt securities of $17 million and yield-related impairment losses on debt securities of $121 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Net realized capital losses include yield-related impairment losses on debt securities of $3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2021. Net realized capital gains are net of yield-related impairment losses on debt securities of $35 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021. There were no credit-related losses on debt securities in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.
(2)Net investment income includes $8 million and $26 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and $9 million and $28 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, related to investments supporting experience-rated products.

Excluding amounts related to experience-rated products, proceeds from the sale of available-for-sale debt securities and the related gross realized capital gains and losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions2022202120222021
Proceeds from sales$593 $668 $3,556 $2,935 
Gross realized capital gains19 20 61 
Gross realized capital losses28 135 12 
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4.Fair Value

The preparation of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires certain assets and liabilities to be reflected at their fair value and others to be reflected on another basis, such as an adjusted historical cost basis. The Company’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value have been classified within one of three levels of a hierarchy established by GAAP. The following are the levels of the hierarchy and a brief description of the type of valuation information (“valuation inputs”) that qualifies a financial asset or liability for each level:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 – Valuation inputs other than Level 1 that are based on observable market data. These include: quoted prices for similar assets in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets in inactive markets, valuation inputs that are observable that are not prices (such as interest rates and credit risks) and valuation inputs that are derived from or corroborated by observable markets.
Level 3 – Developed from unobservable data, reflecting the Company’s assumptions.

For a description of the methods and assumptions that are used to estimate the fair value and determine the fair value hierarchy classification of each class of financial instrument, see Note 4 “Fair Value” in the 2021 Form 10-K.
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There were no financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2022 or December 31, 2021. Financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were as follows:
In millionsLevel 1Level 2Level 3Total
September 30, 2022    
Cash and cash equivalents (1)
$10,118 $7,086 $— $17,204 
Debt securities:    
U.S. government securities1,949 32 — 1,981 
States, municipalities and political subdivisions— 2,274 — 2,274 
U.S. corporate securities— 8,818 38 8,856 
Foreign securities— 2,486 2,494 
Residential mortgage-backed securities— 750 — 750 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities— 1,037 — 1,037 
Other asset-backed securities— 2,625 — 2,625 
Redeemable preferred securities— 23 — 23 
Total debt securities1,949 18,045 46 20,040 
Equity securities104 — 66 170 
Total$12,171 $25,131 $112 $37,414 
December 31, 2021    
Cash and cash equivalents$4,954 $4,454 $— $9,408 
Debt securities:    
U.S. government securities2,372 44 — 2,416 
States, municipalities and political subdivisions— 3,086 3,091 
U.S. corporate securities— 9,697 38 9,735 
Foreign securities— 2,983 10 2,993 
Residential mortgage-backed securities— 875 — 875 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities— 1,310 — 1,310 
Other asset-backed securities— 2,789 2,792 
Redeemable preferred securities— 28 — 28 
Total debt securities2,372 20,812 56 23,240 
Equity securities114 — 55 169 
Total$7,440 $25,266 $111 $32,817 
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(1)Includes cash and cash equivalents of $7 million which have been accounted for as assets held for sale and are included in assets held for sale on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2022. See Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ for additional information.

During the three months ended September 30, 2022 there were no transfers into or out of Level 3. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 there were $29 million of transfers out of Level 3. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, there were no transfers into or out of Level 3.

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The carrying value and estimated fair value classified by level of fair value hierarchy for financial instruments carried on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at adjusted cost or contract value at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were as follows:
Carrying
Value
 Estimated Fair Value
In millionsLevel 1Level 2Level 3Total
September 30, 2022
Assets: 
Mortgage loans$1,047 $— $— $982 $982 
Equity securities (1)
183 N/AN/AN/AN/A
Liabilities:
Investment contract liabilities:
With a fixed maturity— — 
Without a fixed maturity331 — — 296 296 
Long-term debt (2)
52,214 46,375 — — 46,375 
December 31, 2021
Assets: 
Mortgage loans$902 $— $— $907 $907 
Equity securities (1)
126 N/AN/AN/AN/A
Liabilities:  
Investment contract liabilities:  
With a fixed maturity— — 
Without a fixed maturity336 — — 373 373 
Long-term debt56,176 64,157 — — 64,157 
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(1)It was not practical to estimate the fair value of these cost-method investments as it represents shares of unlisted companies.
(2)Includes long-term debt of $3 million which has been accounted for as liabilities held for sale and are included in liabilities held for sale on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2022. See Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ for additional information.

Separate Accounts assets relate to the Company’s large case pensions products which represent funds maintained to meet specific objectives of contract holders. Since contract holders bear the investment risk of these assets, a corresponding Separate Accounts liability has been established equal to the assets. These assets and liabilities are carried at fair value. Separate Accounts financial assets as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were as follows:
 September 30, 2022December 31, 2021
In millionsLevel 1Level 2Level 3TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3Total
Cash and cash equivalents$— $152 $— $152 $$186 $— $188 
Debt securities756 1,979 — 2,735 1,233 3,048 — 4,281 
Equity securities— — — — 
Common/collective trusts— 410 — 410 — 547 — 547 
Total (1)
$756 $2,542 $— $3,298 $1,235 $3,782 $— $5,017 
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(1)Excludes $20 million and $70 million of other receivables at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
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5.Health Care Costs Payable

The following table shows the components of the change in health care costs payable during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions20222021
Health care costs payable, beginning of the period$8,808 $7,936 
Less: Reinsurance recoverables10 
Health care costs payable, beginning of the period, net8,800 7,926 
Add: Components of incurred health care costs
  Current year53,311 48,243 
  Prior years(670)(771)
Total incurred health care costs (1)
52,641 47,472 
Less: Claims paid
  Current year43,632 39,887 
  Prior years7,468 6,639 
Total claims paid51,100 46,526 
Add: Premium deficiency reserve
Health care costs payable, end of the period, net10,346 8,873 
Add: Reinsurance recoverables
Health care costs payable, end of the period$10,351 $8,877 
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(1)Total incurred health care costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 in the table above exclude (i) $5 million and $1 million, respectively, for premium deficiency reserves related to the Company’s Medicaid products, (ii) $56 million and $45 million, respectively, of benefit costs recorded in the Health Care Benefits segment that are included in other insurance liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and (iii) $274 million and $168 million, respectively, of benefit costs recorded in the Corporate/Other segment that are included in other insurance liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The Company’s estimates of prior years’ health care costs payable decreased by $670 million and $771 million, respectively, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, because claims were settled for amounts less than originally estimated (i.e., the amount of claims incurred was lower than originally estimated), primarily due to lower health care cost trends as well as the actual claim submission time being faster than originally assumed (i.e., the Company’s completion factors were higher than originally assumed) in estimating health care costs payable at the end of the prior year.

At September 30, 2022, the Company’s liabilities for the ultimate cost of (i) services rendered to the Company’s Insured members but not yet reported to the Company and (ii) claims which have been reported to the Company but not yet paid (collectively, “IBNR”) plus expected development on reported claims totaled approximately $7.9 billion. Substantially all of the Company’s liabilities for IBNR plus expected development on reported claims at September 30, 2022 related to the current year.
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6.Borrowings

The following table is a summary of the Company’s borrowings at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:
In millionsSeptember 30,
2022
December 31,
2021
Long-term debt
3.5% senior notes due July 2022
$— $1,500 
2.75% senior notes due November 2022
— 1,000 
2.75% senior notes due December 2022
— 1,250 
4.75% senior notes due December 2022
— 399 
2.8% senior notes due June 2023
1,300 1,300 
4% senior notes due December 2023
414 414 
3.375% senior notes due August 2024
650 650 
2.625% senior notes due August 2024
1,000 1,000 
3.5% senior notes due November 2024
750 750 
5% senior notes due December 2024 (1)
299 299 
4.1% senior notes due March 2025
950 950 
3.875% senior notes due July 2025
2,828 2,828 
2.875% senior notes due June 2026
1,750 1,750 
3% senior notes due August 2026
750 750 
3.625% senior notes due April 2027
750 750 
6.25% senior notes due June 2027
372 372 
1.3% senior notes due August 2027
2,250 2,250 
4.3% senior notes due March 2028
5,000 5,000 
3.25% senior notes due August 2029
1,750 1,750 
3.75% senior notes due April 2030
1,500 1,500 
1.75% senior notes due August 2030
1,250 1,250 
1.875% senior notes due February 2031
1,250 1,250 
2.125% senior notes due September 2031
1,000 1,000 
4.875% senior notes due July 2035
652 652 
6.625% senior notes due June 2036
771 771 
6.75% senior notes due December 2037
533 533 
4.78% senior notes due March 2038
5,000 5,000 
6.125% senior notes due September 2039
447 447 
4.125% senior notes due April 2040
1,000 1,000 
2.7% senior notes due August 2040
1,250 1,250 
5.75% senior notes due May 2041
133 133 
4.5% senior notes due May 2042
500 500 
4.125% senior notes due November 2042
500 500 
5.3% senior notes due December 2043
750 750 
4.75% senior notes due March 2044
375 375 
5.125% senior notes due July 2045
3,500 3,500 
3.875% senior notes due August 2047
1,000 1,000 
5.05% senior notes due March 2048
8,000 8,000 
4.25% senior notes due April 2050
750 750 
Finance lease liabilities1,437 1,300 
Other315 320 
Total debt principal52,726 56,743 
Debt premiums204 219 
Debt discounts and deferred financing costs(716)(786)
52,214 56,176 
Less:
Current portion of long-term debt(1,363)(4,205)
Long-term debt$50,851 $51,971 
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(1)Includes long-term debt of $3 million which has been accounted for as liabilities held for sale and are included in liabilities held for sale on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2022. See Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ for additional information.
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Long-term Borrowings

In May 2022, the Company exercised the par call option on its outstanding 3.5% senior notes due July 2022 and redeemed for cash on hand the entire $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount.

In August 2022, the Company exercised the par call option on its outstanding 2.75% senior notes due November 2022 (issued by Aetna Inc.) and redeemed for cash on hand the entire $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount.

In September 2022, the Company exercised the par call options on its outstanding 2.75% senior notes due December 2022 and 4.75% senior notes due December 2022 (including notes issued by Omnicare, Inc.) and redeemed for cash on hand the entire $1.25 billion and $399 million aggregate principal amounts, respectively.

7.Shareholders’ Equity

Share Repurchases

The following share repurchase program has been authorized by CVS Health Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board”):
In billions
Authorization Date
AuthorizedRemaining as of
September 30, 2022
December 9, 2021 (“2021 Repurchase Program”)$10.0 $8.0 

The 2021 Repurchase Program permits the Company to effect repurchases from time to time through a combination of open market repurchases, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) transactions, and/or other derivative transactions. The 2021 Repurchase Program can be modified or terminated by the Board at any time.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company repurchased approximately 19.1 million shares of common stock for approximately $2.0 billion pursuant to the 2021 Repurchase Program, including share repurchases under the ASR transaction described below. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company did not repurchase any shares of its common stock.

Pursuant to the authorization under the 2021 Repurchase Program, the Company entered into a $1.5 billion fixed dollar ASR with Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”). Upon payment of the $1.5 billion purchase price on January 4, 2022, the Company received a number of shares of CVS Health Corporation’s common stock equal to 80% of the $1.5 billion notional amount of the ASR or approximately 11.6 million shares at a price of $103.34 per share, which were placed into treasury stock in January 2022. The ASR was accounted for as an initial treasury stock transaction for $1.2 billion and a forward contract for $0.3 billion. The forward contract was classified as an equity instrument and was recorded within capital surplus. In February 2022, the Company received approximately 2.7 million shares of CVS Health Corporation’s common stock, representing the remaining 20% of the $1.5 billion notional amount of the ASR, thereby concluding the ASR. These shares were placed into treasury stock and the forward contract was reclassified from capital surplus to treasury stock in February 2022.

At the time they were received, the initial and final receipt of shares resulted in an immediate reduction of the outstanding shares used to calculate the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share.

Dividends

The quarterly cash dividend declared by the Board was $0.55 and $0.50 per share in the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Cash dividends declared by the Board were $1.65 and $1.50 per share in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. CVS Health Corporation has paid cash dividends every quarter since becoming a public company. Future dividend payments will depend on the Company’s earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors considered relevant by the Board.

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8.Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Shareholders’ equity included the following activity in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions2022202120222021
Net unrealized investment gains (losses):
Beginning of period balance$(1,190)$977 $778 $1,214 
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications ($(796), $(73), $(3,306), $(346) pretax)
(711)(61)(2,809)(297)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ($99, $(14), $253, $(15) pretax) (1)
88 (12)218 (13)
Other comprehensive loss(623)(73)(2,591)(310)
End of period balance(1,813)904 (1,813)904 
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
Beginning of period balance— 
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications(7)(5)(5)(6)
Other comprehensive loss(7)(5)(5)(6)
End of period balance(5)(5)
Net cash flow hedges:
Beginning of period balance234 241 222 248 
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications ($13, $0, $37, $0 pretax)
10 — 28 — 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income ($(2), $(20), $(10), $(29) pretax) (2)
(2)(15)(8)(22)
Other comprehensive income (loss)(15)20 (22)
End of period balance242 226 242 226 
Pension and other postretirement benefits:
Beginning of period balance(34)(54)(35)(55)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss ($1, $0, $2, $1 pretax) (3)
— 
Other comprehensive income— 
End of period balance(33)(54)(33)(54)
Total beginning of period accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(988)1,170 965 1,414 
Total other comprehensive loss(621)(93)(2,574)(337)
Total end of period accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)$(1,609)$1,077 $(1,609)$1,077 
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(1)Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for specifically identified debt securities are included in net investment income in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
(2)Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income for specifically identified cash flow hedges are included in interest expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company expects to reclassify approximately $11 million, net of tax, in net gains associated with its cash flow hedges into net income within the next 12 months.
(3)Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for specifically identified pension and other postretirement benefits are included in other income in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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9.Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Earnings (loss) per share is computed using the treasury stock method. For periods in which the Company reports net income, diluted earnings per share is determined using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period, unless the effect is antidilutive. Stock options and stock appreciation rights to purchase 4 million shares of common stock were outstanding, but were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share in each of the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 because their exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares and, therefore, the effect would be antidilutive. For the same reason, stock options and stock appreciation rights to purchase 8 million shares of common stock were outstanding, but were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share in each of the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021. In addition, due to the net loss attributable to CVS Health in the three months ended September 30, 2022, 8 million potentially dilutive common equivalent shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share, as the impact of these shares were antidilutive for that period.

The following is a reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share for the respective periods:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions, except per share amounts2022202120222021
Numerator for earnings (loss) per share calculation:
Net income (loss) attributable to CVS Health
$(3,416)$1,598 $1,847 $6,604 
Denominator for earnings (loss) per share calculation:
Weighted average shares, basic1,315 1,321 1,313 1,318 
Restricted stock units and performance stock units— 
Stock options and stock appreciation rights— 
Weighted average shares, diluted1,315 1,329 1,324 1,326 
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic$(2.60)$1.21 $1.41 $5.01 
Diluted$(2.60)$1.20 $1.40 $4.98 

10.Commitments and Contingencies

COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve. The Company believes COVID-19’s impact on its businesses, operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition primarily will be driven by the geographies impacted and the severity and duration of the pandemic; the pandemic’s impact on the U.S. and global economies and consumer behavior and health care utilization patterns; and the timing, scope and impact of stimulus legislation as well as other federal, state and local governmental responses to the pandemic. Those primary drivers are beyond the Company’s knowledge and control. As a result, the impact COVID-19 will have on the Company’s businesses, operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition is uncertain, but the impact could be adverse and material. COVID-19 also may result in legal and regulatory proceedings, investigations and claims against the Company.

Lease Guarantees

Between 1995 and 1997, the Company sold or spun off a number of subsidiaries, including Bob’s Stores and Linens ‘n Things, each of which subsequently filed for bankruptcy, and Marshalls. In many cases, when a former subsidiary leased a store, the Company provided a guarantee of the former subsidiary’s lease obligations for the initial lease term and any extension thereof pursuant to a renewal option provided for in the lease prior to the time of the disposition. When the subsidiaries were disposed of and accounted for as discontinued operations, the Company’s guarantees remained in place, although each initial purchaser agreed to indemnify the Company for any lease obligations the Company was required to satisfy. If any of the purchasers or any of the former subsidiaries fail to make the required payments under a store lease, the Company could be required to satisfy those obligations, and any significant adverse impact of COVID-19 on such purchasers and/or former subsidiaries increases the risk that the Company will be required to satisfy those obligations. As of September 30, 2022, the Company guaranteed 68 such
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store leases (excluding the lease guarantees related to Linens ‘n Things, which have been recorded as a liability on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets), with the maximum remaining lease term extending through 2034.

Guaranty Fund Assessments, Market Stabilization and Other Non-Voluntary Risk Sharing Pools

Under guaranty fund laws existing in all states, insurers doing business in those states can be assessed (in most states up to prescribed limits) for certain obligations of insolvent insurance companies to policyholders and claimants. The life and health insurance guaranty associations in which the Company participates that operate under these laws respond to insolvencies of long-term care insurers and life insurers as well as health insurers. The Company’s assessments generally are based on a formula relating to the Company’s health care premiums in the state compared to the premiums of other insurers. Certain states allow assessments to be recovered over time as offsets to premium taxes. Some states have similar laws relating to HMOs and/or other payors such as not-for-profit consumer-governed health plans established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

In 2009, the Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner placed long-term care insurer Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company and one of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Penn Treaty”) in rehabilitation, an intermediate action before insolvency, and subsequently petitioned a state court to convert the rehabilitation into a liquidation. Penn Treaty was placed in liquidation in March 2017. The Company has recorded a liability for its estimated share of future assessments by applicable life and health insurance guaranty associations. It is reasonably possible that in the future the Company may record a liability and expense relating to other insolvencies which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition and cash flows, and the risk is heightened by any significant adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the solvency of other insurers, including long-term care and life insurers. While historically the Company has ultimately recovered more than half of guaranty fund assessments through statutorily permitted premium tax offsets, significant increases in assessments could lead to legislative and/or regulatory actions that limit future offsets.

HMOs in certain states in which the Company does business are subject to assessments, including market stabilization and other risk-sharing pools, for which the Company is assessed charges based on incurred claims, demographic membership mix and other factors. The Company establishes liabilities for these assessments based on applicable laws and regulations. In certain states, the ultimate assessments the Company pays are dependent upon the Company’s experience relative to other entities subject to the assessment, and the ultimate liability is not known at the financial statement date. While the ultimate amount of the assessment is dependent upon the experience of all pool participants, the Company believes it has adequate reserves to cover such assessments.

Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings

The Company has been involved or is currently involved in numerous legal proceedings, including litigation, arbitration, government investigations, audits, reviews and claims. These include routine, regular and special investigations, audits and reviews by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), state insurance and health and welfare departments, the DOJ, state attorneys general, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (the “DEA”), the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and other governmental authorities.

Legal proceedings, in general, and securities, class action and multi-district litigation, in particular, and governmental special investigations, audits and reviews can be expensive and disruptive. Some of the litigation matters may purport or be determined to be class actions and/or involve parties seeking large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages, and may remain unresolved for several years. The Company also may be named from time to time in qui tam actions initiated by private third parties that could also be separately pursued by a governmental body. The results of legal proceedings, including government investigations, are often uncertain and difficult to predict, and the costs incurred in these matters can be substantial, regardless of the outcome.

The Company records accruals for outstanding legal matters when it believes it is probable that a loss will be incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company evaluates, on a quarterly basis, developments in legal matters that could affect the amount of any accrual and developments that would make a loss contingency both probable and reasonably estimable. If a loss contingency is not both probable and reasonably estimable, the Company does not establish an accrued liability. None of the Company’s accruals for outstanding legal matters are material individually or in the aggregate to the Company’s financial condition.

Except as otherwise noted, the Company cannot predict with certainty the timing or outcome of the legal matters described below, and the Company is unable to reasonably estimate a possible loss or range of possible loss in excess of amounts already
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accrued for these matters. The Company believes that its defenses and assertions in pending legal proceedings have merit and does not believe that any of these pending matters, after consideration of applicable reserves and rights to indemnification, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position. Substantial unanticipated verdicts, fines and rulings, however, do sometimes occur, which could result in judgments against the Company, entry into settlements or a revision to its expectations regarding the outcome of certain matters, and such developments could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations. In addition, as a result of governmental investigations or proceedings, the Company may be subject to damages, civil or criminal fines or penalties, or other sanctions including possible suspension or loss of licensure and/or exclusion from participating in government programs. The outcome of such governmental investigations of proceedings could be material to the Company.

Usual and Customary Pricing Litigation

The Company and certain current and former directors and officers are named as a defendant in a number of lawsuits that allege that the Company’s retail pharmacies overcharged for prescription drugs by not submitting the correct usual and customary price during the claims adjudication process. These actions are brought by a number of different types of plaintiffs, including plan members, private payors, government payors, and shareholders based on different legal theories. Some of these cases are brought as putative class actions, and in some instances, classes have been certified. In October 2022, one of the litigating shareholders made a litigation demand to the Board related to these and other issues after his amended derivative complaint was dismissed for failing to demonstrate demand futility. The Company is defending itself against these claims.

PBM Litigation and Investigations

The Company is named as a defendant in a number of lawsuits and is subject to a number of investigations concerning its PBM practices.

The Company is facing multiple lawsuits, including by a State Attorney General, governmental subdivisions and several putative class actions, regarding drug pricing and its rebate arrangements with drug manufacturers. These complaints, brought by a number of different types of plaintiffs under a variety of legal theories, generally allege that rebate agreements between the drug manufacturers and PBMs caused inflated prices for certain drug products. The Company is defending itself against these claims. The Company has also received subpoenas, civil investigative demands (“CIDs”) and other requests for documents and information from, and is being investigated by, the FTC and Attorneys General of several states and the District of Columbia regarding its PBM practices, including pricing and rebates. The Company has been providing documents and information in response to these subpoenas, CIDs and requests for information.

United States ex rel. Behnke v. CVS Caremark Corporation, et al. (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania). In April 2018, the Court unsealed a complaint filed in February 2014. The government has declined to intervene in this case. The relator alleges that the Company submitted, or caused to be submitted, to Part D of the Medicare program Prescription Drug Event data and/or Direct and Indirect Remuneration reports that misrepresented true prices paid by the Company’s PBM to pharmacies for drugs dispensed to Part D beneficiaries with prescription benefits administered by the Company’s PBM. The Company is defending itself against these claims.

Controlled Substances Litigation, Audits and Subpoenas

In December 2017, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated numerous cases filed against various defendants by plaintiffs such as counties, cities, hospitals, Indian tribes and third-party payors, alleging claims beginning as far back as the early 2000s generally concerning the impacts of widespread prescription opioid abuse. The consolidated multidistrict litigation captioned In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation (MDL No. 2804) is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. This multidistrict litigation presumptively includes hundreds of relevant federal court cases that name the Company as a defendant. A significant number of similar cases that name the Company as a defendant in some capacity are pending in state courts.

In addition, the Company has been named as a defendant in similar cases brought by certain state Attorneys General. The Company is defending itself against all such claims. Additionally, the Company has received subpoenas, CIDs and/or other requests for information regarding opioids from state Attorneys General and insurance and other regulators of several U.S. jurisdictions. The Company has been cooperating with the government with respect to these subpoenas, CIDs and other requests for information.

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In November 2021, the Company was among the chain pharmacies found liable by a jury in a trial in federal court in Ohio; in August 2022, the court issued a judgment jointly against the three defendants in the amount of $651 million to be paid over 15 years, and also ordered certain injunctive relief. The Company is appealing the judgment. In March 2022, CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy, Inc. entered into a settlement agreement with the State of Florida to resolve claims related to opioid medications dating back more than a decade. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, CVS Health Corporation settled all opioid claims against it and its subsidiaries by the State of Florida for $484 million, which is to be paid over a period of 18 years. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded a $484 million liability associated with this legal settlement. In August 2022, CVS Pharmacy, Inc. entered into an agreement with the State of New Mexico to settle all opioid claims against it and its parents and subsidiaries by the State of New Mexico and participating subdivisions. In September 2022, CVS Pharmacy, Inc. entered into an agreement with the State of West Virginia to settle all opioid claims against it and its parents and subsidiaries by the State of West Virginia and participating subdivisions. Also in September 2022, CVS Pharmacy, Inc. entered into an agreement with the Cherokee Nation to settle all opioid claims against it and its parents and subsidiaries by the Cherokee Nation.

On October 18, 2022, the Company began mediation with a leadership group of a number of state attorneys general and the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee (“PEC”) to resolve substantially all opioid lawsuits and claims against Company entities. Discussions progress and the Company agreed in principle to a financial amount to resolve substantially all opioid lawsuits and claims against Company entities by states, political subdivisions and tribes, but not private plaintiffs (the “Settlement Framework”). This Settlement Framework is subject to contingencies and uncertainties as to final terms, but is the basis for our negotiation of definitive terms and documentation. The Settlement Framework provides for payment by the Company of approximately $5.0 billion (approximately $4.9 billion to states and political subdivisions and approximately $130 million to tribes) over ten years, beginning in 2023. The non-monetary terms are subject to ongoing negotiations.

Under the Settlement Framework, before the Company determines whether to enter into any final settlement, it will assess the sufficiency of the scope of settlement, based in part on the number and identities of the governmental entities that will participate in any such settlement. The Settlement Framework contemplates that if certain governmental entities do not agree to a settlement under the Settlement Framework, but the Company nonetheless concluded that there was sufficient participation to warrant going forward with the settlement, there would be a corresponding reduction in the amount due from the Company to account for the governmental entities that did not agree. Those non-participating governmental entities would be entitled to pursue their claims against the Company and other defendants. Private plaintiff litigation will also continue.

The Company has concluded that discussions under the Settlement Framework have reached a stage at which a broad settlement of opioid claims by governmental entities is probable, and the loss related thereto can be reasonably estimated as of September 30, 2022. As a result of that conclusion, and its assessment of certain other opioid-related claims including those for which the Company reached agreement in August and September, the Company recorded a total pre-tax charge of $5.2 billion during the three months ended September 30, 2022 reflecting the cash component of the estimated loss. In addition, the Company expects the cash impact in 2023 and 2024 to be less than $500 million in each year. Because loss contingencies are inherently unpredictable and unfavorable developments or resolutions can occur, the assessment is highly subjective and requires judgments about future events. Moreover, the Settlement Framework is in its early phases, and there is no assurance that the necessary parties will agree to a definitive settlement agreement or that the contingencies to any agreement will be satisfied. The amount of ultimate loss may differ materially from this accrual.

Because of the many uncertainties associated with any potential settlement arrangement or other resolution of all opioid-related litigation matters, including the uncertain scope of participation by governmental entities in any potential settlement under the Settlement Framework described above and that the Company continues to actively defend ongoing litigation for which it believes it has defenses and assertions that have merit, the Company is not able to reasonably estimate the range of ultimate possible loss for all opioid-related litigation matters at this time. The outcome of these legal matters could have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, operating results and/or cash flows.

In January 2020, the DOJ served the Company with a DEA administrative subpoena. The subpoena seeks documents relating to practices with respect to prescription opioids and other controlled substances at CVS pharmacy locations concerning potential violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act and the federal False Claims Act. In January 2022, the DOJ served the Company with a CID regarding similar subjects. The Company is providing documents and information in response to these matters.

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Prescription Processing Litigation and Investigations

The Company is named as a defendant in a number of lawsuits and is subject to a number of investigations concerning its prescription processing practices, including the following:

U.S. ex rel. Bassan et al. v. Omnicare, Inc. and CVS Health Corp. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York). In December 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (the “SDNY”) filed a complaint-in-intervention in this previously sealed qui tam case. The complaint alleges that for certain non-skilled nursing facilities, Omnicare improperly filled prescriptions beyond one year where a valid prescription did not exist and that these dispensing events violated the federal False Claims Act. The Company is defending itself against these claims.

U.S. ex rel. Gill et al. v. CVS Health Corp. et al. (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois). In July 2022, the Delaware Attorney General’s Office moved for partial intervention as to allegations under the Delaware false claims act related to not escheating alleged overpayments in this previously sealed qui tam case. The federal government and the remaining states declined to intervene on other additional theories in the relator’s complaint. The Company is defending itself against all of the claims.

In July 2017, the Company also received a subpoena from the California Department of Insurance requesting documents concerning the Company’s Omnicare pharmacies’ cycle fill process for assisted living facilities. The Company has been cooperating with the California Department of Insurance and providing documents and information in response to this subpoena.

In December 2016, the Company received a CID from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York requesting documents and information in connection with a federal False Claims Act investigation concerning whether the Company’s retail pharmacies improperly submitted certain insulin claims to Part D of the Medicare program rather than Part B of the Medicare program. The Company has been cooperating with the government and providing documents and information in response to this CID.

Provider Proceedings

The Company is named as a defendant in purported class actions and individual lawsuits arising out of its practices related to the payment of claims for services rendered to its members by providers with whom the Company has a contract and with whom the Company does not have a contract (“out-of-network providers”). Among other things, these lawsuits allege that the Company paid too little to its health plan members and/or providers for out-of-network services (including COVID-19 testing) and/or otherwise allege that the Company failed to timely or appropriately pay or administer out-of-network claims and benefits (including the Company’s post payment audit and collection practices and reductions in payments to providers due to sequestration). Other major health insurers are the subject of similar litigation or have settled similar litigation.

The Company also has received subpoenas and/or requests for documents and other information from, and been investigated by, state Attorneys General and other state and/or federal regulators, legislators and agencies relating to, and the Company is involved in other litigation regarding, its out-of-network benefit payment and administration practices. It is reasonably possible that others could initiate additional litigation or additional regulatory action against the Company with respect to its out-of-network benefit payment and/or administration practices.

CMS Actions

CMS regularly audits the Company’s performance to determine its compliance with CMS’s regulations and its contracts with CMS and to assess the quality of services it provides to Medicare beneficiaries. CMS uses various payment mechanisms to allocate and adjust premium payments to the Company’s and other companies’ Medicare plans by considering the applicable health status of Medicare members as supported by information prepared, maintained and provided by providers. The Company collects claim and encounter data from providers and generally relies on providers to appropriately code their submissions to the Company and document their medical records, including the diagnosis data submitted to the Company with claims. CMS pays increased premiums to Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare PDP plans for members who have certain medical conditions identified with specific diagnosis codes. Federal regulators review and audit the providers’ medical records to determine whether those records support the related diagnosis codes that determine the members’ health status and the resulting risk-adjusted premium payments to the Company. In that regard, CMS has instituted risk adjustment data validation (“RADV”) audits of various Medicare Advantage plans, including certain of the Company’s plans, to validate coding practices and supporting medical record documentation maintained by providers and the resulting risk-adjusted premium payments to the
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plans. CMS may require the Company to refund premium payments if the Company’s risk-adjusted premiums are not properly supported by medical record data. The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) also is auditing the Company’s risk adjustment-related data and that of other companies. The Company expects CMS and the OIG to continue these types of audits.

In 2012, CMS revised its audit methodology for RADV audits to determine refunds payable by Medicare Advantage plans for contract year 2011 and forward. Under the revised methodology, among other things, CMS will extrapolate the error rate identified in the audit sample of approximately 200 members to all risk-adjusted premium payments made under the contract being audited. For contract years prior to 2011, CMS did not extrapolate sample error rates to the entire contract. As a result, the revised methodology may increase the Company’s exposure to premium refunds to CMS based on incomplete medical records maintained by providers. Since 2013, CMS has selected certain of the Company’s Medicare Advantage contracts for various contract years for RADV audit, and the number of RADV audits continues to increase. The Company is currently unable to predict which of its Medicare Advantage contracts will be selected for future audit, the amounts of any retroactive refunds of, or prospective adjustments to, Medicare Advantage premium payments made to the Company, the effect of any such refunds or adjustments on the actuarial soundness of the Company’s Medicare Advantage bids, or whether any RADV audit findings would require the Company to change its method of estimating future premium revenue in future bid submissions to CMS or compromise premium assumptions made in the Company’s bids for prior contract years, the current contract year or future contract years. Any premium or fee refunds or adjustments resulting from regulatory audits, whether as a result of RADV, Public Exchange related or other audits by CMS, the OIG or otherwise, including audits of the Company’s minimum medical loss ratio rebates, methodology and/or reports, could be material and could adversely affect the Company’s operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition.

Medicare and Medicaid CIDs

The Company has received CIDs from the Civil Division of the DOJ in connection with a current investigation of the Company’s patient chart review processes in connection with risk adjustment data submissions under Parts C and D of the Medicare program. The Company has been cooperating with the government and providing documents and information in response to these CIDs.

In May 2017, the Company received a CID from the SDNY requesting documents and information concerning possible false claims submitted to Medicare in connection with reimbursements for prescription drugs under the Medicare Part D program. The Company has been cooperating with the government and providing documents and information in response to this CID.

Stockholder Matters

Beginning in February 2019, multiple class action complaints, as well as a derivative complaint, were filed by putative plaintiffs against the Company and certain current and former officers and directors. The plaintiffs in these cases assert a variety of causes of action under federal securities laws that are premised on allegations that the defendants made certain omissions and misrepresentations relating to the performance of the Company’s LTC business unit. The Company and its current and former officers and directors are defending themselves against these claims. Since filing, several of the cases have been consolidated, and the first-filed federal case, City of Miami Fire Fighters’ and Police Officers’ Retirement Trust, et al. (formerly known as Anarkat), was dismissed with prejudice in February 2021. Plaintiffs appealed that decision to the First Circuit after their motion for reconsideration was denied, and in August 2022 the First Circuit affirmed the dismissal. In re CVS Health Corp. Securities Act Litigation (formerly known as Waterford) and In re CVS Health Corp. Securities Litigation (formerly known as City of Warren and Freundlich) have been stayed pending the outcome of the First Circuit appeal. Plaintiffs in In re CVS Health Corp. Securities Litigation filed an amended complaint, which the Company moved to dismiss in October 2022.

In August and September 2020, two class actions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut against CVS Health, Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”), and several current and former executives, directors and/or members of Aetna’s Compensation and Talent Management Committee: Radcliffe v. Aetna Inc., et al. and Flaim v. Aetna Inc., et al. The plaintiffs in these cases assert a variety of causes of action premised on allegations that the defendants breached fiduciary duties and engaged in prohibited transactions relating to participants in the Aetna 401(k) Plan’s investment in company stock between December 3, 2017 and February 20, 2019, claiming losses related to the performance of the Company’s LTC business unit. The district court consolidated the actions, and in October 2021, dismissed the consolidated action without prejudice. Plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint, which the Company has moved to dismiss. In October 2022, the court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss with prejudice. Plaintiffs have appealed this decision to the Second Circuit. The Company also received a related document request pursuant to
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ERISA § 104(b), to which the Company has responded. The Company and its current and former officers and directors are defending themselves against these claims.

In December 2021, the Company received a demand for inspection of books and records pursuant to Delaware Corporation Law Section 220 (the “Demand”). The Demand purports to be related to potential breaches of fiduciary duties by the Board in relation to certain matters concerning opioids.

Other Legal and Regulatory Proceedings

The Company is also a party to other legal proceedings and is subject to government investigations, inquiries and audits and has received and is cooperating with the government in response to CIDs, subpoenas or similar process from various governmental agencies requesting information. These other legal proceedings and government actions include claims of or relating to bad faith, medical or professional malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, claims processing, dispensing of medications, non-compliance with state and federal regulatory regimes, marketing misconduct, denial of or failure to timely or appropriately pay or administer claims and benefits, provider network structure (including the use of performance-based networks and termination of provider contracts), rescission of insurance coverage, improper disclosure or use of personal information, anticompetitive practices, general contractual matters, product liability, intellectual property litigation and employment litigation. Some of these other legal proceedings are or are purported to be class actions or derivative claims. The Company is defending itself against the claims brought in these matters.

Awards to the Company and others of certain government contracts, particularly Medicaid contracts and other contracts with government customers in the Company’s Health Care Benefits segment, frequently are subject to protests by unsuccessful bidders. These protests may result in awards to the Company being reversed, delayed or modified. The loss or delay in implementation of any government contract could adversely affect the Company’s operating results. The Company will continue to defend contract awards it receives.

There also continues to be a heightened level of review and/or audit by regulatory authorities and legislators of, and increased litigation regarding, the Company’s and the rest of the health care and related benefits industry’s business and reporting practices, including premium rate increases, utilization management, development and application of medical policies, complaint, grievance and appeal processing, information privacy, provider network structure (including provider network adequacy, the use of performance-based networks and termination of provider contracts), provider directory accuracy, calculation of minimum medical loss ratios and/or payment of related rebates, delegated arrangements, rescission of insurance coverage, limited benefit health products, student health products, pharmacy benefit management practices (including manufacturers’ rebates, pricing, the use of narrow networks and the placement of drugs in formulary tiers), sales practices, customer service practices, vendor oversight and claim payment practices (including payments to out-of-network providers).

As a leading national health solutions company, the Company regularly is the subject of government actions of the types described above. These government actions may prevent or delay the Company from implementing planned premium rate increases and may result, and have resulted, in restrictions on the Company’s businesses, changes to or clarifications of the Company’s business practices, retroactive adjustments to premiums, refunds or other payments to members, beneficiaries, states or the federal government, withholding of premium payments to the Company by government agencies, assessments of damages, civil or criminal fines or penalties, or other sanctions, including the possible suspension or loss of licensure and/or suspension or exclusion from participation in government programs.

The Company can give no assurance that its businesses, financial condition, operating results and/or cash flows will not be materially adversely affected, or that the Company will not be required to materially change its business practices, based on: (i) future enactment of new health care or other laws or regulations; (ii) the interpretation or application of existing laws or regulations as they may relate to one or more of the Company’s businesses, one or more of the industries in which the Company competes and/or the health care industry generally; (iii) pending or future federal or state government investigations of one or more of the Company’s businesses, one or more of the industries in which the Company competes and/or the health care industry generally; (iv) pending or future government audits, investigations or enforcement actions against the Company; (v) adverse developments in any pending qui tam lawsuit against the Company, whether sealed or unsealed, or in any future qui tam lawsuit that may be filed against the Company; or (vi) adverse developments in pending or future legal proceedings against the Company or affecting one or more of the industries in which the Company competes and/or the health care industry generally.

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11.Segment Reporting

The Company has three operating segments, Health Care Benefits, Pharmacy Services and Retail/LTC, as well as a Corporate/Other segment. The Company’s segments maintain separate financial information, and the Company’s chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”) evaluates the segments’ operating results on a regular basis in deciding how to allocate resources among the segments and in assessing segment performance. The CODM evaluates the performance of the Company’s segments based on adjusted operating income, which is defined as operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) excluding the impact of amortization of intangible assets and other items, if any, that neither relate to the ordinary course of the Company’s business nor reflect the Company’s underlying business performance. See the reconciliations of consolidated operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) to consolidated adjusted operating income below for further context regarding the items excluded from operating income (loss) in determining adjusted operating income. The Company uses adjusted operating income as its principal measure of segment performance as it enhances the Company’s ability to compare past financial performance with current performance and analyze underlying business performance and trends. Non-GAAP financial measures the Company discloses, such as consolidated adjusted operating income, should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures determined or calculated in accordance with GAAP.


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The following is a reconciliation of financial measures of the Company’s segments to the consolidated totals:
In millionsHealth Care
Benefits
Pharmacy 
Services (1)
Retail/
LTC
Corporate/
Other
Intersegment
Eliminations (2)
Consolidated
Totals
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2022
Revenues from external customers$22,387 $40,545 $17,994 $32 $— $80,958 
Intersegment revenues 23 2,671 8,722 — (11,416)— 
Net investment income (loss)101 — (10)110 — 201 
Total revenues22,511 43,216 26,706 142 (11,416)81,159 
Adjusted operating income (loss)1,544 1,877 1,398 (417)(169)4,233 
September 30, 2021
Revenues from external customers$20,311 $36,851 $16,347 $39 $— $73,548 
Intersegment revenues 21 2,195 8,678 — (10,894)— 
Net investment income (loss)147 — (33)132 — 246 
Total revenues20,479 39,046 24,992 171 (10,894)73,794 
Adjusted operating income (loss)1,106 1,773 1,723 (343)(186)4,073 
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2022
Revenues from external customers$68,029 $116,600 $53,380 $97 $— $238,106 
Intersegment revenues69 8,889 25,074 — (34,032)— 
Net investment income (loss)278 — (44)281 — 515 
Total revenues68,376 125,489 78,410 378 (34,032)238,621 
Adjusted operating income (loss)5,126 5,368 4,865 (1,277)(556)13,526 
September 30, 2021
Revenues from external customers$60,993 $105,909 $47,672 $101 $— $214,675 
Intersegment revenues62 7,772 25,309 — (33,143)— 
Net investment income432 — 13 387 — 832 
Total revenues61,487 113,681 72,994 488 (33,143)215,507 
Adjusted operating income (loss)4,502 5,035 5,166 (1,015)(523)13,165 
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(1)Total revenues of the Pharmacy Services segment include approximately $2.9 billion and $2.8 billion of retail co-payments for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $9.8 billion and $9.0 billion of retail co-payments for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(2)Intersegment revenue eliminations relate to intersegment revenue generating activities that occur between the Health Care Benefits segment, the Pharmacy Services segment, and/or the Retail/LTC segment. Intersegment adjusted operating income eliminations occur when members of Pharmacy Services Segment clients (“PSS members”) enrolled in Maintenance Choice® elect to pick up maintenance prescriptions at one of the Company’s retail pharmacies instead of receiving them through the mail. When this occurs, both the Pharmacy Services and Retail/LTC segments record the adjusted operating income on a stand-alone basis.


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The following are reconciliations of consolidated operating income (loss) to adjusted operating income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions2022202120222021
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)$(3,931)$3,061 $4,128 $10,964 
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
464 561 1,398 1,730 
Opioid litigation charges (2)
5,220 — 5,704 — 
Loss on assets held for sale (3)
2,480 — 2,521 — 
Gain on divestiture of subsidiary (4)
— — (225)— 
Acquisition-related integration costs (5)
— 20 — 101 
Goodwill impairment (6)
— 431 — 431 
Acquisition purchase price adjustment outside of measurement period (7)
— — — (61)
Adjusted operating income$4,233 $4,073 $13,526 $13,165 
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(1)The Company’s acquisition activities have resulted in the recognition of intangible assets as required under the acquisition method of accounting which consist primarily of trademarks, customer contracts/relationships, covenants not to compete, technology, provider networks and value of business acquired. Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives and are tested for impairment when events indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. The amortization of intangible assets is reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses within each segment. Although intangible assets contribute to the Company’s revenue generation, the amortization of intangible assets does not directly relate to the underwriting of the Company’s insurance products, the services performed for the Company’s customers or the sale of the Company’s products or services. Additionally, intangible asset amortization expense typically fluctuates based on the size and timing of the Company’s acquisition activity. Accordingly, the Company believes excluding the amortization of intangible assets enhances the Company’s and investors’ ability to compare the Company’s past financial performance with its current performance and to analyze underlying business performance and trends. Intangible asset amortization excluded from the related non-GAAP financial measure represents the entire amount recorded within the Company’s GAAP financial statements, and the revenue generated by the associated intangible assets has not been excluded from the related non-GAAP financial measure. Intangible asset amortization is excluded from the related non-GAAP financial measure because the amortization, unlike the related revenue, is not affected by operations of any particular period unless an intangible asset becomes impaired or the estimated useful life of an intangible asset is revised.
(2)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 the opioid litigation charges relate to agreements to resolve substantially all opioid claims against the Company by certain states and governmental entities. The opioid litigation charges are reflected within the Corporate/Other segment.
(3)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the loss on assets held for sale relates to the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment. The Company continually evaluates its portfolio for nonstrategic assets. The Company determined that its LTC business was no longer a strategic asset and during the third quarter of 2022 committed to a plan to sell the LTC business. As of September 30, 2022, the LTC business met the criteria for held-for-sale accounting and the net assets were accounted for as assets held for sale. The carrying value of the LTC business was determined to be greater than its fair value and a loss on assets held for sale was recorded during the third quarter of 2022. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the loss on assets held for sale also relates to the Commercial Business reporting unit within the Health Care Benefits segment. In March 2022, the Company reached an agreement to sell its Thailand business, which was included in the Commercial Business reporting unit. At that time, a portion of the Commercial Business goodwill was specifically allocated to the Thailand business. The net assets of the Thailand business were accounted for as assets held for sale at March 31, 2022. The carrying value of the Thailand business was determined to be greater than its fair value and a loss on assets held for sale was recorded during the first quarter of 2022. The sale closed in the second quarter of 2022, and the ultimate loss on the sale was not material.
(4)During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the gain on divestiture of subsidiary represents the pre-tax gain on the sale of PayFlex, which the Company sold in June 2022, for approximately $775 million. The gain on divestiture is reflected as a reduction in operating expenses in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations within the Health Care Benefits segment.
(5)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, acquisition-related integration costs relate to the acquisition of Aetna. The acquisition-related integration costs are reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses within the Corporate/Other segment.
(6)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the goodwill impairment charge relates to an impairment of the remaining goodwill of the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment.
(7)In June 2021, the Company received $61 million related to a purchase price working capital adjustment for an acquisition completed during the first quarter of 2020. The resolution of this matter occurred subsequent to the acquisition accounting measurement period and is reflected in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as a reduction of operating expenses within the Health Care Benefits segment.

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Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of CVS Health Corporation

Results of Review of Interim Financial Statements

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of CVS Health Corporation (the Company) as of September 30, 2022, the related condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the related condensed consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, June 30, 2022 and 2021, and September 30, 2022 and 2021, the related condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “condensed consolidated interim financial statements”). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 9, 2022, we expressed an unqualified audit opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the PCAOB. We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial statements consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
November 2, 2022
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Form 10-Q Table of Contents
Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”)

Overview of Business
CVS Health Corporation, together with its subsidiaries (collectively, “CVS Health,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”), is a diversified health solutions company united around a common purpose of helping people on their path to better health. In an increasingly connected and digital world, we are meeting people wherever they are and changing health care to meet their needs. The Company has more than 9,000 retail locations, more than 1,100 walk-in medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with over 110 million plan members with expanding specialty pharmacy solutions and a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year. The Company also serves an estimated 35 million people through traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including expanding Medicare Advantage offerings and a leading standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (“PDP”). The Company believes its innovative health care model increases access to quality care, delivers better health outcomes and lowers overall health care costs.

The Company has four reportable segments: Health Care Benefits, Pharmacy Services, Retail/LTC and Corporate/Other, which are described below.

Overview of the Health Care Benefits Segment

The Health Care Benefits segment operates as one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits providers. The Health Care Benefits segment has the information and resources to help members, in consultation with their health care professionals, make more informed decisions about their health care. The Health Care Benefits segment offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental and behavioral health plans, medical management capabilities, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans, PDPs, Medicaid health care management services, and health information technology products and services. The Health Care Benefits segment’s customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers (“providers”), governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. The Company refers to insurance products (where it assumes all or a majority of the risk for medical and dental care costs) as “Insured” and administrative services contract products (where the plan sponsor assumes all or a majority of the risk for medical and dental care costs) as “ASC.” In addition, effective January 2022, the Company entered the individual public health insurance exchanges (“Public Exchanges”) in eight states through which it sells Insured plans directly to individual consumers. The Company will enter Public Exchanges in four additional states effective January 2023. Open enrollment for the 2023 calendar year has begun in each of these twelve states.

Overview of the Pharmacy Services Segment

The Pharmacy Services segment provides a full range of pharmacy benefit management (“PBM”) solutions, including plan design offerings and administration, formulary management, retail pharmacy network management services and mail order pharmacy. In addition, through the Pharmacy Services segment, the Company provides specialty pharmacy and infusion services, clinical services, disease management services, medical spend management and pharmacy and/or other administrative services for providers and federal 340B drug pricing program covered entities (“Covered Entities”). The Company operates a group purchasing organization that negotiates pricing for the purchase of pharmaceuticals and rebates with pharmaceutical manufacturers on behalf of its participants. The Company also provides various administrative, management and reporting services to pharmaceutical manufacturers. The Pharmacy Services segment’s clients are primarily employers, insurance companies, unions, government employee groups, health plans, PDPs, Medicaid managed care plans, plans offered on Public Exchanges and private health insurance exchanges, other sponsors of health benefit plans throughout the United States and Covered Entities. The Pharmacy Services segment operates retail specialty pharmacy stores, specialty mail order pharmacies, mail order dispensing pharmacies, compounding pharmacies and branches for infusion and enteral nutrition services.

Overview of the Retail/LTC Segment

The Retail/LTC segment sells prescription drugs and a wide assortment of health and wellness products and general merchandise, provides health care services through its MinuteClinic® walk-in medical clinics, provides medical diagnostic testing, administers vaccinations for illnesses such as influenza, coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) and shingles and conducts long-term care pharmacy (“LTC”) operations, which distribute prescription drugs and provide related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services to long-term care facilities and other care settings. As of September 30, 2022, the Retail/
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LTC segment operated more than 9,000 retail locations, more than 1,100 MinuteClinic locations as well as online retail pharmacy websites, LTC pharmacies and on-site pharmacies.

Overview of the Corporate/Other Segment

The Company presents the remainder of its financial results in the Corporate/Other segment, which primarily consists of:

Management and administrative expenses to support the Company’s overall operations, which include certain aspects of executive management and the corporate relations, legal, compliance, human resources, information technology and finance departments, expenses associated with the Company’s investments in its transformation and enterprise modernization programs and acquisition-related integration costs; and
Products for which the Company no longer solicits or accepts new customers such as its large case pensions and long-term care insurance products.

Overview of Current Trends

We also face trends and uncertainties specific to our reportable segments, certain of which are summarized below and also discussed in the review of our segment results. For the remainder of the year, the Company believes you should consider the following important information:

The Health Care Benefits segment is expected to continue to benefit from Medicare and Commercial membership growth, partially offset by the impact of the International Health Care Benefits Renewal Rights Asset sale as described in Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company’s outlook incorporates the extension of the public health emergency into the early part of the first quarter of 2023. The projected MBR is expected to decrease compared to 2021, reflecting pricing and a reduction in COVID-19 related medical costs.
The Pharmacy Services segment is expected to continue to benefit from the Company’s ability to drive further improvements in purchasing economics and strong pharmacy network volume. These increases are expected to be partially offset by continued client price improvements, decreased contributions from pharmacy and/or other administrative services for Covered Entities and regulation of pharmacy pricing.
The Retail/LTC segment is expected to continue to benefit from increased prescription volume and improved generic drug purchasing, partially offset by continued pharmacy reimbursement pressure and incremental operating expenses as the Company continues to invest in its workforce and enhance its customer experience. As noted above, the Company’s outlook incorporates the extension of the public health emergency into the early part of the first quarter of 2023. The Company expects that COVID-19 vaccinations, including the impact of the bivalent COVID-19 booster, and diagnostic testing will continue in 2022, albeit at lower levels than those experienced during 2021. The Company expects to see continued strength in front store sales, including sales of over-the-counter (“OTC”) test kits, in 2022. The extent of COVID-19 vaccinations, diagnostic testing and OTC test kit sales will be dependent upon various factors including vaccine hesitancy, the emergence of new variants, government testing initiatives and the availability and administration of pediatric and booster vaccinations.
The Company is expected to benefit from the continuation of its enterprise-wide cost savings initiatives, which aim to reduce the Company’s operating cost structure in a way that improves the consumer experience and is sustainable. Key drivers include:
Investments in digital, technology and analytics capabilities that will streamline processes and improve outcomes,
Implementing workforce and workplace strategies, and
Deploying vendor and procurement strategies.
The Company expects changes to its business environment to continue as elected and other government officials at the national and state levels continue to propose and enact significant modifications to public policy and existing laws and regulations that govern or impact the Company’s businesses.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the economies of the U.S. and other countries around the world. The Company believes COVID-19’s impact on its businesses, operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition primarily will be driven by the geographies impacted and the severity and duration of the pandemic, as well as the pandemic’s impact on the U.S. and global economies, global supply chain, consumer behavior, and health care utilization patterns. In addition, as described in the “Government Regulation” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “2021 Form 10-K”), federal, state and local governmental policies and initiatives designed to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and emerging new variants may not effectively combat the severity and/or duration
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of the COVID-19 pandemic, and have resulted in a myriad of impacts on the Company’s businesses. Those primary drivers are beyond the Company’s knowledge and control. As a result, the impact COVID-19 will have on the Company’s businesses, operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition is uncertain, but the impact could be adverse and material.

The Company’s current expectations described above are forward-looking statements. Please see the “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” in this Form 10-Q for information regarding important factors that may cause the Company’s actual results to differ from those currently projected and/or otherwise materially affect the Company.



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Operating Results

The following discussion explains the material changes in the Company’s operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the significant developments affecting the Company’s financial condition since December 31, 2021. We strongly recommend that you read our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, which are included in the 2021 Form 10-K.

Summary of Consolidated Financial Results
Change
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
In millions2022202120222021$%$%
Revenues:
Products$57,643 $51,853 $166,959 $149,765 $5,790 11.2 %$17,194 11.5 %
Premiums21,003 18,984 63,894 56,927 2,019 10.6 %6,967 12.2 %
Services2,312 2,711 7,253 7,983 (399)(14.7)%(730)(9.1)%
Net investment income201 246 515 832 (45)(18.3)%(317)(38.1)%
Total revenues81,159 73,794 238,621 215,507 7,365 10.0 %23,114 10.7 %
Operating costs:
Cost of products sold50,365 45,011 145,164 129,425 5,354 11.9 %15,739 12.2 %
Benefit costs17,419 16,081 52,976 47,686 1,338 8.3 %5,290 11.1 %
Opioid litigation charges5,220 — 5,704 — 5,220 100.0 %5,704 100.0 %
Loss on assets held for sale2,480 — 2,521 — 2,480 100.0 %2,521 100.0 %
Goodwill impairment— 431 — 431 (431)(100.0)%(431)(100.0)%
Operating expenses9,606 9,210 28,128 27,001 396 4.3 %1,127 4.2 %
Total operating costs85,090 70,733 234,493 204,543 14,357 20.3 %29,950 14.6 %
Operating income (loss)(3,931)3,061 4,128 10,964 (6,992)(228.4)%(6,836)(62.3)%
Interest expense566 602 1,735 1,895 (36)(6.0)%(160)(8.4)%
Loss on early extinguishment of debt— 363 — 363 (363)(100.0)%(363)(100.0)%
Other income(41)(49)(126)(144)16.3 %18 12.5 %
Income (loss) before income tax provision(4,456)2,145 2,519 8,850 (6,601)(307.7)%(6,331)(71.5)%
Income tax provision (benefit)(1,047)558 654 2,248 (1,605)(287.6)%(1,594)(70.9)%
Net income (loss)(3,409)1,587 1,865 6,602 (4,996)(314.8)%(4,737)(71.8)%
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests(7)11 (18)(18)(163.6)%(20)(1000.0)%
Net income (loss) attributable to CVS Health$(3,416)$1,598 $1,847 $6,604 $(5,014)(313.8)%$(4,757)(72.0)%

Commentary - Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Total revenues increased $7.4 billion, or 10.0%, in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year driven by growth across all segments.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the revenues of the Company’s segments.
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Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $396 million, or 4.3%, in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to incremental costs associated with growth in the business.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 11.8% in the three months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of 70 basis points compared to the prior year. The decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues was primarily due to the increases in total revenues described above.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the operating expenses of the Company’s segments.

Operating loss
During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred an operating loss of $3.9 billion compared to $3.1 billion of operating income in the prior year. The difference was primarily driven by $5.2 billion in opioid litigation charges, which are reflected in the Corporate/Other segment, and a $2.5 billion loss on assets held for sale to write-down the Company’s Omnicare® long-term care business (“LTC business”) in the current year, partially offset by the absence of a $431 million goodwill impairment charge on the remaining goodwill of the LTC reporting unit recorded in the prior year in the Retail/LTC segment. These losses were partially offset by operating income in the Health Care Benefits and Pharmacy Services segments.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the operating results of the Company’s segments.

Interest expense
Interest expense decreased $36 million, or 6.0%, in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year due to lower debt in the three months ended September 30, 2022. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” later in this report for additional information.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt
During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the loss on early extinguishment of debt relates to the Company’s repayment of approximately $2.0 billion of its outstanding senior notes pursuant to its tender offer for such notes in August 2021 which resulted in a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $363 million.
Income tax provision
Due to the pre-tax loss in the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of 23.5%, compared to an income tax expense of 26.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The difference in the tax rate was primarily due to certain nondeductible legal charges recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2022.

Commentary - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Total revenues increased $23.1 billion, or 10.7%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year driven by growth across all segments.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the revenues of the Company’s segments.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $1.1 billion, or 4.2%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to incremental costs associated with growth in the business, partially offset by a $225 million pre-tax gain on the sale of PayFlex Holdings, Inc. (“PayFlex”), in June 2022.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 11.8% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of 70 basis points compared to the prior year. The decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues was primarily due to the increases in total revenues described above.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the operating expenses of the Company’s segments.

Operating income
Operating income decreased $6.8 billion, or 62.3%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by the opioid litigation charges reflected in the Corporate/Other segment described above and declines in the Retail/LTC segment as a result of the loss on assets held for sale of $2.5 billion to write-down the Company’s LTC business in the current year, partially offset by the absence of a $431 million goodwill impairment charge
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on the remaining goodwill of the LTC reporting unit recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2021. These decreases were partially offset by increases in the Health Care Benefits segment, which included the $225 million pre-tax gain on the sale of PayFlex and a decrease in amortization of intangible assets, as well as the Pharmacy Services segment.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the operating results of the Company’s segments.

Interest expense
Interest expense decreased $160 million, or 8.4%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year due to lower debt in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” later in this report for additional information.

Loss on early extinguishment of debt
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the loss on early extinguishment of debt relates to the Company’s repayment of approximately $2.0 billion of its outstanding senior notes pursuant to its tender offer for such notes in August 2021 which resulted in a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $363 million.

Income tax provision
The effective income tax rate was 26.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 25.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in the effective income tax rate was primarily due to certain nondeductible legal charges and basis differences on the sale of PayFlex in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, partially offset by the impact of certain discrete tax items recognized in the first and third quarters of 2022.
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Segment Analysis

The following discussion of segment operating results is presented based on the Company’s reportable segments in accordance with the accounting guidance for segment reporting and is consistent with the segment disclosure in Note 11 ‘‘Segment Reporting’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company has three operating segments, Health Care Benefits, Pharmacy Services and Retail/LTC, as well as a Corporate/Other segment. The Company’s segments maintain separate financial information, and the Company’s chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”) evaluates the segments’ operating results on a regular basis in deciding how to allocate resources among the segments and in assessing segment performance. The CODM evaluates the performance of the Company’s segments based on adjusted operating income, which is defined as operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) excluding the impact of amortization of intangible assets and other items, if any, that neither relate to the ordinary course of the Company’s business nor reflect the Company’s underlying business performance. See the reconciliations of operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating income below for further context regarding the items excluded from operating income (loss) in determining adjusted operating income. The Company uses adjusted operating income as its principal measure of segment performance as it enhances the Company’s ability to compare past financial performance with current performance and analyze underlying business performance and trends. Non-GAAP financial measures the Company discloses, such as consolidated adjusted operating income, should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures determined or calculated in accordance with GAAP.

The following is a reconciliation of financial measures of the Company’s segments to the consolidated totals:
In millionsHealth Care
Benefits
Pharmacy
Services (1)
Retail/
LTC
Corporate/
Other
Intersegment
Eliminations (2)
Consolidated
Totals
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2022
Total revenues$22,511 $43,216 $26,706 $142 $(11,416)$81,159 
Adjusted operating income (loss)1,544 1,877 1,398 (417)(169)4,233 
September 30, 2021
Total revenues20,479 39,046 24,992 171 (10,894)73,794 
Adjusted operating income (loss)1,106 1,773 1,723 (343)(186)4,073 
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2022
Total revenues$68,376 $125,489 $78,410 $378 $(34,032)$238,621 
Adjusted operating income (loss)5,126 5,368 4,865 (1,277)(556)13,526 
September 30, 2021
Total revenues61,487 113,681 72,994 488 (33,143)215,507 
Adjusted operating income (loss)4,502 5,035 5,166 (1,015)(523)13,165 
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(1)Total revenues of the Pharmacy Services segment include approximately $2.9 billion and $2.8 billion of retail co-payments for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $9.8 billion and $9.0 billion of retail co-payments for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(2)Intersegment revenue eliminations relate to intersegment revenue generating activities that occur between the Health Care Benefits segment, the Pharmacy Services segment, and/or the Retail/LTC segment. Intersegment adjusted operating income eliminations occur when members of Pharmacy Services Segment clients (“PSS members”) enrolled in Maintenance Choice® elect to pick up maintenance prescriptions at one of the Company’s retail pharmacies instead of receiving them through the mail. When this occurs, both the Pharmacy Services and Retail/LTC segments record the adjusted operating income on a stand-alone basis.









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The following are reconciliations of consolidated operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) to consolidated adjusted operating income, as well as reconciliations of segment GAAP operating income (loss) to segment adjusted operating income:
Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
In millionsHealth Care
Benefits
Pharmacy
Services
Retail/
LTC
Corporate/
Other
Intersegment
Eliminations
Consolidated
Totals
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)$1,244 $1,836 $(1,205)$(5,637)$(169)$(3,931)
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
300 41 123 — — 464 
Opioid litigation charges (2)
— — — 5,220 — 5,220 
Loss on assets held for sale (3)
— — 2,480 — — 2,480 
Adjusted operating income (loss) $1,544 $1,877 $1,398 $(417)$(169)$4,233 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
In millionsHealth Care
Benefits
Pharmacy
Services
Retail/
LTC
Corporate/
Other
Intersegment
Eliminations
Consolidated
Totals
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)$716 $1,730 $1,165 $(364)$(186)$3,061 
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
390 43 127 — 561 
Acquisition-related integration costs (4)
— — — 20 — 20 
Goodwill impairment (5)
— — 431 — — 431 
Adjusted operating income (loss)$1,106 $1,773 $1,723 $(343)$(186)$4,073 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
In millionsHealth Care
Benefits
Pharmacy
Services
Retail/
LTC
Corporate/
Other
Intersegment
Eliminations
Consolidated
Totals
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)$4,407 $5,242 $2,018 $(6,983)$(556)$4,128 
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
903 126 367 — 1,398 
Opioid litigation charges (2)
— — — 5,704 — 5,704 
Loss on assets held for sale (3)
41 — 2,480 — — 2,521 
Gain on divestiture of subsidiary (6)
(225)— — — — (225)
Adjusted operating income (loss) $5,126 $5,368 $4,865 $(1,277)$(556)$13,526 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
In millionsHealth Care
Benefits
Pharmacy
Services
Retail/
LTC
Corporate/
Other
Intersegment
Eliminations
Consolidated
Totals
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)$3,369 $4,887 $4,349 $(1,118)$(523)$10,964 
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
1,194 148 386 — 1,730 
Acquisition-related integration costs (4)
— — — 101 — 101 
Goodwill impairment (5)
— — 431 — — 431 
Acquisition purchase price adjustment outside of measurement period (7)
(61)— — — — (61)
Adjusted operating income (loss)$4,502 $5,035 $5,166 $(1,015)$(523)$13,165 
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(1)The Company’s acquisition activities have resulted in the recognition of intangible assets as required under the acquisition method of accounting which consist primarily of trademarks, customer contracts/relationships, covenants not to compete, technology, provider networks and value of business acquired. Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives and are tested for impairment when events indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. The amortization of intangible assets is reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses within each segment. Although intangible assets contribute to the Company’s revenue generation, the amortization of intangible assets does not directly relate to the underwriting of the Company’s insurance products, the services performed for the Company’s customers or the sale of the Company’s products or services. Additionally, intangible asset amortization expense typically fluctuates based on the size and timing of the Company’s acquisition activity. Accordingly, the Company believes excluding the amortization of intangible assets enhances the Company’s and investors’ ability to compare the Company’s past financial performance with its current performance and to analyze underlying business performance and
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trends. Intangible asset amortization excluded from the related non-GAAP financial measure represents the entire amount recorded within the Company’s GAAP financial statements, and the revenue generated by the associated intangible assets has not been excluded from the related non-GAAP financial measure. Intangible asset amortization is excluded from the related non-GAAP financial measure because the amortization, unlike the related revenue, is not affected by operations of any particular period unless an intangible asset becomes impaired or the estimated useful life of an intangible asset is revised.
(2)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 the opioid litigation charges relate to agreements to resolve substantially all opioid claims against the Company by certain states and governmental entities. The opioid litigation charges are reflected within the Corporate/Other segment.
(3)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the loss on assets held for sale relates to the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment. The Company continually evaluates its portfolio for nonstrategic assets. The Company determined that its LTC business was no longer a strategic asset and during the third quarter of 2022 committed to a plan to sell the LTC business. As of September 30, 2022, the LTC business met the criteria for held-for-sale accounting and the net assets were accounted for as assets held for sale. The carrying value of the LTC business was determined to be greater than its fair value and a loss on assets held for sale was recorded during the third quarter of 2022. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the loss on assets held for sale also relates to the Commercial Business reporting unit within the Health Care Benefits segment. In March 2022, the Company reached an agreement to sell its international health care business domiciled in Thailand (“Thailand business”), which was included in the Commercial Business reporting unit. At that time, a portion of the Commercial Business goodwill was specifically allocated to the Thailand business. The net assets of the Thailand business were accounted for as assets held for sale at March 31, 2022. The carrying value of the Thailand business was determined to be greater than its fair value and a loss on assets held for sale was recorded during the first quarter of 2022. The sale closed in the second quarter of 2022, and the ultimate loss on the sale was not material.
(4)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, acquisition-related integration costs relate to the Company’s acquisition (the “Aetna Acquisition”) of Aetna Inc (“Aetna”). The acquisition-related integration costs are reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses within the Corporate/Other segment.
(5)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the goodwill impairment charge relates to an impairment of the remaining goodwill of the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment.
(6)During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the gain on divestiture of subsidiary represents the pre-tax gain on the sale of PayFlex, which the Company sold in June 2022, for approximately $775 million. The gain on divestiture is reflected as a reduction in operating expenses in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations within the Health Care Benefits segment.
(7)In June 2021, the Company received $61 million related to a purchase price working capital adjustment for an acquisition completed during the first quarter of 2020. The resolution of this matter occurred subsequent to the acquisition accounting measurement period and is reflected in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as a reduction of operating expenses within the Health Care Benefits segment.



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Health Care Benefits Segment

The following table summarizes the Health Care Benefits segment’s performance for the respective periods:
Change
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
In millions, except percentages and basis points (“bps”)2022202120222021$%$%
Revenues:
Premiums$20,989$18,959$63,848$56,869$2,030 10.7 %$6,979 12.3 %
Services1,4211,3734,2504,18648 3.5 %64 1.5 %
Net investment income101147278432(46)(31.3)%(154)(35.6)%
Total revenues22,51120,47968,37661,4872,032 9.9 %6,889 11.2 %
Benefit costs17,53116,26053,19147,9711,271 7.8 %5,220 10.9 %
MBR 83.5 %85.8 %83.3 %84.4 %(230)bps(110)bps
Loss on assets held for sale$— $— $41 $— $— — %$41 100.0 %
Operating expenses3,7363,50310,73710,147233 6.7 %590 5.8 %
Operating expenses as a % of total revenues16.6 %17.1 %15.7 %16.5 %
Operating income$1,244$716$4,407$3,369$528 73.7 %$1,038 30.8 %
Operating income as a % of total revenues5.5 %3.5 %6.4 %5.5 %
Adjusted operating income (1)
$1,544$1,106$5,126$4,502$438 39.6 %$624 13.9 %
Adjusted operating income as a % of total revenues6.9 %5.4 %7.5 %7.3 %
Premium revenues (by business):
Government$15,433$13,903$47,379$41,717$1,530 11.0 %$5,662 13.6 %
Commercial5,5565,05616,46915,152500 9.9 %1,317 8.7 %
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(1)See “Segment Analysis” above in this report for a reconciliation of Health Care Benefits segment operating income (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating income, which represents the Company’s principal measure of segment performance.

Commentary - Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Total revenues increased $2.0 billion, or 9.9%, to $22.5 billion in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year driven by growth across all product lines.

Medical Benefit Ratio (“MBR”)
Medical benefit ratio is calculated as benefit costs divided by premium revenues and represents the percentage of premium revenues spent on medical benefits for the Company’s Insured members. Management uses MBR to assess the underlying business performance and underwriting of its insurance products, understand variances between actual results and expected results and identify trends in period-over-period results. MBR provides management and investors with information useful in assessing the operating results of the Company’s Insured Health Care Benefits products.
The MBR decreased to 83.5% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 85.8% in the prior year reflective of the net favorable impact of COVID-19 compared to the prior year and strong underlying performance, including higher favorable development of prior-periods’ health care cost estimates in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses in the Health Care Benefits segment include selling, general and administrative expenses and depreciation and amortization expenses.
Operating expenses increased $233 million, or 6.7%, in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by increased operating expenses to support the growth across all product lines described above, as well as incremental investments in the business.
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Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues decreased to 16.6% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 17.1% in the prior year. The decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues was primarily driven by the increases in total revenues described above.

Adjusted operating income
Adjusted operating income increased $438 million, or 39.6%, in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by the net favorable impact of COVID-19 compared to the prior year and strong underlying performance, including higher favorable development of prior-periods’ health care cost estimates in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. These increases were partially offset by incremental investments to support growth in the business and net realized capital losses.

Commentary - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Total revenues increased $6.9 billion, or 11.2%, to $68.4 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year driven by growth across all product lines.

Medical Benefit Ratio
The MBR decreased to 83.3% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 84.4% in the prior year reflective of strong underlying performance and the net favorable impact of COVID-19 compared to the prior year.

Loss on assets held for sale
During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded a $41 million loss on assets held for sale on its Thailand business, which is included in the Commercial Business reporting unit within the Health Care Benefits segment. See Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $590 million, or 5.8%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by increased operating expenses to support the growth across all product lines described above, as well as incremental investments in the business, partially offset by the $225 million pre-tax gain on the sale of PayFlex.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues decreased to 15.7% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 16.5% in the prior year. The decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues was primarily driven by the increases in total revenues described above.

Adjusted operating income
Adjusted operating income increased $624 million, or 13.9%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by strong underlying performance, the net favorable impact of COVID-19 compared to the prior year and membership growth. These increases were partially offset by incremental investments to support growth in the business and net realized capital losses.

The following table summarizes the Health Care Benefits segment’s medical membership for the respective periods:
September 30, 2022June 30, 2022December 31, 2021September 30, 2021
In thousandsInsuredASCTotalInsuredASCTotalInsuredASCTotalInsuredASCTotal
Medical membership:
Commercial3,159 13,852 17,011 3,158 13,835 16,993 3,258 13,530 16,788 3,224 13,529 16,753 
Medicare Advantage3,260 — 3,260 3,216 — 3,216 2,971 — 2,971 2,953 — 2,953 
Medicare Supplement1,345 — 1,345 1,314 — 1,314 1,285 — 1,285 1,242 — 1,242 
Medicaid2,181 490 2,671 2,425 484 2,909 2,333 471 2,804 2,289 460 2,749 
Total medical membership9,945 14,342 24,287 10,113 14,319 24,432 9,847 14,001 23,848 9,708 13,989 23,697 
Supplemental membership information:
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (stand-alone)6,090 6,051 5,777 5,740 

Medical Membership
Medical membership represents the number of members covered by the Company’s Insured and ASC medical products and related services at a specified point in time. Management uses this metric to understand variances between actual medical
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membership and expected amounts as well as trends in period-over-period results. This metric provides management and investors with information useful in understanding the impact of medical membership on segment total revenues and operating results.
Medical membership as of September 30, 2022 of 24.3 million decreased 145,000 members compared with June 30, 2022, reflecting a decline in Medicaid membership, partially offset by increases in Medicare and Commercial membership. The decline in Medicaid membership reflects the expected loss of a large customer during the three months ended September 30, 2022.
Medical membership as of September 30, 2022 of 24.3 million increased 590,000 members compared with September 30, 2021, reflecting increases in Medicare and Commercial membership, partially offset by a decline in Medicaid membership, as a result of the expected loss of a large customer.

Medicare Update
On April 4, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its final notice detailing final 2023 Medicare Advantage benchmark payment rates. Final 2023 Medicare Advantage rates resulted in an increase in industry benchmark rates of approximately 5.0%.

The ACA ties a portion of each Medicare Advantage plan’s reimbursement to the plan’s “star ratings.” Plans must have a star rating of four or higher (out of five) to qualify for bonus payments. CMS released the Company’s 2023 star ratings in October 2022. The Company’s 2023 star ratings will be used to determine which of the Company’s Medicare Advantage plans have ratings of four stars or higher and qualify for bonus payments in 2024. Based on the Company’s membership at September 1, 2022, 21% of the Company’s Medicare Advantage members were in plans with 2023 star ratings of at least 4.0 stars, compared to 87% of the Company’s Medicare Advantage members being in plans with 2022 star ratings of at least 4.0 stars based on the Company’s membership at September 1, 2021.
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Pharmacy Services Segment

The following table summarizes the Pharmacy Services segment’s performance for the respective periods:
Change
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
In millions, except percentages2022202120222021$%$%
Revenues:
Products$42,905$38,739$124,623$112,816$4,166 10.8 %$11,807 10.5 %
Services3113078668651.3 %0.1 %
Total revenues43,21639,046125,489113,6814,170 10.7 %11,808 10.4 %
Cost of products sold40,99836,925119,028107,7144,073 11.0 %11,314 10.5 %
Operating expenses3823911,2191,080(9)(2.3)%139 12.9 %
Operating expenses as a % of total revenues0.9 %1.0 %1.0 %1.0 %
Operating income $1,836$1,730$5,242$4,887$106 6.1 %$355 7.3 %
Operating income as a % of total revenues4.2 %4.4 %4.2 %4.3 %
Adjusted operating income (1)
$1,877$1,773$5,368$5,035$104 5.9 %$333 6.6 %
Adjusted operating income as a % of total revenues4.3 %4.5 %4.3 %4.4 %
Revenues (by distribution channel):
Pharmacy network (2)
$25,012$23,665$72,373$68,476$1,347 5.7 %$3,897 5.7 %
Mail choice (3)
17,93515,20252,33944,6852,733 18.0 %7,654 17.1 %
Other 26917977752090 50.3 %257 49.4 %
Pharmacy claims processed: (4)
Total584.9564.41,736.21,662.520.5 3.6 %73.7 4.4 %
Pharmacy network (2)
502.3481.11,485.71,415.821.2 4.4 %69.9 4.9 %
Mail choice (3)
82.683.3250.5246.7(0.7)(0.8)%3.8 1.5 %
Generic dispensing rate: (4)
Total87.5 %87.1 %87.7 %87.3 %
Pharmacy network (2)
87.8 %87.4 %88.1 %87.6 %
Mail choice (3)
85.4 %85.5 %85.5 %85.6 %
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(1)See “Segment Analysis” above in this report for a reconciliation of Pharmacy Services segment operating income (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating income, which represents the Company’s principal measure of segment performance.
(2)Pharmacy network is defined as claims filled at retail and specialty retail pharmacies, including the Company’s retail pharmacies and LTC pharmacies, but excluding Maintenance Choice activity, which is included within the mail choice category. Maintenance Choice permits eligible client plan members to fill their maintenance prescriptions through mail order delivery or at a CVS pharmacy retail store for the same price as mail order.
(3)Mail choice is defined as claims filled at a Pharmacy Services mail order facility, which includes specialty mail claims inclusive of Specialty Connect® claims picked up at a retail pharmacy, as well as prescriptions filled at the Company’s retail pharmacies under the Maintenance Choice program.
(4)Includes an adjustment to convert 90-day prescriptions to the equivalent of three 30-day prescriptions. This adjustment reflects the fact that these prescriptions include approximately three times the amount of product days supplied compared to a normal prescription.

Commentary - Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Total revenues increased $4.2 billion, or 10.7%, to $43.2 billion in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by increased pharmacy claims volume, growth in specialty pharmacy and brand inflation, partially offset by continued client price improvements.


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Operating expenses
Operating expenses in the Pharmacy Services segment include selling, general and administrative expenses; depreciation and amortization expense; and expenses related to specialty retail pharmacies, which include administrative payroll, employee benefits and occupancy costs.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues remained relatively consistent at 0.9% and 1.0% in the three-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Adjusted operating income
Adjusted operating income increased $104 million, or 5.9%, in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase in adjusted operating income was primarily driven by improved purchasing economics, including increased contributions from the products and services of the Company’s group purchasing organization, partially offset by continued client price improvements.
As you review the Pharmacy Services segment’s performance in this area, you should consider the following important information about the business:
The Company’s efforts to (i) retain existing clients, (ii) obtain new business and (iii) maintain or improve the rebates, fees and/or discounts the Company receives from manufacturers, wholesalers and retail pharmacies continue to have an impact on adjusted operating income. In particular, competitive pressures in the PBM industry have caused the Company and other PBMs to continue to share with clients a larger portion of rebates, fees and/or discounts received from pharmaceutical manufacturers. In addition, marketplace dynamics and regulatory changes have limited the Company’s ability to offer plan sponsors pricing that includes retail network “differential” or “spread,” and the Company expects these trends to continue. The “differential” or “spread” is any difference between the drug price charged to plan sponsors, including Medicare Part D plan sponsors, by a PBM and the price paid for the drug by the PBM to the dispensing provider.

Pharmacy claims processed
Total pharmacy claims processed represents the number of prescription claims processed through our pharmacy benefits manager and dispensed by either our retail network pharmacies or our own mail and specialty pharmacies. Management uses this metric to understand variances between actual claims processed and expected amounts as well as trends in period-over-period results. This metric provides management and investors with information useful in understanding the impact of pharmacy claim volume on segment total revenues and operating results.
The Company’s pharmacy network claims processed on a 30-day equivalent basis increased 4.4% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by net new business and increased utilization, partially offset by a decrease in COVID-19 vaccinations.
The Company’s mail choice claims processed on a 30-day equivalent basis remained relatively consistent in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year reflecting a decrease in mail utilization, largely offset by net new business.
Excluding the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations, total pharmacy claims processed increased 4.5% on a 30-day equivalent basis for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Generic dispensing rate
Generic dispensing rate is calculated by dividing the Pharmacy Services segment’s generic drug prescriptions processed or filled by its total prescriptions processed or filled. Management uses this metric to evaluate the effectiveness of the business at encouraging the use of generic drugs when they are available and clinically appropriate, which aids in decreasing costs for client members and retail customers. This metric provides management and investors with information useful in understanding trends in segment total revenues and operating results.
The Pharmacy Services segment’s total generic dispensing rate increased to 87.5% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 87.1% in the prior year. The increase in the segment’s generic dispensing rate was primarily driven by a decrease in brand prescriptions, largely attributable to decreased COVID-19 vaccinations in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. Excluding the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations, the segment’s total generic dispensing rate was 88.1% and 88.4% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Commentary - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Total revenues increased $11.8 billion, or 10.4%, to $125.5 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by increased pharmacy claims volume, growth in specialty pharmacy and brand inflation, partially offset by continued client price improvements.

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Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $139 million, or 12.9%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by restructuring and business integration costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues remained consistent at 1.0% in each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

Adjusted operating income
Adjusted operating income increased $333 million, or 6.6%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase in adjusted operating income was primarily driven by improved purchasing economics, including increased contributions from the products and services of the Company’s group purchasing organization. These increases were partially offset by continued client price improvements, decreased contributions from pharmacy and/or other administrative services for Covered Entities and restructuring and business integration costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Pharmacy claims processed
The Company’s pharmacy network claims processed on a 30-day equivalent basis increased 4.9% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by net new business, increased utilization and the impact of a weaker cough, cold and flu season experienced in the prior year, partially offset by a decrease in COVID-19 vaccinations.
The Company’s mail choice claims processed on a 30-day equivalent basis increased 1.5% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by net new business and the increased utilization of Maintenance Choice prescriptions.
Excluding the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations, total pharmacy claims processed increased 5.2% on a 30-day equivalent basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Generic dispensing rate
The Pharmacy Services segment’s total generic dispensing rate increased to 87.7% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 87.3% in the prior year. The increase in the segment’s generic dispensing rate was primarily driven by a decrease in brand prescriptions, largely attributable to decreased COVID-19 vaccinations in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. Excluding the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations, the segment’s total generic dispensing rate was 88.6% and 88.8% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
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Retail/LTC Segment

The following table summarizes the Retail/LTC segment’s performance for the respective periods:
Change
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
In millions, except percentages2022202120222021$%$%
Revenues:
Products$26,115$23,971$76,248$69,974$2,144 8.9 %$6,274 9.0 %
Services6011,0542,2063,007(453)(43.0)%(801)(26.6)%
Net investment income (loss)(10)(33)(44)1323 69.7 %(57)(438.5)%
Total revenues26,70624,99278,41072,9941,714 6.9 %5,416 7.4 %
Cost of products sold20,27218,38158,59153,3751,891 10.3 %5,216 9.8 %
Loss on assets held for sale2,4802,4802,480100.0 %2,480100.0 %
Goodwill impairment431431(431)(100.0)%(431)(100.0)%
Operating expenses 5,1595,01515,32114,839144 2.9 %482 3.2 %
Operating expenses as a % of total revenues19.3 %20.1 %19.5 %20.3 %
Operating income (loss)$(1,205)$1,165$2,018$4,349$(2,370)(203.4)%$(2,331)(53.6)%
Operating income (loss) as a % of total revenues(4.5)%4.7 %2.6 %6.0 %
Adjusted operating income (1)
$1,398$1,723$4,865$5,166$(325)(18.9)%$(301)(5.8)%
Adjusted operating income as a % of total revenues5.2 %6.9 %6.2 %7.1 %
Revenues (by major goods/service lines):
Pharmacy$20,759$19,023$60,308$55,781$1,736 9.1 %$4,527 8.1 %
Front Store 5,5815,35916,63015,255222 4.1 %1,375 9.0 %
Other3766431,5161,945(267)(41.5)%(429)(22.1)%
Net investment income (loss)(10)(33)(44)1323 69.7 %(57)(438.5)%
Prescriptions filled (2)
405.3398.01,200.71,167.87.3 1.8 %32.9 2.8 %
Same store sales increase: (3)
Total9.9 %9.6 %9.5 %7.3 %
Pharmacy11.3 %8.8 %9.7 %8.4 %
Front Store5.1 %12.3 %9.0 %3.7 %
Prescription volume (2)
3.8 %9.0 %4.3 %8.1 %
Generic dispensing rate (2)
88.0 %86.6 %88.0 %86.6 %
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(1)See “Segment Analysis” above in this report for a reconciliation of Retail/LTC segment operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating income, which represents the Company’s principal measure of segment performance.
(2)Includes an adjustment to convert 90-day prescriptions to the equivalent of three 30-day prescriptions. This adjustment reflects the fact that these prescriptions include approximately three times the amount of product days supplied compared to a normal prescription.
(3)Same store sales and prescription volume represent the change in revenues and prescriptions filled in the Company’s retail pharmacy stores that have been operating for greater than one year, expressed as a percentage that indicates the increase or decrease relative to the comparable prior period. Same store metrics exclude revenues from MinuteClinic, revenues and prescriptions from LTC operations. Management uses these metrics to evaluate the performance of existing stores on a comparable basis and to inform future decisions regarding existing stores and new locations. Same-store metrics provide management and investors with information useful in understanding the portion of current revenues and prescriptions resulting from organic growth in existing locations versus the portion resulting from opening new stores.

Commentary - Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Total revenues increased $1.7 billion, or 6.9%, to $26.7 billion in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by increased prescription and front store volume, including the sale of OTC test kits, as well
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as pharmacy drug mix and brand inflation. These increases were partially offset by decreased COVID-19 diagnostic testing and vaccinations, the impact of recent generic introductions and continued pharmacy reimbursement pressure.
Pharmacy same store sales increased 11.3% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by the 3.8% increase in pharmacy same store prescription volume on a 30-day equivalent basis, pharmacy drug mix and brand inflation. These increases were partially offset by the impact of recent generic introductions and continued pharmacy reimbursement pressure.
Front store same store sales increased 5.1% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase was due to broad category strength primarily in consumer health, including the sale of COVID-19 OTC test kits, compared to the prior year in the three months ended September 30, 2022.
Other revenues decreased $267 million in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to decreased COVID-19 diagnostic testing in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Loss on assets held for sale
During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded $2.5 billion of a loss on assets held for sale to write-down its LTC business. See Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Goodwill impairment
During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded a $431 million goodwill impairment charge related to an impairment of the remaining goodwill of the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses in the Retail/LTC segment include store payroll, store employee benefits, store occupancy costs, selling expenses, advertising expenses, depreciation and amortization expense and certain administrative expenses.
Operating expenses increased $144 million, or 2.9%, in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily due to incremental costs associated with increased volume and increased investments in the segment’s operations and capabilities, partially offset by lower expenses associated with COVID-19 vaccination administration compared to the prior year.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues decreased to 19.3% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 20.1% in the prior year. The decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues was primarily driven by the increases in total revenues described above.

Adjusted operating income
Adjusted operating income decreased $325 million, or 18.9% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The decrease in adjusted operating income was primarily driven by decreased COVID-19 diagnostic testing and vaccinations, continued pharmacy reimbursement pressure, as well as increased investments in the segment’s operations and capabilities. These decreases were partially offset by the increased prescription and front store volume described above, improved generic drug purchasing and the favorable impact of business initiatives in the three months ended September 30, 2022.
As you review the Retail/LTC segment’s performance in this area, you should consider the following important information about the business:
The segment’s adjusted operating income has been adversely affected by the efforts of managed care organizations, PBMs and governmental and other third-party payors to reduce their prescription drug costs, including the use of restrictive networks, as well as changes in the mix of business within the pharmacy portion of the Retail/LTC segment. If the pharmacy reimbursement pressure accelerates, the segment may not be able grow revenues, and its adjusted operating income could be adversely affected.
The increased use of generic drugs has positively impacted the segment’s adjusted operating income but has resulted in third-party payors augmenting their efforts to reduce reimbursement payments to retail pharmacies for prescriptions. This trend, which the Company expects to continue, reduces the benefit the segment realizes from brand to generic drug conversions.

Prescriptions filled
Prescriptions filled represents the number of prescriptions dispensed through the Retail/LTC segment’s pharmacies. Management uses this metric to understand variances between actual prescriptions dispensed and expected amounts as well as trends in period-over-period results. This metric provides management and investors with information useful in understanding the impact of prescription volume on segment total revenues and operating results.
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Prescriptions filled increased 1.8% on a 30-day equivalent basis in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by increased utilization, partially offset by a decrease in COVID-19 vaccinations. Excluding the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations, prescriptions filled increased 3.6% on a 30-day equivalent basis for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Generic dispensing rate
Generic dispensing rate is calculated by dividing the Retail/LTC segment’s generic drug prescriptions filled by its total prescriptions filled. Management uses this metric to evaluate the effectiveness of the business at encouraging the use of generic drugs when they are available and clinically appropriate, which aids in decreasing costs for client members and retail customers. This metric provides management and investors with information useful in understanding trends in segment total revenues and operating results.
The Retail/LTC segment’s generic dispensing rate increased to 88.0% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 86.6% in the prior year. The increase in the segment’s generic dispensing rate was primarily driven by a decrease in brand prescriptions, largely attributable to decreased COVID-19 vaccinations in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. Excluding the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations, the segment’s total generic dispensing rate was 88.9% and 89.1% in the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Commentary - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Total revenues increased $5.4 billion, or 7.4%, to $78.4 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by increased prescription and front store volume, including the sale of COVID-19 OTC test kits and the impact of a weaker cough, cold and flu season experienced in the prior year, as well as pharmacy drug mix and brand inflation. These increases were partially offset by decreased COVID-19 vaccinations and diagnostic testing, the impact of recent generic introductions and continued pharmacy reimbursement pressure.
Pharmacy same store sales increased 9.7% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by the 4.3% increase in pharmacy same store prescription volume on a 30-day equivalent basis, including the impact of a weaker cough, cold and flu season experienced in the prior year, pharmacy drug mix and brand inflation. These increases were partially offset by the impact of recent generic introductions and continued pharmacy reimbursement pressure.
Front store same store sales increased 9.0% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily due to strength in consumer health, including the sale of COVID-19 OTC test kits and the impact of a weaker cough, cold and flu season experienced in the prior year, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
Other revenues decreased $429 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to decreased COVID-19 diagnostic testing in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Loss on assets held for sale
During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded $2.5 billion of a loss on assets held for sale to write-down its LTC business.

Goodwill impairment
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded a $431 million goodwill impairment charge related to an impairment of the remaining goodwill of the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $482 million, or 3.2%, in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily due to incremental costs associated with increased volume, as well as increased investments in the segment’s operations and capabilities, partially offset by lower expenses associated with COVID-19 vaccination administration compared to the prior year.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues decreased to 19.5% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 20.3% in the prior year. The decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues was primarily driven by the increases in total revenues described above.

Adjusted operating income
Adjusted operating income decreased $301 million, or 5.8% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The decrease in adjusted operating income was primarily driven by continued pharmacy reimbursement pressure, decreased COVID-19 diagnostic testing and vaccinations, as well as increased investments in the segment’s operations and capabilities. These decreases were partially offset by the increased prescription and front store volume
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described above, improved generic drug purchasing and the favorable impact of business initiatives in the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Prescriptions filled
Prescriptions filled increased 2.8% on a 30-day equivalent basis in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by increased utilization and the impact of a weaker cough, cold and flu season experienced in the prior year, partially offset by a decrease in COVID-19 vaccinations. Excluding the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations, prescriptions filled increased 4.5% on a 30-day equivalent basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Generic dispensing rate
The Retail/LTC segment’s generic dispensing rate increased to 88.0% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 86.6% in the prior year. The increase in the segment’s generic dispensing rate was primarily driven by a decrease in brand prescriptions, largely attributable to decreased COVID-19 vaccinations in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. Excluding the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations, the segment’s total generic dispensing rate was 89.5% and 89.4% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
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Corporate/Other Segment

The following table summarizes the Corporate/Other segment’s performance for the respective periods:
Change
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2022 vs 2021
In millions, except percentages2022202120222021$%$%
Revenues:
Premiums $14 $25 $46 $58 $(11)(44.0)%$(12)(20.7)%
Services18 14 51 43 28.6 %18.6 %
Net investment income110 132 281 387 (22)(16.7)%(106)(27.4)%
Total revenues142 171 378 488 (29)(17.0)%(110)(22.5)%
Cost of products sold11 11 31 27 — — %14.8 %
Benefit costs53 69 274 168 (16)(23.2)%106 63.1 %
Opioid litigation charges5,220 — 5,704 — 5,220 100.0 %5,704 100.0 %
Operating expenses495 455 1,352 1,411 40 8.8 %(59)(4.2)%
Operating loss (5,637)(364)(6,983)(1,118)(5,273)(1,448.6)%(5,865)(524.6)%
Adjusted operating loss (1)
(417)(343)(1,277)(1,015)(74)(21.6)%(262)(25.8)%
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(1)See “Segment Analysis” above in this report for a reconciliation of Corporate/Other segment operating loss (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating loss, which represents the Company’s principal measure of segment performance.

Commentary - Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Revenues primarily relate to products for which the Company no longer solicits or accepts new customers, such as large case pensions and long-term care insurance products.
Total revenues decreased $29 million, or 17.0%, to $142 million in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by lower net investment income from private equity investments, partially offset by higher average invested assets and favorable average investment yields compared to the prior year, and lower net realized capital gains in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Opioid litigation charges
During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded $5.2 billion of opioid litigation charges. See Note 10 ‘‘Commitments and Contingencies’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Adjusted operating loss
Adjusted operating loss increased $74 million in the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by the decreases in net investment income described above.

Commentary - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. 2021

Revenues
Total revenues decreased $110 million, or 22.5%, to $378 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by lower net investment income from private equity investments, partially offset by higher average invested assets and favorable average investment yields compared to the prior year, and lower net realized capital gains in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.

Opioid litigation charges
During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded $5.7 billion of opioid litigation charges.

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Adjusted operating loss
Adjusted operating loss increased $262 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily driven by the decreases in net investment income described above and the strengthening of reserves in the Company’s long-term care insurance business.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows

The Company maintains a level of liquidity sufficient to allow it to meet its cash needs in the short-term. Over the long term, the Company manages its cash and capital structure to maximize shareholder return, maintain its financial condition and maintain flexibility for future strategic initiatives. The Company continuously assesses its regulatory capital requirements, working capital needs, debt and leverage levels, debt maturity schedule, capital expenditure requirements, dividend payouts, potential share repurchases and future investments or acquisitions. The Company believes its operating cash flows, commercial paper program, credit facilities, as well as any potential future borrowings, will be sufficient to fund these future payments and long-term initiatives. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $17.2 billion in cash and cash equivalents, approximately $7.9 billion of which was held by the parent company or nonrestricted subsidiaries.

The net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was as follows:
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Change
In millions, except percentages20222021$%
Net cash provided by operating activities$18,129 $14,260 $3,869 27.1 %
Net cash used in investing activities(4,928)(3,821)(1,107)(29.0)%
Net cash used in financing activities(8,329)(8,442)113 1.3 %
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$4,872 $1,997 $2,875 144.0 %

Commentary

Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $3.9 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily due to the timing of payments, including the early receipt of the October CMS payment of $3.2 billion, partially offset by higher inventory purchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year.
Net cash used in investing activities increased by $1.1 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year primarily due to a reduction in restricted cash as a result of the sale of health savings account funds held on behalf of customers in conjunction with the sale of PayFlex, partially offset by lower net purchases of investments and the gross proceeds from the sale of PayFlex.
Net cash used in financing activities decreased to $8.3 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to $8.4 billion in the prior year. The decrease in cash used in financing activities primarily related to lower net repayments of long-term debt during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year, largely offset by share repurchases in the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Short-term Borrowings

Commercial Paper and Back-up Credit Facilities
The Company did not have any commercial paper outstanding as of September 30, 2022. In connection with its commercial paper program, the Company maintains a $2.0 billion, five-year unsecured back-up revolving credit facility, which expires on May 16, 2025, a $2.0 billion, five-year unsecured back-up revolving credit facility, which expires on May 11, 2026, and a $2.0 billion, five-year unsecured back-up revolving credit facility, which expires on May 16, 2027. The credit facilities allow for borrowings at various rates that are dependent, in part, on the Company’s public debt ratings and require the Company to pay a weighted average quarterly facility fee of approximately 0.03%, regardless of usage. As of September 30, 2022, there were no borrowings outstanding under any of the Company’s back-up credit facilities.

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Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
A subsidiary of the Company is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (the “FHLBB”). As a member, the subsidiary has the ability to obtain cash advances, subject to certain minimum collateral requirements. The maximum borrowing capacity available from the FHLBB as of September 30, 2022 was approximately $925 million. As of September 30, 2022, there were no outstanding advances from the FHLBB.

Long-term Borrowings

In May 2022, the Company exercised the par call option on its outstanding 3.5% senior notes due July 2022 and redeemed for cash on hand the entire $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount.

In August 2022, the Company exercised the par call option on its outstanding 2.75% senior notes due November 2022 (issued by Aetna Inc.) and redeemed for cash on hand the entire $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount.

In September 2022, the Company exercised the par call options on its outstanding 2.75% senior notes due December 2022 and 4.75% senior notes due December 2022 (including notes issued by Omnicare, Inc.) and redeemed for cash on hand the entire $1.25 billion and $399 million aggregate principal amounts, respectively.

Debt Covenants

The Company’s back-up revolving credit facilities and unsecured senior notes contain customary restrictive financial and operating covenants. These covenants do not include an acceleration of the Company’s debt maturities in the event of a downgrade in the Company’s credit ratings. The Company does not believe the restrictions contained in these covenants materially affect its financial or operating flexibility. As of September 30, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants.

Debt Ratings 

As of September 30, 2022, the Company’s long-term debt was rated “Baa2” by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and “BBB” by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”), and its commercial paper program was rated “P-2” by Moody’s and “A-2” by S&P. The outlook on the Company’s long-term debt is “Stable” by Moody’s and “Positive” by S&P. In assessing the Company’s credit strength, the Company believes that both Moody’s and S&P considered, among other things, the Company’s capital structure and financial policies as well as its consolidated balance sheet, its historical acquisition activity and other financial information. Although the Company currently believes its long-term debt ratings will remain investment grade, it cannot guarantee the future actions of Moody’s and/or S&P. The Company’s debt ratings have a direct impact on its future borrowing costs, access to capital markets and new store operating lease costs.

Share Repurchase Program

The following share repurchase program has been authorized by CVS Health Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board”):
In billions
Authorization Date
AuthorizedRemaining as of
September 30, 2022
December 9, 2021 (“2021 Repurchase Program”)$10.0 $8.0 

The 2021 Repurchase Program permits the Company to effect repurchases from time to time through a combination of open market repurchases, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) transactions, and/or other derivative transactions. The 2021 Repurchase Program can be modified or terminated by the Board at any time.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company repurchased approximately 19.1 million shares of common stock for approximately $2.0 billion pursuant to the 2021 Repurchase Program, including share repurchases under the ASR transaction described below. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company did not repurchase any shares of its common stock.

Pursuant to the authorization under the 2021 Repurchase Program, the Company entered into a $1.5 billion fixed dollar ASR with Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”). Upon payment of the $1.5 billion purchase price on January 4, 2022, the Company received a number of shares of CVS Health Corporation’s common stock equal to 80% of the $1.5 billion notional amount of the ASR or approximately 11.6 million shares at a price of $103.34 per share, which were placed into treasury stock in January
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2022. The ASR was accounted for as an initial treasury stock transaction for $1.2 billion and a forward contract for $0.3 billion. The forward contract was classified as an equity instrument and was recorded within capital surplus. In February 2022, the Company received approximately 2.7 million shares of CVS Health Corporation’s common stock, representing the remaining 20% of the $1.5 billion notional amount of the ASR, thereby concluding the ASR. These shares were placed into treasury stock and the forward contract was reclassified from capital surplus to treasury stock in February 2022.

At the time they were received, the initial and final receipt of shares resulted in an immediate reduction of the outstanding shares used to calculate the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share.
 
Critical Accounting Policies

The Company prepares the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, which require management to make certain estimates and apply judgment. Estimates and judgments are based on historical experience, current trends and other factors that management believes to be important at the time the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, the Company reviews its accounting policies and how they are applied and disclosed in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. While the Company believes the historical experience, current trends and other factors considered by management support the preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, actual results could differ from estimates, and such differences could be material.

Recoverability of Goodwill

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company performed its required annual impairment test of goodwill. The results of the impairment tests indicated that there was no impairment of goodwill as of the testing date. The fair values of the reporting units with goodwill exceeded their carrying values by significant margins.

The fair value of the reporting units is estimated using a combination of a discounted cash flow method and a market multiple method. The determination of the fair value of the reporting units requires the Company to make significant assumptions and estimates. These assumptions and estimates primarily include the selection of appropriate peer group companies; control premiums and valuation multiples appropriate for acquisitions in the industries in which the Company competes; discount rates; terminal growth rates; and forecasts of revenue, operating income, depreciation and amortization, income taxes, capital expenditures and future working capital requirements. When determining these assumptions and preparing these estimates, the Company considers each reporting unit’s historical results and current operating trends; consolidated revenues, profitability and cash flow results and forecasts; and industry trends. The Company’s estimates can be affected by a number of factors, including general economic and regulatory conditions; the risk-free interest rate environment; the Company’s market capitalization; efforts of customers and payers to reduce costs, including their prescription drug costs, and/or increase member co-payments; the continued efforts of competitors to gain market share, consumer spending patterns and the Company’s ability to achieve its revenue growth projections and execute on its cost reduction initiatives.

The Company had experienced declines in its Commercial Insured medical membership subsequent to the closing date of the Aetna Acquisition in November 2018. In 2022, the Company has grown its Commercial Insured medical membership, excluding the impact of the divestiture of the Thailand business described in Note 2 ‘‘Acquisition, Divestitures and Asset Sales’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Adverse economic conditions may impact medical membership in the Commercial business due to reductions in workforce at existing customers. The Company’s fair value estimate is sensitive to significant assumptions including changes in medical membership, revenue growth rate, operating income and the discount rate. The Company believes the financial projections used to determine the fair value of the Commercial Business reporting unit in the third quarter of 2022 were reasonable and achievable. As of September 30, 2022, the goodwill balance in the Commercial Business reporting unit was $25.9 billion.

For a full description of the Company’s other critical accounting policies, see “Critical Accounting Policies” in Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of the 2021 Form 10-K.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Reform Act”) provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements, so long as (1) those statements are identified as forward-looking and (2) the statements are accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements that identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the statement. We want to take advantage of these safe harbor provisions.
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Certain information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “report”) is forward-looking within the meaning of the Reform Act or SEC rules. This information includes, but is not limited to the forward-looking information in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in Part I, Item 2 of this report. In addition, throughout this report and our other reports and communications, we use the following words or variations or negatives of these words and similar expressions when we intend to identify forward-looking statements:
·Anticipates·Believes·Can·Continue·Could
·Estimates·Evaluate·Expects·Explore·Forecast
·Guidance·Intends·Likely·May·Might
·Outlook·Plans·Potential·Predict·Probable
·Projects·Seeks·Should·View·Will

All statements addressing the future operating performance of CVS Health or any segment or any subsidiary and/or future events or developments, including statements relating to the projected impact of COVID-19 and its emerging new variants on the Company’s businesses, investment portfolio, operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition, statements relating to corporate strategy, statements relating to future revenue, operating income or adjusted operating income, earnings per share or adjusted earnings per share, Health Care Benefits segment business, sales results and/or trends, medical cost trends, medical membership, Medicare Part D membership, medical benefit ratios and/or operations, Pharmacy Services segment business, sales results and/or trends and/or operations, Retail/LTC segment business, sales results and/or trends and/or operations, incremental investment spending, interest expense, effective tax rate, weighted-average share count, cash flow from operations, net capital expenditures, cash available for debt repayment, integration synergies, net synergies, integration costs, enterprise modernization, transformation, leverage ratio, cash available for enhancing shareholder value, inventory reduction, turn rate and/or loss rate, debt ratings, the Company’s ability to attract or retain customers and clients, store development and/or relocations, new product development, and the impact of industry and regulatory developments as well as statements expressing optimism or pessimism about future operating results or events, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Reform Act.

Forward-looking statements rely on a number of estimates, assumptions and projections concerning future events, and are subject to a number of significant risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements. Many of these risks and uncertainties and other factors are outside our control.

Certain risks and uncertainties related to CVS Health’s proposed acquisition of Signify Health include, but are not limited to, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the right of CVS Health or Signify Health or both of them to terminate the merger agreement, including circumstances requiring a party to pay the other party a termination fee pursuant to the merger agreement; failure to obtain applicable regulatory approval in a timely manner or otherwise; the risk that the acquisition may not close in the anticipated timeframe or at all due to one or more of the other closing conditions to the transaction not being satisfied or waived; risks related to the ability of CVS Health to successfully integrate the businesses and achieve the expected synergies and operating efficiencies within the expected timeframes or at all and the possibility that such integration may be more difficult, time consuming or costly than expected; risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction; the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of CVS Health’s common stock, credit ratings or operating results; the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of CVS Health to retain customers and maintain relationships with each of its business partners, suppliers and customers and on its operating results and businesses generally; the risk of litigation and/or regulatory actions related to the proposed acquisition; and other business effects, including the effects of industry, market, economic, political or regulatory conditions.

Certain additional risks and uncertainties and other factors are described under “Risk Factors” included in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and under “Risk Factors” included in Part II, Item 1A of this report; these are not the only risks and uncertainties we face. There can be no assurance that the Company has identified all the risks that affect it. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or that the Company currently believes to be immaterial also may adversely affect the Company’s businesses. If any of those risks or uncertainties develops into actual events, those events or circumstances could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s businesses, operating results, cash flows, financial condition and/or stock price, among other effects.

You should not put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this report, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise.
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Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company has not experienced any material changes in exposures to market risk since December 31, 2021. See the information contained in Part II, Item 7A “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 for a discussion of the Company’s exposures to market risk.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a‑15(f) and 15d‑15(f)) as of September 30, 2022, have concluded that as of such date the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were adequate and effective and designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries would be made known to such officers on a timely basis.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting: There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 that occurred in the three months ended September 30, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Part II.Other Information

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

The information contained in Note 10 ‘‘Commitments and Contingencies’’ contained in “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)” in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 1A.Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the “Risk Factors” disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Those risk factors could adversely affect the Company’s businesses, operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition as well as the market price of CVS Health Corporation’s common shares.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(c) Stock Repurchases

The following table presents the total number of shares purchased in the three months ended September 30, 2022, the average price paid per share and the approximate dollar value of shares that still could have been purchased at the end of the applicable fiscal period, pursuant to the share repurchase program authorized by CVS Health Corporation’s Board of Directors on December 9, 2021. See Note 7 ‘‘Shareholders’ Equity’’ contained in “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)” in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information.
Fiscal PeriodTotal Number
of Shares
Purchased
Average
Price Paid per
Share
Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased Under the
Plans or Programs
July 1, 2022 through July 31, 2022— $— — $8,000,000,137 
August 1, 2022 through August 31, 2022— $— — $8,000,000,137 
September 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022— $— — $8,000,000,137 
— — 

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Item 3.        Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.        Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

Item 5.        Other Information

None.
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Item 6. Exhibits

The exhibits listed in this Item 6 are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Exhibits marked with an asterisk (*) are management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements. Exhibits other than those listed are omitted because they are not required to be listed or are not applicable. Pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant hereby agrees to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission a copy of any omitted instrument that is not required to be listed.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
2Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession
2.1
10Material Contracts
10.1
15Letter re: unaudited interim financial information
15.1
31Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications
31.1
31.2
32Section 1350 Certifications
32.1
32.2
101
101
The following materials from the CVS Health Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and (vi) the related Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File - The cover page from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).

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SIGNATURES




Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


 CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
 


Date:November 2, 2022By:/s/ Shawn M. Guertin
 Shawn M. Guertin
 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer