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HCA Healthcare, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2019 June (Form 10-Q)

Form 10-Q
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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
June 30, 2019
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
1-11239
 
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
27-3865930
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
One Park Plaza
Nashville,
Tennessee
 
37203
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(615)
 344-9551
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
 
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Voting common stock, $.01 par value
 
 
HCA
 
 
New 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
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, 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 filer  
 
Accelerated filer
 
Non-accelerated
filer
 
 
Smaller 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  
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date.
Class of Common Stock
 
Outstanding at July 31, 2019
Voting common stock, $.01 par value
 
340,982,800 shares
 
 
  
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HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
Form 10-Q
June 30, 2019
 
 
Page of
Form 10-Q
 
Part I.
 
Financial Information
   
 
             
Item 1.
 
Financial Statements (Unaudited):
   
 
             
     
2
 
             
     
3
 
             
     
4
 
             
     
5
 
             
     
6
 
             
     
7
 
             
Item 2.
     
28
 
             
Item 3.
     
43
 
             
Item 4.
     
43
 
             
Part II.
 
Other Information
   
 
             
Item 1.
     
43
 
             
Item 1A.
     
44
 
             
Item 2.
     
44
 
             
Item 6.
     
45
 
         
   
46
 
 
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HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
FOR THE QUARTERS AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019 AND 2018
Unaudited
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
                                 
 
Quarter
   
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Revenues
 
$
12,602
    $
11,529
   
$
25,119
    $
22,952
 
                                 
Salaries and benefits
   
5,837
     
5,274
     
11,484
     
10,563
 
Supplies
   
2,118
     
1,917
     
4,159
     
3,832
 
Other operating expenses
   
2,362
     
2,118
     
4,661
     
4,228
 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
   
(8
)
   
(7
)    
(19
)
   
(16
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
636
     
562
     
1,255
     
1,115
 
Interest expense
   
477
     
436
     
938
     
867
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
(18
)
   
(9
)    
(17
)
   
(414
)
                                 
   
11,404
     
10,291
     
22,461
     
20,175
 
                                 
Income before income taxes
   
1,198
     
1,238
     
2,658
     
2,777
 
Provision for income taxes
   
271
     
272
     
550
     
529
 
                                 
Net income
   
927
     
966
     
2,108
     
2,248
 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
   
144
     
146
     
286
     
284
 
                                 
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
 
$
783
    $
820
   
$
1,822
    $
1,964
 
                                 
Per share data:
   
     
     
     
 
Basic earnings
 
$
2.29
    $
2.35
   
$
5.32
    $
5.62
 
Diluted earnings
 
$
2.25
    $
2.31
   
$
5.22
    $
5.50
 
Shares used in earnings per share calculations (in millions):
   
     
     
     
 
Basic
   
342.170
     
348.615
     
342.513
     
349.726
 
Diluted
   
348.373
     
355.039
     
349.334
     
357.388
 
 
 
 
 
  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME STATEMENTS
FOR THE QUARTERS AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019 AND 2018
Unaudited
(Dollars in millions)
                                 
 
Quarter
   
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Net income
 
$
927
    $
966
   
$
2,108
    $
2,248
 
Other comprehensive income (loss) before taxes:
   
     
     
     
 
Foreign currency translation
   
(38
)
   
(76
)    
(18
)
   
(22
)
                                 
Unrealized gains (losses) on
available-for-sale
securities
   
6
     
(1
)    
14
     
(6
)
                                 
Defined benefit plans
   
     
     
     
 
Pension costs included in salaries and benefits
   
4
     
5
     
7
     
10
 
                                 
   
4
     
5
     
7
     
10
 
                                 
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments
   
(34
)
   
15
     
(52
)
   
50
 
Interest benefits included in interest expense
   
(6
)
   
(2
)    
(11
)
   
(2
)
                                 
   
(40
)
   
13
     
(63
)
   
48
 
                                 
Other comprehensive (loss) income before taxes
   
(68
)
   
(59
)    
(60
)
   
30
 
Income taxes (benefits) related to other comprehensive income items
   
(11
)
   
5
     
(10
)
   
13
 
                                 
Other comprehensive (loss) income
   
(57
)
   
(64
)    
(50
)
   
17
 
                                 
Comprehensive income
   
870
     
902
     
2,058
     
2,265
 
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
   
144
     
146
     
286
     
284
 
                                 
Comprehensive income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
 
$
726
    $
756
   
$
1,772
    $
1,981
 
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Unaudited
(Dollars in millions)
                 
 
June 30,
2019
   
December 31,
2018
 
ASSETS
   
     
 
Current assets:
   
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
2,430
    $
502
 
Accounts receivable
   
7,219
     
6,789
 
Inventories
   
1,826
     
1,732
 
Other
   
1,394
     
1,190
 
                 
   
12,869
     
10,213
 
                 
Property and equipment, at cost
   
45,369
     
42,965
 
Accumulated depreciation
   
(23,902
)
   
(23,208
)
                 
   
21,467
     
19,757
 
                 
Investments of insurance subsidiaries
   
342
     
362
 
Investments in and advances to affiliates
   
247
     
232
 
Goodwill and other intangible assets
   
8,140
     
7,953
 
Right-of-use
operating lease assets
   
1,787
     
 
Other
   
597
     
690
 
                 
 
$
45,449
    $
39,207
 
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
   
     
 
Current liabilities:
   
     
 
Accounts payable
 
$
2,609
    $
2,577
 
Accrued salaries
   
1,497
     
1,580
 
Other accrued expenses
   
2,782
     
2,624
 
Long-term debt due within one year
   
2,073
     
788
 
                 
   
8,961
     
7,569
 
                 
Long-term debt, less debt issuance costs
and discounts
of $252 and $157
   
34,120
     
32,033
 
Professional liability risks
   
1,354
     
1,275
 
Right-of-use
operating lease obligations
   
1,460
     
 
Income taxes and other liabilities
   
1,324
     
1,248
 
                 
Stockholders’ deficit:
   
     
 
Common stock $0.01 par; authorized 1,800,000,000 shares; outstanding 341,516,800 shares in 2019 and 342,895,200 shares in 2018
   
3
     
3
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
   
(431
)
   
(381
)
Retained deficit
   
(3,474
)
   
(4,572
)
                 
Stockholders’ deficit attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
   
(3,902
)
   
(4,950
)
Noncontrolling interests
   
2,132
     
2,032
 
                 
   
(1,770
)
   
(2,918
)
                 
 
$
45,449
    $
39,207
 
                 
 
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE QUARTERS AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019 AND 2018
Unaudited
(Dollars in millions)
 
Equity (Deficit) Attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
   
Equity
Attributable to
Noncontrolling
Interests
   
Total
   
 
Common Stock
   
Capital in
Excess of
Par
Value
   
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
   
Retained
Deficit
   
 
Shares
(in millions)
   
Par
Value
   
Balances, December 31, 2017
   
350.092
    $
4
    $
    $
(278
)   $
(6,532
)   $
1,811
    $
(4,995
)
Comprehensive income
   
     
     
     
81
     
1,144
     
138
     
1,363
 
Repurchase of common stock
   
(4.370
)    
     
114
     
     
(537
)    
     
(423
)
Share-based benefit plans
   
5.265
     
     
(114
)    
     
     
     
(114
)
Cash dividends declared ($0.35 per share)
   
     
     
     
     
(126
)    
     
(126
)
Distributions
   
     
     
     
     
     
(92
)    
(92
)
Other
   
     
     
     
     
     
(47
)    
(47
)
                                                         
Balances, March 31, 2018
   
350.987
     
4
     
     
(197
)    
(6,051
)    
1,810
     
(4,434
)
Comprehensive income
   
     
     
     
(64
)    
820
     
146
     
902
 
Repurchase of common stock
   
(4.670
)    
(1
)    
(93
)    
     
(376
)    
     
(470
)
Share-based benefit plans
   
0.443
     
     
96
     
     
     
     
96
 
Cash dividends declared ($0.35 per share)
   
     
     
     
     
(124
)    
     
(124
)
Distributions
   
     
     
     
     
     
(93
)    
(93
)
Other
   
     
     
(3
)    
     
     
1
     
(2
)
                                                         
Balances, June 30, 2018
   
346.760
     
3
     
     
(261
)    
(5,731
)    
1,864
     
(4,125
)
Comprehensive income
   
     
     
     
(5
)    
759
     
137
     
891
 
Repurchase of common stock
   
(2.518
)    
     
(55
)    
     
(247
)    
     
(302
)
Share-based benefit plans
   
0.844
     
     
54
     
     
     
     
54
 
Cash dividends declared ($0.35 per share)
   
     
     
     
     
(123
)    
     
(123
)
Distributions
   
     
     
     
     
     
(130
)    
(130
)
Other
   
     
     
1
     
     
     
4
     
5
 
                                                         
Balances, September 30, 2018
   
345.086
     
3
     
     
(266
)    
(5,342
)    
1,875
     
(3,730
)
Comprehensive income
   
     
     
     
(20
)    
1,064
     
181
     
1,225
 
Repurchase of common stock
   
(2.512
)    
     
(69
)    
     
(266
)    
     
(335
)
Share-based benefit plans
   
0.321
     
     
79
     
     
     
     
79
 
Cash dividends declared ($0.35 per share)
   
     
     
     
     
(123
)    
     
(123
)
Distributions
   
     
     
     
     
     
(126
)    
(126
)
Other
   
     
     
(10
)    
(95
)     95
     
102
     
92
 
                                                         
Balances, December 31, 2018
   
342.895
     
3
     
     
(381
)    
(4,572
)    
2,032
     
(2,918
)
Comprehensive income
   
     
     
     
7
     
1,039
     
142
     
1,188
 
Repurchase of common stock
   
(2.106
)    
     
32
     
     
(310
)    
     
(278
)
Share-based benefit plans
   
2.242
     
     
(29
)    
     
     
     
(29
)
Cash dividends declared ($0.40 per share)
   
     
     
     
     
(140
)    
     
(140
)
Distributions
   
     
     
     
     
     
(136
)    
(136
)
Other
   
     
     
(3
)    
     
     
61
     
58
 
                                                         
Balances, March 31, 2019
   
343.031
     
3
     
     
(374
)    
(3,983
)    
2,099
     
(2,255
)
Comprehensive income
   
     
     
     
(57
)
   
783
     
144
     
870
 
Repurchase of common stock
   
(1.928
)
   
     
(107
)
   
     
(135
)
   
     
(242
)
Share-based benefit plans
   
0.414
     
     
118
     
     
     
     
118
 
Cash dividends declared ($0.40 per share)
   
     
     
     
     
(139
)
   
     
(139
)
Distributions
   
     
     
     
     
     
(111
)
   
(111
)
Other
   
     
     
(11
)
   
     
     
     
(11
)
                                                         
Balances, June 30, 2019
   
341.517
   
$
3
   
$
   
$
(431
)
 
$
(3,474
)
 
$
2,132
   
$
(1,770
)
                                                         
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019 AND 2018
Unaudited
(Dollars in millions)
                 
 
2019
   
2018
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
   
     
 
Net income
 
$
2,108
    $
2,248
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
   
     
 
Increase (decrease) in cash from operating assets and liabilities:
   
     
 
Accounts receivable
   
(174
)
   
(233
)
Inventories and other assets
   
(231
)
   
(200
)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
(238
)
   
31
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
1,255
     
1,115
 
Income taxes
   
27
     
118
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
(17
)
   
(414
)
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts
   
16
     
15
 
Share-based compensation
   
158
     
134
 
Other
   
67
     
51
 
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
2,971
     
2,865
 
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
   
     
 
Purchase of property and equipment
   
(1,745
)
   
(1,574
)
Acquisition of hospitals and health care entities
   
(1,504
)
   
(538
)
Disposal of hospitals and health care entities
   
41
     
799
 
Change in investments
   
59
     
23
 
Other
   
36
     
(25
)
                 
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(3,113
)
   
(1,315
)
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
   
     
 
Issuances of long-term debt
   
6,451
     
 
Net change in revolving bank credit facilities
   
(3,040
)
   
210
 
Repayment of long-term debt
   
(98
)
   
(101
)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
   
(247
)
   
(185
)
Payment of debt issuance costs
   
(63
)
   
(2
)
Payment of cash dividends
   
(278
)
   
(245
)
Repurchases of common stock
   
(520
)
   
(893
)
Other
   
(135
)
   
(192
)
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
2,070
     
(1,408
)
                 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
   
     
(6
)
                 
Change in cash and cash equivalents
   
1,928
     
136
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
502
     
732
 
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
2,430
    $
868
 
                 
Interest payments
 
$
910
    $
873
 
Income tax payments, net
 
$
523
    $
411
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 — BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Reporting Entity
HCA Healthcare, Inc. is a holding company whose affiliates own and operate hospitals and related health care entities. The term “affiliates” includes direct and indirect subsidiaries of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and partnerships and joint ventures in which such subsidiaries are partners. At June 30, 2019, these affiliates owned and operated 184 hospitals, 125 freestanding surgery centers and provided extensive outpatient and ancillary services. HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s facilities are located in 21 states and England. The terms “Company,” “HCA,” “we,” “our” or “us,” as used herein and unless otherwise stated or indicated by context, refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates. The terms “facilities” or “hospitals” refer to entities owned and operated by affiliates of HCA and the term “employees” refers to employees of affiliates of HCA.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form
 10-Q
and Article 10 of Regulation
 S-X.
Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal and recurring nature.
The majority of our expenses are “costs of revenues” items. Costs that could be classified as general and administrative would include our corporate office costs, which were $94 million and $83 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $180 million and $164 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Operating results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in our annual report on Form
 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2018.
Revenues
Our revenues generally relate to contracts with patients in which our performance obligations are to provide health care services to the patients. Revenues are recorded during the period our obligations to provide health care services are satisfied. Our performance obligations for inpatient services are generally satisfied over periods that average approximately five days, and revenues are recognized based on charges incurred in relation to total expected charges.
Our performance obligations for outpatient services are generally satisfied over a period of less than one day
. The contractual relationships with patients, in most cases, also involve a third-party payer (Medicare, Medicaid, managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies, including plans offered through the health insurance exchanges) and the transaction prices for the services provided are dependent upon the terms provided by (Medicare and Medicaid) or negotiated with (managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies) the third-party payers. The payment arrangements with third-party payers for the services we provide to the related patients typically specify payments at amounts less than our standard charges. Medicare generally pays for inpatient and outpatient services at prospectively determined rates based on clinical, diagnostic and other factors. Services provided to patients having Medicaid coverage are generally paid at prospectively determined rates per discharge, per identified service or per covered member. Agreements with commercial insurance carriers, managed care and preferred provider organizations generally provide for payments based upon predetermined rates per diagnosis, per diem rates or discounted
fee-for-service
rates. Our revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2019 include $86 million related to the resolution of transaction price differences regarding certain
out-of-network
services performed in prior periods. Management continually reviews the
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 1 — BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Revenues (continued)
contractual estimation process to consider and incorporate updates to laws and regulations and the frequent changes in managed care contractual terms resulting from contract renegotiations and renewals.
Our revenues are based upon the estimated amounts we expect to be entitled to receive from patients and third-party payers. Estimates of contractual allowances under managed care and commercial insurance plans are based upon the payment terms specified in the related contractual agreements. Revenues related to uninsured patients and uninsured copayment and deductible amounts for patients who have health care coverage may have discounts applied (uninsured discounts and contractual discounts). We also record estimated implicit price concessions (based primarily on historical collection experience) related to uninsured accounts to record
self-pay
revenues at the estimated amounts we expect to collect. Our revenues from third-party payers and others (including uninsured patients) for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):
                                 
 
Quarter
 
 
2019
   
Ratio
   
2018
   
Ratio
 
Medicare
 
$
2,635
     
20.9
%
  $
2,425
     
21.0
%
Managed Medicare
   
1,595
     
12.7
     
1,345
     
11.7
 
Medicaid
   
416
     
3.3
     
357
     
3.1
 
Managed Medicaid
   
554
     
4.4
     
586
     
5.1
 
Managed care and insurers
   
6,425
     
50.9
     
5,993
     
51.9
 
International (managed care and insurers)
   
284
     
2.3
     
295
     
2.6
 
Other
   
693
     
5.5
     
528
     
4.6
 
                                 
Revenues
 
$
12,602
     
100.0
%
  $
11,529
     
100.0
%
                                 
 
 
 
                                 
 
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
Ratio
   
2018
   
Ratio
 
Medicare
 
$
5,405
     
21.5
%
  $
4,949
     
21.6
%
Managed Medicare
   
3,184
     
12.7
     
2,744
     
12.0
 
Medicaid
   
763
     
3.0
     
638
     
2.8
 
Managed Medicaid
   
1,167
     
4.6
     
1,147
     
5.0
 
Managed care and insurers
   
12,851
     
51.1
     
12,055
     
52.5
 
International (managed care and insurers)
   
581
     
2.3
     
600
     
2.6
 
Other
   
1,168
     
4.8
     
819
     
3.5
 
                                 
Revenues
 
$
25,119
     
100.0
%
  $
22,952
     
100.0
%
                                 
 
 
 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 1 — BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Revenues (continued)
To quantify the total impact of the trends related to uninsured accounts, we believe it is beneficial to view total uncompensated care, which is comprised of charity care, uninsured discounts and implicit price concessions. A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 follows (dollars in millions):
                                 
 
Quarter
   
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)
 
$
10,953
    $
9,871
   
$
21,559
    $
19,738
 
Cost-to-charges
ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)
   
12.2
%
   
12.6
%    
12.0
%
   
12.5
%
Total uncompensated care
 
$
7,695
    $
6,486
   
$
14,780
    $
12,738
 
Multiply by the
cost-to-charges
ratio
   
12.2
%
   
12.6
%    
12.0
%
   
12.5
%
                                 
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care
 
$
938
    $
817
   
$
1,774
    $
1,592
 
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total uncompensated care as a percentage of the sum of revenues and total uncompensated care was 37.9% and 36.0% for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and 37.0% and 35.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The total uncompensated care amounts include charity care of $3.311 billion and $1.977 billion, and the related estimated costs of charity care were $403 million and $249 million, for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $6.216 billion and $3.856 billion, and the related estimated costs of charity care were $746 million and $482 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
NOTE 2 — ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we paid $1.397 billion to acquire a
seven
-hospital health system in North Carolina and $107 million to acquire other nonhospital health care entities. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, we paid $360 million to acquire a hospital facility and $178 million to acquire other nonhospital health care entities. Purchase price amounts have been allocated to the related assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their respective fair values. The purchase price paid in excess of the fair value of identifiable net assets of these acquired entities aggregated $201 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of the acquired entities subsequent to the respective acquisition dates. The pro forma effects of these acquired entities on our results of operations for periods prior to the respective acquisition dates were not significant.
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we received proceeds of $25 million and recognized a net pretax loss of $1 million related to a sale of a hospital facility in one of our Louisiana markets. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we also received proceeds of $16 million and recognized a net pretax gain of $18 million related to sales of real estate and other investments. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, we received proceeds of $758 million and recognized a net pretax gain of $372 million related to the sale of the two hospital facilities in our Oklahoma market. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, we also received 
proceeds of $41 million and recognized a net pretax gain of $42 million related to sales of real estate and other investments.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 3 — INCOME TAXES
Our provision for income taxes for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $271 million and $272 million, respectively, and the effective tax rates were 25.7% and 24.9%, respectively. Our provision for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $550 million and $529 million, respectively, and the effective tax rates were 23.2% and 21.2%, respectively. Our provision for income taxes included tax benefits related to the settlement of employee equity awards of $
4
 million for each of the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, and $
53
 million and $96 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Our liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $510 million, including accrued interest of $60 million, as of June 30, 2019 ($435 million and $48 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2018). Unrecognized tax benefits of $153 million ($137 million as of December 31, 2018) would affect the effective rate, if recognized.
The Internal Revenue Service began an examination of the Company’s 2016 and 2017 federal income tax returns during 2019. We are also subject to examination by state and foreign taxing authorities. Depending on the resolution of any federal, state and foreign tax disputes, the completion of examinations by federal, state or foreign taxing authorities, or the expiration of statutes of limitation for specific taxing jurisdictions, we believe it is reasonably possible that our liability for unrecognized tax benefits may significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months. However, we are currently unable to estimate the range of any possible change.
NOTE 4 — EARNINGS PER SHARE
We compute basic earnings per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. We compute diluted earnings per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, plus the dilutive effect of outstanding equity awards and potential shares, computed using the treasury stock method.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 (dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts):
                                 
 
Quarter
   
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
 
$
783
    $
820
   
$
1,822
    $
1,964
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding
   
342.170
     
348.615
     
342.513
     
349.726
 
Effect of dilutive incremental shares
   
6.203
     
6.424
     
6.821
     
7.662
 
                                 
Shares used for diluted earnings per share
   
348.373
     
355.039
     
349.334
     
357.388
 
                                 
Earnings per share:
   
     
     
     
 
Basic earnings
 
$
2.29
    $
2.35
   
$
5.32
    $
5.62
 
Diluted earnings
 
$
2.25
    $
2.31
   
$
5.22
    $
5.50
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 5 — INVESTMENTS OF INSURANCE SUBSIDIARIES
A summary of our insurance subsidiaries’ investments at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 follows (dollars in millions):
                                 
 
June 30, 2019
 
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Unrealized
Amounts
   
Fair
Value
   
 
Gains
   
Losses
   
Debt securities
 
$
334
   
$
17
   
$
   
$
351
 
Money market funds and other
   
104
     
     
     
104
 
                                 
 
$
438
   
$
17
   
$
     
455
 
                                 
Amounts classified as current assets
   
     
     
     
(113
)
                                 
Investment carrying value
   
     
     
   
$
342
 
                                 
 
 
 
                                 
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Unrealized
Amounts
   
Fair
Value
   
 
Gains
   
Losses
   
Debt securities
  $
338
    $
5
    $
(2
)   $
341
 
Money market funds and other
   
68
     
     
     
68
 
                                 
  $
406
    $
5
    $
(2
)    
409
 
                                 
Amounts classified as current assets
   
     
     
     
(47
)
                                 
Investment carrying value
   
     
     
    $
362
 
                                 
 
 
 
At June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the investments of our insurance subsidiaries were classified as
“available-for-sale.”
Changes in temporary unrealized gains and losses are recorded as adjustments to other comprehensive income (loss).
Scheduled maturities of investments in debt securities at June 30, 2019 were as follows (dollars in millions):
                 
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Fair
Value
 
Due in one year or less
  $
3
    $
3
 
Due after one year through five years
   
74
     
77
 
Due after five years through ten years
   
192
     
203
 
Due after ten years
   
65
     
68
 
                 
  $
334
    $
351
 
                 
 
 
 
The average expected maturity of the investments in debt securities at June 30, 2019 was 5.8 years, compared to the average scheduled maturity of 10.1 years. Expected and scheduled maturities may differ because the issuers of certain securities have the right to call, prepay or otherwise redeem such obligations prior to their scheduled maturity date.
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NOTE 6 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Interest Rate Swap Agreements
We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. These swap agreements involve the exchange of fixed and variable rate interest payments between two parties based on common notional principal amounts and maturity dates.
Pay-fixed
interest rate swaps effectively convert variable rate obligations to fixed interest rate obligations. The interest payments under these agreements are settled on a net basis. The net interest payments, based on the notional amounts in these agreements, generally match the timing of the related liabilities for the interest rate swap agreements which have been designated as cash flow hedges. The notional amounts of the swap agreements represent amounts used to calculate the exchange of cash flows and are not our assets or liabilities. Our credit risk related to these agreements is considered low because the swap agreements are with creditworthy financial institutions.
The following table sets forth our interest rate swap agreements, which have been designated as cash flow hedges, at June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions):
                         
 
Notional
Amount
   
Maturity Date
   
Fair
Value
 
Pay-fixed
interest rate swaps
  $
2,000
     
December 2021
    $
7
 
Pay-fixed
interest rate swaps
   
500
     
December 2022
     
(7
)
 
 
 
During the next 12 months, we estimate $7 million will be reclassified from other comprehensive income (“OCI”) and will reduce interest expense.
Derivatives — Results of Operations
The following table presents the effect of our interest rate swaps on our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions):
                         
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships
 
Amount of Loss
Recognized in OCI on
Derivatives, Net of Tax
   
Location of Gain
Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI
into Operations
   
Amount of Gain
Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI
into Operations
 
Interest rate swaps
  $
40
     
Interest expense
    $
11
 
 
 
 
NOTE 7 — ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE
Accounting Standards Codification 820,
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures
(“ASC 820”), emphasizes fair value is a market-based measurement, and fair value measurements should be determined based on the assumptions market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities. ASC 820 utilizes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).
Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable
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NOTE 7 — ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE (continued)
inputs for the asset or liability, which are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment.
Cash Traded Investments
Our cash traded investments are generally classified within Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency.
Derivative Financial Instruments
We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. The valuation of these instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. We incorporate credit valuation adjustments to reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements of these instruments.
Although we determined the majority of the inputs used to value our derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with our derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default by us and our counterparties. We assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of our derivative positions, and at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we determined the credit valuation adjustments were not significant to the overall valuation of our derivatives.
The following tables summarize our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (dollars in millions):
                                 
 
June 30, 2019
 
 
   
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
 
Fair Value
   
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Investments of insurance subsidiaries:
   
     
     
     
 
Debt securities
 
$
351
   
$
   
$
351
   
$
 
Money market funds and other
   
104
     
104
     
     
 
                                 
Investments of insurance subsidiaries
   
455
     
104
     
351
     
 
Less amounts classified as current assets
   
(113
)
   
(103
)
   
(10
)
   
 
                                 
 
$
342
     
1
   
$
341
   
$
 
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NOTE 7 — ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE (continued)
                                 
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
   
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
 
Fair Value
   
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Investments of insurance subsidiaries:
   
     
     
     
 
Debt securities
  $
341
    $
    $
341
    $
 
Money market funds and other
   
68
     
68
     
     
 
                                 
Investments of insurance subsidiaries
   
409
     
68
     
341
     
 
Less amounts classified as current assets
   
(47
)    
(47
)    
     
 
                                 
  $
362
    $
21
    $
341
    $
 
                                 
Interest rate swaps (Other)
  $
63
    $
    $
63
    $
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The estimated fair value of our long-term debt was $38.773 billion and $32.887 billion at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, compared to carrying amounts, excluding debt issuance costs
 and discounts
, aggregating $36.445 billion and $32.978 billion, respectively. The estimates of fair value are generally based upon the quoted market prices or quoted market prices for similar issues of long-term debt with the same maturities.
NOTE 8 — LONG-TERM DEBT
A summary of long-term debt at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, including related interest rates at June 30, 2019, follows (dollars in millions):
                 
 
June 30,
2019
   
December 31,
2018
 
Senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility
 
$
    $
3,040
 
Senior secured revolving credit facility
   
     
 
Senior secured term loan facilities (effective interest rate of 3.6%)
   
3,752
     
3,801
 
Senior secured notes (effective interest rate of 5.4%)
   
18,800
     
13,800
 
Other senior secured debt (effective interest rate of 5.5%)
   
641
     
585
 
                 
Senior secured debt
   
23,193
     
21,226
 
Senior unsecured notes (effective interest rate of 6.3%)
   
13,252
     
11,752
 
Debt issuance costs and discounts
   
(252
)
   
(157
)
                 
Total debt (average life of 8.2 years, rates averaging 5.5%)
   
36,193
     
32,821
 
Less amounts due within one year
   
2,073
     
788
 
                 
 
$
 
34,120
    $
32,033
 
                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
During January 2019, we issued $1.500 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes comprised of $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.875% notes due 2029 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% notes due 2028. We used the net proceeds to fund the purchase of a seven-hospital health system located in western North Carolina.
During June 2019, we issued $5.000 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes comprised of $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 4 1/8% notes due 2029, $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/8% notes due 2039 and $2.000 
billion aggregate principal amount of
 5 1/4
% notes due 2049.
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NOTE 8 — LONG-TERM DEBT (continued)
During June 2019, we used the proceeds to temporarily reduce the balance under the asset-based revolving credit facility. During July 2019, we redeemed all $600 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 4.25% senior secured notes due 2019, all $3.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior secured notes due 2020 and all $1.350 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior secured notes due 2022. Pretax losses on retirement of debt totaling $211 million for these redemptions will be recognized during the quarter ending September 30, 2019.
NOTE 9 — LEASES
We adopted ASU No.
 2016-02,
Leases (Topic 842)
, which requires leases with durations greater than 12 months to be recognized on the balance sheet, effective January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach. Prior period financial statement amounts and disclosures have not been adjusted to reflect the provisions of the new standard. We elected the package of transition provisions available which allowed us to carryforward our historical assessments of (1) whether contracts are or contain leases, (2) lease classification and (3) initial direct costs.
We lease property and equipment under finance and operating leases. For leases with terms greater than 12 months, we record the related
right-of-use
assets and
right-of-use
obligations at the present value of lease payments over the term. Many of our leases include rental escalation clauses and renewal options that are factored into our determination of lease payments when appropriate. We do not separate lease and nonlease components of contracts.
Generally, we use our estimated incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease payments based on information available at lease commencement, as most of our leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit interest rate.
The following table presents our lease-related assets and liabilities at June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions):
                 
 
Balance Sheet Classification
   
June 30, 2019
 
Assets:
   
     
 
Operating leases
   
Right-of-use
 operating lease assets
    $
1,787
 
Finance leases
   
Property and equipment
     
598
 
                 
Total lease assets
   
    $
2,385
 
                 
Liabilities:
   
     
 
Current:
   
     
 
Operating leases
   
Other accrued expenses
    $
339
 
Finance leases
   
Long-term debt due within one year
     
90
 
Noncurrent:
   
     
 
Operating leases
   
Right-of-use
 operating lease obligations
     
1,460
 
Finance leases
   
Long-term debt
     
447
 
                 
Total lease liabilities
   
    $
2,336
 
                 
Weighted-average remaining term:
   
     
 
Operating leases
   
     
11.5 years
 
Finance leases
   
     
9.9 years
 
Weighted-average discount rate:
   
     
 
Operating leases(1)
   
     
5.5
%
Finance leases
   
     
6.2
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) Upon adoption of the new lease standard, discount rates used for existing leases were established at January 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NOTE 9 — LEASES (continued)
 
 
 
 
The following table presents certain information related to lease expense for finance and operating leases for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions):
                 
 
2019
 
 
Quarter
   
Six
Months
 
Finance lease expense:
   
     
 
Amortization of leased assets
  $
20
    $
37
 
Interest on lease liabilities
   
9
     
15
 
Operating leases(2)
   
99
     
193
 
Short-term lease expense(2)
   
75
     
153
 
Variable lease expense(2)
   
35
     
74
 
                 
  $
238
    $
472
 
                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(2) Expenses are included in “other operating expenses” in our condensed consolidated income statements.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other Information
The following table presents supplemental cash flow information for the six months ended June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions):
         
 
2019
 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
   
 
Operating cash flows for operating leases
 
267
 
Operating cash flows for finance leases
   
15
 
Financing cash flows for finance leases
   
37
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maturities of Lease Liabilities
The following table reconciles the undiscounted cash flows to the finance lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities recorded on the balance sheet at June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions):
                 
 
Operating
Leases
   
Finance
Leases
 
Year 1
  $
400
    $
115
 
Year 2
   
375
     
102
 
Year 3
   
282
     
99
 
Year 4
   
223
     
62
 
Year 5
   
174
     
60
 
Thereafter
   
1,210
     
293
 
                 
Total minimum lease payments
   
2,664
     
731
 
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest
   
(865
)    
(194
)
                 
Present value of future minimum lease payments
   
1,799
     
537
 
Less: current obligations under leases
   
(339
)    
(90
)
                 
Long-term lease obligations
  $
1,460
    $
447
 
                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 10 — CONTINGENCIES
We operate in a highly regulated and litigious industry. As a result, various lawsuits, claims and legal and regulatory proceedings have been and can be expected to be instituted or asserted against us. We are also subject to claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business, including claims for personal injuries or wrongful restriction of, or interference with, physicians’ staff privileges. In certain of these actions the claimants may seek punitive damages against us which may not be covered by insurance. We are also subject to claims by various taxing authorities for additional taxes and related interest and penalties. The resolution of any such lawsuits, claims or legal and regulatory proceedings could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
Health care companies are subject to numerous investigations by various governmental agencies. Under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), private parties have the right to bring
qui tam
, or “whistleblower,” suits against companies that submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, the government. Some states have adopted similar state whistleblower and false claims provisions. Certain of our individual facilities have received, and from time to time, other facilities may receive, government inquiries from, and may be subject to investigation by, federal and state agencies. Depending on whether the underlying conduct in these or future inquiries or investigations could be considered systemic, their resolution could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
Texas operates a state Medicaid program pursuant to a waiver from CMS under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (“Program”). The Program includes uncompensated-care pools; payments from these pools are intended to defray the uncompensated costs of services provided by our and other hospitals to Medicaid eligible or uninsured individuals. Separately, we and other hospitals provide charity care services in several communities in the state. We believe that our participation is and has been consistent with the requirements of the Program. In 2018, the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas requested information about whether the Program, as operated in Harris County, complied with the laws and regulations applicable to provider related donations, and the Company cooperated with that request. On May 21, 2019, a
qui tam
lawsuit asserting violations of the FCA and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act related to the Program, as operated in Harris County, was unsealed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Both the federal and state governments declined to intervene in the
qui tam
lawsuit, and the Company has not yet been served with the complaint. We cannot predict what effect, if any, the
qui tam
lawsuit could have on the Company.
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NOTE 11 — SHARE REPURCHASES TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
During January 2019, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program for up to $2 billion of our outstanding common stock. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we repurchased 4.034 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $128.88 per share through market purchases pursuant to the $2.0 billion share repurchase program authorized during October 2017 (which was completed during 2019) and the $2.0 billion share repurchase program authorized during January 2019. At June 30, 2019, we had $1.753 billion of repurchase authorization available under the January 2019 authorization.
The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows (dollars in millions):
                                         
 
Unrealized
Gains on
Available-
for-Sale

Securities
   
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
   
Defined
Benefit
Plans
   
Change
in Fair
Value of
Derivative
Instruments
   
Total
 
Balances at December 31, 2018
  $
3
    $
(283
)   $
(148
)   $
47
    $
(381
)
Unrealized gains on
available-for-sale
securities, net of $3 of income taxes
   
11
     
     
     
     
11
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $1 income tax benefit
   
     
(17
)    
     
     
(17
)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $12 income tax benefits
   
     
     
     
(40
)    
(40
)
Expense (income) reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $2 income tax benefits and $2 of income taxes, respectively
   
     
     
5
     
(9
)    
(4
)
                                         
Balances at June 30, 2019
  $
14
    $
(300
)   $
(143
)   $
(2
)   $
(431
)
                                         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTE 12 — SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
We operate in one line of business, which is operating hospitals and related health care entities. We operate in
two
geographically organized groups: the National and American Groups. The National Group includes 95 hospitals located in Alaska, California, Florida, southern Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, northern Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia, and the American Group includes 83 hospitals located in Colorado, northern Georgia, Kansas, southern Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. We also operate
six
hospitals in England, and these facilities are included in the Corporate and other group.
Adjusted segment EBITDA is defined as income before depreciation and amortization, interest expense, gains on sales of facilities, income taxes and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. We use adjusted segment EBITDA as an analytical indicator for purposes of allocating resources to geographic areas and assessing their performance. Adjusted segment EBITDA is commonly used as an analytical indicator within the health care industry, and also serves as a measure of leverage capacity and debt service ability. Adjusted segment EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles, and the items excluded from adjusted segment EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance. Because adjusted segment EBITDA is not a measurement determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and is thus susceptible to varying calculations, adjusted segment EBITDA, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. The geographic distributions of our revenues, equity in earnings of affiliates, adjusted segment EBITDA and
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NOTE 12 — SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (continued)
depreciation and amortization for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):
 
Quarter
   
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Revenues:
   
     
     
     
 
National Group
 
$
6,444
    $
5,609
   
$
12,761
    $
11,177
 
American Group
   
5,626
     
5,390
     
11,221
     
10,717
 
Corporate and other
   
532
     
530
     
1,137
     
1,058
 
                                 
 
$
12,602
    $
11,529
   
$
25,119
    $
22,952
 
                                 
Equity in earnings of affiliates:
   
     
     
     
 
National Group
 
$
(3
)
  $
(2
)  
$
(5
)
  $
(4
)
American Group
   
(11
)
   
(10
)    
(22
)
   
(19
)
Corporate and other
   
6
     
5
     
8
     
7
 
                                 
 
$
(8
)
  $
(7
)  
$
(19
)
  $
(16
)
                                 
Adjusted segment EBITDA:
   
     
     
     
 
National Group
 
$
1,364
    $
1,284
   
$
2,818
    $
2,466
 
American Group
   
1,117
     
1,147
     
2,258
     
2,178
 
Corporate and other
   
(188
)
   
(204
)    
(242
)
   
(299
)
                                 
 
$
2,293
    $
2,227
   
$
4,834
    $
4,345
 
                                 
Depreciation and amortization:
   
     
     
     
 
National Group
 
$
283
    $
232
   
$
548
    $
457
 
American Group
   
270
     
255
     
551
     
507
 
Corporate and other
   
83
     
75
     
156
     
151
 
                                 
 
$
636
    $
562
   
$
1,255
    $
1,115
 
                                 
Adjusted segment EBITDA
 
$
2,293
    $
2,227
   
$
4,834
    $
4,345
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
636
     
562
     
1,255
     
1,115
 
Interest expense
   
477
     
436
     
938
     
867
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
(18
)
   
(9
)    
(17
)
   
(414
)
                                 
Income before income taxes
 
$
1,198
    $
1,238
   
$
2,658
    $
2,777
 
                                 
NOTE 13 — SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION
HCA Healthcare, Inc. has $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.250% senior unsecured notes due 2021 outstanding. These notes are senior unsecured obligations and are not guaranteed by any of our subsidiaries.
HCA Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of HCA Healthcare, Inc., is the obligor under a significant portion of our other indebtedness, including our senior secured credit facilities, senior secured notes and senior unsecured notes (other than the senior unsecured notes issued by HCA Healthcare, Inc.). The senior secured notes and senior unsecured notes issued by HCA Inc. are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by HCA Healthcare, Inc. The senior secured credit facilities and senior secured notes are fully and 
unconditionally guaranteed by substantially all existing and future, direct and indirect, 100% owned material domestic subsidiaries that are “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” under our Indenture dated December 16, 1993 (except for certain special purpose subsidiaries that only guarantee and pledge their assets under our senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility).
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NOTE 13 — SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
Our summarized condensed consolidating comprehensive income statements for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, condensed consolidating balance sheets at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 and condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, segregating HCA Healthcare, Inc. issuer, HCA Inc. issuer, the subsidiary guarantors, the subsidiary
non-guarantors
and eliminations, follow:
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING COMPREHENSIVE INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
(Dollars in millions)
 
HCA
Healthcare, Inc.
Issuer
   
HCA Inc.
Issuer
   
Subsidiary
Guarantors
   
Subsidiary
Non-
Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Condensed
Consolidated
 
Revenues
  $
    $
    $
7,129
    $
5,473
    $
    $
12,602
 
                                                 
Salaries and benefits
   
     
     
3,199
     
2,638
     
     
5,837
 
Supplies
   
     
     
1,189
     
929
     
     
2,118
 
Other operating expenses
   
1
     
     
1,157
     
1,204
     
     
2,362
 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
   
(822
)    
     
(1
)    
(7
)    
822
     
(8
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
     
     
354
     
282
     
     
636
 
Interest expense (income)
   
16
     
1,010
     
(511
)    
(38
)    
     
477
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
     
     
(8
)    
(10
)    
     
(18
)
Management fees
   
     
     
(205
)    
205
     
     
 
                                                 
   
(805
)    
1,010
     
5,174
     
5,203
     
822
     
11,404
 
                                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes
   
805
     
(1,010
)    
1,955
     
270
     
(822
)    
1,198
 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
   
22
     
(235
)    
450
     
34
     
     
271
 
                                                 
Net income (loss)
   
783
     
(775
)    
1,505
     
236
     
(822
)    
927
 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
   
     
     
21
     
123
     
     
144
 
                                                 
Net income (loss) attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
  $
783
    $
(775
)   $
1,484
    $
113
    $
(822
)   $
783
 
                                                 
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
  $
726
    $
(806
)   $
1,487
    $
84
    $
(765
)   $
726
 
                                                 
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NOTE 13 — SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING COMPREHENSIVE INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2018
(Dollars in millions)
                                                 
 
HCA
Healthcare, Inc.
Issuer
   
HCA Inc.
Issuer
   
Subsidiary
Guarantors
   
Subsidiary
Non-
Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Condensed
Consolidated
 
Revenues
  $
    $
    $
6,774
    $
4,755
    $
    $
11,529
 
                                                 
Salaries and benefits
   
     
     
3,025
     
2,249
     
     
5,274
 
Supplies
   
     
     
1,127
     
790
     
     
1,917
 
Other operating expenses
   
4
     
     
1,122
     
992
     
     
2,118
 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
   
(852
)    
     
(1
)    
(6
)    
852
     
(7
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
     
     
329
     
233
     
     
562
 
Interest expense (income)
   
16
     
867
     
(389
)    
(58
)    
     
436
 
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities
   
     
     
23
     
(32
)    
     
(9
)
Management fees
   
     
     
(157
)    
157
     
     
 
                                                 
   
(832
)    
867
     
5,079
     
4,325
     
852
     
10,291
 
                                                 
                                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes
   
832
     
(867
)    
1,695
     
430
     
(852
)    
1,238
 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
   
12
     
(201
)    
389
     
72
     
     
272
 
                                                 
Net income (loss)
   
820
     
(666
)    
1,306
     
358
     
(852
)    
966
 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
   
     
     
22
     
124
     
     
146
 
                                                 
Net income (loss) attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
  $
820
    $
(666
)   $
1,284
    $
234
    $
(852
)   $
820
 
                                                 
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
  $
756
    $
(656
)   $
1,287
    $
157
    $
(788
)   $
756
 
                                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NOTE 13 — SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING COMPREHENSIVE INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
(Dollars in millions)
                                                 
 
HCA
Healthcare, Inc.
Issuer
   
HCA Inc.
Issuer
   
Subsidiary
Guarantors
   
Subsidiary
Non-
Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Condensed
Consolidated
 
Revenues
  $
    $
    $
14,353
    $
10,766
    $
    $
25,119
 
                                                 
Salaries and benefits
   
     
     
6,336
     
5,148
     
     
11,484
 
Supplies
   
     
     
2,366
     
1,793
     
     
4,159
 
Other operating expenses
   
3
     
     
2,303
     
2,355
     
     
4,661
 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
   
(1,848
)    
     
(3
)    
(16
)    
1,848
     
(19
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
     
     
709
     
546
     
     
1,255
 
Interest expense (income)
   
32
     
2,005
     
(984
)    
(115
)    
     
938
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
     
     
(7
)    
(10
)    
     
(17
)
Management fees
   
     
     
(376
)    
376
     
     
 
                                                 
   
(1,813
)    
2,005
     
10,344
     
10,077
     
1,848
     
22,461
 
                                                 
                                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes
   
1,813
     
(2,005
)    
4,009
     
689
     
(1,848
)    
2,658
 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
   
(9
)    
(466
)    
922
     
103
     
     
550
 
                                                 
Net income (loss)
   
1,822
     
(1,539
)    
3,087
     
586
     
(1,848
)    
2,108
 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
   
     
     
41
     
245
     
     
286
 
                                                 
Net income (loss) attributable to HCA    Healthcare, Inc.
  $
1,822
    $
(1,539
)   $
3,046
    $
341
    $
(1,848
)   $
1,822
 
                                                 
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
  $
1,772
    $
(1,588
)   $
3,051
    $
335
    $
(1,798
)   $
1,772
 
                                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 13 — SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING COMPREHENSIVE INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2018
(Dollars in millions)
 
HCA
Healthcare, Inc.
Issuer
   
HCA Inc.
Issuer
   
Subsidiary
Guarantors
   
Subsidiary
Non-
Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Condensed
Consolidated
 
Revenues
  $
    $
    $
13,550
    $
9,402
    $
    $
22,952
 
                                                 
Salaries and benefits
   
     
     
6,094
     
4,469
     
     
10,563
 
Supplies
   
     
     
2,268
     
1,564
     
     
3,832
 
Other operating expenses
   
5
     
     
2,250
     
1,973
     
     
4,228
 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
   
(1,942
)    
     
(3
)    
(13
)    
1,942
     
(16
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
     
     
652
     
463
     
     
1,115
 
Interest expense (income)
   
32
     
1,704
     
(756
)    
(113
)    
     
867
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
     
     
(372
)    
(42
)    
     
(414
)
Management fees
   
     
     
(315
)    
315
     
     
 
                                                 
   
(1,905
)    
1,704
     
9,818
     
8,616
     
1,942
     
20,175
 
                                                 
                                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes
   
1,905
     
(1,704
)    
3,732
     
786
     
(1,942
)    
2,777
 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
   
(59
)    
(396
)    
856
     
128
     
     
529
 
                                                 
Net income (loss)
   
1,964
     
(1,308
)    
2,876
     
658
     
(1,942
)    
2,248
 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
   
     
     
50
     
234
     
     
284
 
                                                 
Net income (loss) attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
  $
1,964
    $
(1,308
)   $
2,826
    $
424
    $
(1,942
)   $
1,964
 
                                                 
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
  $
1,981
    $
(1,271
)   $
2,833
    $
397
    $
(1,959
)   $
1,981
 
                                                 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 13 — SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
JUNE 30, 2019
(Dollars in millions)
 
HCA
Healthcare, Inc.
Issuer
   
HCA Inc.
Issuer
   
Subsidiary
Guarantors
   
Subsidiary
Non-
Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Condensed
Consolidated
 
ASSETS
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Current assets:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $
300
    $
    $
1,700
    $
430
    $
    $
2,430
 
Accounts receivable
   
     
     
4,004
     
3,215
     
     
7,219
 
Inventories
   
     
     
1,194
     
632
     
     
1,826
 
Other
   
     
     
756
     
638
     
     
1,394
 
                                                 
   
300 
     
     
7,654
     
4,915
     
     
12,869
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, net
   
     
     
12,749
     
8,718
     
     
21,467
 
Investments of insurance subsidiaries
   
     
     
     
342
     
     
342
 
Investments in and advances to affiliates
   
34,964
     
     
29
     
218
     
(34,964
)    
247
 
Goodwill and other intangible assets
   
     
     
5,725
     
2,415
     
     
8,140
 
Right-of-use
operating lease assets
   
     
     
436
     
1,351
     
     
1,787
 
Other
   
462
     
     
21
     
114
     
     
597
 
                                                 
  $
35,726
    $
    $
26,614
    $
18,073
    $
(34,964
)   $
45,449
 
                                                 
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT)
EQUITY
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Current liabilities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Accounts payable
  $
    $
    $
1,754
    $
855
    $
    $
2,609
 
Accrued salaries
   
     
     
908
     
589
     
     
1,497
 
Other accrued expenses
   
67
     
441
     
896
     
1,378
     
     
2,782
 
Long-term debt due within one year
   
     
1,976
     
53
     
44
     
     
2,073
 
                                                 
   
67
     
2,417
     
3,611
     
2,866
     
     
8,961
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt, net
   
997
     
32,579
     
224
     
320
     
     
34,120
 
Intercompany balances
   
37,985
     
(8,618
)    
(29,356
)    
(11
)    
     
 
Professional liability risks
   
     
     
     
1,354
     
     
1,354
 
Right-of-use
operating lease obligations
   
     
     
331
     
1,129
     
     
1,460
 
Income taxes and other liabilities
   
579
     
     
232
     
513
     
     
1,324
 
                                                 
   
39,628
     
26,378
     
(24,958
)    
6,171
     
     
47,219
 
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
   
(3,902
)    
(26,378
)    
51,488
     
9,854
     
(34,964
)    
(3,902
)
Noncontrolling interests
   
     
     
84
     
2,048
     
     
2,132
 
                                                 
   
(3,902
)    
(26,378
)    
51,572
     
11,902
     
(34,964
)    
(1,770
)
                                                 
  $
35,726
    $
    $
26,614
    $
18,073
    $
(34,964
)   $
45,449
 
                                                 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 13 — SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2018
(Dollars in millions)
 
HCA
Healthcare, Inc.
Issuer
   
HCA Inc.
Issuer
   
Subsidiary
Guarantors
   
Subsidiary
Non-
Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Condensed
Consolidated
 
ASSETS
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Current assets:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $
    $
    $
174
    $
328
    $
    $
502
 
Accounts receivable
   
     
     
3,964
     
2,825
     
     
6,789
 
Inventories
   
     
     
1,178
     
554
     
     
1,732
 
Other
   
     
     
669
     
521
     
     
1,190
 
                                                 
   
     
     
5,985
     
4,228
     
     
10,213
 
Property and equipment, net
   
     
     
12,450
     
7,307
     
     
19,757
 
Investments of insurance subsidiaries
   
     
     
     
362
     
     
362
 
Investments in and advances to affiliates
   
33,166
     
     
29
     
203
     
(33,166
)    
232
 
Goodwill and other intangible assets
   
     
     
5,724
     
2,229
     
     
7,953
 
Other
   
478
     
64
     
35
     
113
     
     
690
 
                                                 
  $
33,644
    $
64
    $
24,223
    $
14,442
    $
(33,166
)   $
39,207
 
                                                 
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT)
EQUITY
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Current liabilities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Accounts payable
  $
    $
    $
1,721
    $
856
    $
    $
2,577
 
Accrued salaries
   
     
     
998
     
582
     
     
1,580
 
Other accrued expenses
   
142
     
403
     
905
     
1,174
     
     
2,624
 
Long-term debt due within one year
   
     
696
     
55
     
37
     
     
788
 
                                                 
   
142
     
1,099
     
3,679
     
2,649
     
     
7,569
 
Long-term debt, net
   
996
     
30,544
     
212
     
281
     
     
32,033
 
Intercompany balances
   
36,951
     
(6,789
)    
(28,415
)    
(1,747
)    
     
 
Professional liability risks
   
     
     
     
1,275
     
     
1,275
 
Income taxes and other liabilities
   
505
     
     
223
     
520
     
     
1,248
 
                                                 
   
38,594
     
24,854
     
(24,301
)    
2,978
     
     
42,125
 
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
   
(4,950
)    
(24,790
)    
48,437
     
9,519
     
(33,166
)    
(4,950
)
Noncontrolling interests
   
     
     
87
     
1,945
     
     
2,032
 
                                                 
   
(4,950
)    
(24,790
)    
48,524
     
11,464
     
(33,166
)    
(2,918
)
                                                 
  $
33,644
    $
64
    $
24,223
    $
14,442
    $
(33,166
)   $
39,207
 
                                                 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 13 — SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
(Dollars in millions)
 
HCA
Healthcare, Inc.
Issuer
   
HCA Inc.
Issuer
   
Subsidiary
Guarantors
   
Subsidiary
Non-
Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Condensed
Consolidated
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net income (loss)
  $
1,822
    $
(1,539
)   $
3,087
    $
586
    $
(1,848
)   $
2,108
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
   
     
40
     
(305
)    
(378
)    
     
(643
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
     
     
709
     
546
     
     
1,255
 
Income taxes
   
27
     
     
     
     
     
27
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
     
     
(7
)    
(10
)    
     
(17
)
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts
   
     
16
     
     
     
     
16
 
Share-based compensation
   
     
     
158
     
     
     
158
 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
   
(1,848
)    
     
     
     
1,848
     
 
Other
   
54
     
     
14
     
(1
)    
     
67
 
                                                 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
   
55
     
(1,483
)    
3,656
     
743
     
     
2,971
 
                                                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Purchase of property and equipment
   
     
     
(953
)    
(792
)    
     
(1,745
)
Acquisition of hospitals and health care entities
   
     
     
(35
)    
(1,469
)    
     
(1,504
)
Disposition of hospitals and health care entities
   
     
     
30
     
11
     
     
41
 
Change in investments
   
     
     
14
     
45
     
     
59
 
Other
   
     
     
(9
)    
45
     
     
36
 
                                                 
Net cash used in investing activities
   
     
     
(953
)    
(2,160
)    
     
(3,113
)
                                                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Issuance of long-term debt
   
     
6,451
     
     
     
     
6,451
 
Net change in revolving credit facilities
   
     
(3,040
)    
     
     
     
(3,040
)
Repayment of long-term debt
   
     
(47
)    
(31
)    
(20
)    
     
(98
)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
   
     
     
(44
)    
(203
)    
     
(247
)
Payment of debt issuance costs
   
     
(63
)    
     
     
     
(63
)
Payment of cash dividends
   
(278
)    
     
     
     
     
(278
)
Repurchases of common stock
   
(520
)    
     
     
     
     
(520
)
Changes in intercompany balances with affiliates, net
   
1,165
     
(1,818
)    
(1,102
)    
1,755
     
     
 
Other
   
(122
)    
     
     
(13
)    
     
(135
)
                                                 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
245
     
1,483
     
(1,177
)    
1,519
     
     
2,070
 
                                                 
Change in cash and cash equivalents
   
300
     
     
1,526
     
102
     
     
1,928
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
     
     
174
     
328
     
     
502
 
                                                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $
300
    $
    $
1,700
    $
430
    $
    $
2,430
 
                                                 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE 13 — SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2018
(Dollars in millions)
                                                 
 
HCA
Healthcare, Inc.
Issuer
   
HCA Inc.
Issuer
   
Subsidiary
Guarantors
   
Subsidiary
Non-
Guarantors
   
Eliminations
   
Condensed
Consolidated
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net income (loss)
  $
1,964
    $
(1,308
)   $
2,876
    $
658
    $
(1,942
)   $
2,248
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
   
     
2
     
(352
)    
(52
)    
     
(402
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
     
     
652
     
463
     
     
1,115
 
Income taxes
   
118
     
     
     
     
     
118
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
     
     
(372
)    
(42
)    
     
(414
)
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts
   
     
15
     
     
     
     
15
 
Share-based compensation
   
     
     
134
     
     
     
134
 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
   
(1,942
)    
     
     
     
1,942
     
 
Other
   
43
     
     
     
8
     
     
51
 
                                                 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
   
183
     
(1,291
)    
2,938
     
1,035
     
     
2,865
 
                                                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Purchase of property and equipment
   
     
     
(900
)    
(674
)    
     
(1,574
)
Acquisition of hospitals and health care entities
   
     
     
(438
)    
(100
)    
     
(538
)
Disposition of hospitals and health care entities
   
     
     
767
     
32
     
     
799
 
Change in investments
   
     
     
17
     
6
     
     
23
 
Other
   
     
     
(30
)    
5
     
     
(25
)
                                                 
Net cash used in investing activities
   
     
     
(584
)    
(731
)    
     
(1,315
)
                                                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
   
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net change in revolving credit facilities
   
     
210
     
     
     
     
210
 
Repayment of long-term debt
   
     
(41
)    
(38
)    
(22
)    
     
(101
)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
   
     
     
(43
)    
(142
)    
     
(185
)
Payment of debt issuance costs
   
     
(2
)    
     
     
     
(2
)
Payment of cash dividends
   
(245
)    
     
     
     
     
(245
)
Repurchases of common stock
   
(893
)    
     
     
     
     
(893
)
Changes in intercompany balances with affiliates, net
   
1,150
     
1,124
     
(2,188
)    
(86
)    
     
 
Other
   
(196
)    
     
     
4
     
     
(192
)
                                                 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
   
(184
)    
1,291
     
(2,269
)    
(246
)    
     
(1,408
)
                                                 
Effect on exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
   
     
     
     
(6
)    
     
(6
)
                                                 
Change in cash and cash equivalents
   
(1
)    
     
85
     
52
     
     
136
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
1
     
     
112
     
619
     
     
732
 
                                                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $
    $
    $
197
    $
671
    $
    $
868
 
                                                 
 
 
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking Statements
This quarterly report on Form
 10-Q
includes certain disclosures which contain “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include statements regarding expected share-based compensation expense, expected capital expenditures and expected net claim payments and all other statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, and can be identified by the use of words like “may,” “believe,” “will,” “expect,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “initiative” or “continue.” These forward-looking statements are based on our current plans and expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown uncertainties and risks, many of which are beyond our control, which could significantly affect current plans and expectations and our future financial position and results of operations. These factors include, but are not limited to, (1) the impact of our substantial indebtedness and the ability to refinance such indebtedness on acceptable terms, (2) the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively, the “Health Reform Law”), including the effects of court challenges to, any repeal of, or changes to, the Health Reform Law or additional changes to its implementation, the possible enactment of additional federal or state health care reforms and possible changes to other federal, state or local laws or regulations affecting the health care industry, (3) the effects related to the continued implementation of the sequestration spending reductions required under the Budget Control Act of 2011, and related legislation extending these reductions, and the potential for future deficit reduction legislation that may alter these spending reductions, which include cuts to Medicare payments, or create additional spending reductions, (4) increases in the amount and risk of collectability of uninsured accounts and deductibles and copayment amounts for insured accounts, (5) the ability to achieve operating and financial targets, and attain expected levels of patient volumes and control the costs of providing services, (6) possible changes in Medicare, Medicaid and other state programs, including Medicaid supplemental payment programs or Medicaid waiver programs, that may impact reimbursements to health care providers and insurers and the size of the uninsured or underinsured population, (7) the highly competitive nature of the health care business, (8) changes in service mix, revenue mix and surgical volumes, including potential declines in the population covered under third-party payer agreements, the ability to enter into and renew third-party payer provider agreements on acceptable terms and the impact of consumer-driven health plans and physician utilization trends and practices, (9) the efforts of health insurers, health care providers, large employer groups and others to contain health care costs, (10) the outcome of our continuing efforts to monitor, maintain and comply with appropriate laws, regulations, policies and procedures, (11) increases in wages and the ability to attract and retain qualified management and personnel, including affiliated physicians, nurses and medical and technical support personnel, (12) the availability and terms of capital to fund the expansion of our business and improvements to our existing facilities, (13) changes in accounting practices, (14) changes in general economic conditions nationally and regionally in our markets, (15) the emergence of and effects related to infectious diseases, (16) future divestitures which may result in charges and possible impairments of long-lived assets, (17) changes in business strategy or development plans, (18) delays in receiving payments for services provided, (19) the outcome of pending and any future tax audits, disputes and litigation associated with our tax positions, (20) potential adverse impact of known and unknown government investigations, litigation and other claims that may be made against us, (21) the impact of potential cybersecurity incidents or security breaches, (22) our ongoing ability to demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health record (“EHR”) technology, (23) the impact of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and floods, or similar events beyond our control, (24) the effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), including potential legislation or interpretive guidance that may be issued by federal and state taxing authorities or other standard-setting bodies, and (25) other risk factors described in our annual report on Form
 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2018 and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a consequence, current plans, anticipated actions and future financial position and results of operations may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of HCA. You are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements when evaluating the information presented in this report, which forward-looking statements reflect management’s views only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Second Quarter 2019 Operations Summary
Revenues increased to $12.602 billion in the second quarter of 2019 from $11.529 billion in the second quarter of 2018. Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc. totaled $783 million, or $2.25 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, compared to $820 million, or $2.31 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Second quarter results for 2019 and 2018 include net gains on sales of facilities of $18 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, and $9 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, respectively. All “per diluted share” disclosures are based upon amounts net of the applicable income taxes. Shares used for diluted earnings per share were 348.373 million shares for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 and 355.039 million shares for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. During 2018 and the first six months of 2019, we repurchased 14.070 million shares and 4.034 million shares of our common stock, respectively.
Revenues increased 9.3% on a consolidated basis and increased 4.3% on a same facility basis for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2018. The increase in consolidated revenues can be attributed to the combined impact of a 3.0% increase in revenue per equivalent admission and a 6.2% increase in equivalent admissions. The same facility revenues increase resulted from the combined impact of a 1.7% increase in same facility revenue per equivalent admission and a 2.6% increase in same facility equivalent admissions.
During the quarter ended June 30, 2019, consolidated admissions and same facility admissions increased 4.8% and 2.1%, respectively, compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Surgeries increased 2.7% on a consolidated basis and 0.3% on a same facility basis during the quarter ended June 30, 2019, compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Emergency department visits increased 4.9% on a consolidated basis and 3.0% on a same facility basis during the quarter ended June 30, 2019, compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Same facility uninsured admissions increased 5.1% for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2018.
Cash flows from operating activities increased $415 million from $1.582 billion for the second quarter of 2018 to $1.997 billion for the second quarter of 2019. The increase in cash provided by operating activities was primarily related to positive changes of $468 million related to working capital items.
Results of Operations
Revenue/Volume Trends
Our revenues generally relate to contracts with patients in which our performance obligations are to provide health care services to the patients. Revenues are recorded during the period our obligations to provide health care services are satisfied. Our performance obligations for inpatient services are generally satisfied over periods that average approximately five days, and revenues are recognized based on charges incurred in relation to total expected charges. Our performance obligations for outpatient services are generally satisfied over a period of less than one day. The contractual relationships with patients, in most cases, also involve a third-party payer (Medicare, Medicaid, managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies, including plans offered through the health insurance exchanges) and the transaction prices for the services provided are dependent upon the terms provided by (Medicare and Medicaid) or negotiated with (managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies) the third-party payers. The payment arrangements with third-party payers for the services we provide to the related patients typically specify payments at amounts less than our standard charges. Medicare generally pays for inpatient and outpatient services at prospectively determined rates based on clinical, diagnostic and other factors. Services provided to patients having Medicaid coverage are generally paid at prospectively
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Results of Operations (continued)
Revenue/Volume Trends (continued)
determined rates per discharge, per identified service or per covered member. Agreements with commercial insurance carriers, managed care and preferred provider organizations generally provide for payments based upon predetermined rates per diagnosis, per diem rates or discounted
fee-for-service
rates. Management continually reviews the contractual estimation process to consider and incorporate updates to laws and regulations and the frequent changes in managed care contractual terms resulting from contract renegotiations and renewals.
Revenues increased 9.3% from $11.529 billion in the second quarter of 2018 to $12.602 billion in the second quarter of 2019. Our revenues are based upon the estimated amounts we expect to be entitled to receive from patients and third-party payers. Estimates of contractual allowances under managed care and commercial insurance plans are based upon the payment terms specified in the related contractual agreements. Revenues related to uninsured patients and uninsured copayment and deductible amounts for patients who have health care coverage may have discounts applied (uninsured discounts and contractual discounts). We also record estimated implicit price concessions (based primarily on historical collection experience) related to uninsured accounts to record
self-pay
revenues at the estimated amounts we expect to collect. Our revenues from third-party payers and others (including uninsured patients) for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):
                                 
 
Quarter
 
 
2019
   
Ratio
   
2018
   
Ratio
 
Medicare
 
$
2,635
     
20.9
%
  $
2,425
     
21.0
%
Managed Medicare
   
1,595
     
12.7
     
1,345
     
11.7
 
Medicaid
   
416
     
3.3
     
357
     
3.1
 
Managed Medicaid
   
554
     
4.4
     
586
     
5.1
 
Managed care and insurers
   
6,425
     
50.9
     
5,993
     
51.9
 
International (managed care and insurers)
   
284
     
2.3
     
295
     
2.6
 
Other
   
693
     
5.5
     
528
     
4.6
 
                                 
Revenues
 
$
12,602
     
100.0
%
  $
11,529
     
100.0
%
                                 
                                 
 
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
Ratio
   
2018
   
Ratio
 
Medicare
 
$
5,405
     
21.5
%
  $
4,949
     
21.6
%
Managed Medicare
   
3,184
     
12.7
     
2,744
     
12.0
 
Medicaid
   
763
     
3.0
     
638
     
2.8
 
Managed Medicaid
   
1,167
     
4.6
     
1,147
     
5.0
 
Managed care and insurers
   
12,851
     
51.1
     
12,055
     
52.5
 
International (managed care and insurers)
   
581
     
2.3
     
600
     
2.6
 
Other
   
1,168
     
4.8
     
819
     
3.5
 
                                 
Revenues
 
$
25,119
     
100.0
%
  $
22,952
     
100.0
%
                                 
Consolidated and same facility revenue per equivalent admission increased 3.0% and 1.7%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2019, compared to the second quarter of 2018. Consolidated and same facility equivalent admissions increased 6.2% and 2.6%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2019, compared to the second quarter of 2018. Consolidated and same facility outpatient surgeries increased 3.0% and 0.6%, respectively, in the
 
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Results of Operations (continued)
Revenue/Volume Trends (continued)
second quarter of 2019, compared to the second quarter of 2018. Consolidated and same facility inpatient surgeries increased 2.2% and declined 0.1%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2019, compared to the second quarter of 2018. Consolidated and same facility emergency department visits increased 4.9% and 3.0%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2019, compared to the second quarter of 2018.
To quantify the total impact of the trends related to uninsured accounts, we believe it is beneficial to view total uncompensated care, which is comprised of charity care, uninsured discounts and implicit price concessions. A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 follows (dollars in millions):
                                 
 
Quarter
   
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)
 
$
10,953
    $
9,871
   
$
21,559
    $
19,738
 
Cost-to-charges
ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)
   
12.2
%
   
12.6
%    
12.0
%
   
12.5
%
Total uncompensated care
 
$
7,695
    $
6,486
   
$
14,780
    $
12,738
 
Multiply by the
cost-to-charges
ratio
   
12.2
%
   
12.6
%    
12.0
%
   
12.5
%
                                 
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care
 
$
938
    $
817
   
$
1,774
    $
1,592
 
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total uncompensated care as a percentage of the sum of revenues and total uncompensated care was 37.9% and 36.0% for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and 37.0% and 35.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Same facility uninsured admissions increased by 2,017 admissions, or 5.1%, in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the second quarter of 2018. Same facility uninsured admissions were flat in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the first quarter of 2018. Same facility uninsured admissions in 2018, compared to 2017, increased 7.4% in the fourth quarter of 2018, increased 8.8% in the third quarter of 2018, increased 7.8% in the second quarter of 2018, and increased 10.1% in the first quarter of 2018.
The approximate percentages of our admissions related to Medicare, managed Medicare, Medicaid, managed Medicaid, managed care and insurers and the uninsured for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are set forth in the following table.
                                 
 
Quarter
   
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Medicare
   
29
%
   
29
%    
29
%
   
30
%
Managed Medicare
   
18
     
18
     
19
     
18
 
Medicaid
   
5
     
5
     
5
     
5
 
Managed Medicaid
   
12
     
12
     
12
     
12
 
Managed care and insurers
   
27
     
28
     
27
     
27
 
Uninsured
   
9
     
8
     
8
     
8
 
                                 
   
100
%
   
100
%    
100
%
   
100
%
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
The approximate percentages of our inpatient revenues related to Medicare, managed Medicare, Medicaid, managed Medicaid, managed care and insurers for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are set forth in the following table.
 
 
 
 
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Results of Operations (continued)
Revenue/Volume Trends (continued)
                                 
 
Quarter
   
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Medicare
   
28
%
   
28
%    
29
%
   
29
%
Managed Medicare
   
15
     
13
     
14
     
14
 
Medicaid
   
5
     
5
     
4
     
4
 
Managed Medicaid
   
5
     
5
     
5
     
5
 
Managed care and insurers
   
47
     
49
     
48
     
48
 
                                 
   
100
%
   
100
%    
100
%
   
100
%
                                 
 
 
At June 30, 2019, we had 91 hospitals in the states of Texas and Florida. During the second quarter of 2019, 56% of our admissions and 48% of our revenues were generated by these hospitals. Uninsured admissions in Texas and Florida represented 72% of our uninsured admissions during the second quarter of 2019.
We receive a significant portion of our revenues from government health programs, principally Medicare and Medicaid, which are highly regulated and subject to frequent and substantial changes. In December 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it will phase out federal matching funds for Designated State Health Programs under waivers granted under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act. Texas currently operates its Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program pursuant to a Medicaid waiver. In December 2017, CMS approved an extension of this waiver through September 30, 2022, but indicated that it will phase out some of the federal funding. Our Texas Medicaid revenues included Medicaid supplemental payments of $106 million and $97 million during the second quarters of 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $214 million and $195 million during the first six months of 2019 and 2018, respectively.
In addition, we receive supplemental payments in several other states. We are aware these supplemental payment programs are currently being reviewed by certain state agencies and some states have made requests to CMS to replace their existing supplemental payment programs. It is possible these reviews and requests will result in the restructuring of such supplemental payment programs and could result in the payment programs being reduced or eliminated. Because deliberations about these programs are ongoing, we are unable to estimate the financial impact the program structure modifications, if any, may have on our results of operations.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Results of Operations (continued)
Operating Results Summary
The following is a comparative summary of results of operations for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 (dollars in millions):
                                 
 
Quarter
 
 
2019
   
2018
 
 
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
 
Revenues
 
$
12,602
     
100.0
    $
11,529
     
100.0
 
                                 
Salaries and benefits
   
5,837
     
46.3
     
5,274
     
45.8
 
Supplies
   
2,118
     
16.8
     
1,917
     
16.6
 
Other operating expenses
   
2,362
     
18.8
     
2,118
     
18.4
 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
   
(8
)
   
(0.1
)
   
(7
)    
(0.1
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
636
     
5.0
     
562
     
4.9
 
Interest expense
   
477
     
3.8
     
436
     
3.8
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
(18
)
   
(0.1
)
   
(9
)    
(0.1
)
                                 
   
11,404
     
90.5
     
10,291
     
89.3
 
                                 
Income before income taxes
   
1,198
     
9.5
     
1,238
     
10.7
 
Provision for income taxes
   
271
     
2.1
     
272
     
2.3
 
                                 
Net income
   
927
     
7.4
     
966
     
8.4
 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
   
144
     
1.2
     
146
     
1.3
 
                                 
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
 
$
783
     
6.2
    $
820
     
7.1
 
                                 
% changes from prior year:
   
     
     
     
 
Revenues
   
9.3
%
   
     
7.4
%    
 
Income before income taxes
   
(3.2
)
   
     
6.6
     
 
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
   
(4.5
)
   
     
24.9
     
 
Admissions(a)
   
4.8
     
     
4.5
     
 
Equivalent admissions(b)
   
6.2
     
     
5.1
     
 
Revenue per equivalent admission
   
3.0
     
     
2.1
     
 
Same facility % changes from prior year(c):
   
     
     
     
 
Revenues
   
4.3
     
     
6.5
     
 
Admissions(a)
   
2.1
     
     
2.7
     
 
Equivalent admissions(b)
   
2.6
     
     
2.8
     
 
Revenue per equivalent admission
   
1.7
     
     
3.6
     
 
 
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Results of Operations (continued)
Operating Results Summary (continued)
                                 
 
Six Months
 
 
2019
   
2018
 
 
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
 
Revenues
 
$
25,119
     
100.0
    $
22,952
     
100.0
 
                                 
Salaries and benefits
   
11,484
     
45.7
     
10,563
     
46.0
 
Supplies
   
4,159
     
16.6
     
3,832
     
16.7
 
Other operating expenses
   
4,661
     
18.6
     
4,228
     
18.5
 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
   
(19
)
   
(0.1
)
   
(16
)    
(0.1
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
1,255
     
5.0
     
1,115
     
4.8
 
Interest expense
   
938
     
3.7
     
867
     
3.8
 
Gains on sales of facilities
   
(17
)
   
(0.1
)
   
(414
)    
(1.8
)
                                 
   
22,461
     
89.4
     
20,175
     
87.9
 
                                 
Income before income taxes
   
2,658
     
10.6
     
2,777
     
12.1
 
Provision for income taxes
   
550
     
2.2
     
529
     
2.3
 
                                 
Net income
   
2,108
     
8.4
     
2,248
     
9.8
 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
   
286
     
1.1
     
284
     
1.2
 
                                 
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
 
$
1,822
     
7.3
    $
1,964
     
8.6
 
                                 
% changes from prior year:
   
     
     
     
 
Revenues
   
9.4
%
   
     
7.5
%    
 
Income before income taxes
   
(4.3
)
   
     
24.7
     
 
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
   
(7.2
)
   
     
49.3
     
 
Admissions(a)
   
3.9
     
     
4.5
     
 
Equivalent admissions(b)
   
5.5
     
     
4.9
     
 
Revenue per equivalent admission
   
3.8
     
     
2.5
     
 
Same facility % changes from prior year(c):
   
     
     
     
 
Revenues
   
5.4
     
     
6.2
     
 
Admissions(a)
   
1.6
     
     
2.5
     
 
Equivalent admissions(b)
   
2.3
     
     
2.3
     
 
Revenue per equivalent admission
   
3.0
     
     
3.8
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Represents the total number of patients admitted to our hospitals and is used by management and certain investors as a general measure of inpatient volume.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(b) Equivalent admissions are used by management and certain investors as a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume. Equivalent admissions are computed by multiplying admissions (inpatient volume) by the sum of gross inpatient revenues and gross outpatient revenues and then dividing the resulting amount by gross inpatient revenues. The equivalent admissions computation “equates” outpatient revenues to the volume measure (admissions) used to measure inpatient volume, resulting in a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(c) Same facility information excludes the operations of hospitals and their related facilities which were either acquired or divested during the current and prior period.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Results of Operations (continued)
Quarters Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
Revenues increased to $12.602 billion in the second quarter of 2019 from $11.529 billion in the second quarter of 2018. Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc. totaled $783 million, or $2.25 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, compared to $820 million, or $2.31 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Second quarter results for 2019 and 2018 include net gains on sales of facilities of $18 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, and $9 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, respectively. All “per diluted share” disclosures are based upon amounts net of the applicable income taxes. Shares used for diluted earnings per share were 348.373 million shares for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 and 355.039 million shares for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. During 2018 and the first six months of 2019, we repurchased 14.070 million shares and 4.034 million shares of our common stock, respectively.
Revenues increased 9.3% due to the combined impact of revenue per equivalent admission growth of 3.0% and a 6.2% increase in equivalent admissions for the second quarter of 2019 compared to the second quarter of 2018. Same facility revenues increased 4.3% due to the combined impact of a 1.7% increase in same facility revenue per equivalent admission and a 2.6% increase in same facility equivalent admissions for the second quarter of 2019 compared to the second quarter of 2018.
Salaries and benefits, as a percentage of revenues, were 46.3% in the second quarter of 2019 and 45.8% in the second quarter of 2018. Salaries and benefits per equivalent admission increased 4.3% in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the second quarter of 2018. Same facility labor rate increases averaged 2.6% for the second quarter of 2019 compared to the second quarter of 2018.
Supplies, as a percentage of revenues, were 16.8% in the second quarter of 2019 and 16.6% in the second quarter of 2018. Supply costs per equivalent admission increased 4.1% in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the second quarter of 2018. Supply costs per equivalent admission increased 3.9% for medical devices, 10.5% for pharmacy supplies and 1.6% for general medical and surgical items in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the second quarter of 2018.
Other operating expenses, as a percentage of revenues, were 18.8% in the second quarter of 2019 and 18.4% in the second quarter of 2018. Other operating expenses is primarily comprised of contract services, professional fees, repairs and maintenance, rents and leases, utilities, insurance (including professional liability insurance) and nonincome taxes. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks were $133 million and $132 million for the second quarters of 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Equity in earnings of affiliates was $8 million and $7 million in the second quarters of 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Depreciation and amortization increased $74 million, from $562 million in the second quarter of 2018 to $636 million in the second quarter of 2019. The increase in depreciation relates to both acquired facilities and increased capital expenditures at our existing facilities.
Interest expense was $477 million in the second quarter of 2019 and $436 million in the second quarter of 2018. Our average debt balance was $35.079 billion for the second quarter of 2019 compared to $33.214 billion for the second quarter of 2018. The average effective interest rate for our long-term debt increased to 5.5% from 5.3% for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Results of Operations (continued)
Quarters Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 (continued)
During the second quarters of 2019 and 2018, we recorded net gains on sales of facilities of $18 million and $9 million, respectively.
The effective tax rates were 25.7% and 24.9% for the second quarters of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The effective tax rate computations exclude net income attributable to noncontrolling interests as it relates to consolidated partnerships.
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests declined from $146 million for the second quarter of 2018 to $144 million for the second quarter of 2019.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
Revenues increased to $25.119 billion in the first six months of 2019 from $22.952 billion in the first six months of 2018. Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc. totaled $1.822 billion, or $5.22 per diluted share, for the first six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to $1.964 billion, or $5.50 per diluted share, for the first six months ended June 30, 2018. Results for the first six months of 2019 and 2018 included net gains on sales of facilities of $17 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, and $414 million, or $0.88 per diluted share, respectively. Revenues for the first six months of 2019 include $86 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, related to the resolution of transaction price differences regarding certain
out-of-network
services performed in prior periods. Our provision for income taxes for the first six months of 2019 and 2018 included tax benefits of $53 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, and $96 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, respectively, related to employee equity award settlements. All “per diluted share” disclosures are based upon amounts net of the applicable income taxes. Shares used for diluted earnings per share were 349.334 million shares for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 357.388 million shares for the six months ended June 30, 2018. During 2018 and the first six months of 2019, we repurchased 14.070 million shares and 4.034 million shares of our common stock, respectively.
Revenues increased 9.4% due to the combined impact of revenue per equivalent admission growth of 3.8% and a 5.5% increase in equivalent admissions for the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018. Same facility revenues increased 5.4% due to the combined impact of a 3.0% increase in same facility revenue per equivalent admission and a 2.3% increase in same facility equivalent admissions for the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018.
Salaries and benefits, as a percentage of revenues, were 45.7% in the first six months of 2019 and 46.0% in the first six months of 2018. Salaries and benefits per equivalent admission increased 3.1% in the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018. Same facility labor rate increases averaged 2.7% for the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018.
Supplies, as a percentage of revenues, were 16.6% in the first six months of 2019 and 16.7% in the first six months of 2018. Supply costs per equivalent admission increased 2.9% in the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018. Supply costs per equivalent admission increased 2.9% for medical devices, 7.6% for pharmacy supplies and 0.9% for general medical and surgical items in the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018.
Other operating expenses, as a percentage of revenues, were 18.6% in the first six months of 2019 and 18.5% in the first six months of 2018. Other operating expenses is primarily comprised of contract services,
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Results of Operations (continued)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 (continued)
professional fees, repairs and maintenance, rents and leases, utilities, insurance (including professional liability insurance) and nonincome taxes. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks were $269 million and $252 million for the first six months of 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Equity in earnings of affiliates was $19 million and $16 million in the first six months of 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Depreciation and amortization increased $140 million, from $1.115 billion in the first six months of 2018 to $1.255 billion in the first six months of 2019. The increase in depreciation relates to both acquired facilities and increased capital expenditures at our existing facilities.
Interest expense was $938 million in the first six months of 2019 and $867 million in the first six months of 2018. Our average debt balance was $34.520 billion for the first six months of 2019 compared to $33.160 billion for the first six months of 2018. The average effective interest rate for our long-term debt increased to 5.5% from 5.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
During the first six months of 2019 and 2018, we recorded net gains on sales of facilities of $17 million and $414 million, respectively. The net gains on sales of facilities for 2018 related primarily to the sale of the two hospital facilities in our Oklahoma market.
The effective tax rates were 23.2% and 21.2% for the first six months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The effective tax rate computations exclude net income attributable to noncontrolling interests as it relates to consolidated partnerships. Our provisions for income taxes for the first six months of 2019 and 2018 included tax benefits of $53 million and $96 million, respectively, related to employee equity award settlements. Excluding the effect of these adjustments, the effective tax rate for the first six months of 2019 and 2018 would have been 25.4% and 25.1%, respectively.
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests increased from $284 million for the first six months of 2018 to $286 million for the first six months of 2019.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash provided by operating activities totaled $2.971 billion in the first six months of 2019 compared to $2.865 billion in the first six months of 2018. The $106 million increase in cash provided by operating activities in the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018 related primarily to the net impact of an increase in net income, excluding gains on sales of facilities, of $257 million and an increase in depreciation expense of $140 million, offset by negative changes of $241 million related to working capital items. The combined interest payments and net tax payments in the first six months of 2019 and 2018 were $1.433 billion and $1.284 billion, respectively. Working capital totaled $3.908 billion at June 30, 2019 and $2.644 billion at December 31, 2018.
Cash used in investing activities was $3.113 billion in the first six months of 2019 compared to $1.315 billion in the first six months of 2018. Acquisitions of hospitals and health care entities increased from $538 million in the first six months of 2018 to $1.504 billion in the first six months of 2019, primarily related to an acquisition of a seven-hospital health system in North Carolina. Excluding acquisitions, capital expenditures were $1.745 billion in the first six months of 2019 and $1.574 billion in the first six months of 2018. Capital
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Liquidity and Capital Resources (continued)
expenditures, excluding acquisitions, are expected to approximate $3.7 billion in 2019. At June 30, 2019, there were projects under construction which had estimated additional costs to complete and equip over the next five years of approximately $3.4 billion. We expect to finance capital expenditures with internally generated and borrowed funds. Cash received from disposals of hospitals and health care entities declined $758 million for the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018 primarily related to the receipt of $758 million in 2018 from the sale of the two hospital facilities in our Oklahoma market.
Cash provided by financing activities totaled $2.070 billion in the first six months of 2019 compared to cash used in financing activities of $1.408 billion in the first six months of 2018. During the first six months of 2019, net cash flows provided by financing activities included a net increase of $3.313 billion in our indebtedness, payments of cash dividends of $278 million, repurchases of common stock of $520 million, distributions to noncontrolling interests of $247 million and payments of debt issuance costs of $63 million. During the first six months of 2018, net cash flows used in financing activities included a net increase of $109 million in our indebtedness, payment of cash dividends of $245 million, repurchases of common stock of $893 million and distributions to noncontrolling interests of $185 million.
We are a highly leveraged company with significant debt service requirements. Our debt totaled $36.193 billion at June 30, 2019. Our interest expense was $938 million for the first six months of 2019 and $867 million for the first six months of 2018.
In addition to cash flows from operations, available sources of capital include amounts available under our senior secured credit facilities ($5.732 billion and $2.712 billion available as of June 30, 2019 and July 31, 2019, respectively) and anticipated access to public and private debt markets.
During January 2019, we issued $1.500 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes comprised of $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.875% notes due 2029 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% notes due 2028. We used the net proceeds to fund the purchase of a seven-hospital health system located in western North Carolina.
During June 2019, we issued $5.000 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes comprised of $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 4 1/8% notes due 2029, $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/8% notes due 2039 and $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/4% notes due 2049. During June 2019, we used the proceeds to temporarily reduce the balance under the asset-based revolving credit facility. During July 2019, we redeemed all $600 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 4.25% senior secured notes due 2019, all $3.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior secured notes due 2020 and all $1.350 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior secured notes due 2022. Pretax losses on retirement of debt totaling $211 million for these redemptions will be recognized during the quarter ending September 30, 2019.
Investments of our professional liability insurance subsidiaries, to maintain statutory equity and pay claims, totaled $455 million and $409 million at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. An insurance subsidiary maintained net reserves for professional liability risks of $176 million and $183 million at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Our facilities are insured by a 100% owned insurance subsidiary for losses up to $50 million per occurrence; however, this coverage is generally subject, in most cases, to a $15 million per occurrence self-insured retention. Net reserves for the self-insured professional liability risks retained were $1.597 billion and $1.509 billion at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Claims payments, net of reinsurance recoveries, during the next 12 months are expected to approximate $454 million. We estimate that approximately $412 million of the expected net claim payments during the next 12 months will relate to claims subject to the self-insured retention.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Liquidity and Capital Resources (continued)
Management believes that cash flows from operations, amounts available under our senior secured credit facilities and our anticipated access to public and private debt markets will be sufficient to meet expected liquidity needs during the next 12 months.
Market Risk
We are exposed to market risk related to changes in market values of securities. The investments in our 100% owned insurance subsidiaries were $455 million at June 30, 2019. These investments are carried at fair value, with changes in unrealized gains and losses being recorded as adjustments to other comprehensive income. At June 30, 2019, we had a net unrealized gain of $17 million on the insurance subsidiaries’ investments.
We are exposed to market risk related to market illiquidity. Investments in debt and equity securities of our 100% owned insurance subsidiaries could be impaired by the inability to access the capital markets. Should the 100% owned insurance subsidiaries require significant amounts of cash in excess of normal cash requirements to pay claims and other expenses on short notice, we may have difficulty selling these investments in a timely manner or be forced to sell them at a price less than what we might otherwise have been able to in a normal market environment. We may be required to recognize other-than-temporary impairments on our investment securities in future periods should issuers default on interest payments or should the fair market valuations of the securities deteriorate due to ratings downgrades or other issue-specific factors.
We are also exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates, and we periodically enter into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to these fluctuations. Our interest rate swap agreements involve the exchange of fixed and variable rate interest payments between two parties, based on common notional principal amounts and maturity dates. The notional amounts of the swap agreements represent balances used to calculate the exchange of cash flows and are not our assets or liabilities. Our credit risk related to these agreements is considered low because the swap agreements are with creditworthy financial institutions. The interest payments under these agreements are settled on a net basis. These derivatives have been recognized in the financial statements at their respective fair values. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives, which are designated as cash flow hedges, are included in other comprehensive income, and changes in the fair value of derivatives which have not been designated as hedges are recorded in operations.
Both the general level of interest rates and, for the senior secured credit facilities, our leverage affect our variable interest rates. Our variable debt is comprised primarily of amounts outstanding under the senior secured credit facilities. Borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus, at our option, either (a) a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (1) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% or (2) the prime rate of Bank of America or (b) a LIBOR rate for the currency of such borrowing for the relevant interest period. The applicable margin for borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities may fluctuate according to a leverage ratio. The average effective interest rate for our long-term debt was 5.5% and 5.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
The estimated fair value of our total long-term debt was $38.773 billion at June 30, 2019. The estimates of fair value are based upon the quoted market prices for the same or similar issues of long-term debt with the same maturities. Based on a hypothetical 1% increase in interest rates, the potential annualized reduction to future pretax earnings would be approximately $45 million. To mitigate the impact of fluctuations in interest rates, we generally target a portion of our debt portfolio to be maintained at fixed rates.
We are exposed to currency translation risk related to our foreign operations. We currently do not consider the market risk related to foreign currency translation to be material to our consolidated financial statements or our liquidity.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Tax Examinations
The Internal Revenue Service began an examination of the Company’s 2016 and 2017 federal income tax returns during 2019. We are also subject to examination by state and foreign taxing authorities. Management believes HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its predecessors, subsidiaries and affiliates properly reported taxable income and paid taxes in accordance with applicable laws and agreements established with IRS, state and foreign taxing authorities and final resolution of any disputes will not have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position. However, if payments due upon final resolution of any issues exceed our recorded estimates, such resolutions could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.
Operating Data
                 
 
2019
   
2018
 
Number of hospitals in operation at:
   
     
 
March 31
   
185
     
178
 
June 30
   
184
     
178
 
September 30
   
     
179
 
December 31
   
     
179
 
Number of freestanding outpatient surgical centers in operation at:
   
     
 
March 31
   
124
     
120
 
June 30
   
125
     
122
 
September 30
   
     
122
 
December 31
   
     
123
 
Licensed hospital beds at(a):
   
     
 
March 31
   
48,455
     
46,745
 
June 30
   
48,483
     
46,723
 
September 30
   
     
47,060
 
December 31
   
     
47,199
 
Weighted average licensed beds(b):
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
48,036
     
46,686
 
Second
   
48,429
     
46,667
 
Third
   
     
46,909
 
Fourth
   
     
47,159
 
Year
   
     
46,857
 
Average daily census(c):
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
28,966
     
28,130
 
Second
   
27,808
     
26,047
 
Third
   
     
25,991
 
Fourth
   
     
26,510
 
Year
   
     
26,663
 
Admissions(d):
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
523,196
     
507,873
 
Second
   
518,253
     
494,610
 
Third
   
     
497,899
 
Fourth
   
     
503,371
 
Year
   
     
2,003,753
 
 
 
 
 
 
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Operating Data (continued)
                 
 
2019
   
2018
 
Equivalent admissions(e):
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
889,956
     
849,164
 
Second
   
903,419
     
851,047
 
Third
   
     
854,940
 
Fourth
   
     
865,255
 
Year
   
     
3,420,406
 
Average length of stay (days)(f):
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
5.0
     
5.0
 
Second
   
4.9
     
4.8
 
Third
   
     
4.8
 
Fourth
   
     
4.8
 
Emergency room visits(g):
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
2,287,440
     
2,302,112
 
Second
   
2,253,337
     
2,148,338
 
Third
   
     
2,139,375
 
Fourth
   
     
2,174,606
 
Year
   
     
8,764,431
 
Outpatient surgeries(h)*:
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
240,846
     
232,483
 
Second
   
253,441
     
246,013
 
Third
   
     
236,801
 
Fourth
   
     
256,240
 
Year
   
     
971,537
 
Inpatient surgeries(i)*:
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
137,363
     
135,036
 
Second
   
140,473
     
137,403
 
Third
   
     
137,156
 
Fourth
   
     
138,625
 
Year
   
     
548,220
 
Days revenues in accounts receivable(j):
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
53
     
50
 
Second
   
52
     
52
 
Third
   
     
52
 
Fourth
   
     
51
 
 
 
 
 
 
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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
Operating Data (continued)
                 
 
2019
   
2018
 
Outpatient revenues as a % of patient revenues(k):
   
     
 
Quarter:
   
     
 
First
   
38
%
   
37
%
Second
   
39
%
   
39
%
Third
   
     
39
%
Fourth
   
     
38
%
Year
   
     
38
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Licensed beds are those beds for which a facility has been granted approval to operate from the applicable state licensing agency.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(b) Represents the average number of licensed beds, weighted based on periods owned.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(c) Represents the average number of patients in our hospital beds each day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(d) Represents the total number of patients admitted to our hospitals and is used by management and certain investors as a general measure of inpatient volume.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(e) Equivalent admissions are used by management and certain investors as a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume. Equivalent admissions are computed by multiplying admissions (inpatient volume) by the sum of gross inpatient revenues and gross outpatient revenues and then dividing the resulting amount by gross inpatient revenues. The equivalent admissions computation “equates” outpatient revenues to the volume measure (admissions) used to measure inpatient volume resulting in a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(f) Represents the average number of days admitted patients stay in our hospitals.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(g) Represents the number of patients treated in our emergency rooms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(h) Represents the number of surgeries performed on patients who were not admitted to our hospitals. Pain management and endoscopy procedures are not included in outpatient surgeries. Reclassifications between inpatient surgery cases and outpatient surgery cases for 2018 have been made to conform to the 2019 presentation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(i) Represents the number of surgeries performed on patients who have been admitted to our hospitals. Pain management and endoscopy procedures are not included in inpatient surgeries. Reclassifications between inpatient surgery cases and outpatient surgery cases for 2018 have been made to conform to the 2019 presentation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(j) Revenues per day is calculated by dividing revenues for the quarter by the days in the quarter. Days revenues in accounts receivable is then calculated as accounts receivable at the end of the quarter divided by revenues per day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(k) Represents the percentage of patient revenues related to patients who are not admitted to our hospitals.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Reclassifications between inpatient surgery cases and outpatient surgery cases for the first, second and third quarters of 2018 have been made to conform to the 2019 presentation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ITEM 3.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The information called for by this item is provided under the caption “Market Risk” under Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
ITEM 4.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
HCA’s management, with participation of HCA’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of HCA’s disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2019. Based on that evaluation, HCA’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that HCA’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2019. There were no material changes in HCA’s internal control over financial reporting during the second quarter of 2019.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We operate in a highly regulated and litigious industry. As a result, various lawsuits, claims and legal and regulatory proceedings have been and can be expected to be instituted or asserted against us. We are also subject to claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business, including claims for personal injuries or wrongful restriction of, or interference with, physicians’ staff privileges. In certain of these actions the claimants may seek punitive damages against us which may not be covered by insurance. We are also subject to claims by various taxing authorities for additional taxes and related interest and penalties. The resolution of any such lawsuits, claims or legal and regulatory proceedings could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
Health care companies are subject to numerous investigations by various governmental agencies. Further, under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), private parties have the right to bring
qui tam
, or “whistleblower,” suits against companies that submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, the government. Some states have adopted similar state whistleblower and false claims provisions. Certain of our individual facilities have received, and from time to time, other facilities may receive, government inquiries from, and may be subject to investigation by, federal and state agencies. Depending on whether the underlying conduct in these or future inquiries or investigations could be considered systemic, their resolution could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
Texas operates a state Medicaid program pursuant to a waiver from CMS under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (“Program”). The Program includes uncompensated-care pools; payments from these pools are intended to defray the uncompensated costs of services provided by our and other hospitals to Medicaid eligible or uninsured individuals. Separately, we and other hospitals provide charity care services in several communities in the state. We believe that our participation is and has been consistent with the requirements of the Program. In 2018, the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas requested information about whether the Program, as operated in Harris County, complied with the laws and regulations applicable to provider related donations, and the Company cooperated with that request. On May 21, 2019, a
qui tam
lawsuit asserting violations of the FCA and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act related to the Program, as operated in Harris County, was unsealed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Both the federal and state governments declined to intervene in the
qui tam
lawsuit, and the Company has not yet been served with the complaint. We cannot predict what effect, if any, the
qui tam
lawsuit could have on the Company.
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ITEM 1A.    RISK FACTORS
Reference is made to the factors set forth under the caption “Forward-Looking Statements” in Part I, Item 2 of this quarterly report on Form
 10-Q
and other risk factors described in our annual report on Form
 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2018, which are incorporated herein by reference. There have not been any material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in our annual report on Form
 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2018.
ITEM 2.    UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
During January 2019, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program for up to $2 billion of our outstanding common stock. During the quarter ended June 30, 2019, we repurchased 1,928,157 shares of our common stock at an average price of $125.56 per share through market purchases pursuant to the $2 billion share repurchase program authorized during January 2019. At June 30, 2019, we had $1.753 billion of repurchase authorization available under the January 2019 authorization.
The following table provides certain information with respect to our repurchases of common stock from April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions, except per share amounts).
                                 
Period
 
Total 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 Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
 
April 1, 2019 through April 30, 2019
   
745,636
    $
124.81
     
745,636
    $
1,902
 
May 1, 2019 through May 31, 2019
   
555,252
    $
124.33
     
555,252
    $
1,833
 
June 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019
   
627,269
    $
127.54
     
627,269
    $
1,753
 
                                 
Total for second quarter 2019
   
1,928,157
    $
125.56
     
1,928,157
    $
1,753
 
                                 
 
 
 
On July 30, 2019, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share on our common stock payable on September 30, 2019 to stockholders of record on September 3, 2019. Future declarations of quarterly dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to the final determination of our Board of Directors. Our ability to declare future dividends may also from time to time be limited by the terms of our debt agreements.
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ITEM 6.    EXHIBITS
(a) List of Exhibits:
             
             
 
        3.1
   
 
             
 
        3.2
   
 
             
 
        4.1
   
 
             
 
        4.2
   
 
             
 
        4.3
   
 
             
 
        4.4
   
 
             
 
        4.5
   
 
             
 
        4.6
   
 
             
 
        4.7
   
 
             
 
      10.1
   
 
             
 
      31.1
   
 
             
 
      31.2
   
 
             
 
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      101
   
 
The following financial information from our quarterly report on Form
 10-Q
 
for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, filed with the SEC on August 2, 2019, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language: (i) the condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, (ii) the condensed consolidated income statements for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, (iii) the condensed consolidated comprehensive income statements for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, (iv) the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficit for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, (v) the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 and (vi) the 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.
             
 
      104
   
 
The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, formatted in Inline XBRL (included in Exhibit 101).
 
 
* Management compensatory plan or arrangement
 
 
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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.
     
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
     
By:
 
/s/ 
William B. Rutherford
 
William B. Rutherford
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: August 2, 2019
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