EQUITY

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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NOTE 2. EQUITY

Noncontrolling Interests

Our noncontrolling interests balances at December 31, 2016 and 2015 in our Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity were comprised of $89 million and $20 million, respectively, from our Hospital Operations and other segment, and $576 million and $247 million, respectively, from our Ambulatory Care segment. Our net income attributable to noncontrolling interests for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 were comprised of $11 million, $24 million and $30 million, respectively, from our Hospital Operations and other segment, and $127 million, $28 million and $1 million, respectively, from our Ambulatory Care segment.

Share Repurchase Program

In November 2015, we announced that our board of directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of our common stock through a share repurchase program that expired in December 2016.  Pursuant to the share repurchase program, we paid approximately $40 million to repurchase a total of 1,242,806 shares during the period from the commencement of the program through December 31, 2015. There were no purchases under the program during the year ended December 31, 2016.

				Total Number of	Maximum Dollar Value
	Total Number of	Average Price		Shares Purchased as	of Shares That May Yet
	Shares	Paid Per		Part of Publicly	Be Purchased Under
Period	Purchased	Share		Announced Program	the Program
	(In Thousands)			(In Thousands)	(In Millions)
November 1, 2015 through November 30, 2015	978	$	32.71	978	$	468
December 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015	265		30.25	265		460
November 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015	1,243	$	32.18	1,243	$	460