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Elevance Health, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 7/20/22, at 2:44pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1156039-22-81   ·   File #:  1-16751

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/20/22  Elevance Health, Inc.             10-Q        6/30/22  105:16M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   3.26M 
 2: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    290K 
 3: EX-10.2(L)  Material Contract                                   HTML     80K 
 4: EX-10.2(M)  Material Contract                                   HTML     84K 
 5: EX-10.2(N)  Material Contract                                   HTML     84K 
 6: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML    303K 
 7: EX-10.4     Material Contract                                   HTML    332K 
 8: EX-10.5     Material Contract                                   HTML     48K 
 9: EX-10.6     Material Contract                                   HTML     31K 
10: EX-10.7     Material Contract                                   HTML     35K 
11: EX-10.8     Material Contract                                   HTML    105K 
12: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
13: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
14: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
15: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
21: R1          Document And Entity Information Document            HTML     81K 
22: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    167K 
23: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     54K 
24: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Income                   HTML    123K 
25: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     71K 
26: R6          Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows               HTML    136K 
27: R7          Consolidated Statements Of Changes in Equity        HTML    183K 
28: R8          Organization                                        HTML     36K 
29: R9          Basis Of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     53K 
                Policies                                                         
30: R10         Business Acquisitions                               HTML     33K 
31: R11         Business Optimization Initiatives                   HTML     45K 
32: R12         Investments                                         HTML    252K 
33: R13         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     34K 
34: R14         Fair Value                                          HTML    285K 
35: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     35K 
36: R16         Medical Claims Payable                              HTML    131K 
37: R17         Debt                                                HTML     45K 
38: R18         Commitments And Contingencies                       HTML     60K 
39: R19         Capital Stock                                       HTML     87K 
40: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     86K 
41: R21         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     41K 
42: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML    145K 
43: R23         Leases                                              HTML     62K 
44: R24         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     82K 
45: R25         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     66K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
46: R26         Business Optimization Initiatives (Tables)          HTML     45K 
47: R27         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    250K 
48: R28         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML    272K 
49: R29         Medical Claims Payable (Tables)                     HTML    136K 
50: R30         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     33K 
51: R31         Capital Stock (Tables)                              HTML     91K 
52: R32         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     86K 
53: R33         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     39K 
54: R34         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    144K 
55: R35         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     64K 
56: R36         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     86K 
57: R37         Organization (Details)                              HTML     33K 
58: R38         Basis of Presentation and Signficant Accounting     HTML     59K 
                Policies Basis of Presentation and Significant                   
                Acconting Policies (Details)                                     
59: R39         Business Acquisitions Business Acquisition (Assets  HTML     40K 
                Liabilities Acquired) (Details)                                  
60: R40         Business Optimization Initiatives (Employee         HTML     45K 
                Termination Costs) (Details)                                     
61: R41         Investments (Current And Long-Term Fixed Maturity   HTML     88K 
                Securities, Available-For-Sale) (Details)                        
62: R42         Investments (Aggregate Fair Value And Gross         HTML     81K 
                Unrealized Loss Of Fixed Maturity Securities In An               
                Unrealized Loss Position) (Details)                              
63: R43         Investments (Allowance For Credit Loss              HTML     53K 
                Rollforward) (Details)                                           
64: R44         Investments (Amortized Cost And Fair Value Of       HTML     64K 
                Fixed Maturity Securities, By Contractual                        
                Maturity) (Details)                                              
65: R45         Investments (Current Equity Securities) (Details)   HTML     37K 
66: R46         Investments (Net Investment Gains/Losses)           HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R47         Investments (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     51K 
68: R48         Derivative Financial Instruments (Financial         HTML     36K 
                Statement Narrative) (Details)                                   
69: R49         Fair Value (Fair Value Measurements By Level For    HTML    149K 
                Assets Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring                     
                Basis) (Details)                                                 
70: R50         Fair Value (Reconciliation Of The Beginning And     HTML     78K 
                Ending Balances Of Assets Measured At Fair Value                 
                On A Recurring Basis Using Level III Inputs)                     
                (Details)                                                        
71: R51         Fair Value (Carrying And Estimated Fair Values by   HTML     63K 
                Level Of Financial Instruments Not Recorded At                   
                Fair Value On Consolidated Balance Sheet)                        
                (Details)                                                        
72: R52         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     38K 
73: R53         Medical Claims Payable (Reconciliation Of The       HTML     85K 
                Beginning And Ending Balances For Medical Claims                 
                Payable By Segment) (Details)                                    
74: R54         Medical Claims Payable (Reconciliation Of Net       HTML     44K 
                Incurred Medical Claims To Benefit Expense)                      
                (Details)                                                        
75: R55         Medical Claims Payable Medical Claims Payable       HTML     52K 
                (Reconciliation of the Claims Development to the                 
                Claims Liability) (Details)                                      
76: R56         Medical Claims Payable (Narrative) (Details)        HTML     48K 
77: R57         Debt (Convertible Debenture Details) (Details)      HTML     41K 
78: R58         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML    121K 
79: R59         Commitments And Contingencies (Details)             HTML     55K 
80: R60         Capital Stock (Summary of Cash Dividend Activity)   HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R61         Capital Stock (Summary of Share Repurchases)        HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R62         Capital Stock (Summary of Stock Option Activity)    HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R63         Capital Stock (Nonvested Restricted Stock Activity  HTML     53K 
                Including Restricted Stock Units) (Details)                      
84: R64         Capital Stock (Fair Values of Options Granted       HTML     38K 
                During The Period Estimated Using Weighted-Average               
                Assumptions) (Details)                                           
85: R65         Capital Stock (Schedule Of Weighted-Average Fair    HTML     33K 
                Values Determined For The Periods) (Details)                     
86: R66         Capital Stock (Narrative) (Details)                 HTML     47K 
87: R67         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    114K 
                (Reconciliation Of The Components Of Accumulated                 
                Other Comprehensive Loss) (Details)                              
88: R68         Earnings Per Share (Denominator For Basic And       HTML     36K 
                Diluted Earnings Per Share) (Details)                            
89: R69         Earnings Per Share (Narrative) (Details)            HTML     40K 
90: R70         Segment Information (Financial Data By Reportable   HTML     65K 
                Segment) (Details)                                               
91: R71         Segment Information Segment Information (Major      HTML     59K 
                Product Revenues for Each Reportable Segment)                    
                (Details)                                                        
92: R72         Segment Information (Reconciliation Of Reportable   HTML     44K 
                Segments Operating Revenues To Total Revenues                    
                Reported In The Consolidated Statements Of Income)               
                (Details)                                                        
93: R73         Segment Information (Reconciliation Of Income       HTML     50K 
                Before Income Tax Expense To Reportable Segments                 
                Operating Gain Included In The Consolidated                      
                Statements Of Income) (Details)                                  
94: R74         Segment Information Segment Information             HTML     30K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
95: R75         Leases (Lease and Other Information) (Details)      HTML     52K 
96: R76         Leases (Reconciliation of Future Lease Payments to  HTML     48K 
                Total Lease Liabilities) (Details)                               
97: R77         Leases (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     39K 
98: R78         Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Summary Of    HTML     50K 
                The Change In The Carrying Amount Of Goodwill By                 
                Reportable Segment) (Details)                                    
99: R79         Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Components    HTML     59K 
                Of Other Intangible Assets) (Details)                            
100: R80         Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Narrative)    HTML     46K  
                (Details)                                                        
103: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    186K  
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102: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    213K  
17: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- elv-20220630_cal                XML    186K 
18: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- elv-20220630_def                 XML    888K 
19: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- elv-20220630_lab                      XML   2.09M 
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16: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- elv-20220630                          XSD    185K 
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