Goodwill amounts for our professional diagnostics and consumer diagnostics reporting units, along with our former patient self-testing reporting unit, which rolled into our professional diagnostics reporting unit on January 1, 2015, are summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

     Professional
Diagnostics
    Patient
Self-
testing
    Consumer
Diagnostics
    Total  

Goodwill at December 31, 2013

   $ 2,915,417      $ 33,545      $ 58,035      $ 3,006,997   

Acquisitions(1)

     (546     (25            (571

Dispositions(2)

     (16,517                   (16,517

Other(3)

     (59,549     (650     (3,044     (63,243
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill at December 31, 2014

   $ 2,838,805      $ 32,870      $ 54,991      $ 2,926,666   

Balance transfer at January 1, 2015(4)

     32,870        (32,870              

Acquisitions(1)

     32,970                      32,970   

Dispositions(2)

     (58,611                   (58,611

Other(3)

     (53,081            (11,029     (64,110
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill at December 31, 2015

   $ 2,792,953      $      $ 43,962      $ 2,836,915   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes initial purchase price allocation, purchase accounting adjustments recorded to the acquired entities’ opening balance sheet and additional payments made for earn-outs and milestones achieved.

 

(2) Reflects write-off related to the dispositions of BioNote in 2014 and the BBI business and Alere Analytics in 2015.

 

(3) These amounts relate primarily to adjustments resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

 

(4) As a result of the sale of our health management business in January 2015, which was the largest component of our former patient self-testing reporting segment, we ceased to report our financial information in four operating segments and, beginning on January 1, 2015 our reporting units included professional diagnostics and consumer diagnostics.