UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. ANNOUNCES 2021 FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR FINANCIAL RESULTS, 2022 FULL YEAR EARNINGS GUIDANCE AND $1.4 BILLION INCREASE TO STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

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Universal Health Services reported a net income of $239.1 million or $3.00 per diluted share for Q4 2021, down from $308.7 million or $3.60 per diluted share in Q4 2020. Net revenues increased by 6.1% to $3.275 billion. For the full year 2021, net income was $991.6 million, or $11.82 per diluted share, on revenues of $12.642 billion, reflecting a 9.4% increase. The company expects 2022 revenues between $13.424 billion and $13.694 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $1.830 billion to $1.927 billion.

Positive

• Net revenues increased by 6.1% to $3.275 billion in Q4 2021.
• Net income for full year 2021 was $991.6 million, up from $944 million in 2020.
• Adjusted EPS for 2021 was $11.82, an increase from $11.12 in 2020.
• 2022 revenue guidance ranges from $13.424 billion to $13.694 billion.

Negative

• Q4 2021 net income down 22.5% compared to Q4 2020.
• Q4 2021 EBITDA decreased to $464.5 million from $557.2 million in Q4 2020.
• Net cash from operating activities dropped significantly to $884 million from $2.360 billion in 2020.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) announced today that its reported net income attributable to UHS was $239.1 million, or $3.00 per diluted share, during the fourth quarter of 2021, as compared to $308.7 million, or $3.60 per diluted share, during the fourth quarter of 2020. Net revenues increased by 6.1% to $3.275 billion during the fourth quarter of 2021 as compared to $3.087 billion during the fourth quarter of 2020.

As reflected on the Schedule of Non-GAAP Supplemental Information ("Supplemental Schedule"), our adjusted net income attributable to UHS during the fourth quarter of 2021 was $235.1 million, or $2.95 per diluted share, as compared to $307.9 million, or $3.59 per diluted share, during the fourth quarter of 2020. 

Included in our reported and adjusted net income attributable to UHS during the fourth quarter of 2021 was a net favorable after-tax impact of approximately $26.2 million, or $.33 per diluted share, resulting from approximately $34 million of revenues recorded during the fourth quarter in connection with the Kentucky Medicaid Managed Care Hospital Rate Increase Program, covering the period of July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, as discussed below in Kentucky Hospital Rate Increase Program;

Included in our reported and adjusted net income attributable to UHS during the fourth quarter of 2020 were the following: (i) a favorable impact of approximately $151.4 million, or $1.76 per diluted share, resulting from the recording of approximately $200 million of grant revenues from various governmental stimulus programs, most notably the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"), and; (ii) an unfavorable estimated impact of $42.1 million ($55 million pre-tax), or $.49 per diluted share, resulting from the information technology incident that occurred in September, 2020. 

As reflected on the Supplemental Schedule, included in our reported results during the fourth quarter of 2021, was a net aggregate favorable after-tax impact of $4.0 million, or $.05 per diluted share, consisting primarily of an after-tax unrealized gain of $4.1 million, or $.05 per diluted share, ($5.4 million pre-tax which is included in "Other (income) expense, net"), resulting from an increase in the market value of certain equity securities.  

As reflected on the Supplemental Schedule, included in our reported results during the fourth quarter of 2020, was a net aggregate favorable after-tax impact of $849,000, or $.01 per diluted share, consisting of the following: (i) an after-tax unrealized gain of $3.9 million, or $.05 per diluted share, resulting from an increase in the market value certain equity securities, and; (ii) a unfavorable after-tax impact of $3.0 million, or $.04 per diluted share, resulting from ASU 2016-09, "Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting" ("ASU 2016-09").

As calculated on the attached Supplemental Schedule, our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation & amortization ("EBITDA net of NCI", NCI is net income attributable to noncontrolling interests), was $464.5 million during the fourth quarter of 2021, as compared to $557.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2020. Our adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation & amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI"), which excludes the impact of other (income) expense, net, was $452.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2021 as compared to $548.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Consolidated Results of Operations, As Reported and As Adjusted  – Twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

Reported net income attributable to UHS was $991.6 million, or $11.82 per diluted share, during the full year of 2021, as compared to $944.0 million, or $10.99 per diluted share, during the 2020 full year. Net revenues increased by 9.4% to $12.642 billion during 2021 as compared to $11.559 billion during 2020.

As reflected on the Supplemental Schedule, our adjusted net income attributable to UHS during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2021 was $991.7 million, or $11.82 per diluted share, as compared to $954.7 million, or $11.12 per diluted share, during the full year of 2020. 

Our reported and adjusted net income attributable to UHS during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2021, included the following:   

• a favorable after-tax impact of $74.0 million, or $.88 per diluted share, resulting from approximately $97 million of revenues recorded during 2021 in connection with the Kentucky Medicaid Managed Care Hospital Rate Increase Program, covering the period of July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021, as discussed below in Kentucky Hospital Rate Increase Program;
• an unfavorable after-tax impact of approximately $39.2 million, or $.47 per diluted share, resulting from a $52 million increase to our reserves for self-insured professional and general liability claims recorded during 2021 resulting from unfavorable trends experienced in connection with the number of asserted claims and reported incidents and estimates of losses for those claims, and;
• an aggregate favorable after-tax impact of $28.4 million, or $.34 per diluted share, resulting from approximately $38 million of aggregate commercial insurance proceeds received during 2021 in connection with: (i) the unfavorable economic impact resulting from the previously disclosed information technology incident that occurred during 2020 ($29 million aggregate proceeds received thus far representing partial recovery of the loss sustained), and; (ii) the COVID-19 pandemic (approximately $9 million of insurance proceeds received representing recovery of the policy maximum).  

Our reported and adjusted net income attributable to UHS during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2020, included the following: (i) a favorable impact of $308.6 million, or $3.61 per diluted share, resulting from the recording of grant revenues of approximately $413 million from various governmental stimulus programs, most notably the CARES Act; (ii) an unfavorable estimated impact of $51.3 million ($67 million pre-tax), or $.60 per diluted share, resulting from the information technology incident that occurred in September, 2020, and; (iii) a favorable impact of $21.4 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, resulting from $28 million of net revenues recorded in connection with the California Medicaid supplemental payment program related to our acute care hospitals.   

As reflected on the Supplemental Schedule, included in our reported results during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2021, were the following which, on a net aggregate basis, amounted to a de minimis amount: (i) an after-tax charge of $12.9 million, or $.15 per diluted share, ($16.8 million pre-tax which is included in "Other (income) expense, net") recorded in connection with the costs related to extinguishment of debt resulting from various financing transactions completed during the third quarter of 2021; (ii) an after-tax unrealized gain of $10.4 million, or $.12 per diluted share, ($13.6 million pre-tax which is included in "Other (income) expense, net") resulting from an increase in the market value of shares of certain equity securities, and; (iii) a favorable after-tax impact of $2.4 million, or $.03 per diluted share, resulting from ASU 2016-09.

As reflected on the Supplemental Schedule, included in our reported results during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2020, was a net aggregate unfavorable after-tax impact of $10.8 million, or $.13 per diluted share, consisting of the following: (i) an after-tax unrealized loss of $3.3 million, or $.04 per diluted share, resulting from a decrease in the market value of shares of certain equity securities, and; (ii) an unfavorable after-tax impact of $7.4 million, or $.09 per diluted share, resulting from ASU 2016-09.

As calculated on the attached Supplemental Schedule, our EBITDA net of NCI, was $1.914 billion during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2021, as compared to $1.860 billion during the full year of 2020. Our Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI, which excludes the impact of other (income) expense, net, was $1.900 billion during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2021, as compared to $1.860 billion during the full year of 2020.

Acute Care Services – Three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

During the fourth quarter of 2021, at our acute care hospitals owned during both periods ("same facility basis"), adjusted admissions (adjusted for outpatient activity) increased by 8.9% and adjusted patient days increased by 5.0%, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.

At these facilities, excluding the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues of approximately $155 million recorded during the fourth quarter of 2020, net revenue per adjusted admission increased by 3.7% while net revenue per adjusted patient day increased by 7.5% during the fourth quarter of 2021, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.  During the fourth quarter of 2021, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2020, net revenues generated from our acute care services on a same facility basis increased by 4.4% including the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues recorded during the fourth quarter of 2020, and increased by 14.8% excluding the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues recorded during the fourth quarter of 2020.   

During the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2021, at our acute care hospitals on a same facility basis, adjusted admissions increased by 7.7% and adjusted patient days increased by 8.6%, as compared to the full year of 2020.  At these facilities, excluding the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues of approximately $316 million recorded during the full year of 2020, net revenue per adjusted admission increased by 8.6% while net revenue per adjusted patient day increased by 7.7% during the full year of 2021, as compared to 2020. During the full year of 2021, as compared to 2020, net revenues generated from our acute care services on a same facility basis increased by 11.6% including the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues recorded during the full year of 2020 and increased by 17.6% excluding the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues recorded during 2020.   

Behavioral Health Care Services – Three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

During the fourth quarter of 2021, at our behavioral health care facilities on a same facility basis, adjusted admissions increased by 1.5% and adjusted patient days increased 0.5%, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.

At these facilities, excluding the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues of approximately $45 million recorded during the fourth quarter of 2020, net revenue per adjusted admission increased by 7.8% while net revenue per adjusted patient day increased by 8.9% during the fourth quarter of 2021, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.  During the fourth quarter of 2021, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2020, net revenues generated from our behavioral health care services on a same facility basis increased by 5.4% including the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues recorded during the fourth quarter of 2020, and increased by 9.2% excluding the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues recorded during the fourth quarter of 2020.   

During the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2021, at our behavioral health care facilities on a same facility basis, adjusted admissions increased by 1.6% and adjusted patient days increased by 0.4%, as compared to the full year of 2020. At these facilities, excluding the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues of approximately $97 million recorded during the full year of 2020, net revenue per adjusted admission increased by 5.4% while net revenue per adjusted patient day increased by 6.7% during the full year of 2021, as compared to the full year of 2020.  During the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to the full year of 2020, net revenues generated from our behavioral health care services on a same facility basis increased by 5.4% including the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues recorded during the full year of 2020, and increased by 7.5% excluding the CARES Act and other governmental stimulus revenues recorded during the year ended December 31, 2020.   

COVID-19

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began during the second half of March, 2020, has had a material effect on our operations and financial results since that time. The COVID-19 vaccination process commenced during the first quarter of 2021. Since that time through the second quarter of 2021, we had generally experienced a decline in COVID-19 patients as well as a corresponding recovery in non-COVID patient activity.  However, during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, and continuing into the first quarter of 2022, our facilities have generally experienced an increase in COVID-19 patients resulting from the Delta and, more recently, the highly transmissible Omicron variants. Although booster doses for COVID-19 vaccinations began during the third quarter of 2021, and while we expect the administration of vaccines booster doses will assist in easing the number of COVID-19 patients, the pace at which this is likely to occur is very difficult to predict. Since the future volumes and severity of COVID-19 patients remain highly uncertain and subject to change, including potential increases in future COVID-19 patient volumes caused by new variants of the virus, as well as related pressures on staffing and wage rates, we are not able to fully quantify the impact that these factors will have on our future financial results.  However, developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic could materially affect our financial performance during 2022. 

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities and Liquidity and Financing Transactions:

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, our net cash provided by operating activities was $884 million as compared to $2.360 billion during the full year of 2020.  The $1.476 billion net decrease in our cash provided by operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to full year of 2020, was due to: (i) an unfavorable change of $1.398 billion resulting primarily from the early return of the $695 million of Medicare accelerated payments which were repaid during the first quarter of 2021, as compared to a favorable change of $699 million experienced during 2020 resulting primarily from receipt of the Medicare accelerated payments; (ii) an unfavorable change of approximately $262 million due to the following, as provided for by the CARES Act: (1) a $178 million favorable impact experienced during 2020 resulting from the payment deferral of the employer's share of Social Security taxes, and; (2) an $84 million unfavorable impact experienced during 2021 resulting from the payment of the first of two installments to remit the deferred amount (the $94 million remaining payment deferral will be remitted during 2022); (iii) a favorable change of $137 million in accounts receivable due, in part, to the unfavorable impact experienced during 2020, and corresponding favorable impact experienced during 2021, resulting from the coding, billing and collection delays experienced during the fourth quarter of 2020 resulting from the information technology incident that occurred in September, 2020; (iv) a favorable change of $88 million resulting from an increase in net income plus depreciation and amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense, gain/loss on sales of assets and businesses, costs related to extinguishment of debt and provision for asset impairment; (v) an unfavorable change of $64 million in accrued and deferred income taxes; (vi) a favorable change of $49 million in accrued insurance expense, net of commercial premiums paid, and; (vii) $26 million of other combined net unfavorable changes.    

Liquidity and Financing Transactions:

As of December 31, 2021, we had $854 million of aggregate available borrowing capacity pursuant to our $1.2 billion revolving credit facility, net of outstanding letters of credit. 

In connection with the various financing transactions completed during the third quarter of 2021, our results of operations for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2021, include a $16.8 million pre-tax charge incurred for costs related to the extinguishment of debt. This pre-tax charge consisted of the following: (i) $6.8 million incurred to write-off unamortized deferred charges on the extinguished debt, and; (ii) a $10 million make-whole premium paid on the early redemption of the $400 million, 5.00% senior secured notes.

Stock Repurchase Program and Increased Authorization:

On February 24, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a $1.4 billion increase to our stock repurchase program. Pursuant to this program, shares of our Class B Common Stock may be repurchased, from time to time as conditions allow, on the open market or in negotiated private transactions. 

During the fourth quarter of 2021, pursuant to previous share repurchase authorizations, including a $1.0 billion increase to the program approved by our Board of Directors in July, 2021, we have repurchased approximately 3.43 million shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $432.3 million (approximately $126 per share).  For the year ended December 31, 2021, we have repurchased approximately 8.41 million shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $1.201 billion (approximately $143 per share).      

As of December 31, 2021, prior to the above-mentioned increased authorization approved in February, 2022, we had an aggregate available repurchase authorization of $358.2 million.  In January and February of 2022, we have repurchased an additional 2.30 million shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $299.1 million (approximately $130 per share).  As of February 24, 2022, including the above-mentioned $1.4 billion increased authorization, we have an aggregate available repurchase authorization of approximately $1.46 billion. 

2022 Operating Results Forecast:

Reflected below is our 2022 guidance range for consolidated net revenues, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation & amortization, and the impacts of other income/expense and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests ("Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI"), adjusted net income attributable to UHS per diluted share ("Adjusted EPS-diluted") and capital expenditures. 

Adjusted EPS-diluted and Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI, are non-GAAP financial measures and should be examined in connection with net income determined in accordance with GAAP as presented in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in this report or in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including our Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Please see the Supplemental Non-GAAP Disclosures - 2022 Operating Results Forecast schedule as included herein for additional information and a reconciliation to the financial forecasts as computed in accordance with GAAP.

	For the Year Ended December 31, 2022
	Low	High
Net revenues	$13.424 billion	$13.694 billion
Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI	$1.830 billion	$1.927 billion
Adjusted EPS-diluted	$11.90 per share	$12.90 per share
Capital expenditures	$950 million	$1.100 billion

Our 2022 guidance contains a number of assumptions including, but not limited to, the following:

• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began during the second half of March, 2020, has had a material unfavorable effect on our operations and financial results since that time. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken in response thereto impact our business, results of operations and financial condition will depend on numerous factors and future developments, most of which are beyond our control or ability to predict. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. We are not able to fully quantify the impact that these factors will have on our future financial results, but expect developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic to materially affect our financial performance in 2022 and may cause our 2022 actual operating results to differ materially from our 2022 operating results forecast. Please see additional disclosure above in COVID-19.
• The 2022 forecasted amounts exclude the impact of future items, if applicable, that are nonrecurring or non-operational in nature including items such as, but not limited to, reserves for various matters including settlements, legal judgments and lawsuits, potential impacts of non-ordinary course acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or other strategic transactions, costs related to extinguishment of debt, gains/losses on sales of assets and businesses, impairment of long-lived and intangible assets, other amounts that may be reflected in the current financial statements that relate to prior periods, and the impact of share repurchases that differ from our forecasted assumptions. It is also subject to certain conditions including those as set forth below in General Information, Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors and Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
• Our net revenues are estimated to be approximately $13.424 billion to $13.694 billion representing an increase of approximately 6.2% to 8.3% over our 2021 net revenues of approximately $12.642 billion.
• Our Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI is estimated to be approximately $1.830 billion to $1.927 billion as compared to our 2021 Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI of $1.900 billion.
• Our Adjusted EPS-diluted range is estimated to be $11.90 per diluted share to $12.90 per diluted share as compared to our adjusted net income attributable to UHS of $11.82 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2021, as calculated on the attached Supplemental Schedule.

Kentucky Hospital Rate Increase Program:

In early 2021, CMS approved the Kentucky Medicaid Managed Care Hospital Rate Increase Program ("HRIP") for SFY 2021, which covered the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. In December 2021, CMS approved the HRIP program period for the period July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.

Included in our financial results for the three-month period ended December 31, 2021 is approximately $34 million of HRIP reimbursement covering the six-month period of July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.  Included in our financial results for the full year of 2021 was approximately $97 million of HRIP reimbursement covering the eighteen-month period of July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021. 

Programs such as HRIP require an annual state submission and approval by CMS. In December, 2021, CMS approved the program for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 at rates similar to the prior year. We estimate that our reimbursements pursuant to HRIP will approximate $58 million during the year ended December 31, 2022. 

Conference call information:

We will hold a conference call for investors and analysts at 9:00 a.m. eastern time on February 25, 2022. The dial-in number is 1-877-648-7971. 

A live broadcast of the conference call will be available on our website at www.uhs.com.  Also, a replay of the call will be available following the conclusion of the live call and will be available for one full year.

General Information, Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors and Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since our inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues during 2021 were approximately $12.6 billion. In 2022, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and in 2021 the Company ranked #270 on the Fortune 500 and #307 on Forbes' list of America's Largest Public Companies.

Our operating philosophy is as effective today as it was upon the Company's founding in 1979, enabling us to provide compassionate care to our patients and their loved ones.  Our strategy includes building or acquiring high quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets, investing in the people and equipment needed to allow each facility to thrive, and becoming the leading healthcare provider in each community we serve.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has over 89,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 27 acute care hospitals, 335 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. In addition, UHS also has under construction, a new 170-bed acute care hospital located in Reno, Nevada, that is scheduled to be completed and opened during the first quarter of 2022. It acts as the advisor to Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust (NYSE:UHT).  For additional information visit www.uhs.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current management expectations.  Numerous factors, including those disclosed herein, those related to the anticipated impact of COVID-19 on our operations and financial results, those related to healthcare industry trends and those detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (as set forth in Item 1A-Risk Factors and in Item 7-Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021), may cause the results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.  These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and therefore actual results may differ materially.  Readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements which reflect management's view only as of the date hereof.  We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.  Many of the factors that could affect our future results are beyond our control or ability to predict, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our future operations and financial results will likely be materially impacted by developments related to COVID-19 including, but not limited to, the potential impact on future COVID-19 patient volumes resulting from new variants of the virus, the length of time and severity of the spread of the pandemic; the volume of cancelled or rescheduled elective procedures and the volume of COVID-19 patients treated at our hospitals and other healthcare facilities; measures we are taking to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic; the impact of government and administrative regulation and stimulus on the hospital industry and potential retrospective adjustment in future periods of CARES Act and other grant income revenues recorded as revenues in prior periods; declining patient volumes and unfavorable changes in payer mix caused by deteriorating macroeconomic conditions (including increases in uninsured and underinsured patients as the result of business closings and layoffs); potential disruptions to our clinical staffing and shortages and disruptions related to supplies required for our employees and patients; and potential increases to expenses related to staffing, supply chain or other expenditures; the impact of our substantial indebtedness and the ability to refinance such indebtedness on acceptable terms, as well as risks associated with disruptions in the financial markets and the business of financial institutions as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic which could impact us from a financing perspective; and changes in general economic conditions nationally and regionally in our markets resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. We are not able to fully quantify the impact that these factors will have on our future financial results, but developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic could materially affect our financial performance during 2022.

We believe that adjusted net income attributable to UHS, adjusted net income attributable to UHS per diluted share, EBITDA net of NCI and Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI, which are non-GAAP financial measures ("GAAP" is Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America), are helpful to our investors as measures of our operating performance. In addition, we believe that, when applicable, comparing and discussing our financial results based on these measures, as calculated, is helpful to our investors since it neutralizes the effect of material items impacting our net income attributable to UHS, such as, the impact of ASU 2016-09, unrealized gains/losses resulting from changes in the market value of shares of certain equity securities, and other potential material items that are nonrecurring or non-operational in nature including, but not limited to, impairments of long-lived and intangible assets, reserves for various matters including settlements, legal judgments and lawsuits, costs related to extinguishment of debt, gains/losses on sales of assets and businesses, and other amounts that may be reflected in the current or prior year financial statements that relate to prior periods. To obtain a complete understanding of our financial performance these measures should be examined in connection with net income attributable to UHS, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and as presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in this report or in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including our Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Since the items included or excluded from these measures are significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance under GAAP, these measures should not be considered to be alternatives to net income as a measure of our operating performance or profitability. Since these measures, as presented, are not determined in accordance with GAAP and are thus susceptible to varying calculations, they may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Investors are encouraged to use GAAP measures when evaluating our financial performance.

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
	Three months				Twelve months
	ended December 31,				ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net revenues	$3,275,251		$3,086,935		$12,642,117		$11,558,897
Operating charges:
Salaries, wages and benefits	1,621,788		1,466,070		6,163,944		5,613,097
Other operating expenses	802,279		690,560		3,035,869		2,672,762
Supplies expense	374,157		351,324		1,427,134		1,288,132
Depreciation and amortization	133,363		133,930		533,213		510,493
Lease and rental expense	30,015		31,092		118,863		116,059
	2,961,602		2,672,976		11,279,023		10,200,543
Income from operations	313,649		413,959		1,363,094		1,358,354
Interest expense, net	19,217		19,886		83,672		106,285
Other (income) expense, net	(12,316)		(8,305)		(13,891)		(14)
Income before income taxes	306,748		402,378		1,293,313		1,252,083
Provision for income taxes	72,837		94,644		305,681		299,293
Net income	233,911		307,734		987,632		952,790
Less:  Net income (loss) attributable to
noncontrolling interests ("NCI")	(5,213)		(974)		(3,958)		8,837
Net income attributable to UHS	$239,124		$308,708		$991,590		$943,953
Basic earnings per share attributable to UHS (a)	$3.03		$3.63		$11.99		$11.06
Diluted earnings per share attributable to UHS (a)	$3.00		$3.60		$11.82		$10.99

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Footnotes to Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
	Three months				Twelve months
(a) Earnings per share calculation:	ended December 31,				ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Basic and diluted:
Net income attributable to UHS	$239,124		$308,708		$991,590		$943,953
Less: Net income attributable to unvested restricted share grants	(450)		(994)		(2,059)		(2,981)
Net income attributable to UHS - basic and diluted	$238,674		$307,714		$989,531		$940,972
Weighted average number of common shares - basic	78,808		84,728		82,519		85,061
Basic earnings per share attributable to UHS:	$3.03		$3.63		$11.99		$11.06
Weighted average number of common shares	78,808		84,728		82,519		85,061
Add: Other share equivalents	867		859		1,173		526
Weighted average number of common shares and equiv. - diluted	79,675		85,587		83,692		85,587
Diluted earnings per share attributable to UHS:	$3.00		$3.60		$11.82		$10.99

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Schedule of Non-GAAP Supplemental Information ("Supplemental Schedule")
For the Three Months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Calculation of Earnings/Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI")
	Three months ended		% Net		Three months ended		% Net
	December 31, 2021		revenues		December 31, 2020		revenues
Net income attributable to UHS	$239,124				$308,708
Depreciation and amortization	133,363				133,930
Interest expense, net	19,217				19,886
Provision for income taxes	72,837				94,644
EBITDA net of NCI	$464,541		14.2%		$557,168		18.0%
Other (income) expense, net	(12,316)				(8,305)
Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI	$452,225		13.8%		$548,863		17.8%
Net revenues	$3,275,251				$3,086,935
Calculation of Adjusted Net Income Attributable to UHS
	Three months ended				Three months ended
	December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
			Per				Per
	Amount		Diluted Share		Amount		Diluted Share
Net income attributable to UHS	$239,124		$3.00		$308,708		$3.60
Plus/minus after-tax adjustments:
Unrealized gain on equity securities	(4,119)		(0.05)		(3,880)		(0.05)
Impact of ASU 2016-09	99		-		3,031		0.04
Subtotal adjustments	(4,020)		(0.05)		(849)		(0.01)
Adjusted net income attributable to UHS	$235,104		$2.95		$307,859		$3.59

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Schedule of Non-GAAP Supplemental Information ("Supplemental Schedule")
For the Twelve months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Calculation of Earnings/Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA/Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI")
	Twelve months ended		% Net		Twelve months ended		% Net
	December 31, 2021		revenues		December 31, 2020		revenues
Net income attributable to UHS	$991,590				$943,953
Depreciation and amortization	533,213				510,493
Interest expense, net	83,672				106,285
Provision for income taxes	305,681				299,293
EBITDA net of NCI	$1,914,156		15.1%		$1,860,024		16.1%
Other (income) expense, net	(13,891)				(14)
Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI	$1,900,265		15.0%		$1,860,010		16.1%
Net revenues	$12,642,117				$11,558,897
Calculation of Adjusted Net Income Attributable to UHS
	Twelve months ended				Twelve months ended
	December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
			Per				Per
	Amount		Diluted Share		Amount		Diluted Share
Net income attributable to UHS	$991,590		$11.82		$943,953		$10.99
Plus/minus after-tax adjustments:
Unrealized (gain) loss on equity securities	(10,374)		(0.12)		3,313		0.04
Debt extinguishment costs	12,884		0.15		-		-
Impact of ASU 2016-09	(2,423)		(0.03)		7,443		0.09
Subtotal adjustments	87		-		10,756		0.13
Adjusted net income attributable to UHS	$991,677		$11.82		$954,709		$11.12

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
	Three months				Twelve months
	ended December 31,				ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net income	$233,911		$307,734		$987,632		$952,790
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Minimum pension liability	1,427		4,428		1,427		4,428
Foreign currency translation adjustment	2,441		31,899		(20,743)		13,619
Other comprehensive income (loss) before tax	3,868		36,327		(19,316)		18,047
Income tax expense (benefit) related to items of other comprehensive income (loss)	471		2,728		(1,487)		1,820
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	3,397		33,599		(17,829)		16,227
Comprehensive income	237,308		341,333		969,803		969,017
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	(5,213)		(974)		(3,958)		8,837
Comprehensive income attributable to UHS	$242,521		$342,307		$973,761		$960,180

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
			December 31,			December 31,
			2021			2020
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	115,301		$	1,224,490
Accounts receivable, net			1,746,635			1,728,928
Supplies			206,839			190,417
Other current assets			194,781			138,034
Total current assets			2,263,556			3,281,869
Property and equipment			10,770,702			9,885,888
Less: accumulated depreciation			(4,896,427)			(4,512,764)
			5,874,275			5,373,124
Other assets:
Goodwill			3,962,624			3,882,715
Deferred income taxes			45,707			22,689
Right of use assets-operating leases			367,477			336,513
Deferred charges			6,525			4,985
Other			573,379			574,984
Total Assets		$	13,093,543		$	13,476,879
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt		$	48,409		$	331,998
Accounts payable and other liabilities			1,860,490			1,668,671
Medicare accelerated payments and deferred CARES Act and other grants			6			376,151
Operating lease liabilities			64,484			59,796
Federal and state taxes			10,720			44,423
Total current liabilities			1,984,109			2,481,039
Other noncurrent liabilities			464,759			458,549
Operating lease liabilities noncurrent			304,624			278,303
Medicare accelerated payments noncurrent			0			322,617
Long-term debt			4,141,879			3,524,253
Deferred income taxes			0			5,582
Redeemable noncontrolling interest			5,119			4,569
UHS common stockholders' equity			6,089,664			6,317,146
Noncontrolling interest			103,389			84,821
Total equity			6,193,053			6,401,967
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity		$	13,093,543		$	13,476,879

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
	Twelve months
	ended December 31,
	2021		2020
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$987,632		$952,790
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation & amortization	533,213		510,493
(Gain) loss on sale of assets and businesses	(5,170)		1,957
Costs related to extinguishment of debt	16,831		1,365
Stock-based compensation expense	73,686		65,837
Provision for asset impairment	14,391		0
Changes in assets & liabilities, net of effects from
acquisitions and dispositions:
Accounts receivable	(8,873)		(145,901)
Accrued interest	4,950		(10,028)
Accrued and deferred income taxes	(54,030)		9,593
Other working capital accounts	46,526		124,545
Medicare accelerated payments and deferred CARES Act and other grants	(698,762)		698,768
Other assets and deferred charges	(39,337)		(4,555)
Other	(82,075)		109,167
Accrued insurance expense, net of commercial premiums paid	186,215		159,223
Payments made in settlement of self-insurance claims	(91,502)		(113,085)
Net cash provided by operating activities	883,695		2,360,169
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Property and equipment additions	(855,659)		(731,307)
Proceeds received from sales of assets and businesses	25,425		8,168
Acquisition of businesses and property	(105,415)		(52,009)
Inflows (outflows) from foreign exchange contracts that hedge our net U.K. investment	1,357		(21,740)
Decrease (increase) in capital reserves of commercial insurance subsidiary	100		(100)
Costs incurred for purchase of information technology applications, net of refunds	19,726		(2,902)
Investment in, and advances to,  joint ventures and other	0		(2,672)
Net cash used in investing activities	(914,466)		(802,562)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Repayments of long-term debt	(3,037,868)		(962,567)
Additional borrowings	3,254,974		801,599
Financing costs	(18,770)		(10,300)
Repurchase of common shares	(1,220,875)		(206,719)
Dividends paid	(65,896)		(17,344)
Issuance of common stock	13,372		12,318
Profit distributions to noncontrolling interests	(7,080)		(19,805)
Purchase of ownership interests by minority members	13,193		17,959
Net cash used in financing activities	(1,068,950)		(384,859)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(499)		739
(Decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(1,100,220)		1,173,487
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	1,279,154		105,667
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$178,934		$1,279,154
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
Interest paid	$75,607		$112,598
Income taxes paid, net of refunds	$362,978		$286,247
Noncash purchases of property and equipment	$167,234		$74,854

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Supplemental Statistical Information
(unaudited)
							% Change		% Change
							3 Months ended		12 Months ended
Same Facility:							12/31/2021		12/31/2021
Acute Care Hospitals
Revenues (a)							4.4%		11.6%
Revenues-excludes governmental stimulus program revenues							14.8%		17.6%
Adjusted Admissions							8.9%		7.7%
Adjusted Patient Days							5.0%		8.6%
Revenue Per Adjusted Admission-excludes governmental stimulus program revenues							3.7%		8.6%
Revenue Per Adjusted Patient Day-excludes governmental stimulus program revenues							7.5%		7.7%
Behavioral Health Hospitals
Revenues (b)							5.4%		5.4%
Revenues-excludes governmental stimulus program revenues							9.2%		7.5%
Adjusted Admissions							1.5%		1.6%
Adjusted Patient Days							0.5%		0.4%
Revenue Per Adjusted Admission-excludes governmental stimulus program revenues							7.8%		5.4%
Revenue Per Adjusted Patient Day-excludes governmental stimulus program revenues							8.9%		6.7%
(a) Includes governmental stimulus program revenues of $155 million and $316 million recorded in the three and twelve-months periods ended December 31, 2020, respectively.
(b) Includes governmental stimulus program revenues of $45 million and $97 million recorded in the three and twelve-months periods ended December 31, 2020, respectively.
UHS Consolidated			Fourth Quarter Ended				Twelve months Ended
			12/31/2021		12/31/2020		12/31/2021		12/31/2020
Revenues			$3,275,251		$3,086,935		$12,642,117		$11,558,897
EBITDA net of NCI			$464,541		$557,168		$1,914,156		$1,860,024
EBITDA Margin net of NCI			14.2%		18.0%		15.1%		16.1%
Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI			$452,225		$548,863		$1,900,265		$1,860,010
Adjusted EBITDA Margin net of NCI			13.8%		17.8%		15.0%		16.1%
Cash Flow From Operations			$322,020		$142,012		$883,695		$2,360,169
Days Sales Outstanding			49		50		50		55
Capital Expenditures			$189,634		$184,651		$855,659		$731,307
Debt							$4,190,288		$3,856,251
UHS' Shareholders Equity							$6,089,664		$6,317,146
Debt / Total Capitalization							40.8%		37.9%
Debt / EBITDA net of NCI (1)							2.19		2.07
Debt / Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI (1)							2.21		2.07
Debt / Cash From Operations (1)							4.74		1.63
Net Debt / EBITDA net of NCI (1) (2)							2.19		1.45
Net Debt / Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI (1) (2)							2.21		1.45
Net Debt / Cash From Operations (1) (2)							4.74		1.14
(1) Latest 4 quarters.
(2) Debt, net of approximately $1.2 billion of short-term cash investments as of December 31, 2020.

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Acute Care Hospital Services
For the Three and Twelve months ended
December 31, 2021 and 2020
(in thousands)
Same Facility Basis - Acute Care Hospital Services
		Three months ended				Three months ended				Twelve months ended				Twelve months ended
		December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020				December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues
Net revenues (a)		$1,785,033		100.0%		$1,709,872		100.0%		$6,963,627		100.0%		$6,238,236		100.0%
Operating charges:
Salaries, wages and benefits		794,807		44.5%		701,927		41.1%		2,947,853		42.3%		2,611,143		41.9%
Other operating expenses		440,571		24.7%		375,958		22.0%		1,656,848		23.8%		1,462,627		23.4%
Supplies expense		317,142		17.8%		299,376		17.5%		1,218,969		17.5%		1,081,154		17.3%
Depreciation and amortization		81,153		4.5%		83,321		4.9%		327,774		4.7%		318,077		5.1%
Lease and rental expense		17,758		1.0%		19,414		1.1%		73,421		1.1%		69,638		1.1%
Subtotal-operating expenses		1,651,431		92.5%		1,479,996		86.6%		6,224,865		89.4%		5,542,639		88.8%
Income from operations		133,602		7.5%		229,876		13.4%		738,762		10.6%		695,597		11.2%
Interest expense, net		257		0.0%		228		0.0%		1,006		0.0%		1,567		0.0%
Other (income) expense, net		131		0.0%		-		-		567		0.0%		-		-
Income before income taxes		$133,214		7.5%		$229,648		13.4%		$737,189		10.6%		$694,030		11.1%
All Acute Care Hospital Services
		Three months ended				Three months ended				Twelve months ended				Twelve months ended
		December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020				December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues
Net revenues (a)		$1,837,254		100.0%		$1,738,746		100.0%		$7,108,254		100.0%		$6,337,304		100.0%
Operating charges:
Salaries, wages and benefits		811,080		44.1%		702,099		40.4%		2,968,140		41.8%		2,611,514		41.2%
Other operating expenses		466,768		25.4%		404,966		23.3%		1,772,312		24.9%		1,561,875		24.6%
Supplies expense		322,010		17.5%		299,383		17.2%		1,224,664		17.2%		1,081,159		17.1%
Depreciation and amortization		83,046		4.5%		83,368		4.8%		331,508		4.7%		318,124		5.0%
Lease and rental expense		19,715		1.1%		19,414		1.1%		75,391		1.1%		69,638		1.1%
Subtotal-operating expenses		1,702,619		92.7%		1,509,230		86.8%		6,372,015		89.6%		5,642,310		89.0%
Income from operations		134,635		7.3%		229,516		13.2%		736,239		10.4%		694,994		11.0%
Interest expense, net		257		0.0%		228		0.0%		1,006		0.0%		1,567		0.0%
Other (income) expense, net		131		0.0%		-		-		567		0.0%		-		-
Income before income taxes		$134,247		7.3%		$229,288		13.2%		$734,666		10.3%		$693,427		10.9%

(a) Includes governmental stimulus program revenues of $155 million and $316 million recorded in the three and twelve-months periods ended December 31, 2020, respectively.

We believe that providing our results on a "Same Facility" basis (which is a non-GAAP measure), which includes the operating results for facilities and businesses operated in both the current year and prior year periods, is helpful to our investors as a measure of our operating performance. Our Same Facility results also neutralize (if applicable), the effect of material items that are nonrecurring or non-operational in nature including items such as, but not limited to, reserves for various matters, settlements, legal judgments and lawsuits, cost related to extinguishment of debt, gains/losses on sales of assets and businesses, impairments of long-lived and intangible assets and other amounts that may be reflected in the current or prior year financial statements that relate to prior periods. Our Same Facility basis results exclude from net revenues and other operating expenses, provider tax assessments incurred in each period. However, these provider tax assessments are included in net revenues and other operating expenses as reflected in the table under All Acute Care Hospital Services. The provider tax assessments had no impact on the income before income taxes as reflected on the above tables since the amounts offset between net revenues and other operating expenses. To obtain a complete understanding of our financial performance, the Same Facility results should be examined in connection with our net income as determined in accordance with GAAP and as presented herein and the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as contained in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The All Acute Care Hospital Services table summarizes the results of operations for all our acute care operations during the periods presented. These amounts include: (i) our acute care results on a same facility basis, as indicated above; (ii) the impact of provider tax assessments which increased net revenues and other operating expenses but had no impact on income before income taxes, and; (iii) certain other amounts including the results of facilities acquired or opened during the last twelve months.

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Behavioral Health Care Services
For the Three and Twelve months ended
December 31, 2021 and 2020
(in thousands)
Same Facility - Behavioral Health Care Services
		Three months ended				Three months ended				Twelve months ended				Twelve months ended
		December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020				December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues
Net revenues (a)		$1,390,581		100.0%		$1,319,149		100.0%		$5,394,647		100.0%		$5,116,728		100.0%
Operating charges:
Salaries, wages and benefits		740,469		53.2%		695,839		52.7%		2,874,224		53.3%		2,717,905		53.1%
Other operating expenses		261,161		18.8%		236,198		17.9%		1,037,248		19.2%		929,922		18.2%
Supplies expense		52,081		3.7%		50,681		3.8%		203,516		3.8%		204,442		4.0%
Depreciation and amortization		45,377		3.3%		45,660		3.5%		182,303		3.4%		175,537		3.4%
Lease and rental expense		9,843		0.7%		10,556		0.8%		41,182		0.8%		41,940		0.8%
Subtotal-operating expenses		1,108,931		79.7%		1,038,934		78.8%		4,338,473		80.4%		4,069,746		79.5%
Income from operations		281,650		20.3%		280,215		21.2%		1,056,174		19.6%		1,046,982		20.5%
Interest expense, net		324		0.0%		368		0.0%		1,338		0.0%		1,447		0.0%
Other (income) expense, net		(339)		(0.0)%		(1,277)		(0.1)%		96		0.0%		1,060		0.0%
Income before income taxes		$281,665		20.3%		$281,124		21.3%		$1,054,740		19.6%		$1,044,475		20.4%
All Behavioral Health Care Services
		Three months ended				Three months ended				Twelve months ended				Twelve months ended
		December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020				December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues		Amount		% of Net Revenues
Net revenues (a)		$1,428,517		100.0%		$1,343,899		100.0%		$5,503,644		100.0%		$5,208,722		100.0%
Operating charges:
Salaries, wages and benefits		748,293		52.4%		699,906		52.1%		2,893,028		52.6%		2,727,129		52.4%
Other operating expenses		298,099		20.9%		258,727		19.3%		1,145,879		20.8%		1,023,733		19.7%
Supplies expense		52,567		3.7%		50,850		3.8%		204,840		3.7%		204,711		3.9%
Depreciation and amortization		46,891		3.3%		47,931		3.6%		187,761		3.4%		182,012		3.5%
Lease and rental expense		9,914		0.7%		11,354		0.8%		41,703		0.8%		45,505		0.9%
Subtotal-operating expenses		1,155,764		80.9%		1,068,768		79.5%		4,473,211		81.3%		4,183,090		80.3%
Income from operations		272,753		19.1%		275,131		20.5%		1,030,433		18.7%		1,025,632		19.7%
Interest expense, net		1,216		0.1%		415		0.0%		4,780		0.1%		1,599		0.0%
Other (income) expense, net		(339)		(0.0)%		(1,561)		(0.1)%		96		0.0%		776		0.0%
Income before income taxes		$271,876		19.0%		$276,277		20.6%		$1,025,557		18.6%		$1,023,257		19.6%

(a) Includes governmental stimulus program revenues of $45 million and $97 million recorded in the three and twelve-months periods ended December 31, 2020, respectively.

We believe that providing our results on a "Same Facility" basis (which is a non-GAAP measure), which includes the operating results for facilities and businesses operated in both the current year and prior year periods, is helpful to our investors as a measure of our operating performance. Our Same Facility results also neutralize (if applicable), the effect of material items that are nonrecurring or non-operational in nature including items such as, but not limited to, reserves for various matters, settlements, legal judgments, lawsuits and reserves established in connection with the government's investigation of our behavioral health care facilities, cost related to extinguishment of debt, gains/losses on sales of assets and businesses, impairments of long-lived and intangible assets and other amounts that may be reflected in the current or prior year financial statements that relate to prior periods. Our Same Facility basis results exclude from net revenues and other operating expenses, provider tax assessments incurred in each period. However, these provider tax assessments are included in net revenues and other operating expenses as reflected in the table under All Behavioral Health Care Services. The provider tax assessments had no impact on the income before income taxes as reflected on the above tables since the amounts offset between net revenues and other operating expenses. To obtain a complete understanding of our financial performance, the Same Facility results should be examined in connection with our net income as determined in accordance with GAAP and as presented herein and in the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as contained in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The All Behavioral Health Care Services table summarizes the results of operations for all our behavioral health care facilities during the periods presented. These amounts include: (i) our behavioral health results on a same facility basis, as indicated above; (ii) the impact of provider tax assessments which increased net revenues and other operating expenses but had no impact on income before income taxes, and; (iii) certain other amounts including the results of facilities acquired or opened during the last twelve months as well as the results of certain facilities that were closed or restructured during the past year.

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Selected Hospital Statistics
For the Three Months ended
December 31, 2021 and 2020
AS REPORTED:
		ACUTE						BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
		12/31/21		12/31/20		%  change		12/31/21		12/31/20		%  change
Hospitals owned and leased		27		26		3.8%		335		334		0.3%
Average licensed beds		6,654		6,476		2.7%		24,154		23,859		1.2%
Average available beds		6,482		6,304		2.8%		24,054		23,759		1.2%
Patient days		397,498		386,491		2.8%		1,526,510		1,522,352		0.3%
Average daily census		4,320.6		4,201.0		2.8%		16,592.5		16,547.3		0.3%
Occupancy-licensed beds		64.9%		64.9%		0.1%		68.7%		69.4%		-1.0%
Occupancy-available beds		66.7%		66.6%		0.1%		69.0%		69.6%		-0.9%
Admissions		77,352		72,877		6.1%		111,132		109,514		1.5%
Length of stay		5.1		5.3		-3.0%		13.4		13.4		0.0%
Inpatient revenue		$9,242,661		$7,866,580		17.5%		$2,455,659		$2,420,468		1.5%
Outpatient revenue		5,352,067		4,067,550		31.6%		257,479		244,286		5.4%
Total patient revenue		14,594,728		11,934,130		22.3%		2,713,138		2,664,754		1.8%
Other revenue		174,909		275,271		-36.5%		79,961		109,554		-27.0%
Gross hospital revenue		14,769,637		12,209,401		21.0%		2,793,099		2,774,308		0.7%
Total deductions		12,932,383		10,470,655		23.5%		1,364,582		1,430,409		-4.6%
Net hospital revenue		$1,837,254		$1,738,746		5.7%		$1,428,517		$1,343,899		6.3%
SAME FACILITY:
		ACUTE						BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
		12/31/21		12/31/20		%  change		12/31/21		12/31/20		%  change
Hospitals owned and leased		26		26		0.0%		330		330		0.0%
Average licensed beds		6,588		6,476		1.7%		23,782		23,661		0.5%
Average available beds		6,416		6,304		1.8%		23,682		23,561		0.5%
Patient days		394,045		386,491		2.0%		1,512,830		1,512,397		0.0%
Average daily census		4,283.1		4,201.0		2.0%		16,443.8		16,439.1		0.0%
Occupancy-licensed beds		65.0%		64.9%		0.2%		69.1%		69.5%		-0.5%
Occupancy-available beds		66.8%		66.6%		0.2%		69.4%		69.8%		-0.5%
Admissions		77,046		72,877		5.7%		109,681		108,527		1.1%
Length of stay		5.1		5.3		-3.6%		13.8		13.9		-1.0%

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Selected Hospital Statistics
For the Twelve months ended
December 31, 2021 and 2020
AS REPORTED:
		ACUTE						BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
		12/31/21		12/31/20		%  change		12/31/21		12/31/20		%  change
Hospitals owned and leased		27		26		3.8%		335		334		0.3%
Average licensed beds		6,566		6,457		1.7%		24,132		23,661		2.0%
Average available beds		6,394		6,285		1.7%		24,030		23,559		2.0%
Patient days		1,568,639		1,458,321		7.6%		6,162,780		6,142,823		0.3%
Average daily census		4,297.6		3,984.5		7.9%		16,884.3		16,783.7		0.6%
Occupancy-licensed beds		65.5%		61.7%		6.1%		70.0%		70.9%		-1.3%
Occupancy-available beds		67.2%		63.4%		6.0%		70.3%		71.2%		-1.3%
Admissions		305,296		286,535		6.5%		457,006		448,870		1.8%
Length of stay		5.1		5.1		0.7%		13.5		13.7		-1.6%
Inpatient revenue		$36,522,155		$30,562,093		19.5%		$9,927,401		$9,718,934		2.1%
Outpatient revenue		20,633,921		16,272,520		26.8%		1,013,547		963,799		5.2%
Total patient revenue		57,156,076		46,834,613		22.0%		10,940,948		10,682,733		2.4%
Other revenue		659,136		788,694		-16.4%		269,435		332,766		-19.0%
Gross hospital revenue		57,815,212		47,623,307		21.4%		11,210,383		11,015,499		1.8%
Total deductions		50,706,958		41,286,003		22.8%		5,706,739		5,806,777		-1.7%
Net hospital revenue		$7,108,254		$6,337,304		12.2%		$5,503,644		$5,208,722		5.7%
SAME FACILITY:
		ACUTE						BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
		12/31/21		12/31/20		%  change		12/31/21		12/31/20		%  change
Hospitals owned and leased		26		26		0.0%		330		330		0.0%
Average licensed beds		6,543		6,457		1.3%		23,740		23,477		1.1%
Average available beds		6,371		6,285		1.4%		23,638		23,375		1.1%
Patient days		1,564,828		1,458,321		7.3%		6,114,699		6,109,418		0.1%
Average daily census		4,287.2		3,984.5		7.6%		16,752.6		16,692.4		0.4%
Occupancy-licensed beds		65.5%		61.7%		6.2%		70.6%		71.1%		-0.8%
Occupancy-available beds		67.3%		63.4%		6.1%		70.9%		71.4%		-0.8%
Admissions		304,955		286,535		6.4%		451,493		445,737		1.3%
Length of stay		5.1		5.1		0.8%		13.5		13.7		-1.2%

 

Universal Health Services, Inc.
Supplemental Non-GAAP Disclosures
2022 Operating Results Forecast
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
			Forecast For The Year Ending December 31, 2022
					% Net				% Net
			Low		revenues		High		revenues
Net revenues (a)			$13,424,000				$13,694,000
Adjusted net income attributable to UHS (a) (b)			$878,145				$951,813
Depreciation and amortization			562,819				562,819
Interest expense			124,941				124,941
Other (income) expense, net			(8,197)				(8,197)
Provision for income taxes			272,464				295,321
Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI (a) (c)			$1,830,172		13.6%		$1,926,697		14.1%
Adjusted net income attributable to UHS, per diluted share (a) (b)			$11.90				$12.90
Shares used in computing diluted earnings per share			73,634				73,634

(a) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began during the second half of March, 2020, has had a material unfavorable effect on our operations and financial results. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken in response thereto impact our business, results of operations and financial condition will depend on numerous factors and future developments, most of which are beyond our control or ability to predict. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. We are not able to fully quantify the impact that these factors will have on our future financial results, but expect developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic to materially affect our financial performance in 2022 and may cause our 2022 actual operating results to differ materially from our 2022 operating results forecast.

(b) Adjusted net income attributable to UHS/per diluted share are non-GAAP financial measures.  The 2022 forecasted amounts exclude the impact of future items, if applicable, that are nonrecurring or non-operational in nature including items such as pre-tax unrealized gains/losses resulting from changes in the market value of shares of certain equity securities, the impact of ASU 2016-09, and other potential material items including, but not limited to, reserves for various matters including settlements, legal judgments and lawsuits, potential impacts of non-ordinary course acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or other strategic transactions, costs related to extinguishment of debt, gains/losses on sales of assets and businesses, impairment of long-lived and intangible assets, other amounts that may be reflected in the current financial statements that relate to prior periods, and the impact of share repurchases that differ from our forecasted assumptions. It is also subject to certain conditions including those as set forth below in General Information, Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors and Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

(c) Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI is a non-GAAP financial measure.  To obtain a complete understanding of our financial performance, Adjusted EBITDA net of NCI should be examined in connection with net income determined in accordance with GAAP as presented in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in this report or in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including our Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

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FAQ

What were Universal Health Services' earnings for Q4 2021?

Universal Health Services reported Q4 2021 net income of $239.1 million, or $3.00 per diluted share.

How much did net revenues increase for UHS in Q4 2021?

Net revenues increased by 6.1% to $3.275 billion in Q4 2021.

What is the 2022 revenue guidance for UHS?

The 2022 revenue guidance for Universal Health Services ranges from $13.424 billion to $13.694 billion.

What was the adjusted EPS for UHS in 2021?

The adjusted EPS for Universal Health Services in 2021 was $11.82.