Company: UHS
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-027785
Chunk: 290

Company: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
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 accounts receivable. In implementing the discount policy, we 

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first attempt to qualify uninsured patients for governmental programs, charity care or any other discount program. If an uninsured patient does not qualify for these programs, the uninsured discount is applied. 

Uncompensated care (charity care and uninsured discounts):

The following table shows the amounts recorded at our acute care hospitals for charity care and uninsured discounts, based on charges at established rates, for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:

    (dollar amounts in thousands)

    2024

    2023

    Amount

    %

    Amount

    %

    Charity care
     
    $
    819,681

    23
    %
     
    $
    843,449

    32
    %

    Uninsured discounts

    2,677,026

    77
    %

    1,792,493

    68
    %

    Total uncompensated care
     
    $
    3,496,707

    100
    %
     
    $
    2,635,942

    100
    %

The estimated cost of providing uncompensated care:

The estimated cost of providing uncompensated care, as reflected below, were based on a calculation which multiplied the percentage of operating expenses for our acute care hospitals to gross charges for those hospitals by the above-mentioned total uncompensated care amounts. The percentage of cost to gross charges is calculated based on the total operating expenses for our acute care facilities divided by gross patient service revenue for those facilities. An increase in the level of uninsured patients to our facilities and the resulting adverse trends in the adjustments to net revenues and uncompensated care provided could have a material unfavorable impact on our future operating results.

    (amounts in thousands)

    2024

    2023

    Estimated cost of providing charity care
     
    $
    75,227

    $
    83,383

    Estimated cost of providing uninsured discounts

    245,687

    177,206

    Estimated cost of providing uncompensated care
     
    $
    320,914

    $
    260,589

Self-Insured/Other Insurance Risks: We provide for self-insured risks, primarily general and professional liability claims, workers’ compensation claims and healthcare and dental claims. Our estimated liability for self-insured professional and general liability