Universal Health Services Inc. Common Stock

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The following is an update to the risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Other than the following update, there have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed under the heading Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. You should carefully consider the risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We are subject to pending legal actions, purported stockholder class actions, governmental investigations, inquiries and regulatory actions.

We and our subsidiaries are subject to pending legal actions, governmental investigations, inquiries and regulatory actions and judgments (see Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements-Commitments and Contingencies as contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q). We may become subject to additional medical malpractice lawsuits, product liability lawsuits, class action lawsuits, investigations and other legal actions in the ordinary course of business.

Defending ourselves against the allegations in the lawsuits and governmental investigations, inquiries, or similar matters and any related publicity, could potentially entail significant costs and could require significant attention from our management and our reputation could suffer significantly. We are unable to predict the outcome of these matters or to reasonably estimate the amount or range of any such loss; however, these lawsuits and the related publicity and news articles that have been published concerning these matters could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or cash flows which in turn could cause a decline in our stock price. In an effort to resolve one or more of these matters, we may choose to negotiate a settlement. Amounts we pay to settle any of these matters may be material. All professional and general liability insurance we purchase is subject to policy limitations. We believe that, based on our past experience and actuarial estimates, our insurance coverage is adequate considering the claims arising from the operations of our hospitals. While we continuously monitor our coverage, our ultimate liability for professional and general liability claims could change materially from our current estimates. If such policy limitations should be partially or fully exhausted in the future, or payments of claims exceed our estimates or are not covered by our insurance, it could have a material adverse effect on our operations.

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On March 28, 2024, a jury returned a verdict for compensatory damages of $60 million and punitive damages of $475 million agand a related judgment was entered against tThe Pavilion Behavioral Health System (the Pavilion), one of our an indirect subsidiaries. Ty of the Pavilion has filed post-Company. In an order dated October 10, 2024, the trial motions, a porticourt ordered a remittitur of punitive damages from $475 million of which were heard on August 1, 2024, with tto $120 million. The court denied the Pavilions request for reduction of compensatory damages. The Pavilion intends to appeal the remainder scheduled to be heard on August 23, 2024. The Pavilion will pursue an appeal as ing judgment.

Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents (Cumberland), an indirect subsidiary of the Company, is a defendant in multi-plaintiff lawsuits filed in the Circuit Court for Richmond, Virginia (the Cumberland Litigation), relating to allegations of inappropriate depending on sexual contact during medical examinations by Dr. Daniel Davidow, an independent contractor and the triformer medical courts resolution director for Cumberland. The Company and UHS of post-trial motions. WDelaware, Inc., our administrative services subsidiary (UHS Delaware), were also named as co-defendants in the Cumberland Litigation. Plaintiffs have are uncertain as to sserted claims of negligence, assault and battery (against Dr. Davidow), false imprisonment, violations of the ultimate financial exposure related toVirginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA), and vicarious liability for Dr. Davidows conduct against Cumberland, the Company, and UHS Delaware. The Company and UHS Delaware were dismissed from the Pavilion matter and we can make no assurances regarding timing action during the trial, which occurred in September, 2024. On September 27, 2024, a jury entered a verdict finding Dr. Davidow and Cumberland liable and awarded these three plaintiffs combined compensatory damages of $60 million for substance of its outcome, orall liability theories, an additional combined $180 million in trebled damages for violation of the amount of VCPA, and an additional combined $120 million in punitive damages that may be held recoverable after post-judgment proceedings and appeal. Cumberland is evaluating all legal options and intends to challenge this verdict, including the amounts awarded in the verdict, in post-trial proceedings and on appeal. Based upon Virginia law, we expect that the punitive damage amount should be reduced to a combined maximum of $1.05 million as a matter of law. There are approximately 40 additional plaintiffs making similar allegations with claims pending in the Cumberland Litigation.

We are and may become subject to other loss contingencies, both known and unknown, which may relate to past, present and future facts, events, circumstances and occurrences. Should an unfavorable outcome occur in some or all of our legal proceedings or other

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loss contingencies, or if successful claims and other actions are brought against us in the future, there could be a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

In particular, government investigations, as well as qui tam and stockholder lawsuits, may lead to material fines, penalties, damages payments or other sanctions, including exclusion from government healthcare programs. The federal False Claims Act permits private parties to bring qui tam, or whistleblower, lawsuits on behalf of the government against companies alleging that the defendant has defrauded the federal government. These private parties are entitled to share in any amounts recovered by the government, and, as a result, the number of whistleblower lawsuits that have been filed against providers has increased significantly in recent years. Because qui tam lawsuits are filed under seal, we could be named in one or more such lawsuits of which we are not aware. Settlements of lawsuits involving Medicare and Medicaid issues routinely require both monetary payments and corporate integrity agreements, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or cash flows.

If our financial exposure in connection with litigation relating to the Pavilion Behavioral Health System eand/or Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents exhausts all or a significant portion of the remaining commercial insurance coverage available to our subsidiaries related to other occurrences in 2020, or it causes us to have to post a large bond or other collateral during an appeal process, our future results of operations and capital resources could be materially adversely impacted.

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As prWeviously reported on Form 8-K as filed on April 1, 2024, the Pavilion Behavioral Health System (the Pavilion), an indirect subsidiary of the Company, is a defendant in a lawsuit filed in Champaign County, Illinois, relating to the sexual assault of one minor patient by another minor patient in 2020. The plaintiff asserted claims of negligence and misrepresentation. The Pavilion denied any liability. The case went to tr are uncertain as to the ultimate financial in March, 2024. On March 28, 2024, a jury returned a verdict for ordinary negligence and awarded compensatory damages of $60 million and punitive damages of $475 million and a exposure related judgment was entered against the Pavilion. Based on a search of verdicts in comparable cases, tto the magnitude of this verdict was unexpected and is unprecedented for a single-plaintiff injury case of this type in Champaign County, Illinois. The Pavilion has filed post-trial motions, a portion of which were heard on August 1, 2024, with the remainder scheduled to be heard on August 23, 2024. The Pavilion will pursue an appeal as appropriate depending on the trial courts resolution of post-trial motions. We are uncertain as to the ultimate financial exposure related to the above-mentioned Cumberland and Pavilion matters and we can make no assurances regarding itstheir outcomes, or the amounts of damages that may be held recoverable after post-judgment proceedings and appeals. While the Cumberland and Pavilion hasve professional liability insurance to cover a portion of these amounts, the resolution of thisese matters may have a material adverse effect on the Company. As of June 30, 2024, wWithout reduction for any potential amounts related to the above-mentioned Cumberland and Pavilion matters, the Company and its subsidiaries have aggregate insurance coverage of approximately $221 million remaining under commercial policies for matters applicable to the 2020 policy year (in excess of the applicable self-insured retention amounts of $10 million per occurrence for professional liability claims and $3 million per occurrence for general liability claims).

In the event the resolution of the Cumberland and/or Pavilion matters exhausts all or a significant portion of the remaining commercial insurance coverage available to the Company and its subsidiaries for claims that occurred in 2020,  (the applicable year for it causes us to have to the Pavilion matter and substantially all of the Cumberland matters, as discussed above), or it requires the post aing of large bonds or other collateral during an appeal processes, our future results of operations and capital resources could be materially adversely impacted.