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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net income $ 604,996us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 554,023us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 489,047us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Depreciation & amortization 375,624us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 337,356us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 308,690us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Gains on sales of assets and businesses, net of losses (7,837)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1 (3,114)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1 (27,085)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1
Stock based compensation expense 31,092us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 27,783us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 22,518us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Costs related to extinguishment of debt 19,730us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtExtinguishmentCosts 0us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtExtinguishmentCosts 29,170us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtExtinguishmentCosts
Changes in assets & liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and dispositions:      
Accounts receivable (105,708)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable (49,708)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable (71,068)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Accrued interest 4,400us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedInterestReceivableNet (1,197)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedInterestReceivableNet 152us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedInterestReceivableNet
Accrued and deferred income taxes 33,920uhs_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxesAndAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable 34,861uhs_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxesAndAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable (5,666)uhs_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxesAndAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable
Other working capital accounts 73,912us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet 26,234us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet 28,554us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet
Other assets and deferred charges 13,667us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets 8,984us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets 30,976us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets
Other 2,449us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities 23,485us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities 6,367us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities
Accrued insurance expense, net of commercial premiums paid 59,276us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInSelfInsuranceReserve (3,821)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInSelfInsuranceReserve 62,660us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInSelfInsuranceReserve
Payments made in settlement of self-insurance claims (69,645)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceSettlementsReceivable (70,645)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceSettlementsReceivable (75,084)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceSettlementsReceivable
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,035,876us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 884,241us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 799,231us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:      
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals (391,150)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (358,493)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (363,192)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Acquisition of property and businesses (431,386)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired (12,636)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired (527,847)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Proceeds received from sales of assets and businesses 15,178us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfProductiveAssets 37,482us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfProductiveAssets 149,311us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfProductiveAssets
Costs incurred for purchase and implementation of electronic health records application (13,488)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireOtherProductiveAssets (49,811)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireOtherProductiveAssets (54,362)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireOtherProductiveAssets
Increase in insurance subsidiary investments (12,000)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCash 0us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCash 0us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCash
Return of Deposit on terminated purchase agreement 0us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities 0us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities 6,500us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (832,846)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities (383,458)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities (789,590)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:      
Reduction of long-term debt (879,129)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt (440,224)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt (849,647)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
Additional borrowings 830,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit 15,761us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit 913,500us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
Financing costs (14,976)us-gaap_PaymentsOfFinancingCosts (231)us-gaap_PaymentsOfFinancingCosts (8,283)us-gaap_PaymentsOfFinancingCosts
Repurchase of common shares (100,749)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (27,201)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (19,154)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Dividends paid (29,665)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends (19,621)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends (58,395)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends
Issuance of common stock 6,863us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 5,708us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 5,435us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock
Excess income tax benefits related to stock based compensation 33,912us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 20,121us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 16,040us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Profit distributions to noncontrolling interests (33,680)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest (61,329)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest (26,895)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (187,424)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities (507,016)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities (27,399)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (775)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents 0us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents 0us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 14,831us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (6,233)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (17,758)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 17,238us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 23,471us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 41,229us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period 32,069us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 17,238us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 23,471us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:      
Interest paid, including early redemption premium and original issue discount write-off in 2014 130,279us-gaap_InterestPaidNet 131,259us-gaap_InterestPaidNet 157,415us-gaap_InterestPaidNet
Income taxes paid, net of refunds 258,612us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet 259,896us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet 264,824us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Noncash purchases of property and equipment $ 35,469us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionFixedAssetsAcquired1 $ 36,212us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionFixedAssetsAcquired1 $ 34,896us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionFixedAssetsAcquired1