---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-097674"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UHS"
cik: "0000352915"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T18:18:41.629810+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UHS to acquire Talkspace for $5.25/share ($835M EV) to expand virtual behavioral health

## Summary
- UHS will pay $5.25 per share in cash; enterprise value ~$835M, financed via existing revolving credit facility.
- Talkspace has ~6,000 licensed professionals, serves all 50 states, and provided 1.6M therapy sessions in 2025.
- Talkspace 2025 revenue was $229M; acquisition expected to be slightly accretive to UHS adjusted EPS in first 12 months.
- Transaction unanimously approved by both boards; expected to close in Q3 2026, subject to Talkspace stockholder and regulatory approvals.
- Acquisition accelerates UHS outpatient telehealth strategy, diversifies payor mix, and creates first nationally scaled end-to-end behavioral health continuum.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-097674
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UHS
- cik: 0000352915
- company_name: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000119312526097674/0001193125-26-097674-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000119312526097674/uhs-20260309.htm

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