dva-20230930

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


☒			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2023


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ___________ to ___________

Commission File Number: 1-14106

DAVITA INC.


Delaware						51-0354549
(State of incorporation)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


2000 16th Street
Denver,	CO	80202

Telephone number (720) 631-2100

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class:

Trading symbol(s):

Name of each exchange on which registered:

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

DVA

NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐

Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐

Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes ☐ No ☒

As of November 3, 2023, the number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding was approximately 91.3 million shares.

DAVITA INC.

INDEX

Page No.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements:

Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and

September 30, 2022

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended

September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and

September 30, 2022

Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and

September 30, 2022

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

Item 5.

Other Information

Item 6.

Exhibits

Signature

DAVITA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Dialysis patient service revenues	$	2,951,950	$	2,846,494	$	8,602,669	$	8,372,874
Other revenues	169,382		102,200		391,731		320,132
Total revenues	3,121,332		2,948,694		8,994,400		8,693,006
Operating expenses:
Patient care costs	2,067,315		2,085,555		6,181,348		6,120,872
General and administrative	376,883		365,447		1,072,513		975,486
Depreciation and amortization	188,423		194,414		550,166		538,534
Equity investment income, net	(7,228)		(8,509)		(22,502)		(24,696)


Total operating expenses	2,625,393		2,636,907		7,781,525		7,610,196
Operating income	495,939		311,787		1,212,875		1,082,810
Debt expense	(98,080)		(99,680)		(302,361)		(256,057)
Debt extinguishment and modification costs	—		—		(7,962)		—
Other loss, net	(19,650)		(4,898)		(14,525)		(7,968)
Income before income taxes	378,209		207,209		888,027		818,785
Income tax expense	68,848		42,515		161,621		163,757


Net income	309,361		164,694		726,406		655,028
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(62,729)		(59,328)		(185,536)		(162,731)
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	246,632	$	105,366	$	540,870	$	492,297

Earnings per share attributable to DaVita Inc.:

Basic net income	$	2.70	$	1.16	$	5.95	$	5.24

Diluted net income	$	2.62	$	1.13	$	5.80	$	5.07

Weighted average shares for earnings per share:
Basic shares	91,322		91,160		90,937		93,959
Diluted shares	94,041		93,263		93,317		97,153

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

DAVITA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Net income	$	309,361	$	164,694	$	726,406	$	655,028
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Unrealized gains on interest rate cap agreements:
Unrealized gains	6,996		41,312		28,305		95,660
Reclassifications of net realized (gains) losses into net income	(21,198)		1,033		(55,895)		3,100
Unrealized (losses) gains on foreign currency translation:	(47,644)		(66,100)		27,878		(95,064)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(61,846)		(23,755)		288		3,696
Total comprehensive income	247,515		140,939		726,694		658,724
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(62,729)		(59,328)		(185,536)		(162,731)
Comprehensive income attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	184,786	$	81,611	$	541,158	$	495,993

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

DAVITA INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)


	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$	449,458	$	244,086
Restricted cash and equivalents	95,667		94,903
Short-term investments	11,713		77,693
Accounts receivable	2,024,827		2,132,070
Inventories	109,620		109,122
Other receivables	352,965		413,976
Prepaid and other current assets	91,109		78,839
Income tax receivable	—		4,603
Total current assets	3,135,359		3,155,292
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $5,650,912 and $5,265,372, respectively	3,097,483		3,256,397
Operating lease right-of-use assets	2,509,416		2,666,242
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $37,738 and $49,772, respectively	185,403		182,687
Equity method and other investments	565,394		231,108
Long-term investments	45,320		44,329
Other long-term assets	302,142		315,587
Goodwill	7,088,223		7,076,610
	$	16,928,740	$	16,928,252
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Accounts payable	$	435,417	$	479,780
Other liabilities	808,000		802,469
Accrued compensation and benefits	770,184		692,654
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	393,440		395,401
Current portion of long-term debt	108,558		231,404
Income tax payable	22,331		18,039
Total current liabilities	2,537,930		2,619,747
Long-term operating lease liabilities	2,342,170		2,503,068
Long-term debt	8,285,146		8,692,617
Other long-term liabilities	184,944		105,233
Deferred income taxes	753,871		782,787
Total liabilities	14,104,061		14,703,452
Commitments and contingencies
Noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions	1,445,403		1,348,908
Equity:
Preferred stock ($0.001 par value, 5,000 shares authorized; none issued)	—		—
Common stock ($0.001 par value, 450,000 shares authorized; 91,348 and 90,411 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)	91		90
Additional paid-in capital	552,651		606,935
Retained earnings	715,357		174,487

Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(68,898)		(69,186)
Total DaVita Inc. shareholders' equity	1,199,201		712,326
Noncontrolling interests not subject to put provisions	180,075		163,566
Total equity	1,379,276		875,892
	$	16,928,740	$	16,928,252

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

DAVITA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2023		2022
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	726,406	$	655,028
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	550,166		538,534
Loss on extinguishment of debt	7,132		—

Stock-based compensation expense	82,313		77,904
Deferred income taxes	(17,767)		(35,637)
Equity investment loss (income), net	40,121		(417)

Other non-cash charges, net	1,633		16,035
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions and divestitures:
Accounts receivable	118,148		(135,632)

Other current assets	32,132		43,739
Other long-term assets	1,101		(49,326)
Accounts payable	(33,837)		38,870
Accrued compensation and benefits	65,279		35,491
Other current liabilities	10,822		87,248
Income taxes	(1,878)		(37,770)
Other long-term liabilities	(7,945)		(13,219)
Net cash provided by operating activities	1,573,826		1,220,848
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions of property and equipment	(409,011)		(409,391)
Acquisitions	(7,990)		(43,811)
Proceeds from asset and business sales	24,907		116,088
Purchase of debt investments held-to-maturity	(30,419)		(94,602)
Purchase of other debt and equity investments	(6,693)		(3,322)
Proceeds from debt investments held-to-maturity	94,414		40,660
Proceeds from sale of other debt and equity investments	3,930		3,763
Other	—		(782)

Purchase of equity method investments	(276,006)		(28,176)
Distributions from equity method investments	3,364		2,490
Net cash used in investing activities	(603,504)		(417,083)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Borrowings	2,468,335		1,705,913
Payments on long-term debt	(2,992,248)		(1,557,358)
Deferred and debt related financing costs	(53,466)		—
Purchase of treasury stock	—		(802,228)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(203,381)		(188,592)
Net payments related to stock purchases and awards	(41,155)		(42,248)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	11,579		11,382
Proceeds from sales of additional noncontrolling interests	50,962		3,673
Purchases of noncontrolling interests	(7,875)		(20,770)
Net cash used in financing activities	(767,249)		(890,228)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	3,063		(6,283)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	206,136		(92,746)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the year	338,989		554,960
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period	$	545,125	$	462,214

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

DAVITA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands)


	Three months ended September 30, 2023
	Non- controlling interests subject to put provisions		DaVita Inc. Shareholders’ Equity														Non- controlling interests not subject to put provisions

			Common stock			Additional paid-in capital		Retained earnings		Treasury stock			Accumulated other comprehensive loss
			Shares	Amount						Shares	Amount				Total
Balance at June 30, 2023	$	1,423,549	91,271	$	91	$	555,680	$	468,725	—	$	—	$	(7,052)	$	1,017,444	$	188,626
Comprehensive income:
Net income	44,572							246,632							246,632		18,157

Other comprehensive income													(61,846)		(61,846)

Stock award plan			77			(4,750)									(4,750)
Stock-settled stock-based compensation expense						27,071									27,071
Changes in noncontrolling interest from:
Distributions	(52,382)																(26,821)
Contributions	4,493																140

Partial purchases						(179)									(179)		(27)
Fair value remeasurements	25,171					(25,171)									(25,171)


Balance at September 30, 2023	$	1,445,403	91,348	$	91	$	552,651	$	715,357	—	$	—	$	(68,898)	$	1,199,201	$	180,075


	Nine months ended September 30, 2023
	Non- controlling interests subject to put provisions		DaVita Inc. Shareholders’ Equity														Non- controlling interests not subject to put provisions

			Common stock			Additional paid-in capital		Retained earnings		Treasury stock			Accumulated other comprehensive loss
			Shares	Amount						Shares	Amount				Total
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	1,348,908	90,411	$	90	$	606,935	$	174,487	—	$	—	$	(69,186)	$	712,326	$	163,566
Comprehensive income:
Net income	131,523							540,870							540,870		54,013
Other comprehensive income													288		288

Stock award plan			937	1		(53,353)									(53,352)
Stock-settled stock-based compensation expense						80,579									80,579
Changes in noncontrolling interest from:
Distributions	(133,656)																(69,725)
Contributions	10,102																1,477
Acquisitions and divestitures						13,077									13,077		30,776
Partial purchases	(700)					(5,361)									(5,361)		(32)
Fair value remeasurements	89,226					(89,226)									(89,226)




Balance at September 30, 2023	$	1,445,403	91,348	$	91	$	552,651	$	715,357	—	$	—	$	(68,898)	$	1,199,201	$	180,075

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

DAVITA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands)


	Three months ended September 30, 2022
	Non- controlling interests subject to put provisions		DaVita Inc. Shareholders’ Equity														Non- controlling interests not subject to put provisions

			Common stock			Additional paid-in capital		Retained earnings		Treasury stock			Accumulated other comprehensive loss
			Shares	Amount						Shares	Amount				Total
Balance at June 30, 2022	$	1,385,821	98,179	$	98	$	578,272	$	741,268	(5,973)	$	(603,058)	$	(111,796)	$	604,784	$	170,390
Comprehensive income:
Net income	39,205							105,366							105,366		20,123

Other comprehensive loss													(23,755)		(23,755)
Stock purchase shares issued
Stock award plan			20			(986)									(986)
Stock-settled stock-based compensation expense						27,619									27,619
Changes in noncontrolling interest from:
Distributions	(48,275)																(22,002)
Contributions	1,996																270
Acquisitions and divestitures																	867
Partial purchases	(215)					(3,339)									(3,339)		(193)
Fair value remeasurements	(7,779)					7,779									7,779

Purchase of treasury stock										(2,122)	(184,796)				(184,796)

Balance at September 30, 2022	$	1,370,753	98,199	$	98	$	609,345	$	846,634	(8,095)	$	(787,854)	$	(135,551)	$	532,672	$	169,455


	Nine months ended September 30, 2022
	Non- controlling interests subject to put provisions		DaVita Inc. Shareholders’ Equity														Non- controlling interests not subject to put provisions

			Common stock			Additional paid-in capital		Retained earnings		Treasury stock			Accumulated other comprehensive loss
			Shares	Amount						Shares	Amount				Total
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	1,434,832	97,289	$	97	$	540,321	$	354,337	—	$	—	$	(139,247)	$	755,508	$	180,640
Comprehensive income:
Net income	113,157							492,297							492,297		49,574

Other comprehensive income													3,696		3,696

Stock award plan			910	1		(55,359)									(55,358)
Stock-settled stock-based compensation expense						77,835									77,835
Changes in noncontrolling interest from:
Distributions	(125,534)																(63,058)
Contributions	9,300																2,082
Acquisitions and divestitures	2,392					939									939		867
Partial purchases	(11,633)					(6,609)									(6,609)		(193)
Fair value remeasurements	(52,218)					52,218									52,218
Other	457																(457)
Purchase of treasury stock										(8,095)	(787,854)				(787,854)

Balance at September 30, 2022	$	1,370,753	98,199	$	98	$	609,345	$	846,634	(8,095)	$	(787,854)	$	(135,551)	$	532,672	$	169,455

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

DAVITA INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

Unless otherwise indicated in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, "the Company", "we", "us", "our" and similar terms refer to DaVita Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

1. Condensed consolidated interim financial statements

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in this report are prepared by the Company. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations are reflected in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, contingencies and noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions. The most significant estimates and assumptions underlying these financial statements and accompanying notes generally involve revenue recognition and accounts receivable, certain fair value estimates, accounting for income taxes and loss contingencies. The results of operations reflected in these interim financial statements may not necessarily be indicative of annual operating results. These condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 (2022 10-K). Prior period classifications conform to the current period presentation. The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date these condensed consolidated interim financial statements were issued and has included all necessary adjustments and disclosures.

2. Revenue recognition

The following tables summarize the Company's segment revenues by primary payor source:


	Three months ended September 30, 2023						Three months ended September 30, 2022
	U.S. dialysis		Other — Ancillary services		Consolidated		U.S. dialysis		Other — Ancillary services		Consolidated
Dialysis patient service revenues:
Medicare and Medicare Advantage	$	1,515,860			$	1,515,860	$	1,535,680			$	1,535,680
Medicaid and Managed Medicaid	207,327				207,327		193,853				193,853
Other government	90,549		$	128,980	219,529		86,852		$	116,084	202,936
Commercial	965,331		68,192		1,033,523		880,812		56,170		936,982
Other revenues:
Medicare and Medicare Advantage			137,149		137,149				78,345		78,345
Medicaid and Managed Medicaid			331		331				412		412
Commercial			16,063		16,063				6,484		6,484
Other(1)	6,239		11,832		18,071		6,056		10,903		16,959
Eliminations of intersegment revenues	(24,289)		(2,232)		(26,521)		(22,957)		—		(22,957)
Total	$	2,761,017	$	360,315	$	3,121,332	$	2,680,296	$	268,398	$	2,948,694

(1) Other primarily consists of management service fees earned in the respective Company line of business as well as other non-patient service revenue from the Company's U.S. integrated kidney care (IKC) and other ancillary services and international operations.

DAVITA INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(continued)

(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)


	Nine months ended September 30, 2023						Nine months ended September 30, 2022
	U.S. dialysis		Other — Ancillary services		Consolidated		U.S. dialysis		Other — Ancillary services		Consolidated
Dialysis patient service revenues:
Medicare and Medicare Advantage	$	4,538,264			$	4,538,264	$	4,529,300			$	4,529,300
Medicaid and Managed Medicaid	629,118				629,118		570,380				570,380
Other government	265,119		$	376,530	641,649		253,731		$	349,633	603,364
Commercial	2,676,758		183,578		2,860,336		2,570,054		164,302		2,734,356
Other revenues:
Medicare and Medicare Advantage			317,624		317,624				255,204		255,204
Medicaid and Managed Medicaid			1,296		1,296				1,181		1,181
Commercial			20,888		20,888				16,029		16,029
Other(1)	18,822		38,108		56,930		18,124		29,584		47,708
Eliminations of intersegment revenues	(66,698)		(5,007)		(71,705)		(64,516)		—		(64,516)
Total	$	8,061,383	$	933,017	$	8,994,400	$	7,877,073	$	815,933	$	8,693,006

There are significant uncertainties associated with estimating revenue, many of which take several years to resolve. These estimates are subject to ongoing insurance coverage changes, geographic coverage differences, differing interpretations of contract coverage and other payor issues, as well as patient issues, including determination of applicable primary and secondary coverage, changes in patient insurance coverage and coordination of benefits. As these estimates are refined over time, both positive and negative adjustments to revenue are recognized in the current period.

Dialysis patient service revenues. Revenues are recognized based on the Company’s estimate of the transaction price the Company expects to collect as a result of satisfying its performance obligations. Dialysis patient service revenues are recognized in the period services are provided based on these estimates. Revenues consist primarily of payments from government and commercial health plans for dialysis services provided to patients.

Other revenues. Other revenues consist of revenues earned by the Company's non-dialysis ancillary services as well as fees for management and administrative services to outpatient dialysis businesses that the Company does not consolidate. Other revenues are estimated in the period services are provided. The Company's integrated kidney care (IKC) revenues include revenues earned under risk-based arrangements, including value-based care (VBC) arrangements. Under its VBC arrangements, the Company assumes full or shared financial risk for the total medical cost of care for patients below or above a benchmark. The benchmarks against which the Company incurs profit or loss on these contracts are typically based on the underlying premiums paid to the insuring entity (the Company's counterparty), with adjustments where applicable, or on trended or adjusted medical cost targets.

3. Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to the Company by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Weighted average common shares outstanding include restricted stock unit awards that are no longer subject to forfeiture because the recipients have satisfied either the explicit vesting terms or retirement eligibility requirements.

Diluted earnings per share includes the dilutive effect of outstanding stock-settled stock appreciation rights and unvested stock units as computed under the treasury stock method.

DAVITA INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(continued)

(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

The reconciliations of the numerators and denominators used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022


Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	246,632	$	105,366	$	540,870	$	492,297

Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic shares	91,322		91,160		90,937		93,959
Assumed incremental from stock plans	2,719		2,103		2,380		3,194
Diluted shares	94,041		93,263		93,317		97,153



Basic net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.70	$	1.16	$	5.95	$	5.24



Diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.62	$	1.13	$	5.80	$	5.07

Anti-dilutive stock-settled awards excluded from calculation(1)	271		1,260		615		878

(1)Shares associated with stock awards excluded from the diluted denominator calculation because they were anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.

4. Short-term and long-term investments

The Company’s short-term and long-term debt and equity investments, consisting of debt instruments classified as held-to-maturity and equity investments with readily determinable fair values or redemption values, were as follows:


	September 30, 2023						December 31, 2022
	Debt securities		Equity securities		Total		Debt securities		Equity securities		Total
Certificates of deposit and other time deposits	$	20,430	$	—	$	20,430	$	82,879	$	—	$	82,879
Investments in mutual funds and common stocks	—		36,603		36,603		—		39,143		39,143
	$	20,430	$	36,603	$	57,033	$	82,879	$	39,143	$	122,022
Short-term investments	$	5,419	$	6,294	$	11,713	$	67,872	$	9,821	$	77,693
Long-term investments	15,011		30,309		45,320		15,007		29,322		44,329
	$	20,430	$	36,603	$	57,033	$	82,879	$	39,143	$	122,022

Debt securities. The Company's short-term debt investments are principally bank certificates of deposit with contractual maturities longer than three months but shorter than one year. The Company's long-term debt investments are bank time deposits with contractual maturities longer than one year. These debt securities are accounted for as held-to-maturity and recorded at amortized cost, which approximated their fair values at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Equity securities. The Company holds certain equity investments that have readily determinable fair values from public markets. The Company's remaining short-term and long-term equity investments are held within a trust to fund existing obligations associated with the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation plans.

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(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

5. Goodwill

Changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reportable segment were as follows:


	U.S. dialysis		Other — Ancillary services		Consolidated
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	6,400,162	$	646,079	$	7,046,241
Acquisitions	16,750		32,297		49,047
Divestitures	(87)		(3,263)		(3,350)
Foreign currency and other adjustments	—		(15,328)		(15,328)
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	6,416,825	$	659,785	$	7,076,610


Acquisitions	—		4,688		4,688
Foreign currency and other adjustments	—		6,925		6,925
Balance at September 30, 2023	$	6,416,825	$	671,398	$	7,088,223

Balance at September 30, 2023:
Goodwill	$	6,416,825	$	789,338	$	7,206,163
Accumulated impairment charges	—		(117,940)		(117,940)
	$	6,416,825	$	671,398	$	7,088,223

The Company did not recognize any goodwill impairment charges during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.

The Company's business continues to be impacted by the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19). While the Company does not currently expect a material adverse impact to its business as a result of COVID-19, there can be no assurance that the magnitude of the cumulative impacts from COVID-19 will not have a material adverse impact on one or more of the Company's businesses. These cumulative impacts from COVID-19 may include, among other things, the cumulative impact on mortality rates for the kidney patient population and the cumulative impact on certain conditions and developments in the U.S. and global economies, labor market conditions, inflation and monetary policies.

Developments, events, changes in operating performance and other changes in key circumstances since the dates of the Company’s last annual goodwill impairment assessments have not caused management to believe it is more likely than not that the fair values of any of the Company's reporting units would be less than their respective carrying amounts as of September 30, 2023. Except for the Company's Germany kidney care reporting unit as described further in Note 10 to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in the 2022 10-K, none of the Company's various other reporting units were considered at risk of significant goodwill impairment as of September 30, 2023.

6. Equity method and other investments

The Company maintains equity method and other minor investments in the private securities of certain other healthcare and healthcare-related businesses as follows:


	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Mozarc Medical Holdings LLC	$	342,315
APAC joint venture	98,215		$	99,141
Other equity method partnerships	112,305		116,403
Adjusted cost method and other investments	12,559		15,564
	$	565,394	$	231,108

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 the Company recognized equity investment income of $22,502 and $24,696, respectively, from its equity method investments in nonconsolidated dialysis partnerships. The Company also recognized equity investment losses from other equity method investments of $38,653 and $1,974 in other (loss) income during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

On May 25, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement with Medtronic, Inc. and one of its subsidiaries (collectively, Medtronic) to form a new, independent kidney care-focused medical device company (Mozarc Medical Holding LLC, or Mozarc) via a deconsolidating partial interest sale from Medtronic to the Company, which closed effective April 1, 2023. The Company holds a 50% voting equity interest in Mozarc and Medtronic holds the other 50% voting equity interest. The Company does not maintain a controlling financial interest in Mozarc and therefore accounts for this investment on the equity method, with equity method income or loss recognized in Other income (loss), net, on a one-month lag.

At the closing, the Company made an estimated purchase price payment, including certain transaction cost adjustments, to Medtronic of $44,651, subject to certain customary post-closing adjustments, and contributed certain other non-cash assets to Mozarc with an estimated value of $14,000. In addition, the Company agreed to pay Medtronic additional consideration of up to $300,000 if certain regulatory, commercial and financial milestones are achieved between 2024 and 2028. At close, the Company and Medtronic also each contributed an additional $224,415 in cash to Mozarc to fund its development initiatives.

The Company’s investment in Mozarc was recorded at an initial estimated cost of $375,326, which represents the sum of the cash amounts paid and contributed for the Company’s investment in Mozarc, the estimated fair value of the non-cash assets contributed, the estimated fair value of the Company’s contingent consideration payable to Medtronic for its interest in Mozarc of $86,200, and direct costs incurred to complete this transaction. The foregoing cost estimates are based upon the best information available to management but remain subject to change based on finalization of post-closing purchase price adjustments yet to be completed between the parties and finalization of related third-party valuation reports. As of September 30, 2023, the book value of the Company's contingent consideration payable to Medtronic approximates its estimated fair value.

The recorded cost of the Company's equity method investment in Mozarc, and its prospective equity method income (or loss) from that investment, remain subject to finalization of fair value estimates for the following based on third-party valuation reports: the Company's non-cash assets contributed to Mozarc, the Company's contingent consideration payable to Medtronic, and valuation of Mozarc's underlying net assets, including its intangible assets, fixed assets, leases and certain working capital items, some of which are pending final quantification for certain post-closing purchase price adjustments.

See Note 9 to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in the 2022 10-K for further description of the Company's other equity method investments.

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7. Long-term debt

Long-term debt comprised the following:


						As of September 30, 2023
	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022		Maturity date	Interest rate		Estimated fair value(1)
Senior Secured Credit Facilities:
Term Loan A-1(2)	$	1,242,188			(3)	SOFR+CSA+2.00%		$	1,220,449
Term Loan B-1	2,610,643		$	2,660,831	8/12/2026	SOFR+CSA+1.75%		$	2,578,010
New Revolving line of credit(2)	—				(3)	SOFR+CSA+2.00%		$	—
Prior Term Loan A	—		1,498,438		8/12/2024	(4)		$	—
Prior Revolving line of credit	—		165,000		8/12/2024	(4)		$	—
Senior Notes:
4.625% Senior Notes	2,750,000		2,750,000		6/1/2030	4.625	%	$	2,258,438
3.75% Senior Notes	1,500,000		1,500,000		2/15/2031	3.75	%	$	1,143,750
Acquisition obligations and other notes payable(5)	97,657		120,562		2023-2036	6.89	%	$	97,657
Financing lease obligations(6)	250,695		273,688		2024-2039	4.48	%
Total debt principal outstanding	8,451,183		8,968,519
Discount, premium and deferred financing costs(7)	(57,479)		(44,498)
	8,393,704		8,924,021
Less current portion	(108,558)		(231,404)
	$	8,285,146	$	8,692,617

(1)For the Company's senior secured credit facilities and senior notes, fair value estimates are based upon bid and ask quotes, typically a level 2 input. For acquisition obligations and other notes payable, the carrying values presented approximate their estimated fair values, based on estimates of their present values using level 2 interest rate inputs.

(2)The Company's interest rate in its Term Loan A-1 and new revolving line of credit is subject to adjustment depending upon the Company's leverage ratio under the credit agreement governing its senior secured credit facilities. Based on the Company's leverage ratio as of September 30, 2023, the Company's interest rate effective in the fourth quarter of 2023 will be SOFR plus CSA plus 1.75% for its Term Loan A-1 and new revolving line of credit.

(3)Outstanding Term Loan A-1 and new revolving line of credit balances are due on April 28, 2028, unless any of Term Loan B-1 remains outstanding 91 days prior to the Term Loan B-1 maturity date, in which case the outstanding Term Loan A-1 and the new revolving line of credit balances become due at that 91 day date (May 13, 2026).

(4)At March 31, 2023, the interest rate on the Company's then-existing credit facilities was LIBOR plus an interest rate margin in effect of 1.75% for the prior Term Loan A and prior revolving line of credit.

(5)The interest rate presented for acquisition obligations and other notes payable is their weighted average interest rate based on the current fixed and variable interest rate components in effect as of September 30, 2023.

(6)Financing lease obligations are measured at their approximate present values at inception. The interest rate presented is the weighted average discount rate embedded in financing leases outstanding.

(7)As of September 30, 2023, the carrying amount of the Company's senior secured credit facilities have been reduced by a discount of $2,724 and deferred financing costs of $34,688, and the carrying amount of the Company's senior notes have been reduced by deferred financing costs of $32,668 and increased by a debt premium of $12,601. As of December 31, 2022, the carrying amount of the Company's senior secured credit facilities were reduced by a discount of $3,497 and deferred financing costs of $18,816, and the carrying amount of the Company's senior notes were reduced by deferred financing costs of $36,203 and increased by a debt premium of $14,018.

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(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

Scheduled maturities of long-term debt at September 30, 2023 were as follows:


2023 (remainder of the year)	$	29,877
2024	$	110,271
2025	$	129,871
2026	$	2,660,604
2027	$	113,551
2028	$	1,014,649
Thereafter	$	4,392,360

On April 3, 2023, the Company entered into the Second Amendment (the Second Amendment) to its senior secured credit agreement (the Credit Agreement). The Second Amendment modifies the Credit Agreement to, among other things, transition the interest pricing on Term Loan B-1 from LIBOR + 1.75% to a forward-looking term rate (Term SOFR) based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) + 1.75% plus an additional credit spread adjustment (CSA), provided that this adjusted rate shall never be less than 0.00%, as well as to update the successor interest rate provisions in the Credit Agreement with respect to Term Loan B-1. As of September 30, 2023, the CSA for all tranches outstanding on the Company's Term Loan B-1 was 0.11%. The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04 and ASU No. 2022-06 regarding reference rate reform during the second quarter and applied one of their practical expedients to treat the amendment of Term Loan B-1 as a non-substantial modification.

On April 28, 2023, the Company entered into the Third Amendment (the Third Amendment, and together with the Second Amendment, the Amendments) to the Credit Agreement. The Third Amendment modifies the Credit Agreement to, among other things, refinance its Term Loan A and revolving line of credit with a secured Term Loan A-1 facility in the aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000 and a secured revolving line of credit in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,500,000 (the foregoing referred to as the new Term Loan A-1 and new revolving line of credit, respectively).

The new Term Loan A-1 and new revolving line of credit initially bear interest at Term SOFR, plus a CSA of 0.10% and an interest rate margin of 2.00%, which is subject to adjustment depending upon the Company's leverage ratio under the Credit Agreement, as amended, and which can range from 1.25% to 2.25%, provided that this adjusted rate shall never be less than 0.00%. The new Term Loan A-1 requires amortizing quarterly principal payments beginning on September 30, 2023 of $7,813 per quarter for the first four payments, $15,625 per quarter for the fifth through sixteenth payments, $23,438 per quarter for the seventeenth through nineteenth payments, with the balance due on April 28, 2028. The new revolving line of credit has a five-year term. However, under the Third Amendment, Term Loan A-1 and the new revolving line of credit become due if any of Term Loan B-1 remains outstanding 91 days prior to the Term Loan B-1 maturity date, in which case the Term Loan A-1 balance and any outstanding balance on the new revolving line of credit become due at that 91 day date (May 13, 2026).

Borrowings under the Company's senior secured credit facilities are guaranteed and secured by substantially all of DaVita Inc.'s and certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries' assets and rank senior to all unsecured indebtedness. Borrowings under the new Term Loan A-1, Term Loan B-1 and new revolving line of credit rank equal in priority for that security and related subsidiary guarantees under the facility's terms. The Credit Agreement, as amended, contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants such as various restrictions or limitations on permitted amounts of investments (including acquisitions), share repurchases, payment of dividends, and redemptions and incurrence of other indebtedness. Many of these restrictions and limitations will not apply as long as the Company’s leverage ratio calculated in accordance with the Amendments is below 4.00:1.00. In addition, the Amendments require compliance with a maximum leverage ratio covenant, tested quarterly, of 5.00:1.00 through June 30, 2026 and 4.50:1.00 thereafter.

In the second quarter of 2023, the Company used a portion of the proceeds from the new Term Loan A-1 and initial borrowing of $400,000 on the new revolving line of credit to pay off the remaining principal balance outstanding and accrued interest and fees on its prior Term Loan A and prior revolving line of credit in the amount of $1,602,199. The remaining borrowings added cash to the balance sheet for general corporate purposes.

In addition to the prepayments described above, during the first nine months of 2023, the Company made regularly scheduled and other principal payments under its senior secured credit facilities totaling $54,011 on its prior Term Loan A, $7,813 on Term Loan A-1 and $50,188 on Term Loan B-1.

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(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

As a result of the transactions described above, the Company recognized debt extinguishment and modification costs of $7,962 in the second quarter of 2023 composed partially of deferred financing costs written off for the portion of debt considered extinguished and reborrowed as a result of the repayment of all principal balances outstanding on the Company's prior Term Loan A and prior revolving line of credit and partially of fees incurred for this transaction. For the portion of the debt that was considered extinguished and reborrowed, the Company recognized constructive financing cash outflows and financing cash inflows on the statement of cash flows of $434,393 and $150,000 for the Term Loan A and prior revolving line of credit, respectively, even though no funds were actually paid or received. Another $715,019 of the debt considered extinguished in this refinancing represented a non-cash financing activity.

After September 30, 2023, the Company's 2019 interest rate cap agreements described below have the economic effect of capping the Company's maximum exposure to SOFR variable interest rate changes on equivalent amounts of the Company's floating rate debt, including all of Term Loan B-1 and a portion of new Term Loan A-1. The remaining $352,831 outstanding principal balance of new Term Loan A-1 is subject to SOFR-based interest rate volatility. These cap agreements are designated as cash flow hedges and, as a result, changes in their fair values are reported in other comprehensive income. The original premiums paid for the caps are amortized to debt expense on a straight-line basis over the term of each cap agreement starting from its effective date. These cap agreements do not contain credit risk-contingent features.

In the second and third quarters of 2023 the Company entered into several forward interest rate cap agreements, described below, that have the economic effect of capping the Company's exposure to SOFR variable interest rate changes on specific portions of the Company's floating rate debt (2023 cap agreements). These 2023 cap agreements are designated as cash flow hedges and, as a result, changes in their fair values will be reported in other comprehensive income. These 2023 cap agreements, do not contain credit-risk contingent features, and become effective and expire as described in the table below. Certain of these 2023 cap agreements have notional amounts that amortize downward over time.

On October 18, 2023, the Company entered into several forward interest rate cap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $500,000 that become effective on June 28, 2024 and expire on December 31, 2026, and a forward interest rate cap agreement with an aggregate notional amount of $250,000 that becomes effective on December 31, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2025 (together, the October 2023 cap agreements). These October 2023 cap agreements have the economic effect of capping the Company's exposure to SOFR variable interest rate changes on specific portions of the Company's floating rate debt and do not contain credit-risk contingent features. Additionally, the October 2023 cap agreements are designated as cash flow hedges and, as a result, changes in their fair values will be reported in other comprehensive income.

Finally, during and as of the end of the second quarter, the Company transitioned the variable rate base on its senior secured credit facilities and related hedging interest rate caps from LIBOR to SOFR. This transition involved a SOFR-to-LIBOR rate mismatch between this debt and the 2019 interest rate caps for a portion of the second quarter, but the Company’s interest rate hedges remained highly effective throughout the transition and thereafter.

This transition was accomplished through the Amendments to the Credit Agreement for the Company's senior secured credit facility debt and, for the Company's 2019 interest rate caps outstanding, through the the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)'s Interbank Offered Rate (IBOR) Fallbacks Supplement and IBOR Fallbacks Protocol which were established in anticipation of the cessation of LIBOR. That ISDA protocol incorporated fallbacks for derivatives linked to LIBOR which facilitated their transition to a replacement reference rate. The Company has adhered to this ISDA protocol and as of June 30, 2023 has transitioned all of its LIBOR-based derivative exposure to SOFR.

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(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

The following table summarizes the Company’s interest rate cap agreements outstanding as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, which are classified in other long-term assets on its consolidated balance sheet:


						Nine months ended September 30, 2023				Fair value
	Notional amount		SOFR rate maximum	Effective date	Expiration date	Debt expense (offset)		Recorded OCI gain		September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
2019 cap agreements	$	3,500,000	2.00%	6/30/2020	6/30/2024	$	(74,475)	$	28,901	$	90,048	$	139,755
2023 cap agreements	$	200,000	3.75%	6/28/2024	12/31/2025			$	1,047	$	2,238
2023 cap agreements	$	1,000,000	4.00%(1)	6/28/2024	12/31/2025			$	3,142	$	12,379
2023 cap agreements	$	1,000,000	4.75%(2)	6/28/2024	12/31/2025			$	751	$	9,056
2023 cap agreements	$	800,000	3.75%	6/30/2024	12/31/2025			$	3,871	$	8,836

(1)Effective January 1, 2025, the maximum rate of 4.00% decreases to 3.75% for these interest rate caps.

(2)Effective January 1, 2025, the maximum rate of 4.75% decreases to 4.00% for these interest rate caps.

See Note 10 for further details on amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and recorded as debt expense (offset) related to the Company’s interest rate cap agreements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.

As a result of the variable rate cap from the Company's 2019 interest rate cap agreements, the Company’s weighted average effective interest rate on its senior secured credit facilities at the end of the third quarter of 2023 was 4.70%, based on the current margins in effect for its senior secured credit facilities as of September 30, 2023, as detailed in the table above.

The Company’s weighted average effective interest rate on all debt, including the effect of interest rate caps and amortization of debt discount, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 was 4.61% and as of September 30, 2023 was 4.56%.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company’s interest rates were fixed and economically fixed on approximately 54% and 95% of its total debt, respectively.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had an undrawn revolving line of credit under its senior secured credit facilities of $1,500,000. Credit available under this revolving line of credit is reduced by the amount of any letters of credit outstanding under the facility, of which there were none as of September 30, 2023. The Company also had letters of credit of approximately $151,387 outstanding under a separate bilateral secured letter of credit facility as of September 30, 2023.

8. Commitments and contingencies

The majority of the Company’s revenues are from government programs and may be subject to adjustment as a result of: (i) examination by government agencies or contractors, for which the resolution of any matters raised may take extended periods of time to finalize; (ii) differing interpretations of government regulations by different Medicare contractors or regulatory authorities; (iii) differing opinions regarding a patient’s medical diagnosis or the medical necessity of services provided; and (iv) retroactive applications or interpretations of governmental requirements. In addition, the Company’s revenues from commercial payors may be subject to adjustment as a result of potential claims for refunds, as a result of government actions or as a result of other claims by commercial payors.

The Company operates in a highly regulated industry and is a party to various lawsuits, demands, claims, qui tam suits, governmental investigations (which frequently arise from qui tam suits) and audits (including, without limitation, investigations or other actions resulting from its obligation to self-report suspected violations of law) and other legal proceedings, including, without limitation, those described below. The Company records accruals for certain legal proceedings and regulatory matters to the extent that the Company determines an unfavorable outcome is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s total recorded accruals with respect to legal proceedings and regulatory matters, net of anticipated third party recoveries, were immaterial. While these accruals reflect the Company’s best estimate of the probable loss for those matters as of the dates of those accruals, the recorded amounts may differ materially from the actual amount of the losses for those matters, and any anticipated third party recoveries for any such losses may not ultimately be recoverable. Additionally, in some cases, no estimate of the possible loss or range of loss in excess

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of amounts accrued, if any, can be made because of the inherently unpredictable nature of legal proceedings and regulatory matters, which also may be impacted by various factors, including, without limitation, that they may involve indeterminate claims for monetary damages or may involve fines, penalties or non-monetary remedies; present novel legal theories or legal uncertainties; involve disputed facts; represent a shift in regulatory policy; are in the early stages of the proceedings; or may result in a change of business practices. Further, there may be various levels of judicial review available to the Company in connection with any such proceeding.

The following is a description of certain lawsuits, claims, governmental investigations and audits and other legal proceedings to which the Company is subject.

Certain Governmental Inquiries and Related Proceedings

2017 U.S. Attorney Colorado Investigation: In November 2017, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado informed the Company of an investigation it was conducting into possible federal healthcare offenses involving DaVita Kidney Care, as well as several of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries. In addition to DaVita Kidney Care, the matter currently includes an investigation into DaVita Rx, DaVita Laboratory Services, Inc. (DaVita Labs), and RMS Lifeline Inc. (Lifeline). In each of August 2018, May 2019, and July 2021, the Company received a CID pursuant to the FCA from the U.S. Attorney's Office relating to this investigation. In May 2020, the Company sold its interest in Lifeline, but the Company retained certain liabilities of the Lifeline business, including those related to this investigation. The Company is continuing to cooperate with the government in this investigation.

2020 U.S. Attorney New Jersey Investigation: In March 2020, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey served the Company with a subpoena and a CID relating to an investigation being conducted by that office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The subpoena and CID request information on several topics, including certain of the Company’s joint venture arrangements with physicians and physician groups, medical director agreements, and compliance with its five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement, the term of which expired October 22, 2019. In November 2022, the Company learned that, on April 1, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey notified the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey of its decision not to elect to intervene in the matter of U.S. ex rel. Doe v. DaVita Inc. and filed a Stipulation of Dismissal. On April 13, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed the case without prejudice. On October 12, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania notified the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, of its decision not to elect to intervene at this time in the matter of U.S. ex rel. Bayne v. DaVita Inc., et al. The court then unsealed an amended complaint, which alleges violations of federal and state False Claims Acts, by order dated October 14, 2022. In May 2023, the private party relator served the Company with a second amended complaint. On July 14, 2023, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the second amended complaint. On August 4, 2023, the private party relator filed a third amended complaint. On October 18, 2023, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the third amended complaint.

2020 California Department of Insurance Investigation: In April 2020, the California Department of Insurance (CDI) sent the Company an Investigative Subpoena relating to an investigation being conducted by that office. CDI issued a superseding subpoena in September 2020 and an additional subpoena in September 2021. Those subpoenas request information on a number of topics, including but not limited to the Company’s communications with patients about insurance plans and financial assistance from the American Kidney Fund (AKF), analyses of the potential impact of patients’ decisions to change insurance providers, and documents relating to donations or contributions to the AKF. The Company is continuing to cooperate with CDI in this investigation.

2023 District of Columbia Office of Attorney General Investigation: In January 2023, the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia issued a CID to the Company in connection with an antitrust investigation into the AKF. The CID covers the period from January 1, 2016 to the present. The CID requests information on a number of topics, including but not limited to the Company’s communications with AKF, documents relating to donations to the AKF, and communications with patients, providers, and insurers regarding the AKF. The Company is cooperating with the government in this investigation.

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Although the Company cannot predict whether or when proceedings might be initiated or when these matters may be resolved (other than as may be described above), it is not unusual for inquiries such as these to continue for a considerable period of time through the various phases of document and witness requests and ongoing discussions with regulators and to

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develop over the course of time. In addition to the inquiries and proceedings specifically identified above, the Company frequently is subject to other inquiries by state or federal government agencies, many of which relate to qui tam complaints filed by relators. Negative findings or terms and conditions that the Company might agree to accept as part of a negotiated resolution of pending or future government inquiries or relator proceedings could result in, among other things, substantial financial penalties or awards against the Company, substantial payments made by the Company, harm to the Company’s reputation, required changes to the Company’s business practices, an impact on the Company's various relationships and/or contracts related to the Company's business, exclusion from future participation in the Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs and, if criminal proceedings were initiated against the Company, members of its board of directors or management, possible criminal penalties, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Other Proceedings

2021 Antitrust Indictment and Putative Class Action Suit: On July 14, 2021, an indictment was returned by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado against the Company and its former chief executive officer in the matter of U.S. v. DaVita Inc., et al. alleging that purported agreements entered into by DaVita's former chief executive officer not to solicit senior-level employees violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act. On April 15, 2022, a jury returned a verdict in the Company’s favor, acquitting both the Company and its former chief executive officer on all counts. On April 20, 2022, the court entered judgments of acquittal and closed the case. On August 9, 2021, DaVita Inc. and its former chief executive officer were added as defendants in a consolidated putative class action complaint in the matter of In re Outpatient Medical Center Employee Antitrust Litigation in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. This class action complaint asserts that the defendants violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act and seeks to bring an action on behalf of certain groups of individuals employed by the Company between February 1, 2012 and January 5, 2021. On September 26, 2022, the court denied the Company's motion to dismiss. The Company disputes the allegations in the class action complaint, as well as the asserted violations of the Sherman Act, and intends to defend this action accordingly.

Additionally, from time to time the Company is subject to other lawsuits, demands, claims, governmental investigations and audits and legal proceedings that arise due to the nature of its business, including, without limitation, contractual disputes, such as with payors, suppliers and others, employee-related matters and professional and general liability claims. From time to time, the Company also initiates litigation or other legal proceedings as a plaintiff arising out of contracts or other matters.

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Other than as may be described above, the Company cannot predict the ultimate outcomes of the various legal proceedings and regulatory matters to which the Company is or may be subject from time to time, including those described in this Note 8, or the timing of their resolution or the ultimate losses or impact of developments in those matters, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s revenues, earnings and cash flows. Further, any legal proceedings or regulatory matters involving the Company, whether meritorious or not, are time consuming, and often require management’s attention and result in significant legal expense, and may result in the diversion of significant operational resources, may impact the Company's various relationships and/or contracts related to the Company's business or otherwise harm the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows or reputation.

Resolved Matters

2016 U.S. Attorney Texas Investigation: In February 2016, DaVita Rx, LLC (DaVita Rx), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas. The government conducted a federal False Claims Act (FCA) investigation concerning allegations that DaVita Rx presented or caused to be presented false claims for payment to the government for prescription medications, as well as an investigation into the Company’s relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers. After its investigation, the government and the named states declined to intervene in the matter, and on April 5, 2023, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, entered an order unsealing the complaint in the matter of U.S. ex rel. Grenon v. DaVita Rx, LLC et al. The complaint was not served on the Company. On May 31, 2023, the private party relator filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of all claims. On June 1, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed the matter without prejudice.

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(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

Other Commitments

The Company also has certain potential commitments to provide working capital funding, if necessary, to certain nonconsolidated dialysis businesses that the Company manages and in which the Company owns a noncontrolling equity interest or which are wholly-owned by third parties of approximately $9,279.

9. Shareholders' equity

Stock-based compensation

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company granted 1,343 stock-settled restricted and performance stock units with an aggregate grant-date fair value of $103,599 and a weighted average expected life of approximately 3.4 years.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $149,839 in total estimated but unrecognized stock-based compensation expense under the Company's equity compensation and employee stock purchase plans. The Company expects to recognize this expense over a weighted average remaining period of 1.4 years.

Share repurchases

The Company has not repurchased any shares subsequent to December 31, 2022.

10. Accumulated other comprehensive loss


	Three months ended September 30, 2023						Nine months ended September 30, 2023
	Interest rate cap agreements		Foreign currency translation adjustments		Accumulated other comprehensive loss		Interest rate cap agreements		Foreign currency translation adjustments		Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Beginning balance	$	85,297	$	(92,349)	$	(7,052)	$	98,685	$	(167,871)	$	(69,186)
Unrealized gains (losses)	9,319		(47,644)		(38,325)		37,712		27,878		65,590
Related income tax	(2,323)		—		(2,323)		(9,407)		—		(9,407)
	6,996		(47,644)		(40,648)		28,305		27,878		56,183
Reclassification into net income	(28,244)		—		(28,244)		(74,475)		—		(74,475)
Related income tax	7,046		—		7,046		18,580		—		18,580
	(21,198)		—		(21,198)		(55,895)		—		(55,895)
Ending balance	$	71,095	$	(139,993)	$	(68,898)	$	71,095	$	(139,993)	$	(68,898)


	Three months ended September 30, 2022						Nine months ended September 30, 2022
	Interest rate cap agreements		Foreign currency translation adjustments		Accumulated other comprehensive loss		Interest rate cap agreements		Foreign currency translation adjustments		Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Beginning balance	$	55,237	$	(167,033)	$	(111,796)	$	(1,178)	$	(138,069)	$	(139,247)
Unrealized gains (losses)	55,045		(66,100)		(11,055)		127,460		(95,064)		32,396
Related income tax	(13,733)		—		(13,733)		(31,800)		—		(31,800)
	41,312		(66,100)		(24,788)		95,660		(95,064)		596
Reclassification into net income	1,377		—		1,377		4,132		—		4,132
Related income tax	(344)		—		(344)		(1,032)		—		(1,032)
	1,033		—		1,033		3,100		—		3,100
Ending balance	$	97,582	$	(233,133)	$	(135,551)	$	97,582	$	(233,133)	$	(135,551)

The interest rate cap agreement net realized losses reclassified into net income are recorded as debt expense in the corresponding consolidated statements of income. See Note 7 for further details.

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(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

11. Variable interest entities (VIEs)

At September 30, 2023, these condensed consolidated financial statements include total assets of VIEs of $284,761 and total liabilities and noncontrolling interests of VIEs to third parties of $160,526. There have been no material changes in the nature of the Company's arrangements with VIEs or its judgments concerning them from those described in Note 23 to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in the 2022 10-K.

12. Fair values of financial instruments

The Company measures the fair value of certain assets, liabilities and noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions (redeemable equity interests classified as temporary equity) based upon certain valuation techniques that include observable or unobservable inputs and assumptions that market participants would use in pricing these assets, liabilities, temporary equity and commitments. The Company has also classified assets, liabilities and temporary equities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis into the appropriate fair value hierarchy levels as defined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

The following table summarizes the Company’s assets, liabilities and temporary equities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2023:


	Total		Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)		Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Assets
Investments in equity securities	$	36,603	$	36,603	$	—	$	—
Interest rate cap agreements	$	122,557	$	—	$	122,557	$	—
Liabilities
Contingent earn-out obligations for acquisitions	$	19,377	$	—	$	—	$	19,377
Temporary equity
Noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions	$	1,445,403	$	—	$	—	$	1,445,403

For a reconciliation of changes in noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, see the consolidated statement of equity.

Investments in equity securities represent investments in various open-ended registered investment companies (mutual funds) and common stocks and are recorded at fair value estimated based on reported market prices or redemption prices, as applicable. See Note 4 for further discussion.

Interest rate cap agreements are recorded at fair value estimated from valuation models utilizing the income approach and commonly accepted valuation techniques that use inputs from closing prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets as well as other relevant observable market inputs at quoted intervals such as current interest rates, forward yield curves, implied volatility and credit default swap pricing. The Company does not believe the ultimate amount that could be realized upon settlement of these interest rate cap agreements would be materially different from the fair value estimates currently reported. See Note 7 for further discussion.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had contingent earn-out obligations associated with business acquisitions that could result in the Company paying the former owners a total of up to approximately $54,387 if certain performance targets or quality margins are met over the next one year to five years. The estimated fair value measurements of these contingent earn-out obligations are primarily based on unobservable inputs, including key financial metrics such as projected earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), revenue and other key performance indicators. The estimated fair values of these contingent earn-out obligations are remeasured as of each reporting date and could fluctuate based upon any significant changes in key assumptions, such as changes in the Company's credit risk adjusted rate that is used to discount obligations to present value.

The estimated fair value of noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions is based principally on the higher of either estimated liquidation value of net assets or a multiple of earnings for each subject dialysis partnership, based on historical earnings, revenue mix, and other performance indicators that can affect future results. The multiples used for these valuations are derived from observed ownership transactions for dialysis businesses between unrelated parties in the U.S. in recent years,

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(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

and the specific valuation multiple applied to each dialysis partnership is principally determined by its recent and expected revenue mix and contribution margin. As of September 30, 2023, an increase or decrease in the weighted average multiple used in these valuations of one times EBITDA would change the estimated fair value of these noncontrolling interests by approximately $185,000. See Notes 17 and 24 to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in the 2022 10-K for further discussion of the Company’s methodology for estimating the fair value of noncontrolling interests subject to put obligations.

The Company's fair value estimates for its senior secured credit facilities and senior notes are based upon quoted bid and ask prices for these instruments, typically a level 2 input. See Note 7 for further discussion of the Company's debt.

Other financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, other accrued liabilities, lease liabilities and debt. The balances of financial instruments other than debt and lease liabilities are presented in these condensed consolidated financial statements at September 30, 2023 at their approximate fair values due to the short-term nature of their settlements.

13. Segment reporting

The Company’s operating divisions comprises its U.S. dialysis and related lab services business (its U.S. dialysis business), its U.S. IKC business, its U.S. other ancillary services and its international operations (collectively, its ancillary services), as well as its corporate administrative support.

The Company’s separate operating segments include its U.S. dialysis and related lab services business, its U.S. IKC business, its U.S. other ancillary services, its kidney care operations in each foreign sovereign jurisdiction, and its equity method investments in each of the Asia Pacific joint venture (APAC JV) and Mozarc. The U.S. dialysis and related lab services business qualifies as a separately reportable segment, and all other operating segments have been combined and disclosed in the other segments category. See Note 25 to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in the 2022 10-K for further description of how the Company determines and measures results for its operating segments.

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(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

The following is a summary of segment revenues, segment operating margin (loss), and a reconciliation of segment operating margin to consolidated income before income taxes:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Segment revenues:
U.S. dialysis
Dialysis patient service revenues:
External sources	$	2,754,778	$	2,674,240	$	8,042,561	$	7,858,939
Intersegment revenues	24,289		22,957		66,698		64,526


U.S. dialysis patient service revenues	2,779,067		2,697,197		8,109,259		7,923,465
Other revenues:
External sources	6,239		6,056		18,822		18,134
Intersegment revenues	—		—		—		(10)
Total U.S. dialysis revenues	2,785,306		2,703,253		8,128,081		7,941,589
Other—Ancillary services
Dialysis patient service revenues	197,172		172,254		560,108		513,935
Other external sources	163,143		96,144		372,909		301,998
Intersegment revenues	2,232		—		5,007		—
Total ancillary services revenues	362,547		268,398		938,024		815,933
Total net segment revenues	3,147,853		2,971,651		9,066,105		8,757,522
Elimination of intersegment revenues	(26,521)		(22,957)		(71,705)		(64,516)
Consolidated revenues	$	3,121,332	$	2,948,694	$	8,994,400	$	8,693,006
Segment operating margin (loss):
U.S. dialysis	$	509,135	$	351,474	$	1,330,992	$	1,230,715
Other—Ancillary services	28,098		(15,271)		(18,372)		(56,689)
Total segment operating margin	537,233		336,203		1,312,620		1,174,026
Reconciliation of segment operating income to consolidated income before income taxes:
Corporate administrative support	(41,294)		(24,417)		(99,745)		(91,217)
Consolidated operating income	495,939		311,787		1,212,875		1,082,810
Debt expense	(98,080)		(99,680)		(302,361)		(256,057)
Debt extinguishment and modification costs	—		—		(7,962)		—
Other loss, net	(19,650)		(4,898)		(14,525)		(7,968)
Consolidated income before income taxes	$	378,209	$	207,209	$	888,027	$	818,785

Depreciation and amortization expense by reportable segment was as follows:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
U.S. dialysis	$	175,908	$	184,688	$	514,710	$	507,320
Other—Ancillary services	12,515		9,726		35,456		31,214
	$	188,423	$	194,414	$	550,166	$	538,534

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(unaudited)

(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

Expenditures for property and equipment by reportable segment were as follows:


	Nine months ended September 30,
		2023		2022
U.S. dialysis		$	363,895	$	363,046
Other—Ancillary services		45,116		46,345
		$	409,011	$	409,391

A summary of assets by reportable segment were as follows:


	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
U.S. dialysis	$	14,574,707	$	15,084,454
Other—Ancillary services	2,354,033		1,843,798
Consolidated assets	$	16,928,740	$	16,928,252

14. New accounting standards

New standards recently adopted

In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. ASU No. 2020-04 provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contract modifications and hedging relationships, subject to certain criteria, that reference LIBOR or another rate that is expected to be discontinued. The amendments in this ASU were effective beginning on March 12, 2020, and the Company could elect to apply the amendments prospectively through December 31, 2022. In December 2022, the FASB issued ASU No. 2022-06, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848, which extended the election date to December 31, 2024. Effective January 1, 2022 certain LIBOR tenors that do not affect the Company, including the one-week and two-month U.S. dollar LIBOR rate, ceased or became non-representative. The remaining U.S. dollar LIBOR tenors ceased or became non-representative effective July 1, 2023. This change will have no impact on the Company's ability to borrow. The application of this ASU did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. See Note 7 for further discussion of the Company's debt.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Forward-looking statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and as such are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for "forward-looking statements" provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements could include, among other things, statements about our balance sheet and liquidity, our expenses and expense offsets, revenues, billings and collections, availability or cost of supplies, treatment volumes, mix expectation, such as the percentage or number of patients under commercial insurance, DaVita's response to and the continuing impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. and global economies, labor market conditions, and overall impact on our patients and teammates, as well as other statements regarding our future operations, financial condition and prospects, expenses, strategic initiatives, government and commercial payment rates, expectations related to value-based care, integrated kidney care and Medicare Advantage (MA) plan enrollment, expectations regarding increased competition and marketplace changes, including those related to new or potential entrants in the dialysis and pre-dialysis marketplace and potential impact of innovative technologies, drugs, or other treatments, and our ongoing stock repurchase program. All statements in this report, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, statements including the words "expect," "intend," "will," “could,” "plan," "anticipate," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on DaVita's current expectations and are based solely on information available as of the date of this report. DaVita undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changed circumstances, new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. Actual future events and results could differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things:

•the current macroeconomic and marketplace conditions, and global events, many of which are interrelated and which relate to, among other things, inflation, rising interest rates, labor market conditions, wage pressure, evolving monetary policies, and the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our patients, teammates, physician partners, suppliers, business, operations, reputation, financial condition and results of operations; further spread or resurgence of the virus, including as a result of the emergence of new strains of the virus; the continuing impact of the pandemic on our revenues and non-acquired growth due to lower treatment volumes; COVID-19's impact on the chronic kidney disease (CKD) population and our patient population including on the mortality of these patients; any potential negative impact on our commercial mix or the number of our patients covered by commercial insurance plans; the potential impact of new or potential entrants in the dialysis and pre-dialysis marketplace and potential impact of innovative technologies, drugs, or other treatments on our patients and industry; our ability to successfully implement cost savings initiatives; supply chain challenges and disruptions; and elevated teammate turnover and training costs and higher salary and wage expense, driven in part by persisting labor market conditions and a high demand for our clinical personnel, any of which may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks and uncertainties discussed below, and in many cases, the impact of the pandemic and the aforementioned global economic conditions on our business may persist even as the pandemic continues to subside;

•the concentration of profits generated by higher-paying commercial payor plans for which there is continued downward pressure on average realized payment rates; a reduction in the number or percentage of our patients under such plans, including, without limitation, as a result of restrictions or prohibitions on the use and/or availability of charitable premium assistance, which may result in the loss of revenues or patients, as a result of our making incorrect assumptions about how our patients will respond to any change in financial assistance from charitable organizations, or as a result of payors' implementing restrictive plan designs, including, without limitation, actions taken in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan, et al. v. DaVita Inc. et al. (Marietta); how and whether regulators and legislators will respond to the Marietta decision including, without limitation, whether they will issue regulatory guidance or adopt new legislation; how courts will interpret other anti-discriminatory provisions that may apply to restrictive plan designs; whether there could be other potential negative impacts of the Marietta decision; and the timing of each of these items;

•the extent to which the ongoing implementation of healthcare reform, or changes in or new legislation, regulations or guidance, enforcement thereof or related litigation result in a reduction in coverage or reimbursement rates for our services, a reduction in the number of patients enrolled in or that select higher-paying commercial plans, including for example MA plans or other material impacts to our business or operations; or our making incorrect assumptions about how our patients will respond to any such developments;

•risks arising from potential changes in laws, regulations or requirements applicable to us, such as potential and proposed federal and/or state legislation, regulation, ballot, executive action or other initiatives, including, without limitation, those related to healthcare, antitrust matters, including, among others, restrictive covenants, and/or labor matters;

•our ability to attract, retain and motivate teammates and our ability to manage operating cost increases or productivity decreases whether due to union organizing activities, which continue to increase in the dialysis industry, legislative or other changes, demand for labor, volatility and uncertainty in the labor market, the current challenging and highly competitive labor market conditions, or other reasons;

•our ability to respond to challenging U.S. and global economic and marketplace conditions, including among other things our ability to successfully identify cost savings opportunities and to implement cost savings initiatives such as ongoing initiatives that increase our use of third-party service providers to perform certain activities, initiatives that relate to clinic optimization and capacity utilization improvement, and procurement opportunities, among other things;

•our ability to successfully implement our strategies with respect to integrated kidney care and value-based care initiatives and home based dialysis in the desired time frame and in a complex, dynamic and highly regulated environment, including, among other things, maintaining our existing business; meeting growth expectations; recovering our investments; entering into agreements with payors, third party vendors and others on terms that are competitive and, as appropriate, prove actuarially sound; structuring operations, agreements and arrangements to comply with evolving rules and regulations; finding, training and retaining appropriate staff; and further developing our integrated care and other capabilities to provide competitive programs at scale;

•a reduction in government payment rates under the Medicare End Stage Renal Disease program, state Medicaid or other government-based programs and the impact of the MA benchmark structure;

•noncompliance by us or our business associates with any privacy or security laws or any security breach by us or a third party involving the misappropriation, loss or other unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information;

•legal and compliance risks, such as our continued compliance with complex, and at times, evolving government regulations and requirements;

•the impact of the political environment and related developments on the current healthcare marketplace and on our business, including with respect to the Affordable Care Act, the exchanges and many other core aspects of the current healthcare marketplace, as well as the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court and the current presidential administration and congressional majority;

•changes in pharmaceutical practice patterns, reimbursement and payment policies and processes, or pharmaceutical pricing, including with respect to hypoxia inducible factors, among other things;

•our ability to develop and maintain relationships with physicians and hospitals, changing affiliation models for physicians, and the emergence of new models of care or other initiatives introduced by the government or private sector that, among other things, may erode our patient base and impact reimbursement rates;

•our ability to complete acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or other strategic transactions that we might announce or be considering, on terms favorable to us or at all, to successfully integrate any acquired businesses, to successfully operate any acquired businesses, joint ventures or other strategic transactions, or to successfully expand our operations and services in markets outside the United States, or to businesses or products outside of dialysis services;

•continued increased competition from dialysis providers and others, and other potential marketplace changes, including without limitation increased investment in and availability of funding to new entrants in the dialysis and pre-dialysis marketplace;

•the variability of our cash flows, including without limitation, any extended billing or collections cycles; the risk that we may not be able to generate or access sufficient cash in the future to service our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs; and the risk that we may not be able to refinance our indebtedness as it becomes due, on terms favorable to us or at all;

•factors that may impact our ability to repurchase stock under our stock repurchase program and the timing of any such stock repurchases, as well as our use of a considerable amount of available funds to repurchase stock;

•risks arising from the use of accounting estimates, judgments and interpretations in our financial statements;

•impairment of our goodwill, investments or other assets;

•our aspirations, goals and disclosures related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, including, among other things, evolving regulatory requirements affecting ESG standards, measurements and reporting requirements; the availability of suppliers that can meet our sustainability standards; and our ability to recruit, develop and retain diverse talent in our labor markets; and

•the other risk factors, trends and uncertainties set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 (2022 10-K), our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023, and the risks and uncertainties discussed in any subsequent reports that we file or furnish with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from time to time.

The following should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Company Overview

Our principal business is to provide dialysis and related lab services to patients in the United States, which we refer to as our U.S. dialysis business. We also operate our U.S. integrated kidney care (IKC) business, our U.S. other ancillary services, and our international operations, which we collectively refer to as our ancillary services, as well as our corporate administrative support. Our U.S. dialysis business is a leading provider of kidney dialysis services in the U.S. for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as end stage renal disease (ESRD) or end stage kidney disease (ESKD).

General Economic and Marketplace Conditions

Developments in general economic and market conditions could have a material adverse impact on our patients, teammates, physician partners, suppliers, business, operations, reputation, financial condition, results of operations, share price, cash flows and/or liquidity. Many of these external factors and conditions are interrelated, including, among other things, inflation, rising interest rates, labor market conditions, wage pressure, the continuing impact of COVID-19 on the mortality rates of our patients and other ESKD or CKD patients, supply chain challenges and the potential impact and application of innovative technologies or treatments. Certain of these impacts could be further intensified by concurrent global events such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and armed conflict in Israel, Gaza and surrounding areas, which has continued to drive sociopolitical and economic uncertainty across the globe.

Operational and Financial Impacts

In the third quarter of 2023, treatment volumes were approximately flat compared to the second quarter. We continued to experience improvements with respect to the negative impact of COVID-19 on the mortality rates of our patients. On a full year over full year basis, we continue to experience a negative impact on revenue and treatment volume due to the cumulative and compounding negative impact of COVID-19 on the mortality rates of our patients and the associated adverse impact on our patient census. We expect that this impact would likely continue to negatively impact our revenue and non-acquired growth for a period of time after mortality rates normalize due to the compounding impact of mortalities, among other things. New admission rates, treatment volumes, future revenues and non-acquired growth, among other things, could also continue to be negatively impacted over time to the extent that the ESKD and CKD populations experience elevated mortality levels. The magnitude of these cumulative impacts could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Ongoing global economic conditions and political and regulatory developments, such as general labor, supply chain and inflationary pressures have also increased, and will continue to increase, our expenses, including, among others, staffing and labor costs. We continue to experience elevated levels of compensation year to date compared to the prior year, though we have experienced slight wage improvement in the third quarter compared to the prior quarter. We expect certain of these increased staffing and labor costs to continue, due to, among other factors, recent legislative changes, such as our implementation of the provisions of Senate Bill 525 in California, and increased training costs. The cumulative impact of these increased costs could be material. In addition, our industry has experienced increased union organizing activities, including the filing of petitions by unions at certain of our competitors' clinics with a number of those clinics voting to unionize. Potential staffing shortages or other potential developments or disruptions related to our teammates, if material, could ultimately lead to the unplanned closures of certain centers or adversely impact clinical operations, or may otherwise have a material adverse impact on our ability to provide dialysis services or the cost of providing those services, among other things.

The cost inflation trends described above have put pressure on our existing cost structure, and as noted above, we expect that certain of those increased costs will persist as inflationary and supply chain pressures and challenging labor market conditions continue. During the third quarter, we continued to implement cost savings opportunities and invest in other initiatives to help mitigate these cost and volume pressures. These opportunities include anticipated cost savings related to the achievement of general and administrative cost efficiencies through ongoing initiatives that increase our use of third party service providers to perform certain activities, including, among others, finance and accounting functions and related information technology functions. These opportunities and investments also include, among others, initiatives relating to clinic optimization, capacity utilization improvement and procurement opportunities, as well as investments in revenue cycle management. We have incurred, and expect to continue to incur, charges in connection with the continued implementation of certain of these initiatives. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully execute these initiatives or that they will achieve expectations or succeed in helping offset the impact of these challenging conditions.

Other Developments

Developments in the healthcare marketplace related to new or innovative technologies, drugs and other treatments have the potential to impact the rate of growth of the ESKD patient population or may lead to reductions in demand for dialysis

treatments, and uncertainty surrounding the development of such new technologies, drugs and other treatments may drive volatility in our stock price. For example, in October 2023, a clinical study for Novo Nordisk's Ozempic®, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist was stopped early for efficacy. This development generated uncertainty in the marketplace with respect to the potential impact of these or other similar classes of drugs or new classes of drugs or treatments on the rate of growth of the ESKD patient population. We expect that further information on GLP-1s and their potential application to kidney care will be released by third parties later this year and in the first half of 2024, and the release of such information then or in the future, or the release of any other information regarding current or future new or innovative technologies, drugs and other treatments may drive volatility in our stock price. Any sustained or significant decline in the rate of growth of the ESKD patient population or demand for our services, whether as a result of developments related to new or innovative technologies, drugs, treatments or otherwise, may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operation, financial condition, cash flows and stock price.

Any failure on our part to adjust our business and operations to address these developments or other marketplace dynamics, or any failure to appropriately implement these cost savings initiatives in accordance with applicable legal, regulatory or compliance requirements could adversely impact our ability to provide dialysis services or the cost of providing those services, among other things. If this adverse impact is significant or sustained, it may ultimately have a material adverse effect on our business, reputation, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and stock price.

We believe that the aforementioned general economic and marketplace conditions will continue to impact the Company in the future. We believe that their ultimate impact will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and difficult to predict.

Financial Results

The discussion below includes analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023, and the year-to-date periods for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Consolidated results of operations

The following tables summarize our revenues, operating income and adjusted operating income by line of business. See the discussion of our results for each line of business following the tables. When multiple drivers are identified in the following discussion of results, they are listed in order of magnitude:


	Three months ended				Q3 2023 vs. Q2 2023
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Revenues:
U.S. dialysis	$	2,785	$	2,731	$	54	2.0	%
Other — Ancillary services	363		292		71		24.3	%
Elimination of intersegment revenues	(27)		(22)		(5)		(22.7)	%
Total consolidated revenues	$	3,121	$	3,000	$	121	4.0	%

Operating income (loss):
U.S. dialysis	$	509	$	461	$	48	10.4	%
Other — Ancillary services	28		(22)		50		227.3	%
Corporate administrative support	(41)		(34)		(7)		(20.6)	%
Operating income	$	496	$	405	$	91	22.5	%

Adjusted operating income (loss)(1):
U.S. dialysis	$	537	$	487	$	50	10.3	%
Other — Ancillary services	28		(22)		50		227.3	%
Corporate administrative support	(41)		(33)		(8)		(24.2)	%
Adjusted operating income	$	525	$	432	$	93	21.5	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

(1)For a reconciliation of adjusted operating income by reportable segment, see "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures" section below.


	Nine months ended				YTD Q3 2023 vs. YTD Q3 2022
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Revenues:
U.S. dialysis	$	8,128	$	7,942	$	186	2.3	%
Other — Ancillary services	938		816		122		15.0	%
Elimination of intersegment revenues	(72)		(65)		(7)		(10.8)	%
Total consolidated revenues	$	8,994	$	8,693	$	301	3.5	%

Operating income (loss):
U.S. dialysis	$	1,331	$	1,231	$	100	8.1	%
Other — Ancillary services	(18)		(57)		39		68.4	%
Corporate administrative support	(100)		(91)		(9)		(9.9)	%
Operating income	$	1,213	$	1,083	$	130	12.0	%

Adjusted operating income (loss)(1):
U.S. dialysis	$	1,425	$	1,281	$	144	11.2	%
Other — Ancillary services	(18)		(57)		39		68.4	%
Corporate administrative support	(98)		(91)		(7)		(7.7)	%
Adjusted operating income	$	1,308	$	1,133	$	175	15.4	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

(1)For a reconciliation of adjusted operating income by reportable segment, see "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures" section below.

U.S. dialysis results of operations

Treatment volume:


	Three months ended				Q3 2023 vs. Q2 2023
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Amount	Percent
Dialysis treatments	7,306,948		7,231,242		75,706	1.0	%
Average treatments per day	92,493		92,708		(215)	(0.2)	%
Treatment days	79.0		78.0		1.0	1.3	%
Normalized non-acquired treatment growth(1)	0.5	%	(0.2)	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

(1)Normalized non-acquired treatment growth reflects year over year growth in treatment volume, adjusted to exclude acquisitions and other similar transactions, and further adjusted to normalize for the number and mix of treatment days in a given quarter versus the prior year quarter.


	Nine months ended		YTD Q3 2023 vs. YTD Q3 2022
	September 30, 2023	September 30, 2022	Amount	Percent
Dialysis treatments	21,655,618	21,714,773	(59,155)	(0.3)	%
Average treatments per day	92,545	92,798	(253)	(0.3)	%
Treatment days	234.0	234.0	—	—	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

Our U.S. dialysis treatment volume is directly correlated with our operating revenues and expenses. The increase in our U.S. dialysis treatments for the third quarter of 2023 from the second quarter of 2023 was primarily driven by one additional treatment day and non-acquired growth. This increase was partially offset by decreased average treatments per day due to mix of treatment days and a decrease in hospital inpatient treatments.

The decrease in our U.S. dialysis treatments for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 from the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was primarily driven by decreased average treatments per day and decreased hospital inpatient treatments, partially offset by an increase in patient count.

Revenues:


	Three months ended				Q3 2023 vs. Q2 2023
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions, except per treatment data)
Total revenues	$	2,785	$	2,731	$	54	2.0	%
Average patient service revenue per treatment	$	380.33	$	376.73	$	3.60	1.0	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.


	Nine months ended				YTD Q3 2023 vs. YTD Q3 2022
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions, except per treatment data)
Total revenues	$	8,128	$	7,942	$	186	2.3	%
Average patient service revenue per treatment	$	374.46	$	364.89	$	9.57	2.6	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

U.S. dialysis average patient service revenue per treatment for the third quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2023 increased, primarily due to favorable changes in commercial and Medicare Advantage mix, a net increase in average reimbursement rates and other normal fluctuations. Our U.S. dialysis average patient service revenue per treatment was negatively impacted by a decrease in hospital inpatient revenues.

U.S. dialysis average patient service revenue per treatment for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 increased compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily driven by normal annual rate increases, favorable changes in commercial and Medicare Advantage mix and a net increase in Medicare rate due to a base rate increase in 2023, partially offset by the phased-in increase of sequestration of 1% in April 2022 and full 2% beginning July 1, 2022 and thereafter. Other drivers of this change include improved cash collections on previously reserved balances assumed to be uncollectible.

On October 27, 2023, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to update the Medicare ESRD Prospective Payment System payment rate and policies for calendar year 2024. Among other things, the final rule updates the Acute Kidney Injury dialysis payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by ESRD facilities and requirements for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program. CMS estimates that the overall impact of the rule will increase ESRD facilities’ average reimbursement by 2.1% in 2024.

Operating expenses:


	Three months ended				Q3 2023 vs. Q2 2023
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions, except per treatment data)
Patient care costs	$	1,827	$	1,826	$	1	0.1	%
General and administrative	281		279		2		0.7	%
Depreciation and amortization	176		172		4		2.3	%
Equity investment income	(8)		(8)		—		—	%
Total operating expenses and charges	$	2,276	$	2,270	$	6	0.3	%
Patient care costs per treatment	$	250.08	$	252.57	$	(2.49)	(1.0)	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum or recalculate due to the presentation of rounded numbers.


	Nine months ended				YTD Q3 2023 vs. YTD Q3 2022
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions, except per treatment data)
Patient care costs	$	5,485	$	5,469	$	16	0.3	%
General and administrative(1)	819		755		64		8.5	%
Depreciation and amortization	515		507		8		1.6	%
Equity investment income	(22)		(21)		(1)		(4.8)	%
Total operating expenses and charges	$	6,797	$	6,711	$	86	1.3	%
Patient care costs per treatment	$	253.30	$	251.88	$	1.42	0.6	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum or recalculate due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

(1)General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 include advocacy costs of approximately $51 million to counter union policy efforts, including a California ballot initiative.

Charges impacting operating income

Closure costs. During the third quarter of 2023, we continued the strategic review of our outpatient clinic capacity requirements and utilization, which have been impacted both by declines in our patient census in some markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as by our initiatives toward, and advances in, increasing the proportion of our home dialysis patients. This continuing review, begun in the third quarter of 2022, has resulted in higher than normal charges for center capacity closures over the last number of quarters. These capacity closure costs include net losses on assets retired, lease costs, asset impairments and accelerated depreciation and amortization.

During the third quarter of 2023, we incurred charges for U.S. dialysis center closures of approximately $24.0 million, which increased our patient care costs by $4.4 million, our general and administrative expenses by $3.4 million and our depreciation and amortization expense by $16.2 million. By comparison, during the second quarter of 2023, U.S. dialysis center closures were approximately $21.1 million, which increased our patient care costs by $5.7 million, our general and administrative expenses by $7.8 million and our depreciation and amortization expense by $7.6 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, U.S. dialysis center closures were approximately $67.3 million, which increased our patient care costs by $22.7 million, our general and administrative expenses by $16.0 million and our depreciation and amortization expense by $28.6 million. By comparison, during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, U.S. dialysis center closures were approximately $50.3 million, which increased our patient care costs by $14.7 million, our general and administrative expenses by $13.9 million and our depreciation and amortization expense by $21.7 million.

We will continue to optimize our U.S. dialysis center footprint through center mergers and/or closures and expect our center closure rates to remain at elevated levels over the next several quarters.

Severance costs. During the fourth quarter of 2022, we committed to a plan to increase efficiencies and cost savings in certain general and administrative support functions. As a result of this plan, we recognized expenses related to termination and other benefit commitments in our U.S. dialysis business. This plan included additional charges of $4.3 million and $5.0 million during the third and second quarter of 2023, respectively and $26.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Patient care costs. U.S. dialysis patient care costs per treatment for the third quarter of 2023 decreased from the second quarter of 2023 primarily due to decreased minor equipment expense and utilities expense driven by our virtual power purchase arrangements. Other drivers of this change include decreased pharmaceutical costs, professional fees, medical supplies expense, contract wages and travel costs. In addition, our fixed other direct operating expenses positively impacted patient care costs per treatment due to increased treatments in the third quarter of 2023. Our patient costs per treatment were negatively impacted by increased compensation expenses including increased wages and headcount, health benefit expense due to higher claims volume, as well as increased insurance costs.

U.S. dialysis patient care costs per treatment for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 increased from the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily due to increased compensation expenses including increased wage rates and headcount, as well as increases in professional fees, medical supplies expense, repairs and maintenance expense and travel costs. Other drivers of this change include increased utilities expense driven by our virtual power purchase arrangements and increased center closure costs, as described above. In addition, our fixed other direct operating expenses unfavorably impacted patient care costs per treatment due to decreased treatments in 2023. These increases were partially offset by decreased pharmaceutical costs and contract wages.

General and administrative expenses. U.S. dialysis general and administrative expenses in the third quarter of 2023 increased from the second quarter of 2023 primarily due to increases in contributions to our charitable foundation, management meeting costs and IT-related costs. These increases were partially offset by decreased compensation expenses, center closure costs, as described above, and long-term incentive compensation.

U.S. dialysis general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 increased from the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily due to increases in compensation expenses including increased wage rates and severance costs, as described above. Other drivers of this change include gains recognized on the sale of our self-developed properties in the second quarter of 2022, increased IT-related costs and travel costs, and increased contributions to our charitable foundation. These increases were partially offset by decreased advocacy costs, including a refund received in 2023 related to 2022 advocacy costs, and decreased professional fees.

Depreciation and amortization. U.S. dialysis depreciation and amortization expenses for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 increased compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2023 primarily due to accelerated depreciation related to center closures, as described above, partially offset by decreased depreciation related to corporate IT projects.

U.S. dialysis depreciation and amortization expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 increased primarily due to accelerated depreciation related to center closures, as described above as well as a full year of depreciation from the rollout of our new clinical system which was placed in service in May of 2022. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in depreciation related to leasehold improvements due to the reduction in number of centers operated.

Equity investment income. U.S. dialysis equity investment income remained relatively flat for the third quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2023 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Operating income and adjusted operating income:


	Three months ended				Q3 2023 vs. Q2 2023
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Operating income	$	509	$	461	$	48	10.4	%
Adjusted operating income(1)	$	537	$	487	$	50	10.3	%

(1)For a reconciliation of adjusted operating income by reportable segment, see "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures" section below.


	Nine months ended				YTD Q3 2023 vs. YTD Q3 2022
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Operating income	$	1,331	$	1,231	$	100	8.1	%
Adjusted operating income(1)	$	1,425	$	1,281	$	144	11.2	%

(1)For a reconciliation of adjusted operating income by reportable segment, see "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures" section below.

U.S. dialysis operating income for the third quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2023 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022, was impacted by center closure and severance costs, as described above.

U.S. dialysis operating income and adjusted operating income for the third quarter of 2023 were positively impacted by increased average patient service revenue per treatment and dialysis treatments, as described above. Operating income and adjusted operating income were also positively impacted by decreases in minor equipment expense, utilities expense, as described above, pharmaceutical costs, contract wages, depreciation expense related to IT projects, as well as decreased professional fees and long-term incentive compensation. Operating income and adjusted operating income were negatively impacted by increased compensation expenses, health benefit expenses, insurance costs, contributions to our charitable foundation and IT-related costs.

U.S. dialysis operating income and adjusted operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were positively impacted by increased average patient service revenue per treatment, as described above. U.S. dialysis operating income and adjusted operating income were also positively impacted by decreases in pharmaceutical costs, contract wages and advocacy costs, as described above. Operating income and adjusted operating income were negatively impacted by increases in compensation expenses, decreased gains on sale and decreased dialysis treatments, each described above. U.S. dialysis operating income and adjusted operating income were also impacted by increases in travel costs, IT-related costs, repairs and maintenance expense, medical supplies expense, utilities expense, as described above, professional fees and contributions to our charitable foundation.

Other—Ancillary services

Our other operations include ancillary services that are primarily aligned with our core business of providing dialysis services to our network of patients. As of September 30, 2023, these consisted principally of our U.S. IKC business, certain U.S. other ancillary businesses (including our clinical research programs, transplant software business, and venture investment group), and our international operations.

These ancillary services generated revenues of approximately $363 million and $938 million in the third quarter of 2023 and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, representing approximately 12% and 10% of our consolidated revenues, respectively.

As of September 30, 2023, DaVita IKC provided integrated care and disease management services to approximately 59,000 patients in risk-based integrated care arrangements and to an additional 16,000 patients in other integrated care arrangements. We also expect to add additional service offerings to our business and pursue additional strategic initiatives in the future as circumstances warrant, which could include, among other things, healthcare services not related to dialysis.

For a discussion of the risks related to IKC and our ancillary services, see the discussion in the risk factors in Part I, Item 1A Risk Factors of our 2022 10-K under the headings, "The U.S. integrated kidney care, U.S. other ancillary services and international operations that we operate or invest in now or in the future..." and "If we are not able to successfully implement our strategy with respect to our integrated kidney care and value-based care initiatives..."

As of September 30, 2023, our international dialysis operations provided dialysis and administrative services through a total of 359 outpatient dialysis centers located in 11 countries outside of the United States.

Ancillary services results of operations


	Three months ended				Q3 2023 vs. Q2 2023
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Revenues:
U.S. IKC	$	158	$	94	$	64	68.1	%
U.S. other ancillary	4		7		(3)		(42.9)	%
International	200		190		10		5.3	%
Total ancillary services revenues	$	363	$	292	$	71	24.3	%

Operating (loss) income:
U.S. IKC	$	11	$	(39)	$	50	128.2	%
U.S. other ancillary	(2)		(2)		—		—	%
International(1)	19		20		(1)		(5.0)	%
Total ancillary services operating income (loss)	$	28	$	(22)	$	50	227.3	%

Adjusted operating (loss) income(2):
U.S. IKC	$	11	$	(40)	$	51	127.5	%
U.S. other ancillary	(2)		(2)		—		—	%
International(1)	19		20		(1)		(5.0)	%
Total ancillary services adjusted operating income (loss)	$	28	$	(22)	$	50	227.3	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

(1)The reported operating income and adjusted operating income for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023 includes foreign currency gains embedded in equity method income recognized from our APAC JV of approximately $0.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively.

(2)For a reconciliation of adjusted operating (loss) income by reportable segment, see “Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures” section below.


	Nine months ended				YTD Q3 2023 vs. YTD Q3 2022
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Revenues:
U.S. IKC	$	351	$	276	$	75	27.2	%
U.S. other ancillary	18		17		1		5.9	%
International	569		523		46		8.8	%
Total ancillary services revenues	$	938	$	816	$	122	15.0	%

Operating (loss) income:
U.S. IKC	$	(66)	$	(90)	$	24	26.7	%
U.S. other ancillary	(7)		(8)		1		12.5	%
International(1)	54		41		13		31.7	%
Total ancillary services operating loss	$	(18)	$	(57)	$	39	68.4	%

Adjusted operating (loss) income(2):
U.S. IKC	$	(65)	$	(90)	$	25	27.8	%
U.S. other ancillary	(7)		(8)		1		12.5	%
International(1)	54		41		13		31.7	%
Total ancillary services adjusted operating loss	$	(18)	$	(57)	$	39	68.4	%

Certain columns, rows or percentages may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

(1)The reported operating income and adjusted operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 includes foreign currency gains embedded in equity method income recognized from our Asia Pacific joint venture (APAC JV) of approximately $1.0 million and $4.7 million, respectively.

(2)For a reconciliation of adjusted operating (loss) income by reportable segment, see “Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures” section below.

Revenues

IKC revenues for the third quarter of 2023 increased compared to the second quarter of 2023 due to a net increase in shared savings and increased revenues from our special needs plans. Other U.S. ancillary revenues for the third quarter of 2023 decreased compared to the second quarter of 2023 due to a decrease in revenues in our clinical research programs. International revenues for the third quarter of 2023 increased compared to the second quarter of 2023 due to increased treatments primarily from one additional treatment day, as well as acquisition-related growth.

IKC revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 increased compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 due to a net increase in shared savings and revenues related to our special needs programs. Other U.S. ancillary services revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 remained relatively flat compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Our international revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 increased from the nine months ended September 30, 2022 due to acquisition-related growth as well as average reimbursement rate increases in certain countries.

Charges impacting operating income - severance and other costs

During the fourth quarter of 2022, similar to U.S. dialysis, we committed to a plan to increase efficiencies and cost savings in certain general and administrative support functions and other overhead costs. As a result of this plan, we recognized expenses related to termination and other benefit commitments in our IKC business of $0.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Operating income (loss) and adjusted operating income (loss)

IKC operating income and adjusted operating income for the third quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2023 were impacted by increased revenues, as described above, partially offset by increased medical costs for our special needs plans and continued investments in our integrated care support functions. Other U.S. ancillary services operating loss and

adjusted operating loss for the third quarter of 2023 remained flat compared to the second quarter of 2023. International operating income and adjusted operating income for the third quarter of 2023 decreased from the second quarter of 2023 primarily due to favorable changes in the second quarter related to fair value of contingent consideration associated with prior acquisitions, partially offset by increased revenues, as described above, and decreases in equity income resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency at our APAC JV.

IKC operating loss and adjusted operating loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased, primarily due to increases in revenue, as described above, partially offset by continued investments in our integrated care support functions. Other U.S. ancillary services operating loss and adjusted operating loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 remained relatively flat compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022. International operating income and adjusted operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 increased compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily driven by increases in revenue, as described above, partially offset by decreases in equity income resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency at our APAC JV and other direct operating expenses associated with our international dialysis centers.

Corporate administrative support


	Three months ended				Q3 2023 vs. Q2 2023
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Corporate administrative support	$	(41)	$	(34)	$	(7)	(20.6)	%


	Nine months ended				YTD Q3 2023 vs. YTD Q3 2022
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Corporate administrative support	$	(100)	$	(91)	$	(9)	(9.9)	%

Corporate administrative support expenses for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2023 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 increased primarily due to increased legal fees.

Corporate-level charges


	Three months ended						Q3 2023 vs. Q2 2023
	September 30, 2023			June 30, 2023			Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Debt expense	$	98		$	104		$	(6)	(5.8)	%
Debt extinguishment and modification costs	$	—		$	8		$	(8)	(100.0)	%
Other (loss) income, net	$	(20)		$	1		$	(21)	(2,100.0)	%
Effective income tax rate	18.2		%	16.5		%			1.7	%
Effective income tax rate attributable to DaVita Inc.(1)	21.8		%	21.3		%			0.5	%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	$	63		$	68		$	(5)	(7.4)	%

(1)For a reconciliation of our effective income tax rate attributable to DaVita Inc., see "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures" section below.


	Nine months ended						YTD Q3 2023 vs. YTD Q3 2022
	September 30, 2023			September 30, 2022			Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions)
Debt expense	$	302		$	256		$	46	18.0	%
Debt extinguishment and modification costs	$	8		$	—		$	8	100.0	%
Other loss, net	$	(15)		$	(8)		$	(7)	(87.5)	%
Effective income tax rate	18.2		%	20.0		%			(1.8)	%
Effective income tax rate attributable to DaVita Inc.(1)	22.9		%	24.9		%			(2.0)	%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	$	186		$	163		$	23	14.1	%

(1)For a reconciliation of our effective income tax rate attributable to DaVita Inc., see "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures" section below.

Debt expense

Debt expense for the third quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2023 decreased primarily due to decreases in our weighted average outstanding credit facility balance and our weighted average effective interest rate. Debt expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 increased primarily due to an increase in our weighted average effective interest rate, partially offset by a decrease in our weighted average outstanding credit facility balance.

Our overall weighted average effective interest rate for the three months ended September 30, 2023 was 4.61% compared to 4.67% for the three months ended June 30, 2023. See Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information on the components of our debt.

Debt extinguishment and modification costs

The nine months ended September 30, 2023 included debt extinguishment and modification costs of $8 million related to the refinancing of our prior Term Loan A and prior revolving line of credit. These costs were composed partially of deferred financing costs written off for the portion of this debt considered extinguished and reborrowed and partially of fees incurred as part of this debt refinancing.

Other (loss) income, net

Other loss for the third quarter of 2023 compared to other income for the second quarter of 2023 was driven by net losses in Mozarc due to the $14.0 million gain recognized in the second quarter on the non-cash assets contributed to Mozarc (Mozarc gain). Other loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 increased, primarily driven by increased net losses in Mozarc, including the Mozarc gain, partially offset by an increase in interest income.

Effective income tax rate

The effective income tax rate and the effective income tax rate attributable to DaVita Inc. increased for the third quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2023 primarily due to a decrease in recognized tax benefits from stock-based compensation and one-time benefits recognized in connection with the closure of our federal IRS exam for tax years 2016-2017 in the second quarter, partially offset by benefits recognized in the third quarter for finalized tax returns.

The effective income tax rate and the effective income tax rate attributable to DaVita Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 decreased compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily due to a decrease in forecasted non-deductible advocacy spend and a larger benefit recognized for tax returns finalized in the third quarter of 2023.

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

The decrease in net income attributable to noncontrolling interests for the third quarter of 2023 from the second quarter of 2023 was due to reduced earnings at certain U.S. dialysis partnerships. The increase in net income attributable to noncontrolling interests for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 from the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was due to increased profitability at certain U.S. dialysis partnerships.

Accounts receivable

Our U.S. dialysis accounts receivable balances at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were $1.708 billion and $1.899 billion, respectively, representing approximately 57 and 66 days of revenue outstanding (DSO), respectively. The decrease in DSO is primarily due to improved collections from certain payers. Our DSO calculation is based on the current quarter’s average revenues per day. There were no significant changes from the second quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of 2023 in the carrying amount of accounts receivable outstanding over one year old.

Liquidity and capital resources

The following table shows the summary of our major sources and uses of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:


	Nine months ended September 30,				YTD Q3 2023 vs. YTD Q3 2022
	2023		2022		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in millions and shares in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities:
Net income	$	726	$	655	$	71	10.8	%
Non-cash items in net income	664		596		68		11.4	%
Other working capital changes	191		32		159		496.9	%
Other	(7)		(63)		56		88.9	%
	$	1,574	$	1,221	$	353	28.9	%

Net cash used in investing activities:
Capital expenditures:
Routine maintenance/information technology/other	$	(287)	$	(284)	$	(3)	(1.1)	%
Development and relocations	(122)		(125)		3		2.4	%
Acquisition expenditures	(8)		(44)		36		81.8	%
Proceeds from sale of self-developed properties	5		107		(102)		(95.3)	%

Other	(192)		(71)		(121)		(170.4)	%
	$	(604)	$	(417)	$	(187)	(44.8)	%

Net cash used in financing activities:
Debt (payments) net of issuances	$	(521)	$	149	$	(670)	(449.7)	%
Deferred and debt related financing costs	(53)		—		(53)		(100.0)	%
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(203)		(189)		(14)		(7.4)	%
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	12		11		1		9.1	%
Stock award exercises and other share issuances	(41)		(42)		1		2.4	%
Share repurchases	—		(802)		802		100.0	%
Other	40		(17)		57		335.3	%
	$	(767)	$	(890)	$	123	13.8	%

Total number of shares repurchased	—		8,095		(8,095)		(100.0)	%

Free cash flow(1)	$	979	$	742	$	237	31.9	%

Certain columns or rows may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

(1)For a reconciliation of our free cash flow, see "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures" section below.

Consolidated cash flows

Consolidated cash flows from operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 increased compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily due to improvements in operating results, cash collections, decreases in cash taxes and other working capital items.

Free cash flow during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 increased from the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily due to an increase in net cash provided by operating activities partially offset by an increase in distributions of noncontrolling interest and decreases in proceeds from sale of self-developed properties.

Significant uses of cash during the period included net debt payments which consisted of the pay-off of the remaining principal balance outstanding on our prior Term Loan A and prior revolving line of credit in the amount of $1,444 million and $150 million, respectively. Other uses of cash included regularly scheduled and other principal payments under our senior secured credit facilities totaling approximately $54 million on our prior Term Loan A, $8 million on our new Term Loan A-1, described below, $50 million on Term Loan B-1, additional net repayments of $15 million on our revolving line of credit, as well as additional required payments under other debt arrangements. Additionally, we recognized financing cash outflows of $30 million in deferred financing costs related to the Amendments to the Senior Secured Credit Agreement and $23 million in cap premium fees for our 2023 forward interest cap agreements. Significant sources of cash during the period included the refinancing of the Term Loan A and revolving line of credit with a secured Term Loan A-1 facility in the aggregate principal amount of $1,250 million.

By comparison, the same period in 2022 included a net draw of $275 million on our prior revolving line of credit, net debt payments which consisted of regularly scheduled mandatory principal payments under our senior secured credit facilities totaling approximately $66 million on our prior Term Loan A and $21 million on Term Loan B-1, as well as additional required payments under other debt arrangements. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 we used cash to repurchase 8,094,661 shares of our common stock.

Dialysis center footprint

The table below shows the footprint of our dialysis operations by number of dialysis centers owned or operated:


	U.S.				International
	Three months ended September 30,		Nine months ended September 30,		Three months ended September 30,		Nine months ended September 30,
	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022
Number of centers operated at beginning of period	2,703	2,810	2,724	2,815	353	349	350	339
Acquired centers	—	5	—	5	2	3	4	8
Developed centers	5	6	18	33	3	1	8	3
Net change in non-owned managed or administered centers(1)	1	(1)	3	(1)	1	2	1	5
Sold and closed centers(2)	—	(9)	(3)	(16)	—	(2)	(2)	(2)
Closed centers(3)	(15)	(35)	(48)	(60)	—	(1)	(2)	(1)
Number of centers operated at end of period	2,694	2,776	2,694	2,776	359	352	359	352

(1)Represents dialysis centers which we manage or provide administrative services to but in which we own a noncontrolling equity interest or which are wholly-owned by third parties, including our APAC JV centers.

(2)Represents dialysis centers that were sold and/or closed for which the majority of patients were not retained.

(3)Represents dialysis centers that were closed for which the majority of patients were retained and transferred to one of our other existing outpatient dialysis centers.

Available liquidity

As of September 30, 2023, we had an undrawn revolving line of credit under our senior secured credit facilities of $1.5 billion. Credit available under this new revolving line of credit is reduced by the amount of any letters of credit outstanding thereunder, of which there were none as of September 30, 2023. We separately had approximately $151 million in letters of credit outstanding under a separate bilateral secured letter of credit facility.

See Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for components of our long-term debt and their interest rates. We may from time to time seek to obtain funds or refinance existing debt through additional debt financings or other capital alternatives.

We believe that our cash flow from operations and other sources of liquidity, including from amounts available under our senior secured credit facilities and our access to the capital markets, will be sufficient to fund our scheduled debt service under the terms of our debt agreements and other obligations for the foreseeable future, including the next 12 months. Our primary recurrent sources of liquidity are cash from operations and cash from borrowings, which are subject to general, economic,

financial, competitive, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control, as described in Part I, Item 1A Risk Factors of our 2022 10-K.

Reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures

The following tables provide reconciliations of adjusted operating income (loss) to operating income (loss) as presented on a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis for our U.S. dialysis reportable segment as well as for our U.S. IKC business, our U.S. other ancillary services, our international business, and for our total ancillary services which combines them and is disclosed as our other segments category, in addition to our corporate administrative support. These non-GAAP or “adjusted” measures are presented because management believes these measures are useful adjuncts to, but not alternatives for, our GAAP results.

Specifically, management uses adjusted operating income (loss) to compare and evaluate our performance period over period and relative to competitors, to analyze the underlying trends in our business, to establish operational budgets and forecasts and for incentive compensation purposes. We believe this non-GAAP measure is also useful to investors and analysts in evaluating our performance over time and relative to competitors, as well as in analyzing the underlying trends in our business. We also believe this presentation enhances a user's understanding of our normal operating income by excluding certain items which we do not believe are indicative of our ordinary results of operations.

In addition, our effective income tax rate on income attributable to DaVita Inc. excludes noncontrolling owners' income, which primarily relates to non-tax paying entities. We believe this adjusted effective income tax rate is useful to management, investors and analysts in evaluating our performance and establishing expectations for income taxes incurred on our ordinary results attributable to DaVita Inc.

Finally, our free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities less distributions to noncontrolling interests and all capital expenditures (including development capital expenditures, routine maintenance and information technology), plus contributions from noncontrolling interests and proceeds from the sale of self-developed properties. Management uses this measure to assess our ability to fund acquisitions and meet our debt service obligations and we believe this measure is equally useful to investors and analysts as an adjunct to cash flows from operating activities and other measures under GAAP.

It is important to bear in mind that these non-GAAP “adjusted” measures are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation from, nor as substitutes for, their most comparable GAAP measures.


	Three months ended September 30, 2023
	U.S. dialysis		Ancillary services								Corporate administration		Consolidated
			U.S. IKC		U.S. Other		International		Total
	(dollars in millions)
Operating income (loss)	$	509	$	11	$	(2)	$	19	$	28	$	(41)	$	496
Center closure charges	24												24
Severance and other costs	4										—		5
Adjusted operating income (loss)	$	537	$	11	$	(2)	$	19	$	28	$	(41)	$	525

Certain columns or rows may not sum or recalculate due to the presentation of rounded numbers.


	Three months ended June 30, 2023
	U.S. dialysis		Ancillary services								Corporate administration		Consolidated
			U.S. IKC		U.S. Other		International		Total
	(dollars in millions)
Operating income (loss)	$	461	$	(39)	$	(2)	$	20	$	(22)	$	(34)	$	405
Center closure charges	21												21
Severance and other costs	5		—						—		—		5
Adjusted operating income (loss)	$	487	$	(40)	$	(2)	$	20	$	(22)	$	(33)	$	432

Certain columns or rows may not sum or recalculate due to the presentation of rounded numbers.


	Nine months ended September 30, 2023
	U.S. dialysis		Ancillary services								Corporate administration		Consolidated
			U.S. IKC		U.S. Other		International		Total
	(dollars in millions)
Operating income (loss)	$	1,331	$	(66)	$	(7)	$	54	$	(18)	$	(100)	$	1,213
Center closure charges	67												67
Severance and other costs	26		—						—		1		28
Adjusted operating income (loss)	$	1,425	$	(65)	$	(7)	$	54	$	(18)	$	(98)	$	1,308

Certain columns or rows may not sum or recalculate due to the presentation of rounded numbers.


	Nine months ended September 30, 2022
	U.S. dialysis		Ancillary services								Corporate administration		Consolidated
			U.S. IKC		U.S. Other		International		Total
	(dollars in millions)
Operating income (loss)	$	1,231	$	(90)	$	(8)	$	41	$	(57)	$	(91)	$	1,083
Center closure charges	50												50
Adjusted operating income (loss)	$	1,281	$	(90)	$	(8)	$	41	$	(57)	$	(91)	$	1,133

Certain columns or rows may not sum or recalculate due to the presentation of rounded numbers.


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30, 2023			June 30, 2023				September 30, 2023			September 30, 2022
	(dollars in millions)						(dollars in millions)
Income before income taxes	$	378		$	295			$	888		$	819
Less: Noncontrolling owners' income primarily attributable to non-tax paying entities	(63)			(68)				(186)			(163)
Income before income taxes attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	315		$	227			$	702		$	655
Income tax expense	$	69		$	49			$	162		$	164
Less: Income tax attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—				(1)			(1)
Income tax expense attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	69		$	48			$	161		$	163
Effective income tax rate on income attributable to DaVita Inc.	21.8		%	21.3		%		22.9		%	24.9		%

Certain columns or rows may not sum or recalculate due to the presentation of rounded numbers.


	Nine months ended
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
	(dollars in millions)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	1,574	$	1,221
Adjustments to reconcile net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow:
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(203)		(189)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests	12		11
Expenditures for routine maintenance and information technology	(287)		(284)
Expenditures for development and relocations	(122)		(125)
Proceeds from sale of self-developed properties	5		107
Free cash flow	$	979	$	742

Certain columns or rows may not sum due to the presentation of rounded numbers.

Off-balance sheet arrangements and aggregate contractual obligations

In addition to the debt obligations and operating lease liabilities reflected on our balance sheet, we have commitments associated with letters of credit, as well as certain working capital funding obligations associated with our equity investments in nonconsolidated dialysis ventures that we manage and some that we manage which are wholly-owned by third parties. For additional information see Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

We also have potential obligations to purchase the noncontrolling interests held by third parties in many of our majority-owned dialysis partnerships and other nonconsolidated entities. These obligations are in the form of put provisions that are exercisable at the third-party owners’ discretion within specified periods as outlined in each specific put provision. For additional information on these obligations and how we measure and report them, see Note 12 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report and Notes 17 and 24 to the consolidated financial statements included in our 2022 10-K.

For information on the maturities and other terms of our long-term debt, see Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

As of September 30, 2023, we have outstanding letters of credit in the aggregate amount of approximately $151 million under a bilateral secured letter of credit facility separate from our senior secured credit facilities.

As of September 30, 2023, we have outstanding purchase agreements with various suppliers to purchase set amounts of dialysis equipment, parts, pharmaceuticals and supplies. If we fail to meet the minimum purchase commitments under these contracts during any year, we are required to pay the difference to the supplier, as described further in Note 17 to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in the 2022 10-K.

New Accounting Standards

See discussion of new accounting standards in Note 14 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Interest rate and foreign currency sensitivity

There has been no material change in the nature of the Company's interest rate risks or foreign currency exchange risks from those described in Part II Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

The tables below provide information about our financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates as of September 30, 2023. For further information on the components of the Company's long-term debt and their interest rates, see Note 7 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q at Part I Item 1.


	Expected maturity date																Average interest rate		Fair value(1)
	2023		2024		2025		2026		2027		2028		Thereafter		Total
	(dollars in millions)
Long-term debt:
Fixed rate	$	4	$	30	$	34	$	44	$	31	$	29	$	4,391	$	4,563	4.42	%	$	3,465
Variable rate	$	26	$	80	$	96	$	2,617	$	82	$	986	$	1	$	3,888	4.73	%	$	3,833

(1)Represents the fair value of the Company’s long-term debt excluding financing leases. See Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.

During and as of the end of the second quarter, the Company transitioned the variable rate base on its senior secured credit facilities and related hedging interest rate caps from LIBOR to SOFR. This transition involved a SOFR-to-LIBOR rate mismatch between this debt and the 2019 interest rate caps for a portion of the second quarter, but the Company’s interest rate hedges remained highly effective throughout the transition and thereafter.

The scheduled principal payments for all debt that bears a variable rate by its terms, including all of Term Loan B-1 and Term Loan A-1, have been included on the variable rate line of the schedule of expected maturities above. Additionally, the principal amounts of Term Loan B-1 and Term Loan A-1 have been included in the calculation of the average variable interest rate presented.

However, principal amounts of $2,611 million for Term Loan B-1 and $889 million of Term Loan A-1 (the capped debt) are subject to SOFR caps of 2.00% through June 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2023, applicable SOFR rates were above this 2.00%, making the interest rates on this capped debt “economically fixed", unless or until applicable SOFR rates were to fall back below 2.00% during the remaining term of the caps.

As a result, as of September 30, 2023, total fixed and economically fixed debt was $8,064 million, with an average interest rate of 4.30%, while total variable rate debt not subject to caps was $388 million with an average rate of 10.30%.

See Note 7 for further details on the Company’s interest rate cap agreements.


	Notional amount		Contract maturity date															Fair value
			2023		2024		2025		2026		2027		2028		Thereafter		Receive variable
	(dollars in millions)
2019 cap agreements	$	3,500	$	—	$	3,500	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	SOFR above 2.00%(1)	$	90.0
2023 cap agreements	$	200	$	—	$	100	$	100	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	SOFR above 3.75%	$	2.2
2023 cap agreements	$	1,000	$	—	$	250	$	750	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	SOFR above 4.00%(2)	$	12.4
2023 cap agreements	$	1,000	$	—	$	250	$	750	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	SOFR above 4.75%(3)	$	9.1
2023 cap agreements	$	800	$	—	$	400	$	400	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	SOFR above 3.75%	$	8.8

(1)As defined in the ISDA IBOR Fallbacks Protocol, LIBOR contracts that qualify as derivative instruments transitioned to a SOFR rate plus credit spread adjustment upon LIBOR cessation on June 30, 2023.

(2)Effective January 1, 2025, the maximum rate of 4.00% decreases to 3.75% for these interest rate caps.

(3)Effective January 1, 2025, the maximum rate of 4.75% decreases to 4.00% for these interest rate caps.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Management has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) as amended is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

At the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s CEO and CFO, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures in accordance with the Exchange Act requirements as of September 30, 2023. Based upon that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as required by the Exchange Act as of such date for our Exchange Act reports, including this report. Management recognizes that these controls and procedures can provide only reasonable assurance of desired outcomes, and that estimates and judgments are still inherent in the process of maintaining effective controls and procedures.

There was no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that was identified during the evaluation that occurred during the fiscal quarter covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The information required by this Part II, Item 1 is incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under the caption “Commitments and contingencies” in Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K (2022 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with Securities and Exchange Commission. You should carefully consider the risks included in our 2022 10-K, together with all the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the forward-looking statements in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Share repurchases

The Company did not repurchase any shares from January 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023.

As of November 7, 2023, we had approximately $1.596 billion available under the current authorization for additional share repurchases. Although this share repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date, we remain subject to share repurchase limitations including under our current senior secured credit facilities.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits


Exhibit
Number

31.1						Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, dated November 7, 2023, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. ü

31.2						Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, dated November 7, 2023, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. ü

32.1						Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, dated November 7, 2023, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. ü

32.2						Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, dated November 7, 2023, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. ü

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


			DAVITA INC.

			BY:						/s/ CHRISTOPHER M. BERRY
									Christopher M. Berry
									Chief Accounting Officer*

Date: November 7, 2023


*			Mr. Berry has signed both on behalf of the Registrant as a duly authorized officer and as the Registrant’s principal accounting officer.