An investigation on behalf of investors in Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) shares over potential wrongdoing at Universal Health Services, Inc. was announced and NYSE:UHS stockholders should contact the Shareholders Foundation.

San Diego, CA -- (SBWire) -- 06/07/2017 --Certain directors of Universal Health Services, Inc are under investigation concerning possible securities laws violations. The investigation was also announced for investors in NYSE:UHS shares over potential breaches of fiduciary duties by certain directors at Universal Health Services.

Investors who purchased shares of Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) have certain options and should contact the Shareholders Foundation at mail@shareholdersfoundation.com or call 858-779-1554.

The investigation by a law firm concerns whether certain Universal Health Services officers and directors breached their fiduciary duties and caused damage to the company and its shareholders.

On December 7, 2016, a report was published detailing its investigation into Universal Health, which was "…based on interviews with 175 current and former UHS staff, including 18 executives who ran UHS hospitals; more than 120 additional interviews with patients, government investigators, and other experts; and a cache of internal documents." The report stated that "[c]urrent and former employees from at least 10 UHS hospitals in nine states said they were under pressure to fill beds by almost any method – which sometimes meant exaggerating people's symptoms or twisting their words to make them seem suicidal – and to hold them until their insurance payments ran out."

On December 8, 2016, Universal Health Services, Inc published a statement regarding the report and said that it disputes and denies the conclusions in the report.

Shares of Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) declined from $127.94 per share on December 7, 2016 to as low as $99.72 per share on December 14, 2016.

Those who purchased shares of Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) have certain options and should contact the Shareholders Foundation.

Contact:
Shareholders Foundation, Inc.
Michael Daniels
3111 Camino Del Rio North - Suite 423
92108 San Diego
Phone: +1-(858)-779-1554
Fax: +1-(858)-605-5739
mail@shareholdersfoundation.com