Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. - Annual Report: 2012 (Form 10-K)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

or

For the transition period from                    to                    

Commission File Number: 001-35331

ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

830 Crescent Centre Drive, Suite 610

Franklin, Tennessee 37067

(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

(615) 861-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 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  x

As of June 30, 2012, the aggregate market value of the shares of common stock of the registrant held by non-affiliates was approximately $423 million, based on the closing price of the registrant’s common stock reported on the NASDAQ Global Market of $17.54 per share.

As of February 28, 2013, there were 50,217,488 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2013 annual meeting of stockholders to be held on May 23, 2013 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

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ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY, INC.

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

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PART I

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to “Acadia,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” mean Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Item 1. Business.

Overview

Our business strategy is to acquire and develop inpatient behavioral healthcare facilities and improve our operating results within our inpatient facilities and our other behavioral healthcare operations. We strive to improve the operating results of our facilities by providing high quality services, expanding referral networks and marketing initiatives while meeting the increased demand for behavioral healthcare services through expansion of our current locations as well as developing new services within existing locations. At December 31, 2012, we operated 42 behavioral healthcare facilities with over 3,100 licensed beds in 21 states. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we added 281 beds to our existing facilities, and we expect to add approximately 200 beds to existing facilities during 2013 (exclusive of acquisitions).

On January 1, 2013, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Greenleaf Center, an inpatient psychiatric facility with 50 licensed beds located in Valdosta, Georgia, for cash consideration of $6.3 million. On January 31, 2013, we completed the acquisition of DMC-Memphis, Inc. d/b/a Delta Medical Center, a facility with 243 licensed beds located in Memphis, Tennessee with the majority of operating beds dedicated to inpatient psychiatric patients, for cash consideration of $23.1 million.

On December 31, 2012, we completed the acquisition of Behavioral Centers of America, LLC (“BCA”) for total cash consideration of $143.7 million, which included estimated net working capital receivables of $0.3 million and excluded severance costs of $0.7 million recorded in transaction-related expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. We used the net proceeds from the December 2012 sale of Acadia common stock and borrowings under our amended and restated senior credit facility dated December 31, 2012 (“Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility”) to fund the acquisition. In the BCA acquisition, we acquired three inpatient psychiatric facilities and one psychiatric hospital within a hospital. The facilities are located in Ohio, Michigan and Texas and have an aggregate of 278 licensed inpatient beds.

On December 31, 2012, we completed the acquisition of AmiCare Behavioral Centers, LLC (“AmiCare”) for total cash consideration of $111.5 million, which included estimated net working capital payments of $0.9 million and excluded severance costs of $2.1 million recorded in transaction-related expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. We used the net proceeds from the December 2012 sale of Acadia common stock and borrowings under our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility to fund the acquisition. In the AmiCare acquisition, we acquired four inpatient psychiatric facilities in Arkansas that have an aggregate of 330 licensed inpatient beds.

On December 31, 2012, we amended and restated our existing senior secured credit agreement, to provide a revolving line of credit of $100.0 million and term loans of $300.0 million, which resulted in debt proceeds of $151.1 million. We used $151.1 million of the term loans partially to fund the acquisition of BCA and AmiCare on December 31, 2012. We did not borrow under the revolving line of credit to fund the acquisitions and, as of December 31, 2012, had $99.6 million of availability under the revolving line of credit. Borrowings under the revolving line of credit are subject to customary conditions precedent to borrowing. The amended term loans require quarterly principal payments of $1.9 million for March 31, 2013 to December 31, 2013, $3.8 million for March 31, 2014 to December 31, 2014, $5.6 million for March 31, 2015 to December 31, 2015, $7.5 million for March 31, 2016 to December 31, 2016, and $9.4 million for March 31, 2017 to September 30, 2017, with the remaining principal balance due on the maturity date of December 31, 2017. The Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility also provides for a $50.0 million incremental credit facility, subject to customary conditions precedent to borrowing.

On December 12, 2012, we completed the offering of 7,000,000 shares of Acadia common stock and on December 24, 2012, we completed the offering of 1,050,000 shares of Acadia common stock sold pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option that the Company granted to the underwriters as part of the offering at a price of $22.50 per share. The net proceeds to us from the sale of the shares, after deducting the underwriting discount of $6.3 million and additional offering-related expenses of $1.0 million, were $172.8 million. We used the net proceeds principally to fund the acquisitions of AmiCare and BCA on December 31, 2012 with the remaining amount included in our cash balance at December 31, 2012.

On November 11, 2012, we purchased 100% of the membership interests of The Pavilion at HealthPark, LLC (“Park Royal”), an inpatient psychiatric facility with 76 licensed beds located in Fort Myers, Florida, for cash consideration of $10.6 million and the assumption of debt with a fair value of $25.6 million. Also, we may make additional payments of up to $7.0 million, contingent upon achievement of certain financial targets over the four-year period ending December 31, 2016.

On August 31, 2012, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Timberline Knolls, LLC (“Timberline Knolls”), an inpatient behavioral health facility with 122 licensed beds located outside of Chicago in Lemont, Illinois. The total consideration of $75.5 million paid for the business and related assets represents total payments of $89.8 million less amounts paid for transactions that were deemed to be separate from the business combination. Additionally, in connection with this acquisition, we funded an employment retention bonus of $1.2 million.

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On May 21, 2012, we completed the offering of 9,487,500 shares of Acadia common stock (including shares sold pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option that the Company granted to the underwriters as part of the offering) at a price of $15.50 per share. The net proceeds to us from the sale of the shares, after deducting the underwriting discount of $6.4 million and additional offering-related expenses of $0.7 million, were $139.0 million. We used the net offering proceeds to fund the acquisition of Timberline Knolls and acquisitions of certain facilities previously leased.

On March 1, 2012, we completed the acquisition of three inpatient psychiatric hospitals (the “Haven Facilities”) from Haven Behavioral Healthcare Holdings, LLC with a combined 166 licensed beds at the acquisition date for $90.5 million of cash consideration. Also on March 1, 2012, we amended our senior secured credit agreement (“Senior Secured Credit Facility”) to provide an incremental $25.0 million of term loans and increase the revolving line of credit by $45.0 million, from $30.0 million to $75.0 million. We used the net proceeds from the December 2011 sale of our common stock, the incremental term loans of $25.0 million and a $5.0 million borrowing under the revolving line of credit to fund the acquisition of the Haven Facilities.

On December 20, 2011, we completed the offering of 9,583,332 shares of Acadia common stock (including shares sold pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option that the Company granted to the underwriters as part of the offering) at a price of $7.50 per share. The net proceeds to us from the sale of the shares, after deducting the underwriting discount of $3.8 million and additional-offering related expenses of $0.9 million, were $67.2 million.

During 2011, we completed our acquisition of PHC, Inc. d/b/a Pioneer Behavioral Health (“PHC”), a leading national provider of inpatient and outpatient mental health and drug and alcohol addiction treatment programs in Delaware, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia, and Youth and Family Centered Services, Inc. (“YFCS”), the largest private, for-profit provider of behavioral health, education and long-term support services exclusively for abused and neglected children and adolescents.

We are the leading publicly traded pure-play provider of inpatient behavioral healthcare services based upon number of licensed beds in the United States. Management believes that the acquisitions described above position the Company as a leading platform in a highly fragmented industry under the direction of an experienced management team that has significant industry expertise. Management expects to take advantage of several strategies that are more accessible as a result of our increased size and geographic scale, including continuing a national marketing strategy to attract new patients and referral sources, increasing our volume of out-of-state referrals, providing a broader range of services to new and existing patients and clients and selectively pursuing opportunities to expand our facility and bed count. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, we generated revenue of $407.5 million and $216.5 million, respectively. On a pro forma basis for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, giving effect to the YFCS, PHC, the Haven Facilities, Timberline Knolls, AmiCare and BCA acquisitions described above as if such acquisitions had been completed as of January 1, 2011, we would have generated pro forma revenue of $562.0 million and $508.8 million, respectively. See – Pro Forma Financial Information and Note 4 – Acquisitions in the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details about pro forma information.

Acadia was formed as a limited liability company in the State of Delaware in 2005, and converted to a corporation on May 13, 2011. Our common stock is listed for trading on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “ACHC.” Our principal executive offices are located at 830 Crescent Centre Drive, Suite 610, Franklin, Tennessee 37067, and our telephone number is (615) 861-6000.

Competitive Strengths

Management believes the following strengths differentiate us from other providers of behavioral healthcare services:

Premier operational management team with track record of success. Our management team has approximately 163 combined years of experience in acquiring, integrating and operating a variety of behavioral health facilities. Following the sale of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (“PSI”) to Universal Health Services, Inc. (“UHS”) in November 2010, certain of PSI’s key former executive officers joined Acadia in February 2011. The combination of the Acadia management team with the operational expertise of the former PSI management team gives us what management believes to be the premier leadership team in the behavioral healthcare industry. The new management team intends to bring its years of experience operating behavioral healthcare facilities to generate strong cash flow and grow a profitable business.

Favorable industry and legislative trends. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 6% of people in the United States suffer from a seriously debilitating mental illness and over 20% of children, either currently or at some point during their life, have had a seriously debilitating mental disorder. Management believes the market for behavioral services will continue to grow due to increased awareness of mental health and substance abuse conditions and treatment options. According to a 2008 report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, national expenditures on mental health and substance abuse treatment are expected to reach $239 billion in 2014, up from $121 billion in 2003, representing a compound annual growth rate of 6.4%.

While the growing awareness of mental health and substance abuse conditions is expected to accelerate demand for services, recent healthcare reform is expected to increase access to industry services as more people obtain insurance coverage. A key aspect of reform legislation is the extension of mental health parity protections established into law by the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (the “MHPAEA”). The MHPAEA provides for equal coverage between psychiatric or mental health services and conventional medical health services and forbids employers and insurers from placing stricter limits on mental healthcare compared to other health conditions.

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Leading platform in attractive healthcare niche. We are a leading behavioral healthcare platform in an industry that is undergoing consolidation in an effort to reduce costs and expand programs to better serve the growing need for inpatient behavioral healthcare services. In addition, the behavioral healthcare industry has significant barriers to entry, including (i) significant initial capital outlays required to open new facilities, (ii) expertise required to deliver highly specialized services safely and effectively, and (iii) high regulatory hurdles that require market entrants to be knowledgeable of state and federal laws and facilities to be licensed with local agencies.

Diversified revenue and payor bases. As of December 31, 2012, we operated 42 facilities in 21 states. Our payor, patient/client and geographic diversity mitigates the potential risk associated with any single facility. On a pro forma basis giving effect to the acquisitions of the Haven Facilities, BCA, AmiCare and certain immaterial acquisitions for the year ended December 31, 2012, we received 58% of our revenue from Medicaid, 22% from commercial payors, 14% from Medicare, and 6% from self-pay and other payors. As we receive Medicaid payments from 27 states and the District of Columbia, management does not believe that we are significantly affected by changes in reimbursement policies in any one state. Substantially all of our Medicaid payments relate to the care of children and adolescents. Management believes that children and adolescents are a patient class that is less susceptible to reductions in reimbursement rates. On a pro forma basis, giving effect to the acquisitions listed above, our largest facility would have accounted for less than 7% of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012, and no other facility would have accounted for more than 5% of revenue for the same year. Additionally, on a pro forma basis, no state would have accounted for more than 21% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012. Management believes that our geographic diversity mitigates the impact of any financial or budgetary pressure that may arise in a particular state where we operate.

Strong cash flow generation and low capital requirements. We generate strong free cash flow by profitably operating our business and by actively managing our working capital. Moreover, as the behavioral healthcare business does not typically require the procurement and replacement of expensive medical equipment, our maintenance capital expenditure requirements are generally less than that of other facility-based healthcare providers. For the year ended December 31, 2012, our maintenance capital expenditures amounted to 1.8% of our revenue. In addition, our accounts receivable management is less complex than medical/surgical hospital providers because behavioral healthcare facilities have fewer billing codes and generally are paid on a per diem basis.

Business Strategy

We are committed to providing the communities we serve with high quality, cost-effective behavioral healthcare services, while growing our business, increasing profitability and creating long-term value for our stockholders. To achieve these objectives, we have aligned our activities around the following growth strategies:

Increase margins by enhancing programs and improving performance at existing facilities. Management believes we can improve efficiencies and increase operating margins by utilizing our management’s expertise and experience within existing programs and their expertise in improving performance at underperforming facilities. Management believes the efficiencies can be realized by investing in growth in strong markets, addressing capital-constrained facilities that have underperformed and improving management systems. Furthermore, our recent acquisitions of additional facilities give us an opportunity to develop a marketing strategy in many markets which should help us increase the geographic footprint from which our existing facilities attract patients and referrals.

Opportunistically pursue acquisitions. We have established a national platform for becoming the leading dedicated provider of high quality behavioral healthcare services in the U.S. Our industry is highly fragmented, and we selectively seek opportunities to expand and diversify our base of operations by acquiring additional facilities. Management believes there are a number of acquisition candidates available at attractive valuations, and we have a number of potential acquisitions in various stages of development and consideration. Management believes our focus on inpatient behavioral healthcare and history of completing acquisitions provides us with a strategic advantage in sourcing, evaluating and closing acquisitions. Management intends to focus our efforts on acquiring additional acute inpatient psychiatric facilities, which should increase the percentage of such facilities in our portfolio. We leverage our management team’s expertise to identify and integrate acquisitions based on a disciplined acquisition strategy that focuses on quality of service, return on investment and strategic benefits. We also have a comprehensive post-acquisition strategic plan to facilitate the integration of acquired facilities that includes improving facility operations, retaining and recruiting psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals and expanding the breadth of services offered by the facilities.

Drive organic growth of existing facilities. We seek to increase revenue at our facilities by providing a broader range of services to new and existing patients and clients. In addition, management intends to increase licensed bed counts in our existing facilities, with a focus on increasing the number of acute psychiatric beds. For example, during the year ended December 31, 2012, we added 281 beds to our facilities, and we expect to add approximately 200 beds to existing facilities during 2013 (exclusive of acquisitions). Furthermore, management believes that opportunities exist to leverage out-of-state referrals to increase volume and minimize payor concentration, especially with respect to our youth and adolescent focused services and our substance abuse services.

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Types of Facilities and Services

Our facilities and services can generally be classified into the following categories: acute inpatient psychiatric and specialty facilities; residential treatment centers; outpatient community-based services; and other behavioral services. The table below presents the percentage of our total revenue attributed to each category on a pro forma basis giving effect to the acquisitions of the Haven Facilities, Timberline Knolls, AmiCare and BCA for the year ended December 31, 2012:

Description of Facilities

Acute Inpatient Psychiatric and Specialty Facilities

Acute inpatient psychiatric facilities provide a high level of care in order to stabilize patients that are either a threat to themselves or to others. The acute setting provides 24-hour observation, daily intervention and monitoring by psychiatrists. Generally, due to shorter lengths of stay, the related higher patient turnover, and the special security and health precautions required, acute inpatient psychiatric facilities have lower average occupancy than residential treatment centers. Our facilities that offer acute care services provide evaluation and crisis stabilization of patients with severe psychiatric diagnoses through a medical delivery that incorporates structured and intensive medical and behavioral therapies with 24-hour monitoring by a psychiatrist, psychiatric trained nurses, therapists and other direct care staff. Lengths of stay for crisis stabilization and acute care range from three to five days and from five to twelve days, respectively. Our specialty facilities provide a comprehensive continuum of care for adults with addictive disorders and co-occurring mental disorders. Our detoxification, inpatient, partial hospitalization and outpatient treatment programs are cost-effective and give patients access to the least restrictive level of care. All programs offer individualized treatment in a supportive and nurturing environment.

As of December 31, 2012, we operated 27 facilities that provided acute care/specialty services in addition to other services.

Residential Treatment Centers

Residential treatment centers treat patients with behavioral disorders in a non-hospital setting. The facilities balance therapy activities with social, academic and other activities. Because the setting is less intensive, demands on staffing, security and oversight are generally lower than inpatient psychiatric facilities. In contrast to acute care psychiatric facilities, occupancy in residential treatment centers can be managed more easily given a longer length of stay. Over time, however, residential treatment centers have continued to serve increasingly severe patients who would have been treated in acute care facilities in earlier years.

We provide residential treatment care through a medical model residential treatment facility, which offers intensive, medically-driven interventions and individualized treatment regimens designed to deal with moderate to high level patient acuity. Children and adolescents admitted to these facilities typically have had multiple prior failed treatment plans, severe physical, sexual and emotional abuse, termination of parental custody, substance abuse, marked deficiencies in social, interpersonal and academic skills and a wide range of psychiatric disorders. Treatment typically is provided by an interdisciplinary team coordinating psychopharmacological, individual, group and family therapy, along with specialized accredited educational programs in both secure and unlocked environments. Lengths of stay range from three months to several years.

Certain of our residential treatment centers provide group home, therapeutic group home and therapeutic foster care programs. Our group home programs provide family-style living for youths in a single house or apartment within residential communities where supervision and support are provided by 24-hour staff. The goal of a group home program is to teach family living and social skills through individual and group counseling sessions within a real life environment. The residents are encouraged to take responsibility for the home and their health as well as actively take part in community functions. Most attend an accredited and licensed on-premises school or a local public school. We also operate therapeutic group homes that provide comprehensive treatment services for seriously, emotionally disturbed adolescents. The ultimate goal is to reunite or place these children with their families or prepare them, when appropriate, for permanent placement with a relative or an adoptive family. We also manage therapeutic foster care programs, which are considered the least restrictive form of therapeutic placement for children and adolescents with emotional disorders. Children and adolescents in our therapeutic foster care programs often are part of the child welfare or juvenile justice system. Care is delivered in private homes with experienced foster parents who are trained to work with children and adolescents with special needs.

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As of December 31, 2012, we operated 16 facilities that provided residential treatment care, in addition to other services.

Outpatient Community-Based Services

Our community-based services can be divided into two age groups: children and adolescents (seven to 18 years of age) and young children (three months to six years of age). Community-based programs are designed to provide therapeutic treatment to children and adolescents who have a clinically-defined emotional, psychiatric or chemical dependency disorder while enabling the youth to remain at home and within their community. Many patients who participate in community-based programs have transitioned out of a residential facility or have a disorder that does not require placement in a facility that provides 24-hour care.

Community-based programs developed for these age groups provide a unique array of therapeutic services to a very high-risk population of children. These children suffer from severe congenital, neurobiological, speech/motor and early onset psychiatric disorders. These services are provided in clinics and employ a treatment model that is consistent with our interdisciplinary medical treatment approach. Depending on their individual needs and treatment plan, children receive speech, physical, occupational and psychiatric interventions that are coordinated with services provided by their referring primary care physician. The children generally receive treatment during regular business hours.

As of December 31, 2012, we operated eight facilities that provided community-based services.

Other Behavioral Services

We provide management, administrative and help line services through contracts with major railroads and a call center contract with Wayne County, Michigan.

We also provide inpatient contract management services whereby we manage behavioral health care programs within third-party medical/surgical hospitals.

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Facilities

The following table summarizes the services provided by, and information regarding, our facilities as of January 31, 2013.

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Sources of Revenue

We receive payments from the following sources for services rendered in our facilities: (i) state governments under their respective Medicaid and other programs; (ii) commercial insurers, including managed care plans; (iii) the federal government under the Medicare program administered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Tricare program; and (iv) individual patients and clients. For the year ended December 31, 2012, approximately 64% of our revenue came from Medicaid, approximately 20% came from commercial insurers, approximately 12% came from Medicare and approximately 4% came directly from self-pay and other payors.

Regulation

Overview

The healthcare industry is subject to numerous laws, regulations and rules including, among others, those related to government healthcare program participation requirements, various licensure and accreditation standards, reimbursement for patient services, health information privacy and security rules, and government healthcare program fraud and abuse provisions. Providers that are found to have violated any of these laws and regulations may be excluded from participating in government healthcare programs, subjected to significant fines or penalties and/or required to repay amounts received from the government for previously billed patient services. Management believes we are in substantial compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and is not aware of any material pending or threatened investigations involving allegations of wrongdoing.

Licensing and Certification

All of our facilities must comply with various federal, state and local licensing and certification regulations and undergo periodic inspection by licensing agencies to certify compliance with such regulations. The initial and continued licensure of our facilities and certification to participate in government healthcare programs depends upon many factors including various state licensure regulations relating to quality of care, environment of care, equipment, services, staff training, personnel and the existence of adequate policies, procedures and controls. Federal, state and local agencies survey our facilities on a regular basis to determine whether the facilities are in compliance with regulatory operating and health standards and conditions for participating in government healthcare programs.

Certificates of Need

Many of the states in which we operate facilities have enacted certificate of need (“CON”) laws that regulate the construction or expansion of certain healthcare facilities, certain capital expenditures or changes in services or bed capacity. Failure to obtain CON approval of certain activities can result in: our inability to complete an acquisition, expansion or replacement; the imposition of civil or criminal sanctions; the inability to receive Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement; or the revocation of a facility’s license, any of which could harm our business.

Utilization Review

Federal regulations require the treatment of patients in government healthcare programs be reviewed to confirm efficient utilization of facilities and services. The regulations require Quality Improvement Organizations (“QIOs”) to review the appropriateness of Medicare and Medicaid patient admissions and discharges, the quality of care provided, the validity of diagnosis related group classifications and the appropriateness of length of stay. QIOs may deny payment for services provided, assess fines, or recommend to the Department of Health and Human Services that a provider that is in substantial non-compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation be excluded from participating in the Medicare program.

Audits

Participating healthcare facilities are subject to federal and state audits to validate the accuracy of claims submitted to the government healthcare programs. If these audits identify overpayments, we could be required to make substantial repayments, subject to various administrative appeal rights. Several of our facilities have undergone claims audits related to their receipt of government healthcare program payments during the last several years with no material overpayments identified. However, potential liability from future federal or state audits could ultimately exceed established reserves, and any excess could potentially be substantial. Further, Medicare and Medicaid regulations also provide for withholding Medicare and Medicaid payments in certain circumstances, which could adversely affect our cash flow.

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The Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law

A provision of the Social Security Act known as the “anti-kickback statute” prohibits healthcare providers and others from directly or indirectly soliciting, receiving, offering or paying money or other remuneration to other individuals and entities in return for using, referring, ordering, recommending or arranging for such referrals or orders of services or other items paid for by a government healthcare program. The anti-kickback statute may be found to have been violated if only one purpose of a provider’s program is to induce referrals. A provider is not required to have actual knowledge or specific intent to commit a violation of the anti-kickback statute to be found guilty of violating the law.

The anti-kickback statute contains certain exceptions, and the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services has issued regulations that provide “safe harbors” from federal anti-kickback statute liability for various activities. The fact that conduct or a business arrangement does not fall within a safe harbor or exception does not automatically render the conduct or business arrangement illegal under the anti-kickback statute. However, conduct and business arrangements falling outside the safe harbors may lead to increased scrutiny by government enforcement authorities.

Although management believes that our arrangements with physicians and other referral sources comply with current law and available interpretations, there can be no assurance that all arrangements comply with an available safe harbor or that regulatory authorities enforcing these laws will determine these financial arrangements do not violate the anti-kickback statute or other applicable laws.

These laws and regulations are extremely complex and, in many cases, we do not have the benefit of regulatory or judicial interpretation. It is possible that different interpretations or enforcement of these laws and regulations could subject our current or past practices to allegations of impropriety or illegality or could require us to make changes in our arrangements relating to facilities, equipment, personnel, services, capital expenditure programs and operating expenses. A determination that we have violated one or more of these laws, or the public announcement that we are being investigated for possible violations of one or more of these laws, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, we cannot predict whether other federal or state legislation or regulations will be adopted, what form such legislation or regulations may take or what their impact on us may be.

If we are deemed to have failed to comply with the anti-kickback statute or other applicable laws and regulations, we could be subjected to liabilities, including criminal penalties, civil penalties, and exclusion of one or more facilities from participation in the government healthcare programs. The imposition of such penalties could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

The Social Security Act also includes a provision regarding physician self-referrals, commonly known as the “Stark Law.” This law prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients to healthcare entities in which they or any of their immediate family members have an ownership or other financial interest for the furnishing of any “designated health services.” A violation of the Stark Law may result in a denial of payment, require refunds to the Medicare program, civil monetary penalties of up to $15,000 for each violation, civil monetary penalties of up to $100,000 for circumvention schemes, civil monetary penalties of up to $10,000 for each day that entity fails to report required information, exclusion from the government healthcare programs, and additionally could result in penalties for false claims. There are ownership and compensation arrangement exceptions for many customary financial arrangements between physicians and facilities, including employment contracts, personal services agreements, leases and recruitment agreements. Our financial arrangements with physicians are structured to comply with the statutory exceptions to the Stark Law and subsequent regulations. However, future Stark Law regulations may enforce provisions of this law in a manner different from the manner in which we have interpreted them. We cannot predict the effect such future regulations will have on us.

Federal False Claims Act and Other Fraud and Abuse Provisions

The Social Security Act also imposes criminal and civil penalties for submitting false claims to the government healthcare programs. False claims include, but are not limited to, billing for services not rendered, billing for services without adequate documentation, misrepresenting the services rendered in order to obtain higher reimbursement, knowingly retaining overpayments and committing cost report fraud. Like the anti-kickback statute, these provisions are very broad.

Violations of the federal False Claims Act are punishable by fines of up to three times the actual damages sustained by the government, plus mandatory civil penalties. There are many potential bases for liability under the False Claims Act. The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 has expanded the number of actions for which liability may attach under the False Claims Act, eliminating requirements that false claims be presented to federal officials or directly involve federal funds. The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act also clarifies that a false claim violation occurs upon the knowing retention of overpayments. In addition, recent changes to the anti-kickback statute have made violations of that law punishable under the civil False Claims Act.

A current trend affecting the healthcare industry is the increased use of the False Claims Act, and, in particular, actions being brought by individuals on the government’s behalf under the False Claims Act’s qui tam, or whistleblower, provisions. Whistleblower provisions allow private individuals to bring actions on behalf of the government by alleging that the defendant has defrauded the federal government. Further, a number of states have adopted their own false claims provisions as well as their own whistleblower provisions whereby a private party may file a civil lawsuit on behalf of the state.

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Further, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) broadened the scope of the fraud and abuse laws by adding several criminal provisions for healthcare fraud offenses that apply to all health benefit programs, whether or not payments under such programs are paid pursuant to federal programs. HIPAA also introduced enforcement mechanisms to prevent fraud and abuse under Medicare. There are civil penalties for prohibited conduct, including, but not limited to, billing for medically unnecessary products or services.

HIPAA Administrative Simplification and Privacy and Security Requirements

The administrative simplification provisions of HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”), require the use of uniform electronic data transmission standards for healthcare claims and payment transactions submitted or received electronically. These provisions are intended to encourage electronic commerce in the healthcare industry. HIPAA also established federal rules protecting the privacy and security of individually identifiable patient health information (“PHI”). The privacy and security regulations control the use and disclosure of PHI and the rights of patients to understand and control how such PHI is used and disclosed. Violations of HIPAA can result in both criminal and civil fines and penalties.

The HIPAA security regulations require healthcare providers to implement administrative, physical and technical safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of PHI. HITECH has strengthened certain HIPAA rules regarding the use and disclosure of PHI, extended certain HIPAA provisions to business associates, and created security breach notification requirements. HITECH has also increased maximum penalties for violations of HIPAA privacy rules. Management believes that we have been in material compliance with the HIPAA regulations and have developed our policies and procedures to ensure ongoing compliance.

Mental Health Parity Legislation

The MHPAEA was signed into law in October 2008 and requires health insurance plans that offer mental health and addiction coverage to provide that coverage on par with financial and treatment coverage offered for other illnesses. The MHPAEA has some limitations because health plans that do not already cover mental health treatments will not be required to do so, and health plans are not required to provide coverage for every mental health condition published in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association. The MHPAEA also contains a cost exemption which operates to exempt a group health plan from the MHPAEA’s requirements if compliance with the MHPAEA becomes too costly.

The MHPAEA specifically directed the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury to issue regulations to implement the legislation. Although regulations regarding how the MHPAEA was to be implemented were issued on February 2, 2010 in the form of an interim final rule, final regulations have not yet been published and interpretative guidance from the regulators has been limited to date.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “PPACA”). The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the “Reconciliation Act”), which contains a number of amendments to the PPACA, was signed into law on March 30, 2010. Two primary goals of the PPACA, combined with the Reconciliation Act (collectively referred to as the “Health Reform Legislation”), are to provide for increased access to coverage for healthcare and to reduce healthcare-related expenses.

On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the requirement in PPACA that individuals maintain health insurance or pay a penalty under Congress’s taxing power. The Supreme Court upheld the PPACA provision expanding Medicaid eligibility to new populations as constitutional, but only so long as the expansion of the Medicaid program is optional for the states. States that choose not to expand their Medicaid programs to newly eligible populations in PPACA can only lose the new federal Medicaid funding in PPACA but not their eligibility for existing federal Medicaid matching payments.

The Health Reform Legislation expands coverage of uninsured individuals and provides for significant reductions in the growth of Medicare program payments, material decreases in Medicare and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments, and the establishment of programs where reimbursement is tied in part to patient outcomes. Based on Congressional Budget Office estimates, the Health Reform Legislation, as enacted, is expected to expand health insurance coverage to approximately 32 to 34 million additional individuals through a combination of public program expansion and private sector health insurance reforms.

Some of the most significant changes will expand the categories of individuals eligible for Medicaid coverage and permit individuals with relatively higher incomes to qualify. The federal government reimburses the majority of a state’s Medicaid expenses, and it conditions its payment on the state meeting certain requirements. The federal government currently requires that states provide coverage for only limited categories of low-income adults under 65 years old (e.g., women who are pregnant, and the blind or disabled). In addition, the income level required for individuals and families to qualify for Medicaid varies widely from state to state. While the Health Reform Legislation will greatly expand the number of adults who are eligible for Medicaid, it may not impact our business as Medicaid generally does not reimburse for care provided to adults treated in freestanding behavioral health facilities.

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Risk Management and Insurance

The healthcare industry in general continues to experience an increase in the frequency and severity of litigation and claims. As is typical in the healthcare industry, we could be subject to claims that our services have resulted in injury to our patients or clients or other adverse effects. In addition, resident, visitor and employee injuries could also subject us to the risk of litigation. While management believes that quality care is provided to patients and clients in our facilities and that we materially comply with all applicable regulatory requirements, an adverse determination in a legal proceeding or government investigation could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Acadia maintains workers compensation insurance coverage on a claims-made basis with a $500,000 deductible per claim. We maintain coverage for general and professional liability claims with a $50,000 deductible and an aggregate limit of $25 million. Certain of our facilities are fully insured with no deductible.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws that: (i) regulate certain activities and operations that may have environmental or health and safety effects, such as the handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of medical waste products generated at our facilities, the identification and warning of the presence of asbestos-containing materials in buildings, as well as the removal of such materials, the presence of other hazardous substances in the indoor environment, and protection of the environment and natural resources in connection with the development or construction of our facilities; (ii) impose liability for costs of cleaning up, and damages to natural resources from, past spills, waste disposals on and off-site, or other releases of hazardous materials or regulated substances; and (iii) regulate workplace safety. Some of our facilities generate infectious or other hazardous medical waste due to the illness or physical condition of our patients. The management of infectious medical waste is subject to regulation under various federal, state and local environmental laws, which establish management requirements for such waste. These requirements include record-keeping, notice and reporting obligations. Each of our facilities has an agreement with a waste management company for the disposal of medical waste. The use of such companies, however, does not completely protect us from violations of medical waste laws or from related third-party claims for clean-up costs.

From time to time, our operations have resulted in, or may result in, non-compliance with, or liability pursuant to, environmental or health and safety laws or regulations. Management believes that our operations are generally in compliance with environmental and health and safety regulatory requirements or that any non-compliance will not result in a material liability or cost to achieve compliance. Historically, the costs of achieving and maintaining compliance with environmental laws and regulations at our facilities have not been material. However, we cannot assure you that future costs and expenses required for us to comply with any new or changes in existing environmental and health and safety laws and regulations or new or discovered environmental conditions will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We have not been notified of and management is otherwise currently not aware of any contamination at our currently or formerly operated facilities for which we could be liable under environmental laws or regulations for the investigation and remediation of such contamination and we currently are not undertaking any remediation or investigation activities in connection with any contamination conditions. There may, however, be environmental conditions currently unknown to us relating to our prior, existing or future sites or operations or those of predecessor companies whose liabilities we may have assumed or acquired which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

New laws, regulations or policies or changes in existing laws, regulations or policies or their enforcement, future spills or accidents or the discovery of currently unknown conditions or non-compliances may give rise to investigation and remediation

liabilities, compliance costs, fines and penalties, or liability and claims for alleged personal injury or property damage due to substances or materials used in our operations, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Competition

The healthcare industry is highly competitive. Our principal competitors include other behavioral health service companies, including UHS. We also compete against hospitals and general healthcare facilities that provide mental health services. An important part of our business strategy is to continue making targeted acquisitions of other behavioral health facilities. However, reduced capacity, the passage of mental health parity legislation and increased demand for mental health services are likely to attract other potential buyers, including diversified healthcare companies and possibly other pure-play behavioral healthcare companies.

In addition to the competition we face for acquisitions, we must also compete for patients. Patients are referred to our behavioral healthcare facilities through a number of different sources, including healthcare practitioners, public programs, other treatment facilities, managed care organizations, unions, emergency departments, judicial officials, social workers, police departments and word of mouth from previously treated patients and their families, among others. These referral sources may instead refer patients to hospitals that are able to provide a full suite of medical services or to other behavioral healthcare centers.

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Employees

As of December 31, 2012, we had approximately 7,200 employees, of which approximately 4,900 were employed full-time. Approximately 300 of our employees, at five of our 44 facilities, are represented by labor unions who are covered by collective bargaining agreements. We are not currently renegotiating the collective bargaining agreements for any of these facilities. Organizing activities by labor unions and certain potential changes in federal labor laws and regulations could increase the likelihood of employee unionization in the future.

Typically, our inpatient facilities are staffed by a chief executive officer, medical director, director of nursing, chief financial officer, clinical director and director of performance improvement. Psychiatrists and other physicians working in our facilities are licensed medical professionals who are generally not employed by us and work in our facilities as independent contractors or medical staff members.

Seasonality of Demand for Services

Due to the large number of children and adolescent patients served, our inpatient behavioral healthcare facilities typically experience lower patient volumes and revenue during the summer months, the year-end holidays and other periods when school is out of session.

Pro Forma Financial Information

This report contains certain unaudited information, including revenue and operating statistics based on revenue, that is presented on a pro forma basis assuming that acquisitions we completed during 2011 and 2012 occurred as of an earlier date. The unaudited pro forma information gives effect to each acquisition as if it occurred on January 1, 2011. Management believes that the pro forma financial information is helpful given the rapid growth of Acadia through acquisitions. The unaudited pro forma financial information has been prepared using the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). The unaudited pro forma financial information is for illustrative purposes only and does not purport to represent what our financial condition or results of operations actually would have been had the events in fact occurred on the assumed date or to project our financial condition or results of operations for any future date or future period. The unaudited pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto elsewhere in this report and the financial statements of Acadia and the acquired companies in other reports that we have filed with the SEC.

Available Information

Our Internet website address is www.acadiahealthcare.com. We make available our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports free of charge on our website on the Investor Relations webpage under the caption “SEC Filings” as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The public may read and copy materials filed with the SEC at the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D. C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-732-0330. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file or furnish information electronically with the SEC at www.sec.gov. Our website and the information contained therein or linked thereto are not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Any of the following risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. These risks should be carefully considered before making an investment decision regarding us. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face and there may be additional risks that we are not presently aware of or that we currently consider not likely to have a significant impact. If any of the following risks actually occurred, our business, financial condition and operating results could suffer, and the trading price of our common stock could decline.

Fluctuations in our operating results, quarter to quarter earnings and other factors, including incidents involving our patients and negative media coverage, may result in significant decreases in the price of our common stock.

The stock markets experience volatility that is often unrelated to operating performance. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock and, as a result, there may be significant volatility in the market price of our common stock. If we are unable to operate our facilities as profitably as we have in the past or as our stockholders expect us to in the future, the market price of our common stock will likely decline as stockholders could sell shares of our common stock when it becomes apparent that the market expectations may not be realized. In addition to our operating results, many economic and seasonal factors outside of our control could have an adverse effect on the price of our common stock and increase fluctuations in our quarterly earnings. These factors include certain of the risks discussed herein, demographic changes, operating results of other healthcare companies, changes in our financial estimates or recommendations of securities analysts, speculation in the press or investment community, the possible

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effects of war, terrorist and other hostilities, adverse weather conditions, the level of seasonal illnesses, managed care contract negotiations and terminations, changes in general conditions in the economy or the financial markets or other developments affecting the healthcare industry. An incident involving one or more of our patients could result in negative media coverage and adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.

We have been and could become the subject of negative media coverage as a result of incidents involving one or more of our patients. If we were to receive such negative publicity or unfavorable media attention, whether warranted or unwarranted, the trading price of our common stock and reputation could be significantly, adversely affected. In addition, we may become subject to increased regulatory burdens, governmental investigations and may be required to pay large judgments or fines.

Our revenues and results of operations are significantly affected by payments received from the government and third-party payors.

A significant portion of our revenues is from government healthcare programs, principally Medicare and Medicaid. For the year ended December 31, 2012, Acadia derived approximately 76% of its revenues from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Changes in these government programs in recent years have resulted in limitations on reimbursement and, in some cases, reduced levels of reimbursement for healthcare services. Payments from federal and state government healthcare programs are subject to statutory and regulatory changes, administrative rulings, interpretations and determinations, requirements for utilization review, and federal and state funding restrictions, all of which could materially increase or decrease program payments, as well as affect the cost of providing service to patients and the timing of payments to facilities. We are unable to predict the effect of recent and future policy changes on our operations. In addition, since most states operate with balanced budgets and since the Medicaid program is often a state’s largest program, some states can be expected to enact or consider enacting legislation formulated to reduce their Medicaid expenditures. Furthermore, the current economic downturn has increased the budgetary pressures on the federal government and many state governments, which may negatively affect the availability of taxpayer funds for Medicare and Medicaid programs. If the rates paid or the scope of services covered by government payors are reduced, there could be a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition to changes in government reimbursement programs, our ability to negotiate favorable contracts with private payors, including managed care providers, significantly affects the financial condition and operating results of our facilities. Management expects third-party payors to aggressively manage reimbursement levels and cost controls. Reductions in reimbursement amounts received from third-party payors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our substantial debt could adversely affect our financial health and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our financing arrangements.

As of December 31, 2012, we had $473.3 million of total debt, which included $300.0 million of debt under our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, $147.7 million (net of a discount of $2.3 million) of debt under our 12.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Senior Notes”) and $25.6 million (including a premium of $2.6 million) of Lee County (Florida) Industrial Development Authority Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2010 with stated interest rates of 9.0% and 9.5% (“9.0% and 9.5% Revenue Bonds”). Our substantial debt could have important consequences to our business. For example, it could:

In addition, the terms of our financing arrangements contain restrictive covenants that limit our ability to engage in activities that may be in our long-term best interests. Our failure to comply with those covenants could result in an event of default which, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of all of our debts, including the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility and Senior Notes.

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Despite our current debt level, we may incur significant additional amounts of debt, which could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial debt.

We may incur substantial additional debt, including additional notes and other secured debt, in the future. Although the indenture governing our outstanding Senior Notes and our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional debt, these restrictions are subject to a number of significant qualifications and exceptions, and under certain circumstances, the amount of debt that could be incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. If new debt is added to our existing debt levels, the related risks that we now face would intensify and we may not be able to meet all our debt obligations.

Servicing our debt will require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate sufficient cash to service our debt depends on many factors beyond our control.

Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our debt, to fund planned capital expenditures and to maintain sufficient working capital will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. This, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.

We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available to us under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility or from other sources in an amount sufficient to enable us to service our debt or to fund our other liquidity needs. If our cash flow and capital resources are insufficient to allow us to make scheduled payments on our debt, we may need to reduce or delay capital expenditures, sell assets, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance all or a portion of our debt on or before the maturity thereof, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our debt on commercially reasonable terms or at all, or that the terms of that debt will allow any of the above alternative measures or that these measures would satisfy our scheduled debt service obligations. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to repay or refinance our debt on favorable terms, it could significantly adversely affect our financial condition and the value of our outstanding debt. Our ability to restructure or refinance our debt will depend on the condition of the capital markets and our financial condition. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations.

We are subject to a number of restrictive covenants, which may restrict our business and financing activities.

Our financing arrangements impose, and the terms of any future debt may impose, operating and other restrictions on us. Such restrictions affect, and in many respects limit or prohibit, among other things, our and our subsidiaries’ ability to:

The Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility also requires us to meet certain financial ratios, including a fixed charge coverage ratio and a consolidated leverage ratio.

The restrictions may prevent us from taking actions that management believes would be in the best interests of our business, and may make it difficult for us to successfully execute our business strategy or effectively compete with companies that are not similarly restricted. We also may incur future debt obligations that might subject us to additional restrictive covenants that could affect our financial and operational flexibility. Our ability to comply with these covenants in future periods will largely depend on the pricing of our products and services, our success at implementing cost reduction initiatives and our ability to successfully implement our overall business strategy. We cannot assure you that we will be granted waivers or amendments to our financing arrangements if for any reason we are unable to comply with our financial covenants. The breach of any of these covenants and restrictions could result in a default under the indenture governing the Senior Notes or under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, which could result in an acceleration of our debt.

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If we default on our obligations to pay our debt, we may not be able to make payments on our financing arrangements.

Any default under the agreements governing our debt, including a default under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, and the remedies sought by the holders of such debt, could adversely affect our ability to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Senior Notes and substantially decrease the market value of the Senior Notes. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flows and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on our

debt, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the instruments governing our debt (including the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility), we would be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such debt. In the event of such default, the holders of such debt could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, the lenders under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility could elect to terminate their commitments or cease making further loans and institute foreclosure proceedings against our assets, or we could be forced to apply all available cash flows to repay such debt, and, in any such case, we could ultimately be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. Because the indenture governing the Senior Notes and the agreement governing the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility have customary cross-default provisions, if the debt under the Senior Notes or under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility is accelerated, we may be unable to repay or refinance the amounts due.

A worsening of the economic and employment conditions in the United States could materially affect our business and future results of operations.

During periods of high unemployment, governmental entities often experience budget deficits as a result of increased costs and lower than expected tax collections. These budget deficits at the federal, state and local levels have decreased, and may continue to decrease, spending for health and human service programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, which are significant payor sources for our facilities. In periods of high unemployment, we also face the risk of potential declines in the population covered under private insurance, patient decisions to postpone or decide against receiving behavioral healthcare services, potential increases in the uninsured and underinsured populations we serve and further difficulties in collecting patient co-payment and deductible receivables.

Furthermore, the availability of liquidity and capital resources to fund the continuation and expansion of many business operations worldwide has been limited in recent years. Our ability to access the capital markets on acceptable terms may be severely restricted at a time when we would like, or need, access to those markets, which could have a negative impact on our growth plans, our flexibility to react to changing economic and business conditions and our ability to refinance existing debt (including debt under our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility). The current economic downturn or other economic conditions could also adversely affect the counterparties to our agreements, including the lenders under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, causing them to fail to meet their obligations to us.

If we fail to comply with extensive laws and government regulations, we could suffer penalties or be required to make significant changes to our operations.

Our industry is required to comply with extensive and complex laws and regulations at the federal, state and local government levels relating to, among other things: billing practices and prices for services; relationships with physicians and other referral sources; necessity and quality of medical care; condition and adequacy of facilities; qualifications of medical and support personnel; confidentiality, maintenance and security issues associated with health-related information and PHI; the screening, stabilization and/or transfer of patients who have emergency medical conditions; certification, licensure and accreditation of our facilities; operating policies and procedures; activities regarding competitors; and addition or expansion of facilities and services.

Among these laws are the anti-kickback statute, the Stark Law, the federal False Claims Act and similar state laws. These laws, and particularly the anti-kickback statute and the Stark Law, impact the relationships that we may have with physicians and other potential referral sources. We have a variety of financial relationships with physicians and other professionals who refer patients to our facilities, including employment contracts, leases and professional service agreements. The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services has issued certain exceptions and safe harbor regulations that outline practices that are deemed acceptable under the Stark Law and anti-kickback statute. While we endeavor to comply with applicable exceptions and safe harbors, certain of our current arrangements with physicians and other potential referral sources may not qualify for safe harbor protection. Failure to meet a safe harbor does not mean that the arrangement necessarily violates the anti-kickback statute, but may subject the arrangements to greater scrutiny. We cannot offer assurances that practices that are outside of a safe harbor will not be found to violate the anti-kickback statute. Allegations of violations of the Stark Law and anti-kickback statute may be brought under the federal Civil Monetary Penalty Law, which requires a lower burden of proof than other fraud and abuse laws.

These laws and regulations are extremely complex, and, in many cases, we do not have the benefit of regulatory or judicial interpretation. In the future, it is possible that different interpretations of these laws and regulations could subject our current or past practices to allegations of impropriety or illegality or could require us to make changes in our arrangements for facilities, equipment, personnel, services, capital expenditure programs and operating expenses. A determination that we have violated one or more of these laws could subject us to liabilities, including civil penalties, exclusion of one or more facilities from participation in the government healthcare programs and, for violations of certain laws and regulations, criminal penalties. Even the public announcement that we are being investigated for possible violations of these laws could cause our reputation to suffer and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, we cannot predict whether other legislation or regulations at the federal or state level will be adopted, what form such legislation or regulations may take or what their impact on us may be.

The construction and operation of healthcare facilities are subject to extensive federal, state and local regulation relating to, among other things, the adequacy of medical care, equipment, personnel, operating policies and procedures, fire prevention, rate-setting, compliance with building codes and environmental protection. Additionally, such facilities are subject to periodic inspection by government authorities to assure their continued compliance with these various standards. If we fail to adhere to these standards, we could be subject to monetary and operational penalties.

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If any of our existing healthcare facilities lose their accreditation or any of our new facilities fail to receive accreditation, such facilities could become ineligible to receive reimbursement under Medicare or Medicaid.

We may be required to spend substantial amounts to comply with legislative and regulatory initiatives relating to privacy and security of patient health information.

There are currently numerous legislative and regulatory initiatives at the federal and state levels addressing patient privacy and information security concerns. In particular, federal regulations issued under HIPAA require our facilities to comply with standards to protect the privacy, security and integrity of PHI. These regulations have imposed extensive administrative requirements, technical and physical information security requirements, restrictions on the use and disclosure of PHI and related financial information and have provided patients with additional rights with respect to their health information. Compliance with these regulations requires substantial expenditures, which could negatively impact our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, our management has spent, and may spend in the future, substantial time and effort on compliance measures.

Violations of the privacy and security regulations could subject our inpatient facilities to civil penalties of up to $81.5 million per calendar year for each violation of the privacy and security regulations as well as criminal penalties.

We may be subject to liabilities from claims brought against our facilities.

We are subject to medical malpractice lawsuits and other legal actions in the ordinary course of business. Some of these actions may involve large claims, as well as significant defense costs. We cannot predict the outcome of these lawsuits or the effect that findings in such lawsuits may have on us. All professional and general liability insurance we purchase is subject to policy limitations. Management believes that, based on our past experience and actuarial estimates, our insurance coverage is adequate considering the claims arising from the operations of our facilities. While we continuously monitor our coverage, our ultimate liability for professional and general liability claims could change materially from our current estimates. If such policy limitations should be partially or fully exhausted in the future, or payments of claims exceed our estimates or are not covered by our insurance, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We have been and could become the subject of governmental investigations, regulatory actions and whistleblower lawsuits.

Healthcare companies are subject to numerous investigations by various governmental agencies. Certain of our facilities have received, and other facilities may receive, government inquiries from, and may be subject to investigation by, federal and state agencies. Depending on whether the underlying conduct in these or future inquiries or investigations could be considered systemic, their resolution could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Further, under the federal False Claims Act, private parties are permitted to bring qui tam or “whistleblower” lawsuits against companies that submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, the government. Because qui tam lawsuits are filed under seal, we could be named in one or more such lawsuits of which we are not aware.

We are subject to uncertainties regarding recent health reform and budget legislation.

The expansion of health insurance coverage under the Health Reform Legislation may increase the number of patients using our facilities who have either private or public program coverage. In addition, a disproportionately large percentage of new Medicaid coverage is likely to be in states that currently have relatively low income eligibility requirements and may include states where we have facilities. Furthermore, as a result of the Health Reform Legislation, there may be a reduction in uninsured patients, which should reduce our expense from uncollectible accounts receivable.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Health Reform Legislation makes a number of other changes to Medicare and Medicaid which management believes may have an adverse impact on us. The various provisions in the Health Reform Legislation that directly or indirectly affect reimbursement are scheduled to take effect over a number of years. Health Reform Legislation provisions are likely to be affected by the incomplete nature of implementing regulations or expected forthcoming interpretive guidance, gradual implementation or future legislation. Further, Health Reform Legislation provisions, such as those creating the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Independent Payment Advisory Board, create certain flexibilities in how healthcare may be reimbursed by federal programs in the future. Thus, we cannot predict the impact of the Health Reform Legislation on our future reimbursement at this time.

The Health Reform Legislation also contains provisions aimed at reducing fraud and abuse in healthcare. The Health Reform Legislation amends several existing laws, including the federal anti-kickback statute and the False Claims Act, making it easier for government agencies and private plaintiffs to prevail in lawsuits brought against healthcare providers. Congress revised the intent

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requirement of the anti-kickback statute to provide that a person is not required to “have actual knowledge or specific intent to commit a violation of” the anti-kickback statute in order to be found guilty of violating such law. The Health Reform Legislation also provides that any claims for items or services that violate the anti-kickback statute are also considered false claims for purposes of the federal civil False Claims Act. The Health Reform Legislation provides that a healthcare provider that knowingly retains an overpayment in excess of 60 days is subject to the federal civil False Claims Act.

The impact of the Health Reform Legislation on each of our facilities may vary. We cannot predict the impact the Health Reform Legislation may have on our business, results of operations, cash flow, capital resources and liquidity, or whether we will be able to adapt successfully to the changes required by the Health Reform Legislation.

We operate in a highly competitive industry, and competition may lead to declines in patient volumes.

The healthcare industry is highly competitive, and competition among healthcare providers (including hospitals) for patients, physicians and other healthcare professionals has intensified in recent years. There are other healthcare facilities that provide behavioral and other mental health services comparable to at least some of those offered by our facilities in each of the geographical areas in which we operate. Some of our competitors are owned by tax-supported governmental agencies or by nonprofit corporations and may have certain financial advantages not available to us, including endowments, charitable contributions, tax-exempt financing and exemptions from sales, property and income taxes.

If our competitors are better able to attract patients, recruit and retain physicians and other healthcare professionals, expand services or obtain favorable managed care contracts at their facilities, we may experience a decline in patient volume and our results of operations may be adversely affected.

The trend by insurance companies and managed care organizations to enter into sole source contracts may limit our ability to obtain patients.

Insurance companies and managed care organizations are entering into sole source contracts with healthcare providers, which could limit our ability to obtain patients since we do not offer the range of services required for these contracts. Moreover, private insurers, managed care organizations and, to a lesser extent, Medicaid and Medicare, are beginning to carve-out specific services, including mental health and substance abuse services, and establish small, specialized networks of providers for such services at fixed reimbursement rates. Continued growth in the use of carve-out arrangements could materially adversely affect our business to the extent we are not selected to participate in such networks or if the reimbursement rate is not adequate to cover the cost of providing the service.

Our performance depends on our ability to recruit and retain quality psychiatrists and other physicians.

The success and competitive advantage of our facilities depends, in part, on the number and quality of the psychiatrists and other physicians on the medical staffs of our facilities and our maintenance of good relations with those medical professionals. Although we employ psychiatrists and other physicians at many of our facilities, psychiatrists and other physicians generally are not employees of our facilities, and, in a number of our markets, they have admitting privileges at competing hospitals providing acute or inpatient behavioral health services. Such physicians (including psychiatrists) may terminate their affiliation with us at any time or admit their patients to competing healthcare facilities or hospitals. If we are unable to attract and retain sufficient numbers of quality psychiatrists and other physicians by providing adequate support personnel and facilities that meet the needs of those psychiatrists and other physicians, they may stop referring patients to our facilities and our results of operations may decline.

It may become difficult for us to attract and retain an adequate number of psychiatrists and other physicians to practice in certain of the communities in which our facilities are located. Our failure to recruit psychiatrists and other physicians to these communities or the loss of such medical professionals in these communities could make it more difficult to attract patients to our facilities and thereby may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Additionally, our ability to recruit psychiatrists and other physicians is closely regulated. The form, amount and duration of assistance we can provide to recruited psychiatrists and other physicians is limited by the Stark Law, the anti-kickback statute, state anti-kickback statutes, and related regulations. For example, the Stark Law requires, among other things, that recruitment assistance can be provided only to psychiatrists and other physicians who meet certain geographic and practice relocation requirements, that the amount of assistance cannot be changed during the term of the recruitment agreement, and that the recruitment payments cannot generally benefit psychiatrists and other physicians currently in practice in the community beyond recruitment costs actually incurred by them.

Our facilities face competition for staffing that may increase our labor costs and reduce our profitability.

Our operations depend on the efforts, abilities, and experience of our management and medical support personnel, including our therapists, nurses, pharmacists and mental health technicians, as well as our psychiatrists and other professionals. We compete with other healthcare providers in recruiting and retaining qualified management, physicians (including psychiatrists) and support personnel responsible for the daily operations of our business, financial condition or results of operations.

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The nationwide shortage of nurses and other medical support personnel has been a significant operating issue facing us and other healthcare providers. This shortage may require us to enhance wages and benefits to recruit and retain nurses and other medical support personnel or require us to hire more expensive temporary or contract personnel. In addition, certain of our facilities are required to maintain specified staffing levels. To the extent we cannot meet those levels, we may be required to limit the services provided by these facilities, which would have a corresponding adverse effect on our net operating revenues.

Increased labor union activity is another factor that could adversely affect our labor costs. As of January 31, 2013, labor unions represented employees at only five of our 44 facilities. To the extent that a greater portion of our employee base unionizes, it is possible that our labor costs could increase materially.

We cannot predict the degree to which we will be affected by the future availability or cost of attracting and retaining talented medical support staff. If our general labor and related expenses increase, we may not be able to raise our rates correspondingly. Our failure either to recruit and retain qualified management, psychiatrists, therapists, nurses and other medical support personnel or control our labor costs could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

We depend heavily on key management personnel, and the departure of one or more of our key executives or a significant portion of our local facility management personnel could harm our business.

The expertise and efforts of our senior executives and the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, medical director, physicians and other key members of our facility management personnel are critical to the success of our business. The loss of the services of one or more of our senior executives or of a significant portion of our facility management personnel could significantly undermine our management expertise and our ability to provide efficient, quality healthcare services at our facilities, which could harm our business.

We could face risks associated with, or arising out of, environmental, health and safety laws and regulations.

We are subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations that:

Compliance with these laws and regulations could increase our costs of operation. Violation of these laws may subject us to significant fines, penalties or disposal costs, which could negatively impact our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. We could be responsible for the investigation and remediation of environmental conditions at currently or formerly operated or leased sites, as well as for associated liabilities, including liabilities for natural resource damages, third party property damage or personal injury resulting from lawsuits that could be brought by the government or private litigants, relating to our operations, the operations of facilities or the land on which our facilities are located. We may be subject to these liabilities regardless of whether we lease or own the facility, and regardless of whether such environmental conditions were created by us or by a prior owner or tenant, or by a third party or a neighboring facility whose operations may have affected such facility or land. That is because liability for contamination under certain environmental laws can be imposed on current or past owners or operators of a site without regard to fault. We cannot assure you that environmental conditions relating to our prior, existing or future sites or those of predecessor companies whose liabilities we may have assumed or acquired will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Our acquisition strategy exposes us to a variety of operational and financial risks.

A principal element of our business strategy is to grow by acquiring other companies and assets in the behavioral healthcare industry. Growth, especially rapid growth, through acquisitions exposes us to a variety of operational and financial risks. We summarize the most significant of these risks below.

Integration risks

We must integrate our acquisitions with our existing operations. This process includes the integration of the various components of our business and of the businesses we have acquired or may do so in the future, including the following:

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Integrating a new facility could be expensive and time consuming and could disrupt our ongoing business, negatively affect cash flow and distract management and other key personnel from day-to-day operations.

We may not be able to combine successfully the operations of recently acquired facilities with our operations, and, even if such integration is accomplished, we may never realize the potential benefits of the acquisition. The integration of acquisitions with our operations requires significant attention from management, may impose substantial demands on our operations or other projects and may impose challenges on the combined business including, but not limited to, consistencies in business standards, procedures, policies, business cultures and internal controls and compliance. Certain acquisitions involve a capital outlay, and the return that we achieved on any capital invested may be less than the return that we would achieve on our other projects or investments. If we fail to complete the integration of recently acquired facilities, we may never fully realize the potential benefits of the related acquisitions.

Benefits may not materialize

When evaluating potential acquisition targets, we identify potential synergies and cost savings that we expect to realize upon the successful completion of the acquisition and the integration of the related operations. We may, however, be unable to achieve or may otherwise never realize the expected benefits. Our ability to realize the expected benefits from potential cost savings and revenue improvement opportunities is subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control, such as changes to government regulation governing or otherwise impacting the behavioral healthcare industry, reductions in reimbursement rates from third-party payors, reductions in service levels under our contracts, operating difficulties, client preferences, changes in competition and general economic or industry conditions. If we are unsuccessful in implementing these improvements or if we do not achieve our expected results, it may adversely impact our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Assumptions of unknown liabilities

Facilities that we acquire may have unknown or contingent liabilities, including, but not limited to, liabilities for failure to comply with healthcare laws and regulations. Although we typically attempt to exclude significant liabilities from our acquisition transactions and seek indemnification from the sellers of such facilities for at least a portion of these matters, we may experience difficulty enforcing those obligations or we may incur material liabilities for the past activities of acquired facilities. Such liabilities and related legal or other costs and/or resulting damage to a facility’s reputation could negatively impact our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Competing for acquisitions

We face competition for acquisition candidates primarily from other for-profit healthcare companies, as well as from not-for-profit entities. Some of our competitors may have greater resources than we do. As a result, we may pay more to acquire a target business or may agree to less favorable deal terms than we would have otherwise. Our principal competitors for acquisitions have included UHS and Aurora Behavioral Health Care. Also, suitable acquisitions may not be accomplished due to unfavorable terms.

Further, the cost of an acquisition could result in a dilutive effect on our results of operations, depending on various factors, including the amount paid for an acquired facility, the acquired facility’s results of operations, the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, effects of subsequent legislation and limits on rate increases. In addition, we may have to pay cash, incur debt, or issue equity securities to pay for any such acquisition, which could adversely affect our financial results, result in dilution to our stockholders, result in increased fixed obligations or impede our ability to manage our operations.

Managing growth

Some of the facilities we have acquired or may acquire in the future may have had significantly lower operating margins prior to the time of our acquisition or may have had operating losses prior to such acquisition. If we fail to improve the operating margins of the facilities we acquire, operate such facilities profitably or effectively integrate the operations of the acquired facilities, our results of operations could be negatively impacted.

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State efforts to regulate the construction or expansion of healthcare facilities could impair our ability to operate and expand our operations.

A majority of the states in which we operate facilities have enacted CON laws that regulate the construction or expansion of healthcare facilities, certain capital expenditures or changes in services or bed capacity. In giving approval for these actions, these states consider the need for additional or expanded healthcare facilities or services. Our failure to obtain necessary state approval could (i) result in our inability to acquire a targeted facility, complete a desired expansion or make a desired replacement, (ii) make a facility ineligible to receive reimbursement under the Medicare or Medicaid programs or (iii) result in the revocation of a facility’s license or impose civil or criminal penalties on us, any of which could harm our business.

In addition, significant CON reforms have been proposed in a number of states that would increase the capital spending thresholds and provide exemptions of various services from review requirements. In the past, we have not experienced any material adverse effects from such requirements, but we cannot predict the impact of these changes upon our operations.

We may be unable to extend leases at expiration, which could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We lease the real property on which a number of our facilities are located. Our lease agreements generally give us the right to renew or extend the term of the leases and, in certain cases, purchase the real property. These renewal and purchase rights generally are based upon either prescribed formulas or fair market value. Management expects to renew, extend or exercise purchase options with respect to our leases in the normal course of business; however, there can be no assurance that these rights will be exercised in the future or that we will be able to satisfy the conditions precedent to exercising any such renewal, extension or purchase options. Furthermore, the terms of any such options that are based on fair market value are inherently uncertain and could be unacceptable or unfavorable to us depending on the circumstances at the time of exercise. If we are not able to renew or extend our existing leases, or purchase the real property subject to such leases, at or prior to the end of the existing lease terms, or if the terms of such options are unfavorable or unacceptable to us, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected.

Controls designed to reduce inpatient services may reduce our revenues.

Controls imposed by Medicare, Medicaid and commercial third-party payors designed to reduce admissions and lengths of stay, commonly referred to as “utilization review,” have affected and are expected to continue to affect our facilities. Inpatient utilization, average lengths of stay and occupancy rates continue to be negatively affected by payor-required preadmission authorization and utilization review and by payor pressure to maximize outpatient and alternative healthcare delivery services for less acutely ill patients. Efforts to impose more stringent cost controls are expected to continue. For example, the Health Reform Legislation potentially expands the use of prepayment review by Medicare contractors by eliminating statutory restrictions on its use. Utilization review is also a requirement of most non-governmental managed-care organizations and other third-party payors. Although we are unable to predict the effect these controls and changes will have on our operations, significant limits on the scope of services reimbursed and on reimbursement rates and fees could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Different interpretations of accounting principles could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

Generally accepted accounting principles are complex, continually evolving and may be subject to varied interpretation by us, our independent registered public accounting firm and the SEC. Such varied interpretations could result from differing views related to specific facts and circumstances. Differences in interpretation of generally accepted accounting principles could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Although we have facilities in 21 states, we have substantial operations in each of Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, and Texas, which makes us especially sensitive to regulatory, economic, environmental and competitive conditions and changes in those states.

At December 31, 2012, we operated 42 facilities, 19 of which are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, and Texas. Our revenues in those states represented approximately 48% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012. This concentration makes us particularly sensitive to legislative, regulatory, economic, environmental and competition changes in those states. Any material change in the current payment programs or regulatory, economic, environmental or competitive conditions in these states could have a disproportionate effect on our overall business results.

In addition, some of our facilities are located in hurricane-prone areas. In the past, hurricanes have had a disruptive effect on the operations of facilities and the patient populations in hurricane-prone areas. Our business activities could be significantly disrupted by a particularly active hurricane season or even a single storm, and our property insurance may not be adequate to cover losses from such storms or other natural disasters.

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We are required to treat patients with emergency medical conditions regardless of ability to pay.

In accordance with our internal policies and procedures, as well as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, we provide a medical screening examination to any individual who comes to one of our hospitals while in active labor and/or seeking medical treatment (whether or not such individual is eligible for insurance benefits and regardless of ability to pay) to determine if such individual has an emergency medical condition. If it is determined that such person has an emergency medical condition, we

provide such further medical examination and treatment as is required to stabilize the patient’s medical condition, within the facility’s capability, or arrange for transfer of such individual to another medical facility in accordance with applicable law and the treating hospital’s written procedures. Our obligations under EMTALA may increase substantially; CMS has recently sought stakeholder comments concerning the potential applicability of EMTALA to hospital inpatients and the responsibilities of hospitals with specialized capabilities, respectively. If the number of indigent and charity care patients with emergency medical conditions we treat increases significantly, or if regulations expanding our obligations to inpatients under EMTALA are proposed and adopted, our results of operations may be harmed.

An increase in uninsured and underinsured patients or the deterioration in the collectability of the accounts of such patients could harm our results of operations.

Collection of receivables from third-party payors and patients is critical to our operating performance. Our primary collection risks relate to uninsured patients and the portion of the bill that is the patient’s responsibility, which primarily includes co-payments and deductibles. We estimate our provisions for doubtful accounts based on general factors such as payor source, the agings of the receivables and historical collection experience. At December 31, 2012, our allowance for doubtful accounts represented approximately 12% of our accounts receivable balance as of such date. We routinely review accounts receivable balances in conjunction with these factors and other economic conditions that might ultimately affect the collectability of the patient accounts and make adjustments to our allowances as warranted. Significant changes in business office operations, payor mix, economic conditions or trends in federal and state governmental health coverage (including implementation of the Health Reform Legislation) could affect our collection of accounts receivable, cash flow and results of operations. If we experience unexpected increases in the growth of uninsured and underinsured patients or in bad debt expenses, our results of operations will be harmed.

A cyber security incident could cause a violation of HIPAA, breach of member privacy, or other negative impacts.

A cyber-attack that bypasses our information technology (“IT”) security systems causing an IT security breach, loss of PHI or other data subject to privacy laws, loss of proprietary business information, or a material disruption of our IT business systems, could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, our future results of operations, as well as our reputation, could be adversely impacted by theft, destruction, loss, or misappropriation of PHI, other confidential data or proprietary business information.

Failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Sarbanes-Oxley, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley. If we are unable to maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting, we may be unable to report our financial information on a timely basis, may suffer adverse regulatory consequences or violations of NASDAQ listing rules and may breach the covenants under our financing arrangements. There could also be a negative reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of investor confidence in us and the reliability of our financial statements. Confidence in our financial statements is also likely to suffer if we or our independent registered public accounting firm report a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

Future sales of common stock by our existing stockholders may cause our stock price to fall.

The market price of our common stock could decline as a result of sales by our existing stockholders in the market, or the perception that these sales could occur. These sales might also make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities at a time and price that we deem appropriate.

Waud Capital Partners, L.L.C. (“Waud Capital Partners”) and certain of its affiliates, along with certain members of our management, have certain demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to shares of our common stock beneficially owned by them. The presence of additional shares of our common stock trading in the public market, as a result of the exercise of such registration rights, may have an adverse effect on the market price of our securities.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, if they were to change their recommendations regarding our stock adversely or if our operating results do not meet their expectations, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish regular reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline. Moreover, if one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrade our stock or if our operating results do not meet their expectations, our stock price could decline.

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We incur substantial costs as a result of being a public company.

As a public company, we incur significant legal, accounting, insurance and other expenses, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. We incur costs associated with complying with the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley and related rules implemented by the SEC and NASDAQ. The expenses incurred by public companies generally for reporting and corporate governance purposes have been increasing. Management expects these laws and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly, although management is currently unable to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. These laws and regulations could make it more difficult or costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as our executive officers. Furthermore, if we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our common stock, fines, sanctions and other regulatory action and potentially civil litigation.

We are party to a stockholders agreement with Waud Capital Partners which provides it with certain rights over Company matters.

As of February 28, 2013, Waud Capital Partners owned approximately 23% of our outstanding common stock. In accordance with the terms of the stockholders agreement among Waud Capital Partners, Acadia and certain current and former members of our management, for so long as Waud Capital Partners owns at least 17.5% of our outstanding common stock, it is entitled to designate the pro rata number of our directors that is proportional (but rounded up to the nearest whole number) to its percentage ownership of our outstanding common stock, subject to the NASDAQ rules regarding director independence, and has consent rights to many corporate actions, such as issuing equity or debt securities, paying dividends, acquiring any interest in another company and materially changing our business activities. It is possible that the interests of Waud Capital Partners may in some circumstances conflict with our interests and the interests of our other stockholders.

We are no longer a “controlled company” under the NASDAQ listing requirements and, as a result, no longer qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.

Prior to our May 2012 equity offering, Waud Capital Partners controlled approximately 57% of the voting power of our common stock. As a result, we were considered a “controlled company” for the purposes of the NASDAQ listing requirements. As a controlled company, we were permitted to, and did, opt out of the NASDAQ listing requirements that would otherwise require a majority of the members of our board of directors to be independent and require that we either establish a compensation committee and a nominating and governance committee, each composed of independent directors, or otherwise ensure that the compensation of our executive officers and nominees for directors be determined or recommended to the board of directors by the independent members of the board of directors. Currently we have only three independent directors, Messrs. Grieco, Miquelon and Petrie.

Following the completion of the May 2012 equity offering, the number of shares controlled by Waud Capital Partners fell below 50% of our outstanding common stock and we no longer qualified as a controlled company within the meaning of the NASDAQ listing requirements. As a result, we are no longer exempt from complying with the requirements noted above. Under the NASDAQ listing requirements, we must have independent compensation committee members and a majority independent board by May 21, 2013. Until such time, our stockholders will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies of which the majority of directors are independent and, if, within the phase-in period, we are not able to recruit additional directors that would qualify as independent, or otherwise comply with the NASDAQ listing requirements, we may be subject to enforcement actions by NASDAQ. In addition, these changes in the board of directors and committee membership may result in a change in corporate strategy and operating philosophies, and may result in deviations from our current growth strategy.

Provisions of our charter documents or Delaware law could delay or prevent an acquisition of us, even if the acquisition would be beneficial to our stockholders, and could make it more difficult for stockholders to change management.

Provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. This is because these provisions may prevent or frustrate attempts by

stockholders to replace or remove our management. These provisions include:

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Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder, generally a person that together with its affiliates owns or within the last three years has owned 15% of voting stock, for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. Although we have elected not to be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that have the same effect as Section 203, except that they provide that Waud Capital Partners, its affiliates and any investment fund managed by Waud Capital Partners and any persons to whom Waud Capital Partners sells at least five percent (5%) of our outstanding voting stock will be deemed to have been approved by our board of directors, and thereby not subject to the restrictions set forth in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation that have the same effect as Section 203 of the DGCL. Accordingly, the provision in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation that adopts a modified version of Section 203 of the DGCL may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of us.

As a result of these provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law, the price investors may be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock may be limited.

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

We intend to retain our future earnings, if any, for use in our business or for other corporate purposes and do not anticipate that cash dividends with respect to common stock will be paid in the foreseeable future. Any decision as to the future payment of dividends will depend on our results of operations, financial position and such other factors as our board of directors, in its discretion, deems relevant. In addition, the terms of our debt substantially limit our ability to pay dividends. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our common stock will be a stockholder’s sole source of gain for the foreseeable future.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2. Properties.

A listing of our owned and leased facilities is included in Item 1 of this report under the caption “Business- Facilities.” We also lease approximately 25,000 square feet of office space at 830 Crescent Centre Drive, Franklin, Tennessee, for our corporate headquarters. Our headquarters and facilities are generally well maintained, in good operating condition and adequate for our present needs.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

We are, from time to time, subject to various claims and legal actions that arise in the ordinary course of our business, including claims for damages for personal injuries, medical malpractice, breach of contract, tort and employment related claims. In these actions, plaintiffs request a variety of damages, including, in some instances, punitive and other types of damages that may not be covered by insurance. In the opinion of management, we are not currently a party to any proceeding that would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Price Range of Common Stock

Our common stock began trading on November 1, 2011 and is listed for trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “ACHC.” Prior to that date, there was no public market for our common stock. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market from the date our common stock began trading until the end of the fourth quarter of 2012:

Stockholders

As of February 28, 2013, there were approximately 147 holders of record of our common stock.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Dividends

We have never declared or paid dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and growth of our business and to repay indebtedness, and therefore we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Additionally, because we are a holding company, our ability to pay dividends on our common stock is limited by restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or make distributions to us, including restrictions under the terms of the agreements governing our indebtedness. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors, subject to compliance with covenants in current and future agreements governing our indebtedness (including our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility and the indenture governing our Senior Notes), and will depend upon our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

The selected financial data presented below for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, and as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The selected financial data for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, and as of December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements not included herein. The audited financial statements for the periods presented have been reclassified for discontinued operations. The selected consolidated financial data below should be read in conjunction with the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The selected financial data presented below does not give effect to our acquisitions prior to the respective date of such acquisitions. On May 13, 2011, the Company elected to convert from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation in accordance with Delaware law.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include any statements that address future results or occurrences. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could” or the negative thereof. Generally, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “project,” “plan” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. In particular, statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance contained are forward-looking statements.

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While we believe these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of our control, which could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to:

Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We do not undertake and specifically decline any obligation to update any such statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any such statements to reflect future events or developments.

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Overview

Our business strategy is to acquire and develop inpatient behavioral healthcare facilities and improve our operating results within our inpatient facilities and our other behavioral healthcare operations. We strive to improve the operating results of our facilities by providing high quality services, expanding referral networks and marketing initiatives while meeting the increased demand for behavioral healthcare services through expansion of our current locations as well as developing new services within existing locations. During 2012, we acquired 13 facilities with approximately 1,000 licensed beds in eight states. At December 31, 2012, we operated 42 behavioral healthcare facilities with over 3,100 licensed beds in 21 states. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we added 281 beds to our existing facilities, and we expect to add approximately 200 beds to existing facilities during 2013 (exclusive of acquisitions).

We are the leading publicly traded pure-play provider of inpatient behavioral healthcare services based upon number of licensed beds in the United States. Management believes that Acadia’s recent acquisitions position the Company as a leading platform in a highly fragmented industry under the direction of an experienced management team that has significant industry expertise. Management expects to take advantage of several strategies that are more accessible as a result of our increased size and geographic scale, including continuing a national marketing strategy to attract new patients and referral sources, increasing our volume of out-of-state referrals, providing a broader range of services to new and existing patients and clients and selectively pursuing opportunities to expand our facility and bed count.

2012 Acquisitions and Financing Transactions

On December 31, 2012, we completed the acquisition of BCA for total cash consideration of $143.7 million, which included estimated net working capital receivables of $0.3 million and excluded severance costs of $0.7 million recorded in transaction-related expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. We used the net proceeds from the December 2012 sale of Acadia common stock and borrowings under our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility dated December 31, 2012 to fund the acquisition. In the BCA acquisition, we acquired three inpatient psychiatric facilities and one psychiatric hospital within a hospital. The facilities are located in Ohio, Michigan and Texas and have an aggregate of 278 licensed inpatient beds.

On December 31, 2012, we completed the acquisition of AmiCare for total cash consideration of $111.5 million, which included estimated net working capital payments of $0.9 million and excluded severance costs of $2.1 million recorded in transaction-related expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. We used the net proceeds from the December 2012 sale of Acadia common stock and borrowings under our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility to fund the acquisition. In the AmiCare acquisition, we acquired four inpatient psychiatric facilities in Arkansas that have an aggregate of 330 licensed inpatient beds.

On December 31, 2012, we amended and restated our existing senior secured credit agreement, to provide a revolving line of credit of $100.0 million and term loans of $300.0 million. We used $151.1 million of the term loans partially to fund the acquisition of BCA and AmiCare on December 31, 2012. We did not borrow under the revolving line of credit to fund the acquisitions and, as of December 31, 2012, had $99.6 million of availability under the revolving line of credit. Borrowings under the revolving line of credit are subject to customary conditions precedent to borrowing. The amended term loans require quarterly principal payments of $1.9 million for March 31, 2013 to December 31, 2013, $3.8 million for March 31, 2014 to December 31, 2014, $5.6 million for March 31, 2015 to December 31, 2015, $7.5 million for March 31, 2016 to December 31, 2016, and $9.4 million for March 31, 2017 to September 30, 2017, with the remaining principal balance due on the maturity date of December 31, 2017. The Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility also provides for a $50.0 million incremental credit facility, subject to customary conditions precedent to borrowing.

On December 12, 2012, we completed the offering of 7,000,000 shares of Acadia common stock and on December 24, 2012, we completed the offering of 1,050,000 shares of Acadia common stock sold pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option that the Company granted to the underwriters as part of the offering at a price of $22.50 per share. The net proceeds to us from the sale of the shares, after deducting the underwriting discount of $6.3 million and additional offering-related expenses of $1.0 million, were $172.8 million. We used the net proceeds principally to fund the acquisitions of AmiCare and BCA on December 31, 2012 with the remaining amount included in our cash balance at December 31, 2012.

On November 11, 2012, we purchased 100% of the membership interests of Park Royal, an inpatient psychiatric facility with 76 licensed beds located in Fort Myers, Florida, for cash consideration of $10.6 million and the assumption of debt with a fair value of $25.6 million. Also, we may make additional payments of up to $7.0 million, contingent upon achievement of certain financial targets over the four-year period ending December 31, 2016.

On August 31, 2012, we completed the acquisition of the assets of Timberline Knolls, an inpatient behavioral health facility with 122 licensed beds located outside of Chicago in Lemont, Illinois. The total consideration of $75.5 million paid for the business and related assets represents total payments of $89.8 million less amounts paid for transactions that were deemed to be separate from the business combination. Additionally, in connection with this acquisition, we funded an employment retention bonus of $1.2 million.

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On May 21, 2012, we completed the offering of 9,487,500 shares of Acadia common stock (including shares sold pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option that the Company granted to the underwriters as part of the offering) at a price of $15.50 per share. The net proceeds to us from the sale of the shares, after deducting the underwriting discount of $6.4 million and additional offering-related expenses of $0.7 million, were $139.0 million. We used the net offering proceeds to fund the acquisition of Timberline Knolls and acquisitions of certain facilities previously leased.

On March 1, 2012, we completed the acquisition of the Haven Facilities with a combined 166 licensed beds at the acquisition date for $90.5 million of cash consideration. Also on March 1, 2012, we amended our Senior Secured Credit Facility to provide an incremental $25.0 million of term loans and increase the revolving line of credit by $45.0 million, from $30.0 million to $75.0 million. We used the net proceeds from the December 2011 sale of our common stock, the incremental term loans of $25.0 million and a $5.0 million borrowing under the revolving line of credit to fund the acquisition of the Haven Facilities.

Revenue

Our revenue is primarily derived from services rendered to patients for inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse care, outpatient psychiatric care and adolescent residential treatment. We receive payments from the following sources for services rendered in our facilities: (i) state governments under their respective Medicaid and other programs; (ii) commercial insurers, including managed care plans; (iii) the federal government under the Medicare program administered by CMS and the Tricare program; and (iv) individual patients and clients. Revenue is recorded in the period in which services are provided at established billing rates less contractual adjustments based on amounts reimbursable by Medicare or Medicaid under provisions of cost or prospective reimbursement formulas or amounts due from other third-party payors at contractually determined rates.

Results of Operations

The following table illustrates our consolidated results of operations from continuing operations for the respective periods shown (dollars in thousands):

Year Ended December 31, 2012 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2011

Revenue before provision for doubtful accounts. Revenue before provision for doubtful accounts increased $194.1 million,

or 88.4%, to $413.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 from $219.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase related primarily to the revenue generated during the year ended December 31, 2012 from the YFCS facilities acquired on April 1, 2011, PHC facilities acquired on November 1, 2011, the Haven Facilities acquired on March 1, 2012, Timberline Knolls acquired on August 31, 2012 and Park Royal acquired on November 11, 2012, which were not included in our results for periods prior to the acquisitions. Same-facility revenue before provision for doubtful accounts for the year ended December 31, 2012 increased by $20.5 million, or 9.3%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily resulting from same-facility growth in patient days of 9.3%.

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Provision for doubtful accounts. The provision for doubtful accounts was $6.4 million for the year ended December 31,

2012, or 1.5% of revenue before provision for doubtful accounts, compared to $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 1.5% of revenue before provision for doubtful accounts. The same-facility provision for doubtful accounts was $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 1.4% of revenue before provision for doubtful accounts, compared to $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 1.5% of revenue before provision for doubtful accounts. The increase related primarily to the provision for doubtful accounts recorded during the year ended December 31, 2012 from the YFCS facilities acquired on April 1, 2011, PHC facilities acquired on November 1, 2011, the Haven Facilities acquired on March 1, 2012, Timberline Knolls acquired on August 31, 2012 and Park Royal acquired on November 11, 2012, which were not included in our results for periods prior to the acquisitions.

Salaries, wages and benefits. Salaries, wages and benefits (“SWB”) expense was $239.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to $152.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, an increase of $87.0 million. SWB expense included $2.3 million and $17.3 million of equity-based compensation expense for the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Excluding equity-based compensation expense, SWB expense was $237.4 million, or 58.3% of revenue, for the year ended December 31, 2012, compared to $135.3 million, or 62.5% of revenue, for the year ended December 31, 2011. The $102.1 million increase in SWB expense, excluding equity-based compensation expense, was primarily attributable to the hiring of additional employees in connection with the acquisition of the PHC facilities on November 1, 2011, the Haven Facilities on March 1, 2012, Timberline Knolls on August 31, 2012 and Park Royal on November 11, 2012. The decrease in SWB expense, excluding equity-based compensation expense, as a percentage of revenue was primarily the result of savings in employee benefit costs and lower SWB expense incurred by the PHC facilities acquired on November 1, 2011, the Haven Facilities acquired on March 1, 2012 and Timberline Knolls acquired on August 31, 2012. Same-facility SWB expense was $133.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 56.2% of revenue, compared to $127.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 58.7% of revenue.

Professional fees. Professional fees were $19.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 4.7% of revenue, compared to $8.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 4.1% of revenue. The increase in professional fees as a percentage of revenue was primarily attributable to the higher professional fees incurred by our corporate office after becoming a public company on November 1, 2011 and higher professional fees associated with the PHC facilities acquired on November 1, 2011 and Timberline Knolls acquired on August 31, 2012. Same-facility professional fees were $7.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 3.1% of revenue, compared to $7.6 million, for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 3.5% of revenue.

Supplies. Supplies expense was $19.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 4.8% of revenue, compared to $11.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 5.2% of revenue. The $8.1 million increase in supplies expense was primarily attributable to the acquisitions of YFCS on April 1, 2011, PHC on November 1, 2011, the Haven Facilities on March 1, 2012, Timberline Knolls on August 31, 2012 and Park Royal on November 11, 2012. Same-facility supplies expense was $11.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 4.8% of revenue, compared to $11.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 5.2% of revenue.

Rents and leases. Rents and leases were $7.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 1.9% of revenue, compared to $5.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 2.6% of revenue. The decrease in rents and leases as a percentage of revenue was primarily attributable to the acquisition of the Haven Facilities, which are owned facilities, on March 1, 2011, the purchase of the property previously leased by Timberline Knolls and the purchase of six facilities that we previously leased during 2012. Same-facility rents and leases were $4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 1.8% of revenue, compared to $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 2.4% of revenue.

Other operating expenses. Other operating expenses consist primarily of purchased services, utilities, insurance, travel and

repairs and maintenance expenses. Other operating expenses were $42.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 10.5% of revenue, compared to $20.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 9.3% of revenue. The increase in other operating expenses as a percentage of revenue was primarily attributable to slight increases in various components of other operating expenses. Same-facility other operating expenses were $24.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 10.1% of revenue, compared to $19.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 9.0% of revenue.

Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense was $8.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or 2.0% of revenue, compared to $4.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 2.0% of revenue. The increase in depreciation and amortization was attributable to an increase in depreciation associated with real estate purchases of $53.2 million during 2012 and the acquisitions of PHC on November 1, 2011, the Haven Facilities on March 1, 2012, Timberline Knolls on August 31, 2012 and Park Royal on November 11, 2012.

Interest expense. Interest expense was $29.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to $9.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in interest expense was primarily a result of borrowings under our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility and interest on the $150.0 million of Senior Notes issued in November of 2011.

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Sponsor management fees. Sponsor management fees were $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, which related to our professional services agreement with Waud Capital Partners.

Transaction-related expenses. Transaction-related expenses were $8.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to $41.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. Transaction-related expenses represented costs incurred in the respective periods primarily related to the acquisitions of YFCS on April 1, 2011, PHC on November 1, 2011, the Haven Facilities on March 1, 2012, Timberline Knolls on August 31, 2012, Park Royal on November 11, 2012 and AmiCare and BCA on December 31, 2012 and the termination of the professional services agreement with Waud Capital Partners, as summarized below (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31, 2011 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2010

Revenue before provision for doubtful accounts. Revenue before provision for doubtful accounts increased $155.4 million, or 241.5%, to $219.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to $64.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. The increase related primarily to the $147.7 million of revenue generated during 2011 from the YFCS facilities acquired on April 1, 2011 and the PHC facilities acquired on November 1, 2011. The remainder of the increase in revenue before provision for doubtful accounts was attributable to same-facility revenue before provision for doubtful accounts growth of $7.7 million, or 12.0%, on same-facility growth in patient days of 13.3%.

Provision for doubtful accounts. The provision for doubtful accounts was $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 1.5% of revenue before provision for doubtful accounts, compared to $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 3.5% of revenue before provision for doubtful accounts. The decrease in the provision for doubtful accounts as a percentage of revenue before provision for doubtful accounts was attributable to the lower volumes of self-pay admissions and bad debts associated with the facilities acquired from YFCS on April 1, 2011. The same-facility provision for doubtful accounts was $2.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 3.2% of revenue before provision for doubtful accounts, compared to $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 3.5% of revenue before provision for doubtful accounts.

Salaries, wages and benefits. SWB expense was $152.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to $38.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, an increase of $113.9 million. SWB expense includes $17.3 million of equity-based compensation expense for the year ended December 31, 2011. This equity-based compensation primarily related to the incentive equity units issued by Acadia Healthcare Holdings, LLC, our former parent company, prior to its liquidation on November 1, 2011. There was no equity-based compensation expense during the year ended December 31, 2010. Excluding equity-based compensation expense, SWB expense was $135.3 million, or 62.5% of revenue, for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to 62.3% of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2010. The increase in SWB expense, excluding equity-based compensation expense, as a percentage of revenue was attributable to the higher SWB expense associated with the facilities acquired from YFCS on April 1, 2011. Same-facility SWB expense was $39.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 56.2% of revenue, compared to $35.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 57.4% of revenue. SWB expense, excluding equity-based compensation expense, for our corporate office was $8.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 as a result of the hiring of senior management and other personnel necessary to facilitate acquisitions and the overall growth of the Company.

Professional fees. Professional fees were $8.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 4.1% of revenue, compared to $1.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 2.7% of revenue. The $7.2 million increase in professional fees was primarily attributable to the higher professional fees associated with the facilities acquired from YFCS on April 1, 2011. Same-facility professional fees were $1.2 million, or 1.8% of revenue, for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Supplies. Supplies expense was $11.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 5.2% of revenue, compared to $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 6.0% of revenue. The $7.6 million increase in supplies expense was primarily attributable to the higher supplies expense associated with the facilities acquired from YFCS on April 1, 2011. Same-facility supplies expense was $4.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 5.9% of revenue, compared to $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 5.9% of revenue.

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Rents and leases. Rents and leases were $5.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 2.6% of revenue, compared to $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 2.1% of revenue. The increase in rents and leases was attributable to the acquisition of YFCS on April 1, 2011 and PHC on November 1, 2011. Same-facility rents and leases were $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 1.8% of revenue, compared to $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 1.9% of revenue.

Other operating expenses. Other operating expenses consist primarily of purchased services, utilities, insurance, travel and repairs and maintenance expenses. Other operating expenses were $20.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 9.3% of revenue, compared to $6.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 11.1% of revenue. The decrease in other operating expenses as a percentage of revenue was attributable to the lower other operating expenses associated with the facilities acquired from YFCS on April 1, 2011. Same-facility other operating expenses were $7.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 10.4% of revenue, compared to $5.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 9.5% of revenue.

Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense was $4.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, or 2.0% of revenue, compared to $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, or 1.6% of revenue. The increase in depreciation and amortization was attributable to the acquisition of YFCS on April 1, 2011 and the acquisition of PHC on November 1, 2011.

Interest expense. Interest expense was $9.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to $0.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. The increase in interest expense was a result of borrowings under our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility on April 1, 2011 and the issuance of $150.0 million of Senior Notes on November 1, 2011.

Sponsor management fees. Sponsor management fees were $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. Sponsor management fees related to our professional services agreement with Waud Capital Partners, which was amended effective April 1, 2011 and terminated on November 1, 2011.

Transaction-related expenses. Transaction-related expenses were $41.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. Transaction-related expenses represented costs incurred in the respective periods related to the acquisition of YFCS on April 1, 2011, the acquisition of PHC on November 1, 2011 and the termination of the professional services agreement with Waud Capital Partners, as summarized below (in thousands):

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Historical

Cash provided by continuing operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $34.3 million compared to cash used in continuing operating activities of $18.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in cash provided by continuing operating activities was primarily attributable to cash provided by continuing operating activities of our acquisitions in 2012 and the improvement in same-facility operations. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, we had working capital of $69.1 million and $71.9 million, respectively. Days sales outstanding as of December 31, 2012 was 39 compared to 38 as of December 31, 2011.

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $524.6 million compared to $225.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. Cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 primarily consisted of $443.5 million of cash paid for acquisitions. Cash paid for capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $27.6 million, consisting of $7.4 million of routine capital expenditures and $20.2 million of expansion capital expenditures. We define expansion capital expenditures as those that increase the capacity of our facilities or otherwise enhance revenue. Routine or maintenance capital expenditures were 1.8% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012. Cash paid for real estate acquisitions was $53.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. Cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2011 consisted primarily of cash paid for acquisitions of $206.4 million, cash paid for capital expenditures of $9.6 million and cash paid for real estate acquisitions of $8.7 million.

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Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $479.0 million compared to $298.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 primarily consisted of long-term debt borrowings of $176.1 million, proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $311.8 million and proceeds from stock option exercises of $1.0 million, partially offset by principal payments on long-term debt of $6.0 million and payment of debt issuance costs of $4.6 million. Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2011 primarily consisted of borrowings on long-term debt of $282.5 million, proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $67.2 million and contributions from Acadia Healthcare Holdings, LLC of $51.0 million, partially offset by principal payments on long-term debt of $5.1 million, repayments of long-term debt of $10.0 million, payment of debt issuance costs of $12.1 million and distributions to equity holders of $74.4 million.

Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility

The Company entered into the Senior Secured Credit Facility, administered by Bank of America, N.A., on April 1, 2011. The Senior Secured Credit Facility initially included $135.0 million of term loans and a revolving line of credit of $30.0 million.

On March 1, 2012, the Company amended the Senior Secured Credit Facility to provide an incremental $25.0 million of term loans and increase the revolving line of credit by $45.0 million, from $30.0 million to $75.0 million. The Company used the incremental term loans of $25.0 million and a $5.0 million borrowing under the revolving line of credit to partially fund the acquisition of the Haven Facilities on March 1, 2012.

On November 9, 2012 in connection with the acquisition of Park Royal, we amended the Senior Secured Credit Facility to allow the assumption of Park Royal’s Loan Agreement with Lee County, Florida through which Park Royal received proceeds from the issuance of county revenue bonds.

On December 31, 2012, the Company amended and restated the existing Senior Secured Credit Facility, to provide a revolving line of credit of $100.0 million and term loans of $300.0 million, which resulted in debt proceeds of $151.1 million. The Company used the $151.1 million of term loan proceeds partially to fund the acquisition of BCA and AmiCare on December 31, 2012. The Company did not borrow under the revolving line of credit to fund the acquisitions and, as of December 31, 2012, had $99.6 million of availability under the revolving line of credit. Borrowings under the revolving line of credit are subject to customary conditions precedent to borrowing. The amended term loans require quarterly principal payments of $1.9 million for March 31, 2013 to December 31, 2013, $3.8 million for March 31, 2014 to December 31, 2014, $5.6 million for March 31, 2015 to December 31, 2015, $7.5 million for March 31, 2016 to December 31, 2016, and $9.4 million for March 31, 2017 to September 30, 2017, with the remaining principal balance due on the maturity date of December 31, 2017. The Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility also provides for a $50.0 million incremental credit facility, subject to customary conditions precedent to borrowing.

Borrowings under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility are guaranteed by each of Acadia’s domestic subsidiaries (other than Park Royal) and are secured by a lien on substantially all of the assets of Acadia and its domestic subsidiaries (other than Park Royal). Borrowings under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility bear interest at a rate tied to Acadia’s consolidated leverage ratio (defined as consolidated funded debt to consolidated EBITDA, in each case as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility). The Applicable Rate (as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility) for borrowings under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility was 3.25% and 2.25% for Eurodollar Rate Loans (as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility) and Base Rate Loans (as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility), respectively, as of December 31, 2012. Eurodollar Rate Loans bear interest at the Applicable Rate plus the Eurodollar Rate (as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility) (based upon the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility) prior to commencement of the interest rate period). Base Rate Loans bear interest at the Applicable Rate plus the highest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 1/2 of 1.0%, (ii) the prime rate and (iii) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.0%. As of December 31, 2012, borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facility bore interest at a rate of 3.5%. In addition, Acadia is required to pay a commitment fee on undrawn amounts under the revolving line of credit. As of December 31, 2012, undrawn amounts bore interest at a rate of 0.50%.

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The interest rates and the commitment fee on unused commitments related to the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility are based upon the following pricing tiers:

The Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility requires Acadia and its subsidiaries to comply with customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants. A breach of any of the restrictions or covenants in our debt agreements could cause a cross-default under other debt agreements. We may be required to pay all of our indebtedness immediately if we default on any of the numerous financial or other restrictive covenants contained in any of our debt agreements. Set forth below is a brief description of such covenants, all of which are subject to customary exceptions, materiality thresholds and qualifications:

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As of December 31, 2012, Acadia was in compliance with all of the above covenants.

12.875% Senior Notes due 2018

On November 1, 2011, we issued $150.0 million of Senior Notes at 98.323% of the aggregate principal amount of $150.0 million, a discount of $2.5 million. The notes bear interest at a rate of 12.875% per annum. We pay interest on the notes semi-annually, in arrears, on November 1 and May 1 of each year, beginning on May 1, 2012 through the maturity date of November 1, 2018.

The indenture governing the Senior Notes contains covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to: (i) incur or guarantee certain debt or issue certain preferred stock; (ii) pay dividends on our equity interests or redeem, repurchase or retire our equity interests or subordinated debt; (iii) transfer or sell assets; (iv) make certain investments; (v) incur certain liens; (vi) restrict our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends or make other payments to the Company; (vii) engage in certain transactions with our affiliates; and (viii) merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of our assets.

On February 11, 2013, we voluntarily issued a conditional notice of redemption to holders of our 12.875% Senior Notes due 2018 that we intend to redeem up to $52.5 million of the remaining 12.875% Senior Notes due 2018 on March 12, 2013 using the net proceeds of our December 2012 equity offering pursuant to the equity claw in the indenture governing our 12.875% Senior Notes due 2018. The 12.875% Senior Notes due 2018 will be redeemed at a redemption price of 112.875% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date in accordance with the provisions of the indenture governing the notes.

9.0% and 9.5% Revenue Bonds

On November 11, 2012, in connection with the acquisition of Park Royal, we assumed debt of $23.0 million. The fair market value of the debt assumed was $25.6 million and resulted in a debt premium balance being recorded as of the acquisition date. The debt consisted of $7.5 million and $15.5 million of Lee County (Florida) Industrial Development Authority Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2010 with stated interest rates of 9.0% and 9.5% (“9.0% and 9.5% Revenue Bonds”), respectively. The 9.0% bonds in the amount of $7.5 million have a maturity date of December 1, 2030 and require yearly principal payments beginning in 2013. The 9.5% bonds in the amount of $15.5 million have a maturity date of December 1, 2040 and require yearly principal payments beginning in 2031. The principal payments establish a bond-sinking fund to be held with the trustee and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amounts of the 9.0% and 9.5% Revenue Bonds on their respective maturity dates. The bond premium amount of $2.6 million has been amortized as a reduction of interest expense over the life of the 9.0% and 9.5% Revenue Bonds using the effective interest method.

Contractual Obligations

The following table presents a summary of contractual obligations as of December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2012, we had standby letters of credit outstanding of $0.4 million related to security for the payment of claims as required by our workers’ compensation insurance program.

Market Risk

Our interest expense is sensitive to changes in market interest rates. With respect to our interest-bearing liabilities, our long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2012 was composed of $173.3 million of fixed-rate debt and $300.0 million of variable-rate debt with interest based on LIBOR plus an applicable margin. A hypothetical 10% increase in interest rates would decrease our net income and cash flows by $0.6 million on an annual basis based upon our borrowing level at December 31, 2012.

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Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. In preparing our financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses included in the financial statements. Estimates are based on historical experience and other available information, the results of which form the basis of such estimates. While management believes our estimation processes are reasonable, actual results could differ from our estimates. The following accounting policies are considered critical to the portrayal of our financial condition and operating performance and involve highly subjective and complex assumptions and assessments: