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Surgery Partners, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 11/7/23, at 4:38pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/23   ·   Accession #:  1638833-23-97   ·   File #:  1-37576

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11/07/23  Surgery Partners, Inc.            10-Q        9/30/23   66:6.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.27M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
10: R1          Cover                                               HTML     72K 
11: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    136K 
12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     43K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    123K 
14: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     48K 
                Income (Loss)                                                    
15: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     22K 
                Income (Loss) (Parenthetical)                                    
16: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     82K 
                Equity                                                           
17: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    100K 
18: R9          Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies     HTML    130K 
19: R10         Acquisitions and Disposals                          HTML     34K 
20: R11         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     36K 
21: R12         Leases                                              HTML    106K 
22: R13         Derivatives and Hedging Activities                  HTML     98K 
23: R14         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     45K 
24: R15         Other Current Liabilities                           HTML     31K 
25: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     26K 
26: R17         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     90K 
27: R18         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     32K 
28: R19         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     26K 
29: R20         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies     HTML     73K 
                (Policies)                                                       
30: R21         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies     HTML    109K 
                (Tables)                                                         
31: R22         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     34K 
32: R23         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     63K 
33: R24         Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Tables)         HTML     97K 
34: R25         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     44K 
35: R26         Other Current Liabilities (Tables)                  HTML     31K 
36: R27         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     91K 
37: R28         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies -   HTML     35K 
                Organization (Details)                                           
38: R29         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies -   HTML     35K 
                Schedule of Revenues by Service Type (Details)                   
39: R30         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies -   HTML     52K 
                Schedule of Revenues by Sources (Details)                        
40: R31         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies -   HTML     29K 
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
41: R32         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies -   HTML     28K 
                Schedule of Rollforward of Goodwill (Details)                    
42: R33         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies -   HTML     30K 
                Schedule of Non-Controlling Interests - Redeemable               
                (Details)                                                        
43: R34         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies -   HTML     27K 
                Medicare Accelerated Payments and Deferred                       
                Governmental Grants (Details)                                    
44: R35         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies -   HTML     42K 
                Schedule of Carrying Amount and Fair Value of                    
                Long-Term Debt (Details)                                         
45: R36         Organization and Summary of Accounting Policies -   HTML     43K 
                Variable Interest Entities (Details)                             
46: R37         Acquisitions and Disposals - Acquisitions           HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R38         Acquisitions and Disposals - Disposals (Details)    HTML     54K 
48: R39         Long-Term Debt - Summary of Long-term Debt          HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R40         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     41K 
50: R41         Leases - Schedule of Components of Right-of-use     HTML     51K 
                Assets and Liabilities Related to Leases (Details)               
51: R42         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     27K 
52: R43         Leases - Lease Expense and Cash Flow Information    HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R44         Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Schedule of    HTML     54K 
                Interest Rate Swaps and Interest Rate Caps                       
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
54: R45         Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Narrative      HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R46         Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Schedule of    HTML     42K 
                Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial                 
                Position, Fair Value (Details)                                   
56: R47         Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Pre-tax        HTML     38K 
                Effect of Derivatives on AOCI and Statement of                   
                Operations (Details)                                             
57: R48         Earnings Per Share - Summary (Details)              HTML     62K 
58: R49         Other Current Liabilities (Details)                 HTML     33K 
59: R50         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     33K 
60: R51         Segment Reporting - Schedule of Segment Revenue     HTML     79K 
                and Operating Income (Details)                                   
61: R52         Segment Reporting - Assets and Cash Purchases of    HTML     40K 
                Property and Equipment by Operating Segment                      
                (Details)                                                        
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