Ross Comeaux | Vice President-Investor Relations |
Wayne Smith | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Tim Hingtgen | President and Chief Operating Officer |
Tom Aaron | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Frank Morgan | RBC Capital Markets |
A.J. Rice | Credit Suisse |
Josh Raskin | Nephron Research |
Brian Tanquilut | Jefferies |
Ralph Giacobbe | Citigroup |
Anthony Makdessi | JPMorgan |
Brad Bowers | Bank of America |
Stephen Tanal | Goldman Sachs |
Good morning. My name is Mike, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Community Health Systems 2019 Q2 Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]
I will now turn the call over to Mr.