Aveanna Healthcare (AVAH) 12 May 222022 Q1 Earnings call transcript

Good morning and welcome to Aveanna Healthcare Holdings' First Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded and we've allocated one hour for prepared remarks and Q&A. At this time, I'd like to turn the conference over to Shannon Drake, Aveanna's Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Thank you.

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just Private coming Health quarter of based and you've the guidance, that the revenue side Thank change just particularly Home on of mean you. Can expecting your in second of that in trends the versus you the growth and give us sense a are you now may made I where maybe and as seen composition seeing the on Duty. first the terms well, quarter into in Hospice

Matt, So, a good question. that's

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to able continue that based and will in what we gives your rate do Hopefully, volume volume as be remainder question, that, this rate that of improve follow we will Matt. increases. So I in us of XXXX know through the all that's push answered on, we confidence to

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Thanks, Matt.

Thank you, sir.

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