Mark Kimbrough | Vice President of Investor Relations |
Samuel Hazen | Chief Executive Officer |
William Rutherford | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Gary Taylor | JP Morgan Chase & Co. |
Pito Chickering | Deutsche Bank |
A.J. Rice | Credit Suisse |
Frank Morgan | RBC Capital Markets LLC |
Peter Costa | Wells Fargo Securities |
Michael Newshel | Evercore ISI |
Ann Hynes | Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. |
Matthew Gillmor | Robert W. Baird & Co. |
Whit Mayo | UBS |
Ralph Giacobbe | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Kevin Fischbeck | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Josh Raskin | Nephron Research LLC |
Scott Fidel | Stephens Inc. |
Steven Valiquette | Barclays Capital |
Steve Tanal | Goldman Sachs |
Anagha Gupte | SVB Leerink LLC |
Matthew Borsch | BMO Capital Markets |
Jesse Klink | Piper Jaffray |
Brian Tanquilut | Jefferies LLC |
Please standby, we’re about to begin. Welcome to the HCA Healthcare First Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. Today’s conference is being recorded. At this time for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to Vice President of Investor Relations, Mr. Mark Kimbrough.