Mark Kimbrough | Vice President of Investor Relations |
Sam Hazen | Chief Executive Officer |
Bill Rutherford | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Pito Chickering | Deutsche Bank |
Steve Tanal | Goldman Sachs |
A.J. Rice | Credit Suisse |
Justin Lake | Wolfe Research |
Ralph Giacobbe | Citi |
Brian Tanquilut | Jefferies |
Frank Morgan | RBC Capital Markets |
Josh Raskin | Nephron Research |
Whit Mayo | UBS |
Sarah James | Piper Jaffray |
Peter Costa | Wells Fargo |
Steven Valiquette | Barclays |
Gary Taylor | JPMorgan |
Kevin Fischbeck | Bank of America |
Matthew Gillmor | Robert W Baird |
Good day and welcome to the HCA second quarter 2019 earnings conference call. Today's call is being recorded.
At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to Senior Vice President, Mr. Mark Kimbrough. Please go ahead, sir.