David Castille | Managing Director, Finance |
Paul Kusserow | President and CEO |
Scott Ginn | CFO |
Chris Gerard | COO |
Dave Kemmerly | General Counsel and SVP, Government Affairs |
Matt Larew | William Blair |
Whit Mayo | Robert W. Baird |
Jason Plagman | Jefferies |
Joanna Gajuk | Bank of America |
Dana Hambly | Stephens |
Bill Sutherland | The Benchmark Company |
Greetings. And thank you for calling in for the Amedisys Fourth Quarter 2017 Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.