Nicholas Muscato | Chief Of Staff |
Paul Kusserow | President and CEO |
Scott Ginn | CFO |
Chris Gerard | COO |
David Kemmerly | General Counsel and SVP of Government Affairs |
Susan Sender | SVP and Chief Clinical Officer |
Brian Tanquilut | Jefferies & Company, Inc. |
Kevin Ellich | Craig Hallum Capital Group LLC |
Matt Larew | William Blair |
Frank Morgan | RBC Capital Markets |
Matthew Gillmor | Robert W. Baird & Co. |
William Sutherland | The Benchmark Company |
Joanna Gajuk | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Greetings and welcome to the Amedisys First Quarter 2018 Earnings 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. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Mr.