Mar 09, 2022 / 04:10PM GMT
Gary Paul Taylor - Cowen and Company, LLC, Research Division - MD of Health Care Facilities and Managed Care
Good morning, everybody. Thanks for joining us. I'm Gary Taylor, healthcare facilities and management analyst at Cowen. It's my pleasure to host HCA Healthcare. Most of you know, one of the leading health care services companies in the U.S. with more than 30 million annual patient encounters operating among other facilities, 182 hospitals, 125 freestanding surgery centers.
So this morning, we have Chief Financial Officer, Bill Rutherford; and Head of Investor Relations, Frank Morgan, joining us and both looking super dapper. Thanks for joining us. Hope all is well in Nashville.
Questions and Answers:
Gary Paul Taylor - Cowen and Company, LLC, Research Division - MD of Health Care Facilities and Managed CareI thought maybe I'd start, Bill, with a big picture question. What sorts of changes in care delivery post-pandemic do you think are going to prove to be permanent?
And I'm thinking about how we've seen changes in ER