May 11, 2022 / 03:00PM GMT
Kevin Mark Fischbeck - BofA Securities, Research Division - MD in Equity Research
Okay. I want to thank everyone for joining us today. It's my pleasure to be introducing HCA. HCA is the largest operator of hospitals in the country, as well as having a large U.K. operations. Today, presenting, we have Sam Hazen, CEO; and Bill Rutherford, the CFO. We also have Frank Morgan from Investor Relations in the audience as well. So thank you guys for coming.
Questions and Answers:
Kevin Mark Fischbeck - BofA Securities, Research Division - MD in Equity ResearchI think one of the key things that's been a theme here this week has been labor cost. Maybe we just start there. How are you guys thinking about how labor is developing, how developed in Q1, expectation for the rest of the year? And where do you see the labor supply kind of normalizing out?
Samuel N. Hazen - HCA Healthcare, Inc. - CEO & Director
Let me give a few macro observations, Kevin, on what we're seeing and what we're experiencing, and then Bill can give