Mar 08, 2023 / 02:50PM GMT
Gary Paul Taylor - TD Cowen, Research Division - MD & Senior Equity Research Analyst
You probably know, but HCA is one of the nation's leading providers of health care services with over 180 hospitals and another 2,300 sites of care, surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, et cetera, et cetera, in 20 states and the U.K. Bill Rutherford is the Chief Financial Officer of the company, and thankful that you made it to Boston.
William B. Rutherford - HCA Healthcare, Inc. - Executive VP & CFO
Thank you. Good to be here.
Questions and Answers:
Gary Paul Taylor - TD Cowen, Research Division - MD & Senior Equity Research AnalystI guess I want to start with -- we'll go big picture, and then we'll try to take it down lower. But I think investors are still trying to figure out post pandemic, what is post-pandemic normal look like. Some of the shifts we've seen in care delivery, some sites of care ship, et cetera, sort of what's permanent, what's structural? What maybe got too far kind of what's