Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for standing by, and welcome to Ardent Health First Quarter twenty twenty six Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. Thank you. I would now like to turn the conference over to Dave Styblo, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. You may begin. Thank you, operator, and welcome to Ardent Health's first quarter twenty twenty six earnings conference call. Joining me today is Ardent President and Chief Executive Officer, Marty Bonnick and Chief Financial Officer, Alfred Lumsdain. Marty and Alfred will provide prepared remarks, and then we will open the line to questions. Before I turn the call over to Marty, I want to remind everyone that today's discussion contains forward looking statements about future business and financial expectations. Actual results may differ significantly from those projected in today's forward looking statements due to various risks and uncertainties, including the risks described in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update our forward looking statements. Further, this call will include a discussion of certain non GAAP financial measures, including adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDAR. Reconciliation of these measures to the closest GAAP financial measure is included in our quarterly earnings press release and supplemental earnings presentation, which were both issued yesterday evening after the market closed and are available at ardenthealth.com. With that, I'll turn the call over to Marty. Thank you, Dave, good morning. We appreciate everyone joining the call and webcast. During the first quarter, we built on...