Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello, and thank you for standing by. My name is Lacey, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Ardent Health Second 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 call over to Dave Sidelow, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. You may go ahead. Thank you, operator, and welcome to Ardent Health's second quarter twenty twenty six earnings conference call. Joining me today is Ardent President and Chief Executive Officer, Dave Kaspers and Chief Financial Officer, Alfred Lumszain. Dave and Alfred will provide prepared remarks, and then we will open the line to questions. Before I turn the call over to Dave, 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 the discussion of certain non GAAP financial measures, including adjusted EBITDA. 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 Dave. Thank you and good morning. I ...