Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the first quarter 2026 Universal Health Services Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 1-1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 1-1 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Darren Larrick, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Thanks, Daniel. Good morning, and welcome to Universal Health Services' first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. I'm Darren Larrick, Vice President of Investor Relations. With me this morning are our President and CEO, Mark Miller, and our Chief Financial Officer, Steve Filton. Mark and Steve will provide some prepared remarks, and then we will open it up to Q&A. During today's conference call, we will be using words such as believes, expects, anticipates, estimates, and similar words that represent forecasts, projections, and forward-looking statements. For anyone not familiar with the risks and uncertainties inherent in these forward-looking statements, we recommend a careful reading of the section on risk factors and forward-looking statements and risk factors, and our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31st, 2025. In addition, we may reference during today's call measures such as EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA net of NCI, and adjusted net income attributable to UHS, which are non-GAAP financial measures. Information and reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to net in...