Jun 08, 2023 / 03:30PM GMT
Taji Milan Phillips - Jefferies LLC, Research Division - Equity Associate
Okay. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. My name is Taji Phillips. I'm a member of the health care services team here at Jefferies, and welcome to the 2023 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference. Today, we have representatives from Chemed Corporation; David Williams, Chief Financial Officer; and Mike Witzeman, Chief Accounting Officer. Chemed owns 2 distinct business segments: VITAS Healthcare, one of the nation's largest provider of end-of-life hospice care and Roto-Rooter, the leading provider of plumbing, drain cleaning and water cleanup services.
Questions and Answers:
Taji Milan Phillips - Jefferies LLC, Research Division - Equity AssociateSo to go ahead and get started, we'll kick off for the purposes of this conference, we'll focus on VITAS today. Maybe we can start with the state of the union. Can you both give a brief overview of your business model, your history and how you think you're differentiated from other players before we go a little bit deeper?