Mar 14, 2023 / 03:20PM GMT
Michael David Wiederhorn - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division - MD & Senior Analyst
Good morning. Welcome to Oppenheimer's 33rd Annual Healthcare Conference. I'm Mike Wiederhorn, health care services analyst. It's my pleasure to have HCA Healthcare today. We have Chief Financial Officer, Bill Rutherford; and VP of Investor Relations, Frank Morgan. Welcome. Thank you guys for joining us.
William B. Rutherford - HCA Healthcare, Inc. - Executive VP & CFO
Good morning, Mike. Hello, everyone. Good to be with you.
Questions and Answers:
Michael David Wiederhorn - Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Research Division - MD & Senior AnalystSo some fireside today, there's also a chat box, feel free to place any questions in there as well. So I'll start off with kind of a big picture question here, 2 part. We've had a few months under the belt now in 2023. How should we view trends of the business? And do you think we can use this year as a normalized base to grow off of? That's the first part.