May 21, 2019 / 02:30PM GMT
Benjamin Whitman Mayo - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - Equity Research Analyst of Healthcare Facilities and Managed Care
Okay. I think we're -- okay. Thank you. Good morning and afternoon. I'm Whit Mayo, senior health care facilities and managed care analyst at UBS. It's my pleasure to have the leadership team or parts of the leadership team from Surgery Partners. I have Tom Cowhey, Chief Financial Officer. Dave Doherty is in the crowd. There he is.
Questions and Answers:
Benjamin Whitman Mayo - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - Equity Research Analyst of Healthcare Facilities and Managed CareSo I thought we'd just get right into some questions. I mean Tom, I think when you guys joined the organization within the last 2 years, you identified a number of operational initiatives that you wanted to make, a lot of pain points within the organization, a lot of duplicative costs throughout the organization, a lot of inconsistencies and inefficiencies. And maybe can you just sort of outline what you identified, kind of what correction plans have