Ardent Health, Inc.

Thank you for standing by. My name is Ian and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Ardent Health Partners third quarter 2024 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, again, press star 1. Thank you. I will now hand the call over to Dave Stiblo, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. You may begin your conference.

Thank you, Operator, and welcome to Ardent Health's third quarter 2024 results conference. Thank you.

Thank you, Operator, and welcome to Ardent Health's third quarter 2024 results conference call. Joining me today is Ardent's President and Chief Executive Officer, Marty Bonick, and Chief Financial Officer, Alfred Lumsdain. Marty and Alfred will provide prepared remarks, and then we will open the line to questions. Before I turn the call over to Marty, 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 SEC. 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 and adjusted EBITDAR. Reconciliation of these measures to the closest gap financial measure is included in our quarterly earnings press release, which was issued yesterday evening after the market closed and is available at ardenhealth.com. With that, I'll turn the call over to Marty.