HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) Presents at seventh Annual Wolfe Analysis Healthcare Convention Transcript

Justin Lake
Wolfe Analysis, LLC

All proper. Good afternoon, I suppose, proper? It is 12:00. I need to thank all people for being right here with us. My identify is Justin Lake. I cowl well being care companies right here at Wolfe Analysis. Very excited to have the HCA crew right here. We have got Mike Marks, firm’s CFO; in addition to Frank Morgan, the [ czar ] of Healthcare IR. Admire you guys being right here with us. Perhaps we may simply begin off, Mike, with just a few reflections on the year-to-date constructive, unfavorable surprises and the way you assume the corporate is positioned for 2026.

Mike Marks
CFO & Govt VP

Positive. Once I take into consideration — the general work of the corporate is de facto caring for sufferers, proper? So we at all times sort of begin with that. And once I take a look at the work of affected person care, the outcomes to date this 12 months, together with our developments to the previous on issues like high quality outcomes, affected person security are going properly, and we’re happy with the work and the efforts of all of our scientific groups in that work.

Engagement. So we’re within the individuals enterprise. We’re 315,000 colleagues. We had the nice pleasure of serving 44 million sufferers final 12 months. So the engagement and satisfaction of our staff, our physicians and our sufferers proceed to enhance, and it is an enormous a part of our work yearly. On the individuals aspect as properly, I consider issues like retention and lowering turnover as being actually vital and workforce growth and issues just like the Galen Faculty of Nursing and our doctor residency program. So broadly, on the individuals aspect, we’re happy this 12 months with