Edmund Kroll | SVP, Finance & IR |
Michael Neidorff | Chairman & CEO |
Jeffrey Schwaneke | EVP & CFO |
Kevin Counihan | SVP, Products |
Chris Koster | SVP-Corporate Services |
Jesse N. Hunter | Chief Strategy Officer, EVP-Mergers & Acquisition |
Stephen Valiquette | Barclays |
Stephen Tanal | Goldman Sachs |
Joshua Raskin | Nephron Research |
Kevin Fischbeck | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Lance Wilkes | Sanford Bernstein |
David Styblo | Jefferies & Company |
Sarah James | Piper Jaffray |
Matthew Borsch | BMO Capital Markets |
Peter Costa | Wells Fargo |
Michael Newshel | Evercore ISI |
A. J. Rice | Credit Suisse |
Zack Sopcak | Morgan Stanley |
Justin Lake | Wolfe Research |
David MacDonald | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey |
Gary Taylor | JP Morgan Chase & Co. |
Ana Gupte | Leerink Partners |
Good day everyone and welcome to the Centene Corporation 2018 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] And please note that today's event is being recorded. I'd now like to turn the conference over to Ed Kroll, Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations.