HCA Healthcare
Q4 2022 Earnings Call
Jan 27, 2023, 10:00 a.m. ET
Contents:
- Prepared Remarks
- Questions and Answers
- Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Operator
Good morning and welcome to the HCA Healthcare fourth quarter 2022 earnings conference call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to vice president of investor relations, Mr. Frank Morgan.
Please go ahead, sir.
Frank Morgan -- Vice President, Investor Relations
Good morning and welcome to everyone on today's call. With me this morning is our CEO, Sam Hazen; and CFO, Bill Rutherford. Sam and Bill will provide some prepared remarks, and then we'll take a few questions. Before I turn the call over to Sam, let me remind everyone that should today's call contain any forward-looking statements, they're based on management's current expectations.
Numerous risks, uncertainties, and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those that might be expressed today. More information on forward-looking statements and these factors are listed in today's press release and in our various SEC filings. On this morning's call, we may reference measures such as adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. A table reconcile -- providing supplemental information on adjusted EBITDA and reconciling net income attributable to HCA Healthcare Inc.
is included in today's release. This morning's call is being recorded, and a replay of the call will be available later today. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Sam.
Sam Hazen -- Chief Executive Officer
All right. Good morning and thank you for joining the call. We finished 2022, as expected, with pre-pandemic seasonality demand norms driving solid volume growth. Additionally, we continue to see progress with our labor agenda.
These factors helped produce solid earnings in the fourth quarter that were consistent with our guidance. We are encouraged by this outcome and believe this operational momentum should position us well for 2023. 2022 was a tale of two halves, with the first half being more about winding down from the previous two years of intense COVID activity and responding to the resulting challenges. The second half was more about normalization, which included strong demand and an improving labor market.
Once again, I believe our people have demonstrated an impressive capability in the face of these dynamic forces and delivered for our patients, the communities we serve, and other stakeholders. Health care people, in general, are unique, but I believe HCA Healthcare people are even more special. I often refer to them as can-do people. And again, this past year, I think they proved it.