Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Waystar First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]

Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Edward Parker, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Unknown Executive

Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining Waystar's First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. Joining me today are Matt Hawkins, Waystar's Chief Executive Officer; and Steve Oreskovich, Waystar's Chief Financial Officer.

This afternoon, we issued a press release announcing our financial results and published an accompanying presentation deck. You can find these materials at investors.waystar.com. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that this call contains forward-looking statements, which are predictions or beliefs about future events or performance.

Examples of these statements include expectations of future financial results, growth and margins. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in these statements.

For a full discussion of the risks and other