“So I would say while it's early, those two things are really giving us confidence that we're focused in the right places and that we would expect some of this improved performance to continue rest of the year.”

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“And again, just really pleased with what we're seeing. We expect this performance to continue and also are scaling some of those efforts across all of our markets. The second driver I would point to is just we've seen continued improvement in operating performance, which includes cost management, which was a really big focus for us last year, but also just kind of fundamentals around operating execution. So the example we gave in our opening remarks just around scheduling. That was a key focus for us to make sure we're creating access points for all of our patients. And year-over-year, after that focus, we've seen an improvement, 12% increase in patient-facing hours. That is happening actually across all of our regions where, again, we've just really focused on core operating improvement. So I would say while it's early, those two things are really giving us confidence that we're focused in the right places and that we would expect some of this improved performance to continue rest of the year. I think to your last question, just around pacing, with the move of Optum Financial into Optum Insight, Optum Health is -- really resembles our risk business in terms of seasonality. So that's really why the majority -- the significant majority really of the earnings will occur in the first half versus the second half. Stephen Hemsley: Krista, thank you. So mostly utilization and the result of management. Operator: Our next question comes from Justin Lake with Wolfe Research. Justin Lake: I wanted to stay on Optum Health for a minute, and I appreciate all the details there. I wanted to make sure the -- first of all, the $1.3 billion of adjusted earnings, is that the right comparable to the guidance of $1.575 billion at the midpoint on an adjusted basis? And then Krista, you mentioned that”