Income from continuing operations attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012, increased 22.3% to $56.0 million, or $1.16 per diluted share, compared with $45.8 million, or $0.89 per diluted share, for the same period last year. All "per diluted share" disclosures in this paragraph are net of income taxes. The Rural Floor Settlement is intended to resolve all claims that have been brought or could have been brought relating to CMS's calculation of the rural floor budget neutrality adjustment that was created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 from federal fiscal year 1998 through and including federal fiscal year 2011 for healthcare service providers that participated in certain court cases and group appeals.