Health Management Associates, Inc. to Present at the 2009 UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference
NAPLES, Fla.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Health Management Associates, Inc.(NYSE:HMA) announced today that its management will give a presentation at the2009 UBS Global Healthcare Services Conferenceto be held February 9-11, 2009, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
HMA's management will give its presentation on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The presentation will be webcast live over the Internet via HMA's website ([ http://www.hma.com ]). Listeners are encouraged to go to the Investor Relations section of HMA's website approximately five minutes prior to the event to register and download any necessary media player software.
HMA owns and operates 56 hospitals, with approximately 8,000 licensed beds, in non-urban communities located throughout the United States. HMA's mission is the delivery of compassionate and high quality health care services that improve the quality of life for its patients, physicians, and the communities it serves. All references to "HMA" or the "Company" used in this release refer to Health Management Associates, Inc. or its affiliates.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions and are identified by words such as "expects," "estimates," "projects," "anticipates," "believes," "could," and other similar words. All statements addressing operating performance, events, or developments that Health Management Associates, Inc. expects or anticipates will occur in the future, including but not limited to projections of revenue, income or loss, capital expenditures, debt structure, bad debt expense, capital structure, other financial items, statements regarding the plans and objectives of management for future operations, statements of future economic performance, statements of the assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing statements, and other statements which are other than statements of historical fact, are considered to be "forward-looking statements."
Because they are forward-looking, such statements should be evaluated in light of important risk factors and uncertainties. These risk factors and uncertainties are more fully described in Health Management Associates, Inc.'s most recent Annual Report and subsequent Quarterly Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the heading entitled "Risk Factors." Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of Health Management Associates, Inc.'s underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those currently anticipated. In addition, undue reliance should not be placed on Health Management Associates, Inc.'s forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, Health Management Associates, Inc. disclaims any obligation to update or publicly announce any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.