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Health Management Associates, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2008 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

^{Published on 2009-02-06 03:19:48, Last Modified on 2009-02-06 03:20:46 - Market Wire}
 

NAPLES, Fla.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA) announced today that on February 23, 2009 it will report results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008.

HMA will issue a press release after the market closes on Monday, February 23, 2009. At 11:30 a.m. (ET), on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, management will host a conference call to discuss results in further detail. All interested investors are invited to participate in the conference call.

This conference call will also be simulcast on the Internet, and will be distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. To access the webcast, interested investors should go to the Investor Relations section of HMA's website located at [ www.hma.com ] or to [ www.streetevents.com ] . A replay of the conference call will be available on HMA's website.

HMA's mission is the delivery of compassionate and high quality health care services that improve the quality of life for our patients, physicians, and the communities we serve. HMA owns and operates 56 general acute care hospitals, with approximately 8,000 licensed beds, in non-urban communities located throughout the United States. 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.