NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Health Management Associates, Inc. announced today that on January 25, 2005 it will report results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2005, ended December 31, 2004.
HMA will issue a press release before the market opens on January 25, 2005. At 11:00 a.m. (EST) the same day, management will host a conference call to discuss results in further detail. All interested investors are invited to participate in the conference call.
Event Title: Health Management Associates, Inc. 1st Qtr. Fiscal Year 2005 Earnings Conference Call Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Time: 11:00 a.m. EST Conference ID: 3261952 Call-In number: 877-476-3476
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 HMA’s website located at http://www.hma-corp.com/ or to http://www.streetevents.com/ . A replay of the conference call will be available on HMA’s website.
HMA is the premier operator of non-urban general acute care hospitals in communities situated throughout the United States. HMA has generated 16 years of uninterrupted operating earnings growth and upon completing the previously announced transaction to acquire the 312-bed Bon Secours Venice Hospital, 212- bed Bon Secours St. Joseph’s Hospital, and the 133-bed Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital will operate 56 hospitals in 16 states with approximately 8,233 licensed beds.
All references to “HMA” used in this release refer to Health Management Associates, Inc. or its affiliates.
Certain statements contained in this release, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “expects,” and words of similar import, constitute “forward- looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may include projections of revenues, income or loss, capital expenditures, capital structure, or 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.
Statements made throughout this release are based on current estimates of future events, and HMA has no obligation to update or correct these estimates. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially as a result of these various factors.
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CONTACT: John C. Merriwether, Vice President of Financial Relations,Health Management Associates, Inc., +1-239-598-3104
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