NAPLES, Fla., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Health Management Associates, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share on HMA’s common stock, payable on August 31, 2004, to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 9, 2004.
HMA is the premier operator of non-urban general acute care hospitals in communities situated throughout the United States. HMA has generated 15 years of uninterrupted operating earnings growth and upon completing its previously announced transaction to acquire the 82-bed Chester County Hospital, will operate 53 hospitals in 16 states with 7,644 licensed beds.
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