Health Management Associates, Inc. To Present At Lehman Brothers 8th Annual Healthcare Conference

NAPLES, Fla., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Health Management Associates, Inc. announced today that it will give a presentation at the Lehman Brothers 8th Annual Healthcare Conference in Miami, FL on Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. ET. The presentation will be webcast live over the Internet via HMA’s website ( http://www.hma-corp.com/ ).

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 operates 56 hospitals in 16 states with approximately 8,203 licensed beds.

All references to “HMA” used in this release refer to Health Management Associates, Inc. or its affiliates.

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Statements made throughout this release are based on current estimates of future events, and the Company 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