NAPLES, Fla., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Health Management Associates, Inc. announced today that its senior management will give a presentation at the 27th Annual Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference to be held March 5-8, 2006 in Orlando, Florida.
HMA’s senior management will give its presentation on Monday, March 6, 2006 at 9:50 a.m. Eastern time. The presentation will be webcast live over the Internet via HMA’s website ( http://www.hma-corp.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 is a premier operator of non-urban general acute care hospitals in communities situated throughout the United States. HMA has generated 17 years of uninterrupted operating earnings growth. Upon completion of the previously announced transaction to acquire the 83-bed Cleveland Clinic - Naples Hospital, HMA will operate 61 hospitals in 16 states with approximately 8,628 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.
Contact: John C. Merriwether Vice President of Financial Relations Health Management Associates, Inc. (239) 598-3104
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CONTACT: John C. Merriwether, Vice President of Financial Relations,Health Management Associates, Inc., +1-239-598-3104