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HMA ex-employee alleges fraud, sues for wrongful termination

Florida hospital operator Health Management Associates is facing a wrongful termination lawsuit for what an ex-employee says is retaliation for blowing the whistle on alleged Medicare billing fraud, Read more...

Hospital sale drove down HMA (NYSE: HMA) profits

Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA) saw profits drop 17 percent in the last three months of 2010 compared with Q4 2009, the company announced this week. Yet, the Naples, Fla.-based hospital Read more...

Top hospital staffers laid off after bad state survey

A poor state survey may be the reason behind the replacement of the CEO at Lehigh (Fla.) Regional Medical Center, the Lehigh Acres Citizen reports. A chief nursing officer was also laid off. The Read more...

Bert Fish Sunshine Law violation deemed not a crime

After a five-month investigation, Florida state attorney R.J. Larizza determined that the Bert Fish Medical Center board did not intentionally violate the state's Sunshine Law when it agreed to merge Read more...

Health Central narrows pool of suitors to two

The board of Health Central, one of the last independent hospitals in central Florida, has narrowed its pool of potential partners down to two systems--Florida Hospital and Orlando Health--the Read more...

Wuesthoff pays former execs $10M

Not-for-profit Wuesthoff Health System revealed that nine former execs will get $10.6 million in separation pay after its rescue-sale to Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA), reports Florida Read more...

Bert Fish opts for Adventist in do-over

Despite a last-ditch proposal by Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA) to run Bert Fish Medical Center without using Southeast Volusia property taxes by 2020, the New Smyrna Beach, Fla., hospital Read more...

HMA, Halifax Health woo Bert Fish...again

Health Management Associates and Halifax Health have wooed Bert Fish Medical Center with vastly different propositions, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Halifax Health pushed its similar Read more...

HMA sees 40 percent surge in Q3 earnings

Health Management Associates Inc. (NYSE: HMA) saw a 40 percent surge in third quarter earnings, thanks to a 5.5 percent increase in surgeries at hospitals it has owned for at least a year, Naples Read more...

Hospital merger scratched due to 'Sunshine' violations

The Southeast Volusia Hospital District board of commissioners voted to revisit whether Florida's Bert Fish Medical Center should remain independent or join up with a large hospital system, the Read more...

Press Releases

Health Management Associates, Inc. Executes Definitive Agreement to Joint Venture Five Oklahoma Hospitals

NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE: HMA) today announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to joint venture five Oklahoma hospitals. The transaction is Read more >>

Health Management Associates, Inc. to Present at the UBS 22nd Annual Global Healthcare Services Conference

NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA) announced today that its management will present at the UBS 22nd Annual Global Healthcare Services Conference to be held Read more >>

Health Management Associates Names John M. Starcher, Jr. as Eastern Group President

Will Oversee Hospitals across Seven States as Company Growth Continues NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA) today announced that it has named John M. Read more >>

Health Management Associates, Inc. Provides Additional Information Pertaining to Recently Announced General Counsel Resign

NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE: HMA) announced today that it is providing additional information pertaining to the January 10, 2012 Securities and Exchange Read more >>

Health Management Associates, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2011 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA) announced today that on February 13, 2012 it will report results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. Read more >>