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Health Management Associates Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, May 3
Health Management Associates' CEO Discusses Preliminary Q1 2013 Results Conference (Transcript)
Wed, Apr 10
Health Management Associates' CEO Presents at Barclays Global Healthcare Conference (Transcript)
Wed, Mar 13
Health Management Associates' Management Presents at Citi 2013 Global Healthcare Conference (Transcript)
Wed, Feb 27
Health Management Associates' CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Feb 15
Health Management Associates' CEO Hosts Impending 60 Minutes Segment Conference Call (Transcript)
Fri, Nov 30, 2012 • 2 Comments
Health Management Associates' CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Oct 23, 2012
Health Management Associates' CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Health Management Associates' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Health Management Associates, Inc. CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Health Management Associates CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Health Management Associates' CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 28, 2011
Health Management Associates, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 • 2 Comments
Health Management Associates Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 24, 2009
Health Management Associates Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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Health Management Associates, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Aug 5, 2008
Health Management Associates Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Apr 23, 2008
Health Management Associates Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 21, 2008
Health Management Associates Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Oct 26, 2007

Health Management Associates Launches Management Services Division

Business Wire (Thu, 10:00AM)
Health Management Associates Engages Firms in Connection with Accumulation of Shares by Glenview Capital Management

Business Wire (Jun 12, 2013)
Health Management Associates, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent to Lease Munroe Regional Medical Center

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Health Management Associates to Present at Healthcare Conferences in June

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Health Management Associates CEO Gary Newsome to Retire

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Health Management Associates to Present at Healthcare Conferences in May

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Health Management Announces First Quarter 2013 Results

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Health Management Associates and Florida Blue Announce Formation of Accountable Care Arrangement

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Health Management Associates Chosen by Marion County Hospital District Trustees to Lease Munroe Regional Medical Center

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Health Management Associates, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

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Company Description

Health Management Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries primarily operate general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities. As of December 31, 2009, we operated 55 hospitals with a total of 8,418 licensed beds in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North... More

Sector: Healthcare

Industry: Hospitals

Country: United States

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Wednesday, June 12, 4:54 PM Health Management Associates (HMA) confirms that it's in discussions with advisors, saying that its board has engaged Morgan Stanley and Weil, Gotshal & Manges in connection with the accumulation of shares by Glenview Capital, as well as to consider all strategic alternatives available. HMA doesn't intend to disclose any further developments until it's appropriate. In addition, a committee has been formed to lead a search for potential candidates to replace Gary Newsome, who will be retiring effective July 31. Shares +2.5% AH. Comment! [Healthcare, M&A, On the Move]
Wednesday, June 12, 12:45 PM Midday top 10 gainers: CERE +73%. CTB +41%. SGOC +28%. ULTA +17%. GPRC +14%. SE +10%. UQM +9%. AFFY +9%. AMED +9%. HMA +9%.
Midday top 10 Losers: IQNT -17%. KNDI -17%. CLSN -14%. TELK -12%. RLOG -12%. VRTB -11%. OSH -11%. CBAK -11%. ECTE -10%. CTC -10%. 1 Comment [On the Move]
Wednesday, June 12, 8:30 AM Deutsche Bank is fond of its Health Management (HMA) takeout thesis (previous) and now says "recent management turnover" and the activist agenda of the company's largest shareholder (Glenview, 13D filing) "significantly increase the probabilities HMA's board could put the company in play." $20/share seems like a reasonable figure to DB and based on analyst Darren Lehrich's recent note, Tenet (THC) could be the bidder. HMA upgraded to Buy (PT to $18 from $12). Shares +11.27% premarket. Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move]
Thursday, June 6, 11:35 AM More interesting tidbits from Deutsche Bank's upgrade of Tenet Healthcare (THC +2.1%): Analyst Darren Lehrich (who spoke with management) says THC did not rule out "large-scale M&A (acquiring other investor-owned chains)," fueling some speculation about a deal for Health Management Associates (HMA +0.8%). A nice thought perhaps, but Lehrich says THC noted its recent strategy of "divesting rural assets," something HMA has a lot of. Comment! [On the Move, Healthcare, M&A]
Thursday, June 6, 8:22 AM Credit Suisse puts out a positive note on non-urban hospitals, saying they are "uniquely positioned" for the U.S.'s healthcare reform. The sector has "the potential to reinvigorate growth elements of the rural market strategy that has historically translated to premium valuation relative to urban peers." CS upgrades LifePoint Hospitals (LPNT) to Outperform from Neutral and raises it target price to $60 from $48 vs yesterday's close of $48.64. The bank also ups its price target for Community Health Systems (CYH) to $61 from $55 vs a close of 47.09, and for Health Management Associates (HMA) to $16 from $12 vs $13.60. Comment! [Healthcare, Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, June 4, 12:05 PM Health Management Associates (HMA +0.2%) settles in after the company presented at the Jefferies 2013 Global Healthcare Conference in New York this morning. The shares are active again today amid additional speculation that the company might be back on the bidding block. Bloomberg reported earlier that the retirement of CEO Gary D. Newsome now puts it in the spotlight as one of hottest takeover targets around. Community Health Systems (CYH -0.4%) is widely viewed to be the lead bidder. Comment! [Healthcare, M&A]
Friday, May 31, 1:57 PM Health Management Associates (HMA +4%) move up amid chatter that fellow hospital operator Community Health (CYH +4.5%) might be looking to buy the company. Susquehanna says CYH's continued interest in acquiring assets with scale "implies it would be interested in acquiring HMA in a friendly, non- hostile process" though any deal is unlikely to be happen in the very near term. Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move, M&A]
Tuesday, May 28, 8:02 PM Health Management Associates (HMA) says its President and CEO Gary D. Newsome will retire and a search has begun for a replacement. Mr. Newsome ran the company for about five years, and is leaving to head the Uruguay-Montevideo Mission for the Mormon church in South America. 1 Comment [Healthcare]
Tuesday, May 28, 3:06 PM Glenview Capital claims it does not intend to bid for Health Management (HMA +5.2%), which recently adopted a poison pill apparently in response to Glenview's conversion of its Schedule 13G filing (disclosing a 14.6% stake) to a Schedule 13D. "We wish to clarify that [we] have made no proposals, either to HMA or to any of its holdings," Glenview says Comment! [M&A, On the Move]
Thursday, May 2, 4:15 PM Health Management (HMA): Q1 EPS of $0.13 beats by $0.02. Net Revenue of $1.48B. Shares -2.4% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Healthcare, On the Move]
Thursday, May 2, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: ACLS, ACTV, ADNC, AGNC, AIG, ALSK, AREX, ARNA, ATHN, BBG, BCOR, BERY, BRKR, CBI, CNQ, DNB, DOLE, DRIV, EGO, ELON, ELX, FBHS, FLR, FLT, GEOS, GHDX, GILD, GMED, GTY, HAIN, HI, HMA, HTGC, INVN, KOG, KRFT, LNKD, MKH, MTZ, MYL, NBIX, NFG, NILE, NSR, ONNN, OPEN, PKT, PWER, QLGC, SKUL, SPF, SPWR, SWN, TDC, THOR, TPX, TSYS, TTMI, WTW, WWWW, XL, ZAGG Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, May 1, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: ACLS, ACTV, ADNC, AGNC, AIG, ALSK, AREX, ARNA, ATHN, BBG, BCOR, BERY, BRKR, CBI, CNQ, DNB, DOLE, DRIV, EGO, ELON, ELX, FBHS, FLR, FLT, GEOS, GHDX, GILD, GMED, GTY, HAIN, HI, HMA, HTGC, INVN, KOG, KRFT, LNKD, MKH, MTZ, MYL, NBIX, NFG, NILE, NSR, ONNN, OPEN, PKT, PWER, QLGC, SKUL, SPF, SPWR, SWN, TDC, THOR, TPX, TSYS, TTMI, WTW, WWWW, XL, ZAGG Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, April 29, 10:08 AM Tenet Healthcare (THC +8.5%) moves sharply higher on a pair of upgrades, one from Baird (Outperform from Neutral) and one from UBS (Neutral to Buy). Medicare regulators issued a rule proposing a 0.8% reimbursement hike for hospitals Friday after the bell. Other hospital stocks moving higher in early trading: HCA +8% , HMA +5.9% . Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move]
Monday, April 29, 9:15 AM Premarket gainers: SINA +22%. CPTS +20%. PPHM +8%. NIHD +8%. THC +7%. PBR +6%. HCA +9%. HMA +5%. MCO +5%. RDN +5%.
Losers: NTE -27%. GORO -9%. NBG -8%. RVLT -5%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, April 10, 11:02 AM In addition to Deutsche's downgrade of Tenet Healthcare (THC -4.7%), the firm also cuts Health Management (HMA -16.5%) and Community Health (CYH -4.8%) to Hold as well, citing pumped-up share prices due to overzealous investor enthusiasm for the US health-care overhaul. Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move]
Wednesday, April 10, 9:38 AM Health Management Associates (HMA) plummets 13.2% after yesterday forecasting Q1 EPS of $0.12-0.13, well below estimates of $0.24, and revenue of $1.48B vs $1.77B. HMA also predicted full-year EPS from continuing ops of $0.86-0.95 vs consensus of $0.93 and revenue of $6.8B vs $6.86B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Healthcare, On the Move]

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$HMA - 40% Barchart short term technical sell signal - 20.76% off its recent high - Relative Strength Index 38.39%
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With Obama's election, take a look at hospitals to be strong like $HMA $THC and $CVH http://stks.co/kE6k
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Want To Know What Stocks and Sectors To Own Based on Obama Win? $SPY $DIA $QQQ $HMA $RGR $TSLA $PHM $DHI Check out: http://stks.co/mE7X
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5 Undervalued And Analyst-Endorsed Healthcare Stocks http://bit.ly/OPqPRC $AET $CI $HCA $HMA $UNH @ZetaKap
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From HMA's call (http://seekingalpha.com/a/b7u3): Inpatient volumes down as patients limit time away from the jobs to ensure continued employment.
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mun2000: Talk daily with CEO hospitals profit down,reimbursent from insurance lower also medicare and medicaid lower long term ouch
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HMA - 100% Barchart technical sell signals - 17.21% off its recent high- Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
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