Health Management Associates, Inc. Appoints Additional Leaders

Business Wire, August 13, 2007

NAPLES, Fla. -- Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE: HMA) ("HMA" or the "Company") announced today that Lisa Gore has joined HMA as its Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs, a new position created by HMA to advance its position as a national leader in hospital quality and customer satisfaction. Lisa formerly served as Vice President of Quality and Outcomes at Triad Hospitals, Inc., until that company was acquired last month. Ms. Gore holds a BS in Clinical Health Administration from the University of Mississippi and is board certified in Quality, Risk Management, and Case Management.

Ms. Gore has been a member of the Professional Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) of the Joint Commission on Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and is also a member of the Hospital Council of the National Quality Forum (NQF), a consensus-building entity responsible for developing evidence-based protocols that are submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") for approval and endorsement as Hospital Quality Alliance Indicators or Core Measures. In the most recent Core Measure results reported by CMS, the scores received by Ms. Gore's former company were among the highest of all the major hospital systems in the country.

HMA also announced that Douglas (Doug) E. Browning has joined the Company as a Vice President of Operations Finance and Division Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Doug previously served as Vice President and Division CFO of the largest operating division of Triad Hospitals, Inc. He holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Kentucky.

HMA owns and operates general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities located throughout the United States. HMA operates 59 hospitals in 15 states with approximately 8,500 licensed beds.

All references to "HMA" or the "Company" used in this release refer to Health Management Associates, Inc. or its affiliates.

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