
	Health Management Associates&nbsp;is a for-profit corporation which operates&nbsp;hospitals&nbsp;and other health care facilities in the southern United States. It is headquartered at 5811 Pelican Bay Blvd. in&nbsp;North Naples, Florida. Its current&nbsp;CEO&nbsp;is Gary D. Newsome. Serving on the board of directors are William Schoen,&nbsp;Pascal Goldschmidt, Donald Kiernan, William Steere, Vicki O&#39;Meara, Robert Knox, Kent Dauten and Randolph W. Westerfield.

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	Health Management Associates (HMA) is an organization that provides people, processes, capital, and subject matter expertise to hospitals and physician practices per their individual needs or governing requirements (1). Additional functions that HMA provides to hospitals and provider groups are to invest capital for renewal of hospital facilities, recruiting of physicians to expand community resources or hospital services, and promote the use standardized best practices throughout HMA facilities.
