Health Management Comments on Inaccuracies in '60 Minutes' Report

Health Management Associates

today commented on a report regarding the company on the television program 60 Minutes. According to their report, 60 Minutes conducted more than a year of research and found no issues with the quality of care at Health Management hospitals, stating on the broadcast that "hardly anyone we talked to complained about the quality of care at HMA hospitals." It was also notable that 60 Minutes failed to identify a single patient who had been inappropriately admitted from any of the company's emergency rooms, including by the physicians interviewed. Neither 60 Minutes nor the physicians interviewed identified any admission decision in