SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LAWSON PETER M (Last) (First) (Middle) HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. 5811 PELICAN BAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 500 (Street) NAPLES FL 34108 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES INC [ HMA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Vice President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/02/2007
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value								60,515	D
Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	08/02/2007		P		2,500	A	$7.24	16,830	D(1)
Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value								5,477	I	401(k) Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$10.74(2)							05/19/2002	05/18/2008	Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	90,593(2)		90,593(2)	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8.25(2)							05/15/2005	05/14/2011	Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	50,329(2)		50,239(2)	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.91(2)							05/21/2006	05/20/2012	Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	30,197(2)		30,197(2)	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.22(2)							05/20/2007	05/19/2013	Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	45,296(2)		45,296(2)	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.31(2)							(3)	05/17/2014	Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	80,527(2)(3)		80,527(2)(3)	D
Contingent Stock Award	$0							12/03/2007	12/03/2007	Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	21,154(4)		21,154(4)	D
Contingent Stock Award	$0							12/08/2008	12/08/2008	Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	26,524(4)		26,524(4)	D
Contingent Stock Award	$0							12/07/2009	12/07/2009	Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	13,919(4)		13,919(4)	D
Contingent Stock Award	$0							02/20/2011	02/20/2011	Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value	4,761(4)		4,761(4)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares are held jointly by Mr. Lawson and his wife.

2. This employee stock option was previously reported by Mr. Lawson and has been adjusted in connection with the Issuer's recapitalization transaction effective on March 2, 2007. The recapitalization was previously reported by the Issuer in a Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 17, 2007.

3. This employee stock option was previously reported by Mr. Lawson. Mr. Lawson can exercise this option as follows: 20,132 shares on 5/18/05, 20,132 shares on 5/18/06, 20,132 shares on 5/18/07, and 20,131 shares on 5/18/08.

4. This contingent stock incentive award under the Issuer's 1996 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan was previously reported by Mr. Lawson and has been adjusted in connection with the Issuer's recapitalization transaction effective on March 2, 2007. The recapitalization was previously reported by the Issuer in a Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 17, 2007.

Remarks:

	/s/ Gary S. Bryant, Attorney-in-fact for Peter M. Lawson	08/03/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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