UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 24, 2003


                        OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.
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               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


         MARYLAND                    1-11316                       38-3041398
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 (State of incorporation)    (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
                                                            Identification No.)


             9690 DEERECO ROAD, SUITE 100, TIMONIUM, MARYLAND 21093
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               (Address of principal executive offices / Zip Code)


                                  410-427-1700
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



ITEM 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On October 24, 2003,  Omega  Healthcare  Investors,  Inc.  (the  "Company")
issued a press release  regarding  its  financial  results for the quarter ended
September 30, 2003.  The Company's  press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to
this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

     The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached
hereto shall not be deemed  "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934  (the  "Exchange  Act")  or  otherwise  subject  to  the
liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in
any filing under the Securities  Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act,  regardless of
any general incorporation language in such filing.



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                            OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.

Dated:  October 24, 2003                    By:    /S/  C. TAYLOR PICKETT
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                                                   C. Taylor Pickett
                                                   Chief Executive Officer



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.       DESCRIPTION

    99.1          Press Release, dated October 24, 2003 of Omega Healthcare
                  Investors, Inc.