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): January 26, 2004

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

    MARYLAND                         1-11316                    38-3041398
(State of Incorporation)     (Commission File Number)        (I.R.S. Employer
                                                             Identification No.)

                          9690 DEERECO ROAD, SUITE 100
                            TIMONIUM, MARYLAND 21093
                                 (410) 427-1700
                  (Address and telephone number of Registrant)

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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

     On January 26, 2004,  Omega  Healthcare  Investors,  Inc.  issued the press
release attached hereto, and incorporated by reference herein, as Exhibit 99.1.


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                                   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.



                                          /s/    ROBERT O. STEPHENSON
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                                          Name:  Robert O. Stephenson
                                          Title: Chief Financial Officer


Dated:  January 26, 2004


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