Filed Pursuant to Rules 424(b)(3) & 424(c)
                                                      Registration No. 333-86034

                             Dated September 3, 2002

Prospectus Supplement
(to prospectus dated June 10, 2002 and to prospectus supplements dated
June 18,2002, June 28, 2002, August 9, 2002 and August 22, 2002)

                                  $330,000,000

                       Health Management Associates, Inc.

         Zero-Coupon Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022 and
           Class A Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes

         This supplement amends our prospectus, dated June 10, 2002, and our
prospectus supplements, dated June 18, 2002, June 28, 2002, August 9, 2002 and
August 22, 2002, relating to the sale by certain of our securityholders of up to
$330,000,000 in principal amount at maturity of our Zero-Coupon Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2022 and shares of our class A common stock issuable upon
the conversion of such notes.

         You should read this supplement in conjunction with our prospectus and
our previous prospectus supplements. Additionally, this supplement is qualified
by reference to our prospectus and our previous prospectus supplements, except
to the extent that the information in this supplement supersedes the information
contained in our prospectus or our previous prospectus supplements.

                             Selling Securityholders

         The following table provides information regarding the principal amount
at maturity of notes owned beneficially by certain of our selling
securityholders, the percentage of outstanding notes held by such selling
securityholders, and the number of shares of our class A common stock each
selling securityholder would own beneficially upon conversion of the entire
principal amount of the notes held by such selling securityholder.

         The table below supplements or amends the table of securityholders
contained on pages 45 and 46 of our prospectus and the table contained in our
previous prospectus supplements. Accordingly, with respect to selling
securityholders previously listed in our prospectus and our previous prospectus
supplements, the information contained in the following table supersedes the
information for each such selling securityholder. The information listed below
was furnished to us by the listed securityholders on or before September 3,
2002. Because selling securityholders may at any time trade all or some of the
notes listed without providing notice of such transactions to us, the table
below may not reflect the exact value of notes held by each securityholder on
the date hereof. The footnotes included in the table set forth on pages 45 and
46 of our prospectus are incorporated herein by reference.




                                                      Principal                        Number of
                                                      Amount at                        Shares of      Percentage of
                                                     Maturity of    Percentage of   Class A Common     Outstanding
                                                      Notes That        Notes       Stock That May   Class A Common
                       Name                          May Be Sold     Outstanding        Be Sold           Stock

                                                                                             
Credit Lyonnais Securities USA Inc.                 $10,000,000           3.0           321,644             *
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.                        10,150,000           3.1           326,469             *
Goldman Sachs and Company                             1,000,000           *              32,164             *
Lyxor Master Fund                                     1,300,000           *              41,814             *
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith                16,810,000           5.1           540,684             *



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* Represents less than 1%.