The management company, by virtue of the HMA, acquires a leasehold interest in the hotel.

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Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: Health Management Associates (HMA), Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), and MedCath (MDTH).

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The sales pitch for HMA's 300 physician-recruiters touts tools like the dual-head nuclear medicine cameras at 36 of the chain's hospitals--and the only Gamma Knife in Mississippi.

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HMA's earnings have climbed for the past 14 years.

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Investor-owned hospitals like those operated by Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH), HCA Holdings Inc. (HCA), Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) and Health Management Associates (HMA) are seeing impressing gains for their stocks.

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Another incentive in the HMA arsenal: choice.

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Not that HMA is without detractors.

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