NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Health care provider Health Management Associates Inc. said Monday its net income fell 5 percent to $41.3 million in the third quarter as Hurricane Isaac cut down on the number of admissions at the company's 70 hospitals, which are primarily in the Southeastern U.S.

The earnings, of 16 cents per share, compared with earnings of $43.7 million, or 17 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. Revenue rose 18 percent to $1.44 billion.

Without one-time items, including $20.3 million in incentive payments to improve technology and a $23.9 million accounting charge for interest rate swaps, the company would have earned 18 cents per share. That was still short of Wall Street's expectations. Analysts polled by FactSet, who typically don't consider special items, expected earnings of 20 cents per share on revenue of $1.45 billion.