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 29, 2004


                        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 January 29, 2004,  Omega  Healthcare  Investors,  Inc.  (the  "Company")
issued a press release regarding its financial results for the quarter ended and
year ended December 31, 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:  January 29, 2004                    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 January 29, 2004 of Omega Healthcare
                  Investors, Inc.