HEALTHSOUTH CORP
10-Q, 1997-11-14
SPECIALTY OUTPATIENT FACILITIES, NEC
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-Q


(Mark One)

     [X]  Quarterly  report  pursuant  to Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
          Exchange  Act of 1934 for the  quarterly  period ended  September  30,
          1997; or

     [ ]  Transition  report  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition  period from  ____________  to
          _____________.

     Commission File Number 1-10315

                            HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


          Delaware                                             63-0860407
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                             Identification No.)


               ONE HEALTHSOUTH PARKWAY, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35243
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                                   (Zip Code)

                                 (205) 967-7116
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  Registrant  (1) has filed all Reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  and Exchange Act
of 1934  during the  preceding  12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the
Registrant was required to file such Reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                                    YES X NO

     Indicate the number of shares  outstanding of each of the issuer's  classes
of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

        Class                                   Outstanding at November 10, 1997
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE                         393,640,782 SHARES
    $.01 PER SHARE


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                    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                          QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

                                      INDEX

PART 1 -- FINANCIAL INFORMATION

                                                                            Page
Item 1.  Financial Statements

          Consolidated   Balance   Sheets  --   September   30,  1997
          (Unaudited) and December 31, 1996                                    3

          Consolidated  Statements  of  Income  (Unaudited)  -- Three
          Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 1997 and 1996             5

          Consolidated  Statements of Cash Flows  (Unaudited) -- Nine
          Months Ended September 30, 1997 and 1996                             6

          Notes to Consolidated  Financial Statements  (Unaudited) --
          Three Months and Nine Months Ended  September  30, 1997 and
          1996                                                                 8

Item 2.
          Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
          and Results of Operations                                           12

PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION

Item 2.   Changes in Securities                                               16

Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                    16


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PART I -- FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      SEPTEMBER 30,               DECEMBER 31,
                                                                          1997                        1996
                                                                    ----------------           ----------------
                                                                      (Unaudited)
<S>                                                                 <C>                        <C>            
ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS
     Cash and cash equivalents                                      $       189,408            $       150,071
     Other marketable securities                                              3,639                      3,760
     Accounts receivable                                                    659,415                    540,389
     Inventories, prepaid expenses, and
          other current assets                                              224,478                    175,582
     Deferred income taxes                                                   19,514                     15,238
                                                                    ----------------           ----------------

                                       TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS               1,096,454                    885,040

OTHER ASSETS                                                                114,517                     85,412

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT--NET                                        1,659,300                  1,464,833

INTANGIBLE ASSETS--NET                                                    1,379,500                  1,094,421
                                                                    ----------------
                                                                                               ----------------

                                               TOTAL ASSETS         $     4,249,771            $     3,529,706
                                                                    ================           ================
</TABLE>

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                    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                     CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               SEPTEMBER 30,               DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                   1997                        1996
                                                                            ------------------           -----------------
                                                                                (Unaudited)
<S>                                                                         <C>                          <C>             
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES
     Accounts payable                                                       $          97,158            $        116,451
     Salaries and wages payable                                                        67,774                      67,793
     Accrued interest payable and other liabilities                                    98,155                      99,118
     Current portion of long-term debt                                                 40,220                      47,089
                                                                            ------------------           -----------------

                                          TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES                   303,307                     330,451

LONG-TERM DEBT                                                                      1,882,466                   1,513,054

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES                                                                  43,862                      41,850

OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES                                                             2,655                       3,558

DEFERRED REVENUE                                                                           16                         406

MINORITY INTERESTS--LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS                                               80,054                      71,286

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
     Preferred Stock, $.10 par value--1,500,000
          shares authorized; issued and outstanding--
          none                                                                              0                           0
     Common Stock, $.01 par value--500,000,000
          shares authorized; 341,326,000 and 326,492,000
          shares issued at September 30, 1997 and
          December 31, 1996, respectively                                               3,413                       3,265
     Additional paid-in capital                                                     1,197,230                   1,060,012
     Retained earnings                                                                754,754                     525,718
     Treasury stock                                                                      (323)                       (323)
     Receivable from Employee Stock Ownership Plan                                    (12,247)                    (14,148)
     Notes receivable from stockholders                                                (5,416)                     (5,423)
                                                                            ------------------           -----------------

                                         TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                 1,937,411                   1,569,101
                                                                            ------------------           -----------------

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                                  $       4,249,771            $      3,529,706
                                                                            ==================           =================
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes.


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                    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                        CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
              (UNAUDITED - IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE DATA)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              THREE MONTHS ENDED                       NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                SEPTEMBER 30,                            SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                  ---------------------------------------   --------------------------------------
                                                                1997                1996                 1997                1996
                                                  -------------------  ------------------   ------------------  ------------------
<S>                                               <C>                  <C>                  <C>                 <C>              
Revenues                                          $          748,370   $         651,742    $       2,163,018   $       1,892,745

Operating unit expenses                                      464,143             419,924            1,354,082           1,233,950
Corporate general and administrative expenses                 19,568              18,598               55,926              56,405
Provision for doubtful accounts                               19,023              15,151               51,811              43,504
Depreciation and amortization                                 63,743              53,902              181,259             150,858
Merger costs                                                       0               5,513               15,875              34,452
Interest expense                                              27,765              23,645               81,180              72,848
Interest income                                               (1,439)               (995)              (3,761)             (4,513)
                                                  -------------------  ------------------   ------------------  ------------------
                                                             592,803             535,738            1,736,372           1,587,504
                                                  -------------------  ------------------   ------------------  ------------------
Income before income taxes and
     minority interests                                      155,567             116,004              426,646             305,241
Provision for income taxes                                    52,882              39,012              145,347             101,486
                                                  -------------------  ------------------   ------------------  ------------------
Income before minority interests                             102,685              76,992              281,299             203,755
Minority interests                                           (16,766)            (13,511)             (49,481)            (38,608)
                                                  -------------------  ------------------   ------------------  ------------------

     Net income                                   $           85,919   $          63,481    $         231,818   $         165,147
                                                  ===================  ==================   ==================  ==================


Weighted average common and common
     equivalent shares outstanding                           356,802             342,045              351,740             342,022
                                                  ===================  ==================   ==================  ==================

Net income per common and common
     equivalent share                             $             0.24   $            0.19    $            0.66   $            0.48
                                                  ===================  ==================   ==================  ==================

Net income per common share --
     assuming full dilution                       $             0.24   $            0.18    $            0.65   $            0.48
                                                  ===================  ==================   ==================  ==================
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.


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                    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                           (UNAUDITED - IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                  NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                                     SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                                                     --------------------------------------------
                                                                                            1997                    1996
                                                                                     -------------------    ---------------------
<S>                                                                                           <C>                      <C>      
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
   Net income                                                                                 $ 231,818                $ 165,147
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
      cash provided by operating activities:
        Depreciation and amortization                                                           181,259                  150,858
        Provision for doubtful accounts                                                          51,811                   43,504
        Income applicable to minority interests of
           limited partnerships                                                                  49,481                   38,608
        Merger costs                                                                             15,875                   34,452
        Provision for deferred income taxes                                                       9,614                    2,370
        Provision for deferred revenue                                                             (390)                    (928)
        Changes  in  operating  assets  and  liabilities,   net  of  effects  of
           acquisitions:
              Accounts receivable                                                              (150,138)                (127,191)
              Inventories, prepaid expenses and other current
                 assets                                                                         (47,379)                  42,254
              Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                             (72,247)                 (75,508)
                                                                                     -------------------    ---------------------

                                                                NET CASH PROVIDED BY
                                                                OPERATING ACTIVITIES            269,704                  273,566
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
   Purchases of property, plant and equipment                                                  (262,110)                (132,629)
   Additions to intangible assets, net of effects of
      acquisitions                                                                              (66,641)                (140,140)
   Assets obtained through acquisitions, net of liabilities
      assumed                                                                                  (234,394)                 (87,142)
   Cash obtained through immaterial pooling of interests                                              0                    7,534
   Changes in other assets                                                                      (25,849)                  (5,187)
   Proceeds received on sale of other marketable
      securities                                                                                    260                      292
   Investments in other marketable securities                                                      (139)                       0
                                                                                     -------------------    ---------------------

                                               NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES           (588,873)                (357,272)
</TABLE>


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                    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
                           (UNAUDITED - IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                  NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                                     SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                                                     --------------------------------------------
                                                                                            1997                    1996
                                                                                     -------------------    ---------------------
<S>                                                                                            <C>                      <C>      
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
   Proceeds from borrowings                                                                     569,978                  178,402
   Principal payments on long-term debt and leases                                             (184,256)                (110,614)
   Proceeds from exercise of options                                                             22,366                   24,897
   Purchase of treasury stock                                                                         0                   (1,215)
   Reduction in receivable from Employee Stock
      Ownership Plan                                                                              1,901                    1,738
   Decrease in loans to stockholders                                                                  7                    1,091
   Dividends paid                                                                                     0                     (857)
   Proceeds from investment by minority interests                                                   557                      517
   Payment of cash distributions to limited partners                                            (52,047)                 (37,925)
                                                                                     -------------------    ---------------------

                                                              NET CASH PROVIDED FROM
                                                                FINANCING ACTIVITIES            358,506                   56,034
                                                                                     -------------------    ---------------------

                                                     INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND
                                                                    CASH EQUIVALENTS             39,337                  (27,672)

   Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                                             150,071                  151,812
                                                                                     -------------------    ---------------------

                                                           CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
                                                                    AT END OF PERIOD          $ 189,408                $ 124,140
                                                                                     ===================    =====================

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
  Cash paid during the year for:
      Interest                                                                                 $ 77,237                 $ 60,288
      Income taxes                                                                              106,699                   66,976

   Non-cash financing activities:
      The holders of the Company's $115,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
      5% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2001 surrendered the Debentures
      for  conversion  into  approximately  12,226,000  shares of the  Company's
      Common Stock at various dates during 1997.
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes.


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                    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

         THREE MONTHS AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND 1996


NOTE  1  --     The accompanying  consolidated  financial statements include the
                accounts of  HEALTHSOUTH  Corporation  (the  "Company")  and its
                subsidiaries.  This  information  should be read in  conjunction
                with the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal
                year ended December 31, 1996, as amended, and its Current Report
                on  Form  8-K  filed  August  26,  1997,   as  amended.   It  is
                management's   opinion   that  the   accompanying   consolidated
                financial  statements  reflect all adjustments (which are normal
                recurring adjustments,  except as otherwise indicated) necessary
                for a fair  presentation  of the results for the interim  period
                and the comparable period presented.

NOTE  2  --     During 1995,  the Company  entered into a Credit  Agreement with
                NationsBank,  N.A. ("NationsBank") and other participating banks
                (the   "1995   Credit   Agreement")   which   consisted   of   a
                $1,000,000,000 revolving credit facility. On April 18, 1996, the
                Company  amended  and  restated  the 1995  Credit  Agreement  to
                increase  the  size  of  the   revolving   credit   facility  to
                $1,250,000,000 (the "1996 Credit  Agreement").  Interest is paid
                based on LIBOR plus a  predetermined  margin,  a base  rate,  or
                competitively  bid  rates  from  the  participating  banks.  The
                Company is  required  to pay a fee on the unused  portion of the
                revolving credit facility ranging from 0.08% to 0.25%, depending
                on certain  defined ratios.  The principal  amount is payable in
                full on March 31, 2001. The Company  provided a negative  pledge
                on all assets under the 1996 Credit  Agreement,  and the lenders
                released the first priority  security  interest in all shares of
                stock of the Company's  subsidiaries and rights and interests in
                the  Company's  controlled  partnerships  which had been granted
                under  the  1995  Credit  Agreement.   In  connection  with  the
                acquisition of Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corporation (see Note 10),
                the Company  obtained a commitment  from  NationsBank,  N.A. and
                nine  other  banks  for  a  $1,250,000,000  Senior  Bridge  Loan
                Facility  on  substantially  the same  terms as the 1996  Credit
                Agreement.  In  addition,  NationsBank,  N.A.  has  provided the
                Company with a $500,000,000  interim  revolving  credit facility
                for working capital purposes on substantially  the same terms as
                the 1996  Credit  Agreement,  pending  the closing of the Senior
                Bridge Loan Facility. The Senior Bridge Loan Facility was closed
                on October  22,  1997,  and all  amounts  outstanding  under the
                interim  credit  facility  were repaid from  proceeds  under the
                Senior Bridge Loan Facility on October 30, 1997.

                On March 24, 1994,  the Company  issued  $250,000,000  principal
                amount of 9.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2001 (the "Notes").
                Interest  is  payable  on April 1 and  October  1. The Notes are
                senior subordinated obligations of the Company and, as such, are
                subordinated  to all existing and future senior  indebtedness of
                the  Company.  Also  on  March  24,  1994,  the  Company  issued
                $100,000,000  principal  amount of 5%  Convertible  Subordinated
                Debentures   due  2001  (the   "Convertible   Debentures").   An
                additional   $15,000,000   principal   amount   of   Convertible
                Debentures  was  issued  in April  1994 to  cover  underwriters'
                overallotments. The Convertible Debentures were convertible into
                Common  Stock of the  Company  at the  option of the holder at a
                conversion  price of $9.406 per share,  subject to adjustment in
                certain  events.  As of  April  1,  1997,  the  holders  of  the
                Convertible  Debentures  surrendered  substantially  all  of the
                Convertible   Debentures  for  conversion   into   approximately
                12,226,000  shares  of  the  Company's  Common  Stock.  The  net
                proceeds  from  the  issuance  of  the  Notes  and   Convertible
                Debentures  were used by the  Company  to pay down  indebtedness
                outstanding under its other existing credit facilities.

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                At September  30, 1997,  and December 31, 1996,  long-term  debt
                consisted of the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         September 30,          December 31,
                                                                             1997                  1996
                                                                       -----------------     -----------------
                                                                                   (in thousands)
<S>                                                                          <C>                   <C>       
                 Advances under the $1,250,000,000 1996
                      Credit Agreement                                       $1,235,000            $  995,000
                 Advances under the $500,000,000 interim
                      revolving credit facility                                 295,000                     0
                 9.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2001                        250,000               250,000
                 5% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2001                      0               115,000
                 Other long-term debt                                           142,686               200,143
                                                                       -----------------     -----------------
                                                                              1,922,686             1,560,143
                 Less amounts due within one year                                40,220                47,089
                                                                       -----------------     -----------------
                                                                             $1,882,466            $1,513,054
                                                                       =================     =================
</TABLE>


NOTE  3  --     On March 3, 1997,  the Company  consummated  the  acquisition of
                Health Images, Inc. ("Health Images") in a transaction accounted
                for  as a  pooling  of  interests.  Accordingly,  the  Company's
                historical  financial  statements  for all periods  prior to the
                effective  date of the merger have been  restated to include the
                results of Health  Images.  In the  transaction,  Health  Images
                stockholders  received  approximately  10,343,000  shares of the
                Company's Common Stock. At the time of the merger, Health Images
                operated 49 freestanding diagnostic centers in 13 states and six
                in the United Kingdom.

                Costs  and  expenses  of  $15,875,000,   primarily  representing
                accounting,  legal and financial advisory services,  incurred by
                the  Company in  connection  with the merger  were  recorded  in
                operations  during  the  quarter  ending  March  31,  1997,  and
                reported  as  Merger  Costs  in  the  accompanying  consolidated
                statements of income.  The effects of conforming  the accounting
                policies of the Company and Health Images were not material.

                During  1996,  the  Company   consummated   the  acquisition  of
                ReadiCare,  Inc. ("ReadiCare") in a transaction accounted for as
                a pooling of interests.  Prior to the merger, ReadiCare reported
                on a fiscal year ending on February 28. Accordingly, at the time
                of the merger, the historical  financial statements of ReadiCare
                were  recast to a November  30 fiscal  year end to more  closely
                conform to the  Company's  calendar  fiscal year end.  Beginning
                January 1, 1997, all facilities acquired in the ReadiCare merger
                adopted a December  31 fiscal year end;  therefore,  ReadiCare's
                historical  results  of  operations  for  the  one  month  ended
                December 31, 1996,  which included  revenues of $3,266,000 and a
                net  loss  of  $926,000,  are  not  included  in  the  Company's
                consolidated statements of income. ReadiCare's cash flow for the
                one month period  ended  December 31,  1996,  of  ($543,000)  is
                included  in the  accompanying  statement  of cash flows for the
                nine months ended September 30, 1997.

NOTE  4  --     Effective  September 30, 1997, the Company  acquired ASC Network
                Corporation  ("ASC") in a cash-for-stock  merger. At the time of
                the merger,  ASC operated 29 outpatient surgery centers in eight
                states.  The  total  purchase  price  for ASC was  approximately
                $130,827,000,  plus the assumption of approximately  $74,000,000
                in debt.  Also during the first nine months of 1997, the Company
                acquired  101   outpatient   rehabilitation   facilities,   four

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                outpatient  surgery centers and five diagnostic imaging centers.
                The  total  purchase  price  of  the  acquired   facilities  was
                approximately $103,567,000, plus the assumption of approximately
                $13,200,000 in debt.  The Company also entered into  non-compete
                agreements totaling approximately $21,610,000 in connection with
                these   transactions.   The  cost  in  excess  of  the  acquired
                facilities' net asset value was approximately $297,293,000.  The
                results  of  operations  (not  material  individually  or in the
                aggregate)   of  these   acquisitions   are   included   in  the
                consolidated   financial   statements   from  their   respective
                acquisition dates.

NOTE  5  --     During  the first  nine  months  of 1997,  the  Company  granted
                incentive and  nonqualified  stock options to certain  Directors
                and employees  for 6,240,000  shares of Common Stock at exercise
                prices ranging from $18.44 to $23.63 per share.

NOTE  6  --     On January 18, 1997, the Company's Board of Directors authorized
                a  two-for-one  stock split to be effected in the form of a 100%
                stock  dividend,  subject  to  the  approval  by  the  Company's
                stockholders of an amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation
                increasing the number of authorized  shares of common stock from
                250,000,000 to 500,000,000.  The Company's stockholders approved
                the amendment on March 12, 1997.  The stock dividend was payable
                on March 17,  1997,  to  holders  of  record on March 13,  1997.
                Accordingly,  all share and per share  amounts  included  in the
                accompanying  financial  statements  have been  restated to give
                effect to the stock split.

NOTE  7  --     In February  1997,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board
                issued  Statement  No.  128,  "Earnings  per  Share,"  which  is
                required to be adopted on December 31, 1997.  At that time,  the
                Company will be required to change the method  currently used to
                compute  earnings  per share and to restate  all prior  periods.
                Under the new requirements for calculating  primary earnings per
                share,  the dilutive  effect of stock  options will be excluded.
                The  impact is  expected  to result in an  increase  in  primary
                earnings per share for the quarters  ended  September  30, 1997,
                and   September   30,  1996,  of  $0.01  and  $0.01  per  share,
                respectively. The impact of Statement No. 128 on the calculation
                of fully  diluted  earnings per share for these  quarters is not
                expected to be material.

NOTE  8  --     Effective  July 1, 1997,  the Company  began  expensing  amounts
                reflecting   the  costs  of   implementing   its   clinical  and
                administrative  programs and protocols at acquired facilities in
                the period in which such costs are  incurred.  Through  June 30,
                1997, the Company has capitalized  such costs and amortized them
                over 36 months.  Such costs at June 30  aggregated  $64,643,000,
                net of accumulated amortization.  Such capitalized costs at June
                30 will be amortized in accordance  with the Company's  existing
                policy   and  gave  rise  to  gross   amortization   expense  of
                approximately  $10,351,000 in the third quarter of 1997 and will
                give  rise  to  gross  amortization   expense  of  approximately
                $9,978,000  in the fourth  quarter  of 1997.  The amount of such
                gross amortization expense will continue to decrease through the
                second  quarter  of 2000,  at which  time all such costs will be
                fully amortized.

NOTE  9  --     Through  June 30, 1997,  the Company has  assigned  value to and
                capitalized  organization and partnership  formation costs which
                have been (a)  incurred  by the  Company,  (b)  obtained  by the
                Company in  acquisitions  accounted for as poolings of interest,
                or (c) obtained by the Company in acquisitions  accounted for as
                purchases.  Effective  July 1, 1997, the Company will not assign
                value to organization  and partnership  formation costs obtained
                in acquisitions  accounted for as purchases except to the extent
                that  objective  evidence  exists  that such costs will  provide
                future economic  benefits to the Company after the  acquisition.
                Such  organization  and  partnership  formation costs at June 30
                which were  obtained  by the  Company in  purchase  transactions
                aggregated  $8,380,000,  net of accumulated  amortization.  Such
                costs  at June  30 will be  amortized  in  accordance  with  the
                Company's  existing  policy and gave rise to gross  amortization
                expense of approximately

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                $1,777,000  in the third  quarter  of 1997 and will give rise to
                gross  amortization  expense of approximately  $1,734,000 in the
                fourth  quarter of 1997.  The amount of such gross  amortization
                expense will continue to decrease  through the second quarter of
                2000, at which time all such costs will be fully amortized.

NOTE  10  --    Effective   October  29,  1997,  the  Company   consummated  the
                acquisition     of    Horizon/CMS     Healthcare     Corporation
                ("Horizon/CMS")  in  a  stock-for-stock   merger  in  which  the
                stockholders of Horizon/CMS  received  0.84338 of a share of the
                Company's  common stock per share of  Horizon/CMS  common stock.
                The  transaction  is  valued  at  approximately  $1,650,000,000,
                including  the  assumption  by  the  Company  of   approximately
                $700,000,000  in  Horizon/CMS  debt.  The  acquisition  will  be
                accounted for as a purchase.

                On  November  3, 1997,  the Company  entered  into a  definitive
                agreement to sell certain non-strategic assets of Horizon/CMS to
                Integrated Health Services,  Inc. ("IHS").  These assets include
                approximately  139  long-term  care  facilities,   12  specialty
                hospitals,  35 institutional pharmacy locations,  and over 1,000
                rehabilitation therapy contracts with long-term care facilities.
                The  transaction  is  valued  at  approximately  $1,250,000,000,
                including the payment by IHS of approximately  $1,150,000,000 in
                cash and the assumption by IHS of approximately  $100,000,000 in
                debt. The Company  currently  anticipates  that the  transaction
                with IHS will be  consummated  in late 1997 or early  1998.  The
                Company  expects  to use the  proceeds  of such  transaction  to
                reduce  indebtedness  under  the  Senior  Bridge  Loan  Facility
                described in Note 2.


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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL  CONDITION AND RESULTS
        OF OPERATIONS


GENERAL

     The Company  provides  outpatient and  rehabilitative  healthcare  services
through its inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation facilities, surgery centers,
diagnostic centers and medical centers.  The Company has expanded its operations
through the acquisition or opening of new facilities and satellite locations and
by enhancing its existing operations.  As of September 30, 1997, the Company had
over 1,370  locations  in 50 states,  the  District of  Columbia  and the United
Kingdom,  including  approximately 880 outpatient  rehabilitation  locations, 99
inpatient rehabilitation facilities,  four medical centers, 174 surgery centers,
77 diagnostic  centers and approximately  140 locations  providing other patient
care services.

     The  Company's  revenues  include net patient  service  revenues  and other
operating  revenues.  Net patient service revenues are reported at estimated net
realizable  amounts  from  patients,  insurance  companies,  third-party  payors
(primarily  Medicare and  Medicaid) and others for services  rendered.  Revenues
from third-party  payors also include  estimated  retroactive  adjustments under
reimbursement  agreements  which are subject to final review and  settlement  by
appropriate authorities.  Management determines allowances for doubtful accounts
and  contractual  adjustments  based on historical  experience  and the terms of
payor contracts. Net accounts receivable include only those amounts estimated by
management to be collectible.

     The Company determines the amortization period of the cost in excess of net
asset value of  purchased  facilities  based on an  evaluation  of the facts and
circumstances of each individual purchase  transaction.  The evaluation includes
an analysis of historic and projected  financial  performance,  an evaluation of
the  estimated  useful life of the  buildings  and fixed  assets  acquired,  the
indefinite  useful  life of  Certificates  of Need and  licenses  acquired,  the
competition  within local markets,  lease terms where applicable,  and the legal
terms  of  partnerships  where  applicable.  The  Company  utilizes  independent
appraisers and relies on its own management  expertise in evaluating each of the
factors  noted above.  With respect to the carrying  value of the excess of cost
over net asset value of purchased  facilities and other intangible  assets,  the
Company determines on a quarterly basis whether an impairment event has occurred
by  considering  factors  such as the market value of the asset,  a  significant
adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate,  adverse action by a
regulator, a history of operating losses or cash flow losses, or a projection of
continuing  losses  associated with an operating  entity.  The carrying value of
excess cost over net asset value of purchased  facilities  and other  intangible
assets will be evaluated if the facts and circumstances suggest that it has been
impaired.  If this evaluation  indicates that the value of the asset will not be
recoverable,  as determined based on the  undiscounted  cash flows of the entity
acquired over the remaining amortization period, the Company's carrying value of
the asset will be reduced by the estimated shortfall of cash flows.

     The Company, in many cases, operates more than one site within a market. In
such markets,  there is customarily an outpatient  center or inpatient  facility
with associated  satellite outpatient  locations.  For purposes of the following
discussion and analysis,  same store operations are measured on locations within
markets in which similar operations existed at the end of the period and include
the operations of additional  locations opened within the same market. New store
operations are measured on locations within new markets.

     Effective March 3, 1997, the Company  consummated the acquisition of Health
Images,  Inc.  ("Health  Images") through a merger accounted for as a pooling of
interests. Accordingly, the Company's financial statements have been restated to
include the results of Health  Images for all periods  presented  (see Note 3 of
"Notes to Consolidated  Financial Statements" for further discussion).  All data
set forth for periods prior to December 31, 1996,  relating to revenues  derived
from  Medicare  and  Medicaid  do not take into  account  revenues of the Health
Images facilities.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS -- THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997

     The Company operated approximately 880 outpatient  rehabilitation locations
(which includes base facilities and satellites) at September 30, 1997,  compared
to approximately 690 outpatient  rehabilitation locations at September 30, 1996.
In addition, the Company operated 99 inpatient rehabilitation  facilities,  four
medical centers, 174 surgery centers, and 77 diagnostic centers at September 30,
1997, compared with 96 inpatient  facilities,  five medical centers, 131 surgery
centers and 70 diagnostic centers at September 30, 1996.

     The Company's operations generated revenues of $748,370,000 for the quarter
ended September 30, 1997, an increase of  $96,628,000,  or 14.8%, as compared to
the same period in 1996. The increase in revenues is primarily  attributable  to
increases  in patient  volume and the  addition  of new  outpatient  and surgery
centers.  Same store  revenues for the quarter ended  September  30, 1997,  were
$724,480,000,  an increase  of  $72,738,000,  or 11.2%,  as compared to the same
period in 1996. New store  revenues were  $23,890,000.  Revenues  generated from
patients under Medicare and Medicaid plans respectively  accounted for 36.4% and
2.3% of revenue  for the third  quarter of 1997,  compared to 37.2% and 3.0% for
the same period in 1996.  Revenues from any other single  third-party payor were
not significant in relation to the Company's revenues. During the second quarter
of 1997,  same store  outpatient  visits,  inpatient  days,  surgical  cases and
diagnostic cases increased 16.2%,  9.5%, 6.8% and 12.4%,  respectively.  Revenue
per outpatient visit,  inpatient day, surgical case and diagnostic case for same
store  operations  increased   (decreased)  by  1.0%,  (0.3)%,  0.1%  and  2.9%,
respectively.

     Operating  expenses,  at the operating unit level,  were  $464,143,000,  or
62.0% of revenues,  for the quarter ended September 30, 1997,  compared to 64.4%
of revenues for the third quarter of 1996. The decrease in operating expenses as
a percentage of revenues is primarily attributable to the 11.2% increase in same
store revenues noted above.  In same store  operations,  the  incremental  costs
associated  with increased  revenues are  significantly  less as a percentage of
those increased  revenues.  Same store operating expenses were $449,035,000,  or
62.0% of comparable revenue.  New store operating expenses were $15,108,000,  or
62.7% of  comparable  revenue.  Corporate  general and  administrative  expenses
increased from  $18,598,000  during the 1996 quarter to  $19,568,000  during the
1997 quarter.  As a percentage of revenue,  corporate general and administrative
expenses  decreased  from 2.9% in the 1996 quarter to 2.6% in the 1997  quarter.
The provision for doubtful  accounts was $19,023,000,  or 2.5% of revenues,  for
the third quarter of 1997, compared to $15,151,000, or 2.3% of revenues, for the
same period in 1996.  Management  believes  that this  provision  is adequate to
cover any uncollectible revenues.

     Depreciation and amortization expense was $63,743,000 for the quarter ended
September 30, 1997,  compared to  $53,902,000  for the same period in 1996.  The
increase represents the investment in additional assets by the Company. Interest
expense was $27,765,000  for the quarter ended  September 30, 1997,  compared to
$23,645,000  for the quarter ended  September 30, 1996. For the third quarter of
1997, interest income was $1,439,000, compared to $995,000 for the third quarter
of 1996.

     Income before minority  interests and income taxes for the third quarter of
1997 was  $155,567,000,  compared to  $116,004,000  for the same period in 1996.
Minority  interests  decreased income before income taxes by $16,766,000 for the
quarter ended  September 30, 1997,  compared to decreasing  income before income
taxes by  $13,511,000  for the third  quarter of 1996.  The provision for income
taxes for the third quarter of 1997 was $52,882,000, compared to $39,012,000 for
the same period in 1996,  resulting in  effective  tax rates of 38.1% and 38.1%,
respectively. Net income for the third quarter of 1997 was $85,919,000, compared
to $63,481,000 for the third quarter of 1996.

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<PAGE>



RESULTS OF OPERATIONS --NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997

     Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, were $2,163,018,000,
an increase of $270,273,000,  or 14.3%, over the nine months ended September 30,
1996. Same store revenues were $2,118,013,000,  an increase of $225,268,000,  or
11.9%,  as  compared  to the  same  period  in 1996.  New  store  revenues  were
$45,005,000.  Revenues generated from patients under Medicare and Medicaid plans
respectively  accounted  for 37.4% and 2.3% of revenue for the first nine months
of 1997,  compared to 37.8% and 2.9% for the same period in 1996.  Revenues from
any other  single  third-party  payor were not  significant  in  relation to the
Company's revenues.  During the first nine months of 1997, same store outpatient
visits,  inpatient days,  surgical cases and diagnostic  cases increased  16.4%,
11.8%, 6.9% and 14.4%,  respectively.  Revenue per outpatient  visit,  inpatient
day,  surgical  case and  diagnostic  case for same store  operations  increased
(decreased) by 1.8%, (0.9)%, 0.3% and 3.7%, respectively.

     Operating expenses,  at the operating unit level, were  $1,354,082,000,  or
62.6% of revenues,  for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, as compared to
$1,233,950,000,  or 65.2% of revenues,  for the first nine months of 1996.  Same
store operating expenses were  $1,325,054,000,  or 62.6% of comparable  revenue.
New store operating expenses were $29,028,000,  or 64.5% of comparable  revenue.
As a result of the Health  Images  acquisition,  the Company  recognized  merger
costs of  $15,875,000  during the first quarter of 1997. Net income for the nine
months ended September 30, 1997, was $231,818,000,  compared to $165,147,000 for
the same period in 1996.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     As of September 30, 1997, the Company had working capital of  $793,147,000,
including cash and marketable  securities of  $193,047,000.  Working  capital at
December 31, 1996, was $554,589,000, including cash and marketable securities of
$153,831,000. For the first nine months of 1997, cash provided by operations was
$269,704,000, compared to $273,566,000 for the same period in 1996. Additions to
property,  plant, and equipment and acquisitions  accounted for $262,110,000 and
$234,394,000,  respectively,  during the first nine  months of 1997.  Those same
investing activities  accounted for $132,629,000 and $87,142,000,  respectively,
in the same  period in 1996.  Financing  activities  provided  $358,506,000  and
$56,034,000  during the first nine  months of 1997 and 1996,  respectively.  Net
borrowing  proceeds  (borrowing  less principal  reductions)  for the first nine
months of 1997 and 1996 were $385,722,000 and $67,788,000, respectively.

     Accounts  receivable were  $659,415,000 at September 30, 1997,  compared to
$540,389,000  at  December  31,  1996.  The number of days of average  quarterly
revenues in ending receivables at September 30, 1997, was 79.4, compared to 76.8
days of average annual revenues in ending  receivables at December 31, 1996. The
concentration  of net accounts  receivable  from patients,  third-party  payors,
insurance  companies and others at September  30, 1997,  is consistent  with the
related concentration of revenues for the period then ended.

     At September 30, 1997, the Company had a  $1,250,000,000  revolving line of
credit with NationsBank,  N.A. and other  participating  banks (the "1996 Credit
Agreement"). Interest is paid based on LIBOR plus a predetermined margin, a base
rate or  competitively  bid rates  from the  participating  banks.  This  credit
facility has a maturity date of March 31, 2001. The Company  provided a negative
pledge on all assets for the 1996 Credit Agreement.  The effective interest rate
on the average  outstanding balance under the revolving line of credit was 5.96%
for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, compared to the average prime rate
of 8.42% during the same period.  At September  30, 1997,  the Company had drawn
$1,235,000,000  under  the 1996  Credit  Agreement  and  $295,000,000  under the
interim revolving credit facility described below.

     Effective  October 29, 1997,  the Company  consummated  the  acquisition of
Horizon/CMS Healthcare  Corporation  ("Horizon/CMS") in a stock-for-stock merger
in which the  stockholders of Horizon/CMS will receive 0.84338 of a share of the
Company's common stock per share of Horizon/CMS

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<PAGE>



common  stock.  The  transaction  is  valued  at  approximately  $1,650,000,000,
including  the  assumption  by the  Company  of  approximately  $700,000,000  in
Horizon/CMS debt. The acquisition will be accounted for as a purchase.

     On November 3, 1997,  the Company  entered into a  definitive  agreement to
sell certain  non-strategic assets of Horizon/CMS to Integrated Health Services,
Inc. ("IHS").  These assets include approximately 139 long-term care facilities,
12 specialty  hospitals,  35 institutional  pharmacy  locations,  and over 1,000
rehabilitation therapy contracts with long-term care facilities. The transaction
is valued at  approximately  $1,250,000,000,  including  the  payment  by IHS of
approximately  $1,150,000,000 in cash and the assumption by IHS of approximately
$100,000,000  in debt. The Company  currently  anticipates  that the transaction
with IHS will be consummated in late 1997 or early 1998. The Company  expects to
use the proceeds of such  transaction  to reduce  indebtedness  under the Senior
Bridge Loan Facility described below.

     The Company  intends to pursue the acquisition or development of additional
healthcare  operations,   including  comprehensive   outpatient   rehabilitation
facilities,  ambulatory surgery centers, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and
companies    engaged   in   the    provision   of    outpatient    surgery   and
rehabilitation-related   services,   and  to  expand  certain  of  its  existing
facilities.  While it is not possible to estimate  precisely  the amounts  which
will actually be expended in the foregoing areas,  the Company  anticipates that
over the  next  twelve  months,  it will  spend  approximately  $100,000,000  on
maintenance  and  expansion  of  its  existing   facilities  and   approximately
$300,000,000 on development of the Integrated  Service Model,  pursuant to which
the Company  plans to utilize its services in  particular  markets to provide an
integrated continuum of coordinated care.

     Although the Company is continually considering and evaluating acquisitions
and  opportunities  for future  growth,  the Company  has not  entered  into any
agreements with respect to material future acquisitions.  In connection with the
acquisition of Horizon/CMS,  the Company obtained a commitment from NationsBank,
N.A. and nine other banks for a  $1,250,000,000  Senior  Bridge Loan Facility on
substantially  the  same  terms  as the  1996  Credit  Agreement.  In  addition,
NationsBank, N.A. has provided the Company with a $500,000,000 interim revolving
credit facility for working capital purposes on substantially  the same terms as
the 1996  Credit  Agreement,  pending  the  closing  of the Senior  Bridge  Loan
Facility.  The Senior Bridge Loan  Facility was closed on October 22, 1997,  and
all amounts  outstanding  under the  interim  credit  facility  were repaid from
proceeds  under the Senior Bridge Loan Facility on October 30, 1997. The Company
believes that existing cash, cash flow from operations, and borrowings under the
revolving  line of credit and the  interim and bridge  loan  facilities  will be
sufficient to satisfy the Company's  estimated  cash  requirements  for the next
twelve months, and for the reasonably foreseeable future.

     Inflation in recent years has not had a significant effect on the Company's
business,  and is not  expected  to  adversely  affect the Company in the future
unless it increases significantly.

     Statements  contained in this  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q which are not
historical  facts are  forward-looking  statements.  In  addition,  the Company,
through its senior management,  from time to time makes  forward-looking  public
statements  concerning its expected future  operations and performance and other
developments.   Such  forward-looking   statements  are  necessarily   estimates
reflecting  the  Company's  best  judgment  based upon current  information  and
involve a number of risks and uncertainties,  and there can be no assurance that
other factors will not affect the accuracy of such  forward-looking  statements.
While it is impossible  to identify all such factors,  factors which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the Company include,
but are not limited to, changes in the regulation of the healthcare  industry at
either or both of the federal and state levels, changes in reimbursement for the
Company's services by governmental or private payors,  competitive  pressures in
the  healthcare  industry and the  Company's  response  thereto,  the  Company's
ability to obtain and retain favorable  arrangements  with  third-party  payors,
unanticipated  delays in the Company's  implementation of its Integrated Service
Model,  general conditions in the economy and capital markets, and other factors
which  may be  identified  from  time to time in the  Company's  Securities  and
Exchange Commission filings and other public announcements.

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PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION

Item 2.   CHANGES IN SECURITIES.

 (c)     Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

                There were no sales of securities in transactions not registered
                under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  during the period
                covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 6.   EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.

(a)  Exhibits

          11. Computation of Income Per Share (unaudited)

          27. Financial Data Schedule

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K

          During the three months ended  September 30, 1997, the Company filed a
          Current Report on Form 8-K on August 26, 1997, as amended on September
          25, 1997,  reporting  under Item 5 the  restatement  of the  Company's
          audited  consolidated  financial  statements  at December 31, 1995 and
          1996 and for the years ended December 31, 1994,  1995 and 1996 and the
          resulting  revisions  to  Management's   Discussion  and  Analysis  of
          Financial Condition and Results of Operations to reflect the Company's
          acquisition of Health Images, Inc. in a transaction accounted for as a
          pooling of interests.

     No other items of Part II are  applicable to the  Registrant for the period
covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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<PAGE>



                                   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.


                                               HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION
                                               -----------------------
                                                     (Registrant)


Date: November 14, 1997                            RICHARD M. SCRUSHY
                                               --------------------------
                                                   Richard M. Scrushy
                                               Chairman of the Board and
                                                Chief Executive Officer


Date: November 14, 1997                             MICHAEL D. MARTIN
                                           -------------------------------------
                                                    Michael D. Martin
                                                 Executive Vice President,
                                           Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer



                                    Page 17






                                                                      EXHIBIT 11

                    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   COMPUTATION OF INCOME PER SHARE (UNAUDITED)

                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE DATA)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      THREE MONTHS ENDED                   NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                        SEPTEMBER 30,                        SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                                   1997                1996              1997             1996
                                                              ---------------    ---------------    --------------   --------------
<S>                                                                 <C>                <C>              <C>              <C>      
PRIMARY:
Weighted average common shares outstanding                           340,919            322,393           336,374          321,268
Net effect of dilutive stock options                                  15,883             19,652            15,366           20,754
                                                              ---------------    ---------------    --------------   --------------

        Total Common and Common Equivalent Shares                    356,802            342,045           351,740          342,022
                                                              ===============    ===============    ==============   ==============

Net income                                                          $ 85,919           $ 63,481         $ 231,818        $ 165,147
                                                              ===============    ===============    ==============   ==============

Net income per common and common
     equivalent share                                                 $ 0.24             $ 0.19            $ 0.66           $ 0.48
                                                              ===============    ===============    ==============   ==============


FULLY DILUTED:
Weighted average common shares outstanding                           340,919            322,393           336,374          321,268
Net effect of dilutive stock options                                  15,883             19,652            15,366           20,754
                                                              ---------------    ---------------    --------------   --------------
                                                                     356,802            342,045           351,740          342,022
Assumed conversion of 5% Convertible Subordinated
     Debentures due 2001                                            (1)                  12,226             4,076           12,226
                                                              ---------------    ---------------    --------------   --------------

        Total Common and Common Equivalent Shares,
        Fully Diluted                                                356,802            354,271           355,816          354,248
                                                              ===============    ===============    ==============   ==============

Net income                                                          $ 85,919           $ 63,481         $ 231,818        $ 165,147

Elimination of interest and amortization on 5%
     Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2001, less
     the related effect on the provision for income taxes           (1)                     961               960            2,863
                                                              ---------------    ---------------    --------------   --------------

Net income, fully diluted                                           $ 85,919           $ 64,442         $ 232,778        $ 168,010
                                                              ===============    ===============    ==============   ==============

Net income per common and common equivalent share                     $ 0.24             $ 0.18            $ 0.65           $ 0.48
                                                              ===============    ===============    ==============   ==============
</TABLE>


(1)  There were no other potentially dilutive securities outstanding during this
     period.




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